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Navratra is the time when goddess Durga is worshipped with ornaments, kumkum, flowers, prayers and fasting. The aroma of fasting delicacies fill the air all around.
If you are observing navratra fast this weekend, pay your gratitude to the goddess with the best of fasting food. Try out buck wheat (kuttu) cheela and potato curry. It’s different. Enjoy!
Serves: 2; Preparation time: 15 minutes; Cooking time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients for potato curry:
Potatoes 2 (medium)
Tomato 1 (large)
Green chillies 2
Curd 1 tbsp
Salt To taste
Cumin seed ¼ tsp
Red chilli powder ¼ tsp
Coriander powder ½ tsp
Garam masala ¼ tsp
Pure ghee 1 tsp
Few fresh coriander leaves
Method:
Boil potatoes. Peel and cut into medium sized pieces.
Grind tomato and green chillies. Make a puree together.
Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds.
Add tomato puree and curd. Cook for five minutes.
Add all the spices except garam masala in it.
Add potato cubes and one cup of water. Cook for 10 minutes on medium flame.
Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Ingredients for kuttu cheela:
Kuttu atta 1 cup
Pumpkin 50 grams
Green chillies 2
Coriander leaves Few
Salt ½ tsp
Water To make the batter
Oil 1 tbsp
Method:
Peel pumpkin and grate it.
Chop green chillies and coriander.
Add grated pumpkin, green coriander, green chillies and salt in kuttu atta.
Mix well in a bowl and leave aside for an hour. Pumpkin will leave its water content after coming in contact with salt.
Add enough water as required now to make a thick batter like that of dosa.
Take a non-stick pan. Add little oil.
Spread the cheela and roast it from both the sides.
Serve hot with hot potato curry.
Add on: You can serve green coriander chutney and cucumber raita with it to enhance the taste of the meal.
While fasting, this food gives you much needed energy boost. Move over usual kuttu puris and tuck into the soothing flavours of this light meal.
A perfect meal-time food during navratras! Worth trying.
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