Sathu Maavu Urundai (Heath Mix Ladoo)–Navarathri Recipes(Day 9)

Nineth Day of Navarathri -Sathu Maavu Urundai(Health mix Ladoo)

 

This is a very healthy snack that can be prepared within a minute or two. When I was a kid, my grandmother used to make this for me using just the sprouted and roasted Ragi flour. But nowadays you get many health mix (Sathu maavu) readily available in the stores. The Health mix is basically a powder made from sprouted and roasted multi grains and nuts flavoured with cardamom. I generally use the Manna brand of Health mix which is readily available in powder form, from the Indian stores. Alternately you may also make the Health mix at home for which I shall post the recipe soon. These ladoos are very yummy to taste and its healthy too.Here we move onto the recipe

Prep time	Serves
20 mins	5 persons

 

Cuisine: South Indian (Kids Snack and Festive Sweet)

Ingredients Mannas health mix powder -2 cup Ragi Flour – 1 cup Jaggery -1  cup Karupatti -1 ½ cup Ghee –1/4 cup Sliced almonds -handful Broken Cashews -3 tbsp Cardamom powder -1 tsp

 

Method

 

1. Dry roast the Heath mix powder separately in a kadai or pan and keep stirring till the raw smell goes off.

 

2. Dry roast the ragi flour in the same  pan after roasting the health mix.In a small pan,add ghee and roast the nuts.

 

3. Boil jaggery and karupatti with little water,filter it and pour the syrup to the health mix.With your hands crumble the nmisture.

 

4. Take all the flours in the broad vessel and mix it with the ladle and pour the nuts along with the ghee.Crumble once again with your fingers.

 

5. Heat ghee and add them to the powder little by little and make small balls immediately.

 

6. Sathu maavu urundai is ready to taste.

 

Notes

 

Use only ghee for this recipe .For people who don’t like the taste of jaggery and karupatti,mix sugar and the sieved powder in a bowl along with honey.(Optional)

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Sprouted Green gram Sundal–Navarathri Recipes (Day 7)

Sprouted Green gram Sundal –Navarathri Recipes(Day 7)

 

I make this sprouted green gram sundal for this Navarathri season. This can be made with any lentil/legume. Today, I’m posting this healthy sundal recipe using sprouted green gram. Actually sprouting is easy and can be easily done at home. Sprouting green gram requires soaking, draining and usage of a thin wetted towel or a hot case.Everyone knows about sprouts which increases your folic acid.

Here we will move to the recipe.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	5 mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine:  South Indian (Festive Snack)

Ingredients Sprouted Green gram – 1 cup Grated coconut -2 tbsp. Chopped cucumber -1 ½ tbsp. Grated carrot -1 ½ tbsp. Salt – to taste Seasonings Oil -1 tbsp. Mustard seeds -1 tsp Split urad dal -1/4 tsp Dry red chillies -2 no’s Hing –pinch Curry leaves -1 sprig

 

 Method

Sprouting green gram

Soak the green gram overnight, next day morning, drain the excess water, completely.Then take the green gram in a cotton towel, bundle it up and place it in the hot case and close it.After 24 hours when you check it up, the green gram would have sprouted.

 

Preparation.

1. Take a cup of sprouted green gram in a bowl and cook for 10 minutes.Heat in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds, add urad dal, Hing, red chilies and curry leaves.

 

2. Next add the sprouted green gram to this and mix well. Keeping the flame low, add salt, chopped cucumber and grated carrot.

3. Now mix everything with the wooden ladle so that the sprouted does not break by itself.

 

4. Enjoy this festive season with this yummy and healthy sprouted green gram sundal.

 

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Banana Kesari–Navarathri Recipes(Day 5)

Fifth day of Navarathi –Banana Kesari

Kesari is one of the yummiest dessert in South India. My kids will never say “NO” to this particular Dessert. As far as I have come across in many functions, first preference in the banana leaf they keep kesari bhath.It’s very easy to prepare and for festive seasons, it’s a yummy dessert to eat which melts in your mouth.I love sweets because it’s loaded with sugar and ghee, but even for my taste ghee used in the kesari was little too much. You can easily reduce the ghee quantity by half and still have equally tasty kesari.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	15 mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine:  Kerala (Festive Sweet)

Ingredients Semolina(Rava) -1 cup Ripe Banana(long variety) -2 no Sugar -1/4 cup Ghee -1/2 cup Milk -1 cup Yellow food color -pinch Water -1 ¼ cup Raisins –handful Cashews –handful Cardamom powder –pinch

 

Method:

1. Mash the banana and keep t aside in abowl.Boil the milk in a pan. Keep everything ready before you start doing Banana kesari.Heat the ghee in another pan over medium flame. Add raisins and cashew pieces. Fry for a minute or two.

2. Next add the rava and fry till it turns light brown. Add the boiled milk, food color along with the water and mix well. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.Add the sugar, cardamom powder mix together, and cook for few minutes. Now add banana, all the remaining ghee and mix together.Kesari is now ready to be served.

Pictorial

Notes

Grease a plate and pour 'kesari' into it. Let it cool and get set. Cut it into smaller pieces and garnish it with an almond.

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Peanut Delight–Navarathri Recipes(Day 4)

Fourth day of Navarathri –Peanut Delight

Peanut laddos are always favorite in my house. It is good for your health and its increases the Hemoglobin level. Mostly this is offered to God as prasadam and in many villages it’s done only during festivals. First I was confused with Kadalai urundai which we normally do for Karthigai Deepam Festival. It is very easy to make and all the ingredients are always available at home. Traditional Ladoos will be always a good for a festive season.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
20 mins	10 mins	4 persons

 

Cuisine:  South Indian (Festive Sweet) 

Ingredients Groundnuts  -1 ½ cups Jaggery -1 cup Cardamom powder -1 tsp Raisins –handful Cashews –5 no’s

 

Method

1. Dry roast the groundnuts in a kadhai while stirring continuously for about 10 minutes till they get spots on them. Remove it in a plate and wait till it gets cool down.

2. Remove the outer skin by rubbing them in between your palms and then clean them. In a blender pulse them for 3 times .Take jaggery in a bowl with little water and when it starts boiling, strain the impurities and again keep it back in the stove.

3. No need to check for consistency. Add the peanut powder to this boiling jaggery syrup along with cardamom powder and nuts. Mix everything properly and remove from the fire.

4. Make small size balls and arrange it on a plate greased with ghee.

5. Here a quick version of peanut ladoo is ready.

Pictorial

Notes

It will be a bit hard coz we have used jaggery.

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Sakkaravalli Kizhangu(Sweet Potato) Poli-Navarathri Recipes(Day 2)

Second day of Navarathri –Sakkaravalli kizhangu(Sweet potato) Poli

 

Puranpoli is very common in all the parts of India. Then I thought of making the puran poli with sweet potatoes. Poli is traditional sweet flat bread made in India in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Andhra Pradesh. Sakkaravalli kizhangu poli is something new to me.But for a long time wanted to give a try. I love the channa dal puran poli which none can say “NO” to it. It is damn simple to make it and yet yummy. 

I love sweets... One more delicious sweet from Gujarat.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
1 hour(soaking included)	20 mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine:  Gujarati (Festive Sweet)

For the stuffing Sweet potato -5 no’s Jaggery –1 cup Salt –pinch Cardamom powder -1 tsp Outer layer for poli Maida -1 cup Oil -1 tbsp Water – to knead Ghee –for brushing

 

 

Method

1. Combine the flour, rava, and rice flour, salt and ghee.  Add enough water and make soft dough. Cover and keep it for 30 minutes or even one hour.Cook sweet potato until soft in a pressure cooker.Dont cook for a long time or else you will get the fibre strands which wount be good for the poli.

2. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces and mash it well. As usual boil jaggery with little water and strain the impurities.Now mix with the mashed potato and cook for 5 to 10 minutes until the entire mixture is combined well.Keep it aside to cool.

3. Add cardamom and mix it well. Make small balls out of the maida mixture.Grease the sheet and place the prepared balls and start do the poli tapping with fingers to form a circular shape.

4. Take a doubled amount of sweet potato mixture and place it in the middle of the dough and close the edges.Flatten the dough ball into medium size discs with your fingers using some ghee.  Use oil to roll into small puran poli.Heat tawa and roast the poli on both the sides till golden color.

5. Serve hot with ghee.

Notes

Grate the jaggery and add along with the sweet potato.

 

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