DAL PAKWAN & SEERO

This is a popular Sindhi breakfast dish. Cooked chana dal with spice powders tadka is served with crispy fried maida pakwans. Usually Seero is also prepared along with this. Mostly everyone prepares this on a Sunday morning so that the whole family can relish this special breakfast/brunch together.

Dal

Ingredients:

Chana dal ... 2 cups

Green chillies .. 2 (chopped)

Salt ................ to taste

Turmeric powder .... 1/2 tsp.

For tempering:

Amchoor powder .. 1 tsp.

Coriander powder ... 1 tsp.

Cumin powder ......... 1 tsp.

Red chilli powder ... 1 tsp.

Garam masala ........ 1/2 tsp.

Oil ...... 2-3 tbsps.

Method:

1. Wash and soak dal for at least 2-3 hours. Cook it adding enough water, green chillies, salt and turmeric. Dal should remain whole and not over cooked. Just stir with the spoon to mash it a little. ( You may pressure cook it also but take care not to over cook it )

2. Sprinkle all the tempering spice powders mentioned above and pour hot oil over them just before serving.

Pakwans

Ingredients:

Maida ..... 2-3 cups

Salt ........ to taste

Oil ........ 2 tbsps. to mix with the flour

Caraway/kummel seeds .. 1 tbsp

Water ......... to knead the dough

Oil to fry the pakwans.

Method:

1. Mix the salt, oil and caraway seeds with the flour. Knead into a soft dough adding enough water. Set aside.

2. Heat oil in a kadai to fry the pakwans.

3. Roll out thin rotis. Prick with the fork or knife all over the roti so that it does not puff up while frying. It has to be flat and crisp like papdi. Let them cool. Store in an air-tight container.

(Tip: always fry 2 pakwans together in a kadai one on top of the other, turning each one from time to time. This way they will not puff up. You can store them for a few days and use the left over pakwans to make Bhel or Papdi Chat)

Seero:

Click HERE to see the Seero recipe.

BREAD & EGG PANCAKES

Ingredients:
Bread slices: 4
Eggs: 2
Onions: finely sliced
Green chillies: 2 finely chopped ( or ) Red Chilli powder 1/4 tsp.
Coriander leaves: 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ajinomoto: a pinch











1. Soak the bread slices in water and mash them well or put them in a mixer to make fine crumbs.
2. Mix all the above ingredients well into a thick batter.
3. Heat a griddle, spread the batter carefully to make a pancake about 1.2 cm thick. Bake two sides using oil until the pancake is cooked well.
















Serve hot with Chilli-Garlic Sauce.

SEYALA MAANI (Sindhi)

This is a Sindhi breakfast dish, usually made from left over rotis.

Ingredients:
Rotis ....... 6-7 (you may use the left over rotis)
Coriander Leaves.....1 cup
Mint leaves .............. 1/2 cup
Green Chillies............2-3
Onions........................1 chopped
Tomatoes...................1 chopped
Garlic..........................7 to 8 cloves
Ginger .......................1 inch piece
Salt..............................to taste
Red Chilli Powder.....1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder.....3/4 tsp
Coriander Powder....1 to 2 tsp

Garam masala ........ 1/2 tsp (optional)

Oil ................... 2-3 tbsp.

Method:

1.Grind coriander leaves, mint leaves, onion, tomato, green chillies, ginger and garlic. ( Grind coarsely)

2. In a pan pour the oil and saute the green masala for a few minutes.

3. Add the dry masalas and salt and mix well. Pour 2 cups water and let it boil.( If using left over rotis then add a little more water)

4. Break the rotis into small pieces and stir into the masala. Check the salt and let it cook on low flame until the rotis are cooked.

5. Sprinkle garam masala on top and pour a little hot oil on it.

Serve immediately.

For variation you can also make chapati rolls using this masala.

(Will add the recipe soon.)

FRENCH TOAST FUSION (Pav Bhaji Flavour)

Ingredients:
Eggs ......... 2
Bread slices .. 2
Carrot .......... 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Capsicum .... 1 tbsp. (finely chopped)
Onion ......... 1 tbsp. (finely chopped)
Green chilli ... 1 (finely chopped)
Tomato ......... 1/2 (finely chopped)
Coriander leaves ...1 tbsp.(finely chopped)
(All the vegetables have to be very finely chopped..I have used a chopper.)
Pav bhaji masala ... 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder ... 1/4 tsp.
Salt .................... to taste
Oil

Method:

1. Take all the chopped vegetables in a bowl.

2. Add the eggs, pav bhaji masala, chilli powder and salt. Mix it well.

3. Heat oil on a griddle, dip the slices and fry them. Spoon a little egg mixture on the slices while frying.
4. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Things That Make Me Smile

Old movies. We watched Lillies of the Field the other night. What a wonderful movie!