Showing posts with label Indian Breads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Breads. Show all posts

Daal Baati with Khayri


D
aal Baati is one of my favorite and whenever I visit Chennai my sister always prepare for me, and this time was no difference. She made Daal Bhaati and Khayri for me and others and it tasted just awesome as ever.

Though I have tried making baati in microwave, oven but never exactly get the taste as my sis one! So here is what I had and sharing with you all.

Here is how baati cooker looks



For Baati

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour - 1Cup
Semolina - 1tbs
Carom Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Ghee/Oil - 2tbs + 5-6 tbs for severing.
Water

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredient and form a stiff dough using water keep aside for 30mins.
2. Make small balls of dough. Heat baati cooker and place the balls.


3. Cover with lid and cook in medium flame for 30mins or until golden brown. Keep turning the baati every now and then.

If you are using microwave then the cooking time will be more, just
place the baati in rack and cook for 20mins, turn the baati and cook
for another 20mins or until golden brown.




Break the baati, pour ghee as much as you want and enjoy with daal.




For Daal:

Ingredients:

Bengal gram/Chana Daal - 1/2 cup
Split Green Lentil / Hara Daal - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 large [chopped]
Tomato - 1 medium [chopped]
Green chilli - 4 [chopped]
Redchilli Powder - 1tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2-3 tbsp
Ghee -
Water -
Coriander leaves - 2-3 tbsp chopped
Curry leaves - few


Method:

1. Soak the daals for 15mins and cook both the daals with water and turmeric in pressure cooker for 15-20mins and keep aside.

2. In a pan or wow heat oil or ghee, add bay leaf and cumin seeds, let it splutter.

3. Add chopped onion, green chilli and curry leaves, mix well and cook for a min.

4. Now add ginger-garlic paste and saute until onion turns light brown.

5. Add all powder masala and stir well. Add chopped tomato and cook until tomato become soft in medium flame.

6. Add cooked daal and mix well, cook for 2 mins with lid on in medium flame.

7. Now add salt and water and cook for 5mins in low flame, garnish with coriander leaves.

Server with ghee.





For Khyari

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice: 2 Cups
Chickpeas Flour [ Besan] - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 medium [chopped]
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cashews - few
Raisins - few [optional]
Garlic - 4-5 pods crushed
Redchilli powder - 1tsp + 1tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Oil - 5-6 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Water - little + for boil
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - chopped few


Method:

To make Gatta

1. Mix chickpeas flour with 1tsp redchilli, a pinch turmeric powder, salt to taste, few fennel seeds, 1-2tbsp oil and mix well. Add little water at a time to mix and to form rolls of mixture in cylindrical shape and boil in water for 10-15mins or until cooked.

2. Remove the gatta from water and cut in small pieces.

3. In a pan heat remaining oil add bay leaf, cumin, fennel and mustard seeds and allow them to crack, add garlic, chopped onion, curry leaves and saute only light brown.

4. Add cashews, redchilli and turmeric mix well.

5. Add gatta pieces and mix and fry for 2mins. Add rice and give a good stir, add salt and raisins cook for 5mins with lid on in medium flame.

Garnish with chopped coriander and enjoy...




And this delicious spread goes to Rak's Cooking For Guests” Event

And to Sonu's Flavours of Rajasthan a event started by Nayna.

And to Shanti's State Special...this recipes are very famous Rajasthan though different states prepare daal baati in little different way.

Birthday Celebration Continues....Part III



H
i Guys, So all gud? Well, am back with another slot of the celebration. Check Part I and Part II here please. Let's go straight to the recipes...before that here's the thali...





Main Menu

Chickpeas Salad - Click here for recipe

Stuffed Capsicum - Click here for recipe

Dum Aloo - Click here for recipe

Paneer Jalfrezi - Click here for recipe

Boondi Raita - Click here for recipe

Daal

Hmmm you really don't want to know my daal blunder!...Ok here is what happened, I was so tempted with Preety's Daal Makhani, so I thought let's try. I know you guys must be thinking wrong timing for trying isn't it? But I did tried the stuffed capsicum, paneer jalfrezi, stuffed dates, chickpeas salad all for the first time too...ya, am like that!!...

so I all set for the Daal and soaked everything and followed her recipe just the same, everything was going well after I finishing making the daal I kept wondering why the dal colour if not same at least somewhere close to Preety's ones...and then it stuck me..OMG! I did a blunder..instead of BLACK Urad Daal, I used the normal (white) urad daal, now can you believe that? I red her recipe so many times but somehow every time I missed the [black urad daal]....hmmm.

So for lunch we had daal, rice, I asked DH howz the daal he said okie...then he asked me what daal it is and I told him it's Daal Makhani...he told me pls don't say that to anyone ;)...hehehe..In my mind it was like what the hack...what to do now. So DH told me just add some khatta to it it should be okie and I did the same added some tamarind paste, salt and trust me the daal taste so gud..infact everyone liked it too :-)...so here is a look on my so call daal makhani!




Paratha

Paratha is normal simple one.

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour - 1 cup
Oil - For brushing
Water

Method:

1. Make dough of wheat flour and water. [You can add salt in the dough too, normally I don't]
2. Divide the dough in equal portions or make medium lemon size balls.
3. Roll in circle, apply few drops of oil and spread. Now fold it in triangle or square.
For triangle:
a. In circle roti apply oil and fold into half.
b. Again apply few drops of oil and fold into half. You will get triangle shape.
c. Roll it again, make sure the edges are not very thick.

For Square:

a. In circle roti apply oil, fold right corner of roti into center it will be 1/3 of roti.
b. Fold left corner into center too. So it will be 2 folds.
c. Apply few drops of oil and now again there will be 2 folds from left and right and you will get square shape.
d. Roll again to make it bigger.

4. Heat a tawa or griller and cook the paratha both sides for 2mins each. Apply oil/ghee or butter.




Jeera Rice


I do have few version of jeera rice, and this one is a bit different again.

Check here the different types of Jeera(Cumin) Rice

Simple basic Jeera Rice
Jeera Rice in Pressure Cooker
Jeera Rice in Pressure Cooker with spices and raisins
Jeera(Cumin) Pepper Rice from leftovers


Seem like am fascinated with jeera rice ;)....let's checkout this version of jeera rice which I made in electric rice cooker.

Ingredients:

Rice - 2 cups
Dry Red Chilli - 10-12nos
Peas - 1/4 cup
Cumin Seeds - 1tbsp
Garlic - 5 pods
Ghee - 3tbsp
Oil - 2tbsp
Water - 4 cups
Salt - to taste

Method:

1. Clean and wash the rice, keep side.
2. Crush the garlic.
3. In a pan or wok heat ghee and oil, add cumin and let it splutter.
4. Add dry chilli and garlic saute for 30secs.
5. Add washed rice, peas and mix well, cook for 2mins.
6. Add water, salt mix well.
7. Re-place the rice and water in to electric rice cooker pot and cook until done. OR cover the pan with lid and cook until done.



White Rice - Perhaps some day I will post :)

And this post goes to Rak's Cooking For Guests” Event

Birthday Celebration...



Y
esterday was DH birthday, celebrating 1st time after our wedding so got to be special rite? I arrange for small get together and and surprised him. After lot of thinking I settle for the below menu. I manage to take few pics here n there in hurry...so don't pay much attention to them;)

Before moving on, let me remind you guys today is last day to send in entries for Festive Food: Raksha Bandhan Event. Thanks to All for your entries.




Starter

Aloo Bujiya
Sev Bujiya
Mixture
Chiwda
Chickpeas Salad
Almond Stuffed Dates
Tea
Cold Drinks

Main Menu


Chickpeas Salad
Stuffed Capsicum
Dum Aloo
Paneer Jalfrezi
Daal
Boondi Raita
Paratha
Jeera Rice
White Rice

Dessert

Fruit Salad with Ice cream
Cake

Sound interesting rite? So let's start with the recipes

Starter [Strikeout are store ones:)]

Aloo Bujiya

Sev Bujiya
Mixture
Chiwda, I have blogged this one before click here, I have used brown beaten rice this time.




Chickpeas Salad


Ingredients:

Chickpeas - 1/2 cup [soaked overnight and boiled]
Kidney Beans/Rajma - 2tbsp
Boiled Potato - 2tbsp [chopped]
Vegetables - 1/2 cup [finely chopped carrot, cucumber, onion, tomato etc]
Pomegranate - 3tbsp [optional]
Chopped nuts - 2tbsp [almond, walnut - optional]
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice - 1tbsp
Olive Oil - 1tbsp

Method:

1. Heat oil and chickpeas and chopped potato saute for 3-4mins, place in a large bowl.

2. Mix all the ingredients with saute chickpeas and potato.

Enjoy the filling salad.



Almond Stuffed Dates
- For this I followed Yasmeen recipe, I was too good. Thanks Yasmeen for the easy and healthy recipe.




Tea - Perhaps some day I'll post :)
Cold Drinks

This post goes to Rak's Cooking For Guests” Event

Rest will come in next post...

Chawal Aloo Paratha w Bondi Raita - Leftover Magic



I didn't had much in my pantry except little leftover rice, some mashed potato. After lot of thinking I endup with Chawal Aloo paratha and it did tasted good with Boondi Raita as I used fresh sweet curd. Best way to use leftovers what say?

Festive Food: Raksha Bandhan Event last date for entry is 16th Aug 09 so send you entry soon.
Also can you guys give me some suggestion for Birthday get together dinner menu? Indian food, simple and fast to prepare?








For Paratha
Serving : 8 medium size parathas

Ingredients:


Cooked Rice - 1/4 cup
Boiled Potato - 3 tbs [ mashed]
Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup
Redchilli Powder - 1tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil -
Water

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except oil and make dough. Do not use too much of water, keep it to minimum. [Refrigerated rice works just fine]

2. Make medium size balls, roll and cook in hot tava both sides, apply oil/butter or ghee. [Do not keep the dough for long it will become very sticky..make paratha immediately]




Bondi Raita

Serving : 1cup

Ingredients:

Curd/Yoghurt - 1Cup [ beaten]
Bondi - 2 tsp
Redchilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Water - if required.

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients, add water if required. Garnish with bondi, chilli and cumin powder. Serve immediately.
Note: Add bondi just before serving raita or it will become soggy.



Leftover Magic



H
ello Dear All,

How you guys doing? Ya, it's same reason again this time of my disappearance: Busy with Work, along with my laziness! Well, whatever it is am here back again and this time with something which is interesting...using leftover food to make new dishes and try not to let the food rot in dustbin. Here is few of my tricks and tips which any of you might find it useful.

So lets start the magic....

Do you guys remember my beet and cabbage series , one of item was Beets and Cabbage Soup. So what to do with leftover Soup ?? Here is the tip, pour the soup in ice trays and freeze it for further use. Whenever required, heat the soup cubes and enjoy once again.



OR heat the soup cubes, mix in wheat flour and make parata/roti .....I did both of these and it taste just as good as it tasted first time.




I know this is rare but if we have some leftover Palak Paneer (more of palak gravy), then the options are add some more paneer and reheat and use it back as palak paneer OR reheat and use it as just palak saag with roti or rice OR do as I did, knead leftover palak gravy with flour and make palak parata or puri .....



And what to do with leftover Rice....one thing I always make with left over rice is Chawal ki Roti and some time Chawal ka Gatta too.

If you are in mood of making Chana Masala or Chole , boiled chickpea and having excess boiled water,. then:

1. I always use the bolied water in chana masala
2. If not again store the boiled water in ice tray and freeze it for future use like using back in any curry OR use it as vegetable stock OR heat the cubes and use while kneading flour instead of using water.




So that's all for now until I come up with some more recyle ideas :)....

Beetroot & Cabbage - Cutlet, Soup, Parata And Kalonji/Stuffed Bittergourd Revised



I
t has been a pinky Sunday ;)....and again it rained heavy on Sunday afternoon....well SG it's like that we can't do anything about it..can we ;)...Now moving over to Beetroot and Cabbage special today....and everything goes to Priya's FIC - Pink/Rose event started by Harini

First up is Beetroot and Cabbage Cutlet



Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 Cup (Grated)
Cabbage - 2 Cups (Grated)
Green chillies - 4-5 (Finely Chopped)
Coriander leaves - handful (Chopped)
Curry Leaves - few (chopped)
Corn flour - 3-4 tbs
Redchilli powder - 1 tbs
Salt - to taste
Oil - for pan fry

Method:

1. Grate cabbage, peeled beetroot. Finely chop chillies, coriander leaves and curry
leaves.

2. Mix well all ingredients (except oil).

3. Heat a pan/tawa, add 1tbs of oil

4. Take small portions of the mixture and form a shape of cutlet or any other shape

5. Place one by one in pan and cook until golden brown on both the sides on low flame(apply oil little as required).


We had it with tea as evening snack and it was perfect in raining evening :)




Next up is Beetroot & Cabbage Soup

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1/4 cup
Cabbage - 2 cups
Bay leaf - 1
Cloves - 2
Pepper Corn - to taste
Salt - to taste
Olive Oil - 1tbs
Water - 3 cups

Method:

1. Chop Cabbage and beetroot in large chunks

2. In a cooker heat oil, add bay leaf, cloves and saute for a min

3. Add the beetroot chunks and saute for 2-3 mins. Add cabbage and saute for 2 mins.

4. Add salt, few pepper corns, and 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 10mins

5. Let the cooker release pressure, make puree of the veggies (discard the bay leaf)

6. Add this puree back to the cooker with some more (2cups) water (as thick you want), bring it to boil (add more salt and pepper if required)

Soup is ready..if you wish add some milk or fresh cream...I like mine just as it is.



Final is Beetroot & Cabbage Parata

When I saw Beets parata in Priya's space it was so eye catching...so I thought of making it, though mine is little difference from hers.



I used the beet and cabbage puree (same used in soup), ajawin, salt and wheat flour to make a dough and make parata & served it with Kalonji ..it was yummy..thanks Priya for the idea :)


Now moving away from pink parade....here is one more entry to Lakshmi's Meals on Wheels is Kalonji or Stuffed Bittergourd which I made again and as this stays well upto a week if store properly. For detail recipe click here



Enjoy.....

Kathirikkai Masal/Eggplant Curry with Tandoori Roti and take part in Earth Hour



I
tried Kathirikkai Masal from Solai True Chettinad Kitchen. At last started to trying things from my long list of bookmarked recipes....whenever I wish to try any of the recipes I endup lacking in a thing or two....and it was same this time too as I didn't had sambar powder but not letting that to stop me from trying I used redchilli and coriander powders and Kitchen King. For the original recipe check Solai's space, Thanks Solai for the wonderful recipe :)




Here is the recipe again with the changes:

Ingredients:

Eggplant (small) - 15-18 (appr. 300) -
Onion - 1 Large (Sliced)
Tomato - 1 Large (diced)
Garlic - 8-10 pods (sliced)
Redchilli powder - 1 1/2 tps
Coriander powder - 1 tps
Kitchen King powder - 1 tps
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tps
Fennel Seeds - 10 seeds
Curry leaves - 10-12 leaves
Coriander leaves - handful (chopped)
Oil - 2 tbs
Salt - to taste
Water - 1/2 - 1 cup

Method:

1. In a pan heat oil, add cumin, fennel seeds and curry leaves let it splutters
2. Add garlic and fry for 1 min. Add sliced onion and fry until it turns light brown.
3. Throw in the chopped tomato and cook for 2mins, now add eggplant (cut each eggplant in 4 slices) and fry them for 3-4 mins.
4. Add all the powder masalas mix well and cook for 3-4 mins again.
5. Add salt and 1/2 cup water, cook with lid on until eggplant becomes tender. Throw in half of the chopped coriander and cook for 5 mins.
6. Garnish with remaining coriander leaves.




This was so yummy... we had it with tandoori roti...


Earth Hour

So guys most us know 28th March 2009 from 8.30pm to 9.30pm is Earth Hour. So take part in this 1st Earth Hour, switch off the lights where ever you are and cast your vote. For more details check here

50th Post with Aloo Tari - Revisited


T
his is my 50th post...I have completed half-century! Man it feels gud, it took me almost 5 months to reach here ;). I never thought I will come this far with blogging but to my amusement I have made it.
Thanks a ton to all the regular visitors of my blog whom always showered me with their sweet & encouraging comments, and Big Thanks to the people whom visits my blog.

Along this 5 months I have made so many friends that I never thought I'll be able to make. Few of them has become real close one and I'm so happy for that fact. (It looks like some award thanks giving speach ;) )

So how to celebrate the 50th post? Well, I thought to revise one of my own entry for that :-). So here is the Aloo Tari with carrot and peas.

Remember my Aloo Tari post? No? Never mind here is the link, check that out ;) So I made the Aloo Tari again but this time added carrot and peas too and it was just yummy. Followed the same procedure as written in the previous post just added 1/2 cup chopped carrot and 1/4 cup frozen peas after step 3 and the result was delicious.

And serve it with parata

50th post celebration and no sweet? Na, I do have one sweet dish to share with. This is call Methi Roti.

Make regular flour dough and roll them. Now add 1 tbl of jaggery pieces close the edges and roll them again. Be careful while rolling this time if not it will start breaking. Cook it both the sides on a hot tawa and apply oil/ghee. After the roti gets cooked it will become stick due to jaggery. Do not eat is very hot or the you will end up burning your tongue. Let it cool down a bit and then enjoy this simple but yummy methi roti.


Dosa & Chutney plus awards



W
hen it comes to breakfast or tiffin items the first thing comes to mind is dosa, idli; at least for me ;) So when Aprana announced the WBB:Grains in my breakfast, I knew what am going to send across. Dosa is one of the regular item in most of the South Indian household and being in Chennai we do make dosa some time too. I follow my own set of measurements to prepare the dosa or idli batter so there is not hard n fast role to follow this measurements. But most of the time the battles always make nice and soft dosas and soft idli. The chutney here is a bit different from regular one, over to recipe now:

Ingredients for Chutney:

Coconut - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Roasted Channa Dal - 3tbs
Greenchilli- 7-8 or as spicy required
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tps
Ginger- 1' or one small piece
Garlic - 3 medium size pods
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1/2 tps
Oil - 1tps

For tempering:
Oil - 2 tps
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tps
Curry leaves - few
Urad Dal - 1/2 tps
Dry red chilli - 2

Method:

1. In a pan heat oil and add all the ingredients except coconut and fry for 2mins.
2. Off the stove and add the coconut pieces and mix with everything.
3. Grind it with little water to make a fine paste.
4. For tempering heat oil and add all the ingredients and cook until mustard seeds splutters.
5. Pour over the tempering mix into the chutney.




Ingredients for Dosa:

Parboiled or Idli rice - 2 cups
Urad Dal/black gram lentils - 3/4 cup
Fenugreek Seeds/Methi - 1/2 tps
Salt - to taste
Baking soda - 1tps
Water
Oil - to make dosa

Method:

1. Wash & soak rice and lentil with fenugreek seeds for 4-5 hours.
2. Grind lentil and rice separately. Mix both the battles together with 1tps of baking soda and let it ferment overnight.
3. Take the desire amount of batter, add salt and water (if required) and mix well.
4. Heat a tawa/griller, pour 1 laddle of batter and spread in circular motion making it as thin as possible.
5. Apply oil in the corner of dosa and cook for 1-2mins or until the edges starts leaving the tawa.
6. Turn over to other side and cook for 1more min.
7. Crispy, nice dosa is ready.

Enjoy the dosa and chutney with ginger pickle.





Janmashtmi Special: Bread Dahiwada, Seviya, Puri with Channa Masala



Q
uite a long title rite? Ya I know but what to do I had to include everything ;) It has been raining cats and dog here during last weekend and rain makes me very lazy ..I just feel like doing nothing but relax :p

Sunday was Janmashtmi, I hope everyone celebrated with much joy and funfare. It has been busy day for me too. Since it was only me and Kedar for lunch and he loves Chawal Ka gatta so I made that for him (for recipe click here) , I just topped up the gatta with some cheese for him...and he enjoyed it even more. Later in the evening I made Bread Dahi Wada from Priyanka's blog, she has submit bread dahiwada for the Rakhi event and I thought of giving it a try and I must say it was gud. Very different, quick and tasty...none figured out it's bread dahi wada until I told them! So if anyone wants to try then go ahead :)

The only thing was; I was not sure how the bread dough will be but in the end I came up with something. So if you are going to try this please add the curd only in small portions or you'll end up adding more breads like me ;)

I did little changes to the recipe like for the stuffing I used raisins, cashews and a pinch of cardamom powder. I also stir fry the wada instead of deep frying.

The wada looked like this:

And also I soak the wadas in curd for more than 2-3hr before severing.

Here is closer look

I have also used edges of the bread (as it not used in wada). After frying the wada, I used the same pan, added 1tps of grated garlic and saute it. Added the bread edges, 1tps redchilli powder, 1/2tps turmeric powder, salt to taste and fry it in low sim for 10mins. Severed with Mitthi chutney and tea as evening snack.



For Seviyan or Semiya Payasam check recipe here



Dinner was black chaana sabji, puri and seviya. I'll post the channa masala sabji later till then have a look at the pic ;)


Everything goes to Festive Food event hosted by myself and Purva.


Besan Puri & Mint Chutney

The other day I was alone at home enjoying myself, sofa and tv when the clock tick 7.30pm! Oh dear time to make dinner as everyone will be coming back from their ventures to disturb me, my sofa and tv mood :) I was really not in a mood to cook anything but something simple, easy and FAST! After lot of thinking I decided to make Besan Puri, my mom use to make these for our lunch box during school days. Most of my classmates use to bring besan pori as lunch box too and we use to have fun sharing, eating! Ahh good old school days.
Whenever I use to visit my friends place they will make this for me and I use eat lovely, hot besan puri happily. I started my own version of besan puri very long back but that was not really my mom’s type. I use to make besan puri for my other sis, whom always asked me to cook whenever she wanted to eat besan puri or besan gatta and now she is pro in both the dishes and makes better than me!!
Some time back when I went to Chennai I stayed at my sis place for 1week and daily she use to make different dishes or whatever I wish for ..hehe. One day she made besan pori and taught me the proper way of making it.(that’s why I said I have this sisterly feeling towards Vani cause she is just like my sisters …always pampering ) And ya my Jiju will also prepare dishes for me :).

Ingredients:
Beasan/ Gramdal flour - ½ cup
Saunf - 1/2tps (a must for this dish)
Redchill powder - 1tps
Salt to taste
Oil - 4-5 tbs to mix filling
Oil - for making parathas
Flour - 1cup
Water
Method:
1. Mix besa, saunf, chilli powder, salt and oil together well. Rub the besan mix between palms to make it fine powder.

2. Use 2-3tbs of water only if required, I didn’t use any water for the filling mix.
3. Make dough from flour and water as for any paratha we make.
4. Make small balls of dough, make a cup shape from the balls and fill 1tbs of besan mix in that, seal it and roll them into thin roti.

5. Heat a tawa or griller and cook the roti both side until golden brown apply oil/ghee.

6. Hot, Spicy besan puri is ready to eat.
7. Server with curd, pickle, any vegetable, curry, chutney or with tea.
Closer Look...


I have made Pudina/Mint chutney and here is the recipe.



Aloo Paratha Recipe



W
hen Nupar announced the theme for July is Less is More I was pity excited, the more exciting part is the Logo of the event which looks so warm, fresh and wonderful. At least for the sake of the logo I had to participate in the event.

If there is nothing at home or one doesn’t feel like cooking much and still want something good to eat then I guess the answer is Aloo Paratha and that’s what we did. As Srivalli has freshly done the roundup of Roti Mela (an amazing round one must say), I quickly browse through the blogs of various people for aloo paratha and found one simple yet very nice recipe. I have few version of making aloo paratha and Anitha’s was similar to what I had in my mind.

Yummy aloo parathas are ready



Ingredients:

For Dough
Wheat Flour - 2 Cups
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Water - To knead
Oil/Ghee- For Frying

For Stuffing
Potato - 3 large
Green Chilli - 2-3
Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp chopped
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp [optional]
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - To Taste

Method:
1. In a large bowl or plate take flour add salt, oil and mix well. Add water in small quantity and prepare a soft dough.  Keep aside for 15 minutes or until required.

2. For Stuffing boil potato peel and mash it well.  Finely chop chilli, coriander leaves and add with mashed potato along with cumin and garam masala powder, salt and mix well.  Divide potato masala in equal portion of 6-7 and make it into smooth ball.

3. Divide dough in to small portion of 6-7 and make a smooth ball, flatten it and roll into 3" roll, add one potato masala ball and bring all the edges of roti together to seal dough properly.

4. Flatten it again carefully, dust with little flour and roll gently into medium size paratha.  Repeat same for rest of dough.

5. Heat a tawa or griller and add paratha and cook until bubble appears around 1-2 minutes and flip the paratha.  Apply  1-2 tsp of oil or ghee all over paratha and flip again to apply oil/ghee on another side.  Cook until both sides is golden brown.   Repeat same for rest.

Serve hot with curd, pickle or any side dish of choice.

Palak Puri

Today I'm blogging Palak Puri recipe though almost everyone knows how to make palak puri but I thought never mind I shall still blog it. The pictures are not very nice cause I clicked them in very much hurry and couldn't manage to click the picture of Alu Sabji as everyone dig it once it was ready :-( But the good thing was everyone ate to heart content ...first my Sis was keep saying I mashed the potato too much for the sabji and the alu sabji has become somewhat like alu stew ;p but when the final product came ..everyone appreciate it and finished it with no puri or sabji left !

From my childhood this version of palak puri only I have seen in my house but my mom use to make these only on any special occasion; any festival/birthdays or if any guest is coming at home and serve the green colour puris and sure everyone always ask wow what it is made of?

Here is the same version but my mom's palak puri use to be very dark green colours one which I use to love it.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour - 2cups
Palak/Spinach - 1bunch
Salt - to taste
Ginger - a small piece
Green chili - 3-4
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tps
Oil - for frying

Method:

1. Clean the palak and blanch it in boiling water for 5mins along with ginger and green chilies.
2. Make a fine paste of blanch palak, now add the cumin and little water if required.
3. Make dough with wheat flour, salt and palak paste.

4. Make small balls of the dough and roll into puri


5. Fry the puri in oil as usual.

6. Our palak puri is ready to eat!
Serve with Aloo Matar Tari or any curry of choice.