BM # 73
Week: 3 , Day: 3,
Theme: Festival Recipes
For the last day under festival recipes I have Flavored Choormas from Rajasthan. Daal Baati Choorma is a staple diet of Rajasthani’s, they have the tradition of making this meal on special occasions. While chatting with one of my Rajasthani friends I learnt that they make special choormas for Holi. They flavour it with the tradition flavours. The basic choorma is so delicious that one cant stop at a few spoons, imagine it with some aromatic rose petals, it sure is heavenly. The colors are edible and can be omitted , but since Holi is a Festival of colours ,I did not want to miss them.
Choorma
Ingredients
2 cups wheat flour
3-4 tbsp ghee
Water to bind the dough
3-4 tbsp ghee
Water to bind the dough
For Choorma
½ cup sugar
½ cup ghee
For Rose Choorma
Red food color
Rose petals, dried
Rose flavoring
Rose petals, dried
Rose flavoring
Khus Choorma
Khus flavouring
Green food color
Saffron Choorma
Saffron strands
Saffron yellow color
Method
Take the wheat flour in a big bowl.
Make a well in the centre.
Pour in ghee.
Rub the ghee with the flour , till it resembles bread crumbs.
Adding water gradually, bind the dough, the dough should not be soft.
Pinch out lemon sized balls and make balls.
Deep fry these balls, adjusting the flame from time to time so that these balls cook through and through.
Let the balls come to room temperature.
Break the balls into pieces, then blitz them in a mixer.
We shall get a coarse grain flour .
Take a big sized sieve and sieve so that all the choorma is even sized.
Re blitz the big and uneven pieces and re sieve them.
Add sugar and ghee and mix the choorma.
This is the basic choorma. You can flavour it with cardamom powder.
To make rose flavoured choorma. Add a few drops of rose flavouring, red food colour and powdered dried rose petals.
For Khus flavoured choorma, add khus flavouring and green food colour.
For saffron flavoured choorma, crush the saffron strands, mix in some yellow food colour and add to the basic choorma.
Love the flavored and colorful choorma you have got there.
Hey that sounds delicious. Honestly I have never had choorma so must try making it.
Wow, love the 'gourmet' and colorful touch to traditional choormas.
I love Rajasthani cuisin, but you have transformed simple choorma into a deliciously looking colorful treat.
Lovely colors and rose choorma is my pick.
Omg, such a gorgeous choorma and very attractive colours there. Wat a brilliant idea Vaishali.
OMG! those flavors are mouth watering Specially the rose flavored one.
Khus rose and kesar flavored churmas look amazing. Perfect for Holi!!
Oh wow vaishali, festive colors and festive dish, love that rose flavored choorma! pretty colors!