ELLU BELLA MIX RECIPE | SANKRANTI ELLU BELLA MIX RECIPE
Ellu-Bella a Sankranthi special dish from Karnataka is a mixture of white Sesame Seeds, Chopped dried coconuts, roasted groundnuts, roasted chana dal and jaggery
Ingredients
- 1 cup Peanuts/ground nuts/kadlekai
- 1 cup roasted Chana dal / Fried gram / hurikadle
- 1 cup Jaggery / achhu bella
- 3/4 cup dry cococonut / kopra
- 1/4 cup White sesame / White til / nylon ellu
- candy cumins ( jeerige mitai ) , optional
Instructions
- Remove the brown part of dry coconut by using a grater. Slice into thin slices using a knife or chips slicer. Stack few slices together and chop fine. Sundry for 1-2 days so that they become more crisp and shelf life increases.
- Also, cut the jaggery into small pieces. you can use a knife or nutcracker (adike kattari) for this. Sundry for 1-2 days.
- Dry roast groundnuts and remove the skin, once cool. Split into halves. Take care not to brown or over roast.
- In the same pan add sesame seeds and dry roast till it starts crackling. Keep it aside.
- Warm chutney dal.
- Take a mixing bowl and start adding all the above ingredients with one after other and mix it well. If you want can add candy cumins too
- Healthy, tasty, Ellu Bella Mix is ready. Store in an airtight container and enjoy for the next few days.
