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Poha

This is a very quick dish made within 5 to 10 minutes. My kids love it and so am I.


Ingredients
  • Poha (flattened Rice) - 1 cup
  • Onion - 1 (chopped)
  • Red chilli - 3
  • curry leaves
  • Peanuts - 2 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • turmeric powder - ½ tsp

Preparation
  • Take poha in a bowl and soak in water for 2 mins and drain them.
  • Now, take oil in a pan and when the oil is hot, add mustard seeds.
  • When they splutter, add chillis and curry leaves.
  • Add chopped onions and keep sauting.
  • When the onions turn golden brown, add turmeric powder and salt and saute a little bit.
  • Add poha to it and saute for 2 more mins.

Poha is ready.

Bread Bajji

Ingredients
  • Basin (Gram Flour) - 2 cups
  • Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
  • Bread Slices - 5
  • Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
  • Baking soda - 1 pinch
  • Oil to fry
  • Ghee/Butter - 3 tbsp
  • Salt

Preparation
  • Toast the bread slices for a minute in a tawa to make them little crisp.
  • Cut the bread slice diagonally to make 2 triangular pieces. Keep them aside.
  • Mix basin, rice flour, chiili powder, salt and baking soda and make a little thick batter.
  • It should not be too watery or too thick.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Apply little butter or ghee on each bread piece to make bajji crispy.
  • Dip it in batter and slide it into oil.
  • Fry till golden brown.

Serve hot with Sauce or Chutney.

Onion Pakora



Ingredients
  • Onions - 6
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Besan (gram flour) - 2 cups
  • Rice flour - ½ cup
  • Baking soda - 1 pinch
  • Salt
  • Oil for frying

Preparation
  • Thinly slice the onions and rub it with salt.
  • Add the chilli powder, besan, rice flour and green-chillies to the sliced onions.
  • Mix well to make batter by adding little water.
  • Let the batter be thick.
  • Take oil in a pan and when the oil is hot,take a small portion of the mix at a time and drop it.
  • Fry till golden brown.

Serve with chutney.

Chicken Pakora

Ingredients
  • Chicken - ½ Kg (boneless preferred)
  • Corn flour - 100g
  • Custard powder - 100g
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Elaichi powder - 1 tsp
  • Cloves - 1 tsp
  • Salt
  • Oil

Preparation
  • Semi liquid paste of corn flour and custard powder is made by adding water and salt, chilli and elaichi clove powder are added to taste.
  • The chicken pieces are mixed with the semi liquid paste and kept aside for 30 mts.
  • Fry the pieces in oil

Your crispy and delicious chicken pakoda is ready.

Masala Vada



Ingredients
  • Channa Dhal - 1 cup
  • Onion -1 (chopped)
  • Green Chilli - 4 nos.
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Ginger - ½" (cut to very small pieces)
  • Salt
  • Oil (for frying)

Preparation
  • Soak dhal for 2 hours.
  • In a blender grind the dhal little coarse.
  • Mix chopped onions, green chilli, fennel seeds, ginger with the coarse dhal paste.
  • Make a small lemon sized ball and pat it with fingers.
  • Deep fry these in oil on medium heat.
  • Once they turn golden color remove it from the oil.

Serve hot with chutney.

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