Upwas konphal batata bhaji|vrat wale aloo kand,ratalu sabji|purple yam potato stir fry

Purple yam is known as ratalu in gujarati,kand in hindi and konphal in marathi & potato is known as aloo in hindi and batata in marathi



Purple Yam is an earthly, healthy and delicious food. my family favors this vegetable for its unique and interesting texture and its beautiful color. Purple yams are tubers with grayish brown skins and purple flesh.

When purple yam (kand) is in season, don’t we all try to find as many recipes as possible to make with it? With its lovely colour and delicious taste, this vegetable is generally enjoyed by the whole family. Here is another recipe to add to your kand collection. 

A simple maharashtrian dish of cubed purple yam and potato, tempered with green chillies and spiced up with crushed peanuts. This is also enjoyed during fasting days but you can relish it on a normal day as well.





This is yet another childhood favourite of mine.

 I remember as a child, for me fasting was just an excuse to relish on all these fantastic dishes. This konphal sabji is a great relief for people who want to skip potato on fasting/upwas days. It is very easy and tastes great just by itself or as side item even on non vrat non upwas days




Ingredients
1.5 cups purple yam (kand/konphal), boiled and cubed
1.5 cups potato, boiled and cubed
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
3-4 green chillies, slit
3 tsp roasted peanuts, crushed
a pinch of sugar
1 tspn fresh grated coconut
2 tsp ghee
salt to taste
2 tsp lemon juice

For the garnish
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)


Method

1.First,wash purple yam,remove skin with knife or peeler. Make medium cubes and keep them immersed in water.
2.boil in open pan for 4 minutes or microwave on high for 3-4 minutes.(in both ways take care the pieces shouldnt become too soft.). Now cut boiled potato in cubes too.
3.Heat the ghee in a pan, add the cumin seeds and allow them to crackle.
4.Add the green chillies and potatoes and mix well.
5.Add the peanuts, sugar and salt and mix well. Add grated coconut & stir for 2 minutes.
6.Squeeze lime juice & mix properly
7.Serve hot, garnished with the coriander & fresh coconut.


I had served with rajgeera sago poori


Tips :
You can also double up the crushed peanuts and add a dash of lime juice to add more "pep" to this traditional recipe.
You can even prepare the above sabji by adding a combination of potato & purple yam
skip coriander in case your family doesnt eat coriander on fasting days

Upwas konphal bhaji|vrat wali kand,ratalu sabji|purple yam stir fry

Purple yam is known as ratalu in gujarati,kand in hindi and konphal in marathi

Purple Yam is an earthly, healthy and delicious food. my family favors this vegetable for its unique and interesting texture and its beautiful color. Purple yams are tubers with grayish brown skins and purple flesh.

When purple yam (kand) is in season, don’t we all try to find as many recipes as possible to make with it? With its lovely colour and delicious taste, this vegetable is generally enjoyed by the whole family. Here is another recipe to add to your kand collection. 

A simple dish of cubed purple yam, tempered with green chillies and spiced up with crushed peanuts. This is also enjoyed during fasting days .



This is yet another childhood favourite of mine.

 I remember as a child, for me fasting was just an excuse to relish on all these fantastic dishes. This konphal sabji is a great relief for people who want to skip potato on fasting/upwas days. It is very easy and tastes great just by itself or as side item even on non vrat non upwas days

 



Ingredients
3 cups purple yam (kand/konphal), boiled and cubed
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
3 green chillies, slit
3 tsp roasted peanuts, crushed
a pinch of sugar
1 tspn fresh grated coconut
2 tsp ghee
salt to taste
1.5 tsp lime juice

For the garnish
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)


Method

1.First,wash purple yam,remove skin with knife or peeler. Make medium cubes and keep them immersed in water.
2.boil in open pan for 4 minutes or microwave on high for 3-4 minutes.(in both ways take care the pieces shouldnt become too soft.)
3.Heat the ghee in a pan, add the cumin seeds and allow them to crackle.
4.Add the green chillies and potatoes and mix well.
5.Add the peanuts, sugar and salt and mix well. Add grated coconut & stir for 2 minutes.
6.Squeeze lime juice & mix properly
7.Serve hot, garnished with the coriander & fresh coconut.



I had served with rajgeera sago poori



Tips :
You can also double up the crushed peanuts and add a dash of lime juice to add more "pep" to this traditional recipe.
You can even prepare the above sabji by adding a combination of potato & purple yam
skip coriander in case your family doesnt eat coriander on fasting days

Singhada ata thalipeeth |Upwas vrat shingada peeth thalipith|Buckwheat flour pancake

This is a slight variation to upwas bhajani thalipeeth.here we are using singhada ata instead of upwas bhajani flour

 During childhood we used to eagerly waiting for fasting days, so that we can relish on these Fasting Food delicacies :) hmmm Maharashtrian Fasting food is loaded with lots of calories, in fact you can really have treat during a fast :) Enjoy this another delicious recipe!

After marriage I always had to hunt various fasting recipes as my husband fasts on monday & thursdays .personally i love all types of fasting food from sabudana khichdi to upwas amti.

Ingredients:

1 cup - Singhada ata /shingada peeth /chestnut flour

1/2 cup - boiled potato/raw grated potato

2 - green chilles chopped finely

2-3 tsp crushed peanut powder (shengdana kut)

1 -2 tsp - jeera / jeera(cumin) powder

1 tsp -lemon juice

a pinch -sugar

salt as per taste

Method:

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

2) Mix singhada flour, chilli paste, coriander leaves,lemon juice, salt,sugar, roasted peanut powder, boiled potato 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 thin, place the dough and just press it in round shape by hand.

4) Heat pan on a medium high, add some oil and place thalipeeth 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.

4) Replace lemon juice with dahi

Upwas varicha cutlet |Vari Tandul pattice|Fasting sama potato tikki

Posting a fasting recipe after a long time, vari tandul pattice. 




Samo rice is known as Vari 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'.

You can even use ready made varicha peeth (flour) which is easily available in mumbai & maharashtra


You can check other fasting /vrat /upwas recipes here

Ingredients :

Sama/Maraiyo/Mordhan/Vari che tandul -1 cup
Potatoes/aloo ,boiled - 2 (medium size){about 3/4 cup}
Green chilies,chopped-1.5 tsp 
Ginger/adrak, chopped- 1 tsp (skip in case you dont eat ginger during fasting) 
Fresh coriander/dhaniya,chopped- 3 tbsp
Cumin seeds/jeera- 1 tsp
Mango powder/amchoor - 1.5 tsp
shengdana koot - 1/4 cup
Salt/namak -to taste
Cooking oil/Ghee- 3 tbsp 

Method :

1. Dry roast varai grains ,let it cool & grind to fine powder.

2.Mix together grated potato,sama and all the ingredients and mash well.

3.Grease your palms and make patties/cutlet of same size from the mixture.



4.Heat oil/ghee in a flat nonstick pan and shallow fry the patties on medium flame till  they become golden and crisp from both the sides.(avoid deep frying)



5.Drain on a paper napkin and serve hot with upwas coconut chutney or dahi peanut chutney


Tips :

1 You can even use readymade vari cha peeth instead of vari grains for making cutlet.

2. Can add red chili powder instaed of green chilli paste

3. Can replace amchoor powder with equal amount of lemion juice or dahi (curd)

Diwali faral marathi recipe |Deepawali easy Sweets snacks namkeen

With almost a week left for diwali I guess all ladies would be busy searching traditional & new recipes for diwali faraal & making them in their kitchen.

Faraal is marathi word for various diwali snacks & sweets .

So here goes the list of  Diwali sweets & Diwali snacks - namkeen  .

pls click on recipe name for detailed recipe.

DIWALI    SNACKS - NAMKEEN -  SAVORY


MURMURA CHIVDA                                                        YELLOW SEV-OMPUDI

TIKHAT SHEV /GATHIYA                                                                       KHARI PURI|

POHA CHIWDA                                                                    BHAJANI  CHAKLI 

MATAR KARANJI                                            SABUDANA CHAKALI

















SAGO CHIWDA                                                                   KHASTA KACHORI

SWEET KACHORI                                                                 BATATA KACHORI 


  

TIKHAT SHANKARPALI                                                 RICE FLOUR CHAKLI     

                   

LEFTOVER CHAPATI CHAKLI                                           SABUDANA BATATA CHAKALI

 

SPICY PUFFED RICE /MASALA MURMURA      MATHRI RECIPE

LASUN SHEV                                            PALAK SHEV/SPINACH SEV

  

DIWALI   SWEETS 

ANARSE - ANARSA                                                                  BESAN LADOO

KHAJUR ROLL                                                                         SHANKARPALE

MILKPOWDER FRYFRUIT PEDHA                               DUDHI PANEER DELIGHT 

APPLE  RABDI                                                      LAYERED PADARACHI KARANJI

KESARI BHAT                                                                                   APPLE HALWA

                            

SHRIKHAND                                                                 BATATA VADI 

OATS DRYFRUIT LADOO                                       VERMICELLI/SEVAIYA KHEER

AAMRAS                                                                                 AMRAKHAND

RATALA (SWEET POTATO) HALWA                 SUJI HALWA -SHEERA

PURAN POLI                          RATALA (SWEET POTATO)  GULABJAMUN        

                                               

KAJU KATLI                                                                       PEANUT LADDU
                 

RAVA COCONUT LADOO                                                          KARANJI -GUJIYA 



MOONG DAL HALWA                                                 NARAL WADI-COCONUT BARFI



MTR MIX GULAB JAMUN                                        GAJAR KA HALWA

DUDHI HALWA                                                      DUDHI KHEER

BASUNDI                                                                                 PISTA KULFI 

BEETROOT HALWA                                                                  KAJU ROLLS

AMBA VADI- MANGO BARFI

MANGO HALWA                                                        DUDHI FIRNI

KESAR SOOJI SHEERA

TIRANGI SATHYACHI KARNJI/KHAJYACHE KANAVLE