Akki(Rice) Sandige

Ingredients:
3 cups white Rice
8-10 Red Chilies
10 strands of Curry leaves
Small grape sized Asafoetida
1.5 tsp Sesame seeds
Salt to taste
3 liters of Water

Recipe:
Soak white rice in water for about 4-5 hrs. Wash it properly and grind it into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. Add crushed red chillies, curry leaves as shown in the picture below.

Put this in a heavy bottomed vessel, add sesame seeds, asafoetida, 3 litres of water and mix them well.

Heat this mixture, keep stirring the mixture until it is cooked. Keep this aside and allow it to cool to room temperature.

Take one plastic sheet and put little amount of prepared batter as shown in the picture below or press this in a Chakkuli Maker as shown in the picture below.

Sun dry the Sandiges for about 5-6 days. Store them in an airtight container.

Fry this in oil and serve. It goes well with Rice, Rasam, etc. The above mentioned ingredients will serve around 300 Sandiges.

Tomato Chat

Ingredients:
1 medium sized Tomato
1-2 Nippattus
1 cup of Puffed Rice
2 tsp Congress Kadle
3/4 tsp Chat Masala (1/4 for mixing and 1/2 for sprinkling)
1/2 tsp Green Chutney
1 small Onion
3 - 4 strands of Coriander leaves
2 - 3 tsp grated Carrot
Few drops of fresh Lime Juice
1/4 cup of Sev

Recipe:
Grate the carrot and chop the onion and coriander leaves into small pieces. Put this in a bowl, add little amount of salt, 1/4 tsp chat masala and mix them well.

Cut the tomato into medium thin half round pieces and place it over the plate as shown in the picture below. Apply green chutney, sprinkle chat masala and congress kadle as shown in the picture below.

Sprinkle carrot, onion, coriander leaves mixture as shown in the picture below. Sprinkle few drops of lemon juice.

Add crushed nippattus,  puffed rice as shown in the picture below.

Garnish with Sev, chopped coriander leaves, sprinkle few drops of lemon juice and serve.