Rajasthani food and an Award!

One good thing about food blogging is it makes me hunt for more recipes and try out those food which I never thought of making. Now for the RCI Rajasthan event, after googling and debating on what to make out of so many dishes, I settled on making Rajasthani dal and missi roti. So here is how I made them.


Missi roti-
Ingredients-
Wheat flour - 150gms
Besan -250gms
Red chilly powder-1tsp
Dhaniya Powder -1tsp
Ghee -3tsp
Jeera -1/2tsp
Kaala Jeera -1/2tsp
Salt -1tsp
Ajwain -1/2tsp
Method
Mix all the ingredients well and knead them into a stiff dough. Roll into thick rotis and roast them on a tava. Brush little melted ghee on the roti.

Serve hot. Shahi ghatte is a good combination with missi roti.


Rajasthani panchmel dal -
Ingredients
Chana dal/bengal gram- 1/4 cup
Mung/Green gram- 1/4 cup
Udid dal/Split black gram- 1/4 cup
Tuvar dal/Pigeon pea split-1/4 cup
Masoor dal/Red gram split- 1/4 cup
Salt-To taste
Green chillies-2
Ginger- A small piece
Whole red chillies-2
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Cumin powder-1 tsp
Red chilly powder-1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Tomatoes-2 chopped
Oil- 3 tb
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Cloves- 4-5
Asafoetida-1 pinch
garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Method-
Soak the lentils for around two hours. Add salt and turmeric powder and pressure cook them. Make a paste of green chillies and ginger. Add little oil in a pan.Add asafoetida, cumin seeds, cloves and dry red chillies. When cumin starts to change colour, add the ginger-green chilly paste and saute for sometime. Stir in some cumin powder, coriander powder and red chilly powder. Add the tomatoes and cook till oil separates. Add the cooked lentils and water if required. Cook for 10 mins stirring well. Add garam masala powder and serve hot with rice.

This goes to RCI-Rajasthan event guest hosted by Padmaja of spicy andhra.
And now for my first Award. I am so glad to recieve this yummy blog award from Lavi of homecookrecipes.Thanks a lot Lavi. You made my day wonderful. It is a great inspiration for a new blogger like me. I would also like to thank Miss Bellevue of Bombay Bistro who has passed on this award to me.

There are some rules for the ‘Yummy Blog’ award Receiver:
The person who receives the award should display the "Yummy Blog !" logo on their blog and also the meaning of the award which is "Yummy blog award is the award given to the blog with most yummy recipes/photos".
The receiver should also quote their favorite yummy-licious :) dessert(s) that they have ever prepared/eaten. Don’t restrict yourself to any dessert, chocolate bars also welcome.· Also the receiver should pass on the award to four other bloggers whose blog they find "yummy" and let them know about the rules.

As per the rules , my favourite sweets are as follows-

Puran poli,Bengali sweets,Cashew kathli, Most of the chocolates(tempts me the most!!)

I would like to pass on this award to Sandhya, Priya, Sagari ,and Lakshmi.