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Lapsi aur Kadhi Chawal

                                Navratri is the festival of small girls. On the eighth day or nineth day of navratri ladies dose puja (worship) of goddess Durga. Eight handed Durga maa battled without eating and sleeping against hundreds of demons as well as buffello headed demon called Mahishasur for nine nights and ten days without any break. So to celebrate this days and to thank to maa Durga we call minimum eight little girls and worship them. we treat them as Maa Durga and offer prashad (food offerings to god is called prashad) to those little girls who are form of maa Durga in navratri. Most of the ladies and girls keep fast during navratri. So on the last day when ladies break there fast lapsi, kadhi chawal are very easy to digest and gives complete nutrition.             Lapsi is a simple delicacy from the Royal Rajasthan. Lapsi is made by cracked wheat also known as lapsi rawa, fada or kansar. Lapsi rawa is cooked with sugar or jaggry. Lapsi rawa is made with speci

Undalkal

             Undalkal is very old  traditional dish from Konkan region of Maharashtra and it means super crispy rice flour balls.    I make this dish for my kids whenever they want to eat something like street food but  I want them to eat healthy. So Undalkal is a mid way for us. Everyone like this dish at my home. specilly me because it takes less time to prepare and satisfy your "demanding" taste buds deeply.               U ndalkal is a crazy crispy dish packed with flavors as well health. Spicy and very easy to make quick dish Undalkal takes just minutes to be ready. This crispy bombs needs minimum ingredients. Rice flour, oil, cumin seeds, turmeric, red chili powder or green chili, salt and water that's it. This are basic ingredients to make Undalkal. Now some like to add curry leaves, cilantro, chaat masla. Equal amount of water and rice flour are cooked together, this process called 'ukad kadhne'. Turmeric powder and salt are added while cooking