Aloo Bhajias

Aloo Bhajias

Ingredients:
2-3 potatoes
½ kg rajgiri flour
1 glass Water
Salt
½ tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 liter Oil for frying
Method:
Take a bowl and put the rajgiri flour in it.
Add salt and red chilly powder in the flour.
Now add water accordingly so as to make a little thick liquid like solution.
Take the potatoes and peel the skin of the potatoes.
Cut […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on April 28th, 2007 No comments »

Shankarpala / Shakarpara

Shankarpala / Shakarpara

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup ghee
1 1/2 cup maida (plain flour)
ghee to deep fry
Method:
1.Warm the water, sugar and ghee together till sugar dissolves.
2.Add maida and knead into a soft pliable dough.
3.Divide dough into 4 parts.
4.Roll into chappatis 1/3″ thick.
5.Cut with a cookie cutter or knife into small diamond shapes.
6.Lift with spatula […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on March 2nd, 2007 No comments »

Bhel

Bhel

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups puffed rice
1 onion
1 tomato
1 small boiled p eeled potato
1/2 tbsp coriander leaves
1/2 cup fine sev
1/4 cup parboiled moong sprouts — optional
1 tsp roasted peanuts — optional
1 tsp hot green chutney
1 1/2 tsp tamarind chutney
salt to taste
1/4 lime juice
10-12 puries (used for bhel or panipuri optional) crushed
Method:
Just before serving. In a large […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji

Ingredients:
8 pavs (squarish soft buns about 4″ x 5″ size)
butter to shallow fry.

For Bhaji Ingredients:
1 capsicum chopped fine
2 onions chopped fine
2 tomatoes chopped fine
2 1/2 cups chopped mixed vegetables (beans, carrots, cauliflower, potota, beans, bottle gourds, etc.) 1/2 cup shelled peas
2 tbsp. butter
2 tsp. pavbhaji masala
1 1/2 tsp. chilli powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/2 tsp. […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Channa Bhatura

Channa Bhatura
 
Ingredients For Channa:
1 cup kabuli channa soaked overnight
1 large tomato
2 large onions
1 1/2 tbsp. chopped coriander
1 tsp. ginger grated
1 tsp. garlic crushed
1 lemon (juice extracted)
2 tbsp. oil, 1 tbsp. ghee
1 tsp. tea leaves (tied into a pouch in a
small piece of clean muslin cloth)
4 green chillies slit
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cumin seeds
Dry […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup plain rice.
1 cup parboiled rice.
1/4 cup white udad dal.
1/2 tsp. methi (fenugreek) seeds
1 /2 tsp soda bi carbonate
1/2 cup curds the batter.
10-12 tsps. ghee or oil as preferred
water for grinding
Method:
Wash the rices and dal together.
Add plenty of water and methi seeds.
Allow to soak for 7-8 hours or overnight.
Rewash the rice by draining […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Mixed Dal Dosas

Mixed Dal Dosas 

Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1/3 cup each yellow moong, channa, udad dal
2 tbsp. curds
1/2 tsp. soda bicsarb
2 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
oil to shallow fry
Method:
Wash rice separately and dals toghether.
Soak in plenty of water and keep aside for 5-6 hours.
Wet grind the rice till semolina type grain can be felt
Wet grind rice till fine.Mix both batters.
Add […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Rava Dosa

Rava Dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup fine soji (semolina)
1/2 cup rice flour or plain flour
1 tbsp. oil
1/8 tsp. soda bicarb
2-2 ½ cups buttermilk
1 tsp. coriander chopped fine
2 green chillies chopped fine
Method:
Blend all the ingredients together.
Add more buttermilk if necessary.
ginger grated Roll the dosa in a three-fold cylinder.
oil to shallow fry Serve hot with onion and/or coconut chutneys.
The batter […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 13th, 2007 No comments »

Spicy Sev

Spicy Sev

Ingredients:
2 cups gram flour (besan)
1/2 tsp. ajwain (omam) seeds
1 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder
1 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
2-3 pinches asafoetida
water to make dough
oil to deep fry
Method:
1.Mix the chilli, oil, salt and seeds into the flour.
2.Add enough water to make a dough which is quite gooey.
3.It should not be pliable but sticky.
4.Grease the inside of […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 10th, 2007 No comments »

Hot Kachori

Hot Kachori

Ingredients:
For cover:
1 1/2 cup plain flour
3 tbsp. oil
salt to taste
cold water to knead dough
For filling:
1 cup yellow moong dal washed and soaked for 1/2 hour
1 tsp. garam masala
1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/2 tsp. dhania (coriander) powder
1/2 tsp. coriander seeds crushed coarsely
1/2 tsp. fennel (saunf) seeds crushed coarsely
1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
1 […]

Posted by Mayur Saparia on February 10th, 2007 No comments »