Spending almost twenty five years of my life in Maharashtra, I have tasted every kind of Maharashtrian food. I am so fond of all the delicacies and though being a south indian, the cuisine was accepted by us as a staple food. I love puranpolis, sheera ,amti,dalbaati,thalipeeth,sabudana, varan bhaath etc. Groundnut is used in a large scale. They are roasted and powdered and added to the vegetables and salads.
I was always fascinated by the way they made polis. It used to be so soft and remained the same for a long time. And the aroma during poli preperation is just divine. So thought of posting basic steps for preparing poli. Though many might be aware of this basic recipe, but surely must be useful post for some of them who haven't tried.
Another thing which I used to love in their cuisine was Kairi panha , a raw mango drink flavoured with cardamom,widely prepared during the summer. Kairi in marathi means raw mango. The sweet tangy drink is so refreshing during the hot summers. So here are the pictures and recipes for these dishes.
Poli
Ingredients-
Wheat flour- 2cups
salt - 2tsp
oil- 1tbsp
Method-
1. Make a dough with wheat flour. Add oil and the dough should be very soft.
2. Make small balls of the dough. Roll a ball into a circle.
3. Brush oil on the surface.
4. Fold it twice to form a triangle as shown in picture.
5.Roll this to a circle again.
6. Heat a girdle/tava. Cook on one side. Brush little oil on the surface. Flip and cook on the other side.
Kairi Panha-
Ingredients-
Raw mango- 1
Sugar- 2tbsp
Cardamom- 1tsp
Method-
Chop the mango into small pieces. Pressure cook them till they become soft. Mix sugar and cardamom and 2 glasses of water. You can also add few strands of Saffron. Blend them together.
Serve chilled.
This dishes goes to the Swc-Maharashtra hosted by Neha , the monthly event initiated by Lakshmi.
Kairi panha also goes to -
1.WBB- Summer feast.
2.Summer splash by nalabakham
3.WYF ice creams and juices
4.Sweet series- cool desserts by paajaka recipes
I have updated my craft blog today in case you are interested in seeing roses made of chart paper.
And a sweet note, I was so so ggggg.. glad to recieve a cute friendship card from LG of taste of mysore. I will write about it in detail in my next post. Till then take care everyone.
Jul 16, 2008
Poli- The maharashtrian way and kairi panha
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Great combination - love both dishes.
Polis look perfect and great......Kairi panha simply love it.....looks nice....
both are great recipes and good entries for the events... kairi panha is good...
both look delicious,..nice pictures...will try kairi panha
I love the kairi panha,when I lived in Bombay,I used to have this almost everyday during summer,it was so yummy....your post brought back some real fond memories
I love the kairi panha,when I lived in Bombay,I used to have this almost everyday during summer,it was so yummy....your post brought back some real fond memories
Hi Sowmya, the Polis look nice and 'puffed up' :) I thought they were supposed to be stuffed? The Panha is pretty new to me. Usually I dont come across drinks that ask for boiling the fruit. Interesting one :)
Sowmya, ghadichi poli is an absolute favorite at our home and you're right- the aroma is divine. I haven't made panha in a long time, though, and yours looks inspiring and delicious.
I love Puran Poli..These look very soft n tasty
My aunt used to make roti this way. If we roll the normal way she used to complain that they were not perfect rotis.
The Mango drink looks delicious.
Your polis look soft and yummy, somehow adding oil to the atta dough has never quite worked for me..maybe I should try again.
Poli looks nice Sowmya..few members on IWIS were asking about detailed procedure to make them. You might want to post the link there too..
Polis look very soft indeed. Good step-by-step pics. Panha looks very refresinging. good u made into so many events with one post.
Hi Sowmi, Poli and Panha looks yummy... I will try poli tonight ;)
Busy 4m morning.... so finished all my work and posted today's...... :)
nice entries sowmya,
Earlier i thought marathi style Puran Poli is something with a stuffing, n very tough to make, but urs recipe looks nice n simple.
And pana , i already started missing it, today only 'll make it..:)
Lovely one soumya...thanks for sending it to the event
Kairi panha is a new term for me, and i really didn't think it would have mangoes:-) Really nice.
The Puran Poli's look very good, so tempting. Iam definitely going to try this as this is my hubby's favorite. I have passed you the Magic Lamp for luck. Do refer to my blog http://sukanya-hobbiesandcrafts.blogspot.com/ for more details.
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