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Recipes for Indian Festivals: Durga Puja

"Shasthi"  or the sixth day of Durga Puja

Luchi

Ingredients:
500gms Flour
2 tbl spoon refined oil
Salt according to taste
Warm water to knead the flour
Oil to fry

Steps:
- knead 500gms of flour, 4 tbl spoon of oil & salt according to taste with warm water.
- make small balls.
- flatten them into round chappatis.
- deep fry them

Aloor dum

Ingredients:
500 gms small sized potatoes
1/2 tbl spoon mustard
2 twigs curry leaves
50 gms tomato paste
4-5 green chilies
salt according to taste
1 tbl spoon ginger paste
1 tbl spoon sugar
3-4 tbl spoon refined oil
Boil potatoes and peel them.

Steps:
-Soak tamarind in a cup of water for 10 minutes and strain the juice.
- Heat oil in pan and fry ginger, mustard, curry leaves till brown.
- Then add the boiled potatoes & fry for a minute or two.
- Then add chilies, sugar & salt & add tomato paste.
- Stir & serve hot with luchi.

Cholar dal

Ingredients:
250 gms chholar dal
3-4 tbl spoon oil
1 tbl spoon jeere
1/2 tbl spoon grated ginger
4-5 tejpata
chopped green chilies
1/2 cup grated coconut
1/2 tbl spoon turmeric
1 tbl spoon sugar
hing

Steps:
- boil 250 gms of chholar dal in 2 cups of water.
- heat oil in pan
- add hing, jeere, tejpata, grated ginger, chopped chills, grated coconut, salt, sugar, turmeric and fry for sometime.
- pour the boiled dal in the pan.
- cook for sometime and serve hot.

Begun bhaja

Ingredients:
Eggplant-2
Salt-to taste
Turmeric-a pinch
Mustard oil for frying

Steps:
-Cut brinjal into rounds or lengthwise.
-Rub in turmeric and salt.
-Deep fry till tender.

Payesh

Ingredients:
Milk- 2 liters
Sugar- 4 tablespoons
Rice- 3-4 tablespoons
few raisins, 
sliced almonds, 
chopped cashew nuts

Steps:-
-
Wash rice and dry it on a plate and keep aside.
-Heat milk in a large pan.
-Simmer until it is reduced to 3 quarters its original volume.
-Add he washed rice.
-Add sugar when the rice is tender.
-Continue cooking until milk is reduced to half and thickens.
-Add the raisins, almonds and chopped cashew nuts.
-Remove from heat.
-Cool and serve.

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