Gopal kala Recipe, How to make Gopala Kala for Janmashtami
Gopalkala Recipe - A healthy delicious and no cook dish made with flattened rice,yogurt ,cucumber and few spices specially for Janmashtami .
Servings: 4 person
Ingredients
- 1 cup Yogurt / Dahi
- 1 cup Poha / Pressed Rice
- 1/3 cup puffed rice /murmura
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 cup Cucumber / Kheera / Kakdi
- 3 tbsp Pomegranate pearls /Anar ka dana optional
- 1.5 tbsp Bengal gram /chana daal soaked for 2 hours
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 3 tbsp Fresh Coconut, Grated
- to taste Salt / Namak
Tempering /tadka/waghar
- 2 tsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 2 tbsp Cashew Nuts / Kaju optional
- 2 Green chili/hari mirch finely chopped
- 2 tsp Ginger / Adrak finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash and soak poha in water for 2 minutes and then drain and keep in a bowl,
- Microwave the puffed rice for 30 seconds or dry roast for a minute in a pan.
- Peel and finely chop the cucumber.
- In a bowl whisk the yogurt and add milk to dilute it .
- Now add all the ingredients in the yogurt and mix .
- Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin,cashew nuts ,chopped green chilies ,ginger and asafoetida.
- When cumin turn golden then add the tempering in the yogurt poha mixture and mix gently.
- Serve it immediately or serve chilled after an hour.
Notes
NOTE-
- Addition of cashew nut and pomegranate is optional but don't skip cucumber.
- You can also add chopped banana,guava and apples in it .