The Maharashtrian Snack- "Bada Pav"

Vada Pav Recipe

Back in 2008, i visited Ahmednagar, and one evening ate Vada Pavs with Fried Green Chilly and Green Chutneys as an Accompaniment in the Local Market. Usually, cantonments does not have any Snack Corner so does in our Cannt. too, so i was very eager to try Vada Pavs at Home. I used Green Chutney as my Side Dish, and honestly that Wasn't prepared by me. Don't forget to  Like Us on Facebook!

Ingredients

Potato	2
Turmeric	1/8 tsp
Green chillies	2
Garlic	2 flakes
Salt	As needed
For  Outer covering
Besan flour	1/4 cup
Rice flour	1 tblsp
Turmeric	2 pinches
Cooking soda	A pinch
Salt Oil	as needed For Frying

Method

1. Parboil potatoes, peel the skin and mash them.Chop garlic and green chillies finely.
2. Heat oil in a pan and Fry Curry Leaves, Asafoetida .Add garlic, green chillies, turmeric,salt and give it a fry. Add the mashed potato and mix well. Stir fry.


3. Cool down and divide into 6 and make balls.Make a thick batter with gram flour,rice flour,turmeric and salt,adding little water.


4. Heat kadai with oil for deep frying. Coat the potato balls with the Besan batter and fry them until golden brown in all the sides.


5. Drain in paper towel.


6. To arrange the vada and pav , slit the buns to two,leaving one side still in contact.Apply green in the inner sides of the buns.


7. Keep the vada we made and close the bun. Enjoy the big bite with Chutney! :)

Notes

• I used butter rolls as pav buns for this.

"Eggless Pancakes Recipe"

Since the POTUS Mr. Barack Obama in India, so we decided to post American Breakfast! This was my first Pancakes, and they was delicious. I has seen in Hollywood Movies and they seems to be delicious and my Expectations was Right they are actually Delicious. My recipe is Simple, easy to prepare and No Doubt Delicious , follow this simple Recipe and Enjoy an Continental Breakfast on this Republic Day. And HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY!

Ingredients

All purpose flour/ plain flour(Maida)	1 cup
Milk	1 cup
Brown or white sugar	1 tblsp
Salt	1/2 tsp
Oil	1 tblsp
Baking powder	1 tblsp
Butter and honey	For topping

Method

1. Mix flour,baking powder, salt and sugar with the whisk. Add milk along with oil and mix gently. Set aside for 10 minutes.
2. After 10 minutes again give it a mix and heat an iron skillet (dosa pan) until it gets hot. Switch off the stove and leave it for 5 minutes. Again switch on the flame and put it in medium flame. Grease with butter and pour one big laddle full of batter carefully. Do not spread.
3. Wait until bubbles pop over the pancakes and the colour changes and flip carefully. Cook the other side for a minute and transfer to serving plate

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 NOTE-

•    If you heat the pan really hot and make the pancake immediately, the pancakes turn dark brown in colour. That’s why I have heated the pan and switched off for a while to bring the temperature medium. ( I saw this in a video in you tube)
• If the pan is too hot, the pancakes will have edges like flower. that is it wont be a perfect circle. So make sure to keep the heat medium

Chilly Paneer- An Indo Chinese Creation

Chilly Paneer

Recently Me and my Friend have Chilly Paneer at a Food Stall and we found it as Awesome dish. And we bought that home and ate ‘Naan’ with it. OMG! Believe me, it was Delicious Combo. The Smokiness flavor of Chilly Paneer with Soft Naan was an ‘Flavor Bomb’ to our Taste Buds, Ok, so let’s follow up with the Recipe! Although I tried my very Best to gain the same flavor of the Stall but I failed to make that Exact but somehow it was near! Ok so head up to the Recipe, and please don’t forget to Like us! J

Ingredients-

200gm- Cottage Cheese (Cut into 12mm Strips)

Oil- 2 tbsp

                        For Frying the Paneer-

¼ Cup- Corn flour

¼ Cup- Maida

½ tbsp- Black Pepper Powder

                              For the Gravy-

1 tbsp- Soya Sauce

1 tbsp- Ginger

2 tbsp- Garlic

2- tbsp.- Celery

¼ cup- Celery

2-3 Green Chilies (Cut into 25mm strips)

¼ cup- Capsicum

¾ to 1 cup Water

½ tbsp.- Vinegar

Salt and Sugar as Required

*For Corn flour Paste, dissolve Water with Cornflour in the Ratio of 3:1 respectively.

Method-         

                         Combine Corn Flour, Refined Flour, Pepper Powder and water to form a Smooth Batter in a Bowl

                         Coat the Paneer Pieces in the Batter and Deep Fry in Oil over High Flame till it becomes Golden Brown.

For the Gravy-

•                               Sauté Ginger, Garlic, Celery, Spring Onion and Chilies for 1-2 mins over High Flame
•                                 Add Capsicum and Sauté for further more seconds.
•                                Add Soya Sauce, Sugar, Corn flour Paste and Salt and allow to Boil
•                               Add Paneer and Mix Well, Garnish it with spring Onion.
•                              Serve with ‘Naan’ or ‘Fried Rice’.
•                               Note- I don’t use “Ajinomoto or MSG or Chinese Salt” as I don’t have and it is Harmful for Ladies and Children So I recommend you Not to use and its optional!
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Shahi Tukda Recipe

Recently, I ate Shahi Tukda in our College's Café and it was awesome, so i decided to Try at my Own, and concluded with this Simple recipe!

The Shahi Tukda Recipe is a simple sweet dish made with bread, milk, nuts and spices. It is a quick and easy dessert option when you are having unexpected guests over or even as a way to satiate
your sweet tooth on any given day.

Ingredients

1 litre milk

4 slices bread, each cut into 4 smaller triangles

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup ghee

1/2 cup water

1/2 teaspoon saffron (optional)

2 pods cardamom almonds and pistachios, finely chopped

Method

*To begin with, we will make the Rabri for the dish by boiling the milk in a heavy bottomed sauce pan on medium heat.

*Boil the milk till it is reduced to 1/4 of
the original quantity stirring occasionally.

*Once reduced in quantity, add in the sugar and cardamom to the milk and stir well until the sugar is dissolved.

*Once the sugar dissolves and the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and allow the milk to cool down a bit.

*Now we will proceed to make the sugar syrup. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan boil together about half cup of sugar in half cup water and add in the saffron
to it. Keep stirring until all the sugar dissolves and the water comes to a boil.

*Once the sugar syrup comes to a boil ; turn the heat to low and simmer the syrup until it reaches a single thread consistency.

*Next, in a medium sized pan, pour in the ghee and shallow fry the bread pieces till they turn light brown and crisp on both sides.

*Once the bread is crip, soak the fried bread slices in the prepared sugar syrup for about half a minute and place them in a serving platter.

*Pour the prepared rabri over the bread pieces and garnish with almonds and pistachios. Serve immediately or Serve Chilled!

*Some people also like to do 'Silver Work' on it, but I haven't! So that's up to you!

*Enjoy Cooking, Eat Tasty! :)

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