Gujarati Thali

Hope you all had a Happy Diwali and wish you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. 

After Diwali comes bhaibeej (bhaiya dooj). On this day the sister cooks a special meal for her brother. Now what can be more special than a thali? I had made this Gujarati thali on Bhaibeej. 

The traditional components of this thali would be 

A type of Bread 

Rice preparation

Two sabzi's, one dry and one with gravy

One beans dish

Daal or Kadhi

Two desserts

One farsan (hot savoury snack)

Chutneys

Salad

Accompaniments

There is one rule to daal and kadhi combination with the thali. If your dessert is a laddoo or churma, you have daal. If its any milk based dessert like basundi or doodhpak you make kadhi with it. 

Every meal ends with mukhvaas (mouth fresheners). This can be saunf (fennel seeds), jeera goli (cumin seed powdered and mixed with spices) or paan (betel leaf with stuffings). 

During summers another must have is chaas (buttermilk). No meal is complete without it. 

Here are the components of this thali in clockwise order... 

Tomato and cucumber kachumber

Methi ringna nu shaak

Kadhi

Sev tameta nu shaak

Kala Chana

Sitaphal basundi (Serve cold)

Kaju Katli

Poori

Dhokla

Green chutney

Mango pickle

Steamed rice

Papad

Some of the recipes are already posted. I will be posting the others in the coming days. 

Happy Cooking!