A PINCH OF HING

Badhi Baigana Rai Vadi,brinjal with mustard paste This unique authentic recipe is from Odisha villages . A huge size of pumpkin Vadi is cooked with mustard paste but vegetables may change depending on availability. Though brinjal is not seasonable we use often . This is a side dish with plain rice or pakhala bhat. 1 Cup Pumpkin Vadi 1 Cup Brinjal cut into half 1 Tomato cut into 4 pieces 1 Onion sliced 1 Cup Mustard Pastes 1 tsp Termeric powder ½ tsp Chilly powder ½ tsp Mustard and Cumin seeds A pinch of Hing Salt Oil Ingredients: Heat a kadhai along with oil , add Vadi fry till brown . Remove in a plate. On the same kadhai ,pour oil , add seasonings with a pinch of hing. Add onions fry till transulate,add mustard paste fry for a second, add Vadi, brinjal and tomato stir add salt and two cup of water stir well,cover and cook until the liquid change to thick gravy. Serve as a side dish with plain rice. Badhi Baigana Rai 2

Sweet Boondi Boondi name comes from a Hindi word boond. Boond means water droplets. And these are Gram flour droplets dipped in sugar syrup.  Sweet Boondi is a very popular recipe prepared in Indian homes and is offer as a Prashad to Deities. Sweet Boondi loved by adults and kids alike. I may love to adapting a recipe by adding out a few ingredients makes it totally NEW flavour. Now on to the recipe....... Ingredients : 1½ Cup Gram flour 3 Cups Sugar for making syrup 1 pinch Baking soda Desi Ghee 5 drops Pistachio essence 4 drops Almond essence 4 drops Pineapple essence 4 drops Vanilla essence Few Cardamom Few Cashews Few Raisins Recipe : Take a large mixing bowl combine gram flour ,soda and a pinch of salt. Mix all together on dry foam then mix by using water. Batter should be dropping consistency . If batter is thick it will not cook as fast as possible. Heat a deep vessel add water and sugar to make sugar syrup. Syrup should be one string