Monday, December 12, 2016

Gobi pakoda

gobi 65 pakodi

Most of the people know to  prepare  cauliflower as cauliflower tomato  gravy curry,cauliflower fry,cauliflower mixed veg curry,cauliflower pickle,cauliflower manchuria......
This is very tasty snack to prepare using cauliflower as main ingredient.Cauliflower is very healthy vegetable and we get resistance from eating it.Normally children do not like to eat cauli flower .If we prepare pakodies using cauliflower, they should like to eat like onion pakodies...


Ingredients 


cauliflower florets 200grs or big bowl
red chillies 4
ginger 1 inch
garlic 8  cloves
corn flour 1 cup
maida 1 cup
rice flour 1/4 cup
suji 3 spoons
salt to taste
red chilli powder 1/2 spoon
turmeric 1/4 spoon
garam masala 1/2 spoon
coriander leaves few
curry leaves few
oil for deep

Preparation


Wash ginger and peel the layer and cut into pieces
Remove upper layer of the garlic.
Take cauliflower florets and put them in boiling water for 5 minutes and  after that drain them from water.
Take a mixie jar and add ginger and garlic pieces and dry chillies and make a fine paste adding little bit of water.
Make garam masala  powder.
Wash curry leaves and coriander leaves and cut  them into small pieces.
Take a big mixing bowl and add all flours(corn flour,rice flour,maida),suji,salt,turmeric,red chilli powder,garam  masala,red chilli and ginger garlic paste and finely chopped coriander and curry leaves and mix all well and add water little by little and make pakodi batter consistency.
Taste it if salt and spicy is enough or not.If not add some more salt and garam masala.
Then add semi boiled cauliflower florets and mix well.Apply masala batter to cauliflower florets.


Method


1.Take a thick bottom pan and put on the flame.
2.When pan is heated add oil for deep fry.
3.When oil is hot put the flame in sim and drop cauliflower florets to oil which one is mix with batter .(Just  like pakodi making.)
4.Fry in medium flame and fry until cauliflower florets fried well then  turn them into other side and fry that side also in the  same way.
5.After that remove cauliflower pakodies from oil and put on the kitchen napkin or paper towel for absorb excess of oil.
6.Fry some curry leaves and  slit green chillies in the oil and add them to cauliflower pakodies and mix all well.
7.softy and crispy cauliflower pakodies is ready is eat ...Enjoy !

Keep in the mind


You can add fried onions also.Of course it is optional.
Add red colour for making pakodies to dark  red colour.
Better to avoid adding food colour because it may be spoils our health.so make dry chillies  paste and add it.This will gives good colour to pakodies.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Bhendi fried rice

bendakaya varities

 This is very easy recipe and tasty one.making masala powder is very important. Adding ground nuts and cashew nuts enhance the tasty of the recipe.semi fried ladies finger 



 Ingredients

 
ladies finger 1/4 kg
rice 1/4 kg
oil 3 spoons
ghee 1 spoon
dry chillies 3
coriander seeds 1/4 spoon
cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
chana dal 1/4 spoon
curry leaves few
cashew nuts 10
ground nuts 1/4 cup
onion 1
green chillies 4
cloves 2
elachi 1
cinnamon  small piece



Preparation


wash ladies finger with water.Then wipe them with cotton cloth and  spread over cotton cloth to dry for 15 minutes.
Then cut into inch size round pieces.
Soak the rice for 15 minutes then cook in the rice cooker.keep aside.
Wash curry leaves and keep aside.
Cut onions into long pieces.
Split green chillie into 2 long pieces.



Method


1.Take a thickned pan  and put on the flame.
2.Add 1/2 spoon of ghee when pan is heated.
3.add dry chillies,cloves,cardomom, coriander seeds and cashew nuts and fry for 2 minutes. Leave it to cool.
4.then add all ingredients and elachi in the mixie jar and make a fine masala powder.
5.put another pan on the flame. 
6 add oil when pan is heated. When oil is hot add remaining ghee
7.add cumin seeds,chanadal and fry till dal become to golden colour.
8.Then add ground nuts and fry well.add curry leaves. 
9.add onion pieces and green  chillies pieces and fry.
10.then  add dried ladies finger pieces and fry well.
11.add salt and masala powder and mix well.
12.when ladies finger pieces fried well then add  cooked rice and mix all well.
13 . taste it if salt is enough or not if not add some more salt and mix all well.
14.this is very tasty rice..we can eat plainly with out adding any raita or curry....

Enjoy


Keep in the mind


Adding onion is optional.
Masala powder soulld be make at home.do not use ready made powder.
You can add more ground nuts and cashew nuts as per wish....it increases the taste of rice.