Telaga Pindi Thotakura

Telega Pindi in Telugu or khalli in Urdu is nothing but the husk of sesame seeds after the oil has been extracted from them. So, it's unnecessary to say it's super delicious...if only you know how to cook it. My daadiamm - paternal grandmother was an expert at this and boy did she make some super delicious dishes.

So... This sesame seed powder is made with different vegetables but I couldn't find this recipe anywhere else. This recipe is sesame seed powder with thotakura 

Telaga Pindi Thotakura 

Ingredients

1 cup sesame seed powder

3 cups fresh thotakura or 1 cup packed Frozen thotakura thawed and chopped

2 cup+ 1/2cup water

1/2 teaspoon each of salt, chilli powder and turmeric

2 garlic slices into 4 pieces each

1/4 cup sliced onions

1 teaspoon each of cumin, urad dal, mustard seeds, chopped garlic, asoefitida 

1 tablespoon oil

In a deep pan bring to boil, 2 cups of water along with salt, turmeric, chilli powder, garlic and onions. Mix the sesame seed powder with 1/2 cups of water into a paste with no lumps. Add it to the boiling water along with thotakura and keep boiling and stirring occasionally for 20-30 minutes until all the water evaporates. In a pan heat the oil and add cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal and fry for a minute. Add broken red chillies and curry leaves and cry for a couple of minutes. Add garlic and fry till light brown. Add asoefitida and fry for 30 seconds and add this to the cooked sesame seed and thotakura. Stir to combine and serve with piping hot white rice and ghee

Jhinge Khalli

Khalli as we call it or Telaga Pindi as it is called in Telugu is the part of sesame seed which is left over after it had been thoroughly ground down and squeezed of all the oil. But it is still sesame seed powder which is super delicious, once you know how to cook it and very healthy too.

It is one of the main dishes which is served to new moms because of its many benefits

Today I made it with some shrimp. It can also be made just plain without anything or with different vegetables like Chinese Okra or Turai or Snake gourd also. The dish with shrimp is most delicious if dried shrimp are used but since today I don't have them I made them with regular shrimp. The little the shrimp the delicious the dish

Jhinge Khalli (Sesame seed powder with Shrimp)

Jhinga Khalli

Ingredients:

1. handful of shrimp (if dried soak them in water for 15 minutes)
2. Handful of sliced red onions
3. 1/2 cup Khalli mixed with half cup water
4. 1 cup water
5. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, turmeric powder
6. 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
7. 2 garlic sliced
8. 1/2 teaspoon each of urad dal, cumin, mustard seeds
9. 1 or more garlic chopped
10. few curry leaves
11. 2-3 dried red chilli cut into pieces
12. 1 tablespoon oil

Bring the water along with salt, turmeric, chilli powder sliced garlic and onions to a roaring boil. Add the shrimp and Khalli to it and mix till all the water evaporates (may take a while). In a pan heat the oil and fry the urad dal, cumin, mustard seeds, red chillies and curry leaves till they start to splutter. Add chopped garlic and fry till it becomes lightly brown. Add this tempering to the khalli and mix well. Serve with hot steamed rice and dal