Sunday, October 25, 2020

ಸುಲಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಜ್ಜಾಯ/ಅತಿರಸ/ಅತ್ರಾಸ ಮಾಡಿ ನೋಡಿ


Preparing Kajjaya/ Athirasa/ Atrasa is very easy and please do watch this video and you will be surprised and definitely you will prepare it. 


Things needed :
Raw rice/Dosa Rice : 2 Cup
Jaggery (powdered) : 1 Cup
Sesame seeds : 1 Tb
Oil to fry : 1 Cup or little more
Cardamom : 3 to 4 Pods

Method :
1. Wash and soak rice for 24 hours. Yes it has to be soaked for twenty four hours.
2. Then wash it again, drain it and spread it on a towel inside the home.
3. Let it dry for a while. (1 hour will do). By the time dry roast sesame seeds. 
4. See that it does not dry completely. The moisture should be there.
5. Dry grind and sieve it. Fine powder it should be.
6. Dry grind the rava consistency rice powder again to be powder. Sieve it again.
7. Now the rice powder is ready. 
8. Keep a pan on the fire and put 1/2 cup of water or little less than 1/2 cup. Add Jaggery to it.
9. See that it is completely melt and turn as little more than one string consistency.
10. To check the consistency of jaggery keep little water in a cup. Put a drop of jaggery drop in it.
It should not melt in water. It should stay as a drop but thick.
11. Now add sieved rice flour and sesame seeds. Mix it well in jaggery. Put off the fire.
12. Take out the pan from fire and keep it aside. Add 1 tbs of ghee and mix it nicely. 
13. Let it cool down. Mix it well and kneed the dough nicely.
14. Divide the dough into small portions and kneed each portion nicely and bring it to a ball shape.
15. Keep a pan and put oil to pan. Heat it. 
16. Take a small portion and pat it on your palm or oil spread plastic can be used to pat the Atrasa as little big.
17. Put this Atrasa in medium hot oil and fry on both sides till it turns golden brown.
18. Remove it from the oil and put it on a kitchen tissue. So that extra oil is absorbed.
19. Atrasa is ready to serve or to eat. 
20. It is nice to eat on next day.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

ಆರೋಗ್ಯಕರ ಕಾಳುಗಳ ಪಲ್ಲ್ಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪಾವ್ /ಬನ್ಸ್ ಸವಿಯಿರಿ


Try and enjoy this Misal Pav. Easy way to do it.

Soak Kabooli channa, Dry peas, black eye beans, cow peas and whole green grams for 5 to 6 hours.
Wash and pressure cook for 15 minutes.
Let it cool.
Pressure cook 1 Sweet potato and peel of its skin after it gets cool.
Wash and cut 3 tomatoes, 2 green chilly and an inch of ginger to scrape. ( Wash and remove the outer layer of ginger, wash it again and then grate it.). 
Keep a pan on the fire and add 2 tbs of oil. Fry 1 tsp of jeera/cumin seeds, add cut chilly, ginger and cut tomatoes. Fry nicely till tomatoes turn soft.
Mash sweet potato and add it to tomatoes. Mix it well. 
Add cooked pods and stir well. 
Add required salt and little yellow powder/Turmeric powder and mix it nicely. Let it boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add 2 tbs of MTR Pav bhaji masala and mix it slowly.
Let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes. (Add water if required).
Add 2 tbs of kasoori methi/Dry methi leaves and cook for a minute.
Add 2tbs of butter and shift the curry to a serving dish. 
Enjoy this Misal with Pav.
Cut buns/ Pav into two slices and spread some butter and heat it on hot pan. Cook slightly on both sides and serve with Misal Curry.
Note :
You can use little mixture on top of Misal. I did not use.
You can add more chilly, chilly powder to make it more spicy.
Adding any brand of Pav bhaji spice is optional.
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