Sanja – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up a pan on medium heat.
• Add ghee and rava. You can use fine or coarse rava too.
• You can use oil instead of rava too.
• Roast rava on medium heat for about 4-5 minutes.
• Do not roast rava longer. No need to change the color of rava.
• Take it off the gas and keep it aside.
• In a pan, heat up oil.
• Add peanuts and roast on medium heat until these turn light brown or reddish.
• Take the peanuts out into a bowl.
• If you don’t like fried peanuts then you can use roasted ones.
• In the same pan add mustard seeds and let them pop up.
• Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
• Add onion, curry leaves and green chillies.
• Mix well and fry until onion turns little soft.
• When onion begins to turn soft add ginger and mix well.
• Add turmeric powder and mix well.
• Fry for about a minute or so.
• Add roasted rava and mix well.
• Add a little hot water at a time and mix well.
• Add curd, salt and sugar.
• Adding sugar and curd is optional. You can skip it.
• Mix everything well together.
• Cover and steam sanja on very low heat for about 8-10 minutes.
• Take off the lid and add coriander leaves.
• Mix well and sanja is already.
• While serving, add roasted peanuts on it.
• You can add fresh shredded coconut, shev and a slice of lemon also with sanja while serving.