PAV BHAJI

"This is a very popular recipe in India, liked by almost everyone. You may have to go to a nearby Asian Indian store to get the 'Pav Bhaji Masala' that is the special spice to bring the flavor (Masala means spice). Pav is actually the buns. Bhaji is the vegetables cooked with spice.


Ingredients:

10 nos. Pav Buns / Dinner Rolls
1 Tomato Chopped
3 Onions Chopped
1 Bell Pepper Chopped
1 cup Boiled Potato Chopped
1 cup Boiled Mix Vegetables (cauliflower, carrots, egg plant, cabbage) Chopped
½ cup Green Peas Boiled
2 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala
1 tsp Red Chili Powder
¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
½ tsp Ginger Grated
½ tsp Garlic crushed
½ Lemon
Cilantro to garnish
Salt to taste
Vegetable Oil

Method

1. Set aside 1 chopped onion for garnishing.
2. Mash the mixture of potatoes and mix veg them coarsely.
3. Heat butter (or oil) in a pan and fry onion and ginger/garlic.
4. When onions turn translucent, add bell peppers and tomatoes.
5. Continue frying till it turns soft.
6. Now add Pav Bhaji Masala, chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and fry for another couple of minutes.
7. Now you can add the mashed vegetables.
8. Turn up the heat and continue stirring till everything is well incorporated. Take off the stove when the bhaji is thick.
9. Cut Pavs in half horizontally and lightly coat it with butter. Roast them on hot griddle just before serving.
10. Garnish Bhaji with chopped coriander leaves, chopped onions and a thin wedge of lemon.

CHAKRALU(muruku)

CHAKRALU OR JANTHIKALU AND ALSO WELL KNOWN AS CHAKLI OR MURUKU OR MURUKULU. A perfect South Indian tea time snack, which is famous for it's crunchy, crackling sound,PERFECT SNACK

INGREDIENTS :---
Rice flour --- 3 cups
Besan (senga pindi, chick pea flour) --- 1 cup
Oil – 2 tab sp
Vaamu (Ajwain, carom seeds) – 1 tea sp
Salt to taste
Red chili powder --- 1 tea sp
Oil for frying

METHOD:---
1. In a big bowl mix 2 flours, salt to taste, Red chili powder, vaamu mix well.
2. Heat 2 tab sp oil in a pan and add this oil to the flour mixture and mix with a spoon.
3. Now add enough water and knead in to soft dough
4. In the same time heat oil in a deep frying pan
5. Fix the disc with medium holes in the chakrala press ( muruku maker) and press on top of a polythene sheet.
6. Now lift them from the sheet and drop in to hot oil and fry till golden color in a very low flame.
7. If you fry them in a high flame they won't cook properly and become hard so fry them in a very low flame it will take time but result will be great and you can get yummy and crispy chakralu.
8. And one mere tip I want to share with you all is when you are pressing chakralu press them on the back side of a round ladle and slowly drop it with ladle this prevents oil burnings on your hand
Enjoy your snack.

PEANUT CHIKKI

Chikki is candy loved by indians all over. A universally popular snack form the western part of India, but made in a similar manner all over the country and even abroad. Chikkis are popular in Maharahtra, konkan region , gujrat and tamilnadu. but the method too remains same all everywhere.




Chikki is a traditional ready-to-eat Indian sweet made usually from groundnuts and jaggery.There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut chikki, u can also prepare with dry fruits for kids

It is nutritious & very good for health


Ingredients

2 tbsp Clarified Butter (ghee)
1 cup Groundnuts, skinned, roasted, pounded roughly
3/4 cup Sticky Jaggery

Directions

* Heat jaggery in 1/2 cup water till the syrup is hard ball consistency.
* Test its consistency by putting a drop in cold water -it should remain firm. Add groundnuts.
* Grease a board and spread the groundnut-jaggery mixture.
* Roll flat to 1 cm thickness.
* Cut into squares when sufficiently cool and hardened.
* Store in a container lined with butter paper.

POHA UPMA

Rice flakes are also known as beaten rice or flattened rice. It is made by parboiling rice and rolling them flat into flakes. poha upma is a simple and easy breakfast or light snack made within 15 minutes. can get poha packet in Indian Grocery

Ingredients:
2 cups rice flakes (atukulu, aval, poha)
1 onion (medium sized)
1 green chilly (serrano, jalapeno)
1 tablespoon roasted peanuts
1/4 tsp ginger powder
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp urad dal (white lentils)
1 tsp olive oil
5 curry leaves
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Pinch of hing (asafoetida)
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash the rice flakes, drain the water and set it aside. Finely chop the onions and green chilly.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal and curry leaves. Once the mustard pops up, add the hing, onions, green chilly and ginger powder. Saute it until the onions are transparent.

3. Season with salt and turmeric powder and stir till it looses the raw flavor. Add the rice flakes and few drops of water. Cover and cook for abt. 5 mins. Finally top it with peanuts and coriander leaves. Before serving add few drops of lemon juice

DOSA

What special in Dosa?(Do u think so)
OK
Here is the detail:this Dosa prepared with urad dal,rice flour.hmmm
with rice flour we get sofa dosa than soak rice,its easy to prepare

Ingredients:

lets prepare
1 tbsp Fenugreek seeds
as needed 0 Oil
2 cup Rice flour
as needed 0 salt
1 cup ural dal
as needed 0 water

Method
Take a bowl add ural dal, fenugreek seeds, wash and soke for 6 hrs.

After 6 hrs blend it into a fine paste

take another bowl add rice flour with water,should be little bit watery,add suffient water,so that we get fine batter,now add urad dal paste,mix both

keep it for ferment over night.

next day add salt and mix.

Heat tava pour the batter and spread it apply oil remove once it is gloden brown colour.
Serve Dosa with my chutney(can see in this blog)
it tastes Yummy,Try it u get the same taste

My brother is very fond of this DOSA

Egg Fried Rice/Egg rice

This egg fried rice recipe is a super quick, simple and tasty dish. It is pretty versatile in that you can add pretty much anything that you want to it. You can add any vegetables to this rice. I also added egg for more flavor.




Ingredients

Cooked long grain rice - 3 cups(basmati rice)
onions - 2 chopped
tomato - 1 chopped
Eggs - 3
Soy sauce - 3 teaspoons
Vegetable oil - 2 spoons
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tablespoon
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 green chillies

Directions

Cook the rice with enough water. If using refridgerated rice, bring it to room temperature.
In a wok or pan, add the oil and add cumin seeds,onions,green chillies,saute it for 1 min,add ginger garlic paste,after 1 min till the raw flavor went away,add soy sauce, add chopped tomatoes,then garam masala,salt,pepper.
now scramble eggs in a bowl,whisk it and add to the onion,tomato mixture in the pan.fry it till egg is cooked.
At this point add rice mix all the ingredients together,toss together until the rice gets heated and turns crisp.

Garnish with coriander leaves,serve hot as it is or with ketchup or suitable dish

CHILLI CHICKEN

Here is yet another hot chicken favorite of My Indian recipe - the chilly chicken. Chicken being the common meat we have at home, we learned that kids have a special liking towards chicken dishes when compared to goat/lamb/beef meats perhaps due to its succulent tenderness than a tough, chewy mess.




Ingredients:
Chicken – ½ kg, boneless, cut into 1-inch pieces
Onion – 2, medium size, finely sliced
Ginger – ½ inch size, finely chopped and crushed
Garlic – 2 beads, finely chopped and crushed
Tomato – 1, big size, fully ripe, pureed; or alternatively use 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce
Green chillies – 3, medium size, medium hot, finely chopped
Capsicum - 1, sliced length-wise
Red chilly powder – 1 teaspoon
Black pepper powder – ½ teaspoon
All purpose flour – 2 tablespoons
Soya sauce – 3 teaspoons
Vinegar – 2 teaspoons
Salt – ½ teaspoon
Oil – 1 tablespoon

Method: Mix well the flour, chilly powder, black pepper powder, soya sauce, vineger, tomato puree, ginger, garlic, and salt. Add the chicken pieces to this marinade and marinate it covered for 2-4 hours in a refrigerator. Heat oil in a fry pan and when the oil is very hot, add the onions and saute till slightly golden. Add the marinated chicken pieces and capsicum and saute on low heat for 30 to 35 minutes or until the chicken is tender taking care not to burn the chicken pieces by stirring continually. Sprinkle a litte hot water only whenever needed while cooking. Serve it hot garnished with onion rings, lemon wedges, tomato slices, and/or fresh green chillies as a main entrée or as appetising snacks. Enjoy!

CHEESE CHILLI TOAST

The great snack for entire family,kids enjoy it a lot.very easy to prepare,takes 10 min for process


Ingredients:

2 number Bread slices
1 cup cheese
1 tbsp cream OR milk
4 number green chilli
as needed 0 red chilli powder or paprica
as needed 0 salt
2 number Tomatoes

Directions:

take a bowl add cheese, green chillies finely chopped, salt, cream mix well then add tomatoes chopped take out the seeds.

Now take bread slices roast the bread slightly then spread the cheese mixture evenly.

put in the oven in broil mode or in a convention mode till you get the colour.

CHICKEN CURRY

this is a tasty chicken of Indian cuisine


Ingredients:
1 tbsp coriander,cumin powder
1000 grams chicken
1 tbsp garam masala
2 tbsp garlic paste
2 tbsp ginger paste
200 grams green chilli
200 ml mastered oil
300 grams onions
3 tbsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp turmeric powder
10 leaf gongura
2 number tomato(finely chop)

Directions:
First Clean the chicken and cut it into 10-12 small pieces.
Add Mastered oil(100 ml),red chilli powder, turmeric powder to the chicken pieces and mix it well upto 5-10 mins.add gongura leaf.
Heat 100 ml oil in a large thick bottomed non stick pan.
Add the onion, and fry the onions till they are golden brown.
Then add the garlic paste & garlic paste & fry for another 3 minutes.add tomato,gongura leaf.cook it for 3 min
At this point we can add half cup water so as to make the onions more pulpy. Now add the chicken pieces.
Fry it for approximately 15-20 minutes untill chicken boiled 70%.
Add a large cup of water. Stir once in a while.
After approximately 10 minutes add Green Chilli & Garam Masala.
Now boil it for another 10 mins & turn off the heat.
stir it once and transfer the chicken into a serving bowl. this is not gravy,can eat with rice.

CHICKEN NUGGETS

Try this as a snack really u loves it,spicyness depends on your interest,
chicken smell,taste awesome if it is spicy..






Ingredients:

1 1/2 tsp Vinegar
1/3 cup All-Purpose Flour (Maida)
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 pounds Boneless Chicken Tenders
to fry Cooking Oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup Water

Directions:
1) Cut chicken into nugget-size pieces, about 1 x ½ inch.

2) Put oil in deep fryer or put about 2 to 3 inches in a Dutch oven; heat to 360°.

3) Mix flour with salt in a small bowl. Mix vinegar with baking soda. Add vinegar mixture and water to the flour mixture; beat until smooth.

4) Dip chicken pieces into batter; allow excess batter to drip off into the bowl. Fry chicken nuggets, 4 to 6 at a time, until golden brown, or about 4 minutes for each batch.