Sweet Shavige

Shavige is nothing but vermicelli. I use Anil Shavige for many preparations. Here  I have a Recipe for you " Sweet Shavige ". This Sweet dish recipe appeared in " Vijaya Next "  Food Court. Thanks to F.B. friend  Babitha Salian, who motivated me to write up the recipe.
Sweet Shavige is a sweet dish as the name says and it is really very tasty dish and we can prepare it for festival or feast. Any quick parties or eve.

 Shavige is a type of thin noodle and we can prepare many dishes as I said earlier. Payasam, burfi, different types of Shavige baat ..so on the list goes on. Here I have tried this sweet shavige with jaggery and an apple which adds the taste and flavour to the Shavige.
Lets straight get into to the recipe which is easy to prepare and tasty as well as healthy too. Since jaggery is used instead of sugar and not much of ghee. It will be loved by all the age group and the all the family members.

Things Needed : 

Shavige  :  2 Cups .( Used Anil Shavige )
Jaggery : 3/4  Cup
Ghee : 1/2 Cup ( or less )
Apple : 1
Coconut : 2 Table spoons
Cardamom : 4 to 5
Cashew Nuts : Handful ( as you wish _
Saffron : a pinch or 2 to 3 rakes (small sticks)
Water : 4 Cups 

   Method : 

1. Keep water for boiling .
2. Powder cardamom and keep it aside.

3. Keep a pan on the fire , put a table spoon of ghee and fry cashew nuts nicely till they turn slightly brown. Take it out and keep it aside.

 4. Add shavige to the ghee and fry nicely. Grate apple (with its skin) add it to the shavige and fry again for 2 minutes.

5. Add boiling water and cook shavige till the water dry and shavige softens. (2 to 3 minutes )

6. Add jaggery to the shavige mixture. It again turns watery. Stir slowly and let jaggery mix with Shavige.

7. Add another table spoon of ghee and stir slowly. Add saffron rakes . (you can soak them in warm milk and then add saffron).
8. Now put off the fire and add coconut and cardamom mixture to cooked Sweet Shavige , mix it well and shift it to the serving bowl.

Top up with fried Cashew nuts and serve " Sweet Shavige ".

 Note 

You can add more or less jaggery according to your wish. Adding more ghee adds to the taste. You can add a pinch of turmeric powder instead of saffron
Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 4 to 5.

Dates - Banana Rasayana

Rasayana is a sweet dish, which is normally prepared using Banana or Mango or both together. It is one of the traditional quick dish, and can be eaten with dosas , neer dosas, idli, poori and chapatis. Some people call this as Shikarane also. There are many ways to prepare this Rasayana.

Normally Dakshina Kannada people (Udupi , Mangalore or Malenaadu ), We take a fresh coconut, grate it and grind it with little water to get its fresh coconut milk, then add jaggery and cardamom, mix it well and serve with holige (Pooran Poli), Kadubu, Neer Dosa, Shavige (Home made Rice Vermicelly) and even it goes well with Uddina Dosa. During the mango season we add ripe mango pulp to fresh coconut milk and prepare Mango Rasayana. We can use ripe banans also instead of mangoes or use both the fruits and make it more delicious. Believe me this is the way how the Traditional Rasayana prepared in our homes.

Now a days  it should be quick, easy and bit of on the healthy side dishes are more famous and good for office goers and the house wives too.This dish can be prepared easily if you have ripe banana and the normal fresh boiled and cooled milk. Eating sugar one has to think twice.

Adding jaggery that is what I prefer but this time used Dates and Honey instead of jaggery. It is still easy, you do not have to think whether the jaggery melted and combined with the Rasayana well. Think of preparing when you have lot of  well ripened bananas. Children and even all age group will love to have this " Dates -Banana Rasayana ", and 100 % healthy and do not have to worry about the sweetness.
Lets see a few benefits of eating Dates in our diet.
Dates are one of the most popular fruits packed with essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are required for normal growth, development and overall well being. Fresh dates are soft, easy, digestible and simple sugar. When eaten they replenish energy and revitalize the body instantly. The fruit is rich in dietary fiber, which prevents LDL, cholesterol absorption in the gut. They contain anti oxidants, anti infective, anti inflammatory. They are moderate sources of vitamin A. Dates are excellent source of iron and potassium. Date fruits are also rich in minerals like calcium, manganese, copper and magnesium.

Here is a recipe of Simple, Easy, Quick and Tasty  "Dates Banana Rasayana"  recipe which will fit into all age group taste and health.

Things Needed :

Bananas : 4 to 6
Dates : 6 to 8
Honey : 2 Table spoons
Cardamom : 3 to 4 pods.
Milk : 1 to 2 Glass  (Boiled and Cooled).

Method 

 1.Remove the skin of cardamom and powder it. Keep it aside
2. Cut dates in to small pieces and keep it aside.
3. Remove the banana skin and cut the fruits into small. Put them in a big bowl.7.

4. Pour 1 table spoon of honey on the top of banana. Put cut dates and add milk.

5. Mix all the ingredients nicely with the help of a big spoon or use hand. Squeeze bananas and dated in hand and let all the mixture mix it nicely.
6. Add cardamom and mix once again and shift  Dates - Banana Rasayana to a serving bowl.

7. Serve with the main dish you have prepared.

 

8. We had " Dates - Banana Rasayana " with Neer Dosa.

 Note : 

You can use more bananas. Use of jaggery or sugar instead of honey and dates also an optional. You can add dry nuts to Rasayana.You can add grated coconut to the  Rasayana mixture. ( It adds to the taste). You can prepare Banana Dates Milk Shake with this mixture. Use boiled and cooled fresh milk.
Time : 10 Minutes.
Serves : 1 to 2.