Wednesday 2 February 2011

Raw Papaya Jhunka and The CSN Giveaway Winner Is..

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Hi friends!
First of all let me thank all my blogger friends and others who sent in their best wishes for my son’s well being on the FB. He is much better and in less pain, though complete recuperation will take as much as six months. Meanwhile have arranged for a scribe so that he can take his exams. I have not been able to check all your posts for a while due to this emergency at home, will surely try to peep in as and when possible.
The jhunka is a traditional preparation of Maharashtra and Karnataka made using the gram flour. The authentic Jhunka makes use of onions but here I have tried to innovate a new preparation using the raw papaya. I must say this was a quick preparation and tasted really good. No one can make out that there’s papaya going into the preparation….Smile.
The Jhunka goes well with Bhakari or any roti.
I am sending this to Naina and PJ’s Flavours of Maharashtra.
Ingredients
about 3 cups of grated raw papaya
3 garlic pods crushed
6-7 tbsp gram flour
2 tbsp sour curd
1/2 tsp turmeric
a pinch of asafoetida
6-7 green chillies chopped
2 tsp coriander pwd
about 5 tbsp oil (this needs a little extra oil)
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste
1 tsp mustard seeds
3-4 tsp coriander chopped
Method
Heat oil and add the mustard seeds followed by crushed garlic, green chillies, asafoetida and turmeric.
Add in the grated papaya and mix. Season with salt and sugar.
Add the coriander pwd and mix again. Put the yogurt and sprinkle the gram flour and mix properly. Cover it with a lid and cook under it’s own steam for 5-6 minutes.
Add the chopped coriander and serve hot.
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Finally the CSN giveaway winner based on the links left here and after getting a confirmation from Prathibha on the accepted links is Soumya of Soumya’s Kitchen from USA who has sent the Farro Salad. Congratulations dear, please contact me at cookingoodfood@gmail.com


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24 comments:

Mina Joshi said...

Lovely and healthy dish. Sorry to hear that your son wasn't well. Glad to know that he is recovering OK.

Kanchan said...

Innovative Pari !!
Will try this for sure.

chef and her kitchen said...

Wow jhunka looks yummy...seriously no one can find out it is made up of raw papaya....and congrats to the CSN winner...

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Papaya Preparation looks great. Congrats to the Winner of the giveaway.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Umm Mymoonah said...

A different name , looks very yummy. Congrats to the winner.

Suja Manoj said...

Delicious recipe with papaya,so good,bookmarked.

Indian Khana said...

Wow this is new to me and looks yum ..Congrats to the winner :)

Unknown said...

glad to hear that ur son is doing much better!....very nice curry recipe!tempting!

Nithya said...

very interesting recipe :) looks yummy and as you said I would have never guessed it to be papaya :)

Satya said...

very creative dish pari...healthy n tasty
Super Yummy Recipes

Unknown said...

Wow, Pari, that Jhunka looks so good and congrats to Pratibha :)

Santosh Bangar said...

healthy veggie i also make it oftenly
nice to hear ur son is alright our wishes are with him

kitchen queen said...

yum yum yummmmmmmy and innovative lovely recipe.

divya said...

wow, looks perfect and so mouth watering.

Unknown said...

wonderful recipe and very new to me..

Priya Suresh said...

Papaya zunka looks absolutely inviting,congrats to the winner..

Suji said...

The jhunka looks fabulous..
Glad that your son is felling better now...

Myvegfare said...

very innovative pari :)), thanks for sharing, I am sorry I did not know that your son wasn't feeling well, good to know he is getting better, and of course congrats to sowmya..

Vijitha said...

Interesting dish. I have never cooked raw papaya. Gotta try this one!

Tahemeem said...

I am so glad ur son is getting better :)
no one could tell there is papaya in that :) so nice and interesting :)

Lorraine said...

So glad to hear your son is doing well:) Your recipe looks delicious. Thanks for sharing it.

Sushma Mallya said...

i hope your son recovers soon....and have never tried using raw papaya in cooking but this looks really worth trying...

Swathi said...

sorry to hear that your son is not well.Hope he is doing okay now. jhunka looks delicious.

Soumya said...

very innovative and delicious dish....

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