Goli Baje / Mangalore Bajji

Ingredients:
1 cup All Purpose flour / Maida
1/2 - 1 tsp Bengal Gram flour/Kadle hudi / Besan
1/2 - 1tsp Bombay Rava / Sanna Sajjige
1/2 - 3/4 cup Curd / Yogurt
Small piece of Ginger
8 - 10 Curry leaves
3 - 4 Green Chillies
2 tsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeera
Pinch of Baking powder
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:

Chop ginger, green chillies, curry leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put bengal gram flour, baking powder, bombay rava in a vessel and mix them well. Add yogurt and mix. Add chopped ingredients, cumin seeds, salt, sugar and mix them well. Add all purpose flour and mix them well by adding sufficient amount of water. (Don't make the batter too thin.)

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Take little amount of prepared batter and slowly drop it into oil. Deep fry until they turn golden in color.

Serve hot along with chutney or sambar. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 10-12 Goli Bajes.

Banana in Coconut Jaggary

Ingredients:

2 medium sized Bananas / Baale Hannu (Preferred: Kadali or Elakki Bale Hannu)

2-3 tsp grated Jaggary

2-3 tsp finely grated Coconut

1 tsp Sugar

1 tsp Honey

1/2 tsp Ghee

1 tsp broken Almonds

1 tsp broken Cashew nuts

1-2 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi

Recipe:

Remove the outer skin of each banana and chop them into medium thick round pieces as shown in the picture below.

Transfer this to a bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix them well.

Refrigerate and serve chilled. This dish is prepared during festivals for Naivedyam.