Chaat
Masala wada
Crisp on the outside and soft inside, these South Indian wadas served with coconut chutney make a delicious snack. While frying these you have to start with hot oil, and then reduce the flame in order to cook the dal without over browning the outer surface.
Makes approx.30 wade.
Ingredients
1 cup Bengal gram dal (chana [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Stuffed dahi wada
Dahi vadas are eaten all over India. But Marwaris have glorified and enriched this simple lentil preparation by stuffing them with an assortment of dry fruits like cashews, sultanas etc. Jodhpuris and Marwaris often use moong dal instead of urad dal for the vadas.
Rajasthanis relish dahi vadas at any time of the day – as [...]
Palak pakoda chaat
Large spinach leaves, coated with a thin gram flour batter, are deep fried to make crisp spinach pakodas which are topped with sweet chutney and sprinkled with roasted cumin powder.
Here are all the ingredients of a delicious chaat!
Cooking Time : 15 mins.
Preparation Time : 10 mins.
Serves 6.
Ingredients
50 fresh spinach leaves, washed
1 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dal pakwan
An extremely popular Sunday breakfast delicacy in Sindhi homes.
Chana dal served with crispy pakwans. The dal is thick, creamy and spicy. The pakwans, though the name sounds intimidating, use the same papadi dough rolled out into large chapatis and deep fried until crisp.
In order to obtain crispy unpuffed pakwans, always prick them before frying. It [...]
Moong aur mooli chaat
I have experimented with a lot of recipes for moong dal pakodis and this is probably the best I have come across. The addition of a little Eno’s fruit salt makes the pakodis spongy and more crunchy and also makes them cook faster .
These moong dal pakodis must be eaten hot with fresh chilled curds [...]
Potato basket chaat
These dainty potato baskets are made with potato straw and filled with a crunchy mixture of stir-fried bean sprouts and capsicum.
Selecting the right kind of potatoes is the most vital step in making these baskets. Use a variety of potato that is used to make wafers. Some vendors even call them “Old Potatoes”. This variety [...]
Paneer tikki aur chhole
Tikki chole is one of the more popular chaats in North India.
One afternoon when I was left with the task of feeding my hungry grandchildren, I thought of making the most of what was available on my kitchen shelf. I then chanced upon this recipe which has today become very popular amongst my family and [...]
Mutter chaat
A riot of flavours, typical of any chaat – but with the bhujia adding a great new dimension.
Cooking Time : 10 mins.
Serves 4.
Ingredients
2 cups tender green peas
½ teaspoon jeera (cumin seeds)
½ teaspoon saunf (aniseed)
½ teaspoon amchur (mango peel powder)
½ teaspoon chaat masala
1 to 2 pinches hing (asafoetida)
2 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Corn sev puri
Although every Mumbai visitor never misses eating sev puri, those who eaten the
same thing over the years do grow weary of it.
Here is a recipe for all those who agree with me. Similar but yet very very different
from the traditional sev puri.
Baked papadis or little puris are topped with sweet corn and crunchy onions spiked
with [...]
Aloo ka bomb
Our very own version of the “Baked Stuffed Potato”, fondly named by street
vendors as a “Bomb”.
Whole potatoes scooped and stuffed with a chatpata paneer filling and topped with
spicy green chutney and crispy sev.
Cooking Time : 15 mins.
Preparation Time : 10 mins.
Makes 2 bombs.
Ingredients
2 large potatoes, boiled and peeled
1 tablespoon butter
For the paneer [...]
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