Chotpoti (Women,s Day Special )
Ingredients:
- White pea-1 and 1/2 cup(soaked overnight)
- Potato-2 medium(grated after boil)
- Tomato-1 large(finely chopped)
- Egg-2 (hard boiled and thinly sliced)
- Cucumber-2 (chopped)
- Onion-2 medium(chopped)
- Cumin seed-3 ts
- Whole red chili -2-3 pieces
- Whole black pepper-6-7 pieces
- Green chili-5-6 pieces(chopped)
- Coriander leaves-1/2 cup(chopped)
- Tasting salt-1/2 ts(optional)
- Tamarind-100 gm
- Turmeric powder-1/2 ts
- Sugar-1 ts
- Salt- 1 and 1/2 ts or according to your taste
- Oil-2 Tbs
Method:
- Roast cumin seed,whole red chili and whole black pepper in a hot pan.
- Remove from the pan and allow it to cool.
- Grind all together and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add onion and fry until little golden color comes out.
- Set aside.
- Take a cup of water.
- Add tamarind and boil a little.
- Then add sugar and a pinch of dry roast masala powder.
- Boil another 5 minutes.
- Cool and strain.
- Keep the water portion for juice.
- Boil soaked white peas with salt and turmeric powder until tender.
- It should not be too meshed.
- Don't make it full dry.
- There should be little water.
- Add fried onion,potato,tomato,green chili,rest of roast masala powder,tasting salt,2 Tbs tamarind juice and 1/3 portion boiled egg. Mix them thoroughly.
- Cook around 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from the pan to a serving bowl.
- Garnish with cucumber,sliced egg and coriander leaves.
- According to your taste you can add little tamarind juice.
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