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Celebrate summer with these delightful dishes
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PHOTO: P.V. SIVAKUMAR
flavours with a zing Raw mango pachadi
Mangoes are in season, heralding summer and long lazy holidays. If dishing out a large meal for family and friends is not your kind of thing in this heat, here are a few recipes you can cook up in a jiffy and still lay out a mid-summer feast.
Pachadi
Ingredients
Raw mango with skin, finely chopped: 1 cup
Neem flowers: 1 tsp
Grated jaggery: 1 cup
Coconut pieces, finely chopped: 1 tsp
Tamarind pulp: 4 tsp
Red chilli powder as required
Salt to taste
Method
Mix all ingredients together with a little water and serve.
Small pieces of sugarcane, a piece of ripe banana or roasted gram dal can also be added.
Pulihora
Ingredients
Rice: 250 gm
Tamarind: 50 gm
Gingelly oil: 80 ml
Urad dal: 10 gm
Bengal gram dal: 10 gm
Red chilli whole: 5 gm
Curry leaves: 5 gm
Mustard seeds: 5 gm
Turmeric powder: 5 gm
Ginger-garlic paste: 20 gm
Asafoetida: 3 gm
Crushed red chilli: 5 gm
Crushed coriander seeds: 5 gm
Roasted peanuts, crushed: 30 gm
Roasted sesame, crushed: 15 gm
Method
Boil the rice, strain and keep aside.
Heat gingelly oil, add mustard seeds, urad dal, Bengal gram dal, red chilli, curry leaves and sauté. Then add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, tamarind pulp, salt and cook. Add crushed red chilli and coriander seeds, and cook till the masala becomes thick and the oil comes out. Now, add prepared boiled rice along with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds and mix well. Check for seasoning and serve hot.
Bobbatlu
Ingredients
Maida: 1 cup
Oil: 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Water to knead dough
Bengal gram dal: 1 cup
Jaggery: 1/2cup
Cardamom powder: 1/2 tsp
Method
Make a very soft dough with maida, oil, salt and keep aside. Pressure cook the dal, drain the water and mash to a fine paste with jaggery and cardamom powder. Divide the dough into equal portions and roll it. Place a ball of dal mixture in the centre. Close the maida dough over it sealing the edges carefully and roll out like a chapatti. Roast on tawa with ghee and serve hot.
(COURTESY: TAJ GROUP OF HOTELS)
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