Bread Pakoda

Ingredients


4-5 Bread Slices
1cup Gram Flour (Besan)
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Red chili powder
Water for batter
Oil for frying

Method

    Cut Bread slices into desired shapes
    In a bowl add gram flour, salt, chili powder and cumin seeds mix it.
    Now by pouring little water at a time make a smooth batter
    Heat oil in a Deep fry pan
    Dip bread piece in the batter and fry till crisp on medium flame.
    Serve with tamato sauce or chutney!!!
   

Tomato Bhath(Upma)

Ingredients

    Upma rava - 1cup
    Curry leaves
    2 Green chillies(chopped)
    Peanuts - 5
    Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
    1 small onion - chopped
    1 medium tomato- chopped
    Salt to taste
    2 cups water
    Pinch of turmeric powder
    Lime juice 1 tsp
    Chopped coriander

Method


    Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chillies. When the spluttering stops  add the  peanuts fry it
    Add the onion and tomatoes and fry 5 - 10 mins
    Add the water,lime juice, turmeric and salt to taste and bring to a boil.
    Add the upma rava stir constantly..
    cook till its done and Garnish with chopped coriander leaves!!!

Batata Vada(batata ambado)

  Ingredients

    2 Big potatoes ( boiled, peeled and mashed)
    3-4 curry leaves(chopped)
    1/2 tsp mustard seeds
    1/2 tsp urad dal
    2 green chili(chopped)
    coriander leaves(chopped)
    1/2 tsp turmeric
    1 tsp lemon juice
    oil for deep fry
    Salt to taste

Method

    Wash the potatoes and cook them in cooker
    After it has cooled, peel the skin, mash it in a plate and keep aside.
    Take a pan and heat oil. Add the mustard seeds,urid dal and curry leaves
    Add the mashed potato, turmeric powder and salt stir until everything is mixed.
    mix well and cook on simmer. Add the chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice, stir well. keep aside.

 Coating for the vada

    1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
    1 tsp red chili powder
    1/2 tsp baking soda
    1/2 tsp jeera
    Asafoetida(hing)
    Salt to taste
    water

 Method

    Take a bowl and mix all the above ingredients well.
    Add water to this mixture  and mixing it well until it becomes a smooth paste.(not too thick or thin)
   
    Heat sufficient oil in a pan for deep frying.
    Make small balls  from the stuffing  dip the ball into the batter and drop it into the hot oil.
    Fry it and then turn it around until it gets light golden brown color.
    Serve hot with green chutney or tomato sauce!!!

Misal Paav

Soak the 1 cup Green Peas in Water for Overnight
2 Tomatoes
1 onion
salt for taste
4 flakes of garlic
2 tsp Pav Bhaji powder
Oil
Salt for taste


Method

Green Peas, chopped onion and tomatoes with water cook it in cooker( 4 vessel)
after its cool take it from cooker and add salt cook for 10 mins
make a seasoning( phanna) of garlic and add 2 tsp Pav bhaji powder
and add that to misal curry!! Goes well with paav!!!

Cucumber Dosa(Tousali)

Ingredients

 1 cup Raw Rice
 1 cup Cucumber(grated)
 1/2 cup Coconut(grated)
 2 Green chili
 Ghee
 1/2 cup Jaggery
 Salt to taste
 Water


Method

Soak the raw rice about 2 hrs
Grind the rice, along with the coconut,green chili, jaggery to get a smooth even paste.
The batter should not be too thick..To the paste(batter) add grated cucumber and salt
On medium flame, heat a non-stick tava and apply ghee on that pour some batter over the hot tava and spread it evenly
Cover the dosa with a lid and cook both side over a slow flame till it becomes crisp and golden brown in color.
   

Mushroom Sukka

Ingredients

Mushrooms(sliced) - 2 Cups
Tomato(medium)chopped - 2
Onion(medium)chopped - 1
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Red chili(byadagi)  4-5
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon(small piece)
Garlic flakes  2-3
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Coriander seeds-3/4 tsp
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Method
Heat oil in the pan fry red chili ,cumin and coriander seeds,cloves and cinnamon.
grind the grated coconut with little water  and after add above fried ingredients with smooth paste finally add garlic and grind it
Take a pan add oil after it heat add curry leaves,chopped onion fry it few mins til onion turn into  brown color after add chopped tomato and mushrooms cook 10 - 15 mins in a medium flame 
after mushroom cooked add that masala and salt and cook till become the masala is thick.
Goes good with roti,chapati and rice!!!
 

Bhindi Masala

Bhindi sliced- 2 cups
 Tomatoes 2
 Onions 1
 Garam Masala 1 tsp
 Ginger-garlic paste 1 tsp.
 Red chilli powder 1 tsp.
 Coriander powder 1 tsp
 Jeera Powder 1/2 tsp
 Oil as needed
 Chopped Coriander leaves
 Salt for taste
 Cloves 2

Method

 Dice the onions
 Dice the tomotoes
 Slice Bhindi ( Okra) in long pieces.
 Heat the oil in pan and add the Bhindi pieces.  Fry them few mins
 Keep the fried bhindi aside..Heat oil in a pan. Add the  cloves after a minute add onions and fry them until light brown.
  Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry for one minute.  Add tomato pieces fry it few mins add  red chilli powder,garam masala,coriander and jeera powder  fry for 2 minutes. and salt, cover the pan and cook for a few minutes until tomatoes become soft. Add fried okra and mix slowly. Keep on heat for two more minutes..Garnish with coriander leaves!!!