These are perfectly crunchy and delicious. This is my family’s special treat for diwali.

Ingredients:

Rice flour – 2 cups
Urad dal flour – half cup
Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
Ajwain(- carom) -2 tsp
Salt
hot oil – 4 to 5 tbsp
Warm water to knead the dough

Jantikalu

 

Procedure:
Mix rice flour, urad flour add sesame seeds , carom (substitute cumin if you don’t have carom) , salt and oil.
Now mix everything using warm water.
Add water if required while putting the dough in the murukulu maker, then press it into the hot oil.
Fry till golden brown, remove it and store them in an air-tight container after gets cooled.

This goes to:

1. Pallavi’s yummy festival event:

http://pallavi-foodblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/announcing-event-yummy-festival-feast.html

2. Hima’s sunday snack event:

http://snackorama.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-10-08T13%3A35%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=2

3. Srivalli’s jfi Nov 08 Festival evevt:

http://cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com/2008/09/announcing-jfi-nov08-festival-treats.html

4. Haripriya reddy’s SWC Andhra pradesh event:

http://indianhut.blogspot.com/2008/10/announcing-swc-andhra-pradesh.html

 

 

I made this rice yesterday for Ganesha festival. I think it is God’s favourite item, but I am not sure. Simple yet satisfying. This is one of my comfort food.

Here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

Little more than 1 cup cooked rice

Juice of one lemon

1/2 tbsp peanuts

1 tbsp urad Dal

1/4 tsp jeera

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp turmeric

3-4 green chillies

2-3 curry leaves

1 clove of garlic crushed

3-4 sprigs of coriander leaves chopped

1 medium sized red chilli

4-5 tbsp of oil

Salt to taste

Lemon rice

Method:

Add salt to the lemon juice if you are not using immediately other wise juice will turn bitter.

Add juice to the rice with salt.

Heat the oil.

Add jeera, mustard seeds, peanuts, urad dal and red chilli.

After they fry and become little brown add green chilli, garlic and curry leaves.

Fry for few seconds and add turmeric.

Switch off the stove.

Add tadka to the rice, mix everything and microwave for 30 seconds.

It enhaces the flavour.

Enjoy………

This goes purva’s festival event: http://purvasdaawat.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-krishna-and-ganesh-chaturthi.html