Wheat Dosa

I was bored with the usual breakfast routine yet needed something different so was looking for instant item which I can prepare without any prior preparations and thus came across wheat dosa from one of my friend. Its simple, easy, less time consuming and a healthy item. We know to prepare chapatis out of wheat flour, dosa!! sounds different and in taste as well! It is similar to the Rava Dosa recipe that I posted earlier we can omit onions. I tried both the ways adding little onions at the end to the batter and it tasted well as well. We need not soak the batter for long time, its direct procedure, mix well and make dosas.We will see below the steps on how it can be prepared.

Methi Bhaji

Methi / fenugreek leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals so they are very healthy and included in various ways in Indian cuisine like in salad, sabzi, rice and parathas. In spite of its bitterness if roasted well it tastes very good and is liked by most of the kids in the form of methi paratha. It is consumed raw as salad along with Bhakri (Jowar roti) in Maharashtra. We can prepare a very simple side dish with methi leaves that can be included in our weekly menu. Here we will see the simplest way of preparing methi sabzi that can be served as a side dish for roti/rice.

Sankranti Bhogi Meal

Since I came to my native for Sankranti festival I got a chance to have a variety of food “a complete Sankranthi Bhogi meal” prepared by my mum! Which was so delicious and awesome that I can't resist from posting it here. A traditional food which which is a combination of Bajra roti/Black millet roti/sajji rotti, mix bhaji, spring onion bhaji, rice, sambar, shenga chutney, kharda, korti chutney (gurolle chutney) and pickle. I just love it! Sankranti is the 1st festival in a year celebrated by Hindu’s in India and January is the month where we get all the fresh vegetables. So during this festival the previous day of Sankranthi which is called as “Bhogi” in Maharashtra and North Karnataka we prepare mix vegetable sabzi and offer to savaasni (married woman) in the form of “Bhogi”. So this time my mom had got lots of veggies to prepare Bhogi meal. We will see below the various traditional dishes prepared during Sankranti Bhogi festival.

Puran Poli/Holige

When its Sankranthi festival how can you forget about “Puran Poli” its sweet paratha and is generally prepared in Maharashtra. This is a classical Marathi dish which is served as dessert / sweet item during the festival season. The stuffing is known as ‘Puran’ and outer cover is known as poli. In Karnataka it is called as “Huranada Holige”. It is made from Bengal gram and Jaggery. Preparing holige needs lots of patience and concentration. My mom prepares it with much care and sees that it does not break and it becomes very soft. Even I still haven’t learn the way of preparing poli perfectly. We will see below the step by step procedure to prepare this. The measurement I am sharing here is for 1 kg Bengal gram which from which we can prepare upto 20 -22 poli.