Gharge:Laal Bhoplyachi Puri (Sweet Pumpkin Puri)

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients
Laal Bhopla/Red Pumpkin( peeled and grated) - 2 cups
Jaggery (grated) - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
Sooji/Semolina - 1/2 cup
Ghee- 2 tsp
Oil to fry

Preparation

• Peel and then grate the Pumpkin and Jaggery. Keep aside. 
• Now in a kadhai/pan combine the grated pumpkin and jaggery and cook together. 
• Once the the mixture comes together and the pumpkin is cooked add 1 tsp of ghee to it. 
• Remove from the heat and then mix in the wheat flour and rawa to the pumpkin mixture till everything comes together like a dough.
•  The dough should not be too tight nor too elastic. 

Note: The wheat flour and sooji have to be in 1:1 ratio. 

• Let the dough cool. Once cooled roll the dough in to 1 inch balls
• Take the inch dough on a plastic sheet(grease the sheet and your palms with ghee) and pat it into a small puri with your hand. 
• Heat the oil and then fry the puri until golden brown. 
• Drain the these on a tissue paper.
• Serve them hot.

Note: Gharge can be consumed hot or can be stored in an air tight container for days at room temperature

Sabudana Khichadi

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients

Sabudana (sago) - 2 cups
Medium potatoes - 2 (diced)
Green chilies (finely chopped)- 4
Peanut powder - 1/2 cup
(Roast the peanuts, peel the skin and grind the peanuts in to a coarse powder)
Sugar- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Grated coconut - 1 tbsp (optional)
Coriander leaves for garnish (optional)
Ghee - 2 tbsp

Preparation

• Wash thoroughly and soak sabudana overnight in water ( water and sabudana ratio is 1:2)
• Heat ghee in a nonstick kadai/pan.
• Add cumin seeds, green chilies and diced potato.
• When potatoes turn tender, add sabudana, salt and sugar. Stir well (if using boiled potatoes, sauté them quickly in the ghee before adding the sabudana to it).
• Cook uncovered for sometime and keep mixing to keep sabudana from sticking to the bottom.
• Once the sabudana is cooked, add the peanut powder and mix well
• Khichdi is done when the sabudana no more tastes raw. Remove and garnish with coconut and coriander leaves. Serve hot with yogurt.