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Friday, April 17, 2020

Kara Paper Avalakki | Spicy Thin Rice flakes !


This is a very easy snack for coffee/tea time. I also add to my rasam rice. Its very tempting. This is mostly made in Karnataka. Sweet also is made

Let see the recipe.




Ingredients
Thin Rice flakes/Paper Avalakki/Aval - 1 packet

To season
Oil - 2 tablespoons
Mustard - 1 tspn (optional)
Groundnut - 3-4 tablespoons
Hing - 2 pinches
Garlic - few crushed with skin(optional)
Curry leaves - handful
Dry red chilli 4 nos 
chilli powder - 2 tspns (optional)
Turmeric powder - 1 tspns
Dry copra - slices(optional)
Sugar - 1 tspn(optional)
Salt

Preparation Method

Heat a kadai add oil, mustard, groundnut, chillies, curry leaves

Once mustard is crackling, garlic, add turmeric, chilli powder and mix for few minutes. 

Add the paper aval add salt, sugar and  mix well thoroughly to coat all seasoning. Check on salt and adjust if required.

Off the heat, let it cool a bit

Transfer to air tight container and store it.


Enjoy

Notes:

You can make without garlic.

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Papad Chaat!

An easy and quick chaat on weekends or for party can be put together in few minutes. Enjoy the tasty Papad Chaat.




Ingredients
Bhindu Appalam/small Papad - Toast or deepfried 
Onion - finely chopped 2 nos
Tomato - finely chopped 2 nos
Coriander leaves - finely chopped - 2 tblspn
Chaat masala - as required
salt - as required
green chutney - as required
sweet chutney - as required
Sev/Mixture for garnish
Puffed Rice - for garnish
Mashed Potato/peanuts/cucumber - optional if you have ready can add.




Preparation Method

Toast or deep fry the papad and keep
Keep everything ready.
At the time of serving start filling and keep ready otherwise it will be soggy.
I have made a batch with tomatoes.
Serve immediately.



Papad Chaat is ready to serve.



Also checkout some of the chaat recipes here.

Notes : You can use any papad here.


PS - Your feedback is appreciated. Do try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/) take a picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page. Thank you.




Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Instant Bread Vada/Vadai!

Are you bored eating bread? Bread vada is a very easy and delicious snack. You can make as starters for a party or a kids evening snack, you can make with or without onion. I had seen on TV long back in a cooking show.



Ingredients
Bread slices(white/brown) - 8 pieces
Rice flour - 1 cup or as required
Rava/semolina/sooji - 1/2 cup
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs finely chopped
Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoons finely chopped
Onion - 1 big finely chopped
Green chilli - 1 no(optional)
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
Salt
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method
Cut the sides of the bread.
Take 2 bowls, in one water and dip the bread pieces and squeeze water.
In another bowl put this bread and make a dough.
Add rice flour, rava, onion, g. chilli, curry leaves, coriander, r chilli powder and make a dough.
Heat oil in a kadai
Make small balls of the dough.
Just flatten like vada and deep fry both sides till brown.

You can fry like medhu vada or normal vada or any shape you desire.

You can also fry in appe pan if you dont want to deep fry.

Checkout my other bread recipes here 

PS - Your feedback is appreciated. Do try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/) take picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page.


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

DEEPFRIED RECIPES, BROCOLLI RECIPES, STARTER, SNACK, COFFEE/TEA TIME SNACKS, 

PS - Your feedback is appreciated. Do try recipe from (http://www.sarascorner.net/) take a picture and send it to me through Facebook message or mail me at simplysara07@gmail.com. Will be glad to add in my page Tried & Tasted album on FB or post on my page. Do follow me on Instagram id - saraswathiyer for more food stories and recipe ideas.Thank you.


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.

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