Gulavani

Time 5 min
Ingredients
Jaggery 1/4 cup
Water 1 cup

Method
Heat pan by adding water. Then add jaggery and dissolve well by stirring continuously for 4-5 min. Then switch off flame. Add milk and serve with puran poli. (U can eat with milk or without milk)

Puran Poli

Time 30 Min

Ingredients

For dough
Wheat flour /Maida  2 cup
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Oil 4-5 tsp
Salt to taste

For Puran stuffing

Chana daal 1 cup

Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp

Jaggery 1 cup

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Water 1 cup 

Wheat flour / Maida 1/4 cup for dusting

Iron Tava

Butter 3-4 tsp

Method

Puran preparation

Wash chana daal, add turmeric powder and cook in cooker till 3-4 whistles. mom powder, hot water, then sugar, cover with lid. Cook for 6-7 min. till water get absorbed by semolina and sheera becomes soft. Remove the pieces of cinnamon. Allow it to cool. 

Remove chana daal from cooker even though it is hot, add it to the vessel. Turn on the flame, add jaggery and cook for 5-6 min. Jaggery will get melt, stir continuously. Cook till jaggery gets melt and water is completely evaporated. The mixture should look dry. Add cardmom powder. Mix well. Turn off the flame. Allow it to cool (not completely cool). Now grind this puran using puran yantra or mixter to make a very fine and smooth paste. The paste should not be watery.

Dough preparation
Knead the dough just like chapati. The dough should not be too soft or too hard. Keep it aside for 15 min.

Actual method
Make 4 -5 portions of dough. Take one portion of dough apply little flour on the polpat or flat surface. Then roll gently to make chapati of 5-6 inch chapati. At center add 2-3 tsp stuffing.  Then completely close the sides of chapati putting at the center. Press gently at the center and roll very softly with rolling pin. Make poli big and round in shape taking care that no stuffing should come out. Then heat the tava on high flame for 2-3 min then make a low flame. Then put poli on tava and apply little butter on upper side. Let it be for 1-2 min. Then flip the poli and roast. At this stage make medium flame. Roast the poli for about 3-4 min on medium flame till it becomes light golden brown.

Katachi Amti / Spicy Chana Daal Curry

Time 30 min

Ingredients

Chana daal / chichpeas 1 cup

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves 3-4

Red chili powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Garam masala 1/4 tsp

Whole masala: 3-4 cloves+Pepper corn 3-4+ Cinnmon 1/2 inch

Masala paste: Fresh coconut 2 tbsp+Ginger 1 inch+Garlic 3-4+ Roasted sesame seeds 1tsp=make smooth paste in blender

Water 1 cup

Oil 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method

Cook chana daal in cooker for 2-3 whistles. Allow it to cool.

Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves. After mustards seeds pops out, add whole masala. Then add masala paste, fry for about 2-3 min. Then add red chili powder, turmeric powder, cumin coriander powder mix well. Immediately add cooked daal, 1 cup  of water, mix well. Then add dry kokum and salt. cook on low flame for 10-15 min. Switch off the flame allow it to cool. Serve with rice.

Tip

More u cook more it tastes.

Boiled Chana Dal & water for amti

Potato / Batata Bhaji 1

Time 30 min

Ingredients

Potatoes 2 medium size

Onion 2 medium size (peeled and chopped lengthwise)

Curry leaves 5-6

Ginger Garlic paste 1/4 tsp

Green chilies 3-4 

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Oil 1 to 1.5 tbsp

Coriander and fresh grated coconut for garnishing

Salt to taste

Method

Cook potato in pressure cooker for 3-4 whistles. Bhaji doesn't taste good it potatoes are overcooked. Allow it to cool. Peel off potato and cut into cubes.

Heat the oil in pan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, curry leaves. After mustard seeds pops out, keep low flame. Then add onion, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, fry till onion turns golden brown. Then add cut potatoes, salt and coriander, mix well. Keep for 4-5 min. Turn off the flame. Garnish with grated coconut

Tip

I usually avoid adding coconut for the sake of cholesterol.

Cucumber Salad / Kakdichi Koshimbir

Time 10 min

Ingredients

Cucumber 2 medium sized peeled and grated

Tomato 2 large size cut into pieces

Curd 1/2 cup

Sugar 1/4 tsp

Groundnut powder 2 tbsp

Seasoning

Curry leaves 3-4

Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp

Pinch of Asafoetida

Oil 1 tsp

Green chilies 2 cut into pieces

Salt to taste

Method

Mix Cucumber and tomato in a mixing bowl. Take oil in seasoning pan heat the oil, add mustard, cumin, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chilies. Mustard seeds will pop out. Then switch off the flame. Add this to the mixing bowl. Mix well. Then add ground nut powder, curd and sugar. Add salt at the time of serving because after adding salt cucumber will start leaving water.

Tip

Generally salt is added to the cucumber then it starts leaving water. To remove the water press cucumber then slowly water will come out. Drain the water and then add the seasoning and remaining material. But i usually do not remove water. It is said that if this process of removing water is carried out then the person having cucumber salad will not have cold and cough.