SAJJIGE BAJJIL OR UPMA AND POHA COMBO

Ingredients

Sajjige or Upma

1 Cup Semolina or Soji or Rava

2 Tablespoons Cashewnuts (optional)

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp of urid dhal

1 medium onion

1 inch ginger chopped

2 green chillies chopped

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

2 tblsp scraped coconut

small bunch chopped coriander leaves

3 tablespoons coconut oil or any oil or ghee

Method:

Roast the Rava slightly in a pan

Boil two cups of water. Heat a pan and add oil or Ghee. Fry the cashewnuts lightly and remove. Add mustard seeds, Urid Dhal, Chopped onion, ginger, chillies and fry for a minute. Add roasted rava and fry for two minutes. Add 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar and mix well. Add the boiled water and allow to cook. Add the cashewnuts, scraped coconut and coriander leaves. Remove

Bajjil or Poha:

2 cups of thin beaten rice or poha

1 cup of scraped coconut.

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urid dhal

2 broken red chillies

1 spring curry leaves

1 medium onion chopped.

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin seed powder

3/4 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

2 tablespoons coconut oil or any oil.

Method:

Heat a pan and add oil. Add 1 mustard seeds, Urid dhal, chillies, curry leaves. Fry for 30 seconds. Add chopped onion and fry for 2 minutes. Add coriander powder, cumin seed powder, chilli powder and fry.

in a mixing bowl add the thin poha and coconut and mix well. Add add salt and sugar. Add the fried mixture to this and mix well. You have Bajjil or poha.

Serving:

Take a small round bowl or idli or sanna container, fill it with Upma (Sajjige) and drop onto a plate. Take required amount of Poha (Bajjil) and drop onto plate next to Upma. You have Sajjige Bajjil.

upma

Ingredients

One Cup of Semolina or Sojee or Rava

One Onion finely Chopped

Two Green Chillies Finely Chopped

1 inch ginger finely chopped

1 Sprig Curry Leaves

1/2 tsp of Mustard Seeds

1/2 Tsp of Urid Dhal (Black Gram)

Few Cashewnuts for garnishing

Few Coriander Leaves for garnishing

Oil

Salt to taste

Method

Roast the Semolina not burnt it and remove. Add oil and when hot, add Curry Leaves, Mustard and Urid Dhal. When the mustard starts spluttering and Urid Dhal becomes brown add the chopped Onions, ginger and chillies and fry for sometime. When the Onion has lost its rawness, add the roasted Semolina and mix. Fry for sometime. Add little salt (1 Tsp).

Add two cups boiled hot water and mix well. Keep stirring and now add roasted cashewnuts. You may add a spoon of sugar. Put off flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves

Sheera or Kesar Bhath

Ingredients:

1 Cup Semolina or Rava or Soji (Medium to Coarse)

Few Cashewnuts (10)

Few Raisins or Sultanas (10)

2 Cardamom Pods

2 Cloves

1 Cup Milk

1 Cup Water

Ghee or Clarified Butter

1 Cup Sugar

½ tsp Orange Colour

Saffron (few strings) to add to milk

2 Tblsp Oil

Method:

In a deep bottom pan, heat and add 2 tablespoon oil. When hot lightly fry the cashew nuts and remove. Then fry the raisins till they puff up and remove.

Fry the cardamom and cloves for 30 sec and then add Semolina and fry on very low flame. Fry for about 5 mins continuously stirring so that it does not burn. Fry till slightly brown. Add sugar and continue stirring for a minute or two. Add saffron to milk and stir.  Add water and mix well. Stir and then add milk and continue stirring. Add the cashew nuts and raisins. When it starts boiling reduce the flame. It will start thickening up. Add one spoon of ghee and keep stirring. Mix well and keep stirring. Add Orange Colour. Add one more spoon of ghee and keep stirring till the mixture leaves the side and come together. That’s it Sheera or Kesar Bhath. Allow it to cool a bit and then serve.

Instant Onion Rava Dosa

 

Ingredients:

1 Cup Fine Rava (Semolina)

1 Cup Rice Flour

½ Cup Maida or Standard Flour

1 tsp Cumin Seeds

1 tsp Salt

Water

Mix all above – watery consistency

Add

1/c Chopped Onion

4 Chopped Green Chillies

½ Inch Chopped Ginger

10 Chopped Curry Leaves

Small bunch of Chopped Coriander Leaves

Mix well and add more water if required (watery consistency)

Keep aside for 30 minutes

Frying:

Heat a non-stick or Dosa pan. Apply little oil. Spread the batter on the pan- Close with lid and cook on medium heat. Apply little ghee or clarified butter. Remove when crisp.

Have with coconut chutney or sambhar or dry coconut chutney.

Xmas Sweets (Kuswar) – Rava (Semolina) Ladoo

 

Ingredients:

500 Gms Fine Rava or Semolina

500 gms Castor sugar (powdered )

1 cup Ghee (clarified butter)

1 tsp cardamom powder

¼ tsp Nutmeg Powder

2 spoons raisins

1 Cup Warm Milk

Method:

In a deep pan fry the Rava (Semolina), add sugar and keep frying till brown. Add the cardamom and nutmeg powder. Remove into a vessel or large tray.

Heat ¾ of the ghee and fry the raisins slightly. Add to mixture. Mix well.

Add Warm milk and form ladoos. Grease your palm with ghee to form the ladoos.

Store in air tight containers.