Moong Daal Kachori

My Nani's Recipe..:)
She used to make geeli Tuvar ne kachori too..
Ohhh Nani i miss "ur haat ka khaana"


Time : 2 hrs
Serves 8-10


Ingredients

4 cup maida
1 cup moong daal
green chilly paste
Ginger paste
Clove,tezpatta powder/Kacchha masala
Turmeric
Sugar
Lemon juice
Sauf/feneel seeds
Hing
Cilantro
1 pinch Baking powder.

Procedure

1..Soak moong daal for 2 hrs.
2..Grind little bit in a grinder.
3..Boil in a pressure cooker.
4..Add all masala into the paste.
5..Roast the paste in a hot pan till it becomes dry powder.
6..Take maida add oil(mutthi padtu mohan),salt,1 pinch baking powder,water make a puri like dough.
7..Stuff with daal powder,make kachori,Deepfry them.
Serve hot with dahee n tamarind sauce.

Zhaal Muri (Chaat/Bhel type)(Photographs)

Preparation Time:

15-20 mins

Makes:

2-3 servings

What you need:

2-3 cups crisp Puffed Pice(Mamra/Murmura/Muri)
1 Onion, finely chopped
1-2 Potato, boiled and finely diced
1 Tomato, finely chopped
Cucumber chopped (1/4 cup)-Optional
2 tbsp roasted Peanuts
1 tbsp roasted Cashews-Optional
3-4 Green chillies, finely chopped
Jucie of 1/2 Lemon
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp Corriander Powder
A pinch of Turmeric
2 tbsp chopped Corriander
1 tbsp fresh grated Cocunut
Salt to taste

How to proceed:

1) Mix all the ingredients.
2) Garnish with corriander and cocunut.
3) Serve freshly prepared before mamra's become too soft

* A tsp of Mustard oil is usually added at the end before serving. I didnt have it and so didnt opt for it.. The quantity of lime, salt and red chilli powder should be adjusted as desired!

R..Chitranna(Photographs)

Preparation Time:

30 mins

Serves:

3-4

What you need:

2 cups Basmati Rice
5-6 Curry Leaves
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tbsp Chana Dal
1 tbsp Urad Dal
1 tbsp Moong Dal
2 Onions, sliced
4 Green Chillies, chopped
1/2 tsp Turmeric
1 tbsp Roasted Peanuts
5-6 Cashews
Juice of 1 Lemon
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Oil

How to proceed:

1) Cook Basmati rice in water until just done and then drain excess water..
2) Spread in a wide pan to cool
3) Heat oil, fry peanuts and cashews and keep aside
4) To remaining oil, add curry leaves, mustard seeds and cumin seeds
5) When they start spluttering, add all 3 dals and fry until they turn golden
6) Add chilies and sliced onions and cook for a min
7) Add turmeric, salt, nuts and cashews
8) Now add rice and mix well
9) Squeeze juice of lemon over rice,mix well and turn off gas!

Serve hot wit tomato rasam or raitas..

R..Tamarind Rice(puligara)

R..Lemon Rice

Ingredients

2 Bowl boiled rice
1 tspn cumin
1 tspn lemon juice
1/2 tspn methi daana/Dry Fenugreek Seeds
1/2 tspn mustard
Curry leaves
Peanuts
Spring onions(optional)
2-3 red chillies
1 green chilly pieces
1/2 tspn salt
Turmeric
Oil
Amchur powder(Optional)
Curd(Optional)
Cilantro

Procedure

1..Take oil in a pan
2..Add mustard,allow to splutter
3..Add cumin
4..Add methi daana
5..Add chillies and onions
6..Add curry leaves,peanuts
7..Add turmeric n rice.
8..Mix well.
9..Cook for 5 min
10..add lemon juice when you serve
11..Add amchur those who want.
12..Serve hot,Garnish with cilantro

Note : add curd n mix well.skip turmeric,amchur,lemon juice.It will become curd rice.can add chaana daal into it.Serve chilled

*..Egg Omlet

*..Egg Half Fry(Photographs)

Ingredients

1 Large Egg
2 Salt
3 Cilantro

Procedure

1..Put the egg yolk directly on a hot pan.
2..Sprinkle salt ans chopped cilantro over it
3..For spicy lovers ,can add red chilly powder,chaat masala n chopped green chilly
4..Close the lid for some time
5..Turn it upside down,cook for 5 min
6..Serve hot as a sandwich stuffing or with ketchup.