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28 December 2016

NYLON KHAMAN DHOKLA

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups besan
1  1/2 tbs rava
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp ginger-green chili paste
1 tsp lemon juice
3 tsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp fruit salt (eno)
pinch asafoetida
few curry leaves
1 tsp chopped green chillies
coriander leaves for garnishing
green chutney to serve
salt to taste

Method

Combine besan, rava, sugar, ginger-green chili paste, lemon juice, salt with 3/4 cup water in a deep bowl and mix well using a whisk to get a smooth batter
Just before steaming, add fruit salt and mix lightly.
Pour the mixture immediately to a greased thali and spread by rotating the thali clockwise.
Steam in a steamer for 10-12 minutes or till dhokla are cooked. Keep aside.
Heat oil  in a nonstick pan and add mustard seeds.
When seeds crackle, add asafoetida, curry leaves, green chillies and saute on medium flame for 30 minutes.
Remove from flame , add 1/2 cup water and mix well.
Pour the tempering over prepared dhoklas and spread it evenly.
Cut into pieces, and garnish with coriander leaves and serve with green chutney.

30 November 2016

DOSA BATTER PAKODA


Ingredients

1 cup leftover dosa batter
1-2 tbsp flour
1 small onion finely chopped
3-6 green chillies finely chopped
1 tsp grated ginger
Few coriander leaves finely chopped
few curry leaves finely chopped
salt as per taste
pinch baking soda
Oil for frying

Method

Combine all the above ingredients in a  vessel and mix well.
Check salt and you can reduce or add chillies according to your spice level.
Heat a kadai with oil for deep frying the pakodas.
The batter should be little looser than pakoda batter.
Drop small portions of batter in the oil and fry in medium flame till light golden in colour and serve it hot with coconut chutney .

24 November 2016

BABY CORN 65




Ingredients

Baby corns (sliced into half) – 12 to 15 ( I used can baby corn )
1 bunch Coriander leaves
2 sprigs Curry leaves
2 Green chili finely chopped
Ginger  small piece finely chopped
5-8 Garlic cloves
Salt as per taste
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder  (You can use any red chili powder. But to give more color, we are using Kashmiri red chili powder instead of an artificial food color).
1/4 cup Rice Flour
1 tbsp All-purpose Flour
1 tbsp Corn Flour
1tsp  Lemon Juice
1 tbsp Curd
 Cooking oil for deep frying.


Method

First, boil the baby corns by adding some water into a pan.
When the water is boiling, add a pinch of salt and then I’m going to add the sliced baby corns into hot water and I’ll boil them for two to three minutes.When the baby corns are boiled, keep them aside.
Next, prepare the batter for frying the baby corns. 
Add coriander leaves, curry leaves, one green chili , ginger and garlic. If you want more spiciness, you can add more of green chilies.
Blend them together and make into a rough grounded paste.
Add the paste to a mixing bowl, add garam masala powder, add ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder. You can always adjust your spice level. Again, you can use any red chili powder. But to give more colour, we are going to use Kashmiri red chili powder because I don’t like to add food colour.
Add rice flour, add all-purpose flour, add salt as per taste and mix them all.
Add lemon juice, add 1 tablespoon of curd and mix all ingredients to make it a nice thick smooth batter. 
You may have to add little bit of water as well because the batter shouldn’t be neither too thin nor thick. 
Drop all the babycorn pieces into the batter. 
Pour cooking oil on a pan and heat it on a medium flame.
When the oil is hot enough, add the babycorn mixed with batter into the hot oil.
Fry them for at least two to three minutes until they are brown colour. Don’t try to flip them around as soon you put them into the hot oil, because they masala batter may come off.
The fried babycorns are ready. Keep them aside.
Your BabyCorn 65 is ready.
Enjoy this crispy and crunchy recipe.