Entries Tagged as ‘snack’

March 13, 2008

Péla Pindi

A quick and nutritious snack.

Ingredients
Wheat flour
Sugar
Milk
Get Cooking!
1. Dry roast the wheat flour till you get a nice aroma. Switch heat off.
2. Add sugar to the bowl.
3. Sprinkle some milk such that it wets the roasted flour…take care not to add too much milk and make it watery. The consistency should be such that it is [...]

March 12, 2008

Dakshini Crisps

Serves 4
Ingredients
Bread Slices 4
Potato 1
Rava 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Onion ½ finely chopped
Tomato ½ deseeded & finely chopped
Curry leaves 2 tbsp finely chopped
Mustard seeds ½ tsp
Get Cooking!
1. Wash the potato, cook, peel and mash well.
2. To the potato, add onion, tomato, curry leaves, salt, pepper. Mix well.
3. Add the rava and mix lightly.
4. Spread [...]

March 9, 2008

Khandvi

This is a Gujarati dish.  A friend of mine calls this with a very unappetising but kinda apt name “toilet paper rolls”
Ingredients
Besan ¾ cup
Yogurt ¾ cup
Green chilli- ginger paste 1 tsp
Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
Asafoetida
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
White sesame seeds 1tsp
Red chillies 2
Curry leaves
Oil
Get Cooking!
1. Whisk the yogurt with a cup of [...]

November 30, 2007

Vegetable Cheese Cutlet

It is a good dish for a snack.
IngredientsGrated vegetables - 1/2 cupGrated cheese - 2 tspBlack pepper powder - 1 pinchCornflour - 2 tspCilantro - 1 tspPotato (steamed, peeled & mashed) - 1/2 cupBread crumbsMaidaSaltButter - 1 tbspGinger-garlic paste - 1tspOil
Get Cooking!1. Cook the grated vegetables with a little salt & mash.2. Heat the butter [...]

November 7, 2007

Panchapandavar Vadai

Ingredients
Chenna dal 1 cup
Urad dal 1 cup
Tuvar Dal 1cup
Moong Dal 1 cup
Black eyed peas (Karamani) 1 cup
Onions finely chopped - 1 cup
Grated coconut 1/2 cup
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Chillies
Salt
Oil
Get Cooking!
1. Grind the dals to a coarse powder (rava types)
2. When required, soak this rava for about an hour. Strain away excess water.
3. Mix in the other ingredients [...]

November 6, 2007

Batata chakli

IngredientsRice flourPotatoesChilli powderSaltAjwainAsafoetidaTurmeric powderCumin powderGheeOil
Get Cooking!1. Grate the potatoes and puree it in a mixer.2. Mix rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, ajwain, a little asafoetida, salt, raw pureed potatoes and about half cup of ghee.3. Knead into a nice dough. Keep it aside for 20 - 30 minutes.4. Put it into the [...]

April 27, 2007

Javarisi Kichidi

Nutritious, delicious and very easy to prepare!Serves 4
Ingredients
Javarasi 1 cup
Roasted peanuts ½ cup crushed
Medium size potatoes 2 peeled and cut into cubes
Cumin seeds ½ tsp
Green chillies 2 slit
Oil 2 tbsp or less
Salt to taste
Get Cooking!
1. Wash the sago. Drain and keep aside for about 2 hours. Sprinkle a little water to moisten [...]

March 20, 2007

Thattai

A yummy snack
IngredientsRice flour 2 cupsUrad Dal flour ¼ cupSesame seedsCurry leavesChenna dalSaltRed Chilli powderAsafoetidaOil
Get Cooking!1. Mix in the rice flour and urad dal flour.2. Soak the chenna dal in some warm water for a while till it gets soft and drain away the water3. Add the salt, red chilli powder, asafoetida, sesame seeds, soaked [...]

November 11, 2006

Tabilabilla

Also called upma-adai or upmadry. South indian cutlets
Ingredients
Rice 1 cupTuvar dal 1 tbspChenna dal 1 tbspUrad dal ½ tbspJeera about 1 tspSalt to tasteRed chilliesGreen chilliesGingerMustard seedsAsafoetidaOil
Get Cooking!
1. Soak the tuvar dal, chenna dal and urad dal for a while. Grind to a coarse paste with the jeera and keep aside.2. Grind the [...]

October 13, 2006

Ribbon Pakoda

A nice fried snack.
Ingredients
Besan 2 cupsRice Flour 1 cupSalt to taste (about 3 tsp)Red chilli powder 3 tspAsafoetidaButter/ GheeOil for frying
Get Cooking!
1. Mix the above ingredients well.2. Add a little water to make a thick pasty kind of mixture3. Heat up the oil in a kadai for frying4. Once the oil is warm, take [...]