Month: October 2024
Lia Badi
Lia badi
Ingredients
- Main Ingredients
- Sabudana: 400 grams
- Puffed Rice Lia: 500 grams
- Seasoning and Spices
- Salt: To taste approx. 1 tbsp total
- Chili Powder: To taste
- Green Chilies: 10-12 adjust to taste
- Ginger: 100 grams
- Cumin Seeds: 2 tbsp
- Rasi Seeds: 250 grams
- Additional Ingredients
- Onions: 6-7 sliced
- Peanuts: 1 bowl approx. 200 grams
- Coriander Leaves: For garnish
Instructions
- Soak Sabudana:
- Take 1 cup of Sabudana, wash it 2-3 times, and soak it in water for 1 hour.
- Cook Sabudana:
- In a pot, bring 3 cups of water to a boil.
- Add the soaked Sabudana and 1½ tbsp of salt.
- Cook for 15-20 minutes until it reaches a thick, paste-like texture. Set aside.
- Prepare Puffed Rice:
- Clean 500 grams of puffed rice (Lia) with water and strain out excess water by pressing it with your hands.
- Make Spice Paste:
- Grind the sliced onions (6-7) into a coarse paste.
- In a bowl, combine the onion paste, cleaned puffed rice, 1 bowl of peanuts, 3 tbsp of sesame seeds, 1½ tbsp of salt, and the boiled Sabudana. Mix well.
- Shape Mixture:
- Take a clean cloth and wrap it around the lid of a jar.
- Take a ball of the mixture, press it onto the lid to form a flat round shape, and place it on a clean, large cloth.
- Repeat this process until all the mixture is shaped.
- Dry the Mixture:
- Let the shaped discs dry in the sunlight for 2 days, flipping them after 1-2 hours on the same day.
- Fry the Discs:
- Heat oil in a pan over medium flame and fry the dried discs until golden and crispy.
- Serve:
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve as a snack.
- Enjoy your homemade dish!
Papdi Chaat
Papdi Chaat is a famous eastern dish of Odisha, available in all over the state. Can be found in every nook and corner of street food businesses.