Sooji cheela with carrots

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup sooji
2. 1/4th cup besan (optional) - it just gives different flavour
3. 1/4th cup grated carrots
4. salt - 2 tsp
5. water to make thick paste
6. Oil/Ghee to roast

Steps:

1. Sift sooji, besan and salt to mix properly.
2. Add water and make an even thick batter.
3. Add grated carrots and leave for 10 mins. Add more water if required. The amount of water to be used varies on the type of sooji being used.
4. Brush some oil in the tawa/girdle and pour a ladle of batter and spread.
5. Scatter few drops of ghee/oil on the visible side.
6. Once done, flip to roast from both sides.
7. Eat it with coriander-mint chutney or just plain ketchup.

Sooji Dhokla

Ingredients:

1. Suji/Rava/Semolina - 1 Cup (not roasted)
2. Dahi/Curd - 1/2 cup (preferably slightly sour)
3. Baking Soda - 1 tsp
4. Salt to taste
5. 1 tbsp Oil
6. Water
   

Tadka:

1. Rayee/Sarson (Mustard seeds) for tadka
2. Curry leaves (optional)
3. 1 tbsp Oil
4. Red chili powder (optional)
   

Steps:

1. Whip curd in a bowl
2. Add 1 cup water in it.
3. Mix salt in dry Suji/Semolina.
4. Add the curd and water mixture in the Suji/Semolina.
5. Leave it for 5-7 minutes. The texture of the batter should be of dripping consistency. If required add more water.
6. Add baking soda and mix it well.
7. Line a microwave dish with little oil.
8. Pour the batter in it and try that the the batter layer is not more than 1.5 inches in depth.
9. Microwave it for 2 mins at high.
10. Leave it for 5 mins to cool and then cut pieces of the desired sizes.

For tadka:

1. Put a pan on the gas and add 1 tbsp of rayee/sarson/mustard seeds in it.
2. When they have spluttered add curry leaves(optional)
3. Then add dhokla pieces in it and add coriander and red chilli powder.
4. Stir it on medium flame for 2 mins and take them off the gas.
5. Serve them with tomato ketchup or have them plain!

Variations:

1. If you have time you can have some variations to the above recipe. In the batter add shredded ginger, and roasted kaju (cashew), finely diced red chillies and roasted chana daal before microwaving it.
2. You can also layer the bottom of the microwave dish with slices of tomato and then pour batter over it. So when its done and you upturn it, you can see the rings of red tomato on the cooked dhokla.

The pictures:

Sooji

Batter after adding curd, water, salt to Sooji

Dhokla ready to be eaten :)

Sooji Kheer

This was one of the first solids for Aryan and I still give it to him for breakfast. As per my mom it was my favourite too !

Semolina(Sooji/Rava) - 1 Tbsp
Milk - 1 Glass
Sugar - 1 tsp

1. Roast semolina in a pan to light brown.
2. Sim the flame and add Milk slowly and stir continously to avoid lumps
3. Add sugar and cook for 1-2 minutes

Sooji Kheer is ready!!