Breakfast, Paratha/Flatbread
Sanika Khadilkar
Aloo Paratha
Aloo Paratha

Breakfast

Mokali Bhajani

Mokali Bhajani

Mokali Bhajani is a typical breakfast or snack in Maharashtrian households. Bhajani is a mixture of different flours roasted individually with Indian spices in it. You can make it at home or it is available in an Indian grocery stores. The most popular recipes from this bhajani flour are Thalipeeth or Vada. It tastes amazing with freshly churned butter or homemade yogurt. Mokali bhajani is like upma. It tastes as good as any other maharashtrian breakfast or snack recipes. Hope you will enjoy this awesome dish!

Serves:2 persons

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup thalipeeth bhajani
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 4-5 curry leaves
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon asafoetida
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 tablespoon fresh grated coconut
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
  • water
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Add thalipeeth bhajani in a bowl. Add enough water to make a smooth mixture (I used 1 cup of water). Add salt in it and keep it aside for 5-7 minutes.
  2. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they start crackling, add asafoetida, turmeric, curry leaves, and red chilli powder. Mix and add chopped onion.
  3. Fry onion for a while and add bhajani mixture. Mix with spatula and keep the lid on. Let it cook for around 20 minutes. Stir after each 5 minutes.
  4. Turn off the heat. Let it be there with lid on. The steam will make bhajani more delicious.
  5. Serve hot with chopped cilantro and fresh grated coconut on top.
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Cabbage Paratha

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Cabbage Paratha

Serves: 4 persons (around 16 parathas)

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups grated cabbage
  • 1 tablespoon pickle masala (I used mango pickle masala)
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon carrom seeds
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1½-2 cups whole wheat flour
  • Water to knead the dough (if necessary)
  • 2 tablespoon oil+ oil to brush the parathas

Method:

  1. Add grated cabbage in a bowl. Add pickle masala, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, carom seeds, and salt. Mix well with your hands.
  2. Add whole wheat flour and 1 tablespoon oil. Mix everything and make smooth dough. apply 1 tablespoon oil all over the dough.
  3. Heat tava/griddle. Make equal size of balls out of the dough. The number of parathas depends on how big you make the dough ball. Get extra flour in a plate for dusting.
  4. Take one ball and flatten between your palms. Dip into the flour and start rolling in a circular shape.
  5. As you done rolling, place it on hot tava/griddle. Cook it from both the side by flipping to the other side. Brush some oil to the both sides.
  6. Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Note:

You may also like stuffed cabbage paratha