TAWA PULAO !!!!!!!!

TAWA PULAO...one of Mumbai's famous street food. I adopted this recipe from one of my favourite blog FLAVORS AND COLORS. An ideal rice dish for lunch box.

Ingredients                                                                             

2 cups Basmati  rice 
1 onion large sized  
1 capsicum medium sized finely chopped 
2 tomatoes medium sized finely chopped 
1 tsp cumin seeds 
1 cup mixed vegetables, boiled
1 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste 
1/2 tsp chili powder 
1/2 tsp turmeric powder 
1 tbsp pav bhaji masala 
1/2 tsp garam masala 
2 tbsp butter + oil 
Salt as per the taste
Sugar as per the taste(i skipped this)
1 tbsp lemon juice  

Method:

Cook the rice separately and keep it ready.

In a wok, heat butter + oil. Add cumin seeds and when they crackle add ginger garlic paste, finely chopped onions. Saute on medium heat till the raw smell disappears. Add chopped tomatoes and saute them till they turn mushy. Next add finely chopped capsicum and saute it for a minute. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, pav bhaji masala powder saute for few minutes. Add boiled veggies and mix well till the veggies get nicely combined with spice mix. Sprinkle some water if the mixture starts sticking at the base of the wok. Add cooked rice, chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice, salt as per taste and sugar [optional step I usually do for my kids]. Mix everything well and cook it with covered lid on sim flame for 5 minutes. Switch of the flame. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, raw chopped onions and lemon wedges. Serve it hot with raita/ papad.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))))

SABUDANA VADA !!!!!!

I adopted this recipe from the blog AMGELE RANDAPAAKUDA which is posted by SUMAN BHAT. This is a popular  maharashtrian snack which you can have either for breakfast or with evening tea.

Ingredients:-

sabudana - 1 cup
potatoes, boiled& peeled& smashed - 3 medium
jeera - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
peanuts, roasted, crushed & peeled - 2 tbsp
green chillies, finely chopped - 2
corriander leaves , chopped - 2tbsp
lemon, squeezed - 1
salt to taste

METHOD:-

1. Wash & drain sabudana & keep aside for 1 hour.
2. To this add boiled, peeled & smashed potatoes+jeera+turmeric powder+roasted, peeled & crushed peanuts+salt+finely chopped green chillies+finely chopped coriander leaves+lemon juice of 1 full lemon & mix well.(If ur potatoes were hot...keep in fridge for an hour then make flat balls and deep fry.If u used pre cooked and cooled potatoes then u can make vadas right away)
3. Make flat balls from this mixture & deep fry them.
4. Serve hot.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

POTATO KHEER !!!!!!!

My today's recipe is from the food group in FB called Amgele Randpakuda & it is posted by Nutan Shenoy Kini who is my sweet, cute & talented FB friend also. According to her in Maharashtra, this kheer is prepared during fast & they call it as "Upasachi kheer". Very easy, simple, delicious & must try recipe.
BTW, today is my son's bday & kheer is his most favourite dessert. So, prepared this kheer for him. 
!!!! Happy bday my dearest, sweetest, cutest Abhay...may God shower his choicest blessings upon you...may you live a long, happy & healthy life !!!!

INGREDIENTS:-

milk - 1 ltr
milk maid - 1 tin (395 grams)
potatoes - 2 big
cardamom pow - 1 tsp
nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
ghee - 2tsp
dry fruits - 1 handful

METHOD:-

1. Boil  milk. 

2. De skin and grate potatoes. Squeeze. Saute a little in  pure ghee. 

3. Later add chopped dry fruits in same ghee & keep aside. 

4. Now add the sauteed potatoes+cardamom pwd, +Milkmaid, and boil well. 

5. Garnish with dry fruits and serve. 

6. Upasachi kheer is ready.You can add 1/2 a teaspoon of powdered jaiphal (nutmeg) too.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

BREAD BONDA / BREAD PAKODA !!!!!!!

Bread Bonda is a yummilicous tea time snack.  It is a very popular snack at all over Mumbai especially road side. Aloo mixture is sand witched between two slices of bread & deep fried in a flavoured besan batter. I used left over POTATO BONDA stuff as inner stuff for this. A must try recipe. Quick & easy too. 

INGREDIENTS:-

For outer covering :-

besan/bengal gram flour - 1/2 cup
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
hing powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - 1/2 tsp
cooking soda - 1/4 tsp

For Aloo mixture:-

potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed - 1 cup
green chillies, finely chopped - 2
coriander leaves, finely chopped - 1 tbsp
salt to taste
red chilly powder - 1/4  tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
hing powder - 1/2 tsp

Other ingredients:-

bread slices - 4
oil for deep frying

METHOD;-

1. Mix all the ingredients mentioned under "For outer covering" & make a batter by adding sufficient water to it. (add water little by little so that no lumps are formed).

2. Mix all the ingredients mentioned under "For aloo mixture" & make inner stuffing & keep it aside.

3. Place a slice of bread on a clean flat surface & spread 2 tbsp of the aloo mixture evenly over it.
4. Place another slice of bread over it, press tightly from all the sides. ( you can use little water for this).
5. Repeat the same thing with other 2 pieces of bread.

6. Dip each piece in the batter till it is evenly coated from all the sides, slide in hot oil & deep fry in a medium flame till they turn light brown in colour & crisp from all sides.
7. Drain on  absorbent paper.

8. Cut both the pieces diagonally & serve ho with mint chutney & tomato ketch up.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))