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 special technics hence it is available in market. We don't make rawa at home. It is a very simple and non complicated recipe. it is usually cooked in open pot or can be cooked in pressure cooker as well. Firstly they roast lapsi rawa in ghee and then hot water added in roasted rawa. When rawa is soft to touch choice of sweetener is been added like, sugar or jaggry. then again for couple of minutes let it be cooked on low flame then vollah !!! lapsi is ready.

           Kadhi is made with curd (yogurt) and besan (chickpea flour). Curd is preferred little sour then gradually they add besan and give it tadka with fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, hing (asafoetida), curry leaves and chopped green chili or dried red chili. On some special occasions some like to add soaked  split chickpeas or sprouted moth beans. Sometimes we add grated ginger as well but not in festival menu. because due to religious reasons roots are not allow to consume on festival menu. Most of the north Indian festivals are incomplete without kadhi chawal. North is popular for wheat. Making rice is not daily dish, so North India usually prefer wheat made dishes. But on every festival Indian meal is incomplete without rice. 

             Chawal is rice. the choice of rice is been cooked with little salt and ghee. Rice can be cooked in open pot or can be done in pressure cooker as well. now days electric rice cooks are also available. and electric rice cooker are perfect to cook nice each grain separated rice what we call it "khile khile chawal". If you are newbie to cook and every rice attempt is failing each single time then try rice cooker but make sure that you don't open lid in between out of curiosity. Older rice is more aromatic and easy to cook rather new rice. Ambemohor or indrayani are very tasty and aromatic varity of rice. Each type of rice has its own taste. If you live out of India then you can try Royal basmati or Jasmine rice from sam's club to eat regularly it is better in taste and fail proof.

            Lapsi and kadhi chawal is sattvic dish. Sattvic food is for yogic practice and it helps to balance sattva guna in you. It is easy as well as fast to digest and won't give any discomfort to your body. All the requirements of satvic food is completed in this combination. This is ginger, garlic, onion free dish and it has good amount of ghee and complete meal in itself. It has grains as well as dairy is included. So if you ever looking for a sattvic dish or combination, Then there is no other better option for you to try.

             how to eat Lapsi and kadhi chawal. you can either mix three together or eat laspi separately and mix kadhi chawal to enjoy the goodness. But the when you Mix lapsi and kadhi chawal together it gives nice sweet and sour taste to relish. 

             This is totally non restaurant dish. it is only made at home. So head to the Indian store and buy all the ingredients. Now monsoon is going on and it is perfect dish to enjoy in romantic cozy rain or chilling winter. Warm kadhi in cold weather makes us to melt in cozy bed or sofa. Kadhi can be offered in cold and fever as well. It gives our taste buds a party after that nasty antibiotic medicines. Kadhi can be enjoyed as soup as well and lapsi can be enjoyed as 4 pm snack if you are a sweet dish lover like me.

             Follow Nishamadhulika or Madhura's recipe for perfect lapsi and kadhi chawal recipe.

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