Lotus root chips
Ingredients • Cold water for soaking the lotus root – 2 cups • Clear rice vinegar or cider vinegar – 4 tbsp • Lotus root sections – 3 • Oil for deep-frying • Salt – as required • Black pepper – a pinch Preparation 1. First peel and wash the lotus root atleast 2-3 times or until clean as fresh lotus root are almost always caked in mud 2. Slice the lotus roots thinly with a knife. 3. Pour cold water and...
Vada
Ingredients •Moong dal (with chilka)-1 cup •Urad dal (dry split black gram)-1 cup •Salt to taste •Red chilli powder-1/4 teaspoon •Grated ginger-1/2 inch •Green chilli chopped-1 •Oil for deep frying Preparation: 1. Soak moong dal & urad dal separately for 3-4 hours. 2. After soaking for 3-4 hours, strain out the chilka from the moong dal by rubbing it between the two palms. 3. Chilka & dal will get separated. 4. After straining...
Basoondi
Ingredients •Milk………………………………7 ½ cups •Almonds…………………………. ½ cup •Sunflower seeds (chironji)………2 tbsp •Pistachios………………………… 8-10 •Sugar…………………………….. ¾ cup •Saffron……………………………. a few strands Preparation 1.Soak almonds in one cup of warm water to blanch. Remove skin. Reserve a few for garnishing and make a paste of the rest.Soak almonds in one cup of warm water to blanch. Remove skin. Reserve a few for garnishing and make a...