Banana fritters

This is actually my mother in law's recipe. I love raw banana in way , its really tasty

Ingredients
Raw banana 4
Besan (gram flour)1 cup
Rice flour 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste 1 1/2 tbsp
Garam masala 1/2 tbsp
Salt according to taste
Oil to fry

Method
* peel the banana cut it in thin long strips
* mix besan,red chilly,ginger garlic paste and salt in a bowl.
* mix water slowly and make thick paste
* dip banana strip in the mixture and leave it for some time
* heat the oil and fry these strips till golden brown.
* serve with chutney or sauce of your choice

Try it you will surely like it

Mixed Vegetable Poha

Firstly I would like to wish all friends A Very Happy Republic Day

It is my attemp for adding some more flavors to simple Aloo Poha. Adding more vegetable makes this light breakfast more heathy and delicious.

1 1/2 cup thick poha
1/4 cup carrot chopped
1/4 cup peas
3-4 french beans chopped
2 onion chopped
1 potato chopped
1 tomato chopped

1 tps turmeric powder
1 tps red chilly
salt according to taste

oil
1 tps mustard seeds
8-10 curry leaves
                                
Method

heat oil in a pan
add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
when curry leaves start changing its color add onion . saute till onion will turn pink.
add potato, peas and carrot and little salt. cover  the pan , cook till veg are almost cooked
add tomato and saute for 1 minute
soak poha in water. Drain the poha completely to remove all water. add poha to the pan.mix well,
add salt, turmeric powder, red chilly powder and mix well.
cook for another 2-3 minutes .
serve hot.

If you want a little twist, spread a little besan sev on the poha on serving plate. it taste really nice

                                   

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Pav Bhaji

Home Cooked Pav Bhaji, healthy , tasty and better than market one

 Ingredients

8 Pav
3 tps of butter

1/2 cup chopped gobhi
1/2 cup peas
1/4 cup chopped beans
1/4 cup chopped cabbage
1/3 cup chopped carrots
3 medium potatoes boiled
2 medium tomato chopped
1 medium onion chopped
2 tps pav Bhaji masala(you can purchase from market or prepare Pav bhaji Masala)
1 tps Amachoor
1 tps red chilly powder
1 tps cumin seeds
2 tps oil
4 tps butter(optional)

Method
Heat oil in a pan. add cumin seeds. saute for 30 seconds
add onion, saute till onion will change color
add chopped vegetables except patatos and tomatos
add little salt and mix well. cover the pan saute in between . cook till veg are almost cooked
now add chopped tomato. saute for 2 minutes.
now add boiled potatos,little mashed . Mix well
add 1 cup water, salt , pav bhaji masala, red chilly, amchoor. mix well.
cook till water will become half. mash the bhaji so that all vegetables will be mixed well.

Cut the pav in the middle
add little butter on the heated pan.
press the pav on the tav till pav wil become crispy

for serving add bhaji in the plate. add little butter on top. serve with crispy Pav

Note -This image is indicative purpose only. It is taken from the web

Dahi Vada

Diwali is coming in few days. Dahi Vada is part of our special preparation always. Its a recipe we can eat as snack or serve to guests. Tou can prepare it in the excess and serve as required. I am presenting here my mother's recipe of Dahi Vada, I simply like it a lot. Its really  Soft and very tasty!!!!!

Ingredients
1 cup Urad Dal(Split Black Gram)
2 tps green coriander
1 tps ginger chopped
2 tps Raisin cut into half
salt according to taste
1 1/2 cup thick Yogurt 
1 tps cumin powder
salt according to taste

Method
1. Soak black gram dal for 1 hours
2. Make paste of dals. dont add so much water. Paste should thick
3. Keep It for 1/2 hours
4. beat the batter for 8-10 minutes. Take water in bowl. drop one drop of batter in the bowl. If it is not socked in water, the drop should be on the top of water, batter is ready else beat for some more time
5. add coriander leaves, ginger, kishmish. Add Salt little less than required
6. Heat the oil.
7. add little water in your hand. Take batter and with the help of thumb, make a hole in middle.
8. deep fry it. when it will become brown keep it aside.
9. Take enough water in the big bowl. Soak Vada in the water for sometime.
10. Take Dahi, beat it. To remove all lumps
11. Soak in the dahi.
12 add salt, cumin powder, chopped coriander leaves and Sweet Chutney(Optional) before serving
 
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Panjabi Chole Bhature

 

Chola Bhatura On one Sunday I have decided to make Chola Bhatura. On that day bhatura was very tasy and soft. I am just sharing my recipes and also secret of good bhatura.

 Chole :
Ingredents
250 Gm Chick Peas (Chole)

1 teabag ( this is used to give the black colour)
4-6 Kali Ilaichi
Salt acording to taste
1 tps Black Salt

3-4 Green Chillies - finely chopped
1 piece Ginger - finely chopped
2-3 Tomatoes - finely chopped
2-3 tsp Green Corriander - finely chopped
1 Onion - finely chopped
1/2 tsp Mango powder (aamchur)
1 Tbsp Garam Masala
Red Chillies accoding to taste
2 tsp dry Coriander Powder
oil to cook
2 pieces Bay Leaves
2 tps Chole masala


Method
soak chick peas in water for whole night.
for getting black chole like market. add Chole along with salt and teabag in the cooker . add enough water. Cook it for 3-4 vessels. Do not over cook
Take oil in the pan . now add bay leaves and onion. when onion will start changing color add tomoato and garam masala. then add chole , keep the water in which chole has been cooked seperate. mix well for 2-3 minutes
add chole masala, amchur and ginger.
add water in which you have boiled chole earlier
cook it for 10 minutes
now add 2 tps corriender powder and cook for 2 minutes
if gravy is too thick add some water
mash some of chole , it will give thick look to chole
Garnish with green corriender




Bhatura
Ingredents
2 cup Maida
1 cup curd
oil to fry
1 tps salt
1 tps baking powder

Method
mix salt, and baking powder in the maida
now 2 tps some oil.
add curd into maida mixture. make a smooth dough
keep this dough for 7-8 hours before cooking. (Thats a secret. the dought will become double of its size. and bhatura will be really nice)
heat the oil in kadai.
divide dough into 12 equal parts. Roll it like big size
Deep fry and serve hot with Chole