Bhel

Ingredients:

puffed Rice
farsan
finely chopped onions
finely chopped red tomatoes
finely chopped cilantro
red chili powder
coriander powder
cumin powder
tamrind extract
jaggery
salt and sugar
fine sev

Stepwise Direction :

Tamrind extract : soak tamrind into warm water for about 3 to 4 hours. mash tamrind in water itself. Then remove all mashed tamrind. Add chopped jaggery. Boil this mixture in microwave for 2 to 5 minutes.

In a big mixing bowl add puffed rice, farsan, onions and tomatoes. Then add red chilli powder, coriander and cumin powder as per your taste. Also add salt and sugar. Add tamrind and jaggery mixture.. Mix it well!

Garnish with cilantro and fine sev.

Pasta

Ingredients :

pasta 3 cups
finely chopped cabbage 1 cup
finely chopped carrot 1 cup
finely chopped capsicum 1 cup
green peas 1 cup
finely chopped onion 2 spoons
2-3 peices garlic (finely chopped)
tomato sauce (hunts' or spaghetii) 1 Tin
oil for tadaka
mustard seeds
asafeotida powder
termeric powder
coriander and cumin powder 1 spoon
red chilli powder 1 spoon
salt

Stepwise Direction:

Boil pasta in water in a separate pan. After boiling pasta drain the excess water.

Heat oil in a separate pan on medium heat. once the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustard seeds, asafetida and termeric powder. Then add garlic and onion. fry it for few minutes. Then add all vegetables (cabbage, carrot, capsicum, green peas). Add little water. stir it ell. keep lid on a pan. Allow to cook vegetables for 10 minutes. Then take the lid off. stir it well. Then add boild pasta, stir it well. Then add red chilli powder, coriander and cumin powder. Add salt and stir it well.

Then add tomato sauce and stir it well. keep lid on a pan. After 10 minutes take the lid off. stir it well and turn off heat.

served with grated cheese.

Onion Uttappam

Ingredients :

Rice 2 cups (Long Grain Rice)
Urad Dal 1/2 cup
Chopped onions (medium shape) 1&1/2 cup
Finely chopped cilantro 1/2 cup
Green Chilles 2-4 (chopped medium shape)
Salt
Oil

Stepwise Direction :

Soak rice and urad dal in water separately for 10 to 12 hours. Drain the excess water and grind it together in a mixer/grinder to a consistency of condensed milk. Allow it to ferment for additional 10 to 12 hours at room temperature. It is important to keep it covered during fermentation.

Next day morning add half of the batter in a separate bowl. Add little water and salt. Also add chopped onions, cilantro and green chilles. Mix it well.

On a medium heat keep flat pan and spread little oil. Then spread the fermented batter (one big spoon at a time) After few seconds spread oil on the top of the uttappam. After few seconds flip the uttappam and heat it till brown and crispy.

Serve Uttappam with Sambar and Chutney.

Dates Almond Cashew Milk Shake

Serving - 4 persons

Ingredients

Chopped Dates 1 cup
cold milk 4-5 cups
Almond powder 2 spoons
Cashew powder 2 spoons
sugar 2 spoons


Stepwise Direction :- Soak chopped dates in cold milk(one cup) for 3-4 hours, then grind it in blender for 2-3 minutes. then add almond and cashew powder and milk (3-4 cups) again grind it for 2 minutes. add some sugar and grind it 2-3 minutes. Milk shake is ready. keep it in refridgerator for 2-3 hours and then serve it.

This is my experiment in the kitchen. enjoy!

Ukad

Servings : 2 persons

Ingredients :

Sour buttermilk 2 cups
Rice flour
4 to 6 small pieces of green chillies
Salt
oil for tadaka
mustard seeds
asafetida powder
turmeric powder
for garnishing finely chopped cilantro
pieces of white onion
oil

Stepwise direction : Heat oil in a sauce pan. once the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustard seeds. you should hear craking noise, add asafetida powder, turmeric powder, pieces of green chillies. Then add buttermilk and salt. stir it well.

Once buttermilk starts boiling, start adding rice flour and keep stiring with other hand. remove all the lumps with the spoon. now the mixture will become think. do not add too much rice flour. now keep the heat on low temp. cover pan with lid and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. turn off stove.

After 5 minutes take the lid off, add some oil in it and stir it well. garnish with chopped cilantro.

serve ukad hot with some extra oil in it and white onion.

Stuffed Tondli

Servings : 2 persons

Ingredients :

Tondli 20-22
Roasted peanut powder 1/2 cup
Coconut powder 1/2 cup
Seasame powder 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder 1 spoon
Cumin powder 1 spoon
Coriander powder 1 spoon
Garam masala 1 spoon
Grated jaggery 3 to 4 spoons
Salt
Chopped cilantro 1/2 cup
Oil for tadka
Mustard seeds
Asafoetida
Turmeric powder

Stepwise Direction :

Wash tondli and dry on paper towel. Cut both the ends of tondli. Make small cuts as shown in the picture.

Mix all the following ingredients to make the filling. (i. e. coconut powder, peanut powder, seasame powder, red chilli powder, cumin and coriander powder, garam masala, jaggery, cilantro and salt) Now stuff this filling in the cuts of each tondli. as shown in the picture.

Make tadka as follows;

Heat oil in a sauce pan. Once the oil is sufficiently hot, add mustard seeds. you should hear cracking noise. then add asafoetida and then termeric powder. Add stuffed tondli. Add some water. Cover with a lid for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes take the lid off, stir the stuffed tondli. put the lid back and heat for 15 more minutes, then turn off stove.

Serve this with roti or rice.

Sandwich

Servings : As per your requirement

Ingredients :

Slice Bread
Butter/Pure ghree
Potato
Onion
Garlic
Green Chilli
Cilantro
Sugar
Salt
Oil

Stepwise Direction : Boil potatoes, then mash the potatoes. Add finely chopped onion, gardlic, green chillies, and cilantro. Add sugar and salt as per your taste. Mix it well.

Cut all corners of the slice bread. Spread the filling (potato mixture) on one slice. Then spread butter/pure ghee on other slice. Keep these two slices on top of each other. Place the sandwich in the sandwich toaster and apply oil on both sides of the toaster. Toast it untill it is crispy and brown.

Enjoy sandwich with tomato ketch up /salsa.