Puran Poli

For Puran: 

Ingredients:
For 10 Polis:
1.5 cup daal
1.5 cup or little less jaggery (depending on the sweetness)
cardamom powder- 1/4 tsp
nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp

1.  Soak daal for 2 hours or else pressure cook it for 3 vessels.
2. grind the daal in the mixer for the smooth texture. Put some daal aside for 'Katachi amati' 
3. then Put the remaining in the stove and add jaggery and keep cooking till mixture thickens for stuffing consistency.
4. Add some cardamom powder and sunth powder and a pinch of salt

For Katachi Amati: 

Dry ingredients:

- Cumin seeds (Jire)

- Dry coconut powder 

- Sesame seeds (Til)

- Poppy seeds (Khaskhas)

- Coriander seeds  (Dhane)

Additional masala:

Garlic
Coriander
Curry leaves
Chili powder
Turmeric

First, grind the dry masalas, then add other fresh masalas and prepare katachi amati with all above


Imp Note: Cook the daal soft and mushy in pressure cooker 'ALWAYS'

French fries

Ingredients:
4 large size potatoes
Oil to fry
salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Peel off the potatoes.
2. Cut them from sides to form a cube shape roughly. Then cut the pieces lengthwise for french fries.
3. Wash them in cold water for 3-4 times, each time replacing with fresh water. Then soak in cold water for 10 mins. This is to wash off the maximum starch from potatoes.
4. In another pot, boil the water and put the potatoes in boiling water and cook them till 70% done
5. Take out the potatoes from water into a strainer and let the water drain completely. Refrigerate it for some time (1-2 hrs)
6. Now heat the oil and fry them in batches till golden brown. 
7. Serve hot with tomato ketchup. :)