Corn Flakes Unde(Laddu)

Ingredients:
2 cups raw Corn Flakes or 5 cups of mashed fried Corn Flakes
1/2 cup Sesame seeds / Bili Ellu
2 cups broken Peanuts / Shenga / Nelakadle
2.5 cups Chikki Jaggary / Antu Bella
5 - 6 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi
1 Tbs Ghee
2 tsp Water

Recipe:

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Fry the raw cornflakes in hot oil. Take them from the oil and put them in a tissue paper to absorb the oil content.



Dry roast the peanuts in a pan or microwave and keep them aside for about 20-30 mins. Remove the outer cover of peanuts and mash them as shown in the picture below. Mash the fried corn flakes as shown in the picture below. Put sesame seeds in a pan and fry them for around 4-5 mins in medium flame until they start spluttering.

Put 2 tsp of water and jaggary in a thick bottomed vessel and heat in low flame.

Keep stirring in low flame until the syrup is thick and sticky.

Add corn flakes, peanuts, sesame seeds, mashed cardamom seeds to the same vessel, mix it properly and transfer it to one plate.

Apply some ghee/rice flour to your palms and make small balls from the mixture. Once it is cooled to room temperature store it in an airtight container.

Mixed Grain Masala Vada

 Ingredients:
1 cup Bengal Gram seeds / Channa dal / Kadle bele
3/4 cup Green Peas
1 cup fresh Flat Beans/ Avarekalu
1 large Onion
1/2 bunch of Dill leaves / Sabbasige Soppu
7 - 8 Green Chillies
1/2 inch sized Ginger
4 - 5 strands of Curry leaves
10 - 12 Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil

Recipe:
Soak bengal gram seeds, green peas in water for about 5-6 hrs.  Grind green chillies, ginger, curry leaves into smooth paste. Grind soaked bengal gram seeds, green peas, flat beans coarsely without adding any water.

Chop onion, coriander leaves, dill leaves into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add chopped ingredients to the Vada batter and mix well.

Make lemon sized ball from the mixture and pat it on plastic sheet as shown in the picture below.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Put patted Vada in oil and deep fry until it turns golden in colour.

Serve hot along with chutney or tomato ketchup.