RAVA KICHIDI and KARA CHUTNEY

Try this Rava kichadi.


RAVA KICHIDI

Ingredients:

300 grms rava
100 grms moong dal
2 green chillies cut into small bits
½ tsp pepper crushed
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp young ginger cut into bits
a pinch of asafeotida
10 cashew nuts fried in ghee
4 tbs ghee or oil ( less or more as it suits you )
salt to taste
21/2 cups of water

Method:

In a tablespoon of ghee, fry the rava till you get a good aroma, remove.
Dry roast the moong dal till you get a good aroma.
Boil it in water till its fully cooked, but still retains its shape.
In a wok,add 2tbs of ghee.
Add the pinch of asafeotida, followed by the cumin, crushed pepper,
Green chillies, and ginger. Fry for a second and add 21/2 cups of water.
Let it boil. When it boils, add salt and the cooked moong dal.
Now slow the fire, and add the rava little by little, and cook
Till its cooked. Add the last tablespoon of ghee and remove it.Garnish it with the fried cashew nuts.
Serve it with kara chutney.



KARA CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

a peanut size asafotida
half a tablespoon bengal gram dhal
half a tablespoon urud dhal
8 nos. red chillies ( more if you like hot or less )
one big onion
one big tomato
salt to taste
tamrind to taste
oil

method:
In a kadai put one tablespoon oil. Fry asafotida,bengal gram dhal,urdu dhal, red chillies,separately.Cut the onion and tomato into big pieces and fry in a teaspoon of oil till the raw smell goes. Add tamrind and salt to it and grind all the above to a fine paste.
No need to temper.