Aloo Vada / Vada Pav / Batata Vada

This is one of the popular & tempting snack. It is very simple, easy to make snack in winter or rainy season.

Ingredients

•   ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon chopped green chillies
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• pinch of asafoetida/ hing
• ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• Salt to taste

For Batter

• 1 cup gram flour/chickpea flour/besan
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• Vegetable/Sunflower Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste

Method

• Mix all ingredients of batter to form a dip thick. Keep aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Add asafoetida, mustard seeds, green chillies and onions. Saute for a couple of minutes till onions are soft and light golden color.
• Add ginger paste, garlic paste, turmeric and salt and sauté for a few more minutes; then add the mashed potatoes, cilantro leaves and sauté for a couple of minutes.
• Allow the potato mixture cool down and divide the mixture into 8 portions, shape into round balls and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan for deep frying
• Coat each of the potato balls in the gram flour batter and gradually let it into the oil and deep fry until golden brown in color.
• Drain on absorbent paper and serve hot.
• served with Chutneys like Green Chutney and Date and Tamarind Chutney or just plain  Tomato Ketchup. You could serve this as is, or sandwiched into a bun that is Vada Pav.

Dahi Wada

Ingredients:

For Wada:

• 1 Cup Urad daal
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

For Dahi :

• 3 cups plain dahi (yogurt)
• 1/2 tsp grated Ginger
• Finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1-2 green chilies chopped
• Salt to taste
• 2 tsp Roasted cumin(jeera)powder
• Red chili powder to taste
• 1 tsp chaat masala

Method:

• For Wada - Clean, wash and soak the daal overnight.
• Grind it into smooth paste.
• Add salt to taste.
• Heat oil in a pan and drop a spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden brown.
• Take the hot wadas and put in cold water for 2-3 minutes.
• Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.
• For Dahi - Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
• Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.
• Add salt, red chili powder and cumin powder & chaat masala.
• Serving - In a deep dish arrange wada and pour dahi over them.
• Now add imli (tamarind) chutney and green chutney.
• Garnish with coriander.
• Serve the dahi vadas chilled.

Green peas Kachori

Ingredients :

• Maida or all purpose flour - 1 cup
• wheat flour - 1/2 cup
• oil - 1 tbsp.
• green peas - 1/2 cup
• ginger-paste - 1 tsp
• Aniseeds (saunf) - 1 tbsp.
• Green chilies paste - 2 tbsp
• oil - For frying
• salt to taste
  
  Method :
  
• Heat oil in a pan, add the ginger paste, chilli paste and the aniseed .
• Fry this mixture for 2 mins, the add the green peas and salt.
• Cook this for 10 mins then allow it to cool. The mixture should be dry.
• Grind this peas mixture in a blender.
• Mix together the flours, oil and salt adding water till you form a smooth dough.
• Take a small ball of dough and roll it out, place little filling in the centre and close to form a pouch.
• Roll this out and fry like pooris.

Patra (Colacasia Leaf Rolls) / Allu Wadi

Ingredients

• 8-10 Patra or allu(colocassia) leaves
• 1 cup Besan
• 2 tsp Ginger paste
• 1 tsp Each dhania- jeera powder
• 1 tsp Chilli powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• Pinch of Hing powder
• pinch of soda bicarb
• 4 tbsp Tamarind pulp
• 4 tbsp Gud
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep fry or shallow fry
• 1 tbsp grated coconut for garnishing
  
  For Seasoning
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds (optional)
• 8-10 curry leaves
  
  Method
  
• Mix the gud and tamarind pulp, keep aside for 15-20 min so gud will dissolve.
• Place the leaves face down on the table and slice off the thick portion of the stalks with a sharp knife.
• Mix the besan, dhania, jeera, chilli powder, ginger paste, hing and salt.
• Add to this the gur and tamarind mixture and enough water to make a paste which can be spread easily.
• Spread over a leaf, face down, in a thin layer, leaving a narrow margin all around.
• Place another leaf over this and repeat the besan application.
• Do the same with two more leaves.
• Tuck in the edges along the length and roll like a scroll.
• Repeat with the rest of the leaves. Set all this rolls on a dhokla stand. Spread some oil on a dhokla thali so roll won't be stick to the thali
• Steam rolls for 15-20 minutes in a pressure cooker, do not use the whistle.
• When cool, slice into 1"- 3" thick slices and deep fry or shallow fry.
• Now for seasoning heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai & add mustard seeds, sesame seeds & cumin seeds, allow to splutter then add curry leaves.
• Add this seasoning on the ready patra & mix well. Then garnish with grated coconut & serve.

Murukku / Chakali

Ingredients

• Rice flour 3 cups
• Plain curd or dahi 3 tbsp
• warm water 1 cup or as required
• salt to taste
• cumin seeds 1 tsp
• sesame seeds 1 tsp
• red chili powder 1/2 tsp
• black paper powder 1/2 tsp
• oil for deep fry

Method

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl except water & oil.
• Now add a warm water little by little and knead to make a soft dough.
• Heat oil in a kadhai and press bits of dough through a mould.
• Fry the chakli in the oil till crispy and brown.
• Drain with a perforated spoon and remove.
• Rice chakli or murukku is ready to serve.

Khandvi / Surali Wadi

This is one of the yummy Gujarathi dish. This is a perfect dish for teatime snack. But the key to making Khandvi is to get the batter to the right consistency and to get it to roll . By personal experience lots of time I have made big flop in this if my measurement goes wrong. But I am sure you will have fun to make this dish & while eating this khandvi it is alway yummy .........!!!!!!


Ingredients :
• Bengal gram flour - 1 cup
• Buttermilk - 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil - 2 tablespoon
• Sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon (optional)
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
• Coconut scraped - 1 tablespoon
• Coriander leaves - A few
• Asafoetida - 1/8 teaspoon
• Green chillies - 2 no's chopped
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt to taste

Method :
• Mix besan, salt and turmeric powder in buttermilk to form a batter.
• Heat oil in a heavy pan, add batter and stir continuously to avoid lump formation.
• Cook till the mixture does not taste raw, stirring continuously, when done pour a ladleful on a plate or you can use aluminum foil.
• Spread as thin as possible with the back of a large flat spoon, in circular outward movements as for dosas.
• When cool, cut into 2" wide strips carefully roll each strip, repeat for all plates.
• For seasoning heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds , asafoetida, curry leaves and chillies.
• Finally add sesame seeds and immediately pour over rolls, garnish with coconut and coriander leaves.
• Enjoy khandvi with garlic/green chutney.

Kothambir (Coriander) Vadi

Ingredients:
1 cup - gram flour
2 tbsp - rice flour
2 tbsp – jawar flour
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 - garlic pods (optional)
1" - ginger
1 tsp - cumin seeds
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds (Till)
1 or 2 tbsp - oil
1 bunch - fresh coriander leaves
sugar to taste
Lemon juice to taste
salt to taste

Method:
Wash the coriander leaves and dry completely, chopped finely.
Crushed the garlic, ginger and cumin seeds.
In a large bowl, mix the gram four, the rice flour and jawar flour
Add the chopped coriander leaves, red chili powder, lemon juice, salt and sugar to taste and crushed garlic ginger.
Mix well. Make a deep well in the centre and pour the oil and mix well.
Add enough water to make stiff dough.
Make cylindrical rolls.
In a sieve arrange the rolls and steam for about 20- 25 minutes.
Cool completely when done.
Cut the rolls into small pieces as desired.
Heat some oil in a pan & made a tadaka using mustard seeds & till.
Spread this tadaka on the vadi.
Garnish with fresh coconut and coriander leaves.
Serve with garlic chutney or green coriander chutney

Cabbage Snadwich

Ingredients

• 1 cup cabbage shredded fine
• 1 carrot cut in thin slices
• 2 garlic pods
• 1/2 piece ginger
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp pepper powder
• 2 slices sandwich bread
  
  
  Method
  
• Heat the butter in a scillet.
• Add the cabbage and carrot. Stir fry till tender.
• Add salt, pepper, garlic and ginger stir and remove. Cool the mixture.
• Place a spoonful of the mixture on a slice of bread. Place the other slice on top of it.
• Grill in a pre-heated oven (sandwich maker may also be used).
• Remove when golden brown and sprinkle with fine grated cheese while still hot.
• Serve with tomato ketchup or any sauce

Muthia

This is one of my family recipe.











Ingredients:

• 2 cups grated dudhi or bottlegourd
• 1 Cup gram flour
• 3/4 Cup wheat flour
• 3/4 Cup jawar flour
• 1 tsp Cumin seed powder
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 Inch ginger, crushed
• 1 tsp Ajwain
• 1 Pinch asafoetida
• 3 tbsp Chopped coriander
• Salt to taste
• Sugar to taste
• Oil for deep fry

Method:

• Combine grated dudhi, Jawar flour, wheat flour, gram flour, salt and sugar in a big bowl.
• Add cumin seed powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, crushed ginger & chopped coriander.
• Add ajwain seeds and asafoetida
• Mix properly and knead lightly.
• Shape into small thin rolls with your fingers.
• In a kadhai or in pan heat some oil for deep fry.
• Add muthia and fry until brown.
• Enjoy with tomato sauce.

These pizzas are so easy & yummy, it can be made in 15 mins and you will enjoy it.

Instant Bread Pizza - 1

Ingredients -

• Bread slices
• Grated Mozarella Cheese - as needed
• Pasta Sauce - 6 tbsp
• Chopped Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method -

• Take each slice of bread, spread 1 tbsp. of pasta sauce on it
• Sprinkle 1 tbsp. of grated mozarella.
• Garnish it with coriander leaves.
• Place all slices on a baking tray and bake it till the cheese melts.
• Take it out of the oven and it serve hot.
  

Instant Bread Pizza - 2

Ingredients -

• Bread slices
• Diced Bell peppers (either red, yellow or green) - 1 Qty
• Diced medium onion - 1/2 Qty
• Diced medium tomatos - 2 Qty
• Tomato Ketcup - 4 tbsps
• Cheese grated - 4 tbsps
• Crushed Black Pepper - 1/2 tbsp
  

Method -

• Take the bread slices and cut them into rounds with some sharp round thing like a katori or a lid. You can use the leftover bread to make bread crumbs.
• Now arrange the bread on to a baking tray. Make sure its lightly greased.
• Now sprinkle cheese on all and add a litle onions, tomatoes and bell peppers to all.
• Top it up with tomato ketchup and finally add some more cheese and a dash of black pepper.
• Bake at 375oC for about 12 minutes till they turn golden brown.
• Take it out of the oven and it serve hot.
  

Have fun.