Mundigadde Majjige Huli

Ingredients:
4 cups chopped Alocasia Root / Mundigadde
1.5 cup grated Coconut
1 - 2 Green Chillies
Pinch of Turmeric powder
Pinch of Chilly powder
Salt to taste
3/4 - 1 cup Buttermilk / Yogurt / Curd
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 broken Red Chillies
1 tsp Oil

Recipe:

Remove the skin of alocasia root and cut it into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below.

Wash the chopped alocasia root and put it in a pressure cooker. Add turmeric powder, salt, chilly powder, around 2 cups of water and cook.(4-5 whistles) Once the pressure goes off, add buttermilk and keep it aside for about 20-30 mins. (If it is yogurt / curd put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to majjige huli.)

Put grated coconut and green chillies in a mixer. Add enough water and grind it to smooth paste. (If it is frozen coconut, add hot water while grinding.) Pour this ground mixture to the vessel containing cooked alocasia root. (Add salt, water if required) Bring it to boil and mix well.
Put oil, red chilly pieces, mustard seeds in a pan and heat. Once it starts spluttering, add it to Majjige Huli. Mix well before serving. It goes well with Rice/Dosas.

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.