Jowar Recipe

Jowar balls in spicy gravy / Jollad bele kadabu :)
Jowar is considered to be a very healthy food and forms the staple food in parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
In the villages ,every girl learns to prepare Jowar Rotti's at the age of 10
or I must say in villages the very first dish that a mother teaches her daughter is to make Jollad rotti.
However for us the town girls, making Jollad rotti seems very difficult.But this should not stop us from eating food prepared
out of Jowar.

Heres one dish made of Jowar.Highly nutritious and tasty.

Ingredients:
1. Jowar flour - 2 cups
2. Toor Dal(yellow pegion peas) - 1/2 cup
3. Curry Leaves - 15 to 20 leaflets( more the better)
4. Garlic cloves - 3-4 nos
5. Onion - 1/2 cup (cut)
6. Red chilly powder - 1.5 tsp
7. Salt - 1 tsp (or as per taste)
8. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
9. Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
10. Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
11. Coriander
12. Oil - 2 tsp
13. Dry coconut powder - 2 tsp
14. Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Procedure:
1. Take the Jowar flour and add sufficient water to make a thick dough of the Jowar flour.
2. Now make small 1 cm balls out the Jowar dough.
3. Cook the toor dal in a cooker and allow it to cool down.
4. In a vessel heat the oil , add cumin, mustard,curry leaves.
5. Then add Onion and garlic and fry until the onion turn slighlty brown.
6. Now add the cooked Dal along with 2 cups of water.Add the Red chilly powder, salt, turmeric, tamarind paste.
7. After the mixture begins to boil add the the Jowar balls (preferrably one by one).
8. Heat for 10 mins. Add coconut powder and coriander.

Jollad bele kadabu is ready



You may also try another easy Jowar recipe - Jowar uppit.