Masala Peanut

    Wow ! the name itself tempting me to munch it right now with a cup of hot masala tea. According to me this is the best tea time muncher. Whenever we buy this, me the one who gobbles most of the count. I'll not leave even the peanut skin, which tastes more than the masala peanut. Since its not available in my current location, thought why not i try at home. Finally tried and here comes.....

ALL YOU NEED:

Raw Peanuts	2 cups
Besan Flour	1/2 cup
Chilly Powder	2 spoons
Food Color	Pinch
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Garlic	7 to 8 Nos.
Hing	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To deep fry

DEEP FRIED VERSION:
     Take a wide pan, add raw peanut (use either with skin or without skin), besan flour, rice flour, hing, red chilly powder, salt and food color, mix all the ingredients without adding water. Now take a mixer, add garlic cloves and fennel, grind it coarsely and mix with the peanuts. Now sprinkle some water, make sure the mixture should not be watery and it should be in rava ladoo mixture consistency. Adjust with salt. Now heat oil for deep frying. Once done, take handful of mixture and drop evenly, try not to put it as lumps. Keep the flame in medium and toss evenly and let the batch be in flame for 3 mins max.

MICROWAVE VERSION:

    Even i tried roasting it in microwave. For which, take a plate add a cup of peanut mixture (mixture of all the ingredients) and add a spoon of oil to the mixture. Mix well. Now evenly spread the mixture on the plate and microwave it for 5 to 6 mins. Make sure, you toss the mixture inbetween. I personally liked microwave version when compare to the deep fried.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Potato Chips

     I am a big fan of Potato chips. Whenever i feel like munching, i immediately buy a store bought packet which all time have a special taste when compare to the home made chips. But here in my new location, i can no where find "Potato Chips" in stores. I am totally disappointed. With that disappointment note, my carving day for potato chips has come, so without any delay, i thought of preparing at home but to my surprise there were only 3 potatoes that too in small tiny potato. Do you think will i leave it ??!! Noway, finally prepared the chips and now comes for your views as well :)

                                   

ALL YOU NEED:

Potato	3 Nos.
Chilly Powder	1/4 spoon
Salt	1/4 spoon
Oil	To Deep fry

METHOD:
     Wash and Peel the potato skin. Make it as thin slices and put in a cold water for 15 mins. After 15 mins, drain it in a tissue paper. Let it be for 5 mins. Meantime, heat oil for deep frying. Once the slices get drained, deep fry the potato slices in batches and place it in tissue paper. Once you are done with deep frying, add chilly powder and salt. Toss it without breaking the shape and Enzoy !!!!

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Onion Pakoda II

     Just to maintain my diet plan (Funny!), am a choosy eater when comes to junk foods. But if it is this traditional tea time muncher, i'll forget the meaning for DIET and my instant mindvoice will be "DIET??!! What do you mean by that ??!!" he he he... Jokes apart :P I am a die ardent fan of this muncher. Love to taste it all time wither during my tea time or with any meal, u dont believe even i have tasted it with roti sometime. From this you can easily guess my craziness towards this pakoda. Just a year back, i have taste only the store bought pakodas but now i started preparing at home which i can make it ready within 15 mins of time. So, just thought of showcasing it for your review. Here comesssss...............

     Heat oil for deep frying. Meantime, take a wide pan, add Besan flour, rice flour, chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped curry leaf, salt and sprinkle some water and make it a pakoda dough consistency. Mixture should not be watery, its should be very loose to deep fry it. Once the oil gets heated, just take handful of mixture and spread it across the oil. Let it get deep fried for a while, do a stir inbetween until it become crispy.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬