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Healthy food

(250)Amaranths Chila.

Rajgira Chila

Farali Chila

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Amaranthus (Rajgira).
  • 1 cup curd.
  • ½ cup water.
  • 2-3 green chillies (thinly sliced)
  • 1 tsp salt.

Method

  1. Grind Amaranths seeds in a mixture grinder.
  2. Add hot water in 1 cup of coarse flour of Amaranths and curd. Now mix evenly and make lump free batter.
  3. Add salt and green chillies in it and make each chila with ⅓ cup of batter.
  4. Drizzle ghee on the side and cook on a slow flame.
  5. Serve hot with Dahi ni chutney
Rajgira

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Faral

(82) Kand ane sabudana na vada

Ingredients

  • 2 cup steamed and smashed (purple yam) surati kand.
  • 2 cup soaked sabudana.
  • 1 cup coarsely crushed khara singdana( salted peanuts).
  • 1 tbsp. Ginger paste.
  • 1 tbsp. Green chilli paste.
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice.
  • 2 tsp. sugar.
  • 2 tbsp.finely chopped coriander leaves
  • salt to taste.

Method

  1. Previous night wash 1 cup sabudana and soaked in 1 cup of water.
  2. Next morning sabudana becomes soft and fluffy. check with your finger and thumb .If one soaked sabudana is smashed with your fingers then it is perfect for vada or khichadi.
  3. Peel skin of kand .Wash properly and cut into pieces.
  4. Steam kand upto 3 whistles.
  5. Once pressure released remove kand strainer from cooker.
  6. Smash kand with potato smasher.
  7. In one plate mix mashed kand, sabudana and all other ingredients thoroughly
  8. Make 3 inches size balls.
  9. Gently press each ball in between you palms .
  10. Deep fry all vadas.
  11. Serve with Green chutney, farali chutney and Dahi ni chutney.
Cut and peeled purple kand pieces cook in pressure cooker.
Steamed kand smashed with potato smasher.
Previous night soak sabudana .
Morning or after 8 hrs.check softness of sabudana with fingers.
Kand sabudana vada
Deep frying
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accompaniment Faral snacks

(57) Spicy Peanuts

Masala sing

Ingredients

  • 250 gms. good quality Peanuts.
  • 1 tbsp. ghee
  • 2 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. black pepper powder.
  • OR
  • 2 tsp. Farshan Mixture Masala

Method:

  1. In frying pan add ghee and heat it on slow flame.
  2. Add peanuts and roast it till it turns crunchy and aromatic. It will take 10-12 mins.
  3. Taste one piece ,if not crunchy then roast for few more mins.
  4. Turn off the flame and add either salt and pepper powder or farshan mixture masala.
  5. Enjoy as accompaniment with drinks,carry with you in tiffinbox for school, office or during traveling.

Same way you can roast Almonds, Cashews or any nuts of your choice and sprinkle spice powder.

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Quick Cooking Tips

(56) Peanuts Powder

Coarse or fine.

Ingredients:

500 gms.Peanuts.

For preparing any farali items, sweets, chutney or curry, stuffed vegetables you require peanut’s powder either fine or granular( coarse). If you keep ready and stored in refrigerator then it becomes easy and quick while cooking.

Method:

  1. In non stick pan take good quality peanuts.
  2. On slow flame , dry roast peanuts for 10 -15 mins.
  3. while roasting stir continuously to avoid burning.
  4. Check 1-2 peanuts rubbing in between your palms. If peanut’s skin separates easily it means peanuts are roasted properly.
  5. Cool down completely and store it in air tight container either whole ,coarse or fine powder depends on your requirements.
  6. For sabudana khichadi ,it will be ok if skins are not removed but otherwise remove all skins by rubbing between your palms and blowing them away from the peanut’s plate.
  7. Grind in grinder and store in airtight container.
Peanuts coarse powder
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Faral Sweets

(55) Peanut’s Ladoo

Singdana na ladoo

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Peanut’s fine powder.
  • 1 cup Sugar powder.
  • 1 tbsp. Dry Ginger powder.
  • ½ cup melted ghee.

Method:

  1. In big plate mix peanut’s powder(please follow link Peanuts powder for recipe of making peanuts powder), sugar and ginger powder thoroughly.
  2. Add hot ghee and mix .
  3. Take small portion of the mix and press down tightly in your fist and shape into ladoo (round ball).
  4. You can store for one month in air tight container at room temperature.
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Faral

(54) Moraiyo(Samo)

Sawa Millet

serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 cup moraiyo.
  • 5 cups water.
  • 1 cup curd.
  • 2 tsp.salt
  • ½ cup peanuts.
  • 2 green chilli’s rings.
  • ½ inch grated ginger.
  • 1 tbsp fresh and chopped coriander leaves

Tempering ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp. ghee(melted).
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds( Jeera).
  • 2 Cloves.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 8-10 curry leaves.

Method:

  1. Wash moraiyo 2 times with water.
  2. Take one deep sauce pan with ghee.
  3. Once ghee heat up turn the flame slow , add cumin and wait for crackling sound. Add clove and cinnamon stick.
  4. Add chilli’s rings,curry leaves and coriander leaves. Saute for 30 secs.
  5. Add moraiyo, stir quickly 1-2 times and add 4 cups water and peanuts. Keep the flame slow and stir occasionally.
  6. Side by side prepare butter milk with 1 cup curd and 1 cup water.
  7. As water evaporates and moraiyo grains becomes tender turn the flame fast and add salt and buttermilk in it.
  8. Cook for 1-2 mins.till you get sauce like consistency.Swich off the flame.
  9. Serves hot with curd.

You can also add diced potatoes or bottle guard (Dudhi) while cooking moraiyo.

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chutney Faral Quick Cooking Tips

(53) Farali Chutney

Green Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:

  • 10 coconut cubes.
  • 1 cup coriander leaves.
  • 4 Green chilies.
  • 1 tbsp.salt.
  • ½ cup curd.

Method:

  1. In mixture jar add all ingredients and make a fine paste.
  2. Store in air tight container for 2-3 days in refrigerator.
  3. Serve it with sabudana batata vada, kand sabudana vada, kuti dara dhokla, rajgira dosa or as you wish but with love and smile.
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Faral

(52) Kutidara na dhokla.

Farali Dhokla

Ingredients:

  • 3 cup Kutinodaro.(Buckweed)
  • 3 cup water
  • 1 cup curd.
  • 3 Green chillies cut it into rings.
  • ½ inch ginger paste.
  • 2 tsp. Salt.

Method:

  1. In deep sauce pan take kutinodaro and wash with water for one time only.
  2. Add water and curd . Mix thoroughly and keep aside for atleast 4 hrs.
  3. After 4 hrs. pulse it in mixture for 1-2 times if daro is too course otherwise use as it is. Add ginger, chili rings and salt. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Heat dhokla vessel with water on high flame.
  5. In 7 inches dhokla thali, add ½ cup batter . Spread evenly and steam it for 10 mins.
  6. After 10 mins.remove dhokla thali and cut it into dimond or square pieces.
  7. Drizzle ghee over it and serves hot with Farali Chutney, green coconut chutney.
Farali dhokla.