RECIPE FOR PESARATTU

Ingredients:
• 1 cup Moong Dal

• 1 Onion (finely chopped)

• 1/4 tsp Ginger( finely chopped)

• Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

• 1-2 Green Chillies

• Salt as per taste

How to make Pesarattu:
•Soak the moong dal for about 4 hours in water taken in a bowl.
•Wash them and grind to make smooth paste along with the chillies and ginger.
•Add the chopped onions, chopped coriander leaves and salt to the above prepared paste.
•Heat a flat griddle on high flame.
•Pour the batter on it and spread the batter on the pan moving from center to the corners.
•Give it the shape of round pancake.
•Sprinkle little oil on its sides and cook it for 2-3 minutes.
•Turn over and cook again.
•Serve it hot with coconut chutney.

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RECIPE FOR PAYESH / PAYASH - Makar Sankranti Recipes

Ingredients:
• 200 gms Rice

• 2 Litres milk

• 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg powder

• 200 gms Soft jaggery

• 2 tbsp Chopped pistachios

• 2 tbsp Chopped almonds

• 6 Strands of kesar
How to make Payesh:
•Wash 200 gms rice and leave it for drying.
•Boil the milk for about 15 minutes.
•Add rice. Cook till rice is well done and milk becomes thick.
•Add cardamom powder, kesar and nutmeg powder.
•Add jaggery now. Stir till jaggery melts.
•Take out from the fire.
•Garnish with chopped almonds and pistachios.
•Payesh is ready.

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RECIPE FOR KHICHDI - Makar Sankranti Recipes

Ingredients:

• 200 gms Soaked rice

50 gms Soaked moong Dal

• 50 gms Soaked masur Dal

• 4 Large onions

• 4 Garlic flakes (minced)

• 1 Ginger (minced)

• 2 Potatoes

• 2 tsp Turmeric powder

• 2 tsp Red chili powder

• 2 tsp Garam masala

• Green chillies

• Oil for frying

How to make Khichdi:
•Peel the potatoes and cut into pieces.
•Chop the onions and green chillies.
•Heat the oil and fry chopped onions till it turns brown.
•Add minced garlic, ginger and green chillies.
•Now mix garam masala and fry for 3 minutes.
•Pour warm water and add moong dal.
•Add masur dal and rice after 10 minutes.
•Add potatoes and salt.
•Cook over medium heat till it gets cooked.
•Serve hot with curd and pickle.

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GOKUL PITHE / COCONUT CAKE IN SYRUP RECIPE - Makar Sankranti Recipes

Ingredients:
• 200 gms Coconut (grated)

• 450 gms Khoya

• 2-1/2 cup Sugar/Date Palm Jaggery

• 150 gms Flour

• 5-6 cup Water

• 40 gms Ghee

• 1/8 tsp Sodium Bicarbonate

How to make Gokul Pithe:
• First make sugar syrup by heating 2 cups sugar with 4 cups of water in a heavy bottomed vessel. Simmer until syrup gets a medium thick consistency. Remove from the flame and allow it to cool.
• To prepare filling, fry the coconut, khoya and 2 tbsp of sugar together in a pan over medium flame. Stir continuously to avoid the filling getting stuck at the bottom of the pan. Turn off the flame.
• To make cakes, divide the coconut-khoya mixture into equal portions. Roll them into balls and flatten between the palms to form the cakes. Powder palms with flour for ease in forming the cakes.
• Now make the batter by mixing flour, remaining water, sodium bi carbonate and a little ghee together.
• Heat ghee in a pan and coat coconut-milk cakes in the prepared batter.
• Deep fry until a rich golden brown color. Remove cakes from the pan with slotted spoon.
• Drain excess oil on paper and while still hot, immerse the cakes in the sugar syrup.