Namak Parra

Namak Parra is a healthy  and delicious snack. I prepare it using maida as well as wheat flour. The addition of Sooji makes it really crispy.

It is also a very easy and healthy snacks for kids snacks boxes.

Here is an simple and never failing recipe of Namak Parra.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour - 1 cup
All purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
Fine Sooji/Rawa - 1 tbsp
Ajwain/ Carom seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera/ Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - half tsp (optional)
Baking soda - quarter tsp
Oil
Water - for kneading the dough
Salt - as per taste


Procedure:
1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients except oil and water
2. Add 1 tbsp hot oil while preparing the dough. Dough should be not to loose and not too tight.
3. Cover it and keep it for 1 hour
4. Knead it again after 1 hour.
5. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and roll it using a chapati roller. Do not roll it thin. It should have the thickness of the crackers.
6. Cut it into long strips using a knife or a cutter. Each piece should be around 1 inch long
7. In the mean time, heat the oil for deep frying.
8. Deep fry each of them till golden brown.
9. Store them in a air tight container.

The delicious Namak Parra is ready.
Enjoy them with Masala Tea.

Sweet Potato Kheer/ Kangachi Kheer

Kangachi Kheer is one of those authentic Goan recipes and one of my all time favourite since my childhood.

I am not a very big fan of sweets but this sweet is something that I really like.

The best part is that it is cooked with Jaggery rather than the sugar and probably might be the reason I love it so very much.

Ingredients:

Sweet Potato - 1 big

Jaggery - 1 cup

Coconut milk - 1 can

Salt - a pinch

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Cashewnuts

Procedure:

1. Boil the sweet potatoes in the cooker. Chop them into cubes and keep them aside.

2. Take a vok. Add ghee and fry the cashew nuts and keep aside.

3. In the same vok, fry the chopped sweet potatoes for a minute.

4. Next add the coconut milk, jaggery , cardamom powder and salt and let it cook for 5 minutes.

5. Garnish with cashewnuts

The delicious Sweet Potato Kheer is ready to serve.