Thattai

Ingredients:-

• Rice flour -1/3 cup
• Roasted Urad dal powder - 1tsp
• White Seasame Seed - 1tsp
• Channa Dal - 1 tbsp
• Chilli powder -1/4 tsp
• Hing - a big pinch 
• Crisco Shortening / Butter -2tbsp
• Salt
• Curry leaves(chopped)
• Oil

Method:-

**  Soak Channa dal in water for at least 20 to 30 mins...

1. In a bowl add all the above given ingrediants except oil and mix well..now add water to make it a soft dough..
2. Make small balls of desirable size with the dough ..
3. Flatten the balls to desirable thickenss ..
4. Deep fry it in oil..till crispy or the sizzling sound of the oil reduces...

     A Crispy Snack for Evening tea is ready....enjoy:)

Sending this to the following events:-

• Diwali special sweets and savories by tickling palates 

• Festival of lights by Anu's Healthy Kitchen

• Festival Potluck by Denny and Krithi

•  My Diwali My Way by Khushi of A Girl's Diary

Homemade Doughnuts

Recipe Source:-  pioneerwomen
Ingrediants:-

For Doughnut:-

• All Purpose Flour - 4 cups
• Whole Milk -1 and 1/8 cup
• Sugar -1.4 cup
• Yeast - 1 pkt (2 and 1/4 tsp )
• Salt - 1/4 cup
• Butter - 1 and 1/4 stick
• Eggs -2

For the Glaze:-

• Powdered Sugar -3 cups
• Salt - a pinch
• Vanilla Esscence - 1/2 tsp
• Milk / Cool Water -1/2 cup

Method:-

1. Boil Milk and sugar untill sugar dissolves...let it cool..
2. When the milk is slightly warm add it to the yeast and mix lightly and keep it undisturbed for 10 to 15 mins..
3. After 10 mins this yeast mixture will be frothy.

1. Melt butter and let it cool, once cooled add the eggs and mix well...
2. Add the yeast mixture to this egg and butter mixture.
3. And beat till well incorporated.
4. Mix all purpose flour and salt .Add this mixture to the egg mixture little by little and form a dough.This dough will be little sticky..

    

    5. Grease a bowl with butter or oil ..

    6. Transfer the dough to this bowl and cover it with an air tight lid

    7. Refrigarate it overnight.

    The next day...

    8. Slightly Flour the work surface.

    9. Roll the dough to one inch thickness

    10. Take a round cookie cutter and make circles.

   11. Take another small cookie cutter or in my case i used the lid of a plastic juice bottle..to make a circle

          inside the big circle           

    13. Transfer these circles to a plate cover with aluminium foil  and cover it with a damp cloth and Keep it aside for an hour .

    14. After an hour the dough would have risen very well...look at the pics to see the difference..

     In a pan heat oil for deep frying and fry each doughnut to golden brown color and let it cool..

    17.Make the Glaze by mixing water/milk with vanilla essence and powdered sugar...i used only water in   

         this glaze...so it was not white in color...but if we use milk instead we'll get nice white glaze.

    18. Dip each doughnut in the glaze ..don't dip in fully just 1/2 or 3/4 th of the doughnut must be dipped..

    19. Place these doughnuts in a wire rack  and let it dry... 

    20. This is most important step in the whole process...... dig in...

This doughnut was very light ,airy inside and crispy outside...do i have to say more? it was absolutely divine...so friends when u crave for a doughnut try to make it at home next time...u'll surely love it..this recipe yielded about 35 doughnuts... 

Sending this to the event  ' Serve it - Fried ' created  by krithi and hosted by denny

Red Currant Muffin

Ingrediants:-

• Butter -1/2 cup (@ room temperature)
• Sugar -1/2 cup
• Eggs -2
• Lemon zest -1 tsp
• All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
• Baking Powder -2 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Red Currants - 1/2 cup

Method:-

1. In a bowl mix all purpose flour/ maida ,baking powder ,salt ,lemon zest .and keep it aside..
2. In another bowl mix softened butter ,sugar beat untill it becomes creamy.
3. Now add Eggs and beat again..
4. Now add APF mix to this  litttle by little and beat well..
5. To this batter add the red currants and fold in gently.. 
6. Now pour this batter in the muffin cups and bake @ 375 deg for 20 to 25 mins...or untill tooth pick inserted in the center of the muffins comes clean.

Enjoy with some nice coffee...kids will love it too...

Re posting : Veg Cutlet

Ingrediants:


Vegs : 2 Cups (carrot,beans,green peas,cauliflower) 
Onions :1 Small 
Ginger Garlic paste :1 tsp 
Potato : 1 big(boiled and mashed) 
Chilli Powder : 1/2 tsp 
Cumin powder :1 tsp
Pepper : 1/8 tsp
Garam Masala : a pinch 
Salt : as needed 
Maida : 1 cup
Egg : 1 
Bread crumbs / rusk : as required
Oil for deepfrying

Preparation: -

1. Chop all the vegs and onion. Boil the potato and mash them without any lumps. 
2. In a pan add a little oil and saute onions till transparent,then add ginger garlic and fry well till the raw smell goes . 
3. Add chilli pwdr,cumin pwdr,salt,pepper,garam masala and saute them again till the raw smell goes. 
4. To this add the mashed potato and mix well.remove from the pan and let the mixture to cool.
5. In a bowl beat the egg well and keep it aside.
6. Once the mixture is cooled . Make balls of desirable sizes and flatten the balls like that of a paruppu vada.
7. Now roll this cutlet in the maida ,then dip it in the egg and atlast roll it over the bread crumbs...
8. Once u have finished doing this....you can deep fry the cutlets . but  before frying make sure the oil is hot.and fry till golden brown as all the ingrediants used are already cooked it won't take much time to fry it.

Note:- 

you can also do the cutlets ahead of time and store it in the fridge in a air tight box and fry it later...but don't keep it more than a day or two.

Cutlet tastes great when it's hot and served with ketchup...yummyyyy!!!!!!!


Sending this to the event  ' Serve it - Fried ' created  by krithi and hosted by denny

Millagai Bhajji ( Chilli Fritters )

Ingrediants :-

• Big long Chillies -4 or 5
• Besan - 1 cup
• Rice flour - a handfull
• Dosa Batter - 1/4 cup
• Red chilli  powder -1/2 to 3/4 tsp
• Baking soda -1/4 tsp
• Hing - a big pinch
• Saltt
• Oil

Method:-

1. Make holes in the chillies using a fork and marinate the chillies in a some salt overnight .
2. In a bowl make batter mixing all the given ingrediants except chillies and oil..
3. Add water little by little ,it should be slightly thicker than dosa batter.only then batter will stick to chillies while frying..
4. Now heat oil in kadai for deep frying..once the oil is hot ..
5. Take the Chillies dip it into the batter making sure all sides are covered .and slowly drop it into the oil..
6. Add deep fry it till u get a nice crispy bhajji...
7. Have it with a cup of tea /coffee on a rainy day.... &.enjoy:)

Note:-

• Marinating the chillies in salt will reduce the spicyness of the Chillies

Paruppu Vadai

Ingrediants:-

• Channa Dal - 2 cups
• Onion - 1 small
• Green chillies -2 (chopped finely)
• Dry red Chillies -5 or 6
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Cloves - 4 
• Ginger - 1 medium piece
• Curry leaves -a springy red
• Hing - a pinch
• Oil
• Salt

Method:-

1. Soak channa dal and dryred chillies in water for atleast 3 hrs .Drain it completely and keep aside.
2. To the Soaked channa dal and dry red chillies add cuin,ginger,hing,curry leaves and cloves..
3. Grind this channa dal in 2 batches .Grind one batch finely and another batch coarsely just few pulses..don't add water while grinding
4. Now mix both the batches and add chopped onion ,g.chillies ,and few curry leaves (roughly chopped),salt and mix well.
5. Make even size ball out of this channa dal mixture.
6. Now heat oil in a pan for deep frying...once oil is hot flatten the balls and deep fry it.make sure to reduce the flame to medium once vadai is dropped into the oil..
7. Deep fry it till the vadai becomes brown on both sides...

Serve hot with coconut chutney and a cup of tea or coffee..

Note:-

• Make sure u drain the water from the channa dal completely before grinding it..

Chick Pea / Kabuli Channa Sundal

Ingrediants:-

• Chickpea  / Kabuli Channa - 1 cup
• Mustard seeds -3/4 tsp
• Dry Red chillies -4
• Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp ( freshly coarsely ground)
• Curry Leaves - a spring
• Coconut Shredded - 2 tbsp
• Oil  

Method:-

1. Soak chickpeas overnight. and pressure cook it adding salt till it is done (ie) approx 3 whistles..Strain chickpeas and keep it aside..
2. In a pan heat oil add mustard seed,once it starts to splutter add dry red chillies and curry leaves.
3. Pour this tempering over chickpeas ,
4. Now add pepper powder , grated coconut.
5. Check for salt and add if needed..mix well and our sundal is ready..

Serve as a snack for tea time..A Healthy Snack...enjoy :)

Typical Indian Toast

Ingrediants:-

• Bread - 3 slices
• Besan - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 small
• Carrot -1 
• Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
• Chillir powder  -1 tsp
• Cumin powder -1/2 tsp
• Hing - a pinch
• Salt
• Oil

Method:-

1. In a bowl add besan , chillipowder, cumin powder, hing, salt .mix well..
2. To this add chopped onion,carrots and coriander leaves .mix well..
3. Add water approx 1 cup  to the besan and make a batter..
4. Now switch on stove and place a dosa griddle.apply oil and place the bread.
5. Now take the batter and apply over the top of the bread..turn the bread ,sprinkle some oil along the edges of the bread and apply the batter to the  side of the bread too...
6. Once the bottom side is cooked reverse the bread and cook the other side ...once both sides are done
7. Cut them into two and serve hot with ketchup...

 Can use any veg of ur choice..

 This is an easy tea time snack....and it is best served hot...enjoy :)

Yuca root with Spicy podi

Ingrediants:-

   Yuca root or maravalli kilangu(in tamil) -2 medium size
    salt - as needed

Onion vada /Onion pakodas

Ingrediants:

Onions -3

Besan flour-1/2 cup( kadalai mavu)

rice flour -2 tsp

cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

chilli powder - 1 tsp

asfestodia powder - a pinch

salt
Curry leaves
oil for deep frying

Method:

Cut the onions into thin juliens( lengthtwise).add cumin powder,chillipowder,asfestodia powder,curry leaves,salt.mix well now add besan flour gradually mix with hand .add rice flour and mix well .now sprinkle some oil and mix well ,at this stage the dry ingrediants will stick to the onions if not sprinkle little water and mix..the onion mixture should be like shown in the picture 2 (make sure not to add too much water.then the pakodas will not be crispy and the taste will itself change)

In a pan add oil and heat.when the oil is hot drop the onion mixture made to balls into the oil.deep fry and serve hot with tea / coffee.

PLAINTAIN CHIPS

It is an easy recipe... 


Ingrediants:

Plaintain(Unriped) : 4
Oil : for deep frying 
salt :to taste
pepper :to taste

Preparation: Remove the skin of the plaintains and immerse it in a bowl of water (this will prevent the plaintain from changing color). take one plaintain at a time and pat it dry with a cloth and slice it using a mandolin directly in a Pan ,when the oil is hot .This will prevent the chips from sticking,but be very cautious while doing this.you can also slice the plaintain very thin using a knife and fry it ,but make sure that the chips don't stick.once cooked full and crisp.remove it and place it in tissue to absorb excess oil. Now sprinkle some salt and black pepper powder and mix well ... once cooled store in air tight container.. In a pan heat oil.

MURUKKU

Ingredients:

Rice flour : 4 cups
Urad dal powder : 1 cup

Cumin seeds : 3 tsp

Butter / dalda : 1/2 to 1 cup

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Preparation:

Dry fry the urad dal and  make a fine powder.

Mix the rice flour ,urad dal powder, salt, cumin seeds.Now add water and make a nice dough,at this point ur dough will be hard.so add the dalda/butter and mix well...

Once the dough is ready.place the dough inside the muruku maker and make muruku in desirable size..and deep fry it...make sure the oil is hot while deep frying the muruku

you will get a nice crispy snack for tea ,and it will stay fresh for weeks if stored in an airtight container