Potato Masala Ingredients: Boiled potatoes- 4(medium size) onion- 1 (medium,sliced) tomato-1 (medium,chopped) ginger- few bits green chillies- 5(chopped) turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp curry leaves water salt
Procedure: Heat oil in kadai and splutter mustard seeds, urad dal and channa dal. Add onions,chillies,ginger,turmeric powder and curry leaves. Then put tomatoes and cook till soft. Now add mashed potatoes ,required salt and water. Bring to a boil. Serve with hot poori.
Poori: Ingredients: Atta - 1 cup salt- as reqired water oil- 1tsp
Procedure: Mix all with required water until you get a nice soft & thick dough. Take out small balls of the dough and spread it using a rolling pin. Puri has to be a little thick than what we do for chappathi. Heat oil in kadai and deep fry pooris.
Note: Now that I know how to make dough , I never measure the amount of water I use. Next time I will measure it and update it in this posting.
Yes...You might have guessed it right. Kothu parotta is my next post. With parottas and chalna in hand what better dish can I think of? So, here you go ...the recipe of my all time favorite.
Procedure: Heat oil in kadai and fry pattai and cloves. Then add onions, ginger garlic paste, chillies,turmeric & curry leaves.When the onion gets cooked add tomato. saute for sometime. Then add parotta and fry for a minute. Now add eggs,salt and pepper. Blend everything together. When the egg is almost done add chalna and break eveything into small pieces using two spatulas. Check for seasonings. Finally add corriander leaves.
Ingredients Potato , Beans, Carrot, Green peas - 3 cups chopped Onion - 1/2 chopped Green chilly - 3 to 4 Ginger/ garlic paste - 1/2 tsp Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp Cilantro
Method 1. Wash and chop all the vegetables into equal sizes except green peas. 2. Heat little oil in a pan, add the chopped onion , green chilly and ginger garlic paste and fry until soft. Add turmeric powder. 3. Add the chopped vegetables and saute it until the vegetables become soft. Finally add the garam masala, cilantro and salt. Turn off the heat and let the vegetables cool. Mash it coarsley and make small balls.
For the batter. Gram Flour / kadalai Mavu - 1 cup Rice Flour - 1/4 cup Red chilly powder - as per ur taste Baking Soda a pinch (optional) Salt
Mix all the ingredients together by adding enough water make a thick batter. Dip each vegetable balls in the batter and deep fry until brown and serve with coconut chutney or green chutney. Good tea time snack. Makes 8 to 10 bondas.
1/2 cup split black gram (urad dal) 1/2 cup red gram (tuar dal) 1/2 cup chickpeas 1 cup grated coconut 2 cups parboiled rice tsp salt 6 green chillies, chopped 10 dried red chillies, broken into small pieces 1 sprig curry leaves A small piece of asafoetida soaked in a little warm water (or 1/4 tsp powdered asafoetida) tbsp ghee or gin gelly oil
Method Kuli Paniyaram:-
Ingrediants:-
Finelly chopped Onion -1 medium onion Finelly chopped Green Chillies - 4 Finelly chopped Curry and Corinder Leaves - 1 1/2tbsp Mustard seeds - 3/4tsp Urad dal - 1tsp
Method:-
1) Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and curry leaves and allow it to crackel
2) Then add the chillies and onions and sauté for a few minutes.
3) Add this sautéed mixture to the idli batter and mix well.
4) Heat the Kuli Paniyaram Chatti and add little oil in each hole and pour 1 spoon of batter in each hole.
5) Cook them on both the sides.
FriedGram Chutney:-
For Chutney:-
FriedGram - 1 cup Greenchillies - 4-5 Garlic - 3-4 pods Tamarind - a small grape sized Salt - To taste
For Tadaka:-
Oil- 1tsp Mustard seeds - 1/4tsp Curry leaves - 5-6leaves Urad dal - 1/4tsp Hing - a pinch
Method:- 1) Grind togther all the ingrediants for the chutney to a smooth paste along with the salt. 2) Do the tadaka and add it to the chutney. 1. Soak black gram, red gram and chickpeas for at least 3-4 hours. 2. Grind all three together. 3. Add coconut and grind again. 4. Add the remaining ingredients except ghee/oil. Mix well. 5. Form small balls, the size of limes or ping-pong balls, and place on small squares of greaseproof paper or on an oiled piece of banana leaf. Press to form a little flat cake. 6. Heat a skillet or heavy non-stick pan, greased with a little oil. 7. Cook the 'pancakes' one at a time, perforating each with the edge of the cooking spatula to cook thoroughly. Turn over. Dribble a few drops of ghee/oil and turn over once more. 8. Remove and serve warm.
