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Potato Chakli/Murukku
By UjjU
1. Boil the potatoes & mash them without forming lumps
- 1 1/2 cups potatoes, boiled & mashed
- 3 cups Maida / all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp red chili powder
- Salt
- Oil for deep frying
Pani Puri
By UjjU
One of the famous street snacks which we were often denied from eating as kids
- For the puris: -
- 1 cup rava
- 1-2 tsp maida
- Salt, very little
- Warm water
- Oil
- For the filling: -
- 2 medium sized potatoes boiled & mashed
- 1 medium sized onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup chick peas, soaked in water over night in Luke warm salt water
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp chat masala
- coriander leaves
- Salt
- For the pani: -
- 2 tbsp tamarind juice or 1 tsp concentrated tamarind paste diluted in water.
- 2 tbsp jaggery
- 1 tsp black salt
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp dhania powder
- 1 cumin powder
- 2-3 green chili
- a small bunch of mint leaves
- 1 strand coriander leaves
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- Salt
- 3-4 tsp of Tamarind chutney diluted or Pani Puri masala can be used instead
Cabbage Halwa
By UjjU
1. In a heavy bottomed pan, add little ghee&fry the cabbage for a minute or two
- 2 cups cabbage, finely chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 2 tbsp cashew nuts, roasted
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp ghee
- little milk, required during grinding
- few drops Vanilla essence
- 1 tbsp dry grapes, for garnishing
Tadka Dal
By UjjU
1. Soak all dals for an hour in Luke warm water
- 1/2 Cup Toor Dal
- 1/2 Cup Moong Dal
- 1 big onion, chopped
- 1 big tomato, chopped
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp methi-mustard powder
- 1 tsp haldi
- 1 tsp jeera
- a few curry leaves
- 2-3 red chilies
- 2 tbsp ghee
- Coriander, finely chopped for garnishing
- Salt
Vanilla Muffins
By UjjU
The word "muffin" was first registered in English in 1703 as "moofin", possibly derived from the Old French mouffle...
- 2 cups Maida
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
Mysore Pak
By UjjU
Mysore pak is a sweet dish of Karnataka, India
- 1 cup fat (1/2 cup oil + 1/2 cup ghee)
- 3/4 th cup besan
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Baingun Bhaja
By UjjU
Baingun (Brinjal / Eggplant in Hindi) Bhaja is a bengali dry curry, served as part of a traditional wedding feast a...
- 1 Big Purple Brinjal
- 1 tsp turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp rava
- 1 tsp rice flour
- 1 tsp jeera powder
- 1 tsp dhania powder
- Salt
- Oil
Dumroot / Winter Melon Halwa
By UjjU
Dumroot is a delicacy from Karnataka, India
- 2 cups shredded white pumpkin / Ash gourd
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- a pinch of saffron (drop the saffron in little warm water)
Mysore Masala Dosa
By UjjU
Masala dosas usually are served with a spread of red garlic chutney & onion-potato palya inside the dosa along with...
- For Dosa Batter: -
- 2 cups Udhina bele / Urad dal
- 3 cups Rice
- 1 cup boiled rice
- 1/2 cup hesar bele / moong dal
- 1/2 cup kadle bele / channa dal
- 1 fist full paper avalakki (thin poha)
- 1 tsp methi seeds
- For Red Garlic chutney: -
- 3-4 cloves Garlic
- 1 small Onion
- 1 tsp Red chili Powder
- 1/4 tsp Tamarind paste
- Salt
- For Masala palya: -
- 2 large Potatoes, boiled with little salt & mashed
- 1 large Onion, chopped lengthwise
- 3-4 Green chillies, finely chopped
- pinch asafoetida
- 1 strand curry leaves
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp kadle bele / channa dal
- 1 tsp udhina bele / urad dal
- Finely chopped coriander & roasted cashew nuts for garnishing
- Salt
- Oil
Kumbalakayee Majjigehuli
By UjjU
Majjige in kannada (language spoke in the Indian state of Karnataka) means curds & kumbalakayee means pumpkin
- Pressure cooked white pumpkin (Ash-gourd)
- 500 ml sour curds, kept out of fridge for 1 day or so, with butter milk
- 5-6 Green chilies
- 1 tsp jeera
- 2 tsp dhania seeds
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- one fist full of Chana dal, soaked in warm water for 1/2 hour
- 1/2 turmeric powder
- a pinch of hing
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- 1/2 " ginger finely chopped
- 2 seeds whole black pepper
- few curry leaves