Ingredients Thick avalakki 2 cup Tamarind 1 small lemon ball size jaggery 1 small lemon ball size 1 1/2 tspspoon urad dal 1 1/2 tspspoon urad dal 1/4 spoon mustard seeds one handful of groundnuts 1 1/2 tsp rasam powder 2 red chilli pinch of asafoetida Curry leaves desiccated coconut 5 tsp of oil Add oil in a pan fry the tamarind in oil for 2 mins remove from oil and keep aside. Add some groundnuts to the same oil fry them and keep aside. Add some more tsp of oil to the pan, add mustard , urad dal , Bengal gram , asafoetida , red chilies, curry leaves. Meanwhile add the tamarind after it cools completely and grind it then add jaggery to this and run the mixer for a while. Now add thick poha to this and powder this along with tamarind and jaggery powder. Turn the mixer for a 2-3 mins and stop until its coarsely powdered. Now add this mix to the pan which has the tadka , add salt , desiccated coconut and rasam powder and mix well in hand. Cool this and store it in a air tight container. whenever you would want to make the gojjavalakki Add one portion of Gojavalakki mix to 2 portion of water > usually water consistency depends on the poha . add the fried peanuts to this and its ready to eat. On busy days yoyu could make it this way. On days when you have time you could make the oggarane with oil mustard, urad dal bengal gram, curry leaves, 2 dry chillies, mix the soaked poha mix, add some freshly grated coconut and serve
@Archanaanchan I roast n powder jeera n methi in the ratio 8:1.( I store 2tbsp of this powder always in my fridge) I love this flavour. I like to mix a pinch of this powder to my Gojjavalakki to enhance the flavour. I also add roasted n semi powdered white til ( BiLi eLLu) for that unique flavour. When mood kicks in I love to add 1 finely chopped green chilli! To me Gojjavalakki is all about wonderful flavours.
Nandu, Aren't they all cousins of one another with a few changes here and there? Yet the finished product holds itself so well! Same, yet different!
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