Masala Vada

Masala Vada a famous south indian dish is made in almost all occasions. It goes well with sambar n chutney. It tastes great as such. Here is the recipe for masala vada.

All u need...!!!
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1. Channa dhal - 2 cups
2. Red chilli - 4
3. Curry leaves
4. Turmeric Powder
5. Cumin Seeds
6. onions - 1 big finely chopped
7. Black pepper powdered (optional)
8. Ginger finely cut
9. Oil for deep frying
10. Salt to taste

How u go on making them...
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1. Soak channa dhal for 2 hrs. Take 1 1/2 cups of channa dhal and red chillies and grind them to 3/4th paste.
2. Now add the remaining channa dhal to the paste and mix them well.
3. Add cut onions, curry leaves, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, ginger, pepper to the mixture along with the required quantity of salt and mix them well.
4. Keep them aside for about 20mins. Meanwhile take a non stick pan and add enough oil and heat them for depp frying.
5. Once oil turns hot make small balls of the mixture and flatten them to the size required and put them in oil and fry both the sides till they turn brown.

Now Masala Vada is ready. Server them hot with sambar or chutney or tomato ketchup.

Dhai Vada

Dhai Vada... I made masala vada n mixed them with yogurt...
Here goes the recipe...

Masala Vada -> Can check the recipe under side dish folder.

For the dipping...
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1. 1 cup of thick yogurt.
2. 1/2 cup water
3. 5 spoons sugar
4. Boondi - 1/2 cup

How u go on making them....
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1. Add water and sugar to yogurt and mix them well.
2. Now add Boondi and prepared masala vada to them.
Dhai vada is ready. Can have it as a snack too. Tastes good..:)

Urad Vada

Vada are a species of indian fritter made with various types of lintels. This is made with urad dhan which is protein rich. Its simple and easy to make. Here goes the recipe for urad dhal.

All u need..!!!
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1. Urad dhal - 2 cups(soaked in water for 4-6 hrs)
2. Black pepper( whole or powdered) - 3 tsp
3. Onion - 1 finely chopped
4. Curry leaves
5. Ginger - small finely cut
6. Green chillies - 2 finely cut
7. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Clean the Urad dhal, cover with water and soak them 4-6 hrs.
2. Now drain them. In a blender, grind more than 1/2 of the dhal with 3-4 tsp of water until throughlly smooth and fluffy. Remove them from belnder.
3. Put the rest of the dhal in the blender and grind them like a coarse paste. Now add these with the fine ground dhal in a bowl.
4. To this, add the black pepper, chopped onions, curry leaves, ginger, chillies and salt to taste.
5. Heat a non stick frying pan. Now add enough oil for deep frying the vada.
6. Parallely with the prepared vada mix make vada with differnet shapes as u wish.
7. Once when the oil turns very hot drop these vadas into the pan and deep fry them. Turn the vadas such that both the sides turns gloden brown. Filter them from oil. Drain the oil using paper napkins and then server them hot.

These urad vadas tastes well with sambar and coconut chatni. Can have it as a starter or with any rice varities as side dish and also as snacks. It tastes great.:)

Vegetable Samosa

Samosa...Here goes the recipe on making them...

All u need...!!!
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1. Potatoes - 3
2. Onion - 1 finely cut lengthwise
3. Peas - 1/2 cup
4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Red Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
6. Garam masala - 1 tsp(optional)
7. Curry leaves
8. Ginger paste - 1/2 tsp(optional)
9. Salt to taste
10. All purpose flour - 1 cup
11. Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
12. Oil for deep frying

How u go on making it...
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1. Mix the flour, baking soda, salt and 1 tsp of oil and make a dough.
Make small balls and keep them aside.

2. Make a liquid of water and all purpose flour in a bowl.
3. Pressure cook the potatoes, peas and keep them ready.

4. Heat a non stick pan and when hot add 2 tsp of oil.
5. Add chopped onions and fry them till golden brown.
6. Add ginger paste and curry leaves and mix them well. Stir until raw smell eases.
7. Add the chopped potatoes and peas along with turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala(optional) and salt to taste. Mix them well. Keep stirring for 5mins and keep this stuffing aside.

Take the dough and flatten the balls to a circle. Now cut them to a semi circle.
Smear the liquid of all purpose flour and water on sides and shape them in the form of a cone. Now place a small amount of the stuffing inside and close the sides.

Heat oil in a non stick pan and when it turns very hot put the samosas into it. Fry them on medium heat till it turns brown on both sides. Samosas are ready. Serve with tomato chutney.

Chicken 65

The yummy chicken 65...which is everyones favourite....is simple to make..n it tastes great...
Here goes the recipe for chicken 65...:)

All u need...!!!
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1. Fresh Boneless chicken - 1/2 kg
2. Chicken 65 masala - 2 tsp(Optional)
3. Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
4. Yogurt - 2 tsp
5. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
7. Corn flour - 3-4 tsp
8. All purpose flour -1 tsp(Optional)
9. Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
10. Egg white - from 1
11. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Mix well all the ingredients together. Add the chicken pieces and marinate then well with the above and add salt according to taste.
Keep them aside for 3-4 hours / refrigerate them.

2. Heat oil in a non stick pan and when oil is very hot deep fry the chicken pieces until they turn reddish brown.
Once it is done filter them from oil and place them in a bowl or a plate and garnish them with onion rings and serve hot. Yummy Chicken 65 is ready...:)

Poli

Poli...1 of the south indian sweet..which we make on Sankaranthi..Ugadhi..Diwali...
My mom makes excellent poli's n now i learnt from her n tried...It came out well...
Here is my moms recipe...

All u need...!!!
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For Stuffing
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1. 1 cup chana dhal (Bengal gram dhal) soaked in water for 2-3 hours and drained.
2. 1 cup jaggery
3. 3/4th cup of Grated coconut
4. 1 1/4 cups of maida flour
5. Cardamon - 2-3 pieces
6. 1 tsp Ghee
7. Pinch of salt
8. 2-3 tsp of oil

How u go on making it...
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1. Pressure cook the chana dhal for 2 whistles. Dont overcook.
2. Add jaggery, coconut, channa dhal and grind them. Dont overgrind to a fine paste. It should be 3/4th ground.
3. Add cardamons to the prepared stuff.
4. Add a pinch of salt to them.
Prepare small balls of this stuffing and keep them aside.

5. For the batter add maida flour, pinch of salt, 2 tsp of oil and enough water to make a soft and sticky dough.

Grease ur hands with oil and take a small portion of the dough and flatten them to the size of ur palm. Now take 1 piece of the stuffing and place it in the middle of the flattened dough and fold them. C that the filling doesnt come out. They should be completely stuffed inside the dough.
Now roll out the dough into thick puris making sure that the filling doesnt come out.

Meanwhile take a non stick tawa. Keep them on a low flame. When it turns hot place the
poli on the tawa pouring ghee around it. Cook on both the sides until brown spots appear.
Serve hot.

Vegetable Cutlet

All thru' the years i've been thinking that cooking is difficult...n then came a day i stepped into the kitchen to try my hands on different recipes...only reason is now tht im married n im forced to..:)..Only after i tried certain dishes did i come to know that cooking is n art..n things seemed to be easier than i imagined...
Now tht i've got the interest in it..trying differnet dishes..sme seems to come out well too..than i imagined...
n sterday was when i tried veg cutlet n to my surprise it seemed to be dam easy n less time consuming...n here u go with the recipe..


All u need..!!!
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For stuffing
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Ur choice of vegetables..I used ..1 big potato, Cauliflower, beans, peas..can add carrot, paneer..
1 big onion chopped
Curry leaves
Green Chilli
Turmeric powder
Red Chilli powder
Garam Masala(Optional ...depends on ur tatste)
Cilantro
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp (optional...depends on ur taste)
Salt to taste
Oil

For Dip
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Maida flour - 4 tsps
water
Bread - 3 pieces

How u go on making it...
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1. Wash, cut and boil all the vegetables.
2. In a non-stick pan add 2 tsp of veg' oil. Add the chopped onions and fry them till golden brown.
3. Add curry leaves along.
4. Add Ginger Garlic paste along with it and fry till the raw smell eases.(This step is optional)
5. Add all the cooked vegetables with the fried onion and keep frying all of them for 5mins in low flame.
6. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 tsp of red chilli powder(amt depends on ur taste).
7.Add 1 tsp of Garam Masala along with the other powder (optional..)
8. Add salt according to ur taste.
9. Keep frying all these for certain time till the raw smell goes.
Keep this stuffing aside n let them cool down.

10. In a bowl add 1 tsp of Maida flour and mix this well with 10 tsp of water.

11. Toast the bread and make bread crumbs by grinding them.

12. Now make small balls using the veg stuff n flatten them. Dip this in the maida flour and then roll them in bread crumbs. Make 4-5 pieces and place them in a roasting sheet and place them in oven in 400F for 45mins or until gloden brown.
U can deep fry them in oil, as u like.
U can also turn balls into different shapes as u wish.

Veg Cutlet is ready. Serve with tomato sauce or pudin chutni.