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Saturday, December 7, 2019

PITHALA BHAKRI

It's time to be a bit of Maharashtrian.. I learnt this from my friends in Pune and it's one my favourite dishes when it comes to Maharashtrian Cooking.

Ingredients for PITHALA

Gram Flour - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Turmeric
Onions - 2 finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chillies - 3 chopped
Coriander leaves for garnish
Lemon juice - 1 lemon
Water - 3 to 4 cups ( depending on the consistency of the PITHALA)
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Oil/ghee 1 tbsp

Ingredients for Bhakri
Jowar Flour - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Water to knead the dough


Tempering/LAAL GHEE

Ghee - 1 tbsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp






Method

1. Heat oil in a Kadai, add Mustard seeds and Jeera to it. Add ginger garlic paste, green chillies and onions and saute on a high flame.
2. In a Bowl, Add gram flour turmeric powder, salt and water to make a dilute flour mix without lumps
3. Add this to mix to Sauteed onions and keep stirring constantly till it thickens and cooks. The consistency should be like a melted butter
4. Add Coriander leaves and Lemon Juice and remove from the flame. Your PITHALA is ready
5. For Bhakri, khead the ingredients with warm water till the dough is soft
6. Rest the dough for 10 mins and roll it and grill on Tawa with little oil to cook and then grill it on Gas flame directly to give smoky taste
7. To temper PITHALA, heat ghee in a Kadai and add Jeera and Kashmiri red chilli powder to it after turning off the heat.. 
8. To serve, add PITHALA on the plate, top it with the tempering and serve with hot Bhakri

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Whole Wheat & Country Sugar Cookies

This is one of my new experiments on making cookies. These cookies are not only healthy but tasty as well.

Ingredients

Whole Wheat Flour - 1.5 cups
Country Sugar - 1/2 cup
Pure Ghee (Clarified Butter) - 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Milk - 3 tbsp
Salt a pinch
Tutti Fruiti - 1/2 cup






Method
  1. Pre-heat oven at 180 deg Celcius. Line your Cookie Tray with Parchment paper
  2. Sieve Whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder, Cardamom powder and Salt. Mix is thoroughly
  3. Whisk And Cream Ghee and Country Sugar thoroughly with a hand mixer till it's light and fluffy
  4. Add the whole wheat flour mix and khead it into a dough
  5. Add milk as needed to make a soft dough
  6. Make small balls and stuff it with Tutti Fruiti bits. Make a firm ball again and Press it against the fork to give a shape as give in the pic
  7. Bake it for 15 to 18 mins in 180 deg Celcius..
  8. Cool it in wire rack and store it in an air tight container.