Katachi Amti

Katachi amti
Ingrediants
1 and ½ cups Katache Pani
1 piece Cinnamon2 bay leaves
8-10 curry leaves
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
A pinch of asafoetida
2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
2 tsp Garam Masala
½ tsp Tamarind concentrate
3 tsp Jaggery
2 tsp Cumin Seeds, roasted
3-4 tbsp Dry coconut, grated and roasted
Salt to taste
1 tsp Corriander, chopped
Oil
Water

How to proceed:
1) Grind roasted cumin seeds and coconut to a thin paste
2) In a cooking vessel, add katache pani, tamarind, jaggery, red chilli powder, garam masala and salt to it. If you have Mahrashtrian goda masala, add 1-2 tsp of it
3) Bring this to boil and then add coconut paste
4) Boil for more time, add water if its too thick
5) In a separate pan, heat oil and add cinnamon, bay leaves and curry leaves to it. Then add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and a pinch of asafoetida.
6) When mustard seeds start spluttering, transfer the tadka to the aamti
7) Mix well and boil for another 5 mins.
8) Garnish with corriander and serve hot with puran poli.

Puran Poli

Ingrediants

2 cup of chana dal
2 cup of jaggery
1/2 tsp of cardamon powder
1/2 tsp of nutmeg powder
2 cups of all purpose Flour
1/2 tsp of warm oil/Ghee
pinch of salt
pinch of tumeric

Directions
1.Boil the chana dal in 8 cups of water in a pan
2.Remove the water while the dal is cooking ,which can be used later to prepare Katachi amti
3.when the dal is half cook,add jaggery to it & stir Cotinously till all water evaporates
4.Add the cardamom & nutmeg powder.
5.Now the puran is ready
6.Mix maida,salt,warm oil & tumeric powder
7.make small puris of the dough & filll the small balls of puran in it
8.Close the puri & roll to make puran poli
9.Heat the poli on both the sides on fry pan & smear with ghee
10.Serve with amti or milk or gulavni

Sweet Appam

This dish i like most & easier to make ---and moreover my hubby's favorite sweet,as he likes very less sweets .So i like to make appam for him.This dish is dedicated to him :)

Ingredients
Raw Rice - 1 cup

Urad dal - 1 teaspoon

Grated coconut - 2 table spoons

Jaggery - 3/4 cup

Cardamom - 1 no Oil -

little bit of oil

Directions
1.Wash and soak the rice and urad dal for 1 hour

2.Grind to a smooth paste adding very little water.

3.Add the jaggery and coconut and grind to mix well.

4.Add cardamom powder.The batter should be like dosa batter.

5.Heat Vessel in which you make appam on low heat and pour ladle full of batter in the Vessel 6.Put some oil on the appam . cook both sides till brown.

Njoy you appam