Krishna Jeyanthi

Happy Krishna Jeyanthi!!!

Krishna Jeyanthi has always been one of my personal favorite celebrations.This year we had a great celebration in our apartment. Everyone of us decorated our kids as Krishna and Radha. We all met at a common place along with our home made snacks. It was very exciting to see little Krishnas and Radhas running and playing around.  A great celebration indeed!!

This is the snack platter i prepared for God Krishna as well as my little Krishna..

Kodubale            - A deep fried snack prepared with Rice Flour, roasted Fried gram flour, All purpose flour , Rava, white sesame seeds, salt and chili powder. Its preparation is quite time consuming. First prepare the dough. Take a small ball. Roll out , swirl and fry it. I would suggest you to prepare swirls of 6 to 8.   Fry in oil rolled out swirls. Keep the dough covered for the remaining time.

Nei Appam       - Raw rice is soaked and ground to a smooth batter. Jaggery extract and grated coconut are added to the batter. Then appam is prepared using Paniyaram pan.Its very easy to prepare too.

Uppu Seedai      - Its prepared with rice flour and urad dal flour. The reason why seedai is bursting is because of its moisture and the air which is trapped within it. I would suggest you to roll out seedai , Rest it for about 30 minutes in a cloth. Then prick it with a fork.  Pre heat the oven to 180 degree celsius. You can also use Micro wave for this step. The place seedsi balls in pre heated oven for 2 minutes and then fry in oil. By doing so, seedai won't burst at all..

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Kodubale

What special for Krishna Jeyanthi there??? Will tell you a tasty, crispy recipe to prepare and cherish on that asuspicious day. Kodubale is a mild spicy, deep fried Karnataka snack. Give a try to this recipe and celebrate Krishna Jeyanthi!!!

Here you go!!

Ingredients:

Rice Flour                                - 1.5 cups
Roasted Fried Gram Flour       - 3/4 cup (Porikadalai maavu)
All Purpose Flour                     - 1/4 cup (Maida)
Rava                                         - 2 tbsp (Sooji)
White Sesame seeds                 - 1 tsp (Ellu)
Asafoetida                                - a pinch (Hing)
Curry Leaves                           - few
Salt                                          - As required
Chili Powder                           - 1 tsp
Butter                                      - 1 tbsp
Oil                                           - for deep frying

Procedure:

• Roasted fried gram flour is nothing but roasted and ground fried gram. Chop curry leaves.
• Take a bowl. Add all the ingredients except oil to it. Add little water and start kneading the dough. The dough should be of chapathi dough consistency. Cover the dough and set it aside for 30 minutes. 
• Take a small ball from the dough as below

• Roll it with your palms similar to the below picture. Press it hard so that dough is evenly distributed

• Press the ends together.

• Heat oil in a pan for frying. Deep fry rolled out kodubale in oil. Drain excess oil. Your tasty and crispy kodubale is ready..