Metkut

 

Its been so long I blogged anything here... a dear friend reminded me saying she misses reading it. She also described the page and it’s layout with those birdies on the page... it was such a sweet thing to hear .. 

I felt ..I should write now...

It so happened that  I made this very traditional and close to every Maharashtrian's heart prep called Metkut ! so I thought what better than this to break my blogging fast :) 

I can call it a condiment may be?  

It is a flavorful powder eaten with hot steaming rice with dollop of Ghee and salt added as per your taste. 

Metkut is an emotion.. full stop! 

Am sure there is a fond memory in your mind attached to Metkut - Bhaat.

May be our Ajji's prep when we visited her in the summer vacation... or may be as a comfort food when we need something simple and nostalgic.. 

Fortunately my 10 yo is loving it and he actually asked me to make it when it got finished... 

Growing up away from homeland - it means a lot to an Indian mum :-)

So.. please comment your fond memory about Metkut - I would love to read it :)

there are 4 ways that we eat Metkut - 

First and most common - with steaming hot rice and ghee.

second -  Add little tamarind and jaggery chutney to it and mix well. Add enough water for a chutney consistency. Add finely chopped onion and coriander leaves, salt to taste.Add a nice oil tadaka on top - only mustard , Cumin , Hing.

Third - Add yoghurt to Metkut and little water - again to get a chutney consistency. Add onion and coriander leaves and salt. Top it up with a tadaka, 

Fourth and my favorite again - soak Poha - medium thickness rice flakes with very little water and set aside for 10 min for them to soak the water. Add red chilli powder , salt, roasted peanuts powder , sugar, turmeric, Metkut.Add chopped coriander leaves and optional - onion. 

Tadaka is must ;) 

So without further ado - here is the recipe of  dear Metkut :-)

Ingredients:

1.25 cup Chana daal 

0.25 cup Urid daal  ( washed and air dried previous night )

0.25 cup Rice ( washed and air dried previous night )

2 tbsp. Wheat

2 red whole chilies 

10 cardamoms

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds / Jeera

1 tsp Methi seeds

15 whole black pepper

3 Cloves ( lawang)

1 tsp Nutmeg powder ( jayfal)

1 tsp turmeric

2 tsp Dry ginger powder ( suntha)

Note: This powder doesnt have slat in it - whenever you use it salt gets added to the dish separately.

Procedure:

1. Dry roast all ingredients separately one by one.(except the powders mentioned in the ingredients )
2. While roasting Wheat - you will see they will be almost ready to get popped up. That is the sign to stop. 
3. Once all ingredients are cooled down after roasting, add turmeric, Ginger powder, Nutmeg powder to the mixture. 

Suggestion :  Grind red chilies first in your blender then grind rest of the ingredients together.

This makes sure the chilies get grounded well and mixed well. 

Blend to a smooth fine powder as much possible with your blender. 

Once ready, sieve it through a flour sieve and store it in air tight container. 

The left over coarse powder can be mixed with yoghurt and made into a prep like the third prep mentioned above. 

Metkut can also be relished just on its own by adding a little salt , cold oil of your choice and mixed well to a semi fluidly consistency and enjoy with Chapati / Jowar Bhakari. 

Enjoy !!! Please do share your special memories about Metkut in comments.

#vegan #rice #comfortfood #metkut #marathifood #maharashtrianrecipes #metkutbhaat

Gojjawalaki - Karnataka special Pohe recipe

 

Gojjawalaki - gojju + Awalaki - Karnataka dish of Pohe / rice flakes. 

Gojju means - spicy tangy sweet paste 

Awalaki - Pohe / rice flakes 

The Gojju in this dish is nothing but a mixture of water , tamarind extract , Jaggery , rassam masala , salt , turmeric.

 

1 cup medium thick Poha - pulse it on a blender to a texture you see in the picture. 

Mix all the ingredients of the Gojju together ( Spices - take the quantity as per the taste which suits your palette) I keep it little higher on spice and sweet, little low on tangy taste ) 

For 1 cup of rice flakes , use 1.5 cups of water and mix everything in the water except underlined above.

Once you blend the rice flakes add it to this water. 

Mix well. Keep aside for 15-20 min covered with a lid.

All the water will be absorbed by rice flakes and they will puff up. 

Use fork to separate the mixture and it will be of crumble texture. 

Now, make a tadaka - pour little oil in a kadai - Once heated, add Urid daal , Chana daal, peanuts , red chillies , asafoetida , mustard seeds. 

Pour it on the Poha mixture or if you did tadaka in a big kadai - add the Poha mixture to this kadai and mix all well. 

Add chopped coriander leaves before serving. 

It is served cold - so perfect for a meet up / pot luck.  

Thanks for visiting my blog :) left a comment if you try it and like it 😊

#pohe #southindianfood #awalaki 

Tomato Chaat

Feel like eating Chaat but dont want to take the lengthy path?
This could be the answer to your Chaat need yet ready within just few minutes.


Ingredients:


2 Tomatoes sliced into thin slices
Puffed rice ( Churmure / Muri )
Sev
Chaat powder
Red chili powder
Haldiram's Chana daal
Black salt ( optional but  a healthy salt option )
Coriander leaves finely chopped
Sweet Tamerind Sauce ( what we use in Pani puri or Bhel Puri )


Procedure:

1. Place the slices in a dish in one row.
2. Pour some Tamerind sauce
3. Put some Sev, Muri ( Puffed rice ), Chana Daal
4. Sprinkle red chili powder,chaat masala, black salt. Couple of pinches each.
5. Garnish with Coriander leaves.

it's READY!

In this way you get to enjoy the Chaat and a healthy Tomatoes get eaten as well :-)

Enjoy!!

Health Benefits of Tomatoes:
( Courtesy whfoods )
Widely known for their outstanding Antioxidants,good for heart health,help lower the total cholestrol.



Label: Tomato Street Food,la nourriture de rue de tomate,
             Tomaten straßenspeise,トマト通り食物,
              alimento de calle de tomate,cibo di strada di pomodoro
              Tomaatstraatvoedsel #tomato #chaat #streetfood #indianstreetfood

Corn Bhel / कॉर्न भेळ

Hi,

A very munchy snack and just mixed and serve kind of...everyone would love this.

Ingredients:

200 gm sweet corn kernels

1 medium onion finely chopped

1 tomato finely chopped

8-10 twigs of coriander leaves

1 T spoon Chaat powder or to taste

1 T spoon Amchoor(dry mango powder) or to taste

1/4 T spoon salt or to taste

1-2 T spoon red chili powder or to taste

1/2 T spoon Cumin powder

Haldiram's Bombay-mix mixture

Procedure:

1. If you are using frozen corn kernels, take it out to normal room temperature before using. Or if you are using canned kernels, just drain them well before you use.
2. In a mixing bowl add kernels and all the powders except salt.
3. Taste and adjust the spices as per your taste.
4. Add finely chopped onion,coriander leaves,tomato.
5. Mix well.
6. Just before you serve, add the 'Bombay mix' mixture and salt and then mix gently.

You can add sweet and sour Tamarind-Jaggery sauce also if you like:)

Note: I have used Bombay mix mixture but it is as per your taste you can use any but it should be spicy because we are using sweet corn kernels:)

Healthy benefits of corn:

• Helps in maintaining a good health for our heart.
• Increase in memory levels because it contains Thiamin in it
• Rich in Vitamin B which helps in producing energy under extreme stress.

Happy Eating!!!

Chana Chor Garam

Reason behind the label "Mix and Serve" is, there is no recipe as such for this category :) all the ingredients would be readily available.. and we have to mix all as per our taste and serve it :) . .

Today i am giving a tea time snack .. which many of us must have had outside ..as a street chat .. "chana chor garam" :)

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 0 :)

Ingredients:

Onion finely chopped

coriander leaves finely chopped

Tomato finely chopped

Carrot grated( optional)

"Catch chat masala"

red chili powder if required

Puffed rice (Churmure) chiwada(mixture)

"Haldiram Chana Chor garam" pack

lemon juice if required for taste.

Procedure:

1. Mix chana chor, chiwada in a mixing bowl.
2. Mix chopped onion, tomato, lemon juice as per taste.
3. Sprinkle the chat powder, and if required red chili powder.( Taste the mixture and decide).
4. Garnish with chopped cilantro and grated carrot.( Carrot i added just to give a healthy touch to it..otherwise i wouldn't prefer carrot in chaat :)

Note: We can garnish raw grated beetroot also as an added healthy ingredient.