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Qatayef with Qishta Karsan Recipe | Middle Eastern Street Food

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Qatayef or Katayef is a middle eastern pancake dessert filled with pastry cream. This dessert is a famous middle eastern delicacy which served for Iftar during the ramadan fast. Every Iftar table will sure have this yummy delight to break the fast and get back the energy. These pancakes may look like any other pancake but they taste completely different. As a dessert they are so yummy and attractive as well. Katayef are prepared many ways and with different fillings in each middle eastern country. It tastes divine and so addictive. I have seen this in a street food show and came to know that they also made in the streets during ramadan. Like seasonal foods you can find these desserts made only during Ramadan either made at home or even sold in the streets.

I always have a hard time deciding the letter q, and am so glad to had found this recipe from here. These mini pancakes stuffed with cream pastry filling is a perfect dessert if you have a big sweet tooth, When I saw these first I was sure I have to make them as they looked so wonderful and I was sure they tasted divine as well, Indeed they do. I have followed the recipe as given with not a much of tweaking in the pancakes. For cream I made home made ricotta cheese ( Paneer + Milk) , the cream filling was a super hit. I made the fried version of qatayef as well with almonds  and sugar filling they tastes delicious too. Can’t believe it is just 8 more days to complete the marathon. I have been doing my regular cooking plus cooking for the marathon almost the same day it is so much fun. Hope you all are enjoying as well. Now let me quickly move to the recipe.

Q for Qatayeb with Qishta Karsan

Recipe Source : Xawaash 

Ingredients 

For Pancakes

  • All purpose Flour – 1 cup
  • Fine semolina/ sooji – 1 cup
  • Dry Instant Yeast – 1/2 tsp
  • Sugar – 2 1/2 tbsp
  • Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Baking Powder – 1 tsp
  • Water – 2 1/2 cups

For White Pastry Cream

  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Ricotta cheese – 1 cup ( 1 cup  crumbled Paneer + 1/4 cup Milk )
  • Sugar – 3 tbsp
  • Corn starch – 3 tbsp
  • Butter – 2 tbsp ( Melted)
  • Orange Extract- few drops
  • Icing Sugar – For dusting

For Syrup

  • Sugar – 2 cups
  • Water – 1 cup
  • Lemon juice – 1 tsp
  • Rose essence – few drops

For Garnish 

  • Pistachios- Few Crushed

Method 

For Pancakes 

  • In a mixing bowl combine All purpose flour, Semolina, instant yeast,sugar,salt, baking pd and Mix well.
  • Add water and form a smooth batter , cover and let it rest for 30 mins.
  • After it gets 30 mins proofing time , Mix the batter well.
  • Heat a pan , slightly grease it and Pour 2 tbsp of the batter to form a circle.
  • These pancake are cooked just one side, Cook the pancakes till the pores are formed and the top dries out.
  • Cook the pancakes and place it in a napkin/ Kitchen cloth covered . This step is so important as to keep the pan cakes from getting dried.
  • Do the same to the rest of the batter and place them in kitchen cloth.Once they cool down transfer them to a ziploc.

For White Pastry Cream

  • In a pan Mix milk, corn starch,sugar and ricotta cheese.
  • Turn on the flame and cook them mixing constantly till they thicken up.
  • Once it starts thickening add butter and mix the cream well.
  • Turn of the heat and add rose essence to the cream and Mix well.
  • Dust some Icing sugar on top to avoid drying out in the top
  • Transfer it to a bowl after it cools down Refrigerate the cream till needed.

For Sugar Syrup

  • In a sauce pan heat sugar and water till they dissolve .
  • Add lemon juice and cook the syrup till it thickens up slightly.
  • Turn of the flame add rose essence and mix.

To Proceed 

  • Using a spoon scoop a tsp of the white pastry and place it over the cooked pancakes.
  • Seal the corners of the pancakes by pressing the edges together till 2/3 rd of the pancake.
  • Sprinkle some crushed Pistachios over the open side of the cream.
  • Pour some syrup on top and enjoy


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Qatayef with Qishta Karsan Recipe | Middle Eastern Street Food
 
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Qatayef / Katayef is a mini pancake filled with white pastry filling, they are made is different variations. These are ramadan desserts made for Iftar table.
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Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Middle Eastern Cuisine
Serves: 20
Ingredients
  • For Pancakes
  • All purpose Flour - 1 cup
  • Fine semolina/ sooji - 1 cup
  • Dry Instant Yeast - ½ tsp
  • Sugar - 2½ tbsp
  • Salt - ¼ tsp
  • Baking Powder - 1 tsp
  • Water - 2½ cups
  • For White Pastry Cream
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Ricotta cheese - 1 cup ( 1 cup  crumbled Paneer + ¼ cup Milk )
  • Sugar - 3 tbsp
  • Corn starch - 3 tbsp
  • Butter - 2 tbsp ( Melted)
  • Orange Extract- few drops
  • Icing Sugar - For dusting
  • For Syrup
  • Sugar - 2 cups
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Lemon juice - 1 tsp
  • Rose essence - few drops
  • For Garnish
  • Pistachios- Few Crushed
Instructions
  1. For Pancakes
  2. In a mixing bowl combine All purpose flour, Semolina, instant yeast,sugar,salt, baking pd and Mix well.
  3. Add water and form a smooth batter , cover and let it rest for 30 mins.
  4. After it gets 30 mins proofing time , Mix the batter well.
  5. Heat a pan , slightly grease it and Pour 2 tbsp of the batter to form a circle.
  6. These pancake are cooked just one side, Cook the pancakes till the pores are formed and the top dries out.
  7. Cook the pancakes and place it in a napkin/ Kitchen cloth covered . This step is so important as to keep the pan cakes from getting dried.
  8. Do the same to the rest of the batter and place them in kitchen cloth.Once they cool down transfer them to a ziploc.
  9. For White Pastry Cream
  10. In a pan Mix milk, corn starch,sugar and ricotta cheese.
  11. Turn on the flame and cook them mixing constantly till they thicken up.
  12. Once it starts thickening add butter and mix the cream well.
  13. Turn of the heat and add rose essence to the cream and Mix well.
  14. Dust some Icing sugar on top to avoid drying out in the top
  15. Transfer it to a bowl after it cools down Refrigerate the cream till needed.
  16. For Sugar Syrup
  17. In a sauce pan heat sugar and water till they dissolve .
  18. Add lemon juice and cook the syrup till it thickens up slightly.
  19. Turn of the flame add rose essence and mix.
  20. To Proceed
  21. Using a spoon scoop a tsp of the white pastry and place it over the cooked pancakes.
  22. Seal the corners of the pancakes by pressing the edges together till ⅔ rd of the pancake.
  23. Sprinkle some crushed Pistachios over the open side of the cream.
  24. Pour some syrup on top and enjoy

 
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Pholourie with Tambran Chutney Recipe |Trinidad Street Food

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Pholourie is a deep fried spicy chickpea snack which is a very famous street food eaten in Trinidad and Tobago. This version of Pholourie is noramally refered to as dhal and flour Pholourie. These fried snack is served with either a mango chutney or tamarind chutney. This is completely different from Indian Pakodas as flour and yeast is added to this.As per Wiki Pholourie is originated from Fulfuri which is a bengali pakoda. There is a famous Bhojpuri Song “Pholourie Bina chutney kaise bani” ( How to make Pholourie without chutney??)   of Sunder popo .I heard the song he he funny they are right now I can’t skip the chutney 😛 .

I have tried Tirini cuisine last month for my stuffed breads theme and learned a lot about the cuisine and it similarity to Indian cuisine . I wanted to do this Trini street food for the mega marathon and letter P was something I decided very early.This is such an amazing snack to have , and Yeah I won’t recommend skipping the chutney as they both are happy couple when had together is happiness ever after. I made Tamarind Chutney which is called Tambran chutney in Trini. I  have some nostalgic memories surrounding Puliyanga which I will share in some other post.The chutney traditionally is made differently,but the chutney was super yummy combo with Pholorie.  Moving on to the recipe.

P for Pholourie with Tambran Chutney 

Theme~ Street Food Recipes

Recipe Adapted from Here

Ingredients 

For Tambran Chutney

  • Fresh Tamarind – 10-15 Nos
  • Sugar – 3 tbsp
  • Pepper -1 tsp
  • Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
  • Garlic -2 clove
  • Habanero Chilli – 1 No
  • Salt to taste

For Pholourie

  • Chick peas/ Channa dal – 1/2 cup
  • All Purpose Flour – 1/2 cup
  • Dry Active Yeast – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
  • Habanero chilli – 1 or 2
  • Garlic – 2 Cloves
  • Salt to taste
  • Water – 1/2 cup
  • Oil for frying

Method 

For Tambran Chutney

  • Break the tamarind and remove the skin and veins from it.
  • In a sauce pan put the tamarind and pour water till the tamarind are immersed.
  • After It boils for a while and cooks well the seeds starts coming out and the tamarind mushes.
  • Remove all the seeds from the tamarind pulp.
  • In a mixer put coriander leaves , garlic,habanero Chilli  with some water make a coarse paste.
  • Add sugar, salt, coriander mixture,pepper pd and mix them well.
  • Cook the chutney for 5-6 mins till it thickens.

For Pholourie

  • Soak chick pea dal in water overnight or 5 hours at least. Drain the water fro the dal.
  • In Mixer put the dal, chillies,garlic and blend it till a smooth paste. Transfer it to a bowl.
  • In a bowl take luke warm water add dry yeast to it and wait till it froths up.
  • Add flour, turmeric, salt,yeast mixture to the dal and mix them well.
  • Cover and keep the batter in a warm place for proofing about an hour.
  • After the batter rises mix them well.
  • Heat oil in a pan , add a spoon of batter to the hot oil and fry till golden brown.
  • Do the same for rest of the batter. Serve them hot with Tambran chutney.

 

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Pholourie with Tambran Chutney Recipe |Trinidad Street Food
 
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Pholourie is a deep fried snack eaten in Trinidad and Tobago and they are a famous street food.
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Recipe type: Street Food Recipe
Cuisine: Trini Cuisine
Serves: 20
Ingredients
For Tambran Chutney
  • Fresh Tamarind - 10-15 Nos
  • Sugar - 3 tbsp
  • Pepper -1 tsp
  • Coriander leaves - ¼ cup
  • Garlic -2 clove
  • Habanero Chilli - 1 No
  • Salt to taste
For Pholourie
  • Chick peas/ Channa dal - ½ cup
  • All Purpose Flour - ½ cup
  • Dry Active Yeast - 1½ tsp
  • Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
  • Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
  • Habanero chilli - 1 or 2
  • Garlic - 2 Cloves
  • Salt to taste
  • Water - ½ cup
  • Oil for frying
Instructions
For Tambran Chutney
  1. Break the tamarind and remove the skin and veins from it.
  2. In a sauce pan put the tamarind and pour water till the tamarind are immersed.
  3. After It boils for a while and cooks well the seeds starts coming out and the tamarind mushes.
  4. Remove all the seeds from the tamarind pulp.
  5. In a mixer put coriander leaves , garlic,habanero Chilli with some water make a coarse paste.
  6. Add sugar, salt, coriander mixture,pepper pd and mix them well.
  7. Cook the chutney for 5-6 mins till it thickens.
For Pholourie
  1. Soak chick pea dal in water overnight or 5 hours at least. Drain the water fro the dal.
  2. In Mixer put the dal, chillies,garlic and blend it till a smooth paste. Transfer it to a bowl.
  3. In a bowl take luke warm water add dry yeast to it and wait till it froths up.
  4. Add flour, turmeric, salt,yeast mixture to the dal and mix them well.
  5. Cover and keep the batter in a warm place for proofing about an hour.
  6. After the batter rises mix them well.
  7. Heat oil in a pan , add a spoon of batter to the hot oil and fry till golden brown.
  8. Do the same for rest of the batter. Serve them hot with Tambran chutney.

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Orange Sondesh Recipe | Orange Sandesh | Orange Rasmalai ~ Bengali Sweets

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Orange sondesh is a variation of the popular bengali sondesh. Sondesh or sandesh is a milk sweet made by heat the milk and curdling it to form Chenna, is then drained and kneaded with sugar and flavoring. The non cooked versions of sondesh is called Kacha golla which literally means raw ball which is most common kind prepared at every household there , there can be a elaborate cooked versions of sondesh too. The no cook sondesh is not my kind as I some how don’t like the raw taste of chenna in it so I usually cook my sandesh when ever I make. At school we learned to make the non cooked versions and giving it a few variations like one of them was chocolate sandesh stuffed in the regular sandesh ( which is most popularly called as vino sandesh in the internet ) I will post my own version of it some day.  I love giving a fruit flavor to our traditional Indian sweets it just make the dish more interesting and taste unique and yummy..I wanted to do this for so long and am so  glad to have joined mega Bm this month, this theme just made me do what I was postponing to do so long.

 

Today am here with two amazing bengali sweets but with a twist, I love developing recipes and it gives me more happiness when I post them. In the morning when I was doing my regular cooking I had decided that for O I will go for Orange recipe, so after all the thinking I just started executing it. The Orange Rasmalai = Orange Rasgulla + Orange Rabdi  was my equation to bring up something different. Morning I started my cooking thinking I would post the rasmalai recipe today but changed my mind and thought I should do some justice to them doing a separate post. I will post the recipe in a separate post for now lets come back to sondesh. I have made a cooked version of sondesh with orange flavors infused in them . I made My sondesh with ricotta cheese , No need to make chenna this is just that easy. Just mix in all the Ingredients and yeah little patience is sure required to make and shape them. You  can shape them as you like , I tried to shaped them like an orange but my daughter kept telling me “Mama the shape looks like a pumpkin” :p he he so I stopped made the rest in the mold. My lil one is a super choosy and she got so attracted to these that she couldn’t resist to taste them. I usually enjoy shaping any sweets , so this was a fun task for me. Lets Move on to the recipe real quick..

O for Orange Sondesh and Orange Rasmalai

Theme ~ Indian Sweets

Ingredients 

  • Ricotta cheese -14 Oz
  • Condensed Milk – 1 tin
  • Icing sugar – 2 tbsp ( optional)
  • Heavy cream – 1/2 cup
  • Orange juice – 1/2 cup
  • Orange extract – Few drops
  • Orange Food  color – Few drops
  • Saffron – For garnish
  • Pistachios – For garnish
  • Ghee – For greasing the molds (optional)

Method 

  • In a pan pour in ricotta cheese, condensed milk,Icing sugar,heavy cream and mix them well.
  • In low flame with constant stirring cook the mixture till it boils well and starts popping bubbles.
  • Add orange juice,orange extract to the mixture and keep stirring.
  • It needs little patience and constant stirring is must  if not done it might burn from the bottom.
  • Cook the Mixture till it leaves the corner of the pan and starts forming a mass.
  • Transfer this to a greased plate and let it cool a bit.
  • When it cools down but still warm to touch knead it well. Grease sondesh molds with ghee.
  • Shape the sondesh as you like or use a sondesh mold to give some embellishment.
  • I also tried to give my sondesh a orange shape with a clove on top for the branch and pistachios acting like a leaf.
  • Shape your sondesh garnish it with some saffron strands and pistachios. Enjoy !!


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Orange Sondesh Recipe | Orange Sandesh | Orange Rasmalai ~ Bengali Sweets
 
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Orange Sandesh is a variation of bengali sandesh with orange flavor infused in it. This is just melt mouth kind of cooked sandesh.
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Recipe type: Indian Sweets
Cuisine: Bengali Cuisine
Serves: 15
Ingredients
  • Ricotta cheese -14 Oz
  • Condensed Milk - 1 tin
  • Icing sugar - 2 tbsp ( optional)
  • Heavy cream - ½ cup
  • Orange juice - ½ cup ( Fresh juice)
  • Orange extract - Few drops
  • Orange Food  color - Few drops
  • Saffron - For garnish
  • Pistachios - For garnish
  • Ghee - For greasing the molds (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a pan pour in ricotta cheese, condensed milk,Icing sugar,heavy cream and mix them well.
  2. In low flame with constant stirring cook the mixture till it boils well and starts popping bubbles.
  3. Add orange juice,orange extract to the mixture and keep stirring.
  4. It needs little patience and constant stirring is must  if not done it might burn from the bottom.
  5. Cook the Mixture till it leaves the corner of the pan and starts forming a mass.
  6. Transfer this to a greased plate and let it cool a bit.
  7. When it cools down but still warm to touch knead it well. Grease sondesh molds with ghee.
  8. Shape the sondesh as you like or use a sondesh mold to give some embellishment.
  9. I also tried to give my sondesh a orange shape with a clove on top for the branch and pistachios acting like a leaf.
  10. Shape your sondesh garnish it with some saffron strands and pistachios. Enjoy !!

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Nippatu Masala Recipe | Bun Nippatu Recipe ~Karnataka Street Food

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Nippatu is a crispy snack from Karnataka. also known as Chekkalu in telugu and Thattai in tamil. This is prepared during festivals occasions and are perfect to munch on with tea or coffee. Though Nippatu by itself is a scrumptious snack the street food vendors in bangalore have given it a new avatar. Nippatu Masala is one such chaat made with nippatu and some toppings added to it makes it so yummy. Another chaat which is very famous Bun Nippatu . a variation of the Nippatu masala. This unique chaat was invented by an street vendor in Bangalore, I came across a vlog were the vendor are making the bun nippatu.

I have been wanting to make Nippatu for long time, we have been buying store bought nippatu always. These are so easy to make and taste so delicious, My Nippatu turned out crispy from out and flaky from inside. I kept mine little thick so that it is easy to top with topping and have.I adapted the Nippatu recipe from Maliga badrinath book that I own, I just added some rava and maida to this for extra crispiness and some flaky texture also refered here . The Nippatu masala and Nippatu bun are My own version of making them. They turned out to be so delicious and perfect tea time snack.  I had to cook for a potluck today made channa masala in the morning and I was thinking what to do for N and this idea popped up to make Nippatu. I used the store bought haldiram bhel mix to make these but you can make the bhel from scratch as well.  Glad I found that there are chaats made with Nippatu as well and this was perfect to fit into my theme. I am so sleepy so I will stop my ramblings here 😀 ..

N for Nippatu, Nippatu Masala and Bun Nippatu

Theme ~ Street food Recipes

Ingredients 

For Nippatu 

  • Rice flour – 2 cups
  • Rava –  2 tbsp
  • Maida- 1/4 cup
  • Peanuts -1/2 cup
  • Roasted Channa dal / Chuney dal – 1/2 cup
  • Desiccated coconut – 2 tbsp
  • White Sesame Seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Hot Oil – 1/4 cup
  • Red chilli pd – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric pd – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for Frying

For Nippatu Masala 

  • Bhel puri mix – I used the haldiram Bhel puri
  • Green chutney
  • Carrots – 1/4 cup ( grated)
  • Cucumber – 1/4 cup ( chopped)
  • Tomato – 1/4 cup ( chopped)
  • Onion – 1/4 cup (chopped)
  • Coriander leaves- Few chopped
  • Ompadi
  • Salt to taste

For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja 

  • Peanuts – 1/2 cup
  • Red chilli pd – 1/2 tsp
  • Pepper pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Curry leaves – a sprig
  • Oil – 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste

For Bun Nippatu

  • Nippatu
  • Processed Cheese
  • Bhel puri Mix
  • Processed cheese – 1 (I used slices)
  • Tomato sauce – 2 tsp
  • Green Chutney – 2 tsp
  • Carrots – 2 tbsp
  • Cucumber – 2 tbsp
  • Cumin pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Black salt – a pinch
  • Chaat masala – 1/4 tsp
  • Buns
  • Congress kadelekai / Congress Kadale Beeja – 1/4 cup
  • Ompodi
  • Salt to taste

Method 

For Nippatu 

  • Roast peanuts in a hot pan till they get slightly roasted, remove the skin  and transfer it to a plate to cool.
  • In a pan heat 1/4 tsp of oil add the curry leaves and roast them till crisp. keep it aside.
  • Grind roasted channa dal, Roasted peanuts, curry leaves and coconut in Mixer to a coarse powder.
  • In a bowl Mix rice flour, rava, maida, red chilli pd, turmeric pd, salt.
  • Add the peanut and roasted gram flour  powder and Mix them well.
  • Heat 1/4 cup of oil in a pan, pour it over the flour mixture.
  • Mix the oil well to the flour mixer till bread crumb consistency.
  • Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
  • Meanwhile heat Oil in a sauce pan , divide the dough to equal parts.
  • Roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
  • After the oil is hot drop in the cut nippatu and fry them from both side till golden brown.
  • Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let the oil drain.
  • Nippatu are ready.

For Nippatu Masala

  • Make the bhel as directed in the cover, feel free to make the bhel from scratch. I added grated carrots , tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander leaves to my bhel. I also added congress kadalekai to my bhel.
  • Using the same cookie cutter cut the processed cheese, place the cheese on the Nippatu . Top it with a spoon full of bhel puri.
  • Top it with green chutney and sprinkle some ompodi.

For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja

  • Heat a pan and roast the peanuts , remove the skin.
  • Heat oil in a pan , add the curry leaves.
  • After they splutter add the red chilli pd, turmeric pd,salt.
  • Add the peanuts and Mix them well till combined.
  • Transfer it to a bowl and mix them well with a spoon once.
  • Congress kadalekai is ready. Serve it with any chaat as a topping.

For Bun Nippatu

  • In a bowl Mix 2 tbsp carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion each.
  • Add cumin pd , chaat masala, black salt,salt and mix them well.
  • Take a bun spread green chutney on the top part and tomato sauce to the bottom part of the bun.
  • Place the veggie mixture on the tomato sauce part of the bun.
  • Place a Nippatu on top, put some bhel puri on top. Place the processed cheese over it.
  • Put some Congress Kadalekai and ompodi on top .
  • Put the top part of the bun with chutney spread .


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Nippatu Masala Recipe | Bun Nippatu Recipe
 
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Nippatu is an Karnataka crispy snack which served in chaat form as a street food . Nippatu masala and Bun nippatu are famous street food in bangalore.
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Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Karnataka Cuisine
Serves: 3
Ingredients
For Nippatu
  • Rice flour - 2 cups
  • Rava -  2 tbsp
  • Maida- ¼ cup
  • Peanuts -1/2 cup
  • Roasted Channa dal / Chuney dal - ½ cup
  • Desiccated coconut - 2 tbsp
  • White Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves - a sprig
  • Hot Oil - ¼ cup
  • Red chilli pd - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric pd - ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for Frying
For Nippatu Masala
  • Bhel puri mix - I used the haldiram Bhel puri
  • Green chutney
  • Carrots - ¼ cup ( grated)
  • Cucumber - ¼ cup ( chopped)
  • Tomato - ¼ cup ( chopped)
  • Onion - ¼ cup (chopped)
  • Coriander leaves- Few chopped
  • Salt to taste
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
  • Peanuts - ½ cup
  • Red chilli pd - ½ tsp
  • Pepper pd - ¼ tsp
  • Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves - a sprig
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
For Bun Nippatu
  • Nippatu
  • Processed Cheese
  • Bhel puri Mix
  • Processed cheese - 1 (I used slices)
  • Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
  • Green Chutney - 2 tsp
  • Carrots - 2 tbsp
  • Cucumber - 2 tbsp
  • Cumin pd - ¼ tsp
  • Black salt - a pinch
  • Chaat masala - ¼ tsp
  • Buns
  • Congress kadelekai / Congress Kadale Beeja - ¼ cup
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
For Nippatu
  1. Roast peanuts in a hot pan till they get slightly roasted, remove the skin  and transfer it to a plate to cool.
  2. In a pan heat ¼ tsp of oil add the curry leaves and roast them till crisp. keep it aside.
  3. Grind roasted channa dal, Roasted peanuts, curry leaves and coconut in Mixer to a coarse powder.
  4. In a bowl Mix rice flour, rava, maida, red chilli pd, turmeric pd, salt.
  5. Add the peanut and roasted gram flour  powder and Mix them well.
  6. Heat ¼ cup of oil in a pan, pour it over the flour mixture.
  7. Mix the oil well to the flour mixer till bread crumb consistency.
  8. Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
  9. Meanwhile heat Oil in a sauce pan , divide the dough to equal parts.
  10. Roll the dough with a rolling pin and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
  11. After the oil is hot drop in the cut nippatu and fry them from both side till golden brown.
  12. Transfer it to a kitchen towel and let the oil drain.
  13. Nippatu are ready.
For Nippatu Masala
  1. Make the bhel as directed in the cover, feel free to make the bhel from scratch. I added grated carrots , tomato, cucumber, onion, coriander leaves to my bhel. I also added congress kadalekai to my bhel.
  2. Using the same cookie cutter cut the processed cheese, place the cheese on the Nippatu . Top it with a spoon full of bhel puri.
  3. Top it with green chutney and sprinkle some ompodi.
For Congress Kadalekai /Congress Kadale Beeja
  1. Heat a pan and roast the peanuts , remove the skin.
  2. Heat oil in a pan , add the curry leaves.
  3. After they splutter add the red chilli pd, turmeric pd,salt.
  4. Add the peanuts and Mix them well till combined.
  5. Transfer it to a bowl and mix them well with a spoon once.
  6. Congress kadalekai is ready. Serve it with any chaat as a topping.
For Bun Nippatu
  1. In a bowl Mix 2 tbsp carrot, tomato, cucumber, onion each.
  2. Add cumin pd , chaat masala, black salt,salt and mix them well.
  3. Take a bun spread green chutney on the top part and tomato sauce to the bottom part of the bun.
  4. Place the veggie mixture on the tomato sauce part of the bun.
  5. Place a Nippatu on top, put some bhel puri on top. Place the processed cheese over it.
  6. Put some Congress Kadalekai on top .
  7. Put the top part of the bun with chutney spread .

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Moradabadi Moong Dal Ki Chaat | Dal Moradabadi Recipe

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Dal Moradabadi is a very popular street food in Moradabad ,UP . It is said to be found in the mughal invasion and gradually became a staple street food of moradabad. Shah jahan’s third son Murad when established the city of Moradabad this daal was introduced. He had ordered his cooks to make dal which is light and he was fond of rajasthani dal, this when the cook experimented with the moong dal , garnished it with onion coriander and amchur pd and served him as a snack, Murad had liked the dal so much that he used to have them 3 times a day. Moradabad is located to the west part of Uttar Pradesh , this city is well known for its  brass and also called Brass City or Pital Nagri. Though there are lot many variations in toppings this simple dal with ghee and butter is a filling and healthiest chaat you can have. Moradabadi dal is not only street food they are served in wedding functions too as a starter. I read and referred all most all the post and videos available when I was researching this chaat.

After lot of research I came across this chaat and though is a simple and humble daal it was so delicious to have it in the form of chaat as well.This protein rich daal with some chopped onions, green chillies, chaat masala tastes yummy and feels light. This chaat is very famous Moradabad and every street there you can find a vendor selling daal with different toppings. Some serve paneer , fried chillies crushed, some even add papdi to the chaat but the main dal and the butter added is must. I have made it in a very simple way with some chaat chutney ,onions,green chillies,masalas, unsalted butter added to it. We had this chaat for evening snack and was perfect for a rainy day here. This chaat goes very well with jalebi and Imarti. Another famous street food of UP is Dahi jalebi which is an unusual combo, jalebi is served with thick curd which is not sour. I made some Instant jalebi to go with the chaat. This chaat can also be had for the morning breakfast with any bread you like.While I am thinking what to cook tomorrow for N here is my today’s letter M.

M for Moradabadi Moong Dal Chaat

Theme ~ Breakfast Recipes

Ingredients 

For Dal

  • Yellow Moong dal – 1/2 cup
  • Ghee – 2 tsp
  • Ginger paste – 3 tsp
  • Asafoetida – A pinch
  • Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt as needed

For Topping

  • Lemon Juice – 2 tbsp
  • Red chilli pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Chaat Masala – 1/4 tsp
  • Black Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Cumin Pd -1/4 tsp
  • Green chillies – 2 tsp ( chopped)
  • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp ( chopped)
  • Onion- 2 tbsp ( chopped)
  • Radish/Mooli – 2 tbsp ( grated)
  • Green chutney – 2 tbsp
  • Ginger julienne’s  – few
  • Fresh Butter – As needed

Method 

  • In a bowl wash and soak moong dal in water for an hour and drain the water.
  • In a pressure cooker heat ghee add ginger paste saute , add the moong dal , salt and turmeric pd.
  • Pressure cook the moong dal for 2-3 whistles , the dal should be well mash-able.
  • After pressure subsides open the cooker and mash the dal well.
  • Pour some dal in a serving dish , add some chopped onions, coriander leaves, green chillies and radish.
  • Sprinkle red chilli pd, chaat masala, black salt and cumin pd.
  • Top it with fresh lemon juice.
  • Add a dollop of chutney on the dal. Garnish it with ginger juliennes .Top it with butter and serve.
  • They go very well with jalebi’s, dunk the jalebi in the dal and enjoy.

Variations

  • You can top the dal with paneer, papadi and also fried  chillies.
  • Some even add meethi chutney to this chaat , but I kept it savory as I had some jalebi’s on side`.


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Moradabadi Moong Dal Ki Chaat | Dal Moradabadi Recipe
 
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Dal Moradabadi is a popular street food of moradabad,UP. This is a humble and light to have dal in the form of chaat.
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Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Serves: 3
Ingredients
For Dal
  • Yellow Moong dal - ½ cup
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
  • Ginger paste - 3 tsp
  • Asafoetida - A pinch
  • Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
  • Salt as needed
For Topping
  • Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp
  • Red chilli pd - ¼ tsp
  • Chaat Masala - ¼ tsp
  • Black Salt - ¼ tsp
  • Cumin Pd -1/4 tsp
  • Green chillies - 2 tsp ( chopped)
  • Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp ( chopped)
  • Onion- 2 tbsp ( chopped)
  • Radish/Mooli - 2 tbsp ( grated)
  • Green chutney - 2 tbsp
  • Ginger julienne's  - few
  • Fresh Butter - As needed
Instructions
  1. In a bowl wash and soak moong dal in water for an hour and drain the water.
  2. In a pressure cooker heat ghee add ginger paste saute , add the moong dal , salt and turmeric pd.
  3. Pressure cook the moong dal for 2-3 whistles , the dal should be well mash-able.
  4. After pressure subsides open the cooker and mash the dal well.
  5. Pour some dal in a serving dish , add some chopped onions, coriander leaves, green chillies and radish.
  6. Sprinkle red chilli pd, chaat masala, black salt and cumin pd.
  7. Top it with fresh lemon juice.
  8. Add a dollop of chutney on the dal. Garnish it with ginger juliennes .Top it with butter and serve.
  9. They go very well with jalebi's, dunk the jalebi in the dal and enjoy.
Variations
  1. You can top the dal with paneer, papadi and also fried  chillies.
  2. Some even add meethi chutney to this chaat , but I kept it savory as I had some jalebi's on side`.


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Lakhanpur de Bhalle ( Non Fried Chaat)|Lakhanpur Ke Ladoo| Kashmiri Gulgule

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Jammu kashmir is a dreamland know for its landscapes and the weather there. We have always seen jammu as our very own Indian Switzerland. Jammu kashmiri cuisine has more meat than veggies, There is custom to make Wazwan  or a feast  ( Multi course meal) which has lot of meat dishes in the menu and served to the in law family or in marriages. Wazwan is considered a matter of pride , about  15 to 30 meat variety dishes are made and served to the guests. The guest group in 4 -5 and share the meal in a plate , which is so similar to marwari custom too.. Whenever there is a function at home women and men are grouped and they share the meal in same plate. Reading about the cuisine I got to know am yet to explore the cuisine completely . I had made a mini thali for this cuisine for my mega marathon before do check it here. Apart from multi course meal kashmir is also know for its amazing street foods. One such street food is Gulgule  which is also know as lakhanpur de Bhalle. Lakhanpur is a town in jammu and kashmir which is situated in the border of punjab.

The bhalle or vada are very famous and most enjoyed street food in jammu. When I was deciding my L I blindly decided I will make these ladoo for L but after which I came across a amazing chaat I badly wanted to make them but becoz I didn’t have the ingredients I just came back to this street food :P.. This is such an delicious chaat we loved it so much, Anything fried is always welcome in our home,  I wanted make these shallow fried versions , as we have been having lot of deep fried lately . To check the taste I did deep fry some ( for my daughter) and then shallow fried most of it , trust me there was no much difference in the taste and they turned out super crispy. This is a keeper recipe for sure with no onion no garlic . Mooli/ Radish added in place of onions and the meethi chutney is must in this chaat. These bhalle’s are very different from Ram ladoo , with very less prep work these are a perfect tea time chaat. In the beginning I  was confused if I should keep this for No onion no garlic theme or street food theme . I choose to keep it for No Onion No garlic as these are perfect for the theme.  I was photographing after sunset oh boy I had tough time photographing these, I was making my K and L on the same day as we had planned to go for a short trip in the weekend. he he am juggling here  I know but mega marathon is so much fun over all.

Ingredients

For Bhalle

  • Split Chick peas dal/ Channa ki dal – 1 cup
  • Cumin pd – 1/2 tsp
  • Green chillies- 3 -4 Nos ( adjust according to your taste)
  • Ginger – 1″ piece
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for shallow frying

Toppings

  • Mooli / Radish –  1/2 cup (grated)
  • Green chutney- 1/4 cup
  • Meethi chutney – 1/4 cup

Method

  • Soak channa dal in water for 4-5 hours . Soak them well, if not soaked well your bhalle will turn hard.
  • Drain the water and transfer the dal to a mixture jar. Add green chillies, cumin pd, ginger and grind them to a thick paste.
  • Add very little water as it will be hard to make the bhalle with the batter is runny. Transfer the batter to a bowl, add salt and mix them well.
  • Heat oil in a paniyaram pan, once it is hot enough pour a spoon full of batter in each cavity and cook them in low to medium flame.
  • Flip them with a skewer and cook the other side as well, add oil with needed.
  • Cook them both side till crispy, these Bhalle don’t get too brown so careful not to brown them a lot.
  • Do the same for the rest of the batter .
  • To serve put the the hot bhalle in a serving bowl , top it with green chutney , meethi chutney and don’t forget grated mooli.
  • They taste best when served warm.

 

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Lakhanpur de Bhalle ( Non Fried Chaat)| ~ Jammu Street food
 
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Lakhanpur de bhalle is famous jammu street food which is very popular in lakhanpur , they are also know as gulgule in some parts of kashmir.
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Recipe type: Street Foods
Cuisine: Jammu and Kashmir
Serves: 15
Ingredients
For Bhalle
  • Split Chick peas dal/ Channa ki dal - 1 cup
  • Cumin pd - ½ tsp
  • Green chillies- 3 -4 Nos ( adjust according to your taste)
  • Ginger - 1" piece
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for shallow frying
For Toppings
  • Mooli / Radish -  ½ cup (grated)
  • Green chutney- ¼ cup
  • Meethi chutney - ¼ cup
Instructions
  1. Soak channa dal in water for 4-5 hours . Soak them well, if not soaked well your bhalle will turn hard.
  2. Drain the water and transfer the dal to a mixture jar. Add green chillies, cumin pd, ginger and grind them to a thick paste.
  3. Add very little water as it will be hard to make the bhalle with the batter is runny. Transfer the batter to a bowl, add salt and mix them well.
  4. Heat oil in a paniyaram pan, once it is hot enough pour a spoon full of batter in each cavity and cook them in low to medium flame.
  5. Flip them with a skewer and cook the other side as well, add oil with needed.
  6. Cook them both side till crispy, these Bhalle don't get too brown so careful not to brown them a lot.
  7. Do the same for the rest of the batter .
  8. To serve put the the hot bhalle in a serving bowl , top it with green chutney , meethi chutney and don't forget grated mooli.
  9. They taste best when served warm.


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Kaju Kamal and Kaju Matka |Kaju Kathli Recipe

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Kaju Katli is a cashew sweet fudge which can be considered as our very own Indian Marzipan. Kaju katli also know as kaju burfi in some places is made with just 3 easily available ingredients cashew, sugar and water but it is a tricky sweet to make at home. There are so many colorful versions of kaju kathili available in any mithai shop today. Any Mithai dabba would surely have a kaju sweet disguised in such a fun and attractive way . As a kid those sweets always attracted me and once I grew the curiosity of how they make them grew more. I love making sweets but the irony is I am not much of a sweet tooth as I have mentioned in my other post, contrary to me my hubby has a sweet tooth and craves for sweet every time so that is why I make them often . My daughter’s favorite sweet is kaju kathili, though she will try few sweets if we ask her to she is not a big sweet tooth as well. Kaju kathli is the only sweet she is addicted to and can have more than 2 at a time 😛 ..

I had planned my letter K already but since daughter was asking for kaju kathli few weeks back I thought I should change and made these instead. This is such an easy sweet to make if you get the hang of it, I have been making this often and for diwali I make a bunch of sweets and kathli is default in the list. I always look for different shaped kaju in mithai shops to get inspired  two of my fav shapes are matka or kalash and kaju kamal these are so attractive and they are always made to perfection in mithai shops. As I have posted kathli recipe here before This post will be a extension  of the kathli giving them the mithai shop wala look. I have used veg vrak ( silver foil) , I always look for a vegetarian silver foil to decorate my sweets .Again a unhappy photographer I was held up with lot to do today didn’t get much time and light to photograph.  Moving on to the recipe

 Ingredients

  • Cashew nut pd – 2 cups
  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Corn syrup – 1 tbsp (optional)
  • Ghee for greasing (if needed)
  • Silver foil/ Vrak ( optional)
  • Food colors – Few drops (Optional)

Method

  • Grind the whole cashews in a mixer till they are fine. Don’t over grind the cashews as they may leave out the fat/ oil and stick to form lumps with which you will not be able to make kaju katli at all. Grind only till they are fine , They might be fine but look coarse so touch the cashews and feel it whether it is fine pd.
  • To make sugar syrup take a sauce pan. Put sugar and 1/2 cup water and allow it to boil. Add corn syrup once it starts boiling.
    Cook them till it reaches one string consistency. To check one string consistency you can take little water in a small plate , put some drops of syrup in the water, if the syrup stay and doesn’t get dissolved . Another way to check is to rub some syrup with your thumb and index finger and stretch it a to forms a thread and that is single thread consistency.
  • Now add the cashew pd to the syrup in this stage. Simmer the flame to low and cook them stirring  constantly till starts leaving the side of the pan.
  • Switch off the pan and transfer it to a greased plate. and keep on mixing them with a spoon so that they don’t stick to the plate and dry off and also if you keep on mixing it will cool down a bit soon.
  • Once it is bare able to touch but still warm  knead them to a smooth dough, grease your hands while you knead if you feel the dough is sticky.
  • Take a small portion of the dough cover the rest of dough as it will dry out. Shape the dough into circle and then half way through roll the neck part of the matka. Garnish it with vrak , pistachios as needed.
  • For Kaju kamal you need to divide the dough to 3 portions and dye them yellow, red , green with a very good quality food color.
  • Roll equal sized red balls first, the yellow balls will be slightly bigger the red and the green balls will be bigger than yellow.
  • Flatten the yellow balls with your finger to form a thin disk, place the red ball inside the flattened yellow and cover them from all sides do the same with the green portion. So from inside it is red , yellow and then green.
  • Cover with Vrak and cut them to cross from the top, slightly open the petals .
  • With the leftover red and green dough I made  strawberry shapes.


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Kaju Kamala and Kaju Kalash |Kaju Kathli Recipe
 
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Kaju kathli is a Indian cashew fudge which are traditionally shaped into diamonds but mithai shops have come up with some amazing shapes making these Indian delights and shaping them like Marzipan.
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Recipe type: Indian Sweets
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine
Serves: 15
Ingredients
  • Cashew nut pd – 2 cups
  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Corn syrup – 1 tbsp (optional)
  • Ghee for greasing (if needed)
  • Silver foil/ Vrak ( optional)
Instructions
  1. Grind the whole cashews in a mixer till they are fine. Don’t over grind the cashews as they may leave out the fat/ oil and stick to form lumps with which you will not be able to make kaju katli at all. Grind only till they are fine , They might be fine but look coarse so touch the cashews and feel it whether it is fine pd.
  2. To make sugar syrup take a sauce pan. Put sugar and ½ cup water and allow it to boil. Add corn syrup once it starts boiling.
  3. Cook them till it reaches one string consistency. To check one string consistency you can take little water in a small plate , put some drops of syrup in the water, if the syrup stay and doesn’t get dissolved . Another way to check is to rub some syrup with your thumb and index finger and stretch it a to forms a thread and that is single thread consistency.
  4. Now add the cashew pd to the syrup in this stage. Simmer the flame to low and cook them stirring  constantly till starts leaving the side of the pan.
  5. Switch off the pan and transfer it to a greased plate. and keep on mixing them with a spoon so that they don’t stick to the plate and dry off and also if you keep on mixing it will cool down a bit soon.
  6. Once it is bare able to touch but still warm  knead them to a smooth dough, grease your hands while you knead if you feel the dough is sticky.
  7. Take a small portion of the dough cover the rest of dough as it will dry out. Shape the dough into circle and then half way through roll the neck part of the matka. Garnish it with vrak , pistachios as needed.
  8. For Kaju kamal you need to divide the dough to 3 portions and dye them yellow, red , green with a very good quality food color.
  9. Roll equal sized red balls first, the yellow balls will be slightly bigger the red and the green balls will be bigger than yellow.
  10. Flatten the yellow balls with your finger to form a thin disk, place the red ball inside the flattened yellow and cover them from all sides do the same with the green portion. So from inside it is red , yellow and then green.
  11. With the leftover red and green dough I made  strawberry shapes.


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Jain Kache Kele Ke Samose Recipe | Jain Jaipuri Pakoda Chaat ~ Jain Recipes

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Kache kele ke samose is a wonderful jain option and can be had anytime of a year. For the jain who follow no onion no garlic no root veggies in Chaumasa or chaturmas which is holy period of four months when people do fasting , Observe religious duties this is perfect snack they don’t have to worry about the potato filling . As it is the rainy season jain monks would halt in a place for 4 months and won’t wander as it might kill insects and organisms which we can’t see with our naked eye. We won’t shift our  homes too for this 4 months. So some people do follow no onion no garlic no roots diet for 4 months and we always have to break our heads to cook for them as I said earlier I am a onion garlic lover and would have to betray them. Raw bananas are perfect substitute for making the potato dish to a jain version, even pani pooris in stalls serve Jain pani poori no a days which has sprouts , channa or raw banana as filling. Jain foods have gotten very popular in chennai at least I see so many restaurants serving wonderful jain meal.

I have been wanting make jain dishes for my blog from so long but am so fond of onion and garlic that I just didn’t get over them, am glad I chose this theme for this month it is a joy making my own versions of recipes. While thinking about No onion No garlic I wanted to include some chaat and fried snacks as well. I have already posted kachoris so thought making a jain version of samosa. Though we are fond of aloo stuffing samosa raw banana tastes very close to it. I had also made a rajasthani special Jaipuri pakoda chaat which is my non fried version of chaat. Initially For letter J I had planned to make Jain kofta curry but then my hubby would love having snacks after he come’s home from office so I decided I should make him some snack and ended up making these two delicious chaat and tea time favorite snack. Oh am so glad that I made these today , they came out yummy and you won’t miss the traditional potato filling for sure. I am thoroughly enjoying cooking for the this theme and thinking of ideas to make No onion No garlic versions for snacks, these will save me some time from thinking when i want to make some no onion no garlic dishes no roots dishes. I have some nostalgic memories about school were we learned first how to make made samosas , my teacher would always say perfect samosa are the ones which doesn’t have too many pimples poping out .. but yeah we will sure get some pimples eating them but I never cared :P..

Jaipuri pakoda chaat is a rajasthani street food chaat which is sold by many hawkers or vendors  there, I had seen this recipe in a book  from tarla dalal and adapted the recipe but did tweak it a lot.

How to make Jain Jaipuri Pakoda chaat (Non fried Chaat) ?

  • Take equal quantity of dal  ( Chilke wali moong dal, yellow moongdal, Urad dhal) in a bowl and soak it for 2-3 hours
  • After they soak well grind it in to a thick batter with some cut green chillies and salt.
  • Heat a paniyaram pan, pour in some oil , then the batter in each cavity.
  • Cook them in low flame , flip and cook the other side as well.
  • Cook the pakodas till slightly brown, Once cooked remove them from the pan.
  • Cut each pakodas to half place it in a bowl, add chopped cucumber, tomatoes, chaat masala.
  • Drizzle some green chutney and meethi chutney.Pour in beaten curd with some salt.
  • Sprinkle some ompodi and masala channa, red chilli pd , kala namak and the chaat is ready to serve.

Coming to the Jain Kache kele ke samose recipe …

Ingredients

For Dough 

  • Maida – 2 1/4 cup
  • Oil / Ghee – 1/4 cup ( I used oil)
  • Carom seeds – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as Needed
  • Oil for Frying

For Filling

  • Raw banana /Kachhe kele – 2 medium ( I used Burro)
  • Peas – 1/2 cup ( boiled)
  • Whole coriander – 2 tbsp
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
  • Green Chillies – 3 no
  • Red chilli pd – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Coriander pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
  • Cashew and raisins – few chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil – 2tbsp

Method

  • First make the dough, Combine maida, salt, carom seeds oil and mix them well.
  • This step is so important to get the samosa crust right, it  is called getting the dough to bread crumb consistency.
  • If you press some flour in your fist it should hold its shape.
  • Add water little by little and make a stiff dough. Cover and let it rest for an hour.
  • Till then make the filling, Grind the whole coriander and fennel in a mixer . Just pulse it twice we just want them to be coarse.
  • Grind green chilli and coriander leaves in the mixer and keep it ready.
  • Cut the top and bottom part of the Raw banana cut it into two and boil them in water till a knife goes into them easily or they cook well.
  • Peel the cooked raw banana and mash them well .
  • In a sauce pan heat oil add the ground green chilli and coriander paste and saute them well.
  • Add the coarse coriander and fennel mixture, red chilli pd , turmeric pd,coriander pd, garam masala , cashew and raisins and saute the masala in low flame, till it leaves out nice aroma.
  • Add the mashed raw banana and Mashed boiled peas and mix them well.
  • Add salt and cook them for 5-10 mins till the masala gets combined with the mashed banana.
  • After they combine well turn off the heat and keep it aside so the filling cools down completely.
  • Knead the dough well again and make it smooth, divide the dough to equal parts.
  • Roll the dough to not to a circle or a oblong circle shape. Divide them to two part.
  • To shape the samosa keep a bowl of water ready to seal the ends.
  • Brush some water using your finger in half cut part of the dough and bring the two ends together forming a cone.
  •  Put in the filling inside the cone and press lightly. Brush some water in the corners and press both ends well , see to that the ends are sealed well if not it will leak out the filling while frying.
  • Shape all the samosas like so and keep them uncover for 15-20 mins .
  • Heat Oil in a frying pan or kadai, make sure the oil is not too hot .
  • Drop the samosas 3 or if your pan is big more samosas and fry them in a low flame.
  • Turn them at and cook them till they turn golden brown in color.
  • Remove them and drain them on a kitchen towel.
  • Serve them hot with any green chutney or ketchup or meethi chutney.


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Jain Kache Kele Ke Samose Recipe | Jaipuri Pakoda Chaat ~ Jain Recipes
 
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Kache kele ke samose is a perfect tea time snack with no onion no garlic added and a Jain friendly recipe with No root veggies too. These deep fried snacks are fantastic as party food or a tea time snack.
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Recipe type: Tea Time Snacks
Cuisine: Jain cuisine
Serves: 8
Ingredients
For Dough
  • Maida - 2¼ cup
  • Oil / Ghee - ¼ cup ( I used oil)
  • Carom seeds - ¼ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as Needed
  • Oil for Frying
For Filling
  • Raw banana /Kachhe kele - 2 medium ( I used Burro)
  • Peas - ½ cup ( boiled)
  • Whole coriander - 2 tbsp
  • Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves - ½ cup
  • Green Chillies - 3 no
  • Red chilli pd - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
  • Coriander pd - ¼ tsp
  • Garam masala - ½ tsp
  • Oil - 2tbsp
Instructions
  1. First make the dough, Combine maida, salt, carom seeds oil and mix them well.
  2. This step is so important to get the samosa crust right, it  is called getting the dough to bread crumb consistency.
  3. If you press some flour in your fist it should hold its shape.
  4. Add water little by little and make a stiff dough. Cover and let it rest for an hour.
  5. Till then make the filling, Grind the whole coriander and fennel in a mixer . Just pulse it twice we just want them to be coarse.
  6. Grind green chilli and coriander leaves in the mixer and keep it ready.
  7. Cut the top and bottom part of the Raw banana cut it into two and boil them in water till a knife goes into them easily or they cook well.
  8. Peel the cooked raw banana and mash them well .
  9. In a sauce pan heat oil add the ground green chilli and coriander paste and saute them well.
  10. Add the coarse coriander and fennel mixture, red chilli pd , turmeric pd,coriander pd, garam masala and saute the masala in low flame, till it leaves out nice aroma.
  11. Add the mashed raw banana and Mashed boiled peas and mix them well.
  12. Add salt and cook them for 5-10 mins till the masala gets combined with the mashed banana.
  13. After they combine well turn off the heat and keep it aside so the filling cools down completely.
  14. Knead the dough well again and make it smooth, divide the dough to equal parts.
  15. Roll the dough to not to a circle or a oblong circle shape. Divide them to two part.
  16. To shape the samosa keep a bowl of water ready to seal the ends.
  17. Brush some water using your finger in half cut part of the dough and bring the two ends together forming a cone.
  18. Put in the filling inside the cone and press lightly. Brush some water in the corners and press both ends well , see to that the ends are sealed well if not it will leak out the filling while frying.
  19. Shape all the samosas like so and keep them uncover for 15-20 mins .
  20. Heat Oil in a frying pan or kadai, make sure the oil is not too hot .
  21. Drop the samosas 3 or if your pan is big more samosas and fry them in a low flame.
  22. Turn them at and cook them till they turn golden brown in color.
  23. Remove them and drain them on a kitchen towel.
  24. Serve them hot with any green chutney or ketchup or meethi chutney.

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Huevos Chilenos ( Ecuadorian Doughnut Holes) | Ecuadorian Street food Recipes

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Huevos Chilenos are an Ecuadorian street food doughnut which is found in all street food fairs and are usually served hot with some sugar rolled over them. These are very similar to doughnut holes from other countries, they do add eggs to this doughnuts traditionally I just skipped the eggs and just added some yeast and baking pd instead. The street vendors have a special equipment to make these doughnut holes which is cylindrical in shape and pipe coming directly above the hot oil this helps in shaping them perfectly. I am loving experimenting different doughnuts from around the world. Though they might be similar they vary by flavors, for example, Huevos Chilenos are fennel flavored traditionally.

Ecuador is located to the North West of South American, the country is known for its diverse landscapes. People here eat both veggies and meat in a balanced way The typical food here includes potato, rice, yuca, pasta, and bread.Doughnuts are a universal favorite and this cuisine has a street food doughnut which is very popular. I have already posted 2 of the famous recipes of Ecuador before for my past mega marathon Guaguas de pan ( sweet bread babies)and Llapingachos( Potato cakes with peanut butter sauce).Ecuadorean cuisine is incomplete without green plantain. They do have street foods like empanadas and banana chips / Plantain chips which also called patacones are some to name. Huevos Chilenos are doughnut holes a popular street food all over Ecuador, These are also called “Chilean eggs”. I have no clue why these are called Chilean eggs through this street food is from Ecuador and they don’t look like an egg as well. I tried to research but didn’t find any answer, it will stay a mystery till I find the reason. My hubby named this sweet bonda as the name was a task to pronounce 😛  I even made another recipe for letter h from Ecuador but I didn’t get to photograph it and I thought that is fine as I wanted to tweak the recipe more and make them again :).

Do check my post here , I have explained more about the country and the cuisine and two of its amazing recipe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theme ~ Street Food Recipes

H for Huevos Chilenos

Recipe Adapted from here

Ingredients 

  • All Purpose Flour – 2 cups
  • Milk – 11/2 cup
  • Dry Active Yeast -1 1/2 tsp
  • Yellow Food Color – Few Drops
  • Butter – 1 tbsp ( softened at room temperature)
  • Sugar – 1/4 cup + 1tbsp
  • Baking pd – 2 tsp
  • Fennel pd or Aniseeds pd – 1/4 tsp
  • Granulated Sugar – 1/2 cup
  • Oil – For Frying

Method 

  • In a lukewarm glass of milk add dry yeast and 1 tbsp sugar, Mix them well. Set it aside for 10 mins, so that the yeast gets activated.
  • After 10 mins once the yeast gets activated it gets frothy on the top. Mix them well.
  • In a bowl pour all-purpose flour, softened butter, sugar, baking pd, fennel pd and Mix them well.
  • Add the yellow food color too at this stage.
  • Pour in the yeast mixture little by little and make a soft dough. I didn’t add any eggs so these were not sticky.
  • Cover and leave the dough to proofing for 1 -2 hours.
  • After 2 hours the yeast reacts and dough the rises to double the volume. Remember to grease the bowl well and coat the top of dough with little oil.
  • Punch the dough and deflate the air, knead the dough well.
  • I rolled them with rolling pin and cut the dough with a round cookie cutter.
  • Heat oil in frying pan. Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough it should come up immediately.
  • Drop the cut doughnut and fry them both side until golden brown.
  • Once fried in the oil, remove them using a perforated ladle and drop them on a plate of granulated sugar, coat the doughnuts with sugar all over.
  • Do the same for rest of the dough. Serve them warm, they taste best when they are warm.
  • Serve them as is or with a bowl of chocolate ganache as a dip.


5.0 from 8 reviews
Huevos Chilenos ( Ecuadorian Doughnut Holes) | Ecuadorian Street food Recipes
 
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Huevos Chilenos is an Ecuadorian doughnuts also called as Chilean eggs are popular street food are found in any fairs or parties in Ecuador.
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Recipe type: Street Food Recipes
Cuisine: Ecuadorian Cuisine
Serves: 15
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
  • Milk - 11/2 cup
  • Dry Active Yeast -1½ tsp
  • Yellow Food Color - Few Drops
  • Butter - 1 tbsp ( softened at room temperature)
  • Sugar - ¼ cup + 1tbsp
  • Baking pd - 2 tsp
  • Granulated Sugar - ½ cup
  • Oil - For frying
Instructions
  1. In a luke warm glass of milk add dry yeast and 1 tbsp sugar,Mix them well. Set it aside for 10 mins , so that the yeast gets activated.
  2. After 10 mins once the yeast get activated it gets frothy on the top. Mix them well.
  3. In a bowl pour all purpose flour , softened butter, sugar, baking pd and Mix them well.
  4. Add the yellow food color too at this stage.
  5. Pour in the yeast mixture little by little and make a soft dough. I didn't add any eggs so these were not sticky.
  6. Cover and leave the dough to proofing for 1 -2 hours.
  7. After 2 hours the yeast reacts and dough the rises to double the volume. Remember to grease the bowl well and coat the top of dough with little oil.
  8. Punch the dough and deflate the air , knead the dough well.
  9. I rolled them with rolling pin and cut the dough with a round cookie cutter.
  10. Heat oil in frying pan. Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough it should come up immediately.
  11. Drop the cut doughnut and fry them both side till golden brown.
  12. Once fried in the oil , remove them using a perforated ladle and drop them on a plate of granulated sugar , coat the doughnuts with sugar all over.
  13. Do the same for rest of the dough . Serve them warm , they taste best when they are warm.
  14. Serve them as is or with a bowl of chocolate ganache as a dip.


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Ice Halwa |Bombay Mahim Halwa Recipe | Bombay Paper Halwa

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Ice Halwa is an Bombay specialty sweet. The halwa is also know as mahim halwa or paper halwa. It is available all over India, and is a very famous sweet in mithai shops. These thin square slabs are melt in mouth kind of sweet, with the crunchy nuts topping this taste divine. Mahim is a island near Mumbai and this halwa is set to be originated there. I have some nostalgic childhood memories surrounding these , This halwa was and is my favorite sweet , though I am not a big sweet tooth this halwa used to be my favorite it is been years as tasted this halwa and finally I made them. Traditionally these halwa are made with cornflour ,I have tried making this halwa with cornflour, all purpose flour, and semolina .

When I was listing out recipes to do for the marathon  the first letter I chose  was ” I ” and I instantly wanted Ice halwa for this letter,Though I had no much time to make this prior finally made them and it kept for drying , Hubby did the QC already and told it taste so yummy as. I piece of halwa in your mouth will melt down and cool  the tummy , If you have tasted the halwa you will know what am talking about. Living in chennai we never missed this halwa as my papa used to bring these from mithai shops in sowcarpet. They are just perfect treat to the soul, I loved making them and experimenting them with all the possibilities. I make the yellow halwa with saffron flavor , the white one is rose flavored and the orange one is the crazy idea of mine to use custard pd a vanilla flavored ice halwa. I have experimented the white halwa with semolina flour , semolina flour is totally different from the white semolina we use in Indian cuisine..Semolina flour is yellow and looks fine than the semolina but when cooked gets gritty. Semolina flour are made which durum wheat. For this halwa fine variety of semolina works well but if you don’t have the fine but have the coarse variety then just grind it in the mixier and make it fine. This is my first recipe under my 4th theme which Indian sweets 🙂

Theme ~ Indian Sweets 

I for Ice Halwa

Ingredients 

  • Semolina  (Or semolina flour)- 1/4 cup
  • Ghee – 1/4 cup
  • Milk – 1 1/2 cup
  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Rose Essence – Few Drops
  • Yellow color – few drops( optional)

Toppings

  • Cardamom pd
  • Pista and Badam chopped
  • Rose petal ( optional)

Method 

  • I had  some Coarse semolina so grounded the semolina in mixier to make fine semolina.
  • Tear a long sheet of parchment paper and keep it ready, also keep the topping ready to sprinkle before you start the halwa making process.
  • In a sauce pan Mix semolina, ghee, milk together and Mix them well.
  • Turn on the heat to medium and keep string continuously.
  • At one stage it will start to thicken and this is were you have be cautious and swiftly stir the mixture.
  • The mixture should start leaving the sides and should form a dough.
  • Turn off the stove and mix the mixture so that is thickens and also cools a little bit.
  • Transfer the mixture to the parchment paper , line another parchment paper on top and start lightly rolling the dough with a rolling pin.
  • Roll it slightly thin , not very very thin as the halwa might break easily after drying. Thin halwas taste better than thick ones.
  • Sprinkle the topping on the rolled dough , press or roll with a rolling pin so that the topping is well fixed to the dough and doesn’t fall.
  • Using a pizza cutter or a knife to cut the uneven ends and cut square or rectangle shapes.
  • Use a scissor cut the halwa with the parchment paper spread it over a plate .
  • Keep the Halwa in Refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours to dry .
  • These halwa taste yummy even before drying but for the best authentic taste dry them up .
  • Once the halwa’s are store it in a air tight container. It keeps well for a week.

 


4.8 from 11 reviews
Ice Halwa |Bombay Mahim Halwa Recipe | Bombay Paper Halwa
 
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Bombay Ice Halwa is a very popular sweet , and it is said to be originated in Mahim. This paper like halwa taste best when they are thin and dry well.
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Recipe type: Indian Sweets
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • Semolina - ¼ cup
  • Ghee - ¼ cup
  • Milk - 1½ cup
  • Sugar - 1 cup
  • Rose Essence - Few Drops
  • Yellow color - few drops( optional)
  • Toppings
  • Cardamom pd
  • Pista and Badam chopped
  • Rose petal ( optional)
Instructions
  1. I had some Coarse semolina so grounded the semolina in mixier to make fine semolina.
  2. Tear a long sheet of parchment paper and keep it ready, also keep the topping ready to sprinkle before you start the halwa making process.
  3. In a sauce pan Mix semolina, ghee, milk together and Mix them well.
  4. Turn on the heat to medium and keep string continuously.
  5. At one stage it will start to thicken and this is were you have be cautious and swiftly stir the mixture.
  6. The mixture should start leaving the sides and should form a dough.
  7. Turn off the stove and mix the mixture so that is thickens and also cools a little bit.
  8. Transfer the mixture to the parchment paper , line another parchment paper on top and start lightly rolling the dough with a rolling pin.
  9. Roll it slightly thin , not very very thin as the halwa might break easily after drying. Thin halwas taste better than thick ones.
  10. Sprinkle the topping on the rolled dough , press or roll with a rolling pin so that the topping is well fixed to the dough and doesn't fall.
  11. Using a pizza cutter or a knife to cut the uneven ends and cut square or rectangle shapes.
  12. Use a scissor cut the halwa with the parchment paper spread it over a plate .
  13. Keep the Halwa in Refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours to dry .
  14. These halwa taste yummy even before drying but for the best authentic taste dry them up .
  15. Once the halwa's are store it in a air tight container. It keeps well for a week.

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