About my Ootupura

'Ootu' means eating and 'Pura' means place. 'Ootupura' in malayalam refers to place in temples in Kerala (India) where tasty and delicious food is served.. In my ootupura here, you will find some of the authentic and traditional recipes that I prepare at home..

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Samosa Chaat

Preperation Time: 30 min

Ingredients:
Chick Peas - 1 cup
Tomato - 1 1/2 cup (chopped)
Onion - 1 tbsp (chopped)
Cilantro - 1/2 cup
Kasoori Methi - 1 tbsp
Curd - 1/4 cup
Potato - 1/2 cup
Corinader Pwdr - 1 1/2 tbsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Jeera Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Pwdr - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric Pwdr - 1/4 tsp
Plain Sev - 2 tbsp
Salt for taste
Oil

Preperation Method:
1) Soak chick peas overnight and cook the peas well.
2) Boil potatoes in water. Heat oil in a pan, add potatoes, salt and a pinch of garam masala to the pan and mix well. Keep aside.
3) Make a lemon size chapathi dough and roll it as we do for making Chapathi. Put the potatoes on one side of the dough and cover the sides to make a samosa shape. Fry the samosa in oil.
4) Heat oil in another pan. Add all the powders to the pan and stir for a minute. Then add the chopped tomatoes to the pan and mix well. Let this cook in low flame until the tomatoes melt and form a gravy.
5) Add Kasoori methi and a pinch of cilantro to the gravy and mix well. Add the cooked chick peas and mix well.
6) Take a plate and put 1/3 rd of the chick peas curry on the plate. Then palce the cooked samosa in the center of the plate. Add the balance chick peas curry on top of the samosa.
7) Then add curd on the top and sprinkle chopped onion and tomatoes on the plate. Sprinkle coriander leaves and plain sev on top.

Samosa Chaat is ready to eat now.. Serve hot.. :-

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