Friday, March 23, 2012

Kadlebele Vade/Ambode(Gram Dal Vada)


Ingredients: 

1 Cup soaked gram dal
3-4 Chopped green chillies 
Salt to Taste
Chopped coriander leaf
Chopped fresh dill
1 Finely Chopped onion

Recipe:

Soak 1 cup gram dal for about 5-6hrs.


Grind 1 cup soaked gram dal, 3-4 green chillies and salt to taste. Don't grind it completely.




To this add finely chopped onion, coriander leaf and fresh dill leaf.



Make small flat ball of it as show.


Fry these over a medium heat. Kadlebele vade is ready to serve.







Thursday, March 22, 2012

Heerekai Kaayi Sippe Chutney (Ridge Gourd Skin's Chutney)


Ingredients:

2 large ridge gourd skin(Heerekai sippay)
3-4 green chillies
Salt to taste
2 table spoon oil
1 table spoon mustard seeds
4-5 curry leaf

Recipe:

Fry the ridge gourd skin with 1 table spoon oil for about 10mins over medium heat.


Grind all three ingredients.



Now in a small pan add 1 table spoon oil and heat over medium heat.
Once the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. 
Once the mustard seeds starts to spluttering then add curry leaf.


Add this to the chutney. Chutney is ready to serve. It is well served with dosa, idli and chapathi.





Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Neer Dose(Water Dosa)




Ingredients:

1 cup dosa/idli rice.
1/4 cup grated coconut.
2 cup water

Recipe:

Soak 1 cup dosa/idli rice for about 5-6hrs.

Grind the soaked rice along with 1/4 cup grated coconut.


The batter should be as thin as butter milk.


Now heat a dosa pan. Pour the batter in one hand and with another hand hold the handle of the pan and move the pan so that the batter spreads over the pan.




Neer Dosa is cooked on only one side with a lid on it.




Neer Dosa is ready to serve. It is well served with coconut chutney.



Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Cripsy Bhindi Fries(Lady Finger Fries)





Ingredients: 

1 cup bengal gram flour
15 chopped lady finger
1 tb spoon salt
1 tb spoon chilli powder
1/4 cup water
Oil to fry

Recipe:

Chop the lady finger as shown.



Mix all the ingredients well with water.(Make sure batter is not too thin)
Make sure there is no lumps formed.



Keep oil in a frying vessel and heat it.
Deep fry in oil.


 Crispy bhindi fry is ready to serve.



Variations:

In a pan add 1 table spoon oil. 
Add 1 tea spoon of ginger garlic paste.
Once oil is hot enough add 1/2 chopped onion.
When onion turn light brown,then add little chilli sauce and tomato sauce. 
Now add the fried bhindi to this.
This can be well served with chapati or as a side dish with fried rice.


Monday, March 19, 2012

Pav Bhaji



Ingredients :

2 Chopped tomato
1 Chopped onion
1 potato
1/2 cup cauliflower
1/2 cup chopped beans
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped capsicum 
1/2 cup green peas 
2 Table spoon red chilli powder
1 Table spoon oil
1/2 cup butter
1 Table spoon garlic paste
1 Table spoon pav bhaji masala
1 Lemon
2 Table spoon oil
Coriander leaf(to garnish)
Salt to taste 
Bread

Recipe :

Keep water in a bowl to boil.
To this add potato,cauliflower,chopped beans,carrot,capsicum and green peas.
Cook them for about 15mins(or till the time they get completely 
cooked properly).



Once they are cooked drain the extra water and keep it aside.
Take a cooking pan. Add 2 table spoon oil.
Once the oil is hot, add garlic paste and the chopped onion.
After 5 mins, add the chopped tomato, red chilli powder and 1 table spoon pav bhaji masala and salt to taste. 


After 5 mins add all the cooked vegetables that were set aside.
Cook for about 15 mins over medium heat.
Now heat a non-stick over medium heat. 
Add little butter and roast the bread till light brown as shown. 
Cut the lime to small piece and chop onion finely. 
Pav Bhaji is ready to serve.