Puffed Rice/Pori Pakoda

Ingredients:

Puffed rice - 1 1/4 cup
Besan flour  - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Ginger - small piece (fine chop)
Red Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - Little (fine chop)
Curry Leaves - a sprig (fine chop)
Hot oil - 1 tsp
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add puffed rice, besan flour, salt.
• Add in onion, ginger and spice powders.
• Add in coriander leaves and curry leaves.
• Mix this well.
• Add in hot oil and mix it.
• Add in water little by little and make a stiff dough.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these pakodas.

Churumuri / Bhel Puri

 

Ingredients:

Puffed rice / Pori - 2 cups

Onion - 1 (fine chop)

Tomato - 1 (deseed and fine chop)

Red Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander leaves  - Little (fine chop)

Lemon juice - 3/4 tbsp

Groundnuts - 2 tbsp (roasted)

Hot oil - 1 tsp

Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Dry roast the groundnuts in pan till it is aromatic.
• Set this aside.
• Add puffed rice to a bowl.
• To this add onion ,tomato.
• Add in salt, chilly powder.
• Add in lime juice.
• Now add hot oil to this and mix well.
• Add in coriander leaves and groundnuts and mix it.
• Serve immediately.

Motichur Ladoo / Channa dal Ladoo #3

 

Ingredients:

Channa dal - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Oil - to fry
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Cashews - 7-8 
Dry grapes - 8-10
Elaichi powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

• Soak dal in water for 2 hours and then strain water and set aside.
• Add this to blender and blend coarsely.
• Transfer this to bowl.
• Make small pakoda shapes and fry them in oil.
• Transfer this to plate and then let it cool.
• Now add this to blender and blend it coarsely.
• Heat ghee in pan and add cashews and dry grapes.
• Roast them and set aside.
• To the same pan add sugar and then add water.
• Mix this well.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add in elaichi powder.
• Cook in medium flame till you get single stirng consistency.
• Once you get that consistency, reduce the flame to low.
• Add in blended dal and mix well.
• Cook for app 3-4 mins.
• Add in fried cashews and grapes and mix well.
• Keep mixing for 3-4 mins.
• Turn off range and cover and let it sit for 10m ins.
• Make laddoo shapes and set in plate.

Tea Kadai Kajada/Vedi Cake/ Aatu Kaal cake

 

Ingredients:

Maida - 125 g

Rava - 2 tbsp

Rice flour -1 tbsp

Sugar - 100 g

Egg - 1

Milk - 2 tbsp

Ghee - 1 tsp

Green Elaichi - 3

Baking soda - a pinch

Salt - a pinch

Oil - to fry

Method:

• In a blender add sugar and elaichi and powder them.
• Add in egg and blend it again.
• In a bowl add maida, rava, rice flour.
• Add in ghee, salt and baking soda.
• Mix this and then add blended stuff.
• Mix well.
• It will be a sticky dough.
• Set this aside for 20-30 mins.
• Heat oil in pan and make balls shapes.
• Drop one ball at a time and cook in low flame.
• It will take app 6-7 mins to get fully cooked.
• Yields 8-10 kajadas.

Apple Gulkhand Milkshake

 

Ingredients:

Apple - 1

Gulkhand - 1 tbsp

Milk - 1 cup

Sugar - As reqd

Method:

• Peel the apple and chop it.
• Now add this to blender.
• Add in gulkhand and blend it in pulse mode.
• Add boiled and cooled milk to this and blend it.
• Transfer this to serving glass and enjoy.

Egg/ Muttai Vadai

 Ingredients:

Boiled egg - 3

Onion - 1 (fine chop)

Red Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

Ginger - Small piece (fine chop)

Curry Leaves -  2 sprig(fine chop)

Coriander Leaves - Little (fine chop)

Besan flour - 2 tbsp

Rice flour - 1 tbsp

Water - 1/2 tbsp

Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Boil the eggs and peel shell.
• Now grate the eggs and transfer to a bowl.
• Add in onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
• Add the spice powders and salt.
• Add in besan flour and rice flour.
• Mix well.
• Add water and gather them together.
• Make vada shapes and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these vadas.
• Serve hot.
• Yields 10 medium size vadai.