Gourmet Walk

Healthy Gujarati snack platter
1) Limbu Mari sev in mixed millet flour
2) mixed millet puri
3) brown poha chevda
4) Bajra wheat flour shakkapara made with jaggery

Ingredients

For Mixed Millet Puri
     1 cup mixed millet flour
     1 tspn Turmeric powder
     1 tspn red chili powder
     1 tspn carom seeds
     1 tspn salt
     1 tbspn oil for dough
     2 cups oil for frying
     1/2 cup water
Method
1) In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients and the 1 tbspn oil and mix well.
2) To that add water slowly and form stiff dough
3) Make equal sized small balls and roll them in puri shape
4) Poke the puris with a fork
5) Deep fry the puris at medium flame till they turn brown and crispy

For Brown Poha Chevda
     2 cups of Brown Rice flakes
     1 tbspn Grondnut
     1 tspn Turmeric powder
     1 tspn red chili powder
     Few dry curry leaves
     Salt to taste
     2 tbspn oil
     1/4 tspn asofetida
Method
1) In a pan , add oil and once it heats, add asofetida
2) Immediately, add the beaten rice flakes and other dry spices and mix well
3) Dry roast the Poha at medium flame for about 5-10 min till they become crispy and loose moisture
4) Store in airtight container



For Lemon Pepper Sev
      2 cups Gram flour
      1 cup water
      1 tspn turmeric powder
      2 tbspn pepper powder
      3-4 tbspn lemon juice
      2 tbspn oil for batter
      Salt to taste
      2 cups oil for frying
Method
1) In a big bowl, add the Gram flour and other ingredients and mix them well. Add lemon juice and pepper powder too
2) Slowly add the water and form a batter (like that of a cake)
3) In a Sev spreading machine, add the batter after greasing it
4) Heat the frying oil in a pan
5) Once the oil heats well, start spreading the sev like noodles shape and deep fry at medium flame till it becomes light brown and crispy
6) Remove and let it cool
7) Store it in airtight container


For Shakkarpare
      2 cups Bajra flour + Wheat flour
      1 cup Jaggery water
      2 tbspn oil for dough
      2 cups oil for frying
Method
1) In a bowl, add the flour, jaggery water and oil and form a stiff dough
2) Make 4 equal sized big ball 
3) Roll one ball into 10 inch circle
4) Cut in desired shape
5) In frying pan , heat the oil and start frying the shakkarpare till they turn light brown
6) Remove from frying pan and let them cool