Nippattu

Nippattu is a deep fried, spicy rice flour snack delight of Bangalore. It is "chai time" crispy cracker, also prepared during festivals like Gokulashtami. Easy to prepare and can be enjoyed by all.

Nippattu

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/4 cup maida
• 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
• few curry leaves, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. sesame seeds /white til
• pinch-hing
• 1/2 tsp ajwain
• 1 tbsp.hurikadle/puttani 
• 10-12 peanuts coarsely powdered
• 2 tbsp.butter
• Salt to taste
• Oil to deep fry
• water to knead the dough

Method: In a pan heat 2 tsp oil. In a separate pan, roast the rice flour, maida flour for 5 mins on medium flame. In a bowl, add all the ingredients and add little water, and mix. Next add the hot oil into this dough and mix to form a stiff dough. Keep it aside for 10 mins. Next take small lime sized dough ball and flatten into thin round shape. You can use plastic or foil to flatten the dough. Heat oil in a big kadai. Carefully take the discs/ nippattu and deep fry it in the hot oil till golden and crisp on both the sides. Remove it on tissue paper. Once cool you can store in air tight container. Enjoy these Nippattu with hot cup of tea or coffee. You can prepare an extended chaat from this Nippattu by topping these with sweet and spicy chaat chutneys, onion,carrots, sev and peanuts.

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Orange Sheera

Orange Sheera or Orange Kesari / sajjige is yummy flavored sweet that can be made in very less time. Enjoy this delicious dessert during orange season along with your kids. Sweet and warm Sheera/Sajjige blended with fresh orange puree, garnished with dryfruits makes it a perfect dessert recipe.

Ingredients

1	cup Chiroti rava (semolina or sooji)
1	cup Ghee
2	tbsp Raisins
	1/2 cup thick orange pulp 1/2 cup milk
1	/2 cup  Sugar
	Few pista /Cashew nuts/Badam  1 tsp  Cardamom Powder 1 tbsp kesar milk (kesar soaked in milk) Orange Sheera Method

• Roast rava in the ghee till aromatic
• Add sugar and mix and lower the flame. Add the fresh orange pulp. Simmer and cover with lid till it blends in. 
• Add raisins and cardamom powder to garnish.
• Add fried cashew nuts/Badam and kesar milk and mix.
• Enjoy with little ghee on the top.

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