Thursday, August 2, 2012

Cauliflower Pakoda(Baje)




Ingredients:

2 cups  cauliflower florets
A pinch asafoetida(hing)
1/4 tsp jeera(cumin seeds)
1 cup besan (gram flour)
1/2 tsp chilli powder
Salt for taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Oil


Method:

Keep the cauliflower florets in hot water with salt and turmeric powder till 5-10 mins..
Strain the water and keep aside
Make a batter from besan, asafoetida, chilli powder,jeera salt with little water.
The batter should not be too thick or too thin.
When the Cauliflower dipped in batter, it should hold a coating of batter.
Heat oil for deep frying.Drop the cauliflower florets in to oil.
Fry them until they turns golden brown

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Potato Stir fry








Ingredients:

    3 medium size potatoes cut into halves and then sliced thinly
    1/2 tsp mustard seeds
    1 tsp Chili powder  
    Salt for taste
    2 tbsp Oil
    Pinch of turmeric powder

Method:

    Heat the oil in a pan on a medium flame. Add the mustard seeds when its spluttering
    Add the chili powder
    Add the potatoes, tumeric powder and salt to taste and mix well.
    Cook till potato turns into golden brown color(until it fry)
  

Note: You can also try with Bhindi with same ingredients!!!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Bhindi Sambar




Ingredients:
   
1 cup toor dal(boiled)
2 cups bhindi(cut into medium slices)
2 Red chillies
1 tomato(chopped)
2 tsp Sambar powder
Jaggery small piece
Curry leaves
a pinch of hing
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
salt for taste
Oil
Coriander leaves

Method:

    Boil water and cook the toor dal( cook the toor dal in cooker also)
    Cook the bhindi and tomato with litte water
    add salt and jaggery
    Now add the cooked tool dal and simmer for a few more minutes
    add sambar powder and stir well for 5- 10 mins


For seasoning:

    Heat oil in a pan add musturds after splutter mustards  add red chillies, curry leaves, hing and
 keep frying  for  few minutes.
    Season the Bhindi sambhar with the above prepared tadka.
    Garnish with coriander leaves!!!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Biscuit Ambade


Ingredients

1 cup urad dal
4-5 curry leaves(chopped)
small piece ginger (chopped small pieces)
2-3 green chilies(chopped small pieces)
Oil for deep fry
Salt


Method

Soak urad dal for around 2 hrs
Grind the urad dal in smooth paste (with less water) the paste need not become very thin(soft)
Add curry leaves, ginger, green chillies and salt and mix well
Heat oil, drop small balls of the batter in hot oil and fry on a medium flame.
fry untill its turn become golden brown
Serve hot with green chutney.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Goli Baje





Ingredients

1 1/2 cup maida(all purpose flour)
2 tsp gram flour (besan)
3/4 cup  yogurt or buttermilk
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1 tsp finely chopped green chilies
3-4 finely chopped curry leaves
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sugar
Salt
Oil for deep fry
Water

Method

Mix all the ingredients into a dough, dough should not be very be very thick or very thin. Leave the dough for around 30mins.
Make small balls of the dough and drop into hot oil. Deep fry.
Serve hot with chutney.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Cauliflower Song(red curry)



1 cup chopped cauliflower(small size)
1 small chopped onion
6-7 Red chili(byadgi)
1 tsp Tamarind paste
salt for taste
oil
water

Method

Grind the red chili with tamarind in smooth paste
Heat a pan add oil fry chopped onion few mins add chopped cauliflower fry it 5- 10 mins add salt and grinded paste with little water cook 10 mins...

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Bread Masala


Ingredients


 Bread Slices 4-5

 Onion(small) 1
 Tomato 1/2
 Ginger Garlic paste 1 tsp
 Chili powder 1 tsp
 Garam masala powder 1 tsp
 Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
 oil
 salt for taste
 Tomato sauce 2 tsp
 Coriander leaves


 Method

Cut the  bread slices into small square pieces.
Heat oil in a pan.Add chopped onion fry it add  ginger garlic paste fry few mins after add chopped tomato and fry it.
Add  chilli powder, pinch of turmeric powder,garam masala powder, salt for taste and tomato sauce mix it well
Add the bread pieces and mix well
Garnish with coriander leaves.