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2012-09-19T10:23:00.000-04:00

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Sweet Chutney(Dipping)

Total Time: 1hr 35min

Prep 10 min

Inactive 1 hr.

Cook 25 min

Yield: 8 Serving

Level: Easy

Ingredients

4 tbsp. Tamarind paste

8-10 dates (khajoor)

50 grams jaggery

½ salt

Instructions

Take dates in a bowl, add water until dates immerse in it. Also dissolve jaggery in a small amount of water, keep it for 1 hr.

After 1hr, grind the dates, dissolved jaggery, tamarind paste and salt in a blender.

Grind it till chutney turns smooth.

Sweet chutney is ready for all type of chaats…

2012-09-18T10:19:00.000-04:00

Green Chutney(Dipping)

Total Time: 35min
Prep 10 min

Inactive 0 min

Cook 25 min

Yield: 8 Serving

Level: Easy

Ingredients

2 cups Cilantro or coriander leaves

1 cup Mint leaves

2 tbsp. lime juice or tamarind juice

1 tsp. cumin powder

3 green chilies

½ tsp. salt

Instructions

Clean the mint and cilantro leaves.

Grind mint, Cilantro leaves, green chilies, salt, cumin powder, lemon juice in a blender, grind till chutney turns smooth. Add little water if necessary.

Green chutney is ready for all type of chaats.

Khara biscuit (Spicy cookie)

2012-09-06T11:17:00.001-04:00

Khara biscuit (Spicy cookie)

Total time: 1h 5min

Prep 5min

Inactive 30min

Cooking 30min

Level: Easy

Yield: 28 biscuits

Ingredients

1 ½ cup all purpose flour (Maida)

½-unsalted butter

3 green chilies finely chopped,

1 tbsp. chopped curry leaves

1 tbsp. chopped cilantro or coriander leaves

1 tsp. Wheat cream (rava)

¼ tsp. red chill powder

¼ tsp. pepper powder

¼ tsp. roasted cumin powder

¼ tsp. carom seeds (ajwain)

¾ tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp. yogurt or curd

Instructions

Take a mixing bowl; mix well all ingredients except butter and yogurt.

Then add butter and again mix until it forms crumbly dough.

Now add 1 tbsp. of yogurt, mix using hands and makes this dough stiff (if required add another 1 tbsp. of yogurt).

Preheat the oven at 350 degree F

Make dough into two parts, take one part and roll it into sheet about 5mm thickness.

Using cookie cutter cut the cookies into any desired shape.

Repeat the same steps for another part of dough.

Then place the cookies on cookie tray, which is covered with parchment paper.

When done place the baking tray in the preheated oven.

Let it bake about 20mins at 350 degrees F.

After 20mins, bring oven temperature to 200 degrees F.

Bake another 10mins, so that Khara biscuit cooks well inside also.

After 10-12mins, turn off the oven but do not take out the tray yet, let it be in oven for another 20-25mins.

Take out the tray after 20mins or so and let it cool for about 10mins.

Khara biscuit or spicy cookies is ready……..

2012-09-06T09:21:00.000-04:00

Almond Cookie(NaanKhatai)

Total Time: 30min

Prep 8 min

Inactive 30 min

Cook 25 min

Yield: 24 cookies

Level: Easy

Ingredients:

½ cup all purpose flour (Maida)

½ cup Wheat flour (Chapatti flour)

1 Tbsp. Wheat cream (Semolina / sooji/rava)

½ cup unsalted butter (Room temperature)

1 Tbsp. Crushed almond or your choice of nut

½ cup sugar

½ tsp. Cardamom powder

1 tsp. Baking powde

Instructions:

Take a mixing bowl, mix all dry ingredients.

In another mixing bowl, beat sugar and room temperature butter well.

Now Add dry mixture to the beaten sugar and butter mixture.

Mix everything well and foam like dough.

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F

Make small golf size balls and place the balls about half inches a part on an ungreased cookie-baking tray.

When done place the baking tray into the preheated oven.

Let it bake about 15mins at 350 degrees F.

After 10mins, bring oven temperature to 170 degrees F.

Bake another about 10-12mins so that naan khatai cooks well inside also.

After 10-12mins, turn off the oven but do not take out the tray yet. let it be in oven for another 20-25mins.

Take out tray after 20mins or so and let it cool for about 10mins.

Naan Khatai is ready………

2012-08-23T12:08:00.000-04:00

RAVA IDIL

Total Time: 46min

Prep 9 min

Inactive 32 min

Cook 15 min

Yield : 2 Serving

Level : Easy

Ingredients

1 cup wheat cream/ sooji/rava (medium thick)

½ tsp. mustard seeds 

½ tsp. Grated and crushed ginger

2-3 finely chopped green chilies

1 tsp. chana daal

¼ tsp. baking soda

3/4 cup grated carrot

2-3 strands of coriander(cilantro) leaves 

2 tsp. grated coconut(fresh or frozen)

2 ½ cup yogurt/curd

1-2 tbsp. oil 

1 tsp. Cashews(optional) 

3-4 slices of tomato

Salt

Instructions

Roast sooji till a nice aroma comes out.(may be for 5 to 7 min) 

Heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they start popping, add ginger, green chilies, chana daal and fry for 1-2 min.

Switch off the heat and immediately add sooji, mix well.

Add salt, soda, carrot, coriander leaves, coconut, yogurt/curd and mix well. Leave it for around 30mins.

Grease an idli stand. Keep half cashew ,half slice of tomato,a leaf of cilantro and then put the batter on top (so that when the idlis are removed, the cashews and tomato can be seen on the top).

Steam for around 12-15min, allow it to cool for 1-2 min and unmold it and Serve hot with coconut chutney and alu masal.

2012-08-22T18:57:00.003-04:00

Bread chaat

Total Time: 20 min

Prep 10 min

Inactive 0 min

Cook 10 min

Yield: 1 servings

Level: Very Easy

Ingredients

1 Bread slice

1 tbsp. grated carrot

1 tbsp. chopped onion

1 tbsp. chopped tomato

1 tbsp. smashed potato (boiled pilled)

1 tbsp. chopped cilantro

¼ tsp. red chilly powder

¼ tsp. chaat masal

1 tbsp.mint chutney or green chutney

1 tbsp. sweet chutney

½ cup well-beaten yogurt with pinch of salt

1 tbsp. sev

Instructions

Take a bread slice put 1 tbsp. of grated carrot, 1 tbsp. of chopped onion, 1 tbsp. of chopped tomato, 1 tbsp. of boiled piled and smashed potato.

Put some chopped cilantro, sprinkle chaat masal and red chilly powder then put mint chutney and sweet chutney.

Then pour well beaten yogurt with pinch of salt.

Then garnish with sev, cilantro and sweet chutney.

Bread chaat is ready to eat …….