Kacchi Dabeli

A Snack item prepared by Swapna. This is a very tasty snack with a mixed taste of sweet, sour hot.

Ingredients

9-10 Pav/ Buns.
2 medium Potato (Boiled)
1/2 Cup Pomegranates seeds.
1 Onion sliced in to small pieces.
1/2 Cup roasted Peanuts.
1/2 Cup Sav
1 Tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala
1/2 Tbsp Chat Masala
1 Tbsp Dabeli Masala
Green/ Mint Chutney
Tamarind Chutney

Preparations

Step 1: Prepare dabeli masala by mixing, mashed potato, pav bhaji masala, chat masala, channa masala, salt to taste. Mix all thoroughly to make a thick paste.

Step 2: Cut bun into half slice keeping one end intact, apply green chutney, Tamarind chutney on the top and bottom side of the bun, add dabeli masala, onions, sev, pomegranate seeds, roasted peanuts. Stuff all this in a proper quantity so that nothing much falls out of the bun.

Step 3: Heat pan for sometime, apply some butter or ghee on both sides of the bun and heat it on both side by pressing it against the pan.

Once baked on both the sides your Kacchi Dabeli is ready to eat!!!!

Wheat Dosa (Godhum Pindi Dosa)(Quick Dosa)

Ingredients:

1 Cup Wheat flour
3 Tbsp Rice flour
1/2 cup Butter milk(Thick Consistency)
2 Green chilli's cut into small pieces
1 onion sliced into small pieces.

salt and red chili powder for taste




Preparation:

Step 1: Add and mix all the above ingredients in a container.

Step 2: Keep adding water in small quantities to the above mixture until you get a thick consistence as normal dosa batter. Keep aside batter for 10-15 minutes.

Step 3:Heat the dosa pan for sometime and then spread the batter on it slowly. Little slow then the normal dosa. If needed you can spread onions on the batter and press them slowly so that they get stuck to the dosa batter.

Step 4 : Once the bottom side is cooked properly turn it to other side if required for little time and when done remove it.

yummy yummy colourful dosa is ready...

Pudhina(Mint) Pachadi

Ingredients:
Mint-2 small bunches
1 Tbsp oil.
1 Tbsp lemon juice.
1/2 Tbsp mustard seeds
1/2 Tbsp urad dal
1/4 Tbsp methi seeds.
2 dry red chilli's.
salt to taste





Preparation:

1.Pour oil in a container ,once hot add mustard, urad, methi ,allow it to splutter.

2.Switch off stove and then add red chilli's to above mixture and allow then to fry for few minutes.

3.Keep it aside and let the above mixture cool for some time.

4.In the same container add pudhina(mint) leaves and fry them for sometime and then allow it to cool.

5.Grind the step 3 mixture and then add mint leaves ,salt and then grind it again to a thick consistency.

6.Take out the mixture in a bowl and add lemon juice and mix it thoroughly and let it settle for sometime. So you are all set for a very tasty chutney.

Garden Stuffed Paratha

This is a very healthy, highly nutrient, very tasty paratha, which my friend Swapna made for us at dinner. I liked it very much so got some photos/recipe during preparation and blogged it to share with all.

Ingredients

For Dough
1 Small bunch Spinach
2 Cups of Wheat flour
1/2 Tbsp Ajwain
1 Tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
Water to prepare dough
Salt to Taste

For Stuffing
1 Cup Grated Beetroot
1 Cup Grated Carrot
2 Boiled Potato (Mashed to paste)
1 Cup Soaked Green Moong Dal
(Mashed to slight paste)
1/2 Cup Soaked/ Frozen Green peas
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/2 Tbsp Garam Masala
Little Coriander Leaves
Salt to Taste

Preparation of Dough
Step 1: Wash Spinach thoroughly and boil in little amount of water for 5minutes. Once cold grind it to a fine paste.

 Step 2: Take the required amount of wheat flour and mix it with the Spinach paste, then add little salt, Ajwain, Ginger-Garlic Paste and again mix all to prepare a thick dough. Keep it aside for some time.

Preparation of Garden Stuffing
Step 1: Mix all the ingredients mentioned above for the stuffing and keep it aside for some time, during this time all the ingredients mix with each other to give a nice taste and flavor.

Preparation of the Paratha
Step 1: Take sufficient quantity of the dough to make a lemon size balls.
Step 2: Press the dough balls to make it round and flat, like chapati.

Step 3: Add the sufficient amount of Garden Stuffing on the flattened dough, and fold the dough to cover the Garden Stuffing from all sides.

Step 4: Press the dough again to flatten it to the extent that the inside stuffing should not come out more.

Step 5: Heat a flat pan on medium flame, add the above paratha on the pan, add some ghee/ oil on it. Let the paratha fry for some time on the both sides.

And so the Paratha with all the garden vegetables stuffing so ready to eat.

Thank you Swapna for preparing this dish for us at dinner. While writing this blog I was very much eager to prepare it my self and eat with you all again. Will try for sure.

Veg Cutlet

This recipe I got it from my friend Swapna. She prepared this when we went to their home. It was really nice and tasty. So took some photos & recipe and blogged to share with you.


Ingredients
1 Beet root (Grated)
2 Carrots (Grated)
2 Potatoes boiled & Smashed
1 Cup Green Peas (Boiled)
1 Onion (Cut into small pieces)
1 Cup Sooji/ Bread Powder
1 Tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
Salt to taste
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
2 Tbsp Oil

Preparation
1. Grate Beet root, Carrot. Boil and smash potato. Cut onion in to very small pieces.

2. In a container add some oil, once hot add onions, let them fry for some time. Now lower the flame and add ginger garlic paste and saute it until the raw smell of the ginger garlic goes.
3. Add grated Beet root, carrot, smashed potato in the container keep mixing until the raw smell of the vegetables goes off. Also add green peas after some time.

4. Add Salt to taste, chili powder and lemon juice mix it let it sit for some time.
5. Once the above mixture is ready take it out in a plate let it cool for some time and also take sooji/ bread powder in the side.

6. Make small balls of the cutlet mixture and flatten it on the sooji/ bread powder so that the mixture is covered with the sooji/ bread powder. This give the crispness to the cutlet.

7. Place flat container on the stove add some oil, once hot place some cutlets on the container. Add some oil surrounding the cutlet, Or you can deep fry them also.

8. Keep rotating cutlets on both sides so that it is fried properly and has crispness.
9. Take out from the container place it on a ready to eat container server it with Sauce, and wow its ready to eat.