Instant Gojjavalakki Mix
Authentic recipe from Karnataka.,which is simple yet delicious . It is spicy , tangy and little sweetish
Ingredients
- 250 gm Poha / Beaten Rice / Avalakki, thick variety
- Small lemon size Tamarind
- 2 tsp Rasam powder
- 2-3 tsp Jaggery
- little grated dry coconut / kopra / for just garnish, optional
- Salt, to taste
Spl magic masala ( Dont skip )
- 1/2 tsp Blackgram / urad dal
- 1/2 tsp Bengal Gram Chana Dal
- 7-8 nos Black Pepper
- 1-2 tsp Black sesame / Til
For Tempering
- 4-5 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard
- 1/2 tsp Blackgram / urad dal
- Groundnut, as much as you like
- a pinch Haldi turmeric
- few Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Take small amounts of beaten rice and coarsely powder it by pulsing couple of times in a mixer . Make sure you don't powder it finely.It should be like the Rava consistency. Transfer it to a big mixing bowl .
- Next take a kadai / pan . Add few drops of oil and fry tamarind on low flame such that they become crisp . Once it cools , powder them to get tamarind powder .
- Meanwhile to the same kadai / pan , add few drops of oil and roast chana dal,urad dal,pepper and sesame seeds till it gives out nice aroma.Cool and set aside.
- Transfer the roasted spices , salt , jaggery and dry coconut pieces to a mixer and dry grind them to make a powder ( no need super smooth ) . If you want you can skip dry coconut (kopra)/ add grated version lastly just for garnishing .
- Prepare the tempering.Heat oil in a pan .When the oil is hot enough,add mustard seeds,peanuts,urad dal, chana dal. When they splutter add haldi,hing , red chilli , curry leaves and switch off.
- Now time to mix everything together . To the coarse poha powder pour tempering , add rasam powder , tamarind powder , Masala + sesame + kopra mix ( the one we made in step 4 ) . Mix everything well . Taste test . Salt ,spice and tang should be little more . They will get balanced later .
- Now the instant Gojju avallakki mix / Tamarind poha mix is ready . Store in air tight container and use as when required . Stays good for months together even in room temperature if handled well .
How to make Gojjavalakki from ready to eat Instant mix :
- In a bowl take gojjavalakki mix as required . ( Note that after soaking , quantity of poha will double . So if you need 1 cup gojjavallakki , better to take only 3/4 th cup of instant mix )
- Add regular water / warm water such that it stands about 1 cm above the poha . Mix well. At this point the poha should be little watery. Mix it once and allow it to rest for 15-20 mins. The poha will soak up all the water and will puff up later .
- After 15 - 20 mins , you will see that all the water would have been absorbed and gojju avalakki would have got desired consistency .
- Gently mix once and Serve gojjavalakki as such or with curds. Personally, I love to have this with thick curd because of its sweet-sour-spicy flavor.
Notes
- Poha must be thick type only.
- Before making a coarse powder, you can just make poha a bit crisp as it eases the process. It can be made crisp either by keeping in Sun or dry roasting a bit in gas /oven.
- After adding tamrind-rasam powder-salt-jaggery to the coarse poha mix,Taste it.The mixture should taste little strong,there should be a little extra of all ingredients, as poha is yet to absorb the spices.
- If you want you can omit ,dal-pepper-sesame powder .But i would recommend you to add it as it gives extra taste.
- Addition of kopra is purely optional but i add always as it enhances the taste . Don't worry .. since we are using kopra .. shelf life wont be reduced .
- you can increases the quantity proportionately .