Dahi Dhokla Chaat

     Nowadays am a big fan of Dhokla recipe. Me started preparing atleast weekly once for our evening snack. Since its become my frequent preparation, last week was bit bored on having with usual mint and tamarind chutney. So just thought, why i shouldn't try my all favorite Dahi chaat ??!! Yay ! so tried it finally and posted here for your views. You can also check my other Dahi Chaat versions HERE.

ALL YOU NEED:

Dhokla	6 Pieces
Red chilly powder	Pinch
Tamarind Chutney	2 spoons
Coriander Leaf	1 1/2 spoon
Chopped Onion	2 spoons
Grated Carrot	1 1/2 spoon
Chaat Masala	Pinch
Curd	3/4 cup
Sugar	1 spoon

METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, arrange Dhokla cubes. Once done, add chopped onion, chopped tomato and pour the curd which is mixed with the sugar. Again pour the tamarind chutney on top of it. Once done, add grated carrot and chopped coriander leaf. On top of it add chilly powder and chaat masala. Make sure, you pour the curd just few minuted before you start serving. If you add long time before your serving time, all the added dahi and tamarind chutney gets absorbed by dhokla.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Dahi Samosa

     Am a crazy fan for all dahi based chaat. As mentioned in my previous post, using store bought frozen samosa, here is the another chaat dish, which is my all time favorite. To be frank, whenever i buy this, my plate will be complete clean. I mean, will completely lick all those tangy dahi which they serve along with this chaat. :D Think my plate condition, when i prepare this at home :P

ALL YOU NEED:

Samosa	1 No.
Chopped Coriander Leaf	2 tsps
Tamarind Sauce	1 tsp
Red chilly Powder	Pinch
Chopped Onion	4 tsps
Thick Curd	1/4 cup
Sugar	1/2 tsp

METHOD:
     Take a wide serving bowl/plate. Crush the samosa, pour 1/4 cup of thick curd mixed with sugar. Now pour the tamarind sauce. Now add chopped onion and chopped coriander on top of it. As a final touch, sprinkle some red chilly powder. All done. Now its time to taste.

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Sweetcorn Vadai

     Now its peak season of sweet corn in my current location. Being only one sweet corn lover in family, got bored of eating steamed sweet corn daily. Just thought of trying some new dishes using sweet corn. Suddenly thought why shouldn't give a try for sundal using this. When i asked my husband's opinion, his face reaction was very horrible. So, immediately dropped sundal plan and suddenly thought/asked how about vada (without knowing the recipe), immediately his response was double OK, since its oil fried and 100% junk food. Even i tried and it was super yummy :)

ALL YOU NEED:

Sweet corn	2 cups
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Chopped Coriander	3 spoons
Grated Ginger	1 spoon
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Besan Flour	1/4 cup
Rice Flour	3 spoons
Water	As needed
Hing	Pinch
Salt	To taste
Oil	To deep fry

METHOD:
     Take only the corn kernels and place it in a wide bowl. Add chopped onion, grated ginger, fennel seeds, hing, chopped coriander leaf and pinch of salt. Mix it well. Now add besan flour and rice flour, mix along with the corn by sprinkling water. Make sure, you don't add much water. Once it coats corn well, adjust with salt. Now heat oil for deep frying. Meantime, make small round of the prepared mixture, when the oil is hot, flatten the prepared balls as vadai and deep fry it in oil. Repeat the same steps and deep fry it in batches. Once all done, serve with some ketchup.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Kaara Bhoondi

     I should definitely say this to you all. This term "Kaara Bhoondhi" is a big magical word to my kid. Yes, she is the most addicted person for this tea time muncher. She was bugging me all these days to prepare it at home. Since i don't have bhoondhi karandi at home and even i can buy one in my current place, it was dragging. Suddenly and finally i got this from my friend and tried my kids favorite snack. Now it comes for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Besan Flour	1 cup
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Chilly Powder	1/4 tsp
Bakind Soda	Pinch
Garlic Extract	1 cup
Hing	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To Depp fry

To Garnish:

Chilly Powder	1/2 spoon
Pepper Powder	1/4 spoon
Crushed Garlic	7 Nos.
Peanut	1/2 cup
Cashews	1/2 cup
Curry Leaf	3 Twigs
Salt	Pinch
Oil	2 spoons

METHOD:
     Sieve Besan flour and rice flour. Place it in a wide bowl, add chilly powder, baking soda, hing and required salt. Mix it. Once done, add garlic extract/water (Grind garlic in a mixer by adding some water and filter it. This is to add some aroma) Mix well without any lumps. You can also add water, if garlic extract is not sufficient. Actually it should be bit thinner than bhajji batter consistency. Meantime heat oil for deep frying, once done, take the bhoondi ladle and a normal ladle to spread the batter. Take a ladle of batter and pour it on the bhoondi ladle and spread it. Turn the bhoondi evenly and let it be in flame until it comes to golden brown. Place it on tissure paper. Repeat the process until you finish off the batter.

     Now take a frying pan, heat 2 spoons of oil, add crushed garlic, curry leaf, cashews and peanuts. Saute until the garlic and curry leaf becomes crunchy. Now add chilly powder, pinch of salt, pepper powder to the kaara bhoondhi and also add the garlic, curry leaf and peanuts. Mix well, without breaking the bhoondi shape.



Note: Actually i made a mistake in my batter consistency. Thats why most of the bhoondi are with tails :P

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Cashew Murukku

     Long long ago soooooooo long ago, this term "Murukku" was like a big jargon, thought this can be prepared only by experts chefs. But nowadays being a full time housewife, me started trying many variants of savories. You can checkout my thattu vadai, Omapodi, Ribbon Pakoda for samples. In that queue, recently tried this rich, tasty, easy murukku that too with simple in house ingredients and now its for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Rice Flour	1 cup
Red Chilly Powder	1 1/2 spoon
Garlic extract	1/2 cup
Cashewnuts	10 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1 1/2 spoon
Hing	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 tsp
Oil	To Deep fry

METHOD:
     Soak cashew with some water in mixer, grind it after 5 mins. Meantime, take a wide bowl, add rice flour, red chilly powder, hing, salt and cumin seeds. Mix it well. Now pour oil, garlic extract (which adds nice aroma to the murukku) and cashew mixer. Knead it nicely by adding required water. Make sure, it shouldnot sticky. Now take murukku press and grease it with oil and set it with your favorite shape plate. Heat oil for deep frying, now fill the murukku press with the kneaded dough. Press it when the oil is in perfect hot for deep frying. Keep repeat the same procedure and fry murukku in batches with medium flame. Enjoy with a cup of hot tea.

Note: To prepare garlic extract, add 5 to 6 nos. of garlic cloves, grind with little water and strain the extract.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

French Fries (Oven Style)

    Who will say NO to potato recipes that too if it comes to French fries. Surely am the one :P Yes, am a crazy fan of all potato recipe but when it comes to french fries, am bit down due to its plain taste and In my current location, i can buy french fries anywhere and anytime as we get Bhajji, Bonda in india. Its time long time plan to try this in oven. So, planned a day and tried it finally ! You can also check deep fried french fries Here.

ALL YOU NEED:

Potato	2 Nos.
Pepper Powder	Pinch
Pizza Seasoning	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:
     Peel the potato skin, Place in cold water for 5 mins and drain it completely. Make it as thin strips and place in a wide bowl. Now add a spoon of olive oil, salt, pepper powder and pizza seasoning. Mix until it coats the potato strips. Take the oven plate, cover it with aluminium foil. Now arrange the potato strips in the oven plate. Meantime preheat oven at 350 F. Once done, place the plate into the oven and let it be in same temperature for 30 to 35 mins. Keep tossing using fork inetween some 10 to 15 mins. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Veg Momos

    Very loooooooong back i have tried this recipe in my office food court. Then after i didn't get chance to taste it. Even i completely forget this. But suddenly one day my friend tried this and gave it to me for tasting. Then i realized it been decades (!) since i tasted it. So last week googled the recipe and finally tried this successfully at home. Now its for your views here.

ALL YOU NEED:

Maida	1 cup
Water	To Knead
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

For Stuffing:

Chopped Capsicum	3 spoons
Grated Cabbage	1/4 cup
Chopped beans	1/4 cup
Chopped Garlic	1 spoon
Grated Carrot	1/4 cup
Pepper Powder	Pinch
Spring Onion	2 spoons
Salt	To taste
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:
    Knead maida flour by adding all the ingredients under "All You Need". Let it rest for a while. Meantime, heat a spoon of oil, add chopped garlic, add all the veggies - Cabbage, Carrot and Beans. Saute by adding pepper powder and required salt. As a final touch, add chopped capsicum and spring onion, just do a tossing and switch of the flame. Let it cool down.

    Now take the kneaded maida flour. Make it as small round balls and roll it as poori shape. Take a spoon of sauted stuffing and gather all the edges and seal it to form the momos shape. Now place it idly pan/steamer for to steam for 5 to 6 mins. Once done, take out and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Chilly cheese toast

     As I told in my previous post on bread snack, I found this recipe too, while googling which is a very easy and simple toast which can be prepared using in-house ingredients. If taste heavenly only when we eat it right from oven (!) I used to prepare this whenever i feel like munching any snack. So, friends why don't you try and let me know your feedback as well.

ALL YOU NEED:

Bread Slices	3 Nos.
Chopped Green Chilly	2 Nos.
Coriander Leaf	1/4 cup
Chopped Onion	1/2 Onion
Cheddar Cheese	1/2 Onion

METHOD:
    Pre heat over in 350 F for 10 mins. Meantime, cut bread slices diagonally. Add on some shredded cheddar cheese on top of the slices, again add some chopped coriander leaf, onion and green chillies here and there. All set now. Place it in over for 10 to 15 mins. Once done serve hot. So simple is it !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Bread Pouch

     It was an evening (snack) time. I was literally scratching my head (actually brain) on what to prepare for our munching time. I don't feel like preparing Bonda, Bhajji etc. etc. So, when i searched into my fridge, I found some leftover wheat bread slices. Started googling for bread recipe, I got plenty of bread snacks, from that I finally prepared this hot "pouch" muncher.

ALL YOU NEED:

Bread Slices	3 Nos.
Oil	To Grease

For Filling:

Chopped Onion	1 1/2 No.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Chopped Green Chilly	1 No.
Chopped Coriander	3 Twigs
Tomato Ketchup	2 spoons
Boiled Potato	1 No.
Chopped Garlic	5 Nos.
Sweet Corn	1/4 cup
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:
    Take a pan, heat a spoon of oil in a pan. Once done, add chopped onion (Reserve some onions here), chopped green chillies and chopped garlic, saute it well. Now add chopped tomato and pinch of turmeric powder, saute well until oil oozes out. Now add mashed potato, sweetcorn and required salt, saute it well by sprinkling some water. Once everything gets mixed up well, put off the flame.

    Preheat oven in 350 F for 10 mins. Meantime, take the bread slice, cut the corners. Take a spoon of filling, keep on one side of the bread, add some chopped onions, coriander leaf and spoon of tomato ketchup on top of it. Close it other side of bread which looks like a pouch. To cover the pouch perfectly, take a fork and press it hardly on the 3 open sides. Once done, grease both sides of bread pouch with oil. Place it in oven for 25 to 30 mins by tossing bread slices in between.

Note: Cheese lovers can also add cheese along with stuffing.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Rava Paniyaram

     Rava Paniyaram/Kachayam, its our very own salem special snack which can be prepared in very minimal time. If there is any feast day, this will be available by default. Also, if i feel like munching any sweet snack immediately, this will be my immediate recipe. Though its very simple to make, there wont e any compromise in the taste. Yes, it will have heavenly taste. So, here comes the nativity snack for your views.

                     

                       

ALL YOU NEED:

Maida	1 cup
Rava	1/2 cup
Banana	1 No.
Sugar	To Taste
Milk	1 cup
Cardamom Powder	1/4 spoon
Grated coconut	handful
Cooking Soda	Pinch
Water	Required
Oil	To deep fry

METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add maida, rava, cardamom powder, cooking soda, milk and required sugar. Give hard stir. Let it sit down for 20 mins. Heat oil in a pan. Meantime give hard stir to the batter, if it is not in bonda mixture consistency add required water. Add grated coconut. Adjust with sugar if required. Once the oil gets heated, take a small ladle full of batter and put it into the oil. Fry until it gets cooked

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬