Avalakki(Beaten Rice) Sandige

Ingredients:
1/2 KG medium thick Beaten Rice / Dappa Avalakki
10 - 12 strands of Curry leaves
2 Large Onions
15 - 20 Green Chillies
1 tsp Asafoetida powder / Large grape sized Asafoetida
1.5 - 2 tsp Sesame seeds / Ellu
3 - 4 cups sour Buttermilk
Salt to taste

Recipe:

Put beaten rice, sesame seeds in a vessel. Add buttermilk, around 8 cups water and keep it aside for about 30 mins.

Put green chillies, curry leaves, asafoetida  around 1/2 cup of water, salt in a mixer and grind them together into medium smooth paste. Add chopped onion and grind them together for few seconds. Keep this paste aside.

Put soaked beaten rice, ground masala, salt in a mixer/grinder in batches and grind them together into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. The consistency of the batter should be medium thick as shown in the picture below.

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

Sun dry the Sandiges for about 6-8 days. Store them in an airtight container.

Fry them in oil and serve. It goes well along with Rice and Rasam or curd or buttermilk. The above mentioned ingredients will serve around 300 Sandiges.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups All Purpose flour / Maida Hudi
3 Tbs Cocoa powder
3/4 - 1 cup(80 - 100 gms ) Choco Chips
1.5 cups powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Venilla powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1.5 cups melted Ghee

Recipe:
Put sugar in a mixer, grind it to very fine powder and keep it aside.

Put all purpose flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, venilla powder and baking soda in a vessel and mix them well. Add melted ghee little by little, kneed and prepare the soft dough as shown in the picture below. Add choco chips and mix well.

Preheat the microwave to 160 degree C in convection mode. Take lemon sized dough and make a round ball. Press it little bit to a round shape(1/4 inch thick) and place it over the microwave safe tray as shown in the picture below. (For oven, please follow the steps mentioned in Almond Cookies recipe.)

Place this cookies in a microwave (Lower shelf) and cook them at 160 degree C temperature for about 20 mins until the bottom part of the cookies turn light golden in colour.

Take the tray outside from the microwave and once they are cooled to room temperature, store them in an airtight container. The above mentioned ingredients will serve around 40 cookies.