Traditional dishes

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Bhappa Doi

Ingredients

* 1 cup plain yogurt beaten
* 1 cup milk
* 1 tin (400 gms) sweetened condensed milk
* 5 almonds
* 10 pirtachio nuts sliced
* 5 raisins
* 2 cups water

Method

* Beat together yogurt, milk and condensed milk till well blended. Add almonds, pistachio nuts and raisins. mix.
* Pour the mixture into a 1 litre pudding mold. Cover mold tightly with aluminium foil securely tied.
* Fill a large bowl half with water and bring the water to boil. When the water is about to boil put the tied mold into water,reduce the heat and cover the bowl. Cook for 20 minutes.
* Remove the bowl from heat. Allow to cool naturally.
* Open the cover.Take out and uncover mold.Allow to cool to room temperature. Drain off water if any.Refrigerate until well chilled (approx. 4 hours).
* Place a serving dish on top of mold and invert. Shake it gently to release.
* Remove mold.

Serve cold.

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Ghugni

Ingredients

* 100 gms kabuli chana
* 1 sliced onion
* 2 bay leaves
* 1/4 tbsp salt
* 2 sliced tomatoes
* 1/4 tbsp wheat flour
* Oil for cooking
* 1/4 tbsp turmeric powder

Paste

* 1/4 tbsp ginger
* 1/4 tbsp garlic
* 2-3 red chillies
* 1/4 tbsp coriander seeds
* 1/4 tbsp cumin seeds.

Method

* Soak the chana overnight.
* Pressure cook the chana, sliced onion, bay leaves and salt.
* Put oil in the pan, add the paste also add the sliced tomatoes and turmeric power and wheat flour and fry it for some time.
* When the masala is fried properly add the chana cooked and salt to it.
* Cook it for some time.

Serve it hot with parathas.

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Jhunka

Ingredients

* 1 cup Channa besan floor
* 1 medium onion
* 4-6 green chillies
* Curry leaves
* Coriander
* Jeera
* Mustard
* Salt
* Oil
* Lemon

Method

* Mix the Channa Besan flour in cold water throughly till there are no lumps. The mixture should be watery in nature and not too thick.
* In a small vessel add 2 table spoon oil and get it to heat.
* Add little jeera and mustard to the heated oil and wait till it starts to splutter.
* Now add onions and saute with karbevu leaves,cut green chillies, pinch of turmeric powder and salt to taste.
* Add the thin mixture prepared in step 1 and keep stirring it continuously until you reach a semi-solid consistency.
* Reduce heat to low and squeeze a lime and add coriander leaves for garnish.

Serve it hot with Chapatis/Puris or Bhakris

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Sol Kadhi

Ingredients

• 1 Coconut
• Kokam 7 -8
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 green chili
• 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
• Salt

Method

• Soak kokam in 3 tbsp of warm water. The water will turn reddish pink.
• Grind 3 kokam, coconut, garlic and green chili gradually adding water. Extract coconut milk
• Add coconut milk to the kokam water
• Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves on top
• Keep in the fridge.

Serve with hot rice and fried fish.

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Mathri

Ingredients

* 3 cups maida
* 1 cup Wheat flour
* 1 cup oil
* 3/4 tsp. Kalounji (Onion seeds)
* 3/4 tsp. Ajwain
* Salt for taste

Method

* Mix atta, maida, salt, ajwain and kalunji together.
* Add oil in this and mix it thoroughly.
* Then knead the mix using appropriate quantity of water to a hard dough.
* Make small sized balls and roll out small puris.
* Prick the puris with a knife or a fork.
* Heat oil over medium high and then reduce the flame.
* Deep fry them till light brown and crisp.
* Cool before storing.

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Spicy Puri

Ingredients

* 1 Cup Of Plain Flour
* 1 Tbsp. Oil
* Salt To Taste
* 2 Tsp.Ajwan Seeds
* 1/4 Cup Coriander Leaves
* 1 Tbsp.Red Chilli Powder
* 2 Tsp.Turmeric Powder
* Water For Kneading
* Oil For Deep Frying

Method

* Mix all ingredients, except oil for deep frying.
* Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
* Cover and keep for 10 min.
* Break into small portions & make it like a puri.
* Heat oil in a frying pan & fry puri one by one (till lightly brown)

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Tambli

Ingredients

* 4-5 red chillies
* 3-4 pods of garlic
* 1/2 coconut
* Tamarind size of a small ball
* 1/4 cup curds
* Salt to taste
* 2 cups water

Method

* Grind in the mixie the red chillies, garlic, coconut and tamarind.
* Mix this with the curds and the salt and add the water and serve cold.

Serve with rice and fried fish.

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Thatha Bajji

Ingredients

* 2 Cups Maida
* 1/2 Cup of Mixed vegetables; Carrots, Beans, Corn.
* 3-4 Green Chillies. Cut into small pieces
* Ginger Small Piece
* 1 Pinch of Hing
* 1/4 Cup Curd.
* Baking powder
* Salt to Taste.
* Coriander leaves.

Method

* Mix all the above in a vessel and form a batter. The batter should be of medium consistency. Set aside for 30 Minutes to One hour.
* Boil oil in a frying pan. Take small rolls of batter and fry in the Oil. Fry till golden brown.

Serve Hot with Tomato Ketchup

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It's very good!!