- by saurabh patil
- Oct 14, 2021

Rava dosa:
- Ingredients:
- ½ cup Rava / semolina / suji (coarse)
- ½ cup rice flour (fine)
- ¼ cup maida / all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp curd/yogurt (optional)
- 1 tsp salt
- 2½ cup water
- 1 chilli (finely chopped)
- 1-inch ginger (grated)
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- 1 tsp cumin/jeera
- few curry leaves (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1½ water
- oil (for roasting)
- steps:
- Firstly, in a large mixing bowl take ½ cup Rava, ½ cup rice flour, and ¼ cup maida.
- Also, add 1 tbsp curd, 1 tsp salt, and 2½ cup water.
- Whisk and mix well making sure there are no lumps.
- Further add 1 chilli, 1-inch ginger, ½ tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin, a few curry leaves, 2 tbsp coriander, and 1 onion.
- Add 1½ cup water and prepare a watery consistency batter.
- Rest the batter for 20 minutes making sure the Rava has absorbed water.
- Mix well making sure the batter is thin watery consistency.
- Now carefully pour the dosa batter over a very hot Tawa.
- Lower the flame and cook until the dosa turns golden and crisp.
- Finally, fold the dosa and serve Rava dosa immediately with tomato chutney or coconut chutney.
- Recipe (rice flour sticks):
- 200 gm tribal rice flour
- 1 tsp Butter
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- Chaat Masala as per taste
- First, we will make a smooth batter of rice flour.
- Cook till it is medium dry.
- Add butter to make it smooth.
- Knead the Dry Batter into Dough.
- Grease your palms & make sticks out of the dough.
- Fry sticks in hot oil till medium brown.
- Sprinkle red chilli powder, salt, and chat masala and mix well.
- Finally, Rice flour sticks are ready.
- Ukdiche modak recipe:
- 1 cup jaggery.
- 1 cup fresh grated coconut.
- ½ teaspoon poppy seeds.
- 1 tablespoon tribal rice flour.
- 1.5 cups water.
- ¼ teaspoon oil or ghee.
- Heat ghee in a pan.
- Add ½ teaspoon poppy seeds. Then add 1 cup grated fresh coconut and 1 cup chopped jaggery and mix well.
- The jaggery will melt first.
- Cook this mixture till the moisture from the jaggery begins to dry – about 7 to 9 minutes.
- Add 1 tablespoon rice flour to this mixture and mix well.
- In a pan add water, oil or ghee, and salt. Let this mixture come to a boil.
- Add 1 cup rice flour and mix well with the water.
- Knead to the smooth and soft dough without any lumps. Make small balls from the dough.
- Take a ball and flatten it with your fingers or on your palms, to a round disc.
- Place a few teaspoons of the prepared stuffing in the centre.
- Bring together all the edges and join them. Remove the extra portion of the dough from the top, if any.
- Brush or grease a pan with some oil or ghee. The pan is lined with banana leaves or turmeric leaves.
- Take 2 to 2.5 cups of water in a pot, or pressure cooker.
- Cover the pan and steam modak for 10 to 15 minutes on medium-low flame.
- The ukadiche modak is ready to be offered to Bhagwan Ganesha.
- Pattolio
- Ingredients:
- 1 kg rice flour
- A pinch of salt
- 1 coconut-grated, white portion only
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- 6 turmeric leaves
- steps:
- Mix rice flour and salt and add enough water to make a thick paste (or soft dough).
- Mix the coconut, jaggery, and cardamom, together.
- Take a leaf and spread some rice paste on it.
- Put a spoonful of coconut filling in the centre and turn over the flap to seal the edges.
- Pressure cook for 10-15 minutes and serve hot.
- Puttu
- Ingredients:
- 1 Kg Rice flour
- 1 Coconut, grated
- to taste Salt
- 200 ml of Water
- steps:
- Roast the rice powder till it becomes golden brown. Strain the rice powder and mix it with water and salt.
- Layer the puttu maker with some grated coconut, then with rice mixture and with coconut again.
- Steam for 2-3 minutes, take out and serve hot.