Chith Unde

This is a request recipe of my viewers. Apologize for delay in posting this becoz few months back i got this recipe when i was went to india . Also this dish is not prepared on normal days. This is typical thirvidhyanam (death anniversary) dish. Recipe is given below.





Ingredients
  • Jaggery / Bella / Vellu - 1 cup (grated)
  • Coconut / Thenginakai / Thenga - 1/2 cup (grated)
  • Cardamom powder / Ellarshi pudi / Elaki pudi - 1/2 tsp
  • Rice flour / Akki hittu / Arshi maav - 1 cup
  • Pure Ghee / Thupa / Nayi - 2 tsp
  • Black Sesame Seeds / kappu ellu / karappu ell - 2 tsp
  • Thenkol maav Or Uluthuparappu maav / Uddina bele hittu / Batter - 1 cup
  • Oil to deep fry
Method
  • Take a kadai / small wok add ghee and rice flour fry on low flame till raw smell goes and keep aside
  • Heat another pan fry sesame seeds keep aside
  • Take a pan add jaggery bring to boil it becomes froth , on low flame.
  • Add coconut stir well for few minutes and add sesame seeds and flour stir it becomes thick and cool it and make a small size balls / unde keep aside
  • Make a Thenkol maav batter or soak it blackgram / uluthupappu for few hrs and make a thick batter
  • Dip each jaggery balls / unde into batter and deep fry it in the oil. Fry till it becomes golden color.














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Narthanga Oorga / Pickle & Hiralehannu Uppinakai

I have already mentioned this dish in my earlier recipe narthanga ogare ( rice dish ). The rind and juice of the citron is used for pickles just like lemon pickles. But the pickle ingredients and method is slightly different. This pickle is sort of good for health and it is recommended for diabetics patients and also to the ladies after child birth .










Ingredients

  •  Byadagi Malaka / Mensinakai / Red Chillies - 50 grms 
  • Menthyum / Menthya / Fenugreek Seeds - 1 tsp 
  • Salt to taste (rock salt) (aprox - 3 tsp) 
  • Perangyum /Hing /Asafoetida - 1 tsp 
  • Narthanga / Hiralehannu / Citron - 4 

Method

  1. Chop the citron / narthanga into small pieces 
  2. Take a pan add salt add chopped narthanga / citron pieces mix well close it and keep it for 2 days. 
  3. Stir well every twice a day. 
  4. Dry roast menthyum / fenugreek seeds and chillies and hing Make a fine powder and mix it into salted narthanga. 
  5. For tempering add oil and mustard seeds into pan add hing too. Till done pour into pickle
  6. Keep Pickle outside (normal temp) After few days saute well and then transfer into the pickle jar, keep regrigerate





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