Batata chakli

Ingredients
Rice flour
Potatoes
Chilli powder
Salt
Ajwain
Asafoetida
Turmeric powder
Cumin powder
Ghee
Oil

Get Cooking!
1. Grate the potatoes and puree it in a mixer.
2. Mix rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, ajwain, a little asafoetida, salt, raw pureed potatoes and about half cup of ghee.
3. Knead into a nice dough. Keep it aside for 20 – 30 minutes.
4. Put it into the greased press and fry out the chaklis till they are golden brown

Manju Cake

Ingredients
Poppy seeds 5 parts
Sugar 5 parts
Ghee 2 parts
Cardamom powder
Kesari powder (optional)
Milk (preferably cow’s milk)
Cashew nuts 2 parts

Get Cooking!
1. Clean the poppy seeds of impurities and soak it in sufficient amount of milk for 3 hours.
2. Drain the excess milk and grind it to a soft paste almost like butter.
3. Add cardamom powder, cashew nuts, kesari powder to the paste.
4. Take ghee in a heavy bottomed vessel on low heat, add the paste, sugar and mix in well.
5. Keep stirring on a low heat till the mix becomes homogenous and thick.
6. Pour this onto a greased plate and cool it down
7. Cut them into desired shapes and serve.