Chicken Shashlik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xyp8Vlcfkc

Sabudhana Khichdi

INGREDIENTS

• 1-1/2 cups tapioca sabudana

• 1/2 cup broken raw peanuts mungfali

• 1/2 cup green peas hari matar

• 2 green chilies sliced long ways

• 3 tbsp oil

• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds jeera

• 1/2 tsp black mustard rai

• 1/4 tsp turmeric haldi

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• 2 tbsp cilantro finely chopped hara dhania

INSTRUCTIONS

• Gently wash then soak tapioca (sabudana) in about 1/2 cup of water for 6 to 8 hours.

• Roast the peanuts on medium heat, until they are lightly brown. Keep aside.

• Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away then oil is ready. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds after seeds crack add green chilies and stir for a few seconds.

• Next add the green peas and stir fry until peas are tender.

• Add the soaked tapioca (sabudana) and stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes ,

• Add turmeric, and salt and stir fry on medium heat continuously until tapioca (sabudana) becomes translucence, looks like pearls. Stir gently and making sure tapioca doesn’t get sticky and stuck to each other. This should take about 6 to 7 minutes.

• Add peanuts, lemon juice and cilantro (hara dhania), stir gently. Serve hot.

NOTES

To save time soak the tapioca in warm water for about 2 to 3 hours water should not be hot.

If you don’t stir continuously tapioca will stick to each other.

Lemon Rice

Rice - 1 cup

Gingelly Oil - 4 tbsp.

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad Dhal - 1/2 tsp

Bengal Gram Dhal - 1 tsp

Cashew nut - 1 tbsp.

Peanut - 2 tbsp.

Red Chilli - 2

Asafetida - 1/8 tsp

Curry Leaves

Turmeric - 1 tsp

Ginger - 1 tsp, grated

Green Chilli - 1, minced (optional)

Lemon - 1, juiced

Salt

Cook Rice with 2 cups Water and allow to cool down completely. Stir in 1 tsp Oil and 2 tbsp. Lemon Juice; keep aside.

Heat Gingelly Oil in a large pan.

Temper Mustard, Urad Dhal, Bengal Gram Dhal, Cashew, Peanut, Red Chilli, Asafetida and Curry Leaves.

Add Turmeric powder, Ginger and Green Chillies; give a quick stir.

Reduce heat to low and stir in cooked Rice. Squeeze in Lemon juice and give a good stir. Mix thoroughly without any lumps.

Season the Rice with required Salt and remove from heat.