Halwai March 3, 2025

Ingredients:

• 3 to 4 – ripe big tomatoes, cut horizontally (whole)
• 1 cup – finely chopped Onion
• 2 – finely chopped Green chillies
• 1 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 1 cup – grated Carrots
• 1/2 cup – finely grated Mango (optional)
• 1 cup – sev
• 1 cup – puffed Rice
• 1/2 cup – chopped coriander
• 1 to 2 tsp – Lemon juice/tamarind juice
• Salt and Sugar as per taste
• Oil

Method:

  1. Lay out the cut tomatoes on a plate.
  2. On this, spread the finely chopped onions, green chillies, grated carrots, mango, lemon or tamarind juice.
  3. On this, sprinkle puffed rice and chopped coriander.
  4. To this, add lemon juice or tamarind juice or you can make meeta.
  5. Over this, sprinkle salt and chilli powder as per taste.
  6. Sprinkle sev and puffed rice garnish with coriander.
  7. To make it meeta:
  8. Soak dates, a small size ball of tamarind, 1 lump of jaggery and grind it to a paste.
  9. To make green chutney:
  10. Grind 2 green chillies, few mint leaves, few coriander leaves.
  11. Serve immediately.

Recipe courtesy of Shilpa Gangadhar Mahesh Guru