Chirote Recipe

Surprise everyone with a special sweet after food. Its crispy dipped in a sugary syrup dripping giving a wonderful experience to your taste buds to savor. It's  a Maharashtrian specialty and its called "CHIROTE". 

So, learn how to prepare Chirote.

Ingredients:

1 cup Maida (Refined flour)

1 tablespoon Rava (Semolina)

1 tablespoon hot oil

Clarified butter

1 tablespoon rice flour

pinch of salt

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

Saffron strands

1 teaspoon lemon juice

oil for frying

Method for Sugar Syrup:

Mix water, sugar and saffron in sauce pan and boil over medium heat for 6 to 7 mts.

Add some lemon juice once syrup is ready.

 Method for Chirote:

1. Combine maida (Refined flour), rava (Semolina), hot oil and pinch of salt and mix well.
2. Add water, milk and start to knead to make smooth and soft dough, like chapati dough.
3. Cover and keep it to rest for 2 hours.
4. Divide the dough into 3 equal portions.
5. Take ball and roll in very smooth roti (chapati), make 3 thin rotis (chapati)
6. In a separate bowl mix rice flour and butter together and keep it aside.
7. Take one roti, spread butter and rice flour mixture and place another layer of roti on the top of it.
8. Again spread some butter and rice flour mixture and place third layer of roti and repeat the same process.
9. Now roll three rotis.
10. Divide roti roll in equal size ball am-king slight cross cut.
11. Now Roll each piece of dough to make rectangular shape.
12. Deep fry until golden brown.
13. Deep this fried chirote into Sugar Syrup for 2-3 minutes.
14. After 2-3 minutes keep it on a plate to drip some extra sugar syrup.
15. Your Chirote is now ready to serve.
Enjoy.. :-)

Kande Pohe

Kande Pohe (Maharashtrian  breakfast)

The name Kande(in Marathi) means Onions in English.

Pohe means Flattened rice.

Kande Pohe is very popular Maharashtrian recipe. It is very tasty,easy to make and delicious. It is popular breakfast in Maharashtra, and can be prepared at any time and you can serve this as a snack too. Actually 'kande pohe' has also some traditional symbol. In Maharashtra, this dish is generally served during marriage talks.When a boy goes with his family to girl's house for marriage talks,this recipe is generally served.  The reason behind this is that, this recipe is easy to make and tasty. In a very less time you can prepare a very delicious recipe.

So enjoy 'Kande Pohe' with cup of tea.

Ingredients

2 cups thick Pohe (flattened rice)

2 onions

1 Potato(Chopped)

1 tablespoon oil

1 tea spoon mustard seeds

1 tea spoon turmeric powder

4-5 green chillies

4-5 curry leaves

1-2 tea spoon lemon juice

2 table spoon fresh coriander leaves (Chopped) 

Grated  coconut

Salt to taste

Pinch of sugar

Method:

1. Wash pohe(flattened rice) and drain water completely and leave aside for 5 minutes.
2. Add salt and sugar and mix pohe lightly.
3. In a pan, heat oil,add mustard seeds and when they slutter add curry leaves.
4. Add chopped onions and potato. Saute for a minute.
5. Add green chillies, turmeric powder and mix well.
6. Saute for 2 minutes and add Pohe.
7. Mix and cook till pohe is heated through.
8. Add lemon juice and mix well.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut and serve hot.

Your Kande Pohe is ready to eat. Enjoy this recipe with cup of tea.

You can serve this recipe with Chana Masala