BILI HOLIGE & SIKARNE

MANGO FEST- MANGO FEAST

When mango season started in India, every now and then I used to hear over phone abt "Holige-Sikarne oota" either from my inlaws or from my parents. Back home, we used to go to Lal Bagh Mango Mela to buy mangoes in bulk. We used to make Sikarne with Holige, Puri or Chapathi every weekend during Mango season and invite frens n relatives for lunch. When my eyes caught Indian mangoes in Desi Grocery store, I grabbed few thinking of sikarne. Yesterday I made Bili Holige, Potato Palya with Mango Sikarne.

SIKARNE

Sikarne is made from Mango, its sort of mango juice. Take required number of mangoes and squeeze out all the pulp, add sugar/jaggery (as required) and a tsp of cardmom powder. Sikarne is ready! Have it with Holige/Bili holige/ Chapathi/ Puri.

To make 10 Bili Holige:-

Ingredients :-
For stuffing:
Rice Flour -1 lb
Water - 2 cups
salt - a pinch
Outer layer:
All purpose flour/maida- 2 cups
Oil- 1 tbsp
Salt a pinch
Water to make dough

Procedure:-

• Prepare a thin dough by mixing maida, salt and water. Smear oil all around the dough,keep it covered for an hour.
• Pour water in a vessel, add salt, bring water to boil, add Rice flour, allow it to bake for 15 mins.
• Stir properly to break lumps, remove the vessel from heat.
• Knead well, add flour if required, make even sized dough balls.
• Stuff the rice dough ball in maida layer as shown in picture.

• Roll them with roller pin on a butter paper.

• Put holige on a hot tava/ griddle, brush with oil.

• Roast for few seconds until the top begins to puff.

• Turn the holige and again roast until it puffs , then remove from tava.

• Relish holige with Potato palya and mango sikarne.