Gopalkala Recipe | Janmashtami Recipe
Traditional savoury dish made from flattened rice for Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Poha / flattened rice
- 1 cup Curd
- 1/3 cup Cucumber chopped
- 1 TBSP Soaked Chana Dal
- 1/2 cup Grated Coconut
- 1/3 cup Apple chopped
- 2 TBSP Pomegranate kernels
- Salt to taste
For Tempering
- 1/2 tsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1/4 tsp Cumin
- 1 Green Chilli
- 5-6 Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Coriander Leaves Chopped
Instructions
- Take one cup Poha/Flattened rice.
- Wash it well in water.
- Soak it for 2 minutes. Make sure you use thick poha. Otherwise it becomes mushy.
- After 2 minutes, drain the water and add the soaked poha in a big bowl.
- Add 1 cup Curd to it.
- Also add 1/3 cup of chopped cucumber, 1 TBSP of soaked Chana dal (soak it for at least 30 minutes).
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut.
- Add 1/3 cup of chopped apple & 2 TBSP of pomegranate kernels.
- Mix it once.
- Add Salt to taste.
- For tempering, take 1/2 tsp of ghee.
- Once it is heated, Add 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds, 1/4 tsp of cumin.
- Mustard starts spluttering, add 1 chopped green chilli. Switch off the flame.
- Next add 5-6 Curry leaves, sauté it.
- Add the tempering to the poha.
- Also add 1 tsp of chopped coriander leaves.
- Mix well gently.
- Gopalkala is ready.
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Notes
HOW TO MAKE GOPALKALA | JANMASHTAMI RECIPE WITH STEP BY STEP PHOTOS :
- Take one cup Poha/Flattened rice.
- Wash it well in water.
- Soak it for 2 minutes. Make sure you use thick poha. Otherwise it becomes mushy.
- After 2 minutes, drain the water and add the soaked poha in a big bowl.
- Add 1 cup Curd to it.
- Also add 1/3 cup of chopped cucumber, 1 TBSP of soaked Chana dal (soak it for at least 30 minutes).
- 1/2 cup freshly grated coconut.
- Add 1/3 cup of chopped apple & 2 TBSP of pomegranate kernels.
- Mix it once.
- Add Salt to taste.
- For tempering, take 1/2 tsp of ghee.
- Once it is heated, Add 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds, 1/4 tsp of cumin.
- Mustard starts spluttering, add 1 chopped green chilli. Switch off the flame.
- Next add 5-6 Curry leaves, sauté it.
- Add the tempering to the poha.
- Also add 1 tsp of chopped coriander leaves.
- Mix well gently.
- Gopalkala is ready.
