Menasina Sandige(Vade)

Ingredients:
12 cups Green Chillies
2 cups Black Gram seeds
5 cups Puffed Paddy Grains / Aralu / Hodalu
Salt to taste

Recipe:
Soak black gram seeds in water for about 3-4 hrs. Wash them in water for 2-3 times and grind them into smooth paste by adding little amount of water.

Remove the stem of each green chilly, wash them and keep them aside.

Grind the green chillies in a mixer by without adding any water as shown in the picture below.

Put ground green chillies, salt, ground black gram seeds paste in a vessel and mix well. Add puffed paddy grains and mix well.

Take one plastic sheet and put little amount of prepared batter as shown in the picture below.

Sun dry the Sandiges for about 5-6 days. Store them in an airtight container.

Fry this in oil and serve. It goes well with Rice and yogurt/curd/buttermilk. The above mentioned ingredients will serve around 80 Sandiges.

Mundigadde Palya

Ingredients:
4 cups chopped Alocasia Root / Mundigadde
Small lemon sized Jaggary
Small grape sized Tamarind
3/4 - 1 tsp Chilly powder
Pinch of Turmeric powder
3 - 4 tsp grated Coconut
Salt to taste
1 tsp Black Gram seeds
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1 - 2 Red Chilly pieces
5 - 6 Curry leaves
1 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Remove the skin of alocasia root and chop it into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Wash the chopped alocasia root and put them in a cooker container. Put tamarind and little amount of water in a bowl. Squeeze it and add it to cooker container. Add chilly powder, turmeric powder, jaggary, salt, around 1 cup of water and cook them well. (4-5 whistles)
Once all the pressure goes off, remove the container and transfer this to a thick bottemed vessel/pan and heat. Once the water content is evaporated, add grated coconut and mix well. Keep the playa in low flame for about 2-3 mins.
Add black gram seeds, mustard seeds, red chilly pieces, 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/Chapathi.