JOWAR BHAKRI

Bhakri (भाकरी bhākrī or Dhebra) is a round flat unleavened bread often used in the cuisine of western and central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Malwa, Goa, and northern Karnataka. It is coarser than a roti.

Being a staple bread, bhakri is served with curd, chutney, vegetables, and rice. It is made mostly from wheat flour, jowar flour, bajra flour, nachni (or finger millet) flour, and even rice flour (in the Konkan region). Bhakris are made primarily with hot water, and flour. It has traditionally been the farmer's food  which would be carried to the farm to  make up for both breakfast and lunch.  It is also served with chutney or thecha (made out of green chillies and peanuts).  It is also served with Junka.  junka_29.html

Let us have a look at the recipe now.

Junglee rolls

Junglee rolls is very easy to make if you have dosa/idli batter with you.  left over batter can also be used.
what you need is grated veggies viz. carrots, beetroot, cabbage, chopped onions, sweet corns and coriander leaves and little chaat masala and chutney.  A healthy and diet friendly.  If you are not worried about your health, you can garnish with some grated cheese too.

Normally, kids do not eat all the vegetables.  By adding vegetables in these kind of dishes, we can make them to eat.  They will definitely enjoy.

Snake gourd chutney, padval chutney, podalangai chutney, padavalanga chutney

Chutneys are accompaniments for dosa, idli, chapati, dal rice, curd rice and can be spread on bread for making sandwiches too.  varieties of chutneys are made.  Here i am presenting Snake Gourd chutney which is very easy to make.

Snake gourd chutney

GUD POHA, SWEET AVAL,

Today is Janmashtami and everyone will be busy in making Muruku, cheedai, vella cheedai, aval puttu, doodh poha etc. etc. (chakli, savoury rice balls, sweet rice balls).  But one of the most  liked one is makhan, butter how can we forget to keep the same for neivedyam.  Coming to the recipe of gud poha, poha is cooked in jaggery with coconut and cashews.  But here i have made little changes and my version which i liked it is given below:

Gud Poha, Sweet Aval, sweet beaten rice

 I wanted to post this recipe today itself because the Kanhe I have got it from my friend is most beautiful and was featured in the DNA newspaper last year  on 4th August 2012 with Aval Puttu,   Janmashtami joy on a platter.  Link below:

http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=23856&boxid=9222&ed_date=2012-08-04&ed_code=820037&ed_page=3 right click on this and go to open link in new window.

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The charming face of this statue, mesmerizing eyes Oh Krishna, Jagat ki raksha karna

BLACK WATANA SUBZI, KALA WATANA SUBZI,

 Kala watana subzi or curry is made like we make normally make the black chana curry, chole etc.  It is a good side dish for roti, chapati served along with sliced onion,pickle etc.  Sometimes, I mix up all kinds of masalas and its taste is awesome.  In this case, i have mixed up the masalas like pav bhaji and garam masala.

SHEERA

Sheera is made out of suji/rava with milk and sugar.  It is a very good dish  for breakfast as well as evening snacks.   My daughter on every Thursday, she takes the same in the tiffin box and I happily make this being the day of Krishna and Sai Baba for Prasad too.   Normally, it is made for the Satyanarayana Pooja and we all love to eat the same with bananas and lots of dry fruits in it.

MAA LADOO, CHUTNEY DAL LADOO, POTTUKADALAI LADDO

Ingredients:

1  cup chutney dal (pottukadalai, dhalia)
1  cup sugar
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
1/4  tsp dry ginger powder
handful of cashews  (break into small pieces)
ghee 1/2  cup

Method:

clean the chutney dal, remove the dust if any.
mix together the dal and sugar, cardamom powder, dry ginger powder and grind to a fine powder in the mixer.  Transfer the same to a large bowl.remove it to a large bowl.

heat one teaspoon ghee and fry the cashews and keep aside.
heat the remaining ghee in the same kadai and pour half the quantity of ghee in the  bowl.  Mix well with the sugar, chutney dal powder, cashews .  Do not pour the ghee at a time.

  take handful of mix in your hand and press hard and see whether it is binding or not.  If it is possible to bind the ladoo, the consistency is ok.  If not, then you have to add the ghee little by little.

 Make laddo out of the mixer and serve. 

Note:  too much ghee will make them soggy.  the consistency should be able to make ladoos without breaking. that much ghee only should be used.

Normally dry ginger powder is not used. I used it because any kind of dals will produce gas.  ginger powder helps in digestion.

KAMAL KAKKADI CHIPS, LOTUS STEM CHIPS

Lotus stem chips is very easy to make.  This chips is slightly sweet and i had it as it is.  If you wish you can add little bit of chaat masala, chilli powder, black pepper powder, black salt or normal salt.  can be served with rice varieties or just can be had it with over a cup of hot tea/coffee.

Lotus stem chips

Guava Cheese, Amrud cheese, Perakka cheese, Koyapazham cheese

Guavas are rich in fibre, vitamin A,B, C & E.  The vitamin C content is more in Guava than oranges.  It helps in regulating high blood pressure, cholesterol and good for diabetic people also. The leaves are boiled in water and strained and consumed for cough and cold.

KULITH RASAM, MUTHIRA RASAM, HORSEGRAM RASAM

Rasam is a watery dish served after having sambar rice in Southern States.  It is a good appetiser too.  Various types of rasams are made viz. tomato rasam, mysore rasam, milagu rasam etc.  recently one of my cousin visited our house.  she is also equally interested in cooking like me so she shared the recipe.


Rasam is one of the  dish we really enjoy. myself and my elder brother is very fond of it.  my mami used to make goddu rasam or kottu rasam.  we love to eat rice with this rasam and nothing else is required.

muthira rasam, kulith rasam, horsegram rasam