Recipes
Veg
Sooji - Matar Packet
By Himanshu Dhiman
⏳ Prep Time: 60 minute
25 Apr 2020
Nutritional Overview
Calories
659.4 kcal
Protein
17.9 gm
Carbs
97 gm
Fats
22.2 gm
Ingredients
Sooji - 1/2 cup - 90 gms
Curd - 1/4 cup - 80 gms
Green Peas - 1/2 cup - 70 gms
Onion - half medium sized - 60 gms
Coconut oil - 12 gms (~4 spoons)
Spices: Jeera, Garlic paste, Turmeric powder, Red Chilli Powder, Garam masala, Salt
Green Chillies - 2
Baking soda / Eno - 1/3 teaspoon
Method
Step 1
Take a bowl and mix the Sooji and Curd properly with / cup water and set aside for minutes
Step 2
Take a pan and heat gms coconut oil. Add Jeera and let it flutter. Add garlic paste and cook for seconds
Step 3
Add chopped green chillies and onion and cook for mins
Step 4
Add all peas and cook for minutes
Step 5
Add all remaining spices and little salt as per taste and cook for another minute
Step 6
Take out the cooked peas masala in a container and let it cool for minutes
Step 7
Put the cooked masala in a mixer and mix it. Take out and make Tikkis with the masala by pressing with hand
Step 8
By this time mins are gone, go back to your Sooji mixture and add little more water if it feels too thick after mins. Ensure to add very little water... just enough to get Idli batter like consistency
Step 9
Add salt as per taste and the baking soda. Do not mix the batter too much after adding baking soda and do not keep it aside anymore. We need to cook the packets soon after we have added baking soda
Step 10
Heat the pan and add gms or coconut oil and bring flame to very low.
Step 11
Spread the batter in circular form. Do not keep very thin. Keep one peas masala Tikki at the centre and cover the Tikki with batter (very thin covering yo avoid packet getting too thick). Cook on one side for mins with pan lid closed
Step 12
Reverse the packet and cook from other side also for mins lid closed after adding gms coconut oil for other side as well
Step 13
Take flame to medium and cook the still uncooked parts of the packet by pressing with spatula. The uncooked portion can be identified as it will look wet and white. Cooked part will look brownish and not wet/sticky
Step 14
Repeat the same for another packet.
Step 15
Cut both packets into half from center and enjoy with Coriander chutney or tomato sauce
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