Alu Vadi/Patra

Maharashtrian dish which serves as a nice snack.

Ingredients:


6-7  Colacasia leaves
2 cup besan
1 tblsp dhania powder
1 tblsp jeera powder
1/2 cup tamarind pulp
3 tblsp jaggery
1/2 tblsp haldi powder
2 tblsp red chilly powder 
1 tblsp oil 
1 cup Water
Salt to taste

Directions:

1) Remove the stems of the leaves properly.
2) Mix besan and all the other ingredients with water to make a thick batter. Apply the batter on the leaves and roll it tightly.

4)Boil water in idli steamer and steam the rolls
5) Insert a knife and it should come out clean, that means your roll is steamed.  Cut into pieces

6) Heat oil in a pan, shallow fry the pieces(It can also be deep fried). I like it deep fried :)

Fried chicken

A yummy and simple chicken recipe with simple ingredients

Ingredients:


11/2 cup bonless chicken cut into medium or small size
2 tblsp ginger-garlic paste
1/2 lemon juice or 2 tblsp curd
1 tblsp green chilly paste
1/2 tblsp haldi powder
1/2 tblsp garam masala powder or Everest chicken masala powde
3 tblsp besan/ chickpea flour
Oil for frying
salt to taste

Directions:

1) Mix all the ingredients with chicken 
2) Keep it aside for 1 hr(More time you keep the chicken marinated the taste will be better) 
3) Heat oil in a deep bottom pan and fry the chicken. Thats it
4) Delicious fried chicken is ready

Chakli Recipe

Chakli made as falhar during diwali

Ingredients:

1 kg rice
2  Coconut scrapped
1 cup urad dal
1 cup chana
1/2 cup ghee 
3 tblsp white sesame seeds
red chilly powder according to taste
1 tblsp haldi/turmeric powder
Oil for deep frying
salt to taste

Directions:

1)Soak the rice in water for two hours. Strain it and dry it in sun for whole day.
2)Roast the urad dal and chana for 2-3 mins. Add it to the rice. Make flour of these three ingredients.

Chakli Dough:
1)Prepare the coconut milk. Mix the coconut with water in mixer. Strain the coconut mixture in a thin cloth to get the coconut milk,
2) Into the flour add the coconut milk, ghee, sesame seeds, haldi and red chilly powder to make a thick dough.
3) Put this dough into the chakli mould and press it out in circular motion to make chaklis of desired size(generally of 3 rotations)
4) Heat enough oil in a pan. When oil is heated, put chaklis into the oil. Fry till its golden brown.
6) Once cool store it in a air tight container.

Tur Dal Pulao

A wonderful combination of dal and rice.

Ingredients:
3 tbsp oil

1 medium size onion


1/2 tblsp mirchi powder
1 inch ginger
7-8 garlic
3 green chillies
1 small tblsp shahi jeera
1/2 tblsp turmeric powder
1 tblsp pulav masala(you can get this in any regular store) or garam masala powder
Tomato puree(5 medium sized)
2 big cups Basmati rice
1/2 cup tur dal 
3 cups water
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste

Directions:


Wash and soak the tur dal in water for 10 mins.
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. Add jeera. Fry for 2 mins. Add the chopped onions. Saute for 2-3 mins. Make paste  of ginger,garlic and green chilly. Add it to the oil. Fry for 3-4 mins. Add tomato puree, turmeric powder, mirchi powder and pulav masala.Let it cook for 5 mins. Add the soaked tur dal and 1 1/2 cup water. Cook for 10 mins or almost the dal is cooked. After the dal is cooked mix in the rice and add salt. Add remaining 1 1/2 cup of water and chopped coriander. Cook for 5 mins in high flame then slow down the flame till the rice cooks.
Serve it with raita.

Reference:
My school friend used to bring this pulao. Dont know the actual recipe. Just tried it out in my own way.

Rice kheer(Paysam)

Yummy rice kheer with thickened milk....

Ingredients:

11/2 litre milk(more the milk taste is better)
1 small cup rice
sugar to taste
3-4 cardamom

Direction:

Soak the rice in water for 10 mins.

Boil the milk in slow flame. Once the milk has become hot, add the rice. Cook in slow flame for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs till the milk is thickened(almost half of the original quantity). Keep stirring in between. Add sugar according to taste and cardamom powder.

Reference:

My Colleague, Subbu's mom...