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Puffed rice dishes are very easy to make. When my children were small, I often prepared these dishes for a quick evening tea. There are two types of kalayile – mixed puffed rice that we make. My kids loved this one as it has a sweetish, spicy taste. I add onions for my son and leave them out for my daughter. Eat it as soon as you add flavored coconut to puffed rice, otherwise it becomes soggy. Make sure to make this in a big batch, you cannot stop eating it.
Ingredients: 4 cups puffed rice (chirmuro) 1/2 cup fresh/frozen coconut 1-2 tea spns poha masala 2 tea spns molasses (liquid jaggery) 1/2 cup chopped onion (optional) Salt
Method: Mix poha masala, molasses and salt with coconut. Add the coconut and onion to puffed rice and lightly toss. Serve immediately. You can serve it on it’s own or with sev.
Serves : 1-2 Preparation time : 5 mins
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I studied engineering in Belgaum. There I got my first introduction to many Marathi dishes. Among all, my favorites were sabudana khichdi and vada. I would just gobble down these whenever I got a chance. I stopped making these in last few years as V is not a big fan. Last week I was craving for these vadas, I did not want to deep fry them, but wanted them to be crispy. So I rolled them in bread crumbs. They came out wonderful.
Ingredients: 1 cup soaked sabudana ( tips for soaking ) 1 cup boiled and mashed potato 1/2 tea spn cumin seeds 2 tbl spn chopped coriander leaves 1/2 cup peanut powder 3 finely chopped (or crushed) green chillies Oil Salt 1 cup breadcrumbs
Method: Mix all the ingredients except oil and breadcrumbs in a bowl. Make small balls from the mixture. Roll into breadcrumbs and shallow fry them. I fried them on my cast iron pan.
Serves : 3-4 Preparation time : 30mins
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