Narali Bhaat (Coconut Rice)

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Yummyyyy.. Simple Main dish/ prasad or as dessert..

Ingredients

Rice Cooked 1 Cup
Shredded coconut (dry or fresh) 1/2 cup
Ghee 2 Tsp
Sugar 4 Tsp ( or according to your sweet tooth)
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp


Very Simple to make.

1. Put ghee in skillet. When it starts getting warm, put in shredded coconut. Mix well together.
Then put in cooked rice (better if rice is not sticky) and mix all three well together.
Stir for a minute, till coconut starts changing color and starts emitting its aroma.

2. Then add Sugar to the mixture. As sugar melts, mixture will become semi liquid. Keep stirring till the
point when mixture again starts to solidify.

3. Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder and thats it :)


Tip : You may also add saffron. Put some saffron strands in warm water. and when water is colored,
put saffron on Narali bhaat.

Gobi Manchurian

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Ingredients for manchuri

1. Cauliflower florets 1 cup

2. Maida/ all purpose flour 1/2 cup

3. Rice flour/corn flour 2 tsp

4. Green chilli,ginger and garlic paste

5. Crushed black pepper powder

6. Salt

Ingredients for manchurian masala

1. Onion chopped (spring onion preferred if available,else normal onion will do)

2. Fresh Ginger and Garlic chopped

3. Green chillis chopped 

4. Capsicum (optional) chopped

5. Soy  Sauce and Chilli sauce ( if not available, normal Tomato sauce will do) 

6. 1 tsp rice flour.

Following are the steps

1. Make a batter from maida,rice flour ,green chilli ginger garlic paste ,black pepper and salt mixing water 

little by little. Batter should be medium consistency like that required for pakodas(bhaji) and dip cauliflower

florets in it so they are coated properly.

2. Heat oil in pan/wok and deep fry the coated florets till point they start turning golden. Then put on tissues 

to soak excess oil.

3. In other wok, put some oil (used in step 2 preferably), and when it heats up, put chopped ginger,garlic,green chillis and onions(capsicum and spring onion leaves optional, if you have).

Stir till onions become translucent. Then add Soy sauce and chilli sauce( optionally tomato sauce).

Stir for some time, then add water as per gravy you want, add salt to it. Then add rice flour to thicken

the gravy. And when gravy thickens and sauce looks cooked, dip the fried florets in it. Stir till all florets

are coated in gravy and turn off the heat.

And thats it :) Yummmmm.. gobi manchurian is ready.