Friday, 20 March 2015

Dahi Vada Recipe

Dahi(Curd) vada


Preparation Time: 20 mins.
Cooking Time: 15 mins.
Makes 12 Dahi Vadas. 
Serves:  4 
Dahi vada
Dahi vada


Ingredients:


  • 1/8 cup urad dal (split black lentils), soaked for 4 hours
  • 1/2 tsp pepper powder
  • a pinch of soda bi-carb
  • chilli powder
  • roasted cumin seeds (jeera) powder
  • chat masala
  • pinch of pepper powder for Dahi batter.
  • 3-4 tbsp sugar ( Depends on how sweet curd you want)
  • 4 cups of beaten curd (dahi) with above amount of sugar.
  • salt to taste



Procedure:


Preparation of vadas:

  • Wash and drain the urad dal.
  • Grind together the urad dal, pepper powder and salt in a food processor to a thick paste.
  • Add the soda bi-carb to the urad dal paste and mix well till the batter is light and fluffy ,Add a little water if required.
  • Wet your hands and take 2 tablespoons of the batter on your palm or on a sheet of wet plastic and shape into a circle.
  • Deep fry in hot oil on a slow flame till the vadas are golden brown for about 10 minutes.
deep fry dahi vada
deep fry dahi vada

  • Drain oil on tissue paper.
Drain vada oil on tissue paper
Drain vada oil on tissue paper

  • Soak the deep fried vadas in water for about 45 minutes.
Soak vada in water
Soak vada in water



Preparation of dahi batter:

  • Take 3 cups of dahi add sugar to it and beat it well , Add 1/4 tsp of pepper powder to the beaten curd (dahi).
  • Drain and squeeze out the excess water.
  • Soak the drained vadas in Dahi batter for about 10 minutes.
Soak vada in Dahi batter
Soak vada in Dahi batter

  • Arrange the vadas on a serving dish and top with beaten curds from the remaining cup of curd. 
  • Garnish with chilli powder, cumin seed powder and salt , pepper powder and chat masala .
Note : You can and serve with khajur imli ki chutney and nylon shev as well.



Dahi vada
Dahi vada





!!!! Yummy Dahi vadas are Ready to eat !!!!

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Sandwich recipe

Garlic Bread Sandwich





Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 10 mins
Serves : 2


Ingredients:


  • 4 slices of Bread
  • 2-3 tbsp butter (room temperature)
  • 5-6 cloves of Garlic finely chopped.
  • parsley leaves chopped
  • onion sliced
  • pudina(mint) / coriander chutney
  • carrot sliced
  • cucumber sliced
  • Chat masala
  • tomato sause
  • salt to taste

Procedure:

  • Add chopped garlic and parsley into butter mix well.
  • Apply it to the bread slices and roast it on pan for 1 min OR microwave for 30 secs.
  • Once the Garlic bread are ready take one bread slice and apply the mint chutney over it.
  • Keep the sliced cucumber , onion and carrot on it
  • Sprinkle chat masala and salt over it.
  • Apply tomato sause on other bread slice and put over it.
  • Garnish with mint leaves , Give any shape you love to the Sandwich.
  • Tasty Garlic bread sandwich ready to eat. 


Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Egg Roast


Egg


Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time : 15-25 mins
Serves : 2-3

Egg ChefIngredients :


  • 4 boiled Eggs
  • 1/2 tbsp Red Chilly Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Garam masala Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Lemon juice
  • Salt to taste
  • pinch of pepper powder
  • pinch of Asafoetida (Hing)

Procedure:

  • Take boiled Egg and cut into slices
boiled egg
Boiled egg / Sliced 


  • Take a mixing bowl, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, pepper ,hing,lemon juice and salt, mix well by adding little water to a smooth paste.
Masala mixture
Masala mixture


  •  Apply masala mixture and marinate eggs for 2 mins. 
Marinate egg
Marinate egg

  • Then heat oil in a pan and shallow fry eggs to a golden brown color on both the sides.
Shallow Fry Egg
Shallow Fry Egg
  • Serve hot with healthy Salad
Egg Roast
Egg Roast