March 21, 2011

Vegetable Spring Rolls

Ingredients:
  • Spring roll pastry sheets (deforest to room temperature to separate each sheet)
  • 1 cup mixed vegetables(shredded carrot & cabbage,beans,peas,corn & chopped capsicum, etc)
  • 1 medium size sliced Onion
  • 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp Soya sauce
  • 1 tbsp red chilli paste
  • 1 Chopped green chilly
  • 1 tbsp all purpose flour
  • Salt & ground pepper to taste
  • cooking Oil for deep fry
  • water
Preparation process:
  • In a pan boil water and then add mixed vegetables cook till the are soft.
  • Drain water from the vegetables and keep it aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan on medium flame and fry onions. 
  • Add ginger garlic paste and fry for another minute.
  • Next add boiled and drained vegetables and green chillies and fry them.
  • add soya sauce, red chili paste,salt,ground pepper then mix evenly for a minute. then turn off the flmae.
  • let it cool before stuffing.
  • In a bowl take allpurpose flour and add water and make it a like paste.
  • Take each pastry sheet and place it like a diamond corners facing to you.
  • Add stuffing ad roll tightly till the middle then brush up the paste to the edges then fold the sides to middle.
  • Again roll till edge and keep aside.
  • Do prepare all of them.mean while heat oil in a frying pan.
  • Drop each of them into the oil and fry till tey are golden brown.
        Serve HOT HOT!!! with ketchup.

March 03, 2011

All Purpose Flour Bajji ( Maida Pindi Bajji)

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 Cups maida (All purpose Flour)
  • 3 tbsp Sooji
  • 1/2tbsp rice flour
  • 2 Green chilies (finely chopped very small)
  • 1/4 Cup onion ( finely chopped very small)
  • Sour curd ( to make the batter)
  • ¼ tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1/4 Cup Chopped coriander leaves (optional)
  • 1/4 Cup spring onion (chopped)
  • Few Chopped curry leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to deep fry

Preparation Process:
  • In a mixing bowl take maida,rice flour,sooji.
  • Add salt,Baking Powder,cumin seeds,chopped green chillies, chopped onions, coriander & curry leaves.
  • Adding sour curd to make batter not too thick nor too thin.
  • Take  oil in a frying pan on medium high flame.
  • Once oil is heat then drop the batter like very small  balls in the oil and deep fry them till they are in golden brown.
         Serve HOT HOT!!! with onions, As a evening snack.


Raw Mango Onion Curry ( ulligadda Mamidikaya Kura )

Ingredients :
  • 1 Cup Sour raw mango(peeled & chopped into cubes)
  • 2 Cups Chopped Onion
  • 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • ¼ tbsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp red chilli powder
  • 3 tbsp roasted Sesame powder
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • T tbsp Sugar (or grated jaggery)
  • salt to taste
Preparation Process:
  • Heat oil in a pan on medium flame.
  • Add cumin seeds,mustard seeds once it starts splatters add onions and saute.
  • Add Turmeric powder,Red chilli powder, Salt,sugar and Mango pieces.
  • Mix well And cook till the mango pieces are soft .
  • Finally sprinkle Sesame powder and mix.
         Serve HOT HOT!!! with Rice or Roti&puri.

Note: If it is sour then Mangoes will soft very fast if not it won't be soft fastly.

March 02, 2011

Cucumber Tomato Salad

Ingredients
  • 2 tomatoes Chopped,
  • 1 cucumber peeled and diced,
  • 1 onion chopped ,
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste
Preparation Process:
  • In a salad bowl add cucumbers,tomatoes & onions.
  • Sprinkle lemon juice & Season it with salt and black pepper.
  • Chill it in the refregirator for an hour.
         Serve Chilled Salad.
 

Mixed Vegetable Poha (Atukula Upma)

Ingredients
  • 2 cups Poha Thin or Medium
  • 1 cup Mixed vegetables diced (peas/carrot/corn/beans/potato) 
  • ½ cup chopped onions
  • Few Peanuts
  • 1/2 Tbsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds
  • 3-4 green chillies (slit)
  • Few Curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • 3-4 Cooking Oil
  • 1/4 cup Chopped coriander leaves 
  • Salt to taste
  • Water
Preparation:
  • Soak Poha in enough water,let it soak until it turns soft then drain the water completely.
  • Chop the vegetables finely and boil them separately either in the microwave or stove.
  • Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan fry Peanuts then add Cumin Seeds,mustard seeds let it splatters.
  • Then add curry leaves, green chillies,chopped onion, mix well and sauté until it turns translucent.
  • Then add boiled vegetables,salt,turmeric and cook for 2 min.
  • If needed add little oil and then add soaked poha and mix evenly and continously without sticking it to the pan.
  • Cook till it becomes little hot and cooked evenly then turn off the flame.
  • Finally add Lemon Juice and garnish With Coriander.
         Serve HOT HOT!!!Vegetable Poha.
Note: Soaking time for poha may vary from types of poha.


  

March 01, 2011

Bhel Chaat (Puff Rice Chaat)

Ingredients:

  • 2 Cups puff rice (Bhel)
  • 1/2 Cup boiled potatoes
  • 1/2 Cup tomatoes chopped
  • 1/4 Cup chopped onion (very small)
  • 1   chilli chopped
  • Pinch of tumeric powder
  • 1/4 Cup green chutney
  • 1/4 Cup tamarind chutney
  • 1 Cup Thin Sev
  • 1/4 Cup Coriander leave.
  • salt to taste

Preparation Process: 
  • Take puff rice in a mixing bowl, Mash the boiled Potatoes & add.
  • Add tomatoes,onion,green chilli,tumeric powder,green chutney and tamarind chutney together.
  • Add salt then Mix Evenly.
  • Finally add Sev Coriander.
        Serve Immediately. 


Note: For this you can add any of your desired ingredients,but to get the same taste Green & tamarind    Chutney's are Must.
Substitue for Green And Tamarind Chutney is Tomato Chilli Sauce.