Vegetable Poha Cutlet

Ingredients

1.Beans-2 to 3 medium sized

2.Carrot-1/2 Medium sized

3.oil-for shallow frying
4.Red chilly Powder-1 tsp
 5.Salt-as per your taste
6.Onion-1 Medium Sized
7.Tomato-1/2 Medium Sized
8.Jeera-1/2 tsp
9.Water-1 Cup
10. Green chilly-2 Medium Sized
11.Coriander Leaves-1 tsp
12.Curry Leaves-1 tsp
13.Paprika-1/4 Medium Sized
14.Peas-8 to 10 pieces
15.Potato-2 Medium Sized
16.Poha-1 1/2 Cups
17.Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp
18.Hing- a pinch

Method

 1.Soak the Poha in water for about 15 mins.

2.In the Meanwhile Wash and pressure cook the potatoes for 2 to 3 whistles.(Easy way of making it soft).

3.Once you are able to open the pressure cooker,Take out the potatoes and peal off the skin.
4.Smash the potatoes and keep it in a bowl.

5.Now Chop beans,Carrot,Paprika,Onion,Tomatoes,Coriander Leaves into medium Sized pieces.

6.After 15 mins drain the water from poha completely and then smash it well.

7.Now add smashed potatoes,Chopped Vegetables,Peas,Curry leaves,Coriander leaves,Turmeric Powder,Red chilly Powder,hing,salt,Jeera to the drained and smashed poha and mix it well.

8.Now make it into a small round shape balls and flatten it,so as to make patties

9. In a dry pan add oil for shallow frying and allow it to get heated.

10.Then add the patties to the pan and shallow fry it on both the sides.

11.Vegetable Poha Cutlet is ready to serve.

Vegetable Vadai

Ingredients

1.Beans - 1/4 Cup

2.Carrot-1/4 Cup

3.Peas-1/4 Cup
4.Onion-1 Medium Sized
5.Tomato-1/4 Cup
6.Curry leaves-1tsp
7.Red Chilly-2 Medium sized
8.Urad dal-1 cup
9.Water-11/4 Cup
10.Salt-as per your taste
11.Oil-for frying
12.Coriander leaves-1 tsp
13.Green chilly-2 Medium Sized

Method

1.Soak Urad dal in adequate water for an hour.

2.In the Meanwhile Now chop beans,carrot into medium sized pieces.

3.In a dry pan add the chopped vegetables,Peas ,add 1 cup of water and allow the vegetables to cook(Care should be taken such that it should be cooked and not burnt),If needed add some more water and allow it to cook. 

4. After an hour drain the water from urad dal and grind the urad dal ,red chilly,salt in the mixer till it is finely grinded(if needed add small amount of water) .Transfer it to the dry large vessel/large bowl.

5.Then Chop the onions,Greenchilly,Coriander leaves and add it to the bowl containing the mixer of grinded urad dal.

6.Then add the Cooked Vegetables,Curry leaves to the bowl containing the mixer of grinded urad dal and mix it well.

7.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

8. Now wet your hand well with water and make a small ball shaped vadas and drop it into the oil to the oil and wait until it is fried and cooked completely.

9. Vegetable Vadai is ready to serve.

 

 

Maida Mavu Kozhukattai

Ingredients

1.Maida/All Purpose Flour-1 cup

2.Grated Coconut-1 cup

3.Jaggery-3/4 Cup

4.Oil-for frying

5.Water-1/2 Cup

Method

Preparation of Purnam


1.In a dry pan in a low flame add the grated coconut and stir it and allow it till the heat is spread to the Grated Coconut.Make sure it doesnot change its color.
2.Then transfer the heated Coconut to the plate.
3.In a dry pan add jaggery and 2 tsp of water  to dissolve jaggery .(Dont add too much water).when jaggery comes to boil just switch off the flame.
4.Now add the heated Coconut to the  pan containing jaggery  and stir it well.
5.Purnam is now ready

Preparation of Maida Balls

1. In a dry vessel add maida/All purpose flour and add water gently(dont add too much water then you will not be able to roll the pieces,so gently add water).
2..Just mix it well and squeeze it and make the dough.
3.Now make the dough into small size maida balls.

Preparation of  Maida Mavu Kozhukattai

1.Now pat the dough and slightly start pressing in the middle and just turn it so that it will look like a bowl shape.
2.Meanwhile just roll the purnam into small small round pieces and keep it ready.
3.Now keep the purnam ball inside that bowl shape kozhukattai and just cover all the ends into one single point.It will look like nose shaped.
4.Repeat the same process till the Maida balls/purnam balls gets finished.
5.Allow it to dry for half an hour.

6.In a dry pan add oil and keep it in a medium flame allow it to get heated.
7.Then add the dried kozhukattai to the oil and wait until it is fried and cooked completely.
8.Maida Mavu Kozhukattai is ready for Nyveidhiyam.

Eggless Choco Chip Cookies

Ingredients

1.Whole wheat flour- 1 cup

2.Choco chips- 0.5 cup

3.Butter-0.5 cup

4.Sugar-0.5 cup

5.Milk-4 tsp

Method

1.Pre heat the oven to 180 degree celsius for about 10 mins.

2.Meanwhile in a dry vessel add whole wheat flour,sugar,0.25 cup of choco chip and mix it well.

3.Then add butter,milk slowly and kneed the dough.Dough should be soft.

4.Make the dough into equal sized balls.

5.Then press it lightly with your palms(Dont apply more pressure else it will break).

6.In a baking tray spread the baking sheet and then place the cookies in the tray(Place the cookies so that it should not collide).

7.Now insert choco chips on the top of each cookie.

8.Now place it into the oven and allow it to cook for 20 mins or until the color of the cookie changes to golden brown.

9.Then take out the cookies from the oven.

10.Eggless Choco Chip Cookies is ready to serve.

Eggless Choco Chip Cookies can be served as a snack

Bread Pakora/Bread Baji

Ingredients

1.Whole wheat bread-0.5 loof

2.Gram Flour- 1 cup

3.cumin seeds- 1 tsp

4.salt- as per your taste

5.Red Chilly powder-1 tsp

6.Turmeric powder-0.5 tsp

7.Hing- a pinch

8.Oil-for frying

9.Water-0.5 cup

 

Method

1.Cut the whole wheat bread into square or rectangular  pieces  and remove off the sides(If it is not removed when u fry it it becomes hard).

2.

2.In a dry pan add oil and keep it in a medium flame and allow to heat.

3.Meanwhile in a dry vessel add gram flour,salt,cumin seeds,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,hing and mix it well.

4.Then add water little by little and mix it well and make it to a thick paste(Similar to baji mavu padam). 

5.Then just dip the bread pieces one by one in the gram flour mixture and put it into the oil for frying.

6.Now keep it in a low flame and Allow it to fry until its color changes to golden brown.

7.Repeat the same process until the bread pieces gets finished.

8.Bread Pakora/Bread Baji is ready to serve. 

 

 

 

Bread Pakora/Bread Baji can be served as a snack

 

Gobi 65

Ingredients

1.Cauliflower- 1 medium size

2.Gram Flour- 1 cup

3.cumin seeds- 1 tsp

4.salt- as per your taste

5.Red Chilly powder-1 tsp

6.Turmeric powder-0.5 tsp

7.Hing- a pinch

8.Oil-for frying

9.Water-0.5 cup

Method

1.Cut the cauliflower into florets and soak it in hot water for 5 mins (It will remove all the bacteria).

2.In a dry pan add oil and keep it in a medium flame and allow to heat.

3.Meanwhile in a dry vessel add gram flour,salt,cumin seeds,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,hing and mix it well.

4.Then add water little by little and mix it well and make it to a thick paste(Similar to baji mavu padam).

5.then drain the water from cauliflower and then wipe it well with the dry cloth so that it shouldnt be watery(If it is watery it will consume more oil).

6.Then just dip the florets one by one in the gram flour mixture and put it into the oil for frying.

7.Now keep it in a low flame and Allow it to fry until its color changes to golden brown.

8.Repeat the same process until the cauliflower florets gets finished.

9.Gobi 65 is ready to serve.

Gobi 65 can be served as a snack.

Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku

Ingredients

1.Raw Rice-1 cup

2.Butter-1 tbsp

3.Channa Dal-1 tsp

4.salt-1 tsp

5.urad dal-0.25 cup

6.water-less than 0.5 cup

7.oil-for frying 

Method

1.Soak the raw rice in adequate water for 4 to 6 hours.

2.Drain the water from raw rice after 4 to 6 hours.Then in a thin muslin cloth  spread the raw rice so that raw rice should become dry.(It approximately takes 1 to 2 hours).

3.Then grind the raw rice completely so that there should not be any lumps.

4.In a dry pan add the grinded rice flour and stir it well for a minute.

5.Using filter just filter all the lumps or coarse particles.

6.In a dry pan add urad dal and stir it for a minute.

7.Grind the urad dal into a fine mixture.

8.Soak the channa dal in adequate water for half an hour.Then drain the water after half an hour

9.In a dry bowl add 1 cups of grinded and filtered  rice flour,1 tsp of grinded urad dal,butter, soaked channa dal,salt,water and prepare a dough(add water slowly dont add too much of water).The batter should be slightly thinner than a chappathi dough.

10.Divide it into equal size balls.

11.In a oil cover/plastic cover just spread 1 tsp of oil and then patt the balls .Using fork just put holes on the patted balls so that it will cook both inside and outside evenly.

12.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

13.Then add Thatta sedai/Thatta muruku  to the oil and wait until it is fried and cooked completely.

14. Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku is ready for nyvedyium.

Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku is usually done as Nyveidhiyam for krishna jayanthi.

vella seedai/Jaggery seedai

Ingredients

1.Raw Rice-1 cup

2.Butter-1 tbsp

3.Jaggery-0.75 cup

4.urad dal-0.25 cup

5.water-less than 0.5 cup

6.oil-for frying 

7.Coconut-2 tbsp

8.Cardamom powder-1 tsp

 

Method

1.Soak the raw rice in adequate water for 4 to 6 hours.

2.Drain the water from raw rice after 4 to 6 hours.Then in a thin muslin cloth  spread the raw rice so that raw rice should become dry.(It approximately takes 1 to 2 hours).

3.Then grind the raw rice completely so that there should not be any lumps.

4.In a dry pan add the grinded rice flour and stir it well for a minute.

5.Using filter just filter all the lumps or coarse particles.

6.In a dry pan add urad dal and stir it for a minute.

7.Grind the urad dal into a fine mixture.

8.In a dry pan add jaggery and 1 tsp of water  to dissolve jaggery .(Dont add too much water).when jaggery comes to boil just switch off the flame.

9.Now add coconut,cardamom powder to the pan containing jaggery .stir it well.

10.Now add 1 cup of rice flour,1 tsp of urad dal,butter and just kneed the dough.If it is too hard add little water.

11.Divide it into equal size balls.

12.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

13.Just drop one and check whether it is not split or broken.If it is split or broken add rice flour and kneed the dough with small amount of water.If the dough becomes dry it usually happens like this.so kneed it small amount of water and drop it.

14. vella seedai/Jaggery seedai is ready for Nyveidhiyam.

 

 

vella seedai/Jaggery seedai is usually done as Nyveidhiyam for krishna jayanthi.

 

 

Indian Style Burger

Ingredients

1.Seasame Burger Buns-4
2.Carrot-1 medium sized
3.Tomato-2 medium sized
4.Beans-6 to 8 medium sized
5.oil-2 tsp
6.water-1.5 cup
7.Potatoes-4 medium sized
8.Turmeric powder-1tsp
9.Red Chilly Powder-1 tsp
10.salt-adjust to your taste
11.Cumin seeds-0.5 tsp
12.Green Peas-0.5 cup
13.Lemon Juice-1 tbsp
14.Coriander-1 tsp
15.ghee-2 tsp
16.Green chilly-2 medium sized
17.Ginger-1 tsp finely chopped
18.Garlic-1 tsp finely chopped
19.hing-a pinch

Method

1.In a dry vessel in a medium flame add oil and wait until the oil gets heated.Then add cumin seeds,ginger,garlic,green chilly and allow it to cook until the ginger and garlic changes the color to golden brown.
2.Then add tomatoes and allow it to cook until it becomes juicy.stir it and smash it frequently.Dont add water.
3.Meanwhile chop the carrots,beans.peel off the skin of poatato and chop it.
4.In a dry vessel add the chopped carrots, beans,poatatoes,green peas,and add water and allow it to cook well.This will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes.All the veggies should be tender and should be cooked well.
5.Meanwhile Tomatoes should have cooked well now add turmeric powder,red chilly powder,hing and mix it well and samsh all the tomatoes well.
6.Once all the veggies are cooked smash it well and then add to the pan containing tomato paste.Mix it well and allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
7.Then add salt,chopped coriander,lemon juice ,mix it well and allow it to cook for 2 mins.
8.Bhaji is ready.
9. cut the sesame burger buns would into 2 halves.
10.In a dry pan in a low flame apply 1 tsp of ghee on each half (inner side) and allow it to get toasted,until its inner side color of the bun changes to golden brown.
11.Now just stuff the Bhaji into the Burger Bun.
12.Indian style Burger is ready to serve.

 Indian Style Burger can be served as a snack .

Bhel Puri

Ingredients

1.Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura-4 cups

2.Tamarind Paste-1 tsp

3.Sugar-0.5 tsp

4.water-0.5 cup

5.Corriander-1 cup

6.Green chilly-2 medium sized

7.salt-1 tsp

8.Tomato-2 medium sized

9.Onion-4 medium sized

10.Potatoes-4 medium sized

11.Nylon sev-0.5 cup

Method

1.In a small dry vessel add tamarind paste,water and allow it to boil till it becomes thick.

2.Then add sugar to the vessel and allow it to boil for 2 minutes.

3.Then transfer it into small vessel.

4.Chop the onions into fine pieces and transfer it into another small vessel.

5.Chop the tomatoes and transfer it into the separate vessel.

6.Chop the coriander and transfer it into the separate vessel.

7.In a pressure cooker boil the potatoes for 2 whistles(Easy way of making the potatoes soft).  

8.Once when you are able to open the pressure cooker,peel off the skin of potatoes and smash it and transfer it into a small separate vessel .

9.In a mixer add 0.5 cup of chopped coriander,green chilly,salt and grind it well.Then transfer it into separate vessel.

10.In a plate add 1 cup of Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura(Recipe of Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura is available in this link http://charanyaskitchen.blogspot.ch/2013/08/masala-porimasala-puffed-ricemasala.html),1 tsp of tamarind soup,few pieces of chopped onions,few pieces of chopped tomatoes,1 tsp coriander chutney,few pieces of smashed potatoes,2 tsp nylon sev,few pieces of chopped coriander and mix it well(adjust to your taste: onions,tomatoes, potatoes,soup,chutneys).

11.Bhel Puri is ready to serve.

Bhel Puri can be served as a snack

Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura

Ingredients

1.Puffed Rice/Murmura/Pori-1 Packet

2.Oil-2 tsp

3.Sambar Powder(sambar chilly powder)-2 tsp

4.Red Chilly Powder-1 tsp

5.Turmeric Powder-1 tsp

6.salt-1 tsp

7.Garlic-1 to 2 cloves

8.Groundnut-1 tsp

Method

1.Add the oil into the dry pan and wait till oil gets heated.

2.Then add garlic,groundnut and alllow it to fry till its color changes to golden brown.

3.Then add Sambar Powder(sambar chilly powder),red chilly powder,turmeric powderand mix it well.

4.Then add the Puffed Rice/Murmura/Pori to the pan and add salt and mix it well.

5.Allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes.It will become crisp and tasty

6.Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura is ready.

Masala Pori/Masala Puffed Rice/Masala Murmura can be served as a snack.