Bread Chaat

Preperation Time: 5-10 min

Ingredients:
Bread - 4 pieces
Onion - 1 cup (chopped)
Tomato - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Chilly Pwdr - 1/4 tsp
Chat Masala- 1 tsp
Cummin Pwdr - 1 tsp
Corinader Leaves
Ghee - 2 tbsp

Preperation Method:
1) Cut the bread into small cubes and fry these pieces slightly in Ghee in a pan. Remove the bread pieces into a bowl.
2) Fry Onion, tomatoes and all pwdrs in the same pan for 1-2 min.
3) Add the fried bread pieces back to this pan and mix well.
4) Serve the mix in a plate garnished with corinader leaves, tomato, onion. Sprinkle little garam masala on top.

Aloo Vada

Preperation Time: 40-45 min

Ingredients:
Potato - 1 big
Onion - 1/2 cup
Green Chillies - 3 nos
Coriander Leaves - 1/4 cup
Lemon Juice - 1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp
Cummin Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves
Oil

For Batter -
Besan Flour - 1 cup
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Red Chilli Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Cummin Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Water
Salt for Taste

Preperation Method:
1) Boil potatoes in water. When potatoes are boiled, drain the water and peel off the skin. Mash the potatoes nicely.
2) Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add Green Chilly, onion, curry leaves, cummin pwdr and garam masala to the pan and saute until the onion becomes tender.
3) Add the mashed potatoes to the pan and mix well.
4) Switch off the flame and Add lemon juice and coriander leaves to the pan.
5) Make lemon sized balls from the mix in the pan and keep aside.
6) Make thick batter using the ingredients listed for batter.
7) Dip the potato balls in the batter and fry them in hot oil in a pan until the balls turns golden brown in color.

Serve Aloo vada hot with chutney (any) or tomato sauce :-

Veg Pakoda (Cabbage and Spinach)

Preperation Time: 25-30 min

Ingredients:
Spinach (Chopped) - 1 cup
Cabbage (Chopped) - 1 cup
Besan Flour - 1 1/2 cup
Red Chilli Pwdr - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Pwdr - 1 tsp
Salt for taste
Oil

Preperation Method:
1) Make a thick batter using Besan Powder, all powders and salt. Split the batter into 2 bowls.
2) Put the chopped spinach into the mix in one bowl and chopped cabbage into the second bowl. Mix the contents well in both pans.
3) Heat oil in a pan. Take small quantities from both bowls and fry them in oil. Remove from oil when the pakoda turns golden brown in color. Repeat this until the contents are over in both bowls.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup :-

Uzhunnu Vada

Preperation Time: 45-50 min

Ingredients:
Urad Dal (Whole) - 2 cups
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
Shellots - 1/2 cup
Green Chilli - 5-7 nos
Ginger - a small piece
Curry Leaves
Salt for Taste
Oil

Preperation Method:
1) Soak Urad Dal for atleast 1-2 hrs. Then grind the Urad Dal (without adding water) into a fine paste.
2) Mix chopped green chillies, shellots, curry leaves, ginger, salt and baking powder well with the ground Urad Dal in a bowl. Keep mixing this mix with hand for atleast 3-5 minutes so that all the components come together and the dough gets well aerated.
Note - One you complete mixing, then take some water in a bowl and put some dough mix into it. If the dough remains afloat and intact without spreading in water, then it is ready for frying.
3) Heat oil in a pan.
4) Then, dip your hand in plain water, take some ground mix in your hand and roll the mix in your hand to make a round shape. Then make patties out of this and make a hole in the middle.
5) Deep fry this in Oil until it turns goden brown in color.

Serve the crispy and hot Uzhunnu Vada with Coconut Chutney and Sambar :-

Goan Style Fish Fry

Fish fry is one of the common and liked sea foods and there are many ways of preparing it.. Naked Fry, Rawa Fry, Masala Fry etc are a few to name.. Here I am putting a recipe for Goan Style Fish Fry using Bread Crumbs.. Try it out..

Preperation Time: 10-15 min

Ingredients:
Pomphret - 2 nos
Tamarind Paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Pwdr - 1 1/2 tbsp
Jeera Pwdr - 1 tsp
Garlic (Chopped) - 1 tbsp
Ginger (Chopped) - 1 tbsp
Egg - 1
Bread Crumbs - 1 cup
Salt for taste
Water - 1 to 2 tbsp
Oil

Preperation Method:
1) Make a paste using all the ingredients listed above except Bread Crumbs, Egg and Oil.
2) Marinte the fish pieces using the paste. For best results, keep the marinated fish refrigerated for 24 hrs before using. If not, keep the marinated pieces aside for atleast 30 minutes to 1 hour.
3) Add salt to the egg and beat the Egg slighlty.
4) Dip the fish in egg and then Dip it in the Brad Crumbs. Make sure that Bread crumbs covers the entire fish completely.
5) Heat oil in a pan and fry the fish pieces. Turn the fish upside down and make sure that the fish is fried unformly on either side.

Goan Style Fish Fry is ready and can be served as a Starter for a meak or as a side dish with Rice or any rice item :-

Chicken Butter Fry

Preperation Time: 25-30 min

Ingredients:
Chicken (Boneless) - 1/4 kg
Butter - 1/2 stick (2 tbsp)
Red Chilli Pwdr - 1/2 tbsp
Coriander Pwdr - 1/2 tbsp
Chicken Masala - 1/2 tsp
Tandoori Chicken Masala - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - a pinch
Turmeric Pwdr - a pinch
Salt for taste
Oil for frying

Preperation Method:
1) Cut the chicken into small pieces. Marinate the pieces with all powders and salt and keep aside for 30 minutes.
2) Heat oil in a pan. Add butter to the pan. Put the chicken pieces into the pan and fry until the pieces turn golden bown in color.
3) Chicken Butter fry is ready.. Can be served as a starter dish also :-

Gobi Manchurian

Preperation Time: 35-40 min

Ingredients:
Cauliflower - 1 med size
Spring Onion - Small bunch
Garlic - 5 to 7 nos
Onion - 1 medium
Capsicum - 1/2 cup
Green Chilly - 4 to 5
Soya Sauce - 1 1/2 tsp
Green Chilly sauce - 2 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup - 2 1/2 tbsp
Vinegar - 3/4 tsp
Coriander Leaf for garnishing
Oil
Salt for taste

For batter:
All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Corn flour - 1/4 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
Egg - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Red chilly pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp

Preperation Method:
1. Cut cauliflower into medium size pieces
2. Mix all the ingredients listed for making batter and make a thick batter.
3. Add the cauliflower pieces into the batter. Then fry them in oil until the pieces turn golden brown in color.
4. Heat oil in a pan. Add white part of the spring onions, green chilly, ginger, garlic, capsicum (small cube sizes) and onion (small cube sizes) and saute them for a while.
5. Add all sauces and vinegar to the pan and mix them well.
6. Add the fried gobi pieces and mix them well until the gobi pieces are well coated with the sauces.
7. Garnish with green part of the spring onions and coriander leaves.

Note: If you want gravy, mix 1 tbsp corn four with 1 cup water and add to Gobi manchurian.

French Fries

Preperation Time: 10-15 min
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Ingredients
Potato - 2 nos
Salt for taste
Oil
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Preperation Method
1) Cut the potato into long slices.
2) Take water in a vessel, add salt and boil it in water for 3-4 minutes. Drain the water.
3) Heat oil in a pan and fry the potato slices until they start turning brown in color.