Makke ke Aate ka Paratha

Makke ke Aate ka Paratha

As Arya Chanakya had rightly said that you need a herd of elephants to catch a wild elephant,you need many other things to finish off some remaining stuff in the kitchen.The trick lies in its marketing!

Add some wheat flour to the makke ka aata,grated radish,finely chopped coriander leaves,red chilli(of course one can add fenugreek,spinach leaves as well),kneed the dough with very little hot water(corn flour does not bind well without hot water if the flour is old or otherwise also),roll out khasta/khuskhushit parathas ,roast them using home-made white butter and savour!

Moong Daal+ Makke Ke Aate Ka chilla:

Moong Daal+ Makke Ke Aate Ka chilla:

I soaked 1 katori green split gram-Moong Daal for 4 hrs,drained the water,ground it along with little ginger and jeera powder-cummin seed powder and green leaves of coriander,along with salt.I reserved half the moong daal paste for preparing pakodas later,added two heaped spoonfuls of makke ka Aata,2 spoonful of curd,3 spoonful of water,to make the thick batter-it is slightly thicker than Dosa batter,but little more water will do.

I spread the batter on the tawa,just like chilla,when done it looked like a pancake,but tasted very nice,khasta/khuskhushit!

Chhole (without onion)

Soak chickpeas overnight.(one fistful for each person plus one extra is the measure which I take)The next morning,add a small piece of ginger,3-4 whole big black cardamoms,2 cinnamon strips and boil the chickpeas for one hour in a pressure cooker.Then blend 3-4 big tomatoes along with small piece of ginger into puree.In a deep fry-pan,take one tablespoonful of oil and add the tomato puree and 4  small spoonful of Chhole masala.Add cooked chickpeas, reserve one spoonful chickpeas and  mash them and add to the chickpeas,in order to get a thick consistency.Add salt and boil for 2 more minutes.Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

 Crispy& Crunchy Puffed rice recipe: Murmura Chiwda or Bhadang.

This puffed rice chiwda is the easiest one!All you need is bowlful of  puffed rice (murmura) and 2-3 fistful of peanuts-the quantity can vary-taste will be great with any which proportion. Roast puffed rice and the peanuts separately.In a pan,take very little oil,put small spoonful mustard seeds , when they pop up,add little red chilly powder and quickly turn off the heat. Add a pinch of sugar and the roasted peanuts.Add the roasted puffed rice and salt to taste.Mix well and let it cool down.Store in the air-tight container.

Crispy and Crunchy Potato Delicacy,which is ready in a jiffy!बटाट्याचा कीस

 Crispy and Crunchy Potato Delicacy,which is ready in a jiffy!(बटाट्याचा कीस )
-Rashmi Ghatwai

Well,those hungry souls who always want to munch on some unhealthy stuff like potato chips,must try this fast food kind of thing-बटाट्याचा कीस-,a Potato Delicacy,which is ready in a jiffy!AND ,it is not unhealthy!One can  actually feast on बटाट्याचा कीस-this dish,while fasting!
बटाट्याचा कीस 
All you need is good quality potatoes...you can take 1 big potato.wash it thoroughly well.Dry it.Take 3 fistful of groundnuts(peanuts.You can add little more peanuts in order to gobble them up after they are roasted )) and  roast them on low heat,moving the spoon through them constantly,so that they don't get burnt!Once they turn crispy and crunchy,turn off the heat,allow them to cool and grind them coarsely.
Grate the potato along with its skin-the shreads(juliennes) should be slightly thick and not very thin.Wash the कीस  or the potato shreads in cold water twice or thrice and wring out the water as well as the starch from it COMPLETELY.
In one kadhai, heat a tablespoonful oil, add cumin seeds,once they splutter,add a finely chopped green chilly ,add to it the potato shreads. Saute' it a while and then add the coarsely ground peanuts.Add salt as per the taste (we can use sendha namak ( मैग्नेश्यिम सल्फेट )instead,if we are preparing this while observing a fast: and a pinch of sugar,add a dash of lemon and cook for 2 minutes.Garnish it with chopped fresh coriander leaves. And savor this  Crispy and Crunchy Potato Delicacy-बटाट्याचा कीस !

तिळगूळ घ्या गोड बोला !तिळगुळाचे लाडू :Til-Gulache Ladoo

तिळगूळ घ्या गोड बोला !
संक्रांतीला तिळगूळ आणि तिळगुळाचे लाडू आणि वाण  देण्याची प्रथा आहे. आणि एरवी थंडीत पण तीळ आणि गूळ ह्यांचे सेवन केल्याने थंडीचा त्रास होत नाही . हे मी केलेले तिळगुळाचे लाडू अतिशय स्नेह-भावाने मी आपल्याला अर्पण करते .गोड मानून घ्या!

Two vati Til Roasted crisply and one and a half slab of Dhamapur Gul availale in mother dairy outlet.put them in mixer with seeds of five six green cardamoms-veldode.Grind and make laddoos.