Aralu Sandige is made with Nel Pori (puffed rice) and white pumpkin and with some spices in it. In Kannada Aralu, and Nel pori in Malayalam or Tamil. It is very easy to make, sun dry and store it.
Recently I visited one of my neighbour who has shifted from our building to far away place. It was during the Sankranti time and as she was giving me the Haldi kumkum and the til gul laddu, my eyes were looking at the aralu sandige which she had kept for sun drying.
At first I could not figure out as to what it was so i asked her out of curiosity. She explained me the recipe and gave some sandige. I came home and fried the same and really liked it. You can serve it with Sambhar rice, rasam rice, bisibela bhath etc or with a cup of tea.
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| Aralu sandige, Puffed rice fryums, nel pori vadam |
Let us look at the recipe now:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup ash gourd chopped
1 tbsp green chilli paste.
generous pinchof asafoetida
salt as required
2-3 tbsp green coriander chopped
2 tbsp lime juice
Method:
Mix the ash gourd, chilli paste, asafoetida, lime juice, coriander. In a vessel fill water and put the nel pori in it. immediately, squeeze out lightly and put it in along with the mix. gently mix all the ingredients with salt.
Spread a plastic sheet. collect handful of mix and place it on the plastic sheet.
sun dry the same for 2-3 days till it is dried completely. store it in airtight container.
How to serve:
whenever you want, deep fry the same. serve along with sambar rice, rasam rice, bisibela bhath or any varieties of rice. You can also serve it with tea of coffee as snack.
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