Friday, February 28, 2014

Vankaya Red Capsicum Tomato chutney

-2 long eggplants
-1 big red capsicum
-1 small tomato
-3 green chilles
-3 red chillies
-1/2 tsp jeera
-1 tsp urud dal
-1 tsp tamrind paste
-1 1/2 tsp salt
-1 fat garlic clove
-1/4 tsp hing

-Heat oil add jeera, eggplant,capsicum and tomato. Fry well
-Heat oil in another pan add urud dal, hing, red & green chillies, garlic and fry
-Add salt and tamrind paste with the above and grind it

Soba Noodles

Soba Noodles



-1 pack of soba noodles (12.8 oz)
-1 pack of white button mushrooms
-1 red bell pepper
-1 green bell pepper
-2 wedges of cabbage
-2 carrots
-2 onions
-5 fat garlic cloves
-1 inch ginger
-4 red chillies
-1/2 cup soya souce
-1 tbsp sriracha sauce
-2 tsp of salt (if soya sauce is low sodium)
-1 cup of meatless strips
-1 cup of crushed peanuts
-1 tsp sugar
-1/2 tsp pepper
-3 tbsp oil

-Boil soba noodles according to package instructions
-Cut all the veggies in long strips
-Heat oil and add garlic , ginger and red chillies
-Follow this with all veggies
-when veggies are cooked partially add the sauces, sugar and pepper
-Then add the noodles and mix well
-Serve hot


Friday, December 6, 2013

Pani Poori Recipe



1 packet of pani poori (50 count)

Pani Recipe

Grind the below into a smooth paste
1 cup packed mint leaves
1 cup packed cilantro leaves and thin stems
1/2 inch ginger
2-3 chillies
1 lemon
1/4 tsp salt

Add 3/4 of this paste into the below ingredients and chill in the fridge
1 3/4 liter filtered water
1 1/2 tsp regular salt
1 tsp black salt
1 tsp roasted ground cumin
4 tsp pani poori masala (Badhasha pani poori masala)
2 tbsp tamarind paste

Sweet Chutney  recipe

6 seedless dates
1 tsp tamarind paste
1 tsp jaggery powder
1 tsp succant sugar
1/4 tsp chilli powder
2 cloves
1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder
1/4 cup water
1/8 tsp salt
Boil the above ingredients for 5 min and make into a paste

Potato and Chickpea mixture

2 big potatoes
1 cup soaked chickpeas
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 of the pani paste
1/2 tsp of pani poori masala
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder

Boil the potatoes and chickpeas and combine with the rest of the ingredients.