Mango pickle in mustard oil

Mango pickle 

1 big amlet Mango 

1 cup mustard oil

1/4 cup panch phodan

1 tsp turmeric powder 

2 tbsp Salt 

1 tbsp jeera powder 

1 tbsp dhaniya powder 

1/4 tsp kalonji 

Method 

Wash, cut Mango into large cubes, spread on a plate, add turmeric and salt.  Keep in sunlight. 

Dry roast panch phodan, make fine powder. 

Heat mustard oil, when it fumes,  off the stove let it cool. 

Mix all the Ingredients,  spice powder,  kalonji,  dhaniya jeera powder in the sun dried Mango.  Mix well.  Fill in glass bottles,  leaves in sunlight for a few days till its tender.

Tastes good after a weeks time.  

Sundakai thogayal

Sundakai thogayal 

1 cup Fresh sundakai 

2 tbsp gingly oil 

2 tbsp tuvar dal 

2 tbsp chana dal 

A few curry leaves 

4 green chilies 

1/2 tsp Heeng powder 

2 red chilies ( non spicy)

1 gooseberry size tamarind 

1 tbsp sesame seeds

1 inch ginger piece

Salt as required 

Method 

In a kadai pour oil, add tuvar dal and chana dal,  roast, add rest of the Ingredients one by one, cook in slow flame. Till the sundakai is soft.

Grind in a mixer, by adding very less water in thogayal consistency. Keep in an airtight container. 

Serve with hot rice, gingly oil. 

Chana chaat

Chana chaat

I cup boiled Chana

1 small onion chopped 

1 tomato chopped 

2 green chilies thinly sliced 

1 guava chopped 

1/2 tsp jeera powder 

1/2 lemon extract 

A pinch of heeng powder 

1 tsp coriander chopped 

Salt

In a large bowl mix in all Ingredients, give a toss, adjust salt,  Relish.

Banana halwa

Banana halwa 

Ingredients 

10 yellow Banana 

1/4 kg jaggery 

3 cardamom crushed 

5 tablespoon ghee.

Method 

In a microwave bowl, add bananas and ghee, cook for 5 minutes,  use a fork smash it.

Add crushed jaggery in  small pan, add 1/2 cup water, bring to boil, sieve and add the jaggery liquid and crushed cardamom powder,  in the bowl, gently mix well. 

Keep the bowl in the microwave,  cook for another 10 minutes,  you will notice the halwa started to boil and reduce to halwa consistency. 

Remove from the microwave.  Mix well,  set to cool. Relish.