Chaklya

Chakli bhajani
1kg rice
2 cup chana dal
1 cup moong dal
1 cup urad dal
Patal Pohe equal in volume to rice :)
Dhaane (Coriander seeds) 250gms
Jeera 100 gms
Red Chilli powder 4 teaspoons

Wash and dry rice and dals. Grind with masalas.

Dough:
Mix salt, hot oil and hot water in bhajani to make a fine dough.

Make chakli shapes using chakali mould. Deep fry till brown.

Spicy paratha

Ingredients:
3 cups of wheat flour
1 grated capsicum
1 grated carrot
1 grated onion
2 tsp garam/kala masala
cheese
butter
Salt
chilli powder
Ghee

Mix all the ingredients and make parathas. Serve hot.

Masale Bhat [HIT]

1. Wash 3 cups of rice and drain.
2. To prepare phodani add 1.5 table spoon of oil, mustard seeds. When mustard seeds start popping add turmeric powder, 3-4 cloves, 2 leaves of tejpatta and 7-8 sppons of garam masala.
3. In phodani add chopped vegetables like cauliflower, carrot, tondli etc.
4. Add lot of chopped coriander.
5. Add salt to taste.

Aloo Paratha

1. Cook potatoes properly.
2. Don't overly mash potatoes. Else the stuffing becomes sticky.
3. Make the dough properly with little oil and salt.

Different Dal

To make tasty dal try following masalas:
1. Dalmakhani masala
2. Dhansak masala
Recently read in "saffron trail" that Mangals dhansak masala is good.

Bharlelya vangyachi bhaji [HIT]

Gravvy:
0.5 cup of gratted dry coconut
2 tsp til
2 tsp khaskhas
3 onions
2 tsp mustard seeds
4 cloves
4 tejpatta
2 sticks of dalchini
kala masala
little dalva powder
ginger
coriander

Did not fill the brinjals as done traditionally. Just cup and fried them.
Tastes creamy because of coconut.

Puran Poli [HIT]

Stuffing:
2 cups of chana dal
2.5 cups of sugar
0.5 cup of jaggery

Dough:
Atta + 3 tsp oil + 1 tsp salt
Number of puran polis = 16
Number of people at lunch = 7