Krishna Jayanthi Special Recipes | ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣ ಜನ್ಮಾಷ್ಟಮಿ ರೆಸಿಪೀಸ್

Gokul Ashtami or Krishna Jayanthi will feature recipes made with rice flakes. The birth of Krishna is celebrated with the distribution of sweets and spicy treats made at home. Along with all the offerings of sweets and savories, you will find rice flakes, butter and milk offered to the god.

Shri Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated all over India to make the birth Anniversary of Lord Krishna. All temples will be decorated with lights and flowers and at midnight. Here is a collection of easy and traditional Gokul Ashtami recipes – some recipes are very easy to prepare with stepwise pictures. The collection includes sweets and savoury snacks mostly south Indian varieties.

Groundnut Laddu | ಕಡಲೆಬೀಜ ಉಂಡೆ

Ingredients

1. Groundnuts (peanuts ) - 1 cup
2. Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
3. Jaggery - 1/2 cup, crushed
4. Water - a little
5. Dry coconut - 2 tbsp, grated
6. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
7. Ghee - 1 tbsp

Preparation

1. Take a pan, add a tbsp of sesame seeds & dry roast them for few seconds.
2. Transfer them into a plate.
3. In the same pan, add a cup of groundnuts and dry roast them until color change for 2 minutes on a low flame.
4. Peel the skin off from them.
5. Transfer them into a blending jar and powder them coarsely.
6. Keep the groundnuts coarse powder aside.
7. Take a pan, add 1/2 cup of crushed jaggery and a little water.
8. Allow the jaggery to melt.
9. Keep stirring while boiling until one string comes.
10. Add groundnuts coarse powder, roasted sesame seeds, a tbsp of grated dry coconut, 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder.
11. Mix and combine well, keep mixing until the mixture separates the pan.
12. Transfer the mixture into a bowl and allow the mixture to cool for a minute.
13. Add a tbsp of ghee and mix them well when it is still warm.
14. Take a hand full of the mixture and prepare laddu-sized balls.
15. That's it! Groundnuts Laddus are ready.

Chakli | ಚಕ್ಲಿ

Ingredients

1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
4. Water - as needed
5. Salt - 1/4 tsp

Preparation

1. Take a pan, add a cup of water and allow the water to boil.
2. Add a tbsp of sesame seeds, 1/2 tsp of red chili powder, 1/4 tsp of cumin & 1/4 tsp of salt.
3. Give them a mix.
4. Add a cup of rice flour, mix it until well combined.
5. Add little water if needed, mix and make a soft dough.
6. Keep mixing and cook for a minute on a low flame.
7. Turn off the flame, close the pan and rest it for 2 minutes.
8. After 2 mins, open the lid and knead the dough well until it becomes soft and has no cracks.
9. Take a half of the dough portion.
10. Make it more soft and make a lengthy dough roll using your hands.
11. Take a chakli maker and grease it including the plate.
12. Fill the chakli maker with a rolled dough.
13. Close the roller.
14. Take a butter or any oil paper, roll the chaklis slowly.
15. Take a pan, add cooking oil for deep frying and allow the oil to heat for some time.
16. Carefully drop the chakli dough into the hot oil.
17. Deep fry the until chaklis comes golden in color om a medium flame.
18. When done, transfer the fried chaklis into a serving plate.
19. That's it! Chakli is ready to be served.

Thick Flattened Lemon Rice | Gatti Avalakki Chitranna | ಗಟ್ಟಿ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಚಿತ್ರಾನ್ನ

Ingredients

1. Poha ( flattened rice ) - 1 cup
2. Cooking oil - 2 tbsp
3. Mustard - 1/4 tsp
4. Cumin - 1/4 tsp
5. Ground nuts - 2 tbsp
6. Chana dal - 1 tsp
7. Urad dal - 1 tsp
8. Green chilies - 2 chopped
9. Curry leaves - few
10. Salt - 1/4 tsp
11. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
12. Coconut - 2 tbsp, grated
13. Lemon juice - 1/2 of the lemon
14. Coriander leaves - few, chopped
15. Water - as needed

Preparation

1. Take a bowl, add a cup of poha (flattened rice) and some water to wash the flattened rice.
2. Wash the poha nicely and drain out the water.
3. Add some water to soak flattened rice and soak it for a minute only.
4. After a minute, take a strainer and a bowl to strain the water completely.
5. Keep the drained and soaked poha aside.
6. Take a pan, add 2 tbsp of cooking oil and allow to cooking oil to heat on a low flame.
7. Add 1/4 tsp of mustard and allow them to crackle.
8. Add 1/4 tsp of cumin seeds and 1/4 cup of groundnuts.
9. Fry them for a minute.
10. Add a tsp of chana dal & a tsp of urad dal.
11. Fry them for few seconds.
12. Add 2 chopped green chilies and few curry leaves.
13. Add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder and salt as per taste.
14. Mix them well.
15. Add soaked & drained flattened rice and mix them well.
16. Add 2 tbsp of grated coconut, few chopped coriander leaves and a tsp of lemon juice.
17. Give them a nice mix.
18. Close the pan and cook for a minute on a low flame.
19. Open the lid and mix it again.
20. Turn off the flame.
21. That's it! Thick Flattened Lemon Rice (Gatti Avalakki Chitranna) is ready to be served.

Serve with a coconut chutney and this combination goes well.

Thin Poha Panchakajjaya | ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ ಪಂಚಕಜ್ಜಾಯ

Ingredients

1. Rice flakes - 1 cup
2. Coconut - 1/2 cup, grated
3. Jaggery - 1/2 cup, crushed
4. Cardamom powder - 1/8 tsp
5. Ghee - 1 tsp

Preparation

1. Take a bowl, add 1/2 cup of crushed jaggery 1/2 cup of grated coconut, 1 tsp of ghee.
2. Mix these ingredients well.
3. Add 1 cup of rice flakes & 1/8 tsp of cardamom powder.
4. Mix them well evenly.
5. That's it! Panchakajjaya is ready

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