Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Arati Puvvu Patoli

This dish is prepared with arati puvvu(Banana blossom). This dish is bit tedious to prepare but the taste is well worth the effort. Serve with hot rice.
Ingredients
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Arati Puvvu -1
Kandipappu(Toor dal) - 1 cup
senaga pappu(chana dal) - 1 cup
Red chillies - 5
Asafoetida - pinch
oil for frying
turmeric
tamarind juice - 2 tsp
mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves for tempering
Method of Preparation
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Soak both the dals and red chillies for 4-6 hrs
Remove stalks from banana blossom. Cut it fine and put in buttermilk mixed with a pinch of turmeric.
Grind the dals adding salt and asafoetida with very little water possible
Pressure cook cut arati puvvu with some turmeric and tamarind juice
Heat oil in a non stick pan and add all the tempering ingredients. Once mustard seeds splutter add cooked arati puvvu and also the dal batter to the pan. Fry on a medium flame until you see dal batter cooked.

1 comment:

mb said...

This sounds delicious, I would love to try some! Thank you for your entry for JFI -- Mandira