Thursday, 30 April 2015

Sabudana Vade- Best snacks for fasting


Ingredients
  1. Sabudana  (Sago) 1 1/2 cups
  2. Potatoes (3) boiled and mashed 
  3. Roasted peanuts coarsely ground 1 cup
  4. Green chillies finely chopped 3
  5. Fresh coriander leaves chopped 
  6. Tablespoons 1 
  7. Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
  8. Salt to taste
  9. Oil or Ghee for frying


Process

  1. Wash the sabudana, in enough water and drain the excess water, keep it aside for 4 hours.
  2. Mix together sabudana, potatoes, peanuts, green chillies, coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt. Make a soft dough for making vada.
  3. Take small portion of the dough, make flat vada on your palm, give rough shape by patting it gently.
  4. Fry the vada in an oil or ghee.
  5. Serve with any sauce.
Side Dish

Curd, lemon sweet pickle, pudina chutney

Note: Sogo should be soft enough to make vada, so soak it for 4-5 hours




Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Patal bhaji (Greens turned into healthy dish)

Spinach curry made with tomato and garlic seasoning..Best dish for simple side dish idea and pleasant for tummy..

Ingredients:

  1. Finely chopped spinach - 1 bunch
  2. Chopped tomoto- 1 cup
  3. Besan (gram flour) – 2 Tbsp
  4. Mustard seeds – 1/2 Tsp
  5. Cumin seeds – 1/2 Tsp
  6. Dry red chili - 2
  7. Chopped garlic - 5 cloves
  8. Water - 2-3 Glass 
  9. Oil – 2 tbsp
  10. Salt - to taste
  11. Sugar- to taste


Process:

  1. Cook spinach, tomato, and peanuts together for 15 minutes by adding water into it. 
  2. Mash the vegetables the add gram flour mix it well, add salt and sugar.
  3. Boil the mixture well until gram powder is cooked properly. Remove the vessel from gas, prepare for seasoning.
  4. Heat oil, then add mustered seeds, whole cumin, chopped garlic and finally red chilies, once the seasoning is splutter well, transfer the same into cooked vegetable mix. It MUST make spluttering sound, believe me its pleasant. 
  5. Serve with hot rice. 


Side Dish:
Fried curdled chilies and any kind of papad.

Note: Vegetable and Gram flour must be cooked properly, else tastes bitter. Follow the cooking order exactly.