Sesame seeds carom seeds n spices blended whole wheat flour pan toasted flat breads in edible oil (tikhi bhakri), motar n pestle crushed garlic crushed fenugreek seeds coconut spicy pickle (lasaniyu marchu) & brook bond RED label ginger flavoured Indian style tea for Monday morning breakfast at Patel kitchen!Whole wheat flour blended with spices n assortment of seeds dough pan toasted flat breads in canola oil wrapped with salted butter wraps (tikhi bhakri wraps), sweet chilli heat Doritos, orange flavoured cool aid jammers tetra pack & forelle pear for Neer’s Monday school lunch box!!Steamed spiced rice flour garnished with edible peanut oil and pickle spice for Monday lunch at Patels Kitchen!
Khichu or Khichiyu is a dough for making sundried rice thin flat cakes, however owing to its taste it is widely consumed as Gujarati snack. This recipe is prepared by cooking rice flour in water like porridge with Tapioca Sago green chilli paste cumin carom seeds and an alkaline salt known as Kharo n then steaming the lump to perfection. It is often served with raw peanut oil, sesame seeds, chilli powder and or prepared pickle spice.
In fact my Mom introduced this snack in United Way Of Vadodara navratri folk festival India during 80’s (Ujjani – we use to charge 2 Rs per plate then) and now it is almost a must snack stall in any Gujarati community gatherings around the GLOBE.Sweet sour tangy spicy boiled split pigeon peas lentils soup cooked in tomato lime jaggery peanuts n spices garnished with lots of cilantro (khattimitthi Gujarati dal), steamed rice (bhaat), home made yogurt sprinkled with black salt (dahi upar sanchar), crispy ivy gourd dry curry (giloda shak) & whole wheat flour pan toasted hand rolled flat breads (ghee chopdeli fulka rotli) for Monday dinner at Patels kitchen!
