Ingredients:
Jawar Flour - 2 cups
Hot Water - 1 cup - (adjust)
Onion - 1
Methi leaves - 1 cup
Green Chillies - 2
Salt - According to taste
turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon
Oil - 2 tablespoons

Method:

Take a wide opened bowl, mix jawar flour with hot water to knead a dough like chapathi.
Make small balls (circular/oval shaped), transfer carefully these balls into a slotted plate (Chillula Pallem/plate with holes)used to drain water.
Heat water in a vessel, keep the slotted plate containing jawar balls on that vessel and close it with a lid and allow it to cook for 15 to 20 minutes in a medium flame until balls are evenly cooked.
Heat oil in a kadai, add chopped onions, turmeric powder, saute till onion turns light brown, then add methi leaves, green chilli paste, salt, saute till methi leaves are evenly cooked(app. 5 minutes).
Then add jawar balls and mix well, saute till the jawar balls turn light brown and crispy(don't over cook).
Serve as a snack.

This is a very healthy snack, the ingredients which I have used in this recipe have many benefits, it takes lots of pages if I explain. So, I want to just share 2 benefits of each ingredient.

Jawar:

It promotes weight loss, prevents formation of gall stones, inhibits heart failure, cancer and asthma prevalent in children. It also helps in lowering the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure
Jawar is more nutritious. It is easy to digest and fills your tummy for a longer time.

Methi/fenugreek leaves

One hundred grams of fenugreek leaves comprises only 49 calories. The leaves have has good dietary fiber.
Consumption of fenugreek leaves restores excellent digestion abilities. You will not get common digestive problems like digestive disorders and iron deficiency.

Onion:

Onions are surprisingly a great source of fiber
Onions helpful for hair growth and strength
Onions clean your blood. Today is the day of pollution, , dusts and toxins.

As for now obesity and diabetics are the most common and danger for our routine life, both can be prevented with good food habits, this is my small humble attempt to share good recipe for healthy diet.

Sending this recipe to : Fast Food But Not Fat Food Event hosted by Priya Sreeram of Bon Appetit

24 comments:

julie said...: Never used jawar,very new to me..Thanx for sharing its nutri effects n the kudumu looks tempting!!; 28 May 2011 at 00:05
Saranya said...: Never heared about this recipe..Looks delicious

Saranya
http://www.foodandtaste.blogspot.com/; 28 May 2011 at 00:10
Vimitha Anand said...: Very new recipe to me... Never heard of Jawar flour...; 28 May 2011 at 00:15
Sobha Shyam said...: Interesting recipe..nice to know the nutritional info...jawar kudumu looks delicious..; 28 May 2011 at 00:39
Priya said...: Fantastic healthy dish, wonderful..; 28 May 2011 at 00:53
Biny Anoop said...: hey thx for the info....recipe very new to me...jowar somethg i have never tried....u give me a chance; 28 May 2011 at 00:53
Torviewtoronto said...: delicious dish looks wonderful
check out the event in my site
http://torviewtoronto.blogspot.com/2011/05/food-palette-series-purple.html; 28 May 2011 at 02:29
Sensible Vegetarian said...: This looks superb. Very new for me, bookmarking.; 28 May 2011 at 04:41
Priya Sreeram said...: good one prathima ! thanks for linking it to my event; 28 May 2011 at 05:18
Nandini said...: Very different recipe! It looks tempting! Should try this sometime...; 28 May 2011 at 07:27
Vardhini said...: Never heard of jawar. Thx for introducing something new.

Vardhini
VardhinisKitchen; 28 May 2011 at 09:07
Aruna Manikandan said...: sounds interesting and new to me...
looks healthy and delicious dear :); 28 May 2011 at 10:57
revathi said...: Very interesting... the post itself is so informative... Jawar and methi,the combo sounds and looks awesome:); 28 May 2011 at 12:01
Santosh Bangar said...: new but healthy snack combination is super
1st time here womderful space do visit my site; 29 May 2011 at 01:37
Suparna said...: healthy dish...havent used jawar yet...thanks for the recipe; 29 May 2011 at 07:30
Hari Chandana said...: We make a similar preparation called jonna undala upma.. Yours looks simply perfect and tempting.. thanks for visiting my blog.. keep in touch dear !!
Indian Cuisine; 29 May 2011 at 12:26
Sadhana Valentina said...: Dear Prathima... Nice and lovely recipe. New to me. Very informative too. Juz visiting ur blog and found various recipes worthy trying. Love ur blog very much. Happy to follow u dear.; 29 May 2011 at 19:47
SravsCulinaryConcepts said...: Thanks for visiting my blog and for ur sweet comments !! Ur have wonderful blog and nice collection of recipes !! Glad to follow u !!

Recipe is very new to me !! very healthy and nice information !!; 29 May 2011 at 20:40
Ms.Chitchat said...: Loved ur space and ur unique recipes and happy to be ur follower :):) This kumujonna jowar is new to me,bookmarked.

Chitchat; 30 May 2011 at 08:06
Sharmilee! :) said...: Looks totally yummy; 30 May 2011 at 17:39
sangeeta said...: Hi Prathima ...
thanks for dropping by my blog .
I found your blog very interesting and this healthy recipe of jowar dumplings looks really great. We make a different version but i would like to try this one as it will be a nice change...methi leaves will be great in it..; 30 May 2011 at 20:26
aipi said...: What a great new recipe dear ~ a must try for me :)
US Masala; 30 May 2011 at 21:23
Mehjabeen Arif said...: This is very new recipe to me.. sounds healthy.. thanks :); 31 May 2011 at 07:22
Sravanthi S Thatiparthy said...: Wow this is my all time fav... its really healthy and very gud for break fast and snack time.; 5 June 2011 at 22:20