zucchini patties

We can make these patties in many ways.This is one of the quick n tasty way way to make .. This you can eat as a evening time snack.These patties are very tasty with less oil.They are really appetizing :)

Ingredients:

Rice Flour-1 1/2 cups

green chilli-5(finely chopped)

zucchini grated -1 cup

grated Ginger-1 tsp

salt to taste

cilatro -1 bunch(finely chopped)

water-little if required

Preparation:

1.Mix all the above ingredients except water and make a dough like consisitency.

2.Take a small size dough and press in b/w your palms and keep it aside.Do the same for atleast 6 to 8 or untill you think those are sufficient for a single time fry on tawa.

3.Take a dosa pan and heat it ,pour 1/2 tsp of oil on it and place the above zucchini vadas in the pan and shallow fry it on a low flame untill the patties becomes golden brown.

4.Enjoy the tasty patties with ketchup.

Plantain chips

Hi friends..

I made plantain chips today..becoz everyday my husband asks some snacks once he returned from work ..now a days i am not making much..but he is always eating chips which are brought from the stores.Today i decided to make some quick snack replacing his store brought chips :) so i found this recipe from other blogger friend.After seeing her blog n seeing her recipe pics..i couldn't stand without making any of her recipes.Atlast i have decided to make these quick chips.

You can deep fry these chips or you can also bake in oven @ 350 F about 25 to 30 min untill chips becomes light golden brown,in between turn once.Next time i will try baking..

I sliced these chips using food processor..It just takes 2 min for slicing!!

You can check her recipe here..Plantain Chips @ http://www.tastypalettes.com/2007/05/plantain-chips.html ..sorry my links are not working..

I am sending this to SWC-Meals on Wheels event hosting by lakshmi

vegetable cutlet with bambino samiya

These cutlets are very tasty and we can eat this as a snack.Vegetable cutlet can be made in different varieties,this is one of those varities.If you want you can also add other veggies like cabbage,beans etc.

Ingredients:

Bambino samiya packet-150 gms
breadpowder-3 cups
potatoes-2
all purpose flour/maida-1 cup
carrot-2
frozen peas-1/2 cup
cilantro-1 bunch
mint leaves
lemon-1
oil
turmeric powder
salt to taste
red chlilli powder

Preparation:

1.cut all the vegetables ,and cook all the vegetables using pressure cooker and take cooked veggies(drain water if required) into a bowl and add salt ,chilli powder,turmeric powder,lemon juice, and mix well.

2.chop finely both cilantro and mint.Add cilantro,mint to the above mixture.

3.Mix all purpose flour with water and make it thin batter and keep it aside.pour bread powder onto a plate and keep it aside.

4.Boil water in a large bowl,put samiya in the boiling water and let it cook for few min and then drain the water from samiya and add this drained samiya to the veggie mixture.

5.Using this veggie mixture with samiyaa,make vadas and keep it aside.

6.Take any flat pan,heat it , and pour 1 tsp oil on it.Now take above vadas and dip the whole vada in the maida batter and remove the vada from the batter and slide the vada in the bread powder till both sides of the vada covered with bread powder.

7.put that vada/cutlet in the pan and fry both the sides of cutlet till golden brown.

8.on a single pan, you can put 6 to 8 cutlets depending on the size and fry it.Serve these cutlets with any chutney/chilli-garlic sauce.

I am sending this to Announcing Cooking for Kids Event- Potato hosting by Deepa Hari

Note:check this for easy/handy making bread powder/bread crumbs:How to Make Breadcrumbs: Tips : bonappetit.com

Cabbage pakoda

Cabbage pakoda is a very good appetizer/snack.I had already written this recipe but i haven't included the pic yet.Now i am updating with pic and posting it again friends!!

Ingredients:

chopped cabbage 3 cups
Besan powder 1 cup
rice flour 1/4 cup
chopped onions sleekely and long length 2 cups
chopped green chilles 10
chopped coriander and curry leaves(optional)
water necessary
salt to taste
oil

Preparation:

1. First take a large bowl and mix all the above ingredients except water and oil .

2.Be careful while adding water,add very less amt of water( Add required water )inorder to make the batter tight but not loose ..

3.Take a pan and put on medium heat and once the moisture is gone in the pan add oil for frying till 1/2 to 3/4 th of the pan.

4.once the oil gets heated ..take a spoon and drop the batter in the form of a small dough (size of tea spoon) into the oil till the pan is filled with pakodas.

5.once bubbling around the pakoda is stopped turn the pakoda onto other side and do the same and make sure that every pakoda is fried.

6.Remove fried pakodas from the pan and place it on a paper towel.

7.Serve hot cabbage pakodas to your guests/loved ones.

Note:If the batter is tight , pakoda takes less oil for frying and it will be crispy too!!

Bottle gourd patties/sorakaya appalu

Bottle gourd patties are one of the tastiest Andhra snack/breakfast!!Before my marriage my mother used to make these patties,i like these patties very much .This is one of my favourite sanck ,but i ate these patties approximately 3 to 4 yrs back.This is my first time making after my marriage and reviving my memories.For this snack,I got compliments from my husband too :)

I am sure everyone likes to eat these patties!!

Bottle Gourd is very beneficial for health, especially for heart, and you can have a glass full of its juice if you are on a weight loss program too.

Ingredients:

Bottle gourd/ Sorakaya - 1 big
green chilies - 8 (3 tbsp paste ) or more depending on your taste
ginger-half inch piece
curry leaves-2 springs
chana dal-4 tsp- optional
Sesame seeds/ nuvvulu - 2 tbsp optional
peanuts-5 tsp -optional
Rice flour-required according to the moisture contained in the bottle gourd
Oil for deep frying
mint and coriander leaves-1 bunch of each

Preparation:

1.Wash the green chilies(remove stems) and ginger ( and peel the skin of ginger) , put it in the blender , make a coarse paste.

2.wash the bottle gourd and Grate the gourd, no need to peel the skin. To the grated gourd add green chili-ginger paste, salt, curry leaves ,coriander leaves ,now mix well.

3.To this mixture add rice flour as much as the mixture takes until you are able to make nice dough out of it, do not add any water . The amount of rice flour adding to the grated mixture depends on the moisture in the bottle gourd.The mixture sholdn't be too hard or too loose.

4.Once the dough is made,taste it and if you want add more chili paste or salt .Make small ball (the size of a golf ball), apply some oil to one side of a ziploc bag. Now using your fingers press it into a nice even round shape or you can use a poori press using two ziploc bags on each side of the press.

5.Take a deep pan and heat enough oil, slowly take the appam from the cover and slide it in the oil fry it until the edges are little brown.

6.If you are health concious ,just fry it like chapathi on the flat pan. Enjoy the patties!!

This is my entry to the WYF : Cuisine event at Simple Indian Food.

Note:1. you can eat these patties without any chutney or with any chutney.In both the ways it tastes too good!!

2.You can make this appam soft or crispy depending on your taste. To make soft ones, dough should not be too hard and do not fry it for too long. And vice versa for the crispy ones.

3.If you feel the gourd contains more moisture ,just remove some water (after grating) out of it otherwise you have to add more rice flour and it will take more time to fry all patties and you may feel tired and sometimes the quantity of flour is more than the quantity of grated gourd and it may not taste that good.

Masala vada

Masala vada made of urud dal.This tastes very good and you can eat this as a breakfast/snack.

Health benifits of Urad daal :They look like slightly dusty, black beads. Black gram is popular in the Indian Continent.These black beans with a white center are sold as urad in many Indian groceries. As halved beans, they are called urad dal. Urad dal is available unhusked with its black seedcoat and husked.A one-cup of urad dal serving contains 189 calories, 13 grams of protein, 12 grams of fiber (about half a day's worth) and one gram of fat. They're very popular and are eaten throughout India, from Kashmir to Tamilnadu in the south. Most popular South Indian dishes contain urad, e.g., Idli, Dosa, Utappam, Vada etc.

Ingredients :

Urud dal-2 cups

green chilies-6

Onion-1 big

Curry leaves

Cilantro/coriander leaves-1 bunch
Mint leaves -optional
ginger -small piece(grated)
Oil for frying

jeera/cuminseeds-2 tsp

Salt to taste

Procedure:

1.Soak urad dal for 2 hours in water. Drain the water and grind smoothly without adding water.If required, add very less mount of water.

2.Grind ginger and green chillies,chopped onions,cumin seeds,add that mixture to batter.Add salt, curry leaves, chopped cilantro to the batter.

3.Take small amount of batter (golf ball size), make a ball first , keep it on a plastic sheet(ziplock cover) then make it flat and make a hole in the middle. It will look like a small sized donut.

4.Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the vada , flip it on the other side until it becomes golden brown on both the sides.

5.Serve with mint chutney, or you can also put these vadas in curd and soak it for an hour and eat this as a snack/breakfast.

I am sending this snack item to the 'Lentils Mela' event hosting by Ashwini .

peanut with Almond balls/laddu

In India , now a days many tv programs are coming about health and food habits. My parents follow one of the program in maa tv named "yoga and natural life style programmes" by Manthena Satyanarayana Raju. My mother told me this peanut balls without sugar/jagery after watching one of the episode, but initially i thought this may not come good or it may not be sweet and i didnt try.One of my friend ,she tried it and told me they tastes good. After that I tried and surprisingly they came good.

This snack is very healthy as we are not using any ghee,oil,sugar etc.

I hope everybody knows the health benifits of almonds and pea nuts and dates.

check health benifits of peanuts: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=101#healthbenefits

Check health benifits of almonds :
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=20

Health benifits of daetes here http://www.hilalplaza.com/Advantages_Dates.html

Ingredients:

Peanuts-1 cup dry roasted(lightly grinded)
Almonds-1 cup unsalted and cut into halves (dry roasted optional)
california dates (without seeds)-11/2 cup

Preparation:

1.If the dates are dried ,just keep it in the water (otherwise no need) for 15-30 min and then drain the water from dates and grind it into a fine paste using mixer/mortar and pestle.If the dates are fresh just mash with your hand and make paste.

2.lightly grind peanuts and almonds .I like them as whole nuts so i didn't grind it .For kids,it is better to grind it so that they are easy to eat .Take the dates paste in to a bowl add grinded peanuts and almonds to it and make round balls of your required size.

3.If you feel they are wetty ,keep those balls for sometime in the refrigerator and remove it out and store it in a airtight container.

4.Eat these balls as a snack at any time.This is very easy to preapre.. isn't it ?

I am sending this snack item to following events.
Sunday Snacks: Grab n Go - March 29th
Healthy Bite: Feb 28th

Moong dal Vada/pesara garelu

Moong dal vada is very famous in south india.We used to do either urud dal or moong dal vada for every festival in india especially in A.p.I like moong dal vada compared with urud dal vada .This you can eat is as a snack/breakfast.

Ingreidents:

Moong Dal/pesara pappu-250 gms
Green Chilly-8-10

Ginger -mediem sizepiece as shown in below image
onions-1 big (finely chopped)

Salt to taste
curry leaves-optional
Coriander leaves (chopped)-1 cup

Oil for frying -2to 3 cups

Preparation:

1.Soak moong-dal abt 3-4 hours.After this,wash and drain the dal (by placing dal in in a strainer).Let it drain for 1 -2 hrs.

2.jsut keep 3/4 th cup of drained dal aside,Grind remaining dal without water along with green chilies and ginger using mixer.

3.Then add ungrinded dal to this grinded dal mixture and all the remaining ingredients (except oil). Mix well.

4.Heat about 2 to 3 cups of oil on medium-high flame. When the oil is hot enough,grease the plastic ziplock bag and flatten a lemon size batter either on a plastic Ziploc bag or on a wet cloth, slowly slide the batter into the hot oil. Fry the vadas on medium flame on both sides, till slightly golden brown.Remove it and put it in paper towel.

5.Serve hot with any chutney or sauce.

I am sending this snack item to the 'Lentils Mela' event hosting by Ashwini .

Poori

poori/puri can be good with any veg/non-veg curry/any pickle and this can be eat as a breakfast,snack,or light meal!!

Ingredients:

wheat flour-2 cups
Water & milk to make dough
Salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Preparation:

1.Put the flour in a large mixing bowl and add salt to taste and mix well.

2.Now add a little water at a time and start to mix the flour to form a dough. We need the dough to be medium-soft/firm dough so, first go slow with the water - add it only as needed, as you go along. Instead of water, you can also use milk.milk makes really soft Pooris.I added both water and milk in my recipe.

3.The real secret of soft Pooris lies in the kneading! The dough must be smooth and just the right softeness - medium. Add water/ milk as required and continue to knead till you get the right consistency.

4.Once you've got the dough to the right consistency, add 2 tbsps of oil and continue to knead. The dough will become smooth in texture! Cover with a damp cloth now and keep aside for 20 minutes.

5.Mean time you can also prepare curry for poori.I have made alu curry with besan powder especially for poori's.My mother used to make this curry..i love this curry!!you can make any curry you want for poori's.

6.Now divide the dough into golf ball-sized/small ball portions add little oil to these balls so that they will not stick themselves . Roll these balls using a poori press/roti maker/rolling board till they are smooth and without cracks.

7. For convenience, roll out as many Pooris as you like, stacking them,then go for frying.

8.Take a pan,Heat the oil for deep frying on a medium flame. Deep fry the Pooris one at a time, pressing very gently on each side with a slotted spoon. This will help the Poori to puff up! Fry one the first side till golden then turn over and fry the same way on the other side. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.

Serve this crispy, golden bread with any dish - vegetarian/Non-veg or with your favorite pickle. The perfect Poori is pale golden in color and puffed up almost like a ball!

Saggubiyyam(sabudana) bondaa's

saggubiyyam bonda is a very good in tastewise that you can eat as a breakfast /evening time snack.I am sure everyone loves to eat this bonda..

Ingredients:

sabudana(saggubiyyam)/Cassava pearls 150 gm
Sour curd 2 cups
Rice flour 2 cups
chopped green chilli 12 (depends on your spice level)
finely chopped onions 1-2 cups chopped cilantro 1 bunch salt 21/2 table spoons(depends on your taste)
water 1/2 cup Baking powder 1 spoon
oil

Procedure for making sabudana bondaas:

1. First soak sabudana in sour curd about 4 to 6 hrs before you want to make,if required you can also use little water(if you have less curd) .

2.once the soaked sabudana becomes soft that means you can start the recepie .

3.Add rice flour to that sabudana and little water make it little tight and then add chopped green chillies and chopped onions & salt and cilantro,baking powder and make sure that mixture of all these shoudn't be too loose .

4.Take a pan and pour oil and put that on medium heat .Once the oil becomes heated you just make little dough with your hands and drop it onto your oil.Repeat the same procedure till the pan filled with your bondaas.

5.Once the oil stops bubbling around your bondaa that means that frying is complete for that bondaa..and let it turn on other side and let it fry for few more minutes ..so remove all fried bondaas from the pan and place on to a paper towel.

6. simple..your crispy sabudana bondaa's are ready.. Serve hot bondaas to your guests..