Recipes Seasoned with Love

Rice flour and Urad Dal Chakli - Chakli, a traditional Indian snack that everyone enjoys to have along with their tea. During the time of the Diwali festival, varieties of chaklis are prepared. This is one of the varieties. Follow the steps so that it turns out crispy & yummy. Ingredients - 1 cup white urad dal - 3 cup rice flour - 2 spoon black sesame seeds - 2 spoon oil - 2 spoon pepper powder - salt Method : 1. Rinse the urad dal twice. Take a pressure cooker and add urad dal and 2 cups of water. Allow it to pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.  2. Once cooked let the cooked urad dal cool down to room temperature.  3. Take a mixer jar and add the cooked urad dal and grind it to a smooth paste without adding any water.  4. Next take a mixing bowl, add rice flour, pepper powder, salt, black sesame seeds and give it a good mix.  5. Next heat 2 spoon oil and add it to the flour mixture and again mix it with your hands. Now add the urad dal paste and knead to get a soft but firm dough. A

Peanut Butter - A protein rich recipe with loads of minerals that are essential for our body. Ingredients -  1 and 1/2 cup roasted and peeled peanuts 1 spoon salt 3-4 roasted garlic clove 2 red chilli 1/2 spoon black pepper 1/2 spoon oregano/mixed herbs 2 spoon melted ghee/butter Method -  1. Take a mixer jar add the roasted peanuts, garlic cloves, black pepper, red chilli, oregano and grind it into a fine powder. 2. Add 2 spoon melted ghee/butter and keep grinding until you get thick shiny smooth paste like texture.  3. Transfer the peanut butter into a glass jar and store it in refrigerator. (This can be stored and used for about 2 weeks) Note: you can enjoy this peanut  butter along with roti.  It can be taken with vegetables like cucumber, boiled beetroot and carrots.  Also it can be topped over salads.