Sweet Mango Gojju

Mangoes are seasonal fruits and one should make use of seasonal fruits and vegetables since they are filled with loads of minerals and vitamins.

We have mango trees in Our Birthimane (name of the area near Brahmavar / Udupi, my father in law's house). Normally during the mango season we do get good mangoes. Even the same mangoes are used for  pickle. This tree gives yummy mangoes. I do bring them here and prepare so many dishes from it.
These wild mangoes are bit savoury in taste and I used lots of JONI/liquid form of jaggery to it and prepared Sweet Mango Gojju.
This Sweet Mango Gojju taste sweet and good to have as one of the side dish with idli, poori, chapati, dosa, guli appa and bread.
I have squeeze out pulp from mango fruits, used that with jaggery, pepper and green chilly. Mango seeds/ಓಟೆ are dipped in the curry. It is very nice to have the seeds and enjoy having juice in them.
No Onion or Garlic is used in this Recipe. This is one of new creation from old traditional taste.
Let us see the recipe now :

Things needed : 

Wild Mangoes : 10 to 12
Jaggery : 1/2 Cup. (Powdered)
Pepper Pods : 5 to 6
Green chilly : 2
Salt : As required
For Seasoning :
Coconut Oil : 1 Teaspoon
Mustard seeds : 1 Teaspoon
Ingh/Asafoetida : A little
Methi Seeds : 5 to 6
Curry Leaves : 6 to 8.

Method :

1. Wash and clean all the mangoes. Wipe out all the moisture from mangoes and keep it aside.

2. Powder jaggery. Wash green chlliy and cut in to halves. Slit them in middle.
3. Now squeeze out the pulp from all the mangoes. Do not add any water.

4. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Put 1 tsp of coconut oil, mustard seeds and methi /Fengrik seeds.
5. Let mustard seeds splutter. Add ingh / Asafoetida, curry leaves and fry nicely till the leaves get crispy. Add mango pulp.

6. Add required salt and jaggery. Add turmeric powder and mix the curry well.
7. Add crushed pepper and slit green chilly. Let it boil for 5 to 6 minutes or little more.
8. Let the curry mix it well with jaggery and boil till it gets slightly thick.

9. Put off the fire and leave it to cool. Shift Sweet Mango Gojju to a serving dish.

10. Serve with the main dish of your choice.

Note :

You can add cut chilly to seasoning and fry nicely. Adding pepper to the curry helps to digest the
food properly.
Adding more / less jaggery is optional. Do not use much oil. It might give a bad adore later.
Adding more green chilly is optional. Use of curry leaves is optional.
Time  20 Minutes.

Serves : As you like it .

Simply Aloo Samosa

Samosa is one of the street food and is very famous all over the world. Samosa is filled with varieties of  vegetables, dals, potatoes and onions. Even sweet Samosas are also available is yummy to have spicy or sweet samosas at any time of the day. Samosas goes well with a cup of hot coffee/chai or even juices. Here I have tried aloo filled small samosas and of course it is in a healthy way.

" Healthy way " is a good word to use because I have used wheat flour and small chiroti rava/semolina for the covering and the potatoes are cooked as dry curry and then it is used. They are cooked with very little oil and then used water to get it soft. I have used very less spice and made the samosa as small. Even the elderly people can also have these samosas and enjoy their day. We can pack it for kids for their school snack box. You can take it for travelling and the ladies to their kitty party.
Let us see the recipe Now :

Things Needed :

To stuff :
Potato Dry Curry : 1 Bowl.
For the outer layer/Cover 
Chiroti Rava/Semolina : 2 Cups
Jeera/Cumin Seeds : 1/2 Tsp
Salt : As required
Ghee : 1 Tablespoon
Oil : To Fry : 1 Cup

Method :

1. Take a big bowl. Add rava. Add salt, jeera/cumin seeds and ghee.

2. Mix all the ingredients nicely and prepare the dough. (Poori dough consistency).

3. Divide the dough into small portions. Take a small portion and roll it.

4. Cut the rolled chapati into half.
5. Take the cut portion and put it on your palm.

6.Make a triangle shape and press the edge. Fill in 1 tbs of potatoes.

7. Bring the sides on the top together and press it and bind the two sides very tightly.

8 Arrange the potato stuffed samosas in a plate /tray.
9. Keep a small frying pan and put oil. Heat it. Let the flame be low now.
10. Fry potato filled Samosas one by one on low and medium flame. Fry on both sides.

11. When you fry on low flame Samosa turns crispy.

12. Serve with the side dish you have prepared. We had it with Mango - Carrot Sweet and Sour Curry.

Note :

Fry samosa in low and medium flame to get them crispy. Adding ghee makes the samosa crispy.
Do not add more ghee, it might absorb more oil while frying.
The samosa size can be big/small.
Time : 30 Minutes.

Serves : 10 to 12 Samosas.