Sunday, April 29, 2012

Masala Chappathi

Ingredients:
1.       Coconut – chopped

2.       Cumin seeds – 2 spoons

3.       Black pepper – 1 spoons

4.       Dhal powder – 2 spoons

5.       Wheat flour

6.       Ghee – 2 spoons

7.       Cooking oil

8.       Salt

How to cook:

1.       Put 2 spoons of cooking oil in a pan and heat it, fry cumin seeds, black pepper, coconut and grind it (don’t make it as a paste).

2.       Add 2 spoons of dhal powder to the grinded mixture.  

3.       Take wheat flour and add salt and 2 spoons of ghee and cooking oil

4.       Mix it well and add the grinded mixture to wheat flour

5.       Make it as ball, roll it and make chappathi.



Feedback:

This chappathi is so soft and healthy, as cumin seeds are added, which is good for digestion. This tastes spicy and good combination with tomato chutney and tomato gravy. Kids love to have this masala chappathi, as its different from normal chappathi.

Cooking Time (to make 2): 15 minutes.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Mushroom Capsicum Masala

Ingredients: 1. Mushroom – 1 pack 2. Big onion – 1 chopped 3. Tomato – 2 small 4. Chilly – 3 5. Coconut paste – 2 teaspoon 6. Small onions – 6 7. Aniseed - 1 teaspoon 8. Garlic – 2 pieces 9. Ginger – small piece 10. Chilly powder – 2 teaspoon 11. Coriander powder – 2 teaspoon 12. Capsicum – 1
How to cook: 1. Pour 2 teaspoons of cooking oil in a pan and fry chopped big onions, curry leaves, tomato, capsicum, and add mushroom 2. Add 2 spoons of chili powder and coriander powder 3. Grind coconut paste, garlic, ginger, chilly, aniseed, small onions and make it as a paste 4. Mix the grinded paste to the mushroom and add salt 5. To garnish, add coriander leaves.
Cooking Time: To clean and cut vegetables - 10 minutes To cook – 15 minutes
Feedback: This taste as a chicken gravy and you can avoid chicken for this season. Good combination with white rice and curd rice. I cooked with more spicy, so it taste good for chappathi and dosa. Don’t put small onions too much to the paste, it will taste sweet.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Bread Cutlet Chat

Ingredients: 5 slice wheat Bread, chopped onions(1), chopped chilly(2 or 3), coriander leaves, Gram Flour (1 cup), chopped coconut, Aniseed (1 teaspoon), poppy seeds (1 teaspoon), oil, salt, haldiram’s masala bhujia ( 3 tea spoons)
How to cook: 1. Grind coconut, Aniseed, poppy seed and make it as a paste 2. Dip wheat bread in water and make it a flour 3. Mix coconut paste and wheat bread flour 4. Add chopped onions, chilly, coriander leaves and salt to the flour 5. Make it as a ball and deep fry in an oil pan 6. To garnish, add tomato sauce, chopped onions, coriander leaves, and haldirams Masala Bhujia. Feedback: This snack is very tasty, so different and good for health, best for an evening snack. It won’t take much time to cook this snack (only 30 min). We can add boiled potato to the flour for a better taste and add curd to the finished snack.