Dahi Vada Recipe

Dahi(Curd) vada

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

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

• Drain 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

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

• 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

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

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. 

Egg Roast

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

Ingredients :

• 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 / 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

•  Apply masala mixture and marinate eggs for 2 mins. 

Marinate egg

• Then heat oil in a pan and shallow fry eggs to a golden brown color on both the sides.

Shallow Fry Egg

• Serve hot with healthy Salad

Egg Roast

Corn Recipe : Corn Pakoda

CORN PAKORA

Preparation TIME :20 mins

Cooking TIME : 15-20 mins

SERVES: 3-4

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups corn kernels    
• 1 and ½ cups gram flour/besan
• 1 green chili, chopped
• ¼ tsp red chili powder
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• pinch of eating soda or ¼ tsp baking soda
• a pinch of asafoetida
• salt as required
• water as required
• chat masala 
• oil for deep or shallow frying.

Procedure:

• Boil two medium corn cobs in a pressure cooker or in a pot.
• Drain and let them cool.
• Remove the corn kernels with a knife ,should yield approx 1.5 cup corn kernels.
• Take a bowl, mix all the ingredients listed above (green chilly, red chilly powder, asafoetida, turmeric powder ,soda, salt) with the corn kernels, except for the oil.
• Add water and make a smooth flowing batter of medium consistency.

Corn pakoda batter

• Heat oil in a kadai or deep pan.
• Drop spoonfuls of the batter in medium hot oil and fry the pakoras till golden and crisp.

Deep fry the corn pakodas

• Drain on paper towels/tissue paper.
• Serve the corn pakoras hot with green chutney, mango chutney or tomato sauce.
• While serving, sprinkle some chaat masala on the corn pakoras.

Corn Pakodas

Breakfast recipe : Rava Idli

RAVA IDLI

Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins
Serves : 2-3

Ingredients:

RAVA IDLI

• 1 cup Rava (suji / semolina)
• 1/4 cup Curd (Dahi)
• 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds (rai/sarson)
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)
• 1 teaspoon Urad Dal (split black lentils)
• 1-2 sprigs Curry Leaves(Kadi patta)
• 2-3 green Chilli chopped.
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tsp finely chopped Coriander Leaves
• 3/4th tsp Eno Fruit Salt
• 2 tablespoons Oil
• 1/2 tablespoon Ghee
• Salt

Procedure:

• Take a deep bowl and pour one cup of rava in it.
• Add curd and water by gently stirring it , keep the rava batter aside for 10 mins.
• Heat oil in a pan , Add mustard seeds; when they start to crackle, add cumin seeds, asafoetida, green chilies ,curry leaves and urad dal. Sauté until dal turns light brown.
• Add the mixture to the rava batter and mix it well.
• Add coriander leaves and mix properly. 
• Pour 2 glasses water in steamer and heat over medium flame. Grease Idli molds (plates) with oil. 
• Add Eno fruit salt in batter sprinkle some water on the fruit salt  and stir for a minute.
• After sprinkling water on eno, you will notice bubbles on the surface of a batter so that idli becomes soft.
• Pour batter in greased molds and steam it on medium flame for 10 minutes. 
• Do not steam it on very high or very low flame.
• After 10 minutes, turn off flame and remove molds from steamer. When it cools down a bit, remove prepared idli from it.
• Instant rava idli is ready, serve with coconut chutney OR Sambar.

Suji ka Halwa

Suji ka Halwa:Semolina Halwa

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 3-4

Ingredients:

• 1 and a 1/2 cups suji/ rawa(Semolina)
• 1/2 cup ghee
• 3/4 cup mixture of cashews (coarsely chopped ) and whole raisins/ sultanas
• 2 cups hot water
• 1 cup of full cream milk
• 1/2 cup sugar

Suji ka Halwa

Procedure:

• Heat a deep jar Mix milk and water in jar and boil for 5-6min till it show vapours and keep aside.
• Heat a deep pan on a medium flame , add ghee to it , when it melts add  Suji and mix well.
• Roast the Suji (rawa, Semolina) till it begin to turn light brown in color. 
• When the Suji(rawa, Semolina) is roasted, gently add the water and milk mixture, stirring all the while to prevent lumps from forming. If any do form, make sure to break them with the back of the stirring spoon so you get a smooth paste-like consistency . 
• Now add sugar to it and then add cashews and raisins to the Suji(rawa, Semolina) and mix well.
• Cook the mixture till it is thick and begins to come away from the sides of the pan.
• Turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool to a warm temperature. 
• Serve hot.

Upma recipe (Semolina)

UPMA recipe (Semolina)

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 3 servings

Ingredients:

UPMA

• 3/4 cup Rava (Sooji/Semolina)
• 1/4 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
• 1 teaspoon Chana Dal (optional)
• 1 teaspoon Urad Dal 
• 1 pinch Asafoetida
• 3-4  Curry Leaves
• 11/2 medium Onion, finely chopped
• 2 Green Chilli, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Fresh or Frozen Green Peas(optional)
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified Butter)
• 2 tablespoons Cooking Oil
• 2¼ cups hot Water

Procedure:

• Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a kadai or heavy based pan. Add rava(suji,semolina) in it.
• Roast it on low flame until it turns light brown, approx 4-5 minutes (time required to roast it may vary based on size and thickness of kadai). Keep stirring continuously. When done, transfer to a plate.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in same kadai and add mustard seeds. When they begin to sputter, add chana dal, urad dal, asafoetida and curry leaves. Cook until dals turn light brown.
• Add chopped  chopped green chillies ,onion and salt and sauté for 1-2 minutes until onion becomes translucent.
• Add roasted rava(suji,semolina) and lemon juice; mix well .
• Add hot water and Stir continuously for 1-2 minutes to avoid lumps.
• Cover it with a lid and cook on low flame until mixture turns thick, it will take around 5-6 minutes. Stir in between regular intervals.
• Turn off heat and remove the lid. Let it settle for 10 minutes before serving.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot .

Tips:

• You can also add carrot , green peas or other boiled vegetables of your choice.
• Roast rava(suji,semolina) properly till light brown in color otherwise it will turn sticky after cooking.