Top Five Navratri Recipes

Topica seeds, Buck wheat flour, Water Chestnut flour, Lotus seeds, Potatoes and Rock Salt are used  and regular spices and vegetables are abstained in Navratri and other religious fasts.

During these special occasions you can prepare any one or all of the following  lip smacking dishes.

1- Sabudana Khichdi 

Topica or Sago seeds (Sabudana) 1 1/2 cups
Peanuts 1/4 cup
Green chilies 4-5
Potato 1 medium
Oil 3 tablespoons
Curry leaves 1-2 sprigs
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Rock Salt to taste
Sugar
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Fresh coconut scraped for garnishing
Fresh coriander leaves a few sprigs

Procedure

• Take sabutdana & Wash them couple of times in water.
• Soak for 2-3 hours or perhaps more depending upon the type of sabutdana. With the experience one can easily make out that pearly white & soft sabutdana is better than off-white & hard variant.
• Drain the excessive water by the help of big strainer.
• Check that sabutdana is properly soaked or not by pressing the sabutdana with the hand, it is easily mashed that means it is properly soaked.
• Roast peanuts (mung phalli) after the removal of the skin in a non-stick pan or microwave it. Grind it in a mortar - pestle (Hamam Dasta) or mixie.
• Mix the coarsely powdered roasted peanuts with sabutdana and sugar.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil and crackle 1 tsp cumin. When they are browned add 1 chopped green chili. Fry for half a minute on medium flame.
• Add the chopped boiled potatoes (2 small to medium size potatoes) and saute for a minute or two.
• Add the Sabudana and saute till the pearls become translucent on a slow flame stirring continuously.
• Garnish the Sabudana Khichdi with some coriander leaves, drizzle with ½ to 1 tsp lemon juice and serve the Sabudana Khichdi hot. You can also add garnish with grated coconut.

2- Buckwheat Dosa (Kattu Ka Dosa)

Ingredients

Kuttu or buckwheat flour- 5tbsp
Arabi or Colocasia (boiled and mashed)- 2tbsp
Ajwain or carom seeds- 1 pinch
Green chillies- 4 (chopped)
Oil -2tbsp
Potatoes- 2 (boiled)
Ginger (Adrak)- ½ inch (chopped)
Turmeric (Haldi)- 1 pinch
Red chilli powder(Lal Mirch)- 1/2tsp
Coriander leaves- 2 stalks (chopped)
Sanda namak or rock salt- as per taste

Procedure

For Filling

• Mash the boiled and peeled potatoes into a uniform mass.
• Add rock salt and turmeric to it. Mix them using your fingers.
• Season with half chopped green chilies.
• To the pan, add 1tbsp of ghee.
• Add the ginger and saute for 1 minute. Then... Read More

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