Spicy Idli Manchurian

Easy to make recipe at home.

Ingredients

Refrigerated or hard idlis 8 nos.

Flour (Maida) 3/4 cup

Corn Flour 3 tbsp

Soya sauce 1 ½ tsp

Chili powder 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to deep fry

For gravy:

Chopped Onion 1 big

Chili powder 1 tsp

Garlic paste 1 tbsp

Ginger paste 1 tbsp

Chopped Tomato 1 no.

Oil 2 tbsp

Water 1 cup

Coriander Leaves finely Chopped

Method:

1) Mix ingredients – Flour (maida), 2tbsp of corn flour & very little salt with water to a medium batter. Keep aside for 5minutes.

2) Cut idlis into small squares.

3) Dip idli pieces in this batter & deep fry.

Gravy steps

1) Add oil in pan and golden fry chopped onion.

2) Add Ginger & Garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.

3) Add chopped tomato again fry for 1 minute

4) Add 1 ½ tsp soya sauce, fried idlis and fry for 3 to 5 minutes

5) Add cornflour mixed with 1 cups of water.

6) Boil & remove.

7) Add chopped coriander leaves & serve.

Paneer Veg Rice

Ingredients:
250 gm paneer cut into cubes
1 cup rice
1 big sized onion (thin long sliced)
1 big sized tomato (thin long sliced)
1 tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp garlic & ginger paste
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
5 tsp Oil
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves

Method:
1. Add 2 tsp oil in a frying pan & fry paneer pieces still it turns golden brown. Keep a side.
2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker, season with cumin seeds and saute it for 30 seconds.
4. Now add onion until it turns light golden.
5. Now add garlic & ginger paste and saute it for 1 minutes.
6. Add tomato pieces and cook for 1 minutes.
7. Add chillie powder, salt and saute it for 1 minutes.
8. Add fryed panner pieces and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
9. Add rice and necessary amount of water for cooking rice.
10.Add the coriander leaves into the mixture and mix well.
11.Pressure cook still rice is cooked.

Onion Veg Rice

Ingredients:

1 cup rice

1 big sized onion

1/2 cup green peas

2 green chillies

1 tsp garlic

1/2 tsp Mustard and cumin seeds

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves

Method:

1.Cut onion into thin long slices.

2.Boil the rice separately.

3.Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard and cumin seeds.

4.Add cut onions and green chillies , fry until onion is light brown in color and add green peas. Pour little water and allow the mixture to boil till the mixture is dry.

5.Add the boiled rice and coriander leaves into the mixture and mix well.

Bread Pizza

Ingredients:

• 6 Bread Slices (half sliced)
• 1 Capsicum (thin round sliced)
• 1 Tomato (thin round sliced)
• 1 Onion- Big (thin round sliced)
• 250gm Mozzarella Cheese (grated)
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• Tomato Sauce

Method:

1. Arrange 4 half-sliced bread in Baking plate (Make a round circle).
2. Apply tomato sauce on bread.
3. Add grated 100gm cheese over the bread.
4. Grill the bread in an oven for 5 minutes.
5. Take the plate from oven.
6. Arrange vegetable over the baked bread.
7. Crash the remaining bread slices and spread on the vegetable.
8. Sprinkle salt and red chilli powder on the vegetable.
9. Add the remaining cheese over it.
10. Grill it for another 5 to 8 minute (or until you find cheese turning into light brown).
11. Bread Pizza is ready to savor. Serve it with tomato ketchup.

Potato Fingers

A snack food recipe, easy to make at home.

Ingredients:

• Besan (Gram) flour - 1/2 cup
• Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
• Big Potato (French fry sliced) - 4 No.
• Red Chili powder - 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Garam masala (Ground Mix of Spices) - 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
• Ginger & Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
• Lemon juice - 1tbs
• Oil – for fry
• Coriander chopped for garnish

Preparation:

1. Take French sliced Potato pieces.
2. Add Lime juice,salt,garam masala,chilli powder,coriander powder, ginger & garlic paste and mix it well and let it marinate for 25 to 40 minutes.
3. Mix gram(besan) flour and bread crumbs.
4. Now roll the marinated potato pieces in this mixture and deep fry in oil till it is golden brown in low flame.
5. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves

BAINGAN-KA-BHARTA (Eggplant Mashed)

Eggplant Mashed is Indian famous recipe from North of India. There is different method of making this recipe, here are simple and easy step for making "BAINGAN-KA-BHARTA (Eggplant Mashed)" recipe.

Ingredients-

• Eggplant (brinjals)- 2 no. large
• Onion- 1 no. large (fine copped)
• Tomatoes- 3 no. (fine copped)
• Ginger/ Garlic paste- 1 tsp.
• Red chillies- 2 no.
• Curry Powder (Garam masala)-1 tbsp
• Oil- 3 tbsp.
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp.
• Coriander chopped for garnishing.

Methods:

1. Roast Eggplant(Brinjals) on open flame or use microwave till about 10-15 minutes each, turning it frequently for even roast, keep aside when done and let cool.
2. Remove the skin from Eggplant (Brinjals)
3. Heat Oil in Fry pan, add onion fry still it turn into light brown & add tomatoes and fry for 3minutes.
4. Add ginger paste and stir, cook for a few minutes.
5. Break Red chillies into pieces and add to fry pan. Cook over low heat stirring frequently till mixture leaves oil and sides of pan as well.
6. Add the garam masala and cook while stirring frequently over low heat.
7. Peel skin of cooled brinjals (Eggplant) & Mash it.
8. Transfer the mashed brinjal (eggplant) pulp to the onion-masala and cover and cook in low heat for another 15 minutes.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves & lemon juice.

Serve hot with Bread or chapatis.

Spicy Fried Fish

Ingredients:

• 2 no. any fish without boneless
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  
• 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 vegetable oil (for frying)
• Banana leaf - 2
• 1 tsp. salt
• fresh coriander garnish

Method:

1. Cut fish in half and wash under cool running water and pat dry with paper towels.
2. In a plate, combine garlic, salt, ginger, turmeric, and black peppers with lemon juice. Stir to form a paste.
3. Rub paste on both sides of fish fillets and let stand cover in banana leaf steam it for 10 minutes.
4. In a deep frying pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Uncover fish from banana leaf. Fry fish about 5 minutes, or until bottom side is golden brown.
5. Place fish on a platter and garnish

Preparation time: 45 minutes

Serves: 4 no.