Mooga Khichdi
This green moong sweetdish – Mooga Khichdi is a traditional Konkani dish specifically prepared for the festival of Sankranti . Mooga Khichdi is also called Moog Shijayile, literally means cooked moong.
Mooga Khichdi is prepared during Sankranti and a little of it kept on the window for the birds to eat. It is believed that Sankrant Purush(God of this festival) comes in the form of a crow to eat the food. This is a classic example of Konkanis worshipping, feeding the animals, birds surrounding us. After it is offered to god, this Mooga Khichdi is consumed.
This Mooga Khichdi is flavored just with ghee and cardamom. When it is being cooked, the delicious aroma of the dish fills the entire house. Based on the quality of jaggery used, this can become very dry or very juicy/wet. Aayi usually prepares the moong dal khichdi – mooga dali khichdi for Sankranti instead of this since that was the sweet made in her maternal home. Both have their own deliciousness.
Ingredients: 1 cup green moong 1 cup jaggery 1/2 cup coconut 1 tbl spn ghee 5-6 cardamom
Method: Cook green moong in pressure cooker till it is cooked through. If the moong is very old, make sure to soak it in water for 1 hr. Heat ghee and add moong, jaggery, coconut. Cover the lid and cook till jaggery is melted. Mix well and take off heat. Add powdered cardamom. Mix well.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 20 mins
Almond Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Almond double chocolate chip cookies are crispy delicious cookies with an intense chocolate flavor. My 10 year old son has been very interested in baking, so we pick some recipe and make it together. He made these almond chocolate chip cookies with added M&Ms to give a crunch to them. These can be amazing gifts for the Valentines day. For these almond chocolate chip cookies, we took Nestle chocolate chip cookies and modified it to make it more nutritious. We added coco powder to give the intense chocolate flavor to these almond double chocolate chip cookies. Here is the original recipe . This recipe made about 4 dozen cookies that were all gone in no time. They are very crispy and melt in the mouth, bake them for few minutes less to make them less crunchy. We always use salted butter for baking to give it a nice taste. If you don’t have salted butter, just add a 1/4 tea spn salt. Ingredients: 1 and 1/4 cup almond flour 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter at room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 tea spn vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 tea spn baking soda 1 and 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup M&Ms Method: Preheat the oven at 375F for 10mins. Seive together cocoa powder, all purpose flour, baking soda. Add almond flour and mix everything. Keep aside. Beat together sugar and butter till they are well mixed. Add the eggs and mix again. Now add the flour mix, little at a time and mix. Now add chocolate chip cookies, M&Ms and mix with a spatula. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. With a spoon, drop the mix on the paper leaving enough space for them to expand. Bake at 375F for 13mins. Makes about 4 dozen cookies
