Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: Here’s a range of recipes that are sugar free and can be prepared at home in a jiffy. Take a look at the special recipes here which you can enjoy the festive day with.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2022: Sugar-free recipes you can try
Ganesh Chaturthi 2022:
The special day is almost here. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated every year with a whole lot of grandeur and pomp across the country. Also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the arrival of Lord Ganesha on earth from the Kalish Parvat with mother Goddess Parvati. On this day, people deck up in new clothes and keep fast to worship the lord. This year, Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated on August 31. Ganesh Chaturthi is also famous for all the lip-smacking dishes prepared to be distributed among families and friends.
Ganesh Chaturthi is observed to bring happiness and prosperity in the lives of the people. Lord Ganesha is believed to take away all kinds of sadness and bring new dawn of prosperity in people’s lives. In order to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in its glory, we have prepared a few recipes which are sugarfree and great to be enjoyed with near and dear ones:
Ghugni
Ingredients:
For Boiling
White Peas Dried – ½ Cup Dried (½ Cup After Soaking – 1 Cup/205gm)
Onion – ¼ No
Green Chillies – 1 No
Water – 2½ Cup
Salt – To Taste
Turmeric – ½ Tsp
For Bhaja Masala
Green Cardamom – 3 Pc
Fennel Seeds – 1 Tbsp
Cumin – 1 Tbsp
Coriander Seeds – 1 Tbsp
For Masala
Mustard Oil – 3 Tbsp
Dried Red Chilli – 2 No
Green Cardamom – 5-6 No
Cinnamon – 1 Inch Pc
Bay Leaf – 2-3 No
Cloves – 4 Pc
Cumin Seeds – 1 Tbsp
Onions (Thinly Sliced) – ½ Cup
Green Chillies, Chopped – 1 Tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 Tsp
Potatoes (Small Cubes) – ½ Cup
Turmeric – 1 Tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 Tbsp
Cumin Powder – 2 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
Tomatoes, Diced – 1 Cup
Salt – To Taste
Green Chillies, Slit – 1 No
Bhaja Masala – 1 Pinch
Ghee – 2 tsp
For Garnish
Tamarind Water – 4-5 tbsp
Onions, Chopped – Handful
Green Chillies, Chopped – To Taste
Coriander, Chopped – Handful
Sev – Handful
Lemon – ½ No
cooking Method:
Add white peas, onion and green chilli, water and seasoning in pressure cooker and cook for one whistle in high flame and around 4-5 whistles in low flame. Then prepare the Bengali garam masala by roasting all the masala together and grinding into a fine puree. Then, in a kadai, add mustard oil, whole red chillies, green cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves and cumin and onions together. Stir everything together and add chopped green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Add the cubed potatoes and roast together till the onions turn light brown. Now add turmeric, red chilli powder, cumin powder and coriander powder with the tomatoes and salt. In the end, add the boiled peas and roast together for around 3-4 minutes. Add in the garam masala and a pinch of ghee for the aroma. Garnish with imli water, chopped onions, green chilli, coriander, sev and a slice of lemon.
Kothimbir Vadi with Hare Pyaz Ki Chutney
Ingredients:
For Badi
Coriander (roughly chopped) – 3 cups
Besan (chick pea flour) – 1cup
Salt – to taste
Chilli powder – ¾ tsp
Turmeric – ½ tsp
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Green chilli chopped – 1no
Cumin powder – 2 tsp
Sugar (optional) – 1tbsp
Heeng – ½ tsp
Til (Sesame) – 3tbsp
Lemon – ½ no
Rice flour – ¼ cup
Water – 3-4tbsp
Oil – 1tbsp + ½ cup
Hare Pyaz Ki Chutney:
Spring onion chopped – 2 cups
Mint – ½ cup
Coriander – ½ cup
Green chilli – 1no
Ginger chopped – 2tsp
Black salt – ¾ tsp
Salt – to taste
Chaat masala – 2 tsp
Lemon – 1no
Curd (thick) – ½ cup
Ice Cubes – few
Water – a dash
Cooking Method:
Clean the chopped coriander leaves and add besan, salt, chilli, turmeric, garam masala, green chillies, cumin sugar, heeng, til, lemon, rice flour and water. Mash everything together with hands. Then, as it forms the dough, drizzle some oil and keep aside. Then take a glass bowl and apply a little oil and place the dough in it. Steam it in the steamer for around 15 minutes. Then upturn the dough and cut it into squares. Shallow fry the wadis till they turn light brown. Meanwhile. Prepare the hare pyaz ki chutney adding all the ingredients to the mixer grinder and making a fine paste. Serve the wadis with the chutney.
