Vegetable Samosa

Rice FLour Chakkalu

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Ribbon Muruku

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Anapa kayala snack

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Regi Vada

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Crispy Onion Pakoda

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Chicken balls

Ingredients:

Boneless& skinless chicken : 2 lbs
Green chillies : 4
Ginger-garlic paste: 1 spn
Garam masala : 1 tsp
Salt : 1 spn
Chilli powder : 1 spn
Dhania powder : 3/4 spn
Chana dal : 1 cup (rice cooker cup measure)
Rice flour : 1 tbsp
Cilantro : 1 cup finely cut
Onion : 1 medium size finely cut

Method :

1. Soak chana dal for 30 min.
2. Presuure cook chicken and chana dal by adding little water.
3. Let the above mixture cool.
4. Add ginger-garlic, green chillies, chilli, dhania powder, salt, garam masala. Grind this well.
5. Take the ground mixture to a bowl.
6. Add onion, cilantro, rice flour to the chicken mixture. Mix well.
7. Heat oil in a pan.
8. make small round chicken balls. Deep fry for 2 mins on a lower flame.

Note : Chicken balls must be deep fried in a very low flame otherwise the balls will break.

Masala Vada

Ingredients:

Garlic : 1 clove
Ginger : 1/2 inch
Cloves : 4
Cinnamon : 1/4 inch
Green chillies : 7
Salt : 1/2 spn
Chana dal : 1 cup (rice cooker measure)
Moong dal : 1 cup (rice cooker measure)
Onion : medium size finely cut
Cilantro : handful finely cut
Oil : to deep fry


Method:

1. Grind ginger, garlic, clove, cinnamon, chillies and salt into smooth paste without adding water.
2. Soak chana dal, moong dal in water separately at least for 4 hrs.
3. Drain water from moong and chana dal completely.
4. Grind chana dal without adding water into coarse batter.
5. Mix moong dal, onion, cilantro, mixture from (1).
6. Heat oil on the stove to deep fry vada.
7. Take half tbsp of batter. Put it on a polythene cover.
8. Slowly spread the batter thin by using fingers.
9. Take this now into hand and gently put it in the hot oil.
10. Deep fry on both sides until vada turns golden brown.

Punukulu

Ingredients:

Self raising flour : 4 tbsp
Onion : 2 medium size chopped
Chilli powder : 1 spoon
Salt : to taste
Cilantro finely cut : 1 /4 cup
Water : enough to make thick batter
Oil : for deep fry

Method:

Add all the ingredients except oil and make a thick batter.
Let it stand for 15 min. (If in hurry, avoid this step).
Heat oil in a pan.
Once oil is heated, take batter with a spoon and slowly pour the batter in oil.
Fry till the batter turns golden brown.


Note : It absorbs too much oil. But the taste is just awesome...

Easy Bread toast/Sandwich

Ingredients :

Cilantro : 1 bunch
Mint leaves : 1/4 cup
Jaggery : 2 tsp
Green chillies : 2
Salt : 1 tsp
tamarind pulp : 1/4 cup
Bread : 3 slices (toasted)

Method :
Blend all the above items except bread.
Apply the paste to the bread one side and arrange them one above the other.
Cut the bread into half.
Serve the toast in the evening with a cup of hot tea.

Trust me it tastes really good.. You can even have this sauce/chutney with samosas.


Tip:
You can toast the bread by applying butter/ghee to enhance the flavor.

Tangy Cilantro Spirals

Note : This recipe is modified version from www.neivedyam.com

Ingredients :

Pillsbury bread stick dough : 1 box
Cilantro : 1 bunch
Mint leaves : 1/4 cup
jaggery : 2 spoons
green chillies :2
salt : 1tsp
tamarind pulp : 1/4 cup
onions : 1/4 cup finely chopped


Method:
Blend all the above items except bread sticks and onion.
Remove the bread sticks from box and unroll them.
Each box will have 12 sticks/rolls.
Separate each stick from the dough and flatten them lightly.
Apply the sauce on each stick and sprinkle onion.
Gently roll them to form a circle/spiral.
Brush butter on the each bread and sprinkle cheese. I avoided this last step.
Arrange them in a oven proof tray.
Put it in the oven at 350 F for 20 -25 min. You may need to check at 18 min. to see if the bread has turned to brown color. I forgot and left mine for 23 min and it became little crispy on the outer side. But the taste was still awesome.



Serve it with hot tea/Pepsi. I prepared these for US Open men's finals and served with Pepsi.

Veg Dragon

Note : I got this recipe from some blog.. I do not have the name but was in my notes.

Ingredients:
Carrot: Medium size 2
Beans – 100g
Cabbage – 100g
Maida – 2 tsp
Corn flour – 2 tsp
Chinese Salt – ¼ tsp
Tomato sauce- 1 tbsp
Onion – ½ medium size
Garlic – 2 cloves very finely cut
Ginger – ¼ inch grated
Green onion – 2 for garnishing
Oil – for deep fry
Salt – to taste
Cashews- 2tsp (Optional)
Peanuts- 2 tsp (Optional)
Chilli powder – 1 spoon
Cilantro - For garnishing

Method:

Cut carrot, beans, cabbage into ½ inch size
Boil them in water until it is half cooked with a pinch of salt added to the water
Remove veggies from boiling water and drain the water completely.
Add corn flour and Maida to veggies while it is hot.
Deep fry them in oil (I like to shallow fry this with little more oil as I am very health conscious).
Pat the veggies on paper towel to remove excess oil.
Fry cashews and peanuts in the same oil. Remove them from oil.
In another pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil.
Add onion, finely cut garlic and grated ginger and fry them until raw smell goes
Add tomato sauce, salt, chilli powder. Fry them for a min.
Add veggies and nuts. Mix them thoroughly.
Garnish it with green onion and coriander leaves.
Squeeze lemon juice on veg dragon to add more taste