Rajgira thalipeeth,vrat upwas fasting falhari rajgira paratha

Posting a fasting thalipeeth maharashtrain recipe made from  rajgira flour which is known as amaranth flour in english

Thalipeeth is a pancake made by tapping dough on a greased plastic sheet with your fingers .
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Ingredients:

1/2 cup - Sago/sabudana soaked in water
1 cup - rajgira (amaranth flour) 
1/4 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 2-3 tbsp curd (dahi)
a pinch -sugar
salt as per taste
clarified butter/Ghee /oil 2 tablespoons



Method: 

1) Grind green chillies and cumin seeds and make a coarse paste.

2) Mix soaked sabudana ,chilli paste, coriander leaves,lemon juice/curd, salt,sugar, roasted peanut powder, boiled potato,rajgira (amaranth 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 colour from both the sides


5) Serve hot with yogurt/upwas-chutney


Tips 

1)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.