Brinjal Rawa fry ( or Phodis)

Though we always make Matti gul phodis, never thought it would be so tasty with teh big purple brinjals too.

This is a common way of making bhajjis in our amchi cuisine.  We make rawa fry out of most vegetables.  Even seemae badnekayi, pumpkin, 

and of course common vegaetables like aloo, sweet potato etc.

Ingredients 

 for coating :

rava :1/4 cup ( can also add 2 tsp of rice flour and 1 tsp of cornflour)

red chilli pwd :1 tsp ( depends on preference)

hing 1/4 tsp

salt per taste 

Masala :

red chilli pwd : 1 -2 tsp ( as per taste )

haldi : a pinch

hing 1/8 tsp

salt as per taste

rice flour : 2 tbsp 

brinjal 1 thickly sliced in rounds 

Method :

1.  In a bowl , mix hte ingredients in the masala well, 

2.  coat the vegetable pieces with this masala and let it marinate for 20 - 3- minutes.

3.  In another flat bowl, mix he ingredients under coating and check seasoning. 

4.  Heat a tawa and grease it well.  when it is hot, roll each marinated vegetable in th ecoating and then place on the tawa.  drizzle with oil and cover.

5.  cook on medium flame and after 5 - 7 minutes, turn the vegetable and again drizzle with oil. 

6.  cook till it becomes crisp and then serve hot.

Onion sanna polo

Another aamchi delicacy had as a side dish during meals.  

Coconut grated one and a half cups

Rice.  1 cups soaked for about two hrs

Tamarind lemon size

Red chillies. ( fried and a mix of both kashmiri and spicy) around 12-15 ( as per taste)

Salt to taste

Jaggery a scrape

Onions 2 small cut fine

Hing 1/2 tsp

Grind coconut red chillies tamarind to a fine paste with little water.

Then grind the rice to a coarse paste with  little water.  Mix with the coconut masala and make sure the batter is thick not like dosa !

Add salt jaggery and hing and the finely cut onions.

Heat a flat tava and make small pancakes!  Drizzle oil and roast till golden ! 

Moong dal varn

This recipe is from my friend Sujata, with whom I used to have long conversations literally everyday in Muscat. 

Had this recipe from a long time before I finally tried it out today and it tastes yumm!  Something other than the dal, rasam, sambhar to have with rice ! 

Ingredients 

Moong dal one cup

Coconut grated   Little more than 1/4 cup

Green chillies as per taste

Fried red chillies. 2

Tamarind a scrape

Haldi a pinch

Jeera 1 1/2 tsp

Salt

Tadka ghee rai curry leaves and red chillies

Grind coconut chilles tamarind  haldi and jeera to a smooth paste.

Dry roast moong dal, till slightly red, wash and cook and then mash.

Add the masala, enough water to get the required thickness and salt and boil. 

Finally give tadka !