Beetroot Halwa

Ingredients:
3 cups grated Beetroot
3 cups Milk
1 1/2 - 2 cups Sugar
3-4 Cardamom / Elachi / Elakki
2-3 tsp Cashew nuts / Gerubeeja / Godambi
1-2 tsp Raisins / Ona Drakshi
3-4 tsp Ghee / Thuppa


Recipe:

Put the grated beetroot in a pressure cooker container and cook it without adding water.(3 whistles)
Put pieces of cashew nuts, little bit of ghee, fry it for few mins until it turns golden in color and keep it aside.
Put raisins and 1 tsp ghee in a pan. Fry it for few mins until it puffs and keep it aside.

Once the pressure goes off, pour the cooked beetroot in a thick bottomed vessel. Add milk and bring it to boil. Add sugar, keep the halwa in medium flame and stir this mixture once in 2-3 mins until all the milk gets dried up.

Add 2-3 tsp ghee and stir the halwa continuously in medium flame until ghee starts separating. Add fried raisins, smashed cardamom, fried cashew nuts and mix well.

Apply little bit of ghee to the plate, pour this halwa and spread it using one flat spoon as shown in the picture below.

BaaNale Rotti

Ingredients:

3/4 cup White Rice

3/4 cup Boiled Rice / Kucchulakki

4-5 tsp Grated Coconut

2-3 Green Chillies

1/4 inch sized Ginger

1 medium sized Onion

8-10 Curry Leaves

Salt to taste

Ghee

Recipe:

Soak white rice and boiled rice in water for about 4-5 hours. Wash soaked rice 2-3 times and keep it aside.

Chop onion, green chillies, curry leaves and ginger into small pieces.

Grind soaked rice, coconut coarsely by adding sufficient amount of water. Add chopped ingredients and grind it for a min. Don't make the batter thin. Add salt and mix it well.

Add 2-3 tsp ghee and spread it over the thick bottomed vessel as shown in the picture below.

Pour little amount of batter to a thick bottomed vessel and spread it over the vessel as shown in the picture below.

Put 1 tsp ghee over it and cook it for about 5-8 mins in low/medium flame by covering the lid.

Cook other side of banale rotti as well for about 5-8 mins in low/medium flame.

It goes well with ghee or any kind of chutney, saambar. The ingredients mentioned above will serve 5-6 Banale Rottis.