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Showing posts with label Tidbits. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Mangalore bonda


Ingredients:

Maida -1 cup
Cooking soda - a pinch
Rice flour -1/4 cup
Thick curd -1/2 cup
Chopped onions-1/4 cup
Chopped coriander
Cumin -5 gm
Chopped Green Chilli-1 tbsp
Ginger -a small piece
Salt
Oil for frying


Method:

Take curd in a vessel.Cut Green Chilly, Ginger into small pieces.
Add salt, cumin, cooking soda, chilly, ginger pieces and mix.
Add maida and mix well.
When the batter is thick, add Rice flour.
Heat oil in a frying pan.Drop small balls of the batter in oil and fry them golden in medium heat.
It can be eaten with tomato or chilly sauce or coconut chutney.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Cauliflower Fry

Ingredients:
Cauliflour-1medium size
Onion paste-1/2cup
Tomato paste-1/2cup
Ginger garlic paste-1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Chilli powder-2tbsp
Turmeric powder-pinch
Corn flour-3tsp
Rice flour-2tsp
Oil for deep-frying
Method:
1.      Cut cauliflower into small pieces.
2.      Add salt, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, onion paste & tomato paste to the florets & let it sit for about 30mts.
3.      Just before frying add corn flour & rice flour mix well.

4.      Deep fry in oil on medium flame till golden brown.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Egg bajji


Ingredients

Hard boiled eggs -3

For the batter

Gram flour - 1 cup , Red chilli powder - 1 tbsp , Pepper – ½ tbsp,
Rice flour – ½ cup , Oil - Enough to deep fry , Water , Salt(as per taste)

Method


1. Boil eggs, remove shells and slice into half.
2. Mix the gram flour, rice flour, chili powder, pepper and salt with required quantity of water. Little by little.
3. Heat oil in a pan at medium heat only and dip the eggs in the batter
4. Deep fry on both sides till they turn into beautiful golden yellow.
5. Remove from heat and drain the oil.
6. Yummy Egg Bajji is ready to serve.
7. Serve hot with ketchup.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Samosa

Ingredients:
1 Cup all purpose flour 
• 2 tsp Butter 
• 1/2 Cup chopped onions 
• 1 Cup boiled, peeled and chopped potatoes 
• 1/2 Cup peas 
• 1 Green chilli 
• 1/2 tsp Ginger 
• 1/4 Cup chopped cilantro leaves 
• 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder 
• 1/4 tsp Baking soda 
• Salt to taste 
• Oil for deep frying

 Method:

Boil, peel and chop the potatoes.

Make a liquid of water and all purpose flour in a bowl.

Take two tablespoons of oil in a pan and heat it.

Add onions and chopped green chilli to it.

Add peas to it after frying for two minutes.

Cook for 3-4 minutes and add ground ginger, salt, red chilli powder and chopped potatoes at last.

Mix above ingredients well after turning off the heat.

Mix up all purpose flour, salt, baking soda and butter and make strong dough.

Make small balls of the dough and roll into thin circles of 5-6 inches.

Cut into half with the help of knife.

Smear liquid of all purpose flour and water on the sides and shape into cones.

Fill the cooked potato mix in the cones and close the sides.

Now heat the oil in a frying pan and when it is hot enough, put the samosas in it.

Fry them on medium heat till they turn golden brown.

Samosas are ready.

Serve them with chutney.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Potato kababs


Ingredients :

Potato - 1/4 kg
Bread - 7 slices
Chopped green chillies - 1 1/2 tbsp
Chopped Coriander and mint leaves - 2 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tbsp
Dhania powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tbsp
Rice flour - 3 tbsp
Salt - As required
Oil - Enough to fry.

METHOD:

1. Pressure cook potatoes. Peel and mash thoroughly when it is still warm.
2. Soak bread slices one by one in water and lift out immediately and add with mashed potatoes
3. Add all other dry ingredients.
4. Make balls and shape into kababs.
5. Deep fry in hot oil till crisp and brown.
6. Serve hot with sauce or chutney.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sago (Javvarisi) vadai

TO MAKE SAGO VADAI YOU NEED :
Sago – 1 cup
Small cooked and smashed Potato -1
Coriander-10nos
Chilly -2 or 3(chopped)
Lemon-half piece
Groundnut powder required quantity
Salt required quantity
Oil required quantity



METHOD:
1. Wash several times until water runs clear, and soak Sago in water only if needed just enough to cover it for 1 hour.
2. Add all the other ingredients given above and mix, adding little water only if needed to make a very thick batter.
3. Take a lemon sized balls on your palms, flatten thin like cutlets.
4. Heat oil, drop the cutlets gently and deep fry.
5. Drain on paper towels and serve with mint chutney.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Bread Fry


Ingredients: 

                       Bread - 3 slices
                       Gram flour - 1 cup
                       Chilli powder - 1 tsp
                       Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tsp
                       Oil for frying
                       Salt - 1/2 tsp


Method:
  1. Mix together gram flour, salt, chilli powder and asafoetida with water to make a loose batter.
  2. Cut the brown portions of the sides of the bread slices.
  3. Cut each slice of bread into four pieces.
  4. Dip each piece of bread into the batter and deep fry until it is fully cooked

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Cauliflower Fritters



 Ingredients:
·         Cauliflower-1
·         Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
·         Chilly powder-1/2 tsp
·         Garam masala Powder-1/2 tsp
·         Maida-1/2 cup
·         Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
·         Oil- required quantity
·         Salt- required quantity
  

Method:

Ø      Cut cauliflower into pieces. Then wash it.
Ø      Take vessel in that pour water, heat the water then add salt, turmeric powder.
Ø      After boiling the water add pieces of cauliflower, after that turn off stove, close it for 10 minutes.
Ø      Then spread the cauliflower in towel to drain the water.
Ø      Mix together maida flour, salt, chilly powder, garam masala powder with water to make loose batter.
Ø      Dip each piece of cauliflower into batter, then dip into bread crumbs and fry until it fully cooked
Ø      Serve with tomato sauce.