Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Samosa Recipe.




Prep Time:20 Minutes.
Cook Time:25 Minutes.

Ingredients:
  • 2 Cup-Maida(All purpose flour)
  •  1 tbs-Cumin Seeds
  • 1 tbs-Caraway Seeds
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 Cup-Oil for kneading
  • 3-4-Medium potatoes ,boiled, mashed
  • 1 tbs-Turmeric powder
  • 1 tbs-Dry fenugreek leaves
  • 1 tbs-Garam masala
  • Chopped coriander leaves
  • Oil for frying
  • Mould for making samosa 
  • Water for kneading
Direction:How To Make.
Samosa Dough:




  • In a large bowl add flour,salt,cumin seeds,caraway seeds,oil, rub the oil with flour till it resembles bread crumbs,start adding little water and knead it into a firm dough,the consistency of the dough should be form and smooth.,cover the dough with a cloth and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
Samosa Filling:


  • Boiled potatoes and mashed them,and mix with turmeric powder,salt to taste,dry fenugreek leaves,chopped coriander leaves,garam masala,mix well.
Now lets see how to fill samosa:










  • Take a lime size bowl of dough,roll it in to circle and olive shape.
  • I'm using samosa maker,so place the dough covering on this modules,now take around 1 1/2 tbs potatoes mixture and place inside covering,now press it gently to set up the mixture,just remember not to overfill samosa with potatoes mixture,otherwise it can be break and open samosa during frying now gently close it and press with little pressure to close it well,remove extra dough while keeping the module pressed,you can reuse this extra dough,now open it and press samosa ending to make sure its closed well.
Frying Samosas:






  • Heat the oil in wok/kadai, check the oil is hot enough,add a tiny piece of dough to the oil and if the bubbles and floats on the surface,your oil is ready  for frying,add the samosas to the oil make sure not to overcrowd the pan,and reduce the flame to a simmer,and make sure to keep flipping them in between cooking time,fry the samosas on low flame till golden brown on either side
  • Take them out on a plate lined with paper to absorb any extra oil .
  • Serve them immediately with ketchup,coriander chutney or tamarind chutney or tea.
πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹Enjoy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Dry Potato Capsicum Curry Recipe.





Total Time-25 Minutes.

Ingredients:

  • 4-5-Medium capsicum 
  • 3-Medium potatoes
  • 1-Onion,chopped
  • 1 tbs-Dry fenugreek leaves
  • 1 tbs-Turmeric powder
  • 2 tbs-Tomato paste
  • Salt o taste
  • 1/4-Water
  • 1/2 Cup-Chopped fresh coriander leaves


Direction: How To Cook.

  • Wash capsicum and potatoes in running water.
  • Peel the potatoes and  chop them, and  dice or chop capsicum and discard the seeds.
  • Heat the oil in  wok or kadai, then add onion ,saute till onion turn slightly brown, and then tomato paste and mix it and then add turmeric powder,dry fenugreek leaves,salt to taste, and mix them and then add chop capsicum and potatoes and mix well, and add 1/4 cup water and then cover the kadai/wok with a lid.
  • Stirring in between, make sure vegetables don't get burnt, cook them until capsicum and potato is done,and then add chopped  coriander and mix well .Switch  off the flame.
  • Serve with roti/naan/rice.












πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹ Enjoy it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, September 7, 2018

Matri snacks (Salted Crispy Cracker) Recipe.


Prep Time:20 Minutes.
Cook Time:10 Minutes.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup-All purpose flour(Maida)
  • 1/3 Cup-Wheat flour(optional)
  • 1 tbs-Carom seeds
  • 1 tbs-Cumin seeds
  • 1/4 tbs-Baking soda
  • 1/2 Cup-Lukewarm water or as required
  • 2 tbs-Ghee
  • Salt to taste
  • Mustard Oil for frying (You can  take another oil)
Direction:How To Cook.



  • Take  a large bowl and  add white flour,wheat flour,and carom seeds,cumin seeds,baking soda,ghee,salt to taste and add water and start to knead the dough.
  • The dough should not be soft,but  a little tight and hard..Cover the dough and set aside for 15 minutes..







  • Divide the dough into small balls roughly size,take one ball and roll it into thin roti.
  • Now using a knife or pizza cutter,cut in to 1.-1.5 cm thick slices,Snack  is ready to be fried.
  • And you can also make this design,make a small lemon size ball from the dough and make flat ball shape. roll them in to 2 inch circles.
  • Now for frying,heat oil in a wok/ kadhai,check if the oil is ready ,put  a small piece of dough in the oil,the dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.
  •  Fry a few matri at a time,make sure to place just enough matris to cover the frying oil.
  • Fry these snack till it become golden in colour.
  • When the snacks is fried take it out of oil using a frying spoon.
  • Yummy snacks is ready.
  • Serve warm with Tea/Coffe
πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹ Enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Stuffed Eggplant (Bharwa Baingan) Recipe.




Prep Time:15 -18 Minutes.
Cook Time:8-10 Minutes.

Ingredients:

  • 5-8-Baby eggplants
  • 1-Large  onion
  • 1 Cup-  Fresh coriander leaves
  • 2 tbs- Fennel 
  • 2 tbs-Cumin powder
  • 2 tbs-Besan(Gram flour)
  • 1 tbs-Caraway 
  • 2 tbs-Turmeric powder
  • 2 tbs- Dry fenugreek leaves 
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 tbs- Mustard oil (you can use vegetables oil also) for fry eggplant.
Direction: How To Cook.



  • Wash the baby eggplants and dry with a towel,keep the stems of the eggplants intact, split the eggplants in to four parts,donot cut through the bottom.





  •  Take the food processor or mortar and pestle , add fennel and crushing  them into fine powder,and then  add roughly chopped onion and  grinding them into fine paste  and  take it out and then add roughly chopped coriander leaves and make a fine paste out of it,and then mix  the onion paste and coriander paste with all the spices and gram flour .mix all together .

  • Pick one baby eggplant and gently open up from the top,without breaking it from the bottom,apply the filling inside both cuts and spread.you can use small spoon to do that,set aside and fill all the babies eggplants.




  • And then heat the mustard oil in the wok/kadai and heat till it smokey and the reduce the heat to medium ,and add the stuffed eggplants to it,carefully, add one by one,let us start roasting our eggplants in the  oil and cover till cooked, ,keep checking and flip them in between ,make sure cook well from all sides.
  • When the skin of eggplant become crispy turn the stove off.
  • Serve warm with roti/naan......



πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹ Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!