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Navratri recipes: Farali Pattice, Samo Rice and more
By Namrata Patel
October 05, 2016
Rediff reader Namrata Patel shares three delicious Navratri recipes. Check out!
Navrati, also popularly known as the 'Gujarati Sunburn' festival, has a lot of exciting things to look forward to.
For instance, F-O-O-D.
Just like the everyday khaana (food), upvas (fast) food can be equally delicious.
Here are three recipes you must try!
All Photographs: Jahnavi Patel/Rediff.com
Suran ki Sabji
Ingredients
- 500 gm suran (yam)
- 50 gm curd
- 2 to 3 green chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp oil or ghee (vrat or fast food is mostly made in ghee)
- 1 tsp jeera
- Curry leaves (both optional)
- Salt as required
For garnishing
- Coriander leaves, finely chopped
Method
- Peel the skin of suran. Wash it well.
- Cut it into small pieces.
- In a pan, heat oil or ghee.
- Add jeera. Saute for a around three seconds.
- Add chillies and curry leaves. Saute for two to three seconds.
- Add suran and a little water (for the suran to cook well).
- When half cooked, add salt.
- When completely cooked, add curd or buttermilk.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Note
- If you are running short on time, you can prepare it in a pressure cooker too.
- Add all the ingredients, except curd. Wait for approximately three whistles for the sabji to be cooked.
- Add curd and garnish with coriander.
Farali Pattice
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg potato
- 1 fresh coconut, grated
- 1 1/2 tsp chilli paste
- 1 tsp jeera
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
- 3 to 4 tsp sugar
- 10 to 15 raisin, cut in pieces (optional)
- 100 gm arrowroot
- Oil for frying
- Salt as per required
Method
For filling
- Add coconut, chilli paste, jeera, sesame seeds, salt, sugar and raisins. Mix well.
For the outer covering
- Boil the potatoes, mash it well.
- Add salt and two to three teaspoon of arrowroot. Mix well.
- Divide the potatoes into balls of equal size.
- Make it like a flat puri with the help of your palms. Don't make it very thin.
- Place a bit of the filling on it. Join the ends and cover it from all the sides. Roll them into bite-size balls.
- Roll the balls/pattice into the remaining portion of arrowroot. This will ensure they don't open when you fry and it gets crispy.
- Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the pattice.
- Serve hot with green chutney or dates and tamarind chutney.
Samo Rice
Ingredients
- 250 gm samo rice (barnyard millet)
- 1 tbsp ghee or oil
- 2 green chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp jeera
- 25 gm groundnut, whole or ground
- 1 potato, finely chopped (optional)
- 50 gm curd
- Salt as per required
Method
- In a pan, add ghee or oil.
- Add jeera. Saute for a couple of seconds.
- Add the finely chopped green chillies. Saute further for 2 seconds.
- Add potato and groundnut. Keep sauteing for two to the2-3 mins.
- Once done, add samo rice followed by two cups of water.
- Add salt and bring it to a boil or until it is cooked.
- When it's cooked, add curd. Mix well and leave it on the gas for a couple of seconds.
Note: Do not make it completely dry. Let it be a little liquid in form.
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