Ingredients:- Chopped methi leaves - 1 cup
- Chopped Onion - 1 cup
- Channa dal - 1 cup
- Rice flour - 1 table spoon
- Sooji - 1 table spoon
- Green chili - 2 medium
- Sour curd - 1 table spoon
- Salt to taste
- Cumin & coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon each
- Garam masala - 1/2 tea spoon
- Baking soda a pinch
- Oil for frying.
Preparation:
- Grind the soaked channa dal to fine paste along with green chili.
- Mix all the ingredients except soda and keep it aside for 15 minutes.
- Add soda just before you start to fry the dumplings.
- Take small amount of mixture and gently press between your palm .
- Now drop them in oil and fry till golden brown.
Ingredients:- Rava - 1 cup
- Curd - 1 cup
- Chopped green chili - 3 -4 medium
- Grated carrot - 1 table spoon
- Salt 3/4 tea spoon
- Baking soda - a pinch
- Oil - 1 table spoon
- Ghee - 3 tea spoon
- Channa dal - 3 tea spoon
- Urad dal - 3 tea spoon
- Broken cashew nuts - 5-6
- Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
- Grated ginger - 1tea spoon
- Chopped curry leaves and cilantro.
Preparation:
- Take oil, ghee in a pan and add dals, cashew nuts, mustard seeds and fry it.
- When it splitters add curry leaves , cilantro.
- Now add green chili , ginger and fry them well.
- At the end add rava and fry till good aroma comes.
- Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.
- Now add grated carrot,curd and mix it well .
- Add a small amount off water to get idli batter consistence and keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Add soda and mix it just before you pour the batter to idli stand.
- Steam it for 15 minutes and rava idli is ready to be served.
Ingredients:- Besan flour - 1-2 table spoon
- Potatoes - 2 large
- Onions - 1 large
- Green chili - 2 small
- Salt to taste
- turmeric powder a pinch
- Lemon juice - 2 to 3 tea spoon
- Hing - a pinch
- Curry leaves and mustard seeds for seasoning
- Oil for frying
Preparation:
- Pressure cook the potatoes and mash it when it cools.
- Take few spoons of oil,curry leaves,mustard seeds in a pan and season it.
- Add onion, salt,turmeric powder& green chili when it splitters.
- Fry for few minutes and add mashed potatoes.
- Mix well along with hing and lemon juice.
- Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.
- Now mix besan and water and make a thin batter consistency.
- Make lemon sized ball of the potato masala and dip in the besan batter and deep fry in oil till they are lightly colored.
- Aloo bonda is ready to be served with a cup of hot coffee.
Ingredients:- Baby corn - 1 packet
- Maida - 1 table spoon
- Corn flour - 1/2 table spoon
- Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 tea spoon
- Salt -1/2 tea spoon
- Red chili powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Oil for frying
For gravy:
- Chopped Onions - 1/2 cup
- Chopped tomatoes - 1/2 cup
- Chopped garlic - 5-6
- Chopped green chili - 2-3 small
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 4 tea spoon
- Ajinomoto a pinch
- Vinegar- 1 tea spoon
- Red& green chili sauce 1 tea spoon each
- Soy sauce - 1 tea spoon
- Cilantro or spring onions
Preparation:
- Soak the baby corn in hot salt water for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Mix maida,corn flour,ginger-garlic paste and red chili powder with water for idli batter consistency.
- Then dip the cut baby corn and fry till they are golden brown.
- For the gravy fry onions,garlic in few spoons of oil till they are light brown.
- Add tomatoes, green chili,salt and cook them.
- Now add Ajinomoto,vinegar,sauce and mix them well.
- At last mix the fried corn with the masala and garnish with cilantro or spring onions.
- Serve hot.
Ingredients:- Egg plant - 1 large
- Onions - 2 to 3 medium
- Tomato puree - 1 table spoon
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 1 table spoon
- Fennel seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
- Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tea spoon
- Red chili powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon
- Cumin powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Garam masala - 1/4 tea spoon
- Chopped cilantro for garnishing
Preparation:
- Grease the egg plant with a little oil, make slits all over the surface and cook over an open flame till it is soft.
- Cool and peel the skin. Mash the pulp thoroughly and keep aside.
- Heat the oil and add the fennel seeds. When they crackle add the onions and sauté for a few minutes along with salt.
- Add the tomato puree,ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin powder,red chili powder and cook till the oil separates from the masala.
- Add the mashed egg plant, garam masala and mix well.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot.
Ingredients:- Quakers oat - 2 cup
- Maida - 1/2 cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Butter - 2 table spoon
- Cashew nuts & almonds (powdered) - 1/2 cup
- Sliced dry dates - 1 table spoon
- Sliced raisins - 1 table spoon
- Baking soda - 1/2 tea spoon
- Baking powder - 1 tea spoon
- Vanilla essence - 1 tea spoon
- Cardamom powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Cherries for garnishing.
Preparation:
- Dry roast oats, maida,cashew & almonds till you get good aroma.
- Now grind the oats and roasted nuts into a fine powder.
- Mix all dry ingredients together except sugar (oats,maida,nuts,baking power&soda,cardamom powder).
- Take sugar, butter & vanilla essence in a bowl.
- Mix it well for 10 min (hand mixer can also be used)
- Now mix everything together to make a tight dough.
- Preheat the oven at 375 degree F.
- Make small balls out of the dough and press them slightly between your palm.
- Garnish them with cherries or of your choice and bake them till they are golden brown.
- Oats cookies are ready to be served.
Ingredients:- Ricotta cheese - 1 cup
- Milk powder - 1 cup
- Milk - 1/2 cup
- Sugar - 1/2 cup
- Powdered sugar few spoons
- Cardamom powder - 1/8 tea spoon
- Ghee -3-4 tea spoons
Preparation:
- Fry cheese in a nonstick pan till it turns light brown.
- Then add milk and milk powder.
- Add ghee and sugar and stir evenly till it leaves the pan.
- Turn off the flame and let it aside to cool.
- Now make small balls of that and just roll it on powdered sugar