Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pithla/jhunka/zunka (gramflour porridge). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pithla/Jhunka/Zunka (gramflour porridge) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pithla/Jhunka/Zunka (gramflour porridge) is something which I have loved my entire life.
Zunka Recipe is a very popular Maharashtrian recipe which is made using the chickpea or besan flour. It is one of those quick dishes to be prepared if you run out of fresh vegetables at home. It needs only a few ingredients and gets ready in no time.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pithla/jhunka/zunka (gramflour porridge) using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pithla/Jhunka/Zunka (gramflour porridge):
- Get 1 cup besan (gram flour)
- Get 1 tea spoon haldi (turmeric powder)
- Get 1 teaspoon salt (or as required)
- Prepare 1 cup water
- Make ready 1 green chilli
- Prepare a few curry leaves
- Take 2-3 cloves garlic
- Get 2 X2 inch cube of ginger
- Prepare 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 big onion
- Take 1 big tomato
- Take Generous amount of coriander (for garnishing)
- Make ready 1 spring onion (for garnishing) (optional)
- Prepare 1 tablespoon oil
Jhunka or Zunka is a vegetarian traditional indian dish prepared in Maharashtra, Goa and North Karnataka. It is essentially a chickpea flour porridge. It is also known by the name of pithla or pithle. Its ingredients are gram flour, mixed with water to form a semi-solid paste. you are not accustomed to dry pithla you may find it difficult to consume as it is dry sabzi. i personally like this recipe as i furthermore, some easy and important tips and suggestions for a perfect zunka recipe or jhunka recipe. firstly, as i mentioned previously, you may have to serve it immediately once.
Steps to make Pithla/Jhunka/Zunka (gramflour porridge):
- Mix besan (gram flour), haldi (turmeric powder), salt and water until no lumps are formed. (red chilly powder can be added if you like)
- Cut small pieces of ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves and keep aside
- Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan on high heat and add cumin and mustard seeds. Let it crack. Then turn the heat to medium high and add the cut ginger, garlic, chilli and curry leaves. Let it become crip and brown and take it out in a separate bowl (i love the flavour of burnt garlic and ginger in almost everything). This we call tadka.
- In the same pan (with the leftover oil from above step) add cut onion, cook until its translucent and add cut tomato and cook until its shiny (releases oil)
- Now add the gram flour slurry (which we made in step 1) by continuously mixing. Keep mixing with a spoon until it starts becoming a thick paste (you can add more water here if you need the consistency to be more runny)
- Take it out in a serving bowl and sprinkle the tadka (we made in the step 3)
- Garnish with coriander and spring onion and serve
It is also known by the name of pithla or pithle. Its ingredients are gram flour (besan), mixed with water to form a semi-solid paste. Zunka is a traditional Maharashtrian main dish, Zunka tastes best with bhakri (roti). Jhunka -Bhakar-Pithla is a staple food of rural Maharashtra. Jhunka , a spicy preparation of gram flour and onions needs no introduction to most Indians.
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