Mixed Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

Small piece of Carrot
2 florets of Broccoli
2 - 3 tsp Corn Kernels
2 - 3 tsp Frozen Green Peas
3 tsp Corn flour
Pinch of Pepper powder
Salt to taste
3 cups of Water

Recipe:

Chop the carrot into one inch long thin pieces as shown in the picture below. Cut the broccoli into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below.

Take little amount of water in a bowl and add the corn flour. Mix them well and keep aside.

Put 3 cups of water in a vessel. Add all the vegetables, salt and bring them to boil. Keep this in medium flame for about 2-3 mins. Add corn flour water and bring them to boil. Add pepper powder and keep the soup in medium flame for about 1 min.

Transfer this to a soup bowl and serve hot.

Banana Flower(Bale Hu) Rotti

Ingredients:
1 cup Rice flour/ Akki hudi
1/2 cup Millet flour / Raagi hudi
1 cup Semolina / Bombay Rava / Sanna Sajjige
1.5 cups finely chopped Banana Flower
1 medium sized Onion
10 - 12 strands of Coriander leaves
1 - 2 tsp grated Coconut
2 tsp grated Carrot
2 - 3 Green Chillies
3/4 -  1 cup Curd / Yogurt
Salt to taste
Ghee/Oil
Banana leaves / Aluminium foil / Wax paper

Recipe:
Take 6-7 florets from banana flower.Remove the fiber contents as shown in the picture below using a knife. (No need to remove the fiber contents for inner florets which are almost white in color.) Put water and little amount of buttermilk in a vessel and keep it aside. Chop banana flower into very small pieces as shown in the picture below and put it in a vessel containing buttermilk water. Keep it aside for about 4-5 mins.

Chop coriander leaves, green chillies and onion into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Grate the carrot as shown in the picture below. Remove the chopped banana flower from the water, squeeze and keep it aside.

Put all the chopped ingredients, rice flour, millet flour, semolina, grated carrot, grated coconut, salt, curd in a vessel and mix them well. Add enough water and mix them well. Don't make the dough too thin.

Take one aluminium foil, put 1 tsp of oil and spread it over the foil. Take handful of dough and pat it over the foil evenly as shown in the picture below.

Heat the Tava(Iron Tava preferred) put the rotti upside down as shown in the picture below. Cook it for a minute by covering the lid.

Remove the aluminium foil and put 1 tsp ghee/oil over the Rotti.

Cook other side of the rotti for about 1-2 min in medium/low flame. Serve hot along with any Chutney or Curry / Subji. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 10-12 Rottis.