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Bajra Vadi  Ingredients : Bajra flour - 1 cup Sesame seeds - 1 tsp Fennel seeds crushed - 1 tsp Ajwain - 1/2 tsp Garlic paste - 1 tsp Green chilli paste - 1 tsp Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp Sooji - 2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Hing (asafoetida) - 1/2 tsp Oil - 1 tbsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Curd - 2 tbsp Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per taste  Oil for deep frying Method : 1. In a deep bowl take bajra flour 2. Add sesame seeds, crushed fennel seeds, ajwain and mix 3. Add garlic paste, ginger paste, green chillies paste 4. Add sooji, turmeric powder, hing, 1 tbsp oil, red chilli powder 5. Add fresh curd, salt 6. Combine all the ingredients 7. Gradually add water to form a semi stiff dough 8. Take a portion of the dough and flatten it between your palms 9. Divide the dough into equal portions of vadas 10. Gently press each vada in the center to form a little depression 11. Heat oil in a kadahi for frying bajra vadas 12. Drop a drop of dough mixture in oil and if it comes up easily after a few sec

Sama Chawal Kheer Ingredients : Full cream milk - 1 liter Desi ghee - 1 tsp Samo/moriya/barnyard millet - 1/3 cup Jaggery powder / sugar - 1/2 cup (a little less if you like less sweet) Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp Almonds (chopped) - 6 Pistachios (pista) – 6 (optional) A few strands of saffron (Kesar) Method : 1. Wash the sama rice and keep it aside in a strainer.  2. Keep the milk to boil in a saucepan. 3. When it is little hot, take out 2 tbsp milk in a bowl and add saffron strands in it 4. Once it starts to boil, then lower the heat and let it continue to boil. 5. Heat the ghee in a pan 6. Add the sama rice and stir for 3 minutes.  7. Switch off the heat. 8. Add sama rice to the boiling milk gradually 9. Continue to boil on low heat till the sama rice is cooked and milk is 1/3 reduced. 10. Switch off the heat 11. Add jaggery powder and mix nicely 12. Add cardamom powder, chopped almonds and chopped pistachios. 13. Pour the saffron milk over the kheer. 14. Serve hot or cold as per your