PITHACHI/ BESAN MIRCHI

Ingredients:

3/4 big green chilies

1/2 cup besan/ chick peas flour

salt per taste

1 tsp turmeric

3 tbs oil

1/4 tsp sugar

 Procedure:

give a cut to chilies but don't break into half. now remove seeds. Now apply little salt and keep it aside. 

Now in flour add salt, turmeric, sugar and 1/2 tbs oil. Sprinkle water if required and mix the mixture well. don't make the mixture too wet. Now stuff chilies with this mixture. 

Heat the pan and add remaining oil. keep the flame on low heat.

now add chilies in oil and cover the pan with lid.Stir after few min 

with gentle hand. when chilies turn soft besan mirchi is ready. approximately it takes 2 min time for chilies to cook. 

Approximate time for the recipe is 5min.

KALANYACHI BHAKRI AND MIRCHI THECHA 
(JOWAR- BLACKGRAM Bread and CHILI CHUTNEY)

Ingredients:
For Bhakri/ bread
1 Kg  Jowar (Sorghum)
1/4 Kg Black gram
2 tbs Fenugreek seeds
salt

For Thecha (Chutney)  
5-6 Green chilies
1 tsp  cumin seeds roasted
2-3 garlic cloves
 1/2 cup coriander leaves chopped
salt to taste
3 tbs oil.
 Procedure:
Mix Jowar, gram and fenugreek seed and make flour. 1 cup of flour makes 1 medium size bhakri.
Mix salt (approx 1/4 tsp) as per taste in 1 cup of flour. mix with water and knead dough well.
Work on dough for 1 min.Heat a flat pan. Roll the bread/ bhakri and into an evenly flatten disk. Then place on hot pan. wait for few seconds when color changes pour little water (3/4 tbs) and spred evenly. Again wait for 2/3 seconds and turn bhakri. Roast it properly from each corner.
when bottom side starts getting loose from side put the other side directly on the flame. Roast it for few seconds. your bhakri is ready.
now roast chili, and cumin seeds. Now pour chili, cumin, garlic, coriander, and salt in mortar and make chutney with pestle. Heat oil in a bowl and add chutney and fry for few seconds this will reduce heat from chilies.
Serve bhakri and chutny and chopped onion, raw mango or lemon.

KHANDESHI LAJJAT

Hello,

I am  posting this blog specially to all my colleges who seems to enjoy a lot of KHANDESHI FOOD.  My first recipe is the one loved by every one and which is extremely healthy too.

so enjoy

MOONG ( Green gram) USAL

Ingredients:

1 tbs oil1 tsp sugar                                                 1  small size finely cut onion

1 tsp garlic paste                                                     1 tsp ginger paste
1 pinch of asafoetida (hing)                                   1tsp goda masala 
1tsp coriander powder                                          1 cup  green gram

1 tsp  mustered seeds                                             1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp turmeric                                                         1/2 tbp red Chili powder

some curry leaves                                                   salt per taste

Garnishing:-chopped onion, chopped coriander leaves, Farsan or namkeen,lemon juice. 

Procedure:-

soak moong for overnight, drain the water next day. Heat a pan, add oil in to it. Add mustered seeds. When mustered star cracking add cumin seeds, asafoetida, and half of chopped onion.
When colour of onion turns golden add curry leaves, ginger and garlic paste. Add  moon/gram in to oil. Steam the gram for a while then add masala, turmeric,chilli powder,coriander powder and salt. 

Add some water and let gram cook till it becomes soft add salt per taste. Add suger when all water dries off.
Serve with grated coconut, farsan, chopped onion, chopped coriander and a slice of lemon.
Enjoy with your friends and family.

Next Recipe: Khandeshi Kalanyachi Bhakri  and Mirchi Thecha.