Puli Vada

This a really simple and simply superb recipe taught to me by my friends mom Jalajaka , it really tastes awesome and has a big advantage where we can keep the vada dough for at least one week in fridge  and still it turns out  awesome. A must try snack.

Ingredients:

One cup rice ( Ponni or basmathi or raw rice) : wash and soak it for 2 hours

Tamarind : one big lemon size

Whole Red chillies : 6 nos

Curry leaves a few

Fresh Coconut scrapped : Two handful or half coconut

Salt to taste and oil for frying

Method:

1. Remove all the water from thee soaked rice and dry grind the rice without adding water to a course powder and dont make it very fine and keep aside.

2. Grind in the mixi with little water , coconut, redchillies, curry leaves and tamarind like chutney and salt keep aside.

3. Now add the chutney to the rice powder and mix well with hand so that you get a thick dough like muruku dough even thicker than that and now make small balls and take a plastic bag and rub oil on it and make the ball flat with hands and the vada should be thick and deep fry it in hot oil in medium heat . It will swel up like pooris.

Serve hot with plain coconut chutney and even it tastes great when eaten with no side dips.

Eggless 8 Minutes Banana Bread

This is the yummiest and easiest recipe in just 8 minutes :) . This can be easily done in a normal cooking mode Microwave Oven in 8 minutes and it can also be baked in normal oven. I prefer the microwave version as it can be done in minutes. This is a quick and ideal breakfast bread and if you make this for kids they would have a real blast :). 

Ingredients:


Self Raising Flour / Maida  - One cup
Ripe Banana - 1 and half cup mashed well
Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
Castor sugar or Brown sugar - 3/4 cup
Milk - 1/3 cup
Cooking oil either corn or sunflower - 1/4 cup
Crushed Nuts & Raisans- 1/4 cup any nuts of your own choice

Method:


1. Seive the flours , baking powder and baking soda together so that it mixes well and keep aside.

2. Mix the castor sugar or brown sugar in 1/4 cup oil and milk and beat well with a hand beater and then add this to the flour mixture and mix well and also add the mashed bananas 1 and half cups and beat well in a hand blender till everything mixes well to a smooth texture, just mix it for 3 minutes and not for a long time and finally mix in the nuts.

3. grease an microwave dish and pour the mixture and bake for 8 minutes in high cooking mode . Once done insert a toothpick and if it is done it will come out clean and if not bake for another 2 minutes.

4. Allow it to cool well and then transfer and slice and enjoyyy :)

Note: If you use castor sugar the bread will be in a whiter shade and if you use brown sugar the bread gets a good colour and it tastes different. I prefer using brown sugar.

Aloo Tikki

This is my all time favourite whenever I feel like making some snack using potatoes in the evenings, I instantly prefer doing this , it is quick and easy and it is a big hit in my family J . A good Starter for parties, you can even do on the previous day and keep it in fridge and fry it on the next day.

Ingredients:

Potatoes: 3 medium sized potatoes boiled and mashed

Onion : one finely chopped

Green chillies : 6 Finely chopped

Ginger : 2” inch piece grated fine

Coriander leaves: handful chopped finely

Curry leaves : a few finely chopped

Corn flour : 2 tablespoons ( Mix it with quarter cup water and keep aside )

Bread crumbs : one cup

Ordinary White Bread : 5 slices ( Dip for a second in water and squeeze out all the water )

Oil for frying

Salt to taste

Method:

1.   Take a Mixing bowl and add the mashed potatoes, onions, greenchillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves, grated ginger , soaked bread , salt and mix well till it becomes smooth and then make small balls and shape it like oval balls and keep aside  .

2.       Now dip the tikkis in cornflour mixture and then roll it in the bread crumbs and deep fry in  oil in medium heat till golden brown and the tikkis will  burn if you fry in high fire .

Note: Dipping in the cornflour  or egg  and breadcrumbs is optional and it can be deep fried even without this and I had done it without dipping in cornflour and bread crumbs still it is very crispy but it should be fried in hot oil and then on  medium heat . 

 Serve with tomato or chilli sauce .