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Dinner snacks

(30) Handavo

Spicy cake

Ingredients:

Batter

500 gms handava batter{ 100 gms rice (chawal),50 gms. white urad(udad dal),50 gms. lentil( tur dal), 50 gms chickpeas (channa dal) soak and make coarse batter}.

Keep aside this batter upto 6-8 hrs. for fermentation

or

In market you will get ready made Idli-dosa batter .Same you can use to make handavo. Only after adding ½ cup suji.which will give crispiness to upper and lower layer of handava.

Masala:

4 tb sp. sugar,2 tsp chilli pd,3tsp.cumincoriander pd. 1/2 tsp haldi,4 tbsp.curd ½ inch grated ginger,2 green chilli paste.1 tsp soda ,3 tsp. salt.

Tempering ingredients for mixing with batter:

1/2 tsp rai ( mustard seeds),2 pinch of hing (Asafoetida),one tbsp.oil.

Tempering ingredients for pouring batter in pan.

2 tbsp.oil, ¼ tsp.mustard(rai) seeds, ½ tsp.sesame seeds and ½ tsp.sesame seeds for sprinkling over batter

Method

(1) In fermented handva batter add all masalas. Mix thoroughly. Sprinkle soda powder on batter

(2) Preheat tempering vessel ,add oil and rai and wait for crackling sound then add hing.

(3) Pour mixture over handwa batter and then mix thoroughly.

(4) Heat kadhai(pan) with oil and add mustard seeds . After crackling sound add sesame seeds and half of the batter.

(5) Cover the pan with lid .Cook the handavo until the upper surface look cooked or pierce knife which comes out clean and bottom surface turns light brown.

(6) Flip gently and again cook on slow flame upto 4-5 mins. or turns light brown.

Remaining half batter, repeat same process for making handvo.

7) Enjoy your handavo with sweet chutney,green chutney and vegetables soup.

8) You can also add boiled vegetables like green peas and sweet corns and / or grated vegetables like bottle guard zucchini , carrots .It will enhance the taste as well as nutrition.

Handavo in kadhai
Handavo in frying pan

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(22) Aam Ras

Mango pulp

serves:4 175 ml/ bowl

Ingredients

6 ripe Kesar Mangoes. 1.5 kg. (approx)

Generally Kesar variety is best for making Mango pulp but you can also use Alphanso or any other variety. As we get 105 different varieties of Mangoes in India.

Method:

1) Wash and wipe ripe mangoes

2) On the clean kitchen platform roll each mango gently but firmly so that pulp inside  becomes soft squeezable and lump free.

3) After rolling all the mangoes on a flat surface, pinch stalk of fruit and squeeze out all the pulp throughly . Squeeze and clean the pulp from the seed and under surface of the skin throughly. Keep these seeds and skins of the squeezed mangoes in clean bowl for making mango soup.

4) Strain the pulp with the help of soup strainer.

5) Enjoy chilled mango pulp with bepadi rotli, fulka roti, puri, paratha ,kulcha,bhakhri,chilla or as you want.

6) For making mango pulp more healthier add 1/2 tsp. hot ghee,1/2tsp.ginger pd. Ghee helps in assimilation of fat soluble vitamins A,D,E,K and ginger pd help in digestion. You can also add salt to taste.

7) Many other recipes you can make from Mango pulp like Aam ras Bundi,Aam ras Mohanthal, Aam ras papads, Aam ras icecreams, Milkshakes and smoothy ,Jams and Jellies and many more.

Aam ras

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chutney Quick Cooking Tips

(18)Sweet chutney

Red chutney, Khajur Amli chutney

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Red Dates.( lal khajur)
  • 100 gms. Tamarind (Imli)
  • 250 gms. Jaggery (Gud)
  • 2 tbsp. Salt.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida (Hing).
  • 2 tbsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • 2 tbsp. Red chilli powder.

Method:

1) Wash khajoor and imli

2) In steel vessel add all ingredients and 2 bowl (200 ml) water and pressure cook upto 4 whistles

3) After cooker cools down, deseed khajoor and imli.

4) Transfer all the ingredients in grinder and make a smooth paste of pouring consistency. Strain this mixture with the help of strainer.

5) Boil this chutney mixture for 5 mins.stir continuously.

6) After tasting chutney ,bottle it in air tight container or make a cubes in pop up ice tray.

7) If you keep in fridge, chutney will taste good upto 1 month. Chutney cubes in freezer lasts for 3 months.

8) Enjoy your sweet chutney with chats,vada,pakoda,chilla etc.

sweet chutney

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(17) Green Chutney

Ingredients

  • 5 cups washed,finely chopped coriander.
  • 5 green chillies. If you want more spicy then add more chillies.
  • 1cup washed mint leaves
  • 2tbsp.bhuna channa dal( roasted gram) or khara singdana ( roasted salty peanuts) if you want to use with farali dish.
  • 3 tbsp. lemon juice.
  • Salt to taste.
  • 1 tsp. sugar.

Method:

1)In a mixture jar grind bhuna chana dal and keep aside.

2) In jar add all ingredients except bhuna chana dal pd. and make a smooth paste by adding 100 ml. chilled water.

3) Now mix bhuna chana pd. and again churn the paste one more time.

4) Green chutney is ready,taste it once and now fill pop up ice tray with chutney. Freeze it for 8-10 hrs.

5) Unmould chutney cubes and keep it in air tight container and again freeze it.

6) Use these chutney cubes by defrosting whenever you needed

7) Enjoy you green chutney in sandwiches,vada,pakoda,with main course etc.

8) Please be quick during unmoulding .

Chutney cubes

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Quick Cooking Tips

(50)Coconut Cubes

Ingredients

1 Coconut( Shreefal)

Method:

1) Buy good quality coconut with coconut water

2) Remove coconut from its hard outer shell.

3) Chopped coconut into dice size.

4)Grind these coconut pcs.with 100 ml. of water into coarse paste

5) Fill this coarse paste in ice tray and freezed it for 8- 10 hrs.

6) After 10 hrs. unmould coconut cubes and keep in air tight container .Keep this container in freezer .

7) whenever you want to use coconut either in curry or for making idli-dosa’s chutney or as hair food remove from the freezer and use.

8)Please be quick while unmoulding cubes and filling container with cubes.

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(03) Suji Cake

Ingredients:

Cake is a flour confection made from Wheat flour, sugar, and other ingredients, and is usually baked. But as time goes each and every field grows and so does the Confectionery Industry. People start giving a twist to the traditional recipes and making something new yet tasty and healthy. As Suji has less gluten, cake is more fluffy and easy on our intestine.

  • 200 gms. Rava (Suji).
  • 50 ml. Milk.
  • 50 gms All purpose flour (Maida)
  • 1 tsp. Baking powder.
  • ½ tsp. Baking soda.
  • 30 ml. Paneer with water( 30 ml.milk+2 tsp. Lemon juice).
  • 150 gms Sugar powder.
  • 120 ml. Melted butter.
  • Butter or ghee for greasing cake vessel.

Method

1) In one big mixing bowl soak rava with milk and keep aside for 30 mins.

2) After 30 mins put kadhai on gas for preheating and grease cake vessel.

3) Add melted butter and sugar in suji .

4) Mix all dry ingredients and sieves in mixing bowl.

5) Add paneer with water and mix it. 

6) Pour cake mixture in greased vessel.

7) Bake it for 30 mins on slow flame.

8) After 30  mins check with knife and if clean knife then cake is ready if not then continue baking till knife comes clean.

N.B.It may takes upto 80 mins. depending upon size of vessel and quantity of batter.

9) Serve your cake with love and smile.

suji cake

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