FARARI ONDHWO
In India and for Indians round the world, fasting is a common practice. There is always some festival which requires fasting. Some people fast on certain days of the week.
Fasting takes a whole new meaning during certain festivals. It does not mean completely abstaining from food. It just means not eating certain types of foods (mainly grain, rice, meat, fish, egg, garlic, onions, chives etc). During the fasting period, Indians can consume Falahar – Fal means fruit. As it happens, falahar is not strictly restricted to fruits or nuts but there is an awesome range of ingredients that are considered falahari (or acceptable for fasting). I sometimes wonder if we give a whole new meaning to fasting…It should be called “gorging” or pigging out on starchy carbohydrate laden yummy foods. Fasting days for my family do not strengthen our will power to keep away from the daily daal bhat but it provides a welcome change and the opportunity to indulge in some terribly mouth watering food.
My friend Trusha who lives in UK sent me this recipe for falahari Ondhwo a baked dish made from samo seed rice, a kind of wild grass seed. The samo seeds are also known as Morio seeds. So here is my friend’s recipe for falahari ondhwo. I hope that you try to make this easy yet spicy and tangy baked dish.
1 cup samo
1/2 cup yogurt
1 cup grated dudhi
1 small potato (small cubes)
1 tea sp salt
1 tea sp ginger
2 tea sp crushed chili
pinch eno (fruit salt)
1 tea sp oil
for tempering
1 tab sp oil
1/2 tea sp jeeru
2/3 curry leaves
1 tab sp seasame seed sprinkle on the ondhwa before backing
bake for appx 30 min.
soak samo in yogurt over night. Churn little, Combine samo ,dudhi,potatoes,Ginger paste,chili paste,oil,salt and eno in a bowl and mix well. Heat more oil in a pot,add jeeru and curry leaves pour the better in the pot,sprinkle seasame seeds on top and bake in the preheated oven .
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