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Showing posts with label Snacks. Show all posts

Macaroni Salad

by 11:34 PM

Macaroni 1 cup (boiled)
Cucumber 1 Diced
Tomato 1
Oil 1 tbsp
Salt ½ tsp
Black pepper ½ tsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Coriander 2 tbsp
Green chillies (optional)
you can also add Boiled potatoes and Olives

Method:
Take a bowl, add boiled macaroni and vegetables pieces. In Small bolw mix lemon, pepper(black), Salt and
oil.
Then add this mixture into macaroni. Mix Well.
Garnish With Coriander.

Matar Poha

by 6:32 AM


INGREDIENTS

2 cups  Thick Poha
1/2 cup Frozen Peas
Chopped Onion - 1
Green Chilies (optional) - 2 slit
1/2 tablespoon Grated ginger (optional)
2 tablespoon Oil
Curry leaves - few
A pinch of Hing/ Asafoetida
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
Red Chili 1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice - to sprinkle on top
Salt to taste

Chopped cilantro leaves - to garnish

How to make Matar Poha : -
Method
1. Wash poha and drain completely.Set aside for 5 - 10 minutes .
2. Heat oil in a pan, once hot, add the mustured seeds and allow to splutter.
3. Add green chilies and asafoetida and saute for a few seconds.
4. Add Onion and ginger(optional). cook until onion turn pink.
5. Add the green peas and saute for 3 mints on low flame. Now you can add peanuts(roasted) and cook for 2 - 3 mints
6. Mix all spices except sugar and lemon juice.

7. add the soaked poha and fresh coriander leaves and mix well. Add sugar and place lid to cook on low flame for 5 mts. Sprinkle little water if required.


          Add garam masala and lemon juice and mix well. Turn off flame and serve warm.

Veg Macaroni - Indian Style

by 4:22 AM


Ingredients for Vegetable Macaroni Recipe
Macaroni - 1 cup
Capsicum - 1
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1 Large
Carrot - 1
Green chilly - 1 (finely chopped)
Tomato sauce - 3 to 4 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

Green coriander - 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Red chilly powder - less than 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste
Ginger paste - 1 tsp

How to make Macaroni in Indian Style :- 
1. Take a medium or large pot, boil 3 cups of water. Add salt, and Macaroni.
2. Cook for 10 to 15 mints. Stir at regular intervals.
3. Heat oil in a pan, add ginger paste. Suate for while.
4. Add Onions, fry until they turn pinkish.
5. Add remaining vegetables and cook for 2 - 3 mints
6. Add salt, red chilly powder, Tomato sauce.
7. Stir well and fry for 5 - 6 mints.
8. Now add Cooked macaroni and toss well
9. Add Coriander leaves and serve hot


Vegetable toast

by 9:56 PM


Ingredients:
Bread - 4 slices
Medium boiled potatoes - 3-4
1 cup finely chopped vegetables (Onion, Capsicum, Tomatoes etc.)
Red chilli powder ½ tsp
Chaat masala ½ tsp
Salt to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped green chillies and ginger (optional)
Chopped corianderleaves
oil for shallow frying

Method:

Mash the boiled potatoes. Add all the vegies, spices and coriander to the mashed potatoes. (salt as per taste)
Take a bread slice and cut it in the desired shape. (rectangle or circle etc)
Spread mixture on both sides of the bread.
Heat a non-stick pan - add little bit of oil.
Cook on both sides till golden brown.

Serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

Aloo Chat

by 9:28 AM
(image: from web)


Ingredients

Potatoes/aloo - 2 medium sized, peeled
Cumin powder - ½ tsp, roasted
Chaat masala powder - 1 tsp
Red chili powder/lal mirch powder - 1/2 tsp
Dry mango powder/amchur - 1 tsp (optional)Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
rock salt or sendha namak to taste
Water to boil
Coriander or Mint leaves for garnishing the potatoes
Oil for shallow frying or deep frying.


Instructions:

1. Parboil the potatoes in a pressure cooker or pan in water(add salt in water)
2. Once the potatoes become warm, then peel  and dice them (into large dice 3/14 or 1 inch).
3. Shallow or deep fry the diced potatoes(as per your requirement).
4. Drain on paper napkin.
5. In a bowl, add all the spice powders and salt to the potatoes.
6. Toss the potatoes to coat evenly.

7. Some lemon juice on the potatoes.

Garnish with coriander leaves or mint leaves.

Pin wheel Samosa

by 12:57 AM

Ingredients:

For Filling:

    potatoes - 4 medium boiled peeled and roughly mashed
    1/2 cup green peas boiled
    1 teaspoon cumin seeds
    1 tablespoon green chili finely chopped
    2 teaspoons coriander powder
    1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper
    1/2 teaspoon garam masala
    1 teaspoon mango powder
    Salt, adjust to taste
    2 tablespoons cilantro finely

For Dough :

    1 cup all purpose flour (maida)
    2 tablespoons fine sooji
    1/2 salt
    3 tbsp oil
    Water

Method :

Dough:

    1. Mix flour, salt, and oil. Add water to make soft dough.
     2. Cover the dough with a damp cloth. at least 15-20 minutes.

Now for Filling for Samosa

    1. Mix all the ingredients for filling.
    2. Divide the filling in 2 parts.

For Pinwheels
1. Knead the dough for a minute.
2. Divide dough into two equal parts and roll ....  equal diameter.
3. Spread one part of the filling evenly over one of the rolled dough, slightly press it.
4. Roll the sheet gently. Use a little water to seal the end of the sheet.
5. With a sharp knife slice the both ends then slice the log into ½ inch .

6. Mix the 3-4 tablespoons all purpose flour and  1/4cup water to make a thin batter.
7. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
8. Dip them in the batter one at a time and drop them slowly into the hot oil.
9. Fry the pinwheels until both sides are golden-brown.

Serve with chutney or sauce.

Moong dal fingers / Kebab

by 2:11 AM

Ingredients:

1 cup dhuli moong -soaked in water for 3-4 hours 
Adrak / ginger - 2 tsp
Green chillies - 2 
Onion - 1 large
Coriander leaves - tbsp
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Red chilli - 1 tsp
Chat masala
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup


Method:

1. Soak the dal for atleat 4-5 hours. 
2. Drain and set aside.
3. Grind the dal with ginger and green chillies. Dont make smooth paste.
4. In a bowl mix dal paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, chat masala, coriander leaves, lemon juice and Onion
5. Mix all together.
6. Now add the bread crumbs and mix well. (add water if required)
7. divided the mixture into equal portions and shape them in fingers.
8. Deep fry them till they become golden brown.
Drain on absorbent paper.

Serve hot with chutney. I personally like with mooli ka lacha and green chutney.




Batata Vada

by 2:29 AM

Ingredients :


  • Boiled potatoes peeled and  mashed  (4-5)
  • Oil for deep frying
  • Green chillies and ginger (crushed)
  • 1/2 tsp Garam masala
  • 2 tbsp Cashew nuts
  • 2 tbsp Raisins
  • 1 tbsp crushed whole Coriander Seeds,
  • Black pepper and
  • Fennel seeds
  • Lemon juice
  • Finely chopped coriander
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • pinch of Hing ( aseafoetida) 
  • Salt to taste
 Batter :
 •200 g gram flour (Besan)
 •Salt to taste

Method:-


  • Add 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and hing, when splutters, add crushed chillies and ginger.

  • Fry them for few seconds, and than add cashews and raisins. Add mashed potato, salt(according to your taste) and mix very well.
  • Turn off the heat, add lemon juice.
  • Mix well and let it cool.
  • Now divide potato mixture into a equal size balls.

  • Mix salt with the gram flour, add soda water (optional) and mix very well. Batter should be medium thick.Leave it aside for 5-6 minutes.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan for deep fry.
  • Dip potato balls into a batter and fry into hot oil till light golden brown.
  • Remove from the oil.
Serve hot with green chutney or Sauce .

Oats and Rice Flour Pancake

by 7:57 AM

Oats and Rice Flour Pancake

Ingredients

  • Oats - 1 cup of dry roasted (quick cooking oats)
  • Rice flour - 3/4 cup
  • wheat - 1/4 cup ( I prefer to use Wheat flour, but you can also use Maida / all purpose flour)
  • Salt to taste
  • Green chilies - 2, finely chopped
  • Ginger - 1 tsp, grated
  • Curry leaves few 
  • Coriander leaves - 2 tbsps chopped
  • Onion - (optional)
  • capsicum - 1 (optional)
  • Buttermilk/ yogurt - 1/2 cup (sour preferably)
  • Water as required (3 cups approx)
  • Oil as required to cook


Method :


1. Mix all the above ingredients except oil and let the batter sit for 10-15 mints.
2. Pre-heat an nonstick tawa on high for a minute.
3. Drizzle some oil on tawa  and than pour a ladle full of batter. spread in circulat motions.
4. Drizzle 1-2 tsps of oil along the edge pancake. reduce the heat to medium high and let pancake cook for few mints..
5. Turnaround the pancake and cook other side also. Turn off the heat
Serve hot with chutney


Matar Kulcha

by 12:38 AM





Ingredients :

Matar - 1 cup
Salt (to taste)
black salt (to taste)
Onion - 1 Big (Chopped)
Tomoto - 1 (Chopped)
1 tablespoon cumin seed - powdered
fresh coriander
ginger finely chopped
green chilies - 2 finely chopped
tamarind pulp - 2 tbsp
lemon juice











Method:


  • Wash and soak matar in about 3 cups of water overnight. 
  • In pressure cooker add matat with 2 or 2 1.2 cup of water with salt.
  • As pressure start steaming.. slow down the heat to low flame for 8- 10 mints.Turn off the heat.
  • Mix Onion, tomato, green chillies, cumin powdered, ginger, tamarind & lemon juice. add salt, black salt, red chillies, and coriander.
  • Now mix matar. .. matar should be soft and tender.
  • Serve with Kulcha's


Bread Rolls

by 5:50 AM


Ingredients:

Potatoes (boiled and mashed) - 2
Bread Slices  8-10
Coriander leaves finely chopped
Green chilies (chopped)
Red Chili powder to taste
Garam Masala powder
Oil for frying


Method:  
  1. Add red chili powder, gram masala, green chilies, salt(to taste) and coriander leaves to the mashed potatoes, mix well
  2. Take some water in a bowl and dip a bread slice for few seconds (you can remove bread outer layer...)
  3. Squeeze the water from the bread by pressing between palms gently.
  4. Place a potato mixture over the damp bread and roll it and and seal the edges of the bread.
  5. Heat oil in a kadhai and deep fry on medium flame till golden brown.
Serve hot with green chutney and tomato sauce.


Channa Dal Vada / Vadai

by 1:12 AM



Ingredients:

Channa Dal
Salt to taste
Onion - 1
green chillies - 2
Curry leaves - few
Coriander powder
REd chilli powder
Oil for deep fry

Method:

1) Wash Channa dal and soak it in for 2-3 hours.
2)  when dal is soaked well, drain the excess water and grind it coarsely without adding water. If required, you can add 1 or 2 tbsp of water.
3) Mix the ingredients given above in dal/vada paste
4) Add salt and mix well.
5) Heat oil in a frying pan/Kadai.
6) When the oil is hot, take a small quantity of dal in your hand and press it well in your palm to form a small vada.
7) Gently lower these vaada in the oil. Fry them until they become golden brown.
8) Once fried, remove these vadas from oil.
9) Serve these patty's hot with chutney or sauce.





Uralai Chops

by 12:14 AM
Uralai Chops

Ingredients:


Potatoes,peeled Sliced into Rounds 2
Rice flour                  2 tablespoons
Turmeric powder         1 teaspoon
Green chillies,finely chopped 1
Ginger paste         1 teaspoon (optional)
Coriander powder          1 1/2 tablespoons
Red chilli powder          1/2 teaspoon
Oil 3-4 tablespoons + for shallow frying
Salt to taste
Curry leaves


Method:



Parboil the potato rounds with a little turmeric powder, salt and 1 1/2 cups water. 
Mix together green chilies, ginger paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder and 3 tbsps oil and mix well. Add Rice floor and little water to make a paste. Then potatoes

Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add the potato slices and curry leaves and shallow fry.

Serve with green chutney. 


Moong dal Pakora / Urad dal pakora

by 10:45 AM

Ingredients :
Urad Dal  - Soaked
Jeera
Green chillies - 1-2
chopped Onions - 1
Coriander Leaves - few
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Moong dal - Soaked
Jeera
Green chillies - 1-2
chopped Onions - 1
Coriander Leaves - few

Method:

1. Wash and soak the dals - Separately, then blend to a corse.
2. Add all ingredients to urad and moong dal paste.
3. Heat the oil in deep frying pan .... Place about 1 tablespoon of batter into the oil. Fry until golden-brown 

Serve hot with Tamarind chutney.






Dahi Bhalla

by 9:40 AM


Ingredients :

Urad Dal                      - 250gm (Soaked for 3-4 hrs)
Raisins, Roated Kaju  
Salt to taste
Jeera (roasted)

Jeera powder
Red chilli

Oil to fry
Tamarind Chutney


Method :

1. Wash and soak  dal for 3-4 hours. Grind it to make a smooth paste.
2. Whisk the paste and add salt n roasted jeera.
3. Heat the Oil in deep frying pan.
4.  Now take tablespoon of the mixture on your palm, place some filling in the centre.
5. Close the sides and put them into kadai (hot oil)
6. Fry them on meduim high untill they become golden brown.


For Dahi Bhalla:

7. Dip the Bhalla into some warm water for few mints.
8. Gently squeeze water from bhallas and place them on plate.
9. Put beaten dahi on it. Sprinkle some jeera powder, salt, red chilli powder and tamarind chutney.

Sprout Chatpati chat

by 6:27 AM



Ingredients:

Sprout dal - 1 cup 
Sev Bhujia 2 tbsp
Green chillies chopped (optional) - 1-2 
Onion chopped -1
Tomato - 1
Salt to taste
Fried round papri 
Lime Juice - 1/2 tbsp

Coriander leaves for Garnishing

2 tbsp Tamarind sweet Chutney (suit to taste)

1 tbsp Green Chutney


Method:

1. Heat the pan, put sprout and salt to taste. Cook them untill they become little soft.
2. Switch off the gas, add onion, tomato(Chopped), green chillies, papri, bhujia.
3. Mix them well
4. Add lime juice
5. Add tamarind chutney and green chutney.
6. Garnish it with green coriander leaves

Note : you can add Chat Masala, red chilli powder.

Semiya/Vermicelli Upma

by 2:06 AM
Ingredients:
Vermicelli - 1 1/2 Cup
Onion - 1 medium (finely chopped)
Green Chillies- 2 (finely Chopped)
Curry leaves -  5-6
Cashews - 8-10 optional
Channa Dal - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1.2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 1 tbsp
Water - 3 cups
Method:
1. Heat a pan and add 1 tsp of oil and roast semiya until golden brown in medium flame.

2. In the pan, add oil
3. Add cumin seeds and let them crack. Add channa dal & urad Dal and roast until golden brown now add onion and green Chillies, curry leaves and sauté until Onion becomes golden brown
4. Add cashews and sauté for a minute, now add water, salt. Once the water starts boiling add roasted semiya slowly and mix well. Cook in low flame until all the water evaporates or semiya is cooked. 
Garnish with Coriander Leaves and serve with green chutney or tomato sauce.

Enjoy .!!!!!!

Channa Jor Garam

by 1:55 AM
Ingredients:

Black Chickpeas- 1 cup (boiled)
Chopped Onion - 1 large
Lemon Juice - 1/2 tbs
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tbs
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tbs
Chilli Powder - 1tbs
Chat Masala - 1/2 tbs
Salt - a pinch
Oil - 1 tbs
Coriander Leaves

Method:

1. In a pan heat oil, add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter. Now chopped onion and fry for a min.
2. Add boiled channa, give a good stir and cook for a min.
3. Add all the masala powders, salts mix well and cook for 3-4 mins.
4. Add lemon juice, stir well and off stove. Garnish with chopped onion and Coriander Leaves.


Sabudana Tikki (Sago)

by 8:17 AM
Sabudana Tikki







1 cup Sabudana (Sago)
2 Potatoes boiled & mashed
1 cup Roasted Peanuts(Groundnuts) coasely powdered
Finely chopped Onion - 1
1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)
5 finely chopped Green chillies
1/4 cup Coriander leaves (Cilantro)
1 tblsp Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Vegetable Oil for Frying


Method:

  • Soak Sabudana with water to cover it for 2-3 hrs. Drain excess water.
  • Mix together Sao, mashed potato, lemon juice, roasted peanuts, coriander, Cumin seeds, salt & green chillies.
  • Make lemon sized balls & flatten slightly on your palm.
  • Apply little oil on your palms. Make tikki or cutlets.

    Heat the Tawa (non stick)
    Grease pan with little oil and add Tikki.... It should be golden and crispy. Serve hot with chutney.

Sabudana Tikki (for Kids)

by 3:12 AM

For Kids



Ingredients

Sago / Sabudana - 1 cup
Water to soak
Peanuts (roasted, crushed)
Onion (optional)
cumin powder
Salt

Method :

Wash sabudana lightly and soak it in water for 3-4 hours.
Boil and peel the potatoes.
Mix add potates and mash them evenly. Now add sabudana, finely chopped Onion, cumin, peanuts, and salt. Mix well.

Apply little oil on your palms. Make tikki or cutlets.

Heat the Tawa (non stick) (you can fry if you like in hot oil)
I personally avoid too much oil for kids

Grease pan with little oil and add Tikki.... It should be golden and crispy.


Sabudana Tikki are ready to serve.
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