Karjikayi

Ingredients:
5 cups grated Dry Coconut / Kobbari / Kopra
5 cups powdered Sugar
1/2 cup crushed Cashew Nuts
1/2 cup crushed Almonds
6 - 8 Cardamoms
4 tsp Rice flour
5 cups All Purpose flour
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Dry roast the sesame seeds until it gives nice aroma. Crush the almonds and cashew nuts as shown in the picture below.

Grate the dry coconut and crush it in a mixer as shown in the picture below. Powder the sugar and cardamom in a mixer as shown in the picture below.

Put all these ingredients in a vessel and mix.

Put purpose flour, salt in a vessel and knead the dough by adding sufficient amount of water. Keep the dough aside for about 15 mins by covering a lid.

Take small lemon sized dough and make a round ball.

Roll the ball into thin round shape as shown in the picture below.

Put around 1 Tbs of prepared mixture as shown in the picture below.

Apply little water over the edges and close and press the edges as shown in the picture below.

Cut the edge using Tukkudi Maker as shown in the picture below.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Put rolled Karjikayi to hot oil and fry both the sides of Karjikayi until it turns golden in colour.

Serve along with tea or coffee. This is usually offered to lord Ganesha during Chowthi festival.

Hurigadale (Fried Gram | Putani | Hurikadle | Chutney Kadle) Panchakajjaya | ಹುರಿಗಡಲೆ (ಹುರಿಕಡ್ಲೆ | ಪುಟಾಣಿ | ಚಟ್ನಿ ಕಡ್ಲೆ) ಪಂಚಕಜ್ಜಾಯ

Naivedyam for festivals

Ingredients (ಬೇಕಾಗುವ ಪದಾರ್ಥಗಳು):

1 cup Fried Gram (Dalia Split)  |  ಹುರಿಗಡಲೆ (ಪುಟಾಣಿ | ಚಟ್ನಿ ಕಡ್ಲೆ)

1 cup Sugar  |  ಸಕ್ಕರೆ

1/2 cup grated Dry Coconut  |  ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ (ಕೊಪ್ಪರ ಕಾಯಿ)

2 tsp Sesame seeds  |  ಎಳ್ಳು

2 - 3 tsp broken Cashew Nuts  |  ಗೇರುಬೀಜ (ಗೋಡಂಬಿ

Recipe (ಮಾಡುವ ವಿಧಾನ):

Put finely grated dry coconut in a pan and fry them in medium flame until it turns light golden in colour. Add sesame seeds, cashew nuts and fry it until they turn light golden in color. Put dalia split, sugar in a mixer and grind it to smooth powder without adding any water. 

Put all these powdered ingredients in a vessel, add fried coconut, sesame seeds, cashew nuts and mix well. This is usually offered to lord Ganesha during Chowthi festival.