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Monday, January 18, 2016

Homemade Bhatura Recipe!

After very long time posting a recipe, checkout Bhatura recipe I prepared for a weekend as my son loves it. Whenever he goes to restaurant he will surely order this. Since my inlaws are also here, my Father inlaw also likes it. It was very tasty and crispy like restuarant. I will be posting more recipes soon.



Ingredients

APF/Maida - 200 gms
Fine Rava/Semolina- 2 tblspns
Curd/yogurt- 2 tblspn
Sugar - 1/4 pinch
Salt - 1/2 tspn
Oil - 2 tblspn
Water as required to need the dough.
Oil to deep fry

Preparation method
In a wide bowl/basin, add all the ingredients one by one and mix to get a soft dough. Rest it for 1 hour. close a wet towel.

Then heat oil in kadai. 
Make balls like for puris as desired shape and size.
Deep fry both sides in oil.
Remove on a tissue.

Serve with Channa Masala and raw onions.

Note- Oil should be very hot for puris to puff up.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Brocolli Pakoda | Starter/Snacks


This month in Singapore its rainy days, some days it rains continuously no mood to go out and a dull day. Just tried this for a rainy day with coffee and lunch. Kids really enjoyed.

Brocolli is my sons favourite. He likes soup and pakoda. Here is a simple recipe.




Ingredients

Brocolli florets - 2 cups
Onion sliced - 1 cup
Kadalai Maav/Besan/Chickpea Flour- as required
Chola Maav /Corn Flour- 1/4 cup
Red Chilli powder - 1 tspn (As per taste)
ginger - grated 1 tspn
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste


Preparation Method

Make small florets of brocolli, put in boiling water with little salt. Close with a lid. leave it till you prepare other things. 
Drain/Strain fully so no water is left.
Take a wide bowl, add sliced onion, ginger, brocoli, sprinkle besan and corn flour just to cover the brocolli. Add chilli powder and salt.  Dont add water. 
Heat oil in pan, and deep fry in oil until brown and crispy.

Brocolli pakoda is ready to serve. You can serve with Ketchup.

This can be had at tea/coffee time

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Gobi 65 | Snack/Starter recipe!

Here the weather is very cool and chill. Thought of something different to eat a thome.
Sometimes when we go to restaurant we order Gobi 65 as starter, so prepared this for tiffin with coffee last weekend.

Ingredients
Gobi/Cauliflower - 1 big
Besan/Kadalaimav - 1 cup
Maida -1 tblspn
Rice flour or Corn flour - 2tspn
Red chilli powder - 1 tspn(As per your taste)
Red food colour - a pinch( optional)
Omam/Ajwain - a pinch
Salt and water
Ginger garlic paste - optional. I have not used it.









Preparation Method
Make small florets of cauliflower. Put in boiling water with little salt and a pinch of turmeric for 10 minutes. Drain/Strain fully so no water is left.
Take a bowl add all the flours, chilli powder, salt, water to form a semi thick batter. Add the cauliflower and mix
Deep fry in oil until brown and take on tissue paper to absorb oil.




Serve with ketchup.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Lady's Finger Pakora | Vendakkai Pakoda | with and without Onions

Lady's Finger Pakora | Vendakkai Pakoda| Bajji I had prepared Bitter Gourd crisps last time, since my kid loves lady's finger I added. This was delicious and tasty.


Without Onion

Ingredients
lady's finger/Vendakkai - 25 nos
Besan/Chickpea Flour/Kadalai Maav- 1 cup/till the veggie is covered
Corn Flour/Chola Maav - 2 tspns
Rice Flour/Arasi Maav - 2 tspns
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn (As per taste)
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste

Preparation Method

Wash, wipe and cut lady's finger into 2" pieces.
Take a  wide bowl, add Arasi, Chola and Kadalai maav and mix well. Add chilli powder and salt. Sprinkle very little water and mix well.
Deep fry in oil until brown and crispy.

With Onion

The above ingredients are same.
Chop onions and mix with the batter.

I slit the vegetable and filled little chopped onion and deep fried it.

Serve immediately as it is or Green chutney or tomato ketchup. Coffee/Tea time snack.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Homemade Mixture | Diwali Savoury Recipe !

Mixture is a very tempting snack, I prepared this for diwali. I have already posted Aval Pori Masala Mix here. This is very tasty and crunchy.


Ingredients
Omapodi - 1 cup (click here for recipe)
Ribbon Pakoda - 1/2 cup (click here for recipe)
Mullu Murukku - 2nos crushed (click here for recipe)
Karaboondi - 1 cup(click here for recipe)
Thatai - 2nos crushed

To Deep Fry
Roasted or Fried Groundnuts - 1 tablespoon
Potukadalai/Fried gram - 1 tablespoon
Aval - 2 cups thin
Curry leaves - few
Copra - 1 tablespoon(chopped thinly)
Mochai - 1 tspn
Cashews/Almonds /Walnuts- few
Cornflakes/Chivda - 1/2 cup(Optional)

Powdered Sugar - 1/2 tspn
Turmeric - a pinch(optional)
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn 
Hing -1/4 tspn
Raisins - few
Potato sticks  1 cup(Optional)
Oil for deep frying and a metal seive with handle.

Preparation Method
Heat a kadai with oil. When oil is hot, deep fry ingredients above separately. Take this on a tissue paper to remove excess oil and then transfer to a wide vessel, sprinkle salt, hing, turmeric, red chilli powder and mix well. Add rest of the ingredients and mix.

Finally add powdered sugar and mix. I love this with potato sticks.

Store it in a airtight container for later use.

Homemade Mixture is ready.

Enjoy with Hot Coffee/Tea or with sambar rice or rasam rice.

Notes - You can also deep fry potato sticks and add.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Potato Bags | Snack Recipes | Party Starters| Kids Recipes!

Hi Friends,

I am taking a small break now and then from blogging as tied up with other things at home. I was feeling bored not blogging for few days. I will be back with the event roundup.

Today I am sharing an easy snack recipe.

I actually wanted to name it as money bags, then renamed it as Potato Bags. I prepared this on a sunday, when it was raining. My son enjoyed and was asking what is this amma...

Ingredients for dough
Maida - 1 cup
Omam/Ajwain/Carom seeds - 1 tblspn
Oil/ghee - 1 tspn
Salt
Oil for deep frying.

Stuffing
Potato Masal- As required(click here for recipe) I used the left over potato masal.



Preparation Method
Mix maida, ghee/oil, omam, salt with little water to make a dough. Rest it for half n hour.
Heat oil in a kadai/wok.
Knead well. Take little quantity of dough like lemon size and spread thinly with rolling pin to small circle. Cut with a lid to round shape. (Like poori)
stuff required quantity of potato masal, slowly close the edges to form a bag and press in centre. (You can take out extra dough on top if required)
Deep fry till golden brown.

Potato Bags are ready to serve. Serve hot with Green chutney or Ketchup. This can be a party starter and snack recipe. Kids will surely love it.


This recipe along with Potato Cutlet is going to Crazy for Potatoes by Sowmya and Pari.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Murungaillai | Drumstick leaves Pakoda(Medhu/Soft version)

Again this recipe was for my son to feed him Murungaillai/Drumstick leaves which is very rich in iron. This was very tasty and delicious.


Ingredients
Gram flour(Besan) - 2 cups
Onion - 2 cups(chopped)
Tender Murugaillai/Drumstick leaves - 1  cup
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn or Green chilli - 2nos
Curry leaves - few
Ginger - 1 tspn(chopped)
Jeera/Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tspn
Cooking Oil for deep frying
Salt as required
Preparation Method
In a bowl put gram flour, red chilli powder, salt and mix well.
Add chopped onion, drumstick leaves and curry leaves and mix.
Sprinkle little water and make a slight thin batter.
Heat oil in pan for deep frying.
Take small portions in a spoon and drop in hot oil carefully in med-low heat.
Slowly and deep fry on all sides.
Remove it on absorbant paper when its turning light golden brown.

Serve hot Murungaillai Pakoda as it is or with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Homemade Oma Podi /Sev | Step-by-Step Diwali Recipe!!!

Oma Podi / Sev is a simple and tasty fried savory. It tastes great as it is and widely used in chaats and mixture. Its aromatic with Omam/Ajwain/Bishop weed. This is popular in all sweet and savory shops in India. This is my kids and in-laws favourite as its not spicy.

This recipe is taught by my in-laws.

Step-by-Step Photos





















Testing the flow






Recipe
Ingredients
Kadalai Maavu/Besan/Chickpea Flour - 4 cups
Rice flour - 1 tablespoon
Omam/Ajwain/Bishop Weed - 2 tspns
Salt as required
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method
Soak Omam in water for 1 hour and then boil it with water to get Omam water. Allow it to cool. This is for mixing the dough.
Then filter the water and keep.
In a wide vessel, put kadalai maavu, salt and mix with omam water as required to a soft dough. Make equal portions of the dough.(1tablespoon rice flour to get crispy)
Heat oil in a kadai/wok, take a small portion of the dough, put in murukku/omapodi nazhi/hand press gadget.
Press in the hot oil fully in a circle wide.
Let it cook, turn around and deep fry.
Take it on a tissue paper and just press by hand and make small pieces.




Homemade Oma Podi is ready. I love this with sambar rice and rasam rice.


























Notes :
- Do not put the whole omam as it will block the holes of the murukku nazhi/ gadget.
- Use the fine and small hole sevva nazhi.
- Adding Rice flour(optional), it will be crispy.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Vegetable Cutlet!!!

I love Veg cutlets and always had at restuarants in Bangalore. We get good ones when we are on train to chennai. This one is my Father in laws speciality and it was so yummy. Thanks for teaching me Dad. I had previously posted Potato Cutlet checkout the post.

This is a perfect starter for parties.


Ingredients
Beetroot - 1/2 cup
Carrot -1/2 cup
Potato -1/2 cup (Boiled and mashed)
Green Peas -2 tspns
Kadalai Maavu/Besan - 2  to 3 tspns
Bread crums - 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn 
Garam Masala - a pinch
Onion - 1no
Curry leaves - few
Salt
Oil for deep frying


Preparation Method
Boil the potatoes and mash it. Keep it separately.
Chop all the vegetables into small pieces.
Cook all vegetables in pressure cooker except onion with very less water and salt for 2 whistles. Remove excess water. (If excess save it for soup and drink.)
Transfer it to a wide vessel. Slightly mash it when its hot.
Add kadalai maav/besan, onion, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala and make medium size balls.
Take in your palm slowly and firmly press once and coat bread crums on both sides. Don't over press, it may break while deep frying.
Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry till golden brown.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or enjoy as it is.


Notes:

- You can also shallow fry instead of deep frying.
- You can also bake.
- You can also add chopped green chilli, I didnt add as it will be spicy for my kid and my inlaws. 
- You can do it without onion also.
- You can also add Pudina/Mint leaves.

This recipe is going to Monsoon Medley Event by Sukanya and Serve it Fried by Denny and Krithika.

Friday, December 19, 2008

KaRjika (Somaasi) - Sweet

This sweet is prepared and made garland to offer to Lord Ganesh on Sankashta Chaturti day generally in Karnataka
Ingredients
Maida (All purpose flour) - 2 cups
Grated dry coconut - 1.5 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tspn
Vanaspati - 4 tspn
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method

In a sauce pan heat the vanaspati.
In a steel or glass bowl put maida and add the hot vanaspati.
Mix slowly since its vhot
Now add water and make a soft dough.
For stuffing
In a bowl, put grated dry coconut, sugar and cardamom powder mix well and keep aside.
Now make small balls and spread the dough like puris
Stuff this coconut mixer in the center and close the edges without leaving space.
Heat the oil in a pan and deep fry it on both sides. Keep in a low flame.
Karjika is ready to serve.

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