JOWAR METHI THEPLA, SORGHUM METHI THEPLA

Winter season has started and it is the time to serve anything hot specially, soup, paratha, thepla etc.  Here I have made the methi thepla with jowar  and wheat flour as main ingredient.   It is quite healthy as we are incorporating jowar flour, wheat flour and methi leaves. 

As compared to rice and wheat, Sorghum or Jowar has a higher content of calcium.  Besides calcium,  it is also packed with iron, protein and fibre.  It also helps in lowering cholesterol. 

Methi leaves helps in reduce the cholesterol, diabets.  It is an excellent source of potassium and controls heart rate and blood pressure.  .   

Jwari or Jowar or Sorghum methi thepla

Ingredients:

¼ cup jowar flour (Sorgum)

¼ cup wheat flour

¼ tup chopped methi leaves

2 tbsp gram flour (besan, chickpea flour)

½ tsp chaat masala

½ tsp chilli powder

½ tsp coriander powder

¼ tsp cumin powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

Salt

Oil for cooking

Method:

In a wide vessel or parat, mix the flours, methi leaves.  Now add all the masalas, salt and mix well again. Add water little by little and knead a pliable dough.  Divide the same into three equal parts.  Roll out the same carefully as it is likely to break if you put pressure. You cannot make it thin like the normal methi thepla, it will be slighly on thicker side.   

  Heat a non stick tava and cook the same till brown spots appear on it or till it is cooked.  Serve hot with green chutney, tomato ketchup.

 

Variation:  You can also make thalipeeth out of this by adding onion in it.  Thalipeeth is made little thicker in size like burger.

MOONG DAL VADA

Yet another post of Rajasthani (Marwari) cusine made out of Moongdal as main ingredient with onion, coriander leaves.  A tasty evening tea time snack.  You can make kadhi /sambar out of this.  I have already posted some kadhi and sambar recipes.  Thanks to Manjuala and linking this recipe to her site.  desifiesta.blogspot.com

MISSI ROTI

Missi Roti, part of Rajasthani Thali was given by Manjula Kanted for IFC#3.  I am preparing one by one out of the same and posting it and linking the same to Manjulas blog. Missi roti is made up of wheat flour and besan with some onion and green chillies and very tasty item if served hot.

Missi roti with dal

ROTI SEV PURI

I have already posted sev puri.  Now I am presenting the roti sev puri.  this is made with left over roti, tasty and healthy too. what you need is the left over rotis, chutneys, chopped tomatoes, onion and nylon sev. your roti sev puri is ready.  I have also posted masala roti.  You can view the videos in You Tube of these.

SEV PURI. DAHI PURI

I have already posted the mouth watering Bhel puri.  Now is the time to post Sev Puri.  Sev puri can be made as dahi sev puri. you have to add only dahi in the sev puri.  chaat item, any one will enjoy any time especially when you can make it at home why not taste it whenever you want provided you keep all the ingredients in your store room.

BHEL PURI

Bhel puri is a chaat item, street food liked by everyone. If you visit North India, without tasting this item, you will never go back.  This can be made at home also as tasty as the one is available in the street.  Basically, it is made with Murmura, kurmura it is called with masala chana, chopped onion, tomatoes, green coriander with sweet and spicy chutney topped with thin nylon sev.  When you think of it, mouth is watering.  Let us not waste our time to look at the recipe now:

PULIYODARE l PULIYOGARE l TAMARIND RICE

Puliyodare l  Puliyogare l Tamarind Rice it is known as is made with Tamarind pulp and Puliyodare l Puliyogare l Tamarind rice Spice powder.  This is the speciality of South Indian dishes and in temples it is served as Prasadam specially in Balaji Temples.  The taste is awesome when it is served hot with papad.  We can make the tamarind paste and store in fridge and whenever you want to make it, only cook the rice.

Video : how to make the paste:

PULIYODARE SPICE POWDER l PULIYOGARE SPICE POWDER l TAMARIND RICE SPICE POWDER

Here I am presenting the Spice powder for making Puliyodare/Puliyogare/Tamarind Rice.  It is very easy to make and can store it in airtight container. All you have to do is roast the spices and powder it. If you are using kopra, keep it in fridge.

BITTER GOURD SWEET PACHADI

This bitter gourd pachadi is made out of the ripe bitter gourd which was grown in my balcony.  I had just left it to grow bigger, but  after reaching a particular size, it started ripening.  I thought I will take out the seeds out of it for replantation.  After taking out the seeds, I did not feel like throwing the same as it was looking so beautiful, thought of making pachadi (sweet )out of it.  It was really sumptuous with hot steamed rice and roasted papad.

Let us look at the recipe now:

1 ripe bitter gourd chopped finely
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
1 tbsp grated jaggery
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp plain rice flour
turmeric powder
salt to taste



Tempering:

1 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
4-5 fenugreek seeds
few curry leaves

Method:

Cook the bitter gourd with 1 cup of water with salt and turmeric powder.  when the water reduces to half, add the tamarind pulp and cook the same till the raw smell of tamarind goes of.  Mix the rice powder in little water and add chilli powder, jaggery  and the rice paste.  Cook for another two minutes.  Temper with the ingredients mentioned.  serve hot with steamed rice.

Second method:

1/4 cup coconut grind the same along with little cumin seeds, red chilli or green chilli and add to the pachadi when it is cooked.

You may also like to try : bittergourd bhath    pavakka curry,  bitter gourd sweet pachadi ,   bitter gourd pickle,   bitter gourd fry

UPMA CHAAT

Hi, You must be wondering what is this about?  really, i tell you this is awesome.  try and post your comments.  I am sure, you will love it.  Upma chaat is the combination of upma and chaat recipe. You can make it with left over upma or after making upma, you can try this.

Let us have a look at the recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup broken wheat upma

2 tbsp Sweet chutney

1 tsp Green chutney

1/2 tsp Theeka chutney (red chutney)

2 tbsp curd

2 tbsp chopped tomato

2 tbsp chopped onion

1 tbsp masala peanut

2 tbsp nylon sev

chaat masala, roasted cumin powder, black salt, as per taste.

2 tbsp coriander leaves for garnishing.

Method:

In a plate put the upma and spread it.  put all the chutney's one by one. then put tomato, chopped onions. putthe chaat masala, cumin powder, black salt.  top it with nylon sev, masala chana and garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Note:  you can try this with the kanda poha too.  also you can add papdi, crushed golgappa

very very tasty.  Hope you love it. do give me the feedback.

happy cooking.