Fried Chapati / વઘારેલી રોટલી

This recipe is useful when you have chapatis left over..


1 Keep mustard seeds and chapatis to be fried ready.
2. Start heating oil.
3. Break chapati in small pieces.
4. Put mustard seeds in heated oil
5. Once seeds start bouncing / Once seeds sufficiently hot - add chapati pieces
6. Add salt, chilli, turmeric powder.
7. Stir till it changes color to light / dark brown.

You can add some other things like jeera powder, oregano (from Domino's / Pizza Hut - we have all saved up at some point, haven't we ?), or even a bit of maggi masal for taste.



Please do not use chapatis more than a day older for this.. A simple test whether chapatis can be used - Chapatis having mold or stinking cannot be used.

Sheera / ગહુ નો શીરૉ

Sheera
The very first item we are putting up is Sheera By my mother, Minalben Desai. Yes the sweet, heavy and energizing stuff !! This is an all time favorite, as an accompaniment for lunch, or as a morning snack. Cook time: 15 minutes Ingredients:

• Water OR Milk
• Wheat Flour
• Sugar
• Ghee

Instructions:

1. Take wheat flour - about 1 small vati and 3-4 spoons of ghee.
2. Take a large glass of water/milk mixture and boil it on the side.
3. Melt the ghee in a pan on slow flame.
4. Heat/roast the flour in the ghee without using any other liquids. Initialy let the flame be on very low, and continue stirring the flour (to avoid forming balls or burning parts of flour) after adding it to the ghee. Heat till the flour changes colour.
5. Add parts of the boiled water + milk to the flour depending on the viscosity required.
6. While stirring it add about 4-5 spoons of sugar.
7. When it starts emanating the sweet smell of sheera, you can stop the flame. Have your sheera once it cools down a little.

P.S. It's a fantastic morning snack to keep you going well past lunch, even with a small quantity and is supposed to be healthy according to Indian traditions.