Besan Wali Aloo Beans / Potato & Beans Stir Fry With Chickpeas Flour

Aloo beans is a simple stir fry/sabzi made with chopped beans and potatoes, cooked in spices and flavored with chickpea flour.

Ingredients:-

Oil:- 3-4 tbsp
Potato:- 1 big or 2 small (Cut into small pieces)
Beans:- 2 cup (chopped)
Cumin seeds:- 1 Tsp
Mustard seeds:- 1 Tsp
Garlic:- 1 Tbsp(finely chopped)
Ginger:- 1 Tbsp (finely chopped)
Onion:- 1 (medium size, chopped)
Turmeric powder:- 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Red Chilli powder:-1 tsp
Garam Masala:- 1 tsp
Besan/Gram Flour/Chickpea Flour:- 1/8 Cup


Procedure:-

1) Heat oil in a kadai/non stick frying pan on a medium heat.

2) Add cumin and mustard seeds, when it starts to crackle add garlic and ginger, saute for a minute.

3) Add onion and fry until they are translucent ( it will take about 2-3 minutes)

4) Add all the spices (salt,turmeric,red chilli powder & garam masala powder) & beans, mix everything well.

5) Let it cook covered for about 3-4 minutes (keep stirring in between to avoid sticking on bottom).

6) Add potatoes & besan/gram flour, cook uncovered until beans and potatoes are well cooked ..do the taste test to check:)

Serve hot with roti/chapati/paratha..Enjoy:)

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Instant Idli Recipe (Made With Idli Rawa & Urad Dal Flour)

These idlis can be made in a jiffy for a quick breakfast.

Ingredients:-

Idli Rawa:- 1 Cup
Urad Dal Flour:- 1/2 Cup
Fruit salt:- 1/2 Tsp
Salt to taste


Procedure:-

1)In a large bowl, take the urad flour, add the idli rawa followed by salt. Mix the ingredients very well.

2)Add water and mix well so that a batter with the desirable consistency is formed. But do not make it too watery. Keep the batter aside for about 30 minutes.

3)Grease the idli moulds and keep aside.

4)Once the batter is ready, Add a tsp of fruit salt to the batter and mix gently.

5)Pour spoonfuls of batter in the idli moulds, you can steam cook the idlis in an idli steamer for 10-15 minutes.

Soft great idlis are ready to serve.

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Aloo Kulcha / Indian flatbread stuffed with Potato

Kulcha is a classic indian flat bread made with all purpose flour/maida & yogurt.These kulchas has been stuffed with simple spiced potato filling. Resting of the dough is necessary to make fluffy kulchas..You can make these kulchas two ways - Deep fry Or Shallow Fry (on non tick pan to make it little healthier). You can serve this with any curry or eat by itself.

DEEP FRIED KULCHA(Heat the oil in a kadai and deep fry the kulchas until golden brown on both sides)


SHALLOW FRIED KULCHA(See Recipe)


Source:- The Hindu

Ingredients:-

For the dough
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Maida (All purpose flour):- 2 Cups
Baking powder:- 1 Tsp
Baking soda:- 1/2 Tsp
Salt:- 1 Tsp
Sugar:- 1 Tsp
Oil:- 3 Tbsp
Yogurt:- 1/4 Cup
Warm milk:- 1/4 Cup


For the filling
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1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
1 finely chopped green chilli
1 finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp chaat masala
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves


Procedure:-

1)Sieve the maida and then mix it with the baking soda, baking powder, oil, yogurt, sugar and salt in a bowl.

2)Add the warm milk and knead into soft dough. Make sure to add the milk gradually and not make the batter sticky.

3)Cover the dough with a damp cloth and keep aside for an hour.

4)For the Filling: Take mashed potatoes, chopped onions and green chillies, red chilly powder, cumin powder, chaat masala and coriander leaves in a bowl, mix everything and make four medium sized balls. Take out the dough, break off a medium sized ball, flatten it and place filling ball in the center. Fold this ball again into a ball, with the filling at its center, and dust the dough with flour. With a rolling pin, flatten this ball out into a thick disc.

5)Heat few drops of oil in a non stick pan. Cook on both sides until the kulchas turns golden brown.

The kulchas are ready to serve.

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Watermelon Snack Bites / Easy Party Appetizer

We all love watermelon and especially in summer i love serving it at my dinner parties as this surely cools everyone on a hot summer day.This is an easy refreshing summer appetizer or snack that can be made with very few ingredients.Watermelon cubes topped with feta cheese , mint and little bit of walnuts to give it a nice texture and crunch. You can also cut the watermelon in fun shapes using cookie cutter.



Ingredients:-

Watermelon (Cut into desired shapes)
Feta Cheese
Mint
Walnuts (broken into very small pieces)
Salt & Black pepper


Procedure:-

1)Arrange all the watermelon pieces in a big platter.

2) Top it will crumbled cheese, mint & walnut

Chill & Serve ( Sprinkle salt & Pepper just before serving)

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Fennel Flavored Carrot & Potato Stir Fry / Saunf Wale Aloo gajar KI sabzi

A quick and simple side dish which can be served with any meal made with carrots and potatoes cooked with Indian spices until crisp and tender.Fennel seeds gives great flavor and fragrance to this stir fry



Ingredients:-

Carrots:- 3 (Peeled and cut lengthwise , in long thin strips)
Potato:- 2 (Peeled and cut lengthwise , in long thin strips)
Oil:- 3 Tbsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds:- 1 Tsp
Rai/ Mustard Seeds:- 1 Tsp
Saunf/ Fennel Seeds:- 1 Tsp
Til/ Sesame Seeds:- 1 Tsp
Salt
Turmeric powder:- 1/2 Tsp
Red Chilli Powder:- 1/2 Tsp
Garam Masala Powder:- 1 Tsp
Kasoori methi Powder:- 1 Tsp
Peanuts:- 2 Tbsp ( Crushed )


Procedure:-

1) Heat the oil in a non stick pan.

2)When hot, add cumin , mustard, fennel & sesame seeds.

3)As soon as the seeds start to crackle add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder & garam masala. Mix it well.

4)Add Carrots and potatoes and mix everything well. Let it cook on the low to medium heat uncovered until carrot and potatoes are thoroughly cooked . Switch off the gas.

5)Add kasoori methi powder and crushed peanuts to the carrot potato stir fry and cover it and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Serve hot with roti/paratha/indian bread etc.

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