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    Ekadashi Farali Bhat | How to make Sweet Moriyo

    Published: Apr 5, 2016 · Modified: Apr 7, 2021 by Srivalli · 22 Comments

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    Ekadashi Farali Bhat - A to Z Maharashtrian Sweets

    It is interesting how you come about a dish. Especially when you least expect it to happen. While my list was almost filled up, there were a handful of alphabets that seem so tough to crack. E was one of them and I was literally breaking my head (just for dramatics)

    Apart from scanning the whole of the net, I was pestering my Maharashtrian BM buddies as well. In the process, I pinged Varada. I told her I need help with E and she said there may not be much choice for E, and suggested I could do Ekadashi something.

    Well, that was all the lead I needed. Until then I never realized there are so many Vrat Ki Khanna. I knew it was a very important aspect of our religious cooking. Since I never fast and also the fasting rules in our place is different, I never really looked into it.
    Ekadashi Farali Bhat

    Though we had our paternal grandparents living with us for major years of my growing, there were not much of these religious outlooks on the younger generation. We believe one can be pious and not overly religious in our habits. So Amma was the only one who fasted and she never forced it on us.

    Fasting in our home during pooja time would be either to skip the meal, as she will be busy cooking or else only have a light tiffin for dinner on certain days. So the concept of cooking Fasting or Farali dishes is uncommon to us. I updated myself to know that "farali" refers to fasting.

    So when Varada said Ekadashi, then so many things came up. However, I had to pick up a sweet right. So I landed on this site and happy to see so many special Ekadasi dishes and a sweet dish as well. I had no other thought other than doing it for E.

    Ekadashi Farali Bhat is a sweet made with moriyo or Little Millet. Though I am familiar with little Millet and have got it for Athamma, I personally never cooked it or tasted it. I have eaten Foxtail Millet or Korralu.

    The Little Millet in known in  Gujarati Samo / Moriyo / Gajro / kuri, in Marathi Sava, Halvi, vari, "Bhagar' or "Vari cha Tandul", in Hindi it is called "Mordhan" or "Sava ka chawal" / Moraiyo, Kutki, Shavan. In Bengali, it is called as Sama. In Tamil, it is called Samai. In Telugu, it is called as Samalu. In Oriya, it is called as Suan.

    These millets are prepared mostly as Khichadis and consumed mainly during festival fasting days. So finding a sweet dish was my luck.



    Ekadashi Special Farali Bhat

    Ingredients Needed:

    Sava chaval/ Moriyo/ Samo seeds / Little Millet –  1/2 cup
    Coconut (Fresh/Dry) - 1/2 cup, I used fresh coconut
    Milk – 4 cups (4 times your dry mixture)
    Sugar – 3/4 cup (or as per your taste)
    Ghee – 1/2 teaspoon, to roast coconut and moriyo
    Cardamom powder
    Clove – optional
    Chopped and roasted Almonds, Pista, and Cashew as per taste
    Saffron few strands

    How to make the Bhat

    In a nonstick pan, heat ghee and roast coconut and samai for 4 to 5 mins.

    Then add milk, stir and then add sugar. Cover and let it cook for 10 mins, in interval keep stirring.

    After about 10 mins when the pudding starts to thicken, turn off the heat.

    Add Cardamom powder. If you are using Cloves, roast it with coconut and moriyo. For color, you can add saffron.

    Garnish with dry fruits.

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    Ekadashi Farali Bhat | How to make Sweet Moriyo

    Cuisine Maharashtra
    Dish Type Millets
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup Sava Chaval / Moriyo / Samo Seeds / Little Millet
    • 1/2 cup Coconut Fresh / Dry (I used fresh coconut)
    • 4 cups Milk (4 times your dry mixture)
    • 3/4 cup Sugar (or as per your taste)
    • 1/2 tsp Ghee to roast coconut and moriyo
    • Cardamom Powder
    • Clove optional
    • Chopped and roasted Almonds, Pista, and Cashew as per taste
    • Saffron few strands

    Instructions

    How to make the Bhat

    • In a nonstick pan, heat ghee and roast coconut and samai for 4 to 5 mins.
    • Then, add milk, stir and then add sugar. Cover and let it cook for 10 mins, in interval keep stirring.
    • After about 10 mins when the pudding starts to thicken, turn off the heat.
    • Add Cardamom powder. If you are using Cloves, roast it with coconut and moriyo. For color, you can add saffron.
    • Garnish with dry fruits.
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    Comments

    1. Sapana Behl says

      April 05, 2016 at 6:37 pm

      Sama rice bhat looks so saatvik.My mom makes kheer and khichdi of it during fasting.Even I was introduced with the term Farali few years back.

      Reply
    2. Usha says

      April 05, 2016 at 6:55 pm

      I never noticed special food prepared for fasting though I have read on non south Indian blogs about vrat ki khana. Sweet looks so good.

      Reply
    3. vaishali sabnani says

      April 05, 2016 at 7:12 pm

      Yes this is very popular in Gujrat and delicious too. Some alphabets are really tough to crack but you hit the nail on the head . Nicely done Bhat .

      Reply
    4. Suma Gandlur says

      April 05, 2016 at 9:59 pm

      So this is like our equivalent of Pongal or paramannam and it must have tasted yummy.

      Reply
    5. Smruti Shah says

      April 05, 2016 at 10:57 pm

      I have had sama khichdi, pattice and kheer. Your bhat recipe looks amazing. Time to try it out on next Ekadashi!

      Reply
    6. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      April 06, 2016 at 2:49 am

      I guess it is time to start keeping vrat on Ekadashis. If I was allowed to eat something like this, I will not mind fasting 🙂 Looks amazing and love your vocabulary in all the language.

      Reply
    7. The Pumpkin Farm says

      April 06, 2016 at 3:26 am

      everyone is always fasting on some day or other in maharashtra, and this one tells the reason for it...it is something i am tempted to make for shlok's dabba as well

      Reply
    8. Gayathri Kumar says

      April 06, 2016 at 7:16 am

      This is so much like our pongal recipe. I have never fasted and so I have no idea about all these foods cooked during fasting. Very interesting to know..

      Reply
    9. Pavani N says

      April 06, 2016 at 2:44 pm

      That is such a delicious looking dessert with little millet. It looks sooo good. I've a packet of samo in the fridge waiting to be used, will try to make this dish soon.

      Reply
    10. Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says

      April 06, 2016 at 3:40 pm

      Vrat khana with little millet rice is so interesting. Great share valli.

      Reply
    11. Amara Annapaneni says

      April 06, 2016 at 11:38 pm

      When we fast, we are either skipping a meal or eating fruits as a substitute so didn't get much into vrat recipes. Some of my North Indian friends used to say about special food... Interesting share Valli. Should try it soon:)

      Reply
    12. rajani says

      April 07, 2016 at 2:22 am

      Fasting usually means no food for us, but the varieties of fasting food makes one think again ;-). Jokes apart, the traditions are so different in different parts of India that even after years of staying in one place you will always find something new!

      Reply
    13. Nalini's Kitchen says

      April 07, 2016 at 3:44 am

      Sounds interesting Valli, nice recipe with little millet..

      Reply
    14. Kalyani says

      April 07, 2016 at 11:22 am

      my neighbours are maharashtrians so I got to taste this and liked it.. good to read abt the fasting too ...

      Reply
    15. Padma Rekha says

      April 07, 2016 at 2:06 pm

      How can I forget commenting in your space!!! anyway That's a healthy recipe bookmarked.. I do fasting, specially when I was fasting I don't get ideas what to cook for my self this one is a good choice.

      Reply
    16. Priya Suresh says

      April 07, 2016 at 8:03 pm

      Never tried this kind of vrat dishes for fasting, though we do fasting. Farali bhat looks very delicious, definitely an interesting fasting dish.

      Reply
    17. Padmajha PJ says

      April 08, 2016 at 12:51 am

      This looks more like a sweet treat than a fasting food!! The fasting foods are very different between my maternal and paternal grandparents. Now I feel I have to record those dishes even though I don't fast...

      Reply
    18. Chef Mireille says

      April 11, 2016 at 1:21 am

      since I like creamy sweet puddings this is my kind of dish

      Reply
    19. Priya Srinivasan says

      April 13, 2016 at 8:13 am

      Looks simple and delicious valli. I know how happy one feel when u find a recipe for toughest alphabets during Mega BM!!!

      Reply
    20. Ruchi Indu says

      April 15, 2016 at 7:01 am

      Sounds like samai payasam... BTW what is little millet called in malayalam? Even I need to find it out.

      Reply
    21. veena krishnakumar says

      May 03, 2016 at 1:03 pm

      I havent blogged about fasting food till now.And i realised that there are so many types including this sweet one. Bookmarked valli. Looks good

      Reply
    22. Nisha Sundar says

      May 12, 2016 at 6:14 pm

      simple and delicious sweet. I think this Vrat ka khana is more popular in the North. All we have is kanji and fruits and milk. 🙂

      Reply

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