Vari tandul thalipeeth | bhagar thalipith |sama rice flour paratha

Being navratri many people keep fasts .

posting a fasting thalipeeth maharashtrain recipe made from varyache tandul /samo rice /moraiyo rice/ Bhagar /sama ke chawal

Thalipeeth is a pancake made by tapping dough on a greased platic sheet with your fingers .
Samo rice is known as Vari Tandul or varyache tandul, Bhagar or Kodri in Marathi.

It is the seed of a grass  ( Echinochloa Colonum) which frequently grows amongst the rice paddy as it requires damp, or even waterlogged, soil. Instead of removing it with weedkiller, farmers harvest it. When cooked, it makes a tasty and filling meal. . In the west it is called 'Samo' or 'jungle rice'.

For more navratri sweet recipes click here and fasting recipes click here

 

 

Ingredients:
1 cup - Samo rice/Bhaga/variche tandul /sama ke chawal
1/2 cup -  kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) /rajgira (amaranth flour) /singhada (chestnut flour) ata/ upwas thalipeeth /sabudana flour { You can use any of these as per availability}
1/2 cup - boiled potato/raw grated potato
2 -3 green chilles chopped finely
1/2 cup  crushed peanut powder (shengdana kut)
1 -2 tsp - whole jeera + 1 tsp  jeera(cumin) powder
1 tsp -lemon juice or 2 tbsp curd (dahi)
a pinch -sugar
salt as per taste
 clarified butter/Ghee /oil 2 tablespoons

 

 
Method: 
1) roast varicha tandul/bhagar /sama rice in a pan till till it turns slight brown in colour. cool and grind it to  a fine powder in mixer .Grind green chillies and cumin seeds and make a coarse paste.

2) Mix vari tandul/bhagar/ sama rice  flour, chilli paste, coriander leaves,lemon juice/curd, salt,sugar, roasted peanut powder, boiled potato ,kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) /rajgira (amaranth flour) /singhada (chestnut flour) ata/ upwas thalipeeth /sabudana flour together and make a soft dough. (add few splashes of water if required)

3) Take any plastic thin sheet, make a small ball from the dough, sprinkle few drops of water on plastic sheet, place the dough and just press it in round shape by using your fingers.make a small hole in centre.

4) Heat pan on a medium high, add some oil /ghee and place thalipeeth .drizzle  some oil /ghee from the sides of thalipeeth also and roast till it gets nice golden color from both the sides

5) Serve hot with yogurt/upwas-chutney
 
 
Tips /Variation
1)You can even add soaked sabudana (for minimum 3-4 hrs) in the above recipe Sabudana for thalipeeth works great if its over soaked, soft and little bit soggy.
2) For plastic you can use any plastic sheet the one in which we get milk.
3) Replace green chillies by using red chilli powder.