Chickpea Chakli/Channa Murukku

This is a very tasty deep-fried snack which my mom had tried.Its really so yumm...as they say anything thats fried is delicious...Here you go.

Chickpea Chakli/Channa Muruku

Ingredients:

Kabuli Channa(White)- 1 cup
Rice Flour- 2 cups
Seasame Seeds- 1 Tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 Tbsp
Aseofeotida - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Butter/Clarified Butter (Ghee) - 3 Tbsp

Method:

Soak the channa overnight, and pressure cook till very soft.Beat the cooked chickpea in a mixer into a fine paste.Combine the rice flour,sesame seeds,cumin seeds,aserfeotida,salt, butter/ghee and the cooked channa paste.Combine and knead with little water to form a soft dough.
Now take the chakli mould/achi.Heat oil in a kadai.Place enough dough in the mould and press into the oil .Cook on medim heat.Keep frying the same till it reaches a browish color.Store in air-tight container.

Will last a week, but am sure it will be all over before that. :-)

 

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Beetroot Rice

Was wondering for a very long time in the morning, what should I be cooking for my hubby's lunch.Then when I open my refrigerator, I happen to see a very lonely beetroot, and thus the invention happened.And I hear it was a great hit at office..people were askin for more.Here you go..

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 cup grated
Rice - 1 cup( for 2 persons)
Beans ,carrot,Capsicum(all chopped into cubes)- 1 cup
Onion,Tomatoes - chopped 1 cup
Bayleaf - 1
Cloves-2
Cardamom-2
Cinnamon Stick - 1
Chilly Powder- 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp
Water - 2 1/2 cups
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add cinnamon, cloves,cardamom and bay leaf. Sauté for half a minute.
2. Add onions,tomatoes,chopped vegetables and continue to sauté on medium heat for 5 minutes.
3. Add ginger-garlic paste,turmeric powder,corinader powder,chilly powder. Sauté for five minutes.
4. Lower the flame and cover the pan with a lid and cook for 10 mins until the vegetables are almost cooked. wash the rice and drain the excess water.
5. Now add the grated beetroot,2 1/2 cups of water, salt to taste.
6. When the water starts to boil , now add the rice.Stir ,cover and cook on low flame for 20 mins or till the rice is cooked.

Yummy beetroot rice is ready.Serve hot.

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