Muruku / Chakli

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 3 glasses
2. Uditdal - ½ glass
3. Groundnut - ¼ glass
4. Putanadal - ¼ glass
5. Grind the above ingredients to powder
6. Ajwin - 2sps
7. Thill - 2sps
8. Red chilli powder - 2 sps
9. White butter - ¼ kg
10. Salt as per ur taste

Method:

1. Mix the above powder, ajwin, thill, red chilli powder, white butter and salt together with required water to make a dough. (as shown)
2. Place the dough in the muruku/chakli . And press on a plate or a wet cloth. (as shown)
3. Heat the oil for deep fry in a deep pan. Fry these chakli in medium flame till they are golden brown. (as shown)
4. Crispy Muruku is ready to serve.

Methi Rice

Ingredients:

1. Cooked rice - 2 cups
2. Fresh Methi leaves - 1 cup (washed and chopped)
3. Tomato - 1 (chopped) (optional)
4. Onion - 1 (sliced)
5. Green chilli - 3 to 4 (sliced)
6. Tadka items: Rai - 1 sp, Jeera - 1 sp, sajeera - 1 sp, Dalchini - 3 to 4, Lavang - 2 to 3, Chanadal - 2 sp, kaju - 5 to 6 (optinal)
7. Cooking oil - 3 to 4 sps
8. Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add all the tadka items. Fry for 1 min.
2. Add onion and green chilli. Fry till the onions r cooked.
3. Now add methi leaves and fry for 2 to 3 mins.
4. Add tomato cook till the tomato is cooked.
5. Add salt to taste and mix the cooked rice.
6. Mix well and that’s it - Healthy and tasty methi rice is ready to serve.

Red Pumpkin Puri

Ingredients:

1. Red pumpkin - 1 cup (grated)
2. Wheat flour - ¾ cup
3. Jawari flour - ¼ cup
4. Ragi flour - ¼ cup
5. Redchilli powder - 2 sps
6. Turmeric powder - 1 sp
7. Daniya powder - 1 sp
8. Fresh coriander leaves
9. Salt to taste
10. Cooking oil - for deep frying

Method:

1. In a bowl add all the flours together. Then add grated pumpkin, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, daniya powder, chopped coriander and salt to taste.
2. Knead as puri dough with enough water.
3. Make small balls and press them to the shape of puri as shown.
4. Deep fry them in cooking oil as shown.
5. U can even roll them like roti and fry both the side on tawa. (if u r calorie conscious)
6. A very healthy and tasty home made puri is ready. Especially for PURI FANS.

Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 1 kg
2. Onion - 3 (sliced)
3. Onion - 1 (sliced and fried in cooking oil till brown) (as shown)
4. Whole garam masala - as shown
5. Curd - 1 cup
6. Lemon juice of 2 lemons
7. Red chilli powder - 3 sps
8. Green chilli - 3 to 4
9. Turmeric powder - 1 sp
10. Ginger and garlic paste - 2 big sps
11. Fresh pudina and coriander leaves paste - 3 to 4 sps
12. Kaju - 5 to 6 (optional)
13. Basmati rice - 1 kg (washed and soaked for 20 mins in water)
14. Cooking oil - ½ cup
15. Ghee - 3 tbsps

 Method:

1. Take the washed chicken in a bowl and marinate with salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, curd, ginger and garlic paste, lemon juice and coriander and pudina paste.
2. Heat cooking oil in a pa. Add onion, green chilli, kaju and whole garam masala fry for only 2 to 3 mins.
3. Mix the above msasal in hot oil with the marinated chicken and close the lid. Keep it aside for at least 2 hrs.
4. After 2 hrs cook the basmati rice (Half boil). Take a small blow of ganji (i.e,rice water) and add ghee and colour to it.
5. Now transfer this half cooked rice (while it is hot) on top of the marinated chicken immediately.
6. Keep the above chicken and rice bowl on the stove. Make 3 to 4 slight holes in to the rice and pour the ganji mixture in them.Make sure that bowl should be thick.
7. Cook 20 mins in high flame and 15 mins in low flame. Garnish it with golden fried onions and pudina leaves.

Sabudana Wada

Ingredients:

1. Sabudana - 2 cup (soak in 4 cups of water for 6 to 8 hrs )
2. Boiled potatoes - 3 to 4
3. Ground nut powder - 3 tbsp
4. Karipath, fresh coriander levaes and jeera - 1 sp
5. Green chilli paste - 2 sp
6. Salt to taste
7. Cooking for deep fry

Method:

1. In a bowl mix sabudana, boiled and mashed potatoes, roughly crushed groundnut powder, karipath, coriander, jeera, green chilli paste and salt to taste. (As shown)
2. And make the shape of vada on ur palm as shown.
3. Deep fry them till slightly brown in medium heat.
4. Tasty sabudana vada is ready to serve. Best with curd/tomato sauce.

Udit Dal Vada

Ingredients:

1. Udit dal - 2 cups
2. Rice - ½ cup
3. Green chilli - 3
4. Ginger - 2 sps (pieces)
5. Onion - 3 to 4 (chopped)
6. Karipatha - 2 sps (chopped)
7. Fresh coriander leaves - 5 to 6 sps (chopped)
8. Pudina - 3 to 4 sps (chopped)
9. Cooking oil - as req. for deep frying.

Method:

1. Soak the udit dal and rice together in water for 3 to 4 hrs.
2. Blend udit dal, rice, green chilli, ginger and salt (as per ur taste) all together without adding water. (as shown)
3. Add onions, coriander, karipatha and pudina into the above paste.
4. Mix all together. By dipping ur hand in water make vada on ur hand. (as shown)
5. Or else take a wet cloth/milk cover to tap the vada.
6. Deep fry them in oil till golden brown.