Cabbage Pakoda

Well, I wanted to make a quick snack today. So thought of making some pakodas. I had some cabbage left in the refrigerator and so i thought i'll add in some to the pakoda mix and it turned out really tasty. easy to make and a treat to your tastebuds.

All you need :

Gram flour - 1 1/2 cup

Rice flour - about 1/2 cup

Cabbage - thinly sliced about 2 1/2 cup

Onion - 1 sliced thin

Ginger - sliced thin about 2 tbsp

Green chillies - 4-5 chopped finely

Curry Leaves

Red chilli powder - about 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

This is how you do :

1. Mix all the ingredients well with your fingers. If need sprinkle very little water so that the flour coats the onion and cabbage.( Make sure you don't make it watery)

2. Heat oil in a deep frying vessel on a medium flame.

3. Drop the batter using your fingers in the oil to form small fritters and fry till they are cooked on all sides and turn golden brown.

4. Remove them onto a paper towel.

5. Serve with hot chai/ coffee.

This makes a wonderful snack espescially on a rainy evening :)

Smile :)

Fun with Meal Makers

Meal Makes.. Or Soya Chunks. These are my all time favourite. Rather easy to make and tasty to eat.. This is a very good source of protein. So boil some and  have fun. Here is my version..

You Will need :

Soy Chunks - About 2 Cups

Onion - 1 Finely Chopped

Tomato - 1 Finely Chopped

Ginger garlic paste - 1tbsp

Cumin - 1tsp

Corriander Powder - 1tsp

Chilli Powder - To your taste

Salt

Turmeric Powder

Oil

Tomato Ketchup

Cilantro

You Need To :

1. Boil the meal makers in water with a pinch of salt. Drain all the water and squeeze the mealmakers.

2. Deep Fry these meal makers and keep aside on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

3. In a pan heat oil, add cumin, onion and fry well.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for about 2 min.

5. Add the tomato, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and corriander powder and fry well.

6. Add the deep fried meal makers and mix well.

7. Add some ketchup and cilantro and serve hot..

And you are done :)

P.S - You can do it the Indo-Chinese style too

Just add chopped garlic and chopped green chillies before you fry the onions. And then you can add soy sauce, vinegar, and chilli sauce instead of the chilli powder, ginger garlic paste and corriander powder.

Trust me it makes a real good snack :)

Enjoy :)

Egg Snack

Here s a very quick and simple starter. I wouldn't call it a recipe ..it's that simple!!

You will need :

Eggs - boiled

Carrot - very thinly sliced

Cilantro - Chopped finely

Salt & Pepper

How you do it :

Boil the eggs and cut them in halves.

Arrange the carrot and cilantro on top 

Sprinkle salt and pepper and

Here you go :)

You can also fry the boiled eggs slightly in a little oil and sprinkle the salt and pepper and serve!!

Enjoy!!

Bellam Dosalu/Jaggery Crepes

Nothing comes close to spending a pleasant evening over the weekend with my husband and hot Bellam dosalu :).

Very easy to make (except for scrapping the jaggery :( ).

This makes 4 crepes

You will need :

Jaggery - 1/2 cup scraped (you could even use more if you like it sweeter)

Wheat flour - a little less than 1 cup

Warm water- about 1 1/2 cup

Oil

This is how you make it :

1. Add warm water to the jaggery and mix well so that the jaggery is completely dissolve and there are no lumps.(use your hand to mix)

2. Add the wheat flour little by little and mix well so that no lumps are formed.

3. See that you don't add more water.

4. Heat the griddle, brush some oil and pour about 2 ladles of batter. 

5. Cover with lid and cook on a low flame till both sides are golden brown.

                            

So there you go..Enjoy when they are hot :)

P.S You can add elaichi powder for a good aroma:)

Pasta -- Mamma Mia!!!

This is one thing you can have fun with :).I never like Italian much.But with a little desi touch.. this is one thing i would die for ;).Easy to make. You can just thrown in any spices you have in your pantry or any sauce you have in your refrigerator. Add some veggies hmm yumm. It would taste good :)

I have not given the measurements for this one.So you can go ahead.. mix n match and play around :)

Here s how i made my pasta :)

Pasta

Onions sliced

Green chllies sliced

Garlic finely chopped

Cumin seeds

Mustard seeds

Amchur powder(like a substitute for lemon :))

Oregano

Dry Parsley

Some Marinade which was sour( u can put in soy sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup or any other sauce you like)

Red chilli powder

Salt

Olive Oil

1.Cook pasta in boiling water(don't cook for too long as they can get mushy).Add some salt to the water so that they don't stick together and get some flavor.Drain water and keep aside.

2. In a pan heat oil and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, chillies and onions.

3. I like my onions crispy.So just stir fried them.

4. Add the oregano parsley salt chiili powder and other spices and mix well.

5. Add the marinade(or sauce)

5.Add the pasta and sir well.

 So here's how it came out

P.S The other time i added dry red chillies, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, corriander powder and it tasted awesome.

Enjoy:)

Masala Vada

I love my mom's masala vadas. I was missing her so much today.And also with  Mother s day this weekend, i thought i'll make something and dedicate it to here:). Well i was a bit worried about the outcome.. but they turned out just fine :).So here you go..

You will need :

Channa dal - 3 cups soaked in water for about 3-4 hrs

Onions - 2 large ones finely chopped

Green Chillies - 6-7 finely chopped

Ginger - 1 inch peice

Curry Leaves

Cilantro

Dried red chillies - 6-7

Salt

Oil for deep frying

Patience ;)

This is how you do it :

1. Grind together dried red chillies ginger and channa dal coarsly without adding any water.(dont grind it too smooth :))

2. Take it in a separate bowl and add the onions, chillies, curry leaves, cilantro, salt and mix well.

3. Heat oil in a kadai.

4. Now wet your hands with water and take small balls of the mixture, flatten them and put them in the oil.

    ( Be careful with the hot oil.I ve had very bad incidents :) )

5. Fry them on both sides till golden brown.

This is how they look :)

How about having them with a cup of hot tea or coffee ??

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