Mauz ka talan aur Gujrati besan kadhai

I am running low on idead today. So I had to make something which is different but good. I made raw banana or plankton fry curry or as it is called in Telugu "Mudda arati kura" and the Gujrati besan kadhai. Here's the recipe

Plankton fry (Raw banana boiled and fried)

Ingredients:

1. 2 medium large plankton peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
2. 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3. 2 tablespoons oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, salt, turmeric
5. 2 red chillies and 1 green chilly cut into pieces
6. few curry leaves

In a pressure cooker, cook the plankton pieces with a cup of water and turmeric for 2 whistles. Let the steam escape. In a pan heat the oil and fry the cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal and chana dal for 3 minutes. Add the onion pieces and fry till they become tender. Now add the chilly pieces and fry for a couple of more minutes. Now add tha plankton from the cooker and stir to combine. Fry till a crust forms at the bottom. Scrape it and fry for 5 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro and serve with hot rice and besan kadhai

Gujrati Besan kadhai (Powdered chickpeas cooked in yogurt)

Ingredients:

1. 4 cups of butter milk (1 cup plain yogurt beaten and mixed with 3 cups of water)
2. 3 tablespoons besan (chane ka aata, chick pea flour)
3. 1 tablespoon oil
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, frinely chopped ginger
5. 1 green chilly finely chopped
6. 2 red chillies broken
7. Few curry leaves
8. 3/4 to 1 teaspoon salt as per taste

Mix together the besan and butter milk without any lumps. In a pan heat the oil and fry all the items except besan mix and salt, till they start to splutter. Now reduce the heat to low and add the besan mix to it and stir to combine. Simmer on a very low heat for about 15 minutes. Add salt and garnish with cilantro and enjoy hot.

It is very important that this is heated on a very low flame or heat else the yougurt will cuddle and it will just break apart and float on top separating from the water