Pithla Bhakri and Chutney

A very delicious and authentic Maharashtrian Dish..... Its a very very healthy meal. Mostly the farmers prefer this food for lunch as it is very very energetic and also keeps you full for a longer time....

Ingredients

For Bhakri

2 cups Bajra / Jowar flour

Water

For Pithala

2 cups Chickpea flour (besan)

1 or 2 chillies

few curry leaves

1 tsp each ginger and garlic paste

1 onion chopped

1 tsp oil

1 tsp mustard seeds

salt to taste

For Chutney

1/2 cup roasted peanuts

1 big pod of garlic

1" piece of ginger

Salt to taste

2 spoon yoghurt

water

Method

For Bhakri

1. Take the bajra or jowar flour in a plate. Take little flour and put water and make dough of it and then with hand spread it slowly.

2. Once spread put it on hot tawa and on the top brush water.

3. When the water dries turn it over on the gas and let it puff.

4. Remove and keep it in the vessel.

For Pithala

1. Put oil in a vessel. When it is hot add mustard seeds.

2. Then add the curry leaves and chopped chillies.

3. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes.

4. Add chopped onions and fry for few minutes.

5. Add water salt. Let the water boil nicely.

6. When the water starts boiling slowly start adding chickpea flour and stir at the same time.

7. Cook for a few minutes and then off the gas.

For chutney

1. In a mixer add all the ingredients of the chutney and make a paste.

Serve hot Bhakri with Pithala and chutney.

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Pav Bhaji

A wonderful dish and My husband Speciality... he really makes wonderful pav bhaji... the colour..taste.. look...everything just perfect the way I like it.... This post is posted by me but all other efforts from cutting the veges to taking the snaps are done by my sweetheart.... Thanks Ani.... For the wonderful dish... :)

So here go the ingredients for his style wonderful pav bhaji....

Serves 2

Ingredients

Potatoes 4 boiled and mashed

Onions 2 chopped finely

Amul butter 2 tbsp

Pav bhaji masala as required (to taste)

Tomatoes 2 large chopped finely

Red chillies 2 finely chopped

Green capsicum 1 small finely chopped

Cauliflower 1/4 cut into small florets

Oil 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Tomato Ketchup 2 tbsp

Peas 1/2 cup

Red chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp

Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Method

1. Take oil in a heavy bottom vessel. Add little butter to it when its hot add onions and fry them till tender.

2. Add turmeric, red chilli powder, and pav bhaji masala and fry for a min.

3. Add the capsicum, cauliflower, red chilli, peas and fry them till the capsicum is tender.

4. Add the tomatoes and mix them and smash all veges with a smasher in the vessel itself.

5. Add tomaoes and smash again. Add water.

6. Add salt and keep mixing and smashing. Taste and add pav bhaji masala if required.

7. Add a blob of amul butter and ketchup mix. Add serve hot with butter and lightly roasted pav...

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