FLAXSEEDS- The seeds are tiny, brown, shiny oval, and flat in shape.
These seeds can be consumed or used in a raw form, as well as roasted, or in powdered form.
Examples are smoothies, salads, yogurt, chutney powders, and Baking.
Niger seeds can be used in seed form, or in the form of oil, as it is an oilseed.
Niger seeds look like a bigger version of cumin seeds but are long, shiny slippery, and black in color.
Making this chutney powder is a very easy process is very healthy and tastes very yummy.
1) Without yeast:-In this we use curds+baking soda+baking powder and little oil along with maida and semolina.
2) With yeast:- In this method, we use dry yeast+sugar+luke warm water to activate the yeast, and then it is used for kneading the dough for BHATURA,
Yes, I am talking about a gravy called chole, made out of chickpeas (Kabuli chana). This needs pre-soaking of chana, then pressure cooking with a few spices, and then adding a few more ingredients to make gravy.
In northern India, we do not readily get fresh coconut, as in south India, and even if we get the prices are quite on the higher side. So now we have learned the other ways to replace the coconut with groundnuts. puffed chana, onions, mint, coriander leaves, Ridged gourd, and tomato or a few combinations of these for making chutneys,
All of these are basically starch-based because the ingredients used are Rice, Wheat, Sago, Maida, flattened rice (poha), or Rava. These basic ingredients are mixed with some spices and salt, cooked directly or steamed, and then given the desired shapes and dried under sunlight or even in shade.
