Saat Dhanyachi Bhakaree

Saat Dhaan Thalipith

This dish is prepared with seven different cereals viz.rice, great millet(jwari),pearl millet (bajri),finger millet(nachani) and maize,barley and amaranth(rajgira).The flour made with these cereals ca also be used to make bhakari the Indian bread. All different properties of the grains enhance the nutritional value and the fiber content to give a healthy break-fast.

Saat Dhaan Thalipith

       seven cereals pancake
Ingredients ( serves 4)
1 cup saat dhaan flour
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander seeds powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds powder
salt and sugar/jaggery to taste
1 chopped onion(small)
2-3 chopped garlic cloves (optional)
2 chopped green chilies and/or 1-2 tsp red chili powder
2-3 sprigs of coriander (chopped)
2 tsp curd

Water as required to make the dough


Method
1. Take a shallow bottom pan or 'paraat'  and mix the ingredients in given order.
2. Add little water at a time and knead the  soft dough out of it (so as to easily pat it to make a pancake)
3.Make 4-5 equal portions of the dough.
5. Grease the oil on the palms and turn each portion into a ball.
6.Grease the plastic sheet. Pat the ball with your fingers to spread it .(you can wet your palm to make it spread easily). This can directly be spread on the non-heated non-stick pan or tawa or griddle after one becomes expert.
7.Make the thalipith even and prick four holes with your finger in four corners and one in the middle.
8.Heat a non-stick pan or tawa on medium flame.
9. Put the thalipith on it and spread a tsp or two of oil around it as well as in the holes.
10. Cover it with lid. Let it cook for 3-5 minutes on slow flame.( generally the vapors accumulated star making sound means it is done)
11. Uncover and turn to the other side. No need to cover it now.
12. Serve with  homemade white butter or dahi/curd ( for calorie conscious people)



Note
Normally thalipith is prepared with Bhajani but this saat dhaan flour is equally nutritious and easy and can be used to make bhakri as well.
If the mixed flour is not available you can mix variety of flours of grains to get the similar result.
Many variations can be made as by adding grated vegetables such as cabbage, carrot ,cucumber .
Aniseeds can be added to change the typical taste.

Saat Dhaan Flour

Saat dhaan (seven cereals flour)

The good old days of preparing bhakari for the dinner are over now at least in cities. We say that young generation is deprived of fiber rich food, iron,calcium and so on n so forth.. . The natural fiber we get from husk of cereals  is rarely present rather absent  in ready made aatta what most of us bring for whatever reason.

One of my friends 'Varsha' who's originally from Konkan is an expert in making bhakaris. Once I visited her place and she served me delicious garamagaram bhakari with lasoon chatani and jhunka. When I asked she revealed me this 'saat dhaan bhakari ' recipe and so the secret of her good health. She shared her secret with me  and so am I.

I make it a practice to prepare this saat dhaan bhakri twice a week for dinner and thalipith (of the same flour) once a week for the break-fast.

The flour  preparation is really easy ( no need to roast etc. as in case of bhajani)

the proportion is

rice,jawari,bajari and nachni are taken in equal proportion say1 kg each

then makka,rajgira and jaun each are taken  in 1/4 of it i.e. 250 gm. each.

All are ground together and the flour made is not too fine like wheat flour but slightly coarse like bhajani.