Besan pittod ki sabzi

Besan pittod ki sabzi

There is a trend of making many types of recipe made from gram flour(besan) in Rajasthan. When vegetables are not available, people make sabzi from the things available at home, such as: gatte ki sabji ,besan pitod ki sabzi ,kadi etc. Besan pitod ki sabzi,  The first time ,I ate in my in-laws Jaipur, I found this sabzi is very spicy and tasty. Gram flour and curd are used a lot in Rajasthani food.The main ingredients required in "pitod ki sabzi" are gram flour and curd.

                              Preparation Time        5 Minutes                                    

 Cooking Time             45 Minutes     

Total Time                   50 Minutes

  Type                             Main course

Cuisine                         Rajasthani

Servings                       4 People

INGREDIENTS:

Pittod and Gravy

• gram flour (besan)                               2 cup

• curd                                                       1/2 cup

• salt                                                         1/2 tsp

• asafoetida (hing)                                   a pinch

• cumin seeds (jeera)                              1/2 tsp

• turmeric powder (haldi)                       1/4 tsp

• oil                                                             1 tsp

• water                                                       2.5 cup

• oil for frying pitto                       

• onion                                                            1 (chopped)

• green chili                                                    2 (chopped)

• ginger garlic paste                                       1 tsp

• oil                                                                   2 tsp

• curd                                                               1/2 cup

• carom seeds (ajiwain)                                  1/2 tsp

• cumin seeds (jeera)                                      1/2 tsp

• red chili powder (lal  mirch powder)         1 tsp

• turmeric powder                                          1/2 tsp

• garam masala                                               1/2 tsp

• water                                                             1 cup

METHOD:

• Sieve the gram flour in a bowl.

• Add salt and turmeric powder to the sieved gram flour and mix it properly.

• Put curd in this mixture and beat it continuously so that there are no lumps in it. 

• Mix two and a half cups of water to the mixture equal.

• There should not be any lumps in the mixture.

• Grease a plate with oil and keep it inside.

• On the medium flame, Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.

• Put cumin seeds and asafoetida in it.

• Now add gram flour mixture and cook it for 5-6 minutes.

• Keep stirring it continuously.

• When this mixture starts leaving the pan then turn the mixture into greased plate

• Now keep it to cool down for 20 minutes.

• On  cooling ,it was cut into square pieces, pitod is ready.

• Heating oil in a pan and shallow frying the pitod.

• Fry the pitod till it becomes golden on both sides.

Now we prepare gravy for pitod:

• Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and put cumin seeds, carom seeds, hing 

• When the cumin seeds crackle ,add ginger garlic paste and cook it for 2 seconds.

• Put chopped onion and green chili.

• Cook the onion till it becomes translucent.

• Put salt, red chili powder ,turmeric powder, dry coriander powder and cook it for few seconds.

• Turn the flame on low level ,put curd and keep stirring it continuously

• Now add 1 cup of water and cook it for 7 to 8 minutes on medium flame.

• When the gravy comes to a boil, add the pitod.

• Switch off the flame.

• Rajasthani besan pitod ki sabzi is ready to serve, you can enjoy it with parantha, bajra roti, rice and simple phulka.