Mar 19, 2011

Bread Bonda

Bread bonda
You can make this bonda with left over bread. Enjoy the very tasty and crispy bonda.

Ingredients
  • Rava..................... 3tbsp
  • Bread ....................4slices
  • Chopped Onion.......1/4 cup
  • Chopped green chili..1tbsp
  • Ginger.......................1tsp
  • Curry leaves,..............few
  • Salt to taste
Method
  • Remove the edges of the bread. 
  • Put in blender and make it powder..
  • Add rava, green chili,salt.onion, ginger curry leaves and make a thick dough adding water.
  • Heat oil to fry. Make a small ball with the dough drop them into the hot oil. 
  • When they become golden brown remove them in a paper towel. 
  • Serve with chutney/ sketch up.

Mar 4, 2011

Rava Dosa

Rava dosa is very easy to make . No need of soaking  rice or dhal.
You can make nice crispy rava dosa.

Rava Dosa is rava, rice, chili, ginger and maida
rava Dosa
Ingredients

  • Bombay Rava.....................1/2 cup
  • Maida..................................1/2 cup
  • Rice flour..............................1/2 cup
  • Jeera....................................1tsp
  • Chopped Green Chili...........2tsp
  • Chopped Ginger...................1tsp
  • Cashew Nuts(optional)..........5
  • Curry Leaves.........................few
  • Asafoetida........................1/4 tsp
  • Salt to taste
Method
  • Mix maida, rava, salt chili, ginger,asafoetida,crushed cashews,curry leaves and jeera. 
  • Add water and make thin batter( add around 3 to 4 cups of water). 
  • Use a non stick dosa pan.Take a cup of batter , pour around the pan and make a very thin dosa..(You can sprinkle the batter with your hands) 
  • Pour little oil around the dosa.
  • Wait for some time and turn the dosa and cook the other.side. 
  • Serve hot with coconut chutney.You can add chopped onion too in the batter.

Mar 3, 2011

Neer Dosa

Neer dosa
I tasted this dosa from my friend Kotekar's house who is from Mangalore.I learn t from her and made it at home many times. It is very tasty and healthy with less oil.

Ingredients
Neer Dosa, With rice and coconut
Neer Dosas

  • Raw rice..................2cups
  • Grated coconut........1/2 cup
  • Water ...................... 3cups
  • Salt to taste.

Method
  • Wash and soak the raw rice for about 3 hours and grind with coconut into a nice paste. 
  • Add salt and make it watery. 
  • Heat anon stick griddle apply oil and pour the batter and spread around the griddle to make it thin.
  • Cook it in low flame. When it is cooked fold the dosa and serve hot with coconut chutney.

Feb 25, 2011

Special Bonda

I tried  this bonda and it is very good.

Ingredients

  • Raw rice.........................1cup
  • Urad dhal.........................1cup
  • Onion...............................1
  • Curry leaves.....................few
  • Grated coconut................1cup
  • Green Chili......................4
  • Mustard seeds................1tsp
  • Salt to taste
Method

  • Soak the rice and  dhal for about 4 hours and grind into fine paste with salt. 
  • Heat a pan with oil add  mustard,chopped onion,, green chilies, and curry leaves..
  • Fry for 5 minutes add the coconut and fry again. 
  • Then add to the ground mixture.
  • Heat oil in pan when it is hot make small balls and drop in the oil. 
  • Fry them till they become golden.

Feb 15, 2011

Sada Dosa

Ingredients
  • Rice........................2cups
  • Urad Dhal...............1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
Method
  • Wash and soak the rice and  dhal for 5 hours separately. 
  • Mix both well and keep overnight  to ferment.
  • Next day take the bowl and mix the dough well. It should be thick and foamy.
Dosa with Mulakaipodi, with rice/ lentil batter with spicy chili powder
Dosa with mulakai podi









  • Heat a dosa griddle, oil  the surface lightly and  take 1/2 cup of dough pour and spread beginning at the center in circular motion until the batter is spread out  thinly.
  • Put oil around the dosa .
  • Turn the other side to cook.
  • Remove and serve with mulakai podi with oil. and eat.

Feb 11, 2011

Uppu Cheedai

Uppu cheedai  one of the snacks we make on Gokulashtami.
Uppu Cheedai is a snack with rice flour and salt
Uppu Cheedai

Ingredients

  • Rice Flour.........................2 cups
  • Urad Dhal Flour................3 tsp
  • Butter...............................3 bsp
  • Grated Coconut................3tbsp
  • Asafoetida.........................1/2 tsp
  • Sesame Seeds..................1tsp
  • Salt to Taste

Method

  • Mix all ingredients together. Add water and make a thick dough.
  • Do not add more water.Cover the dough with a clean damp cloth. 
  • Take a very little dough using your palm roll into a small marbles.
  • Heat oil and deep fry them. 
  • When the bubbles ease take them out. 
  • They should be crispy.
  • You have to be careful when you make cheedai. Roll the cheedai lightly. 
  • If you use frozen coconut see that it is in room temperature.
  • Roast the flour for 5 minutes.
  • Keep the flame on a low to medium while deep frying.

Feb 4, 2011

Dahi Vada (Thair Vadai)

Dahi Vada is made ,vadas in yogurt
Dahi Vada


Ingredients

For Vada
  • Urad Dhal.....................1cup
  • Pepper Corns ...............1/2 tsp
  • Dahi(Yogurt).................4cups
  • Green Chili.....................2
  • Ginger...........................1tsp
  • Coriander Leaves.............few
  • Chili powder.................1tsp
  • Cumin Seeds .................1/2tsp
  • Grated Coconut ............1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to fry

Method

  • Soak the urad dhal for 3 hours.Drain all the water add pepper and salt. grind into smooth paste.
  • Do not add more water. The dough should be fluffy. Heat the oil in a medium flame.
  • With wet  hands  take a small ball sized dough  drop into oil and fry all vadas  till they become golden.
  • Remove the vadas in a paper towel.
  • Grind the coconut, ginger salt and green chili and add the paste to the yogurt and mix well
  • Heat a pan add 1tsp cumin seeds, and when it colour changes little add to the dahi.
  • Drop all the vadas into the yogurt ( add salt). 
  • Sprinkle chili powder. green chili and coriander leaves..

Nov 29, 2010

Vegetable Rava Upma


Rava  Upma is very s easy snack. This is usually  made for breakfast ,I always make upma with lots vegetables like carrot, onion, peas, capsicum, cauliflower,and  beans


Vegetable Rava Upma with lots of vegetables
Vegetable Rava Upma



Ingredients  





  • Frozen Vegetables.......... 1cup
  • Rava(Suji)...................... 1cup
  • (Carrot, Peas and Beans)
  • Green Chili.....................4
  • Ginger............................1 small piece
  • Curry Leaves...................few
  • Mustard Seeds...............1tsp
  • Urad Dhal......................1tsp
  • Chana Dhal..................1tsp
  • Salt to taste
Method
  • Fry the rava in a pan with out oil till it becomes red..
  • Remove and cool it.Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, all dhals, green chili, ginger and curry leaves. 
  • When the dhal becomes red add the vegetables and fry for 5 minutes. add 2 cups of water and salt.
  • When the water boils add the rava and mix well.
  • When the rava is cooked remove from the flame and cover it.
  • Serve with coconut chutney or pickle..




Nov 19, 2010

CabbageBhajjias

Trying out new vegetarian recipes has become my passion My son loves food. The good thing about  this recipe is that the dish always turns out tasty.
Cabbage Bhajjias

Ingredients
Cabbage Bhajjias
  • Chopped Cabbage………. 1cup
  • Besan……………………..1cup
  • Rice Flour………………...¼ cup
  • Ginger Finely Diced………...1tsp
  • Green Chili Chopped……  1tsp
  • Red Chili Powder…………1tsp
  • Asafoetida……………….½ tsp
  • Ajwain................................1 tsp
  • Coriander Leaves...............few
  • Salt to Taste
Method
  • Mix all ingredients. Add some water and make a dough.
  • Heat a pan with oil, take  the dough  little and deep them and fry them till they become crisp.
  • Serve hot with chutney.
  • You can also add diced carrots/green pepper/onions/ spinach/ cauliflower with the besan and make this vada.

Keerai Pakoda (Spinach Pakoda)

Keerai Pakoda


Ingredients

  • Chopped Spinach.....................1cup
  • Besan.......................................1/2 cup
  • Rice Flour.................................2tbsp
  • Green chili................................3
  • Chili powder.............................1tsp
  • Onion......................................1
  • Hing........................................1pinch
  • Salt to Taste.

Method

Keerai Pakodas with spinach and spices
Keerai Pakodas
  • Mix besan, rice flour, chili powder, hing, salt chopped onion, chopped green chili into a paste adding water. 
  • Heat a a pan with oil.
  • Prepare small ball with the dough and deep fry them.
  • Serve hot with chutney.