winter recipes Archives | Sindhi Rasoi |Sindhi Recipes https://sindhirasoi.com/tag/winter-recipes/ Traditional Sindhi vegetarian and vegan recipes Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:57:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://test.sindhirasoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-logo_new-32x32.png winter recipes Archives | Sindhi Rasoi |Sindhi Recipes https://sindhirasoi.com/tag/winter-recipes/ 32 32 Beeh (lotus stem) Tikki https://test.sindhirasoi.com/2008/08/bhee-lotus-stem-tikki/ https://test.sindhirasoi.com/2008/08/bhee-lotus-stem-tikki/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:01:36 +0000 http://sindhirasoi.com/2008/08/14/bhee-lotus-stem-tikki/ Few days back there was a food event where in the host called upon for Pakora recipes and being a sindhi I have no reason not to participate in that, coz Sindhis are world illfamous  famous for their love for crispy pakoras , fritters, Tikkis etc, basically anything deep fried. But I wanted to make something special….something which is closely associated to Sindhi cuisine, is something unusual yet delicious….My thoughts wandered from Palak pakora to mix vegetable pakora but I wasn’t satisfied.Then after spending many days in deciding what to come up with, I zero in  down on Beeh Ji Tikki….a stuffed lotus stem, coated with chickpea flour batter and deep fried. But my enthusiasm was crushed ,when I was unable to find lotus stem in our regular veggie market and despite of many rounds in market I could not hunt them in required time.I missed out the wonderful event 🙁 I was bit upset and just over a casual talk, I told my mother about it and as everyone knows how Mothers are…..these crispy lovely Beeh (Lotus stem)  Tikkis landed at my doorsteps in no matter of time Yes… my father grabbed some Beeh from God- knows- where and my mother made the tikkis from them and send them to me. No marks for guessing how much I enjoyed these! So now I am sending this to dear pooja and this is my yet another entry for Pooja’s Theme of the week-Saffron white green Beeh (kamalkakdi or lotus stem) Ji Tikki Print Beeh (lotus stem) Tikki Prep time:  30 mins Cook time:  15 mins Total time:  45 mins Serves: 4-5 Beeh or kamalkakdi or lotus stem are stuffed and then coated with a layer of spiced besan layer, deep fried tikkis, a very special tikki from Sindhi cuisine Ingredients Beeha/bhein (Kamalkakdi or Lotus stem) 250 gm Coriander leaves  -A small bunch Green chillies 4-5 Garlic 10-12 cloves Turmeric powder ¼ spoon Coriander Powder  2 tsp Amchoor (Optional) ¼ tsp Gram flour(Besan) 1 small cup Salt as per taste Red chilli powder ¼ tsp Baking soda a pinch Oil for frying Method Wash thoroughly kamalkakdi and cut it into pieces of about  2 inches long Now boil these in a pressure cooker with some salt and water, till 1 whistle Prick it with knife to check whether kamalkakdi is almost cooked or else boil it further.Depending upon the quality of kamalkakdi, the time to cook varies and if you are one of those unlucky people who is cooking beeh that just refuses to soften even after hell lots of cooker whistles, then make them cook faster by adding few drops of oil or sindhi papad (my MIL gave that tip) while boiling Meanwhile mix  chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and  garlic in mortar-pestle (Hamam Dasta) and pound it to obtain a coarse mixture.Please do not grind it. In case you don't have mortar pestle just crush them on flat surface with rolling pin etc Add salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, amchoor powder (optional) and mix it properly Now take besan in a bowl, add some salt, red chilly powder and baking soda and mix it properly.Add water to make a batter of thick consistency Now take each piece of boiled kamalkakdi, slit it vertically and stuff the mixture properly. Dip it in besan batter and coat it properly. Fry it in hot oil on medium flame for a while, then take it out and press a little in between your palms (carefully so as to not break it) and fry again till crisp and golden colour.Repeat the procedure for remaining pieces Serve this Beeha ji tikki with coriander and mint chutney and get praised for your hard work 2.2.1 Well, to mark the occasion of Indian Independence day which falls on 15th of August, Pooja asked every participant to write something about India, its culture or its history. I on my part would like to end up this post with lyrics of this song, that describe Indians according to my perspective (please do take it on lighter note:-)) Hum logon ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani Jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hairaani Apni chhatri tumko dedein kabhi jo barse paani Kabhi naye packet mein bechein tumko cheez puraani Phir bhi dil hai hindustani Phir bhi dil hai hindustani Phir bhi dil hai hindustani Phir bhi dil hai hindustani (If you can understand we Indians, then do try,the more you know about us,the more you will be amazed.On one hand we can hand over our umbrellas to the needy, when its raining and on the other hand we can even cheat you out by selling you outdated stuff, but after all said and done…we are Indians at our heart, with loads of love for our nation)

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