Papaya Palya

Ingredients:
1 medium sized Tender Raw Papaya
3 - 4 tsp finely grated Coconut
Pinch of Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Chilly powder
Grape sized of Jaggary
Salt to taste
5 - 6 Curry leaves
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Black Gram seeds
1 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Cut the tender papaya into 2 pieces, peel and wash them properly. Remove the seeds of tender papaya and chop it into medium sized thin pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put chopped tender papaya in a thick bottomed vessel. Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt, jaggary, sufficient amount of water and cook them well by covering a lid. Once the water content is almost dried, add grated coconut and mix well. Keep the palya in low flame for about 2-3 minutes.

Put black gram seeds, mustard seeds, oil in a pan and heat. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to Palya. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice/Chapathis.

Sweet Tukkudi / Shankarapole

Ingredients:
1 cup All purpose flour/Plain flour/Maida hudi
1/4 cup Wheat flour/Godhi hudi
1 - 2 tsp Rice flour
1/2 tsp Sesame seeds / Ellu (White Sesame seeds preferred)
3 - 4 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Chilly Powder
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Put sugar, salt, chilly powder in a vessel. Add little amount of water and mix well. Add rice flour, all purpose flour, wheat flour. Put 2-3 tsp oil in a pan and heat it. Pour this heated oil to the flour and mix well. Knead the dough by adding sufficient amount of water.
Take little amount of dough and make a round ball. Roll the ball like chapathi as shown in the picture below by using sufficient amount of rice flour. (Don't make the chapathi too thin.)

Cut the rolled chapathi into medium sized diamond shaped pieces. Separate each pieces and place it in a plate.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat it. Put thukkudi pieces in oil and deep fry until it turns golden in color.

When they are cooled to room temperature, keep them in an airtight container. Serve along with coffee or tea.