Punjabi Samosa
Ingredients For the samosa layer: • All purpose flour – 2 cup • Baking soda – 1 pinch • Cream of wheat (Rava) – 2 tbsp • Ghee – 2 tbsp • Plain yogurt – 2 tsp • Cold water • Salt – as required Preparation 1. Shift the all-purpose flour. 2. Mix cream of wheat and all-purpose flour, add ghee, plain yogurt and salt. 3. Knead the flour to puri- like consistency...
Chickpea and Sesame Paste Dip
Ingredients: • Dried chickpeas, that's one very heaped metric measuring cup – 200g • Lemon juice – ¼ cup • Yellow asafetida powder (to replace two cloves garlic) – ½ tsp • Tahini – 6 tbsp • Salt – 1 tsp Preparation: 1. Soak the chickpeas in cold water overnight or at least 12 hours. Drain and place the chickpeas in a...
Besan Paara (Spicy Chips)
Ingredeints • Besan (Chick Pea flour)-1 cup (95 gms) (1 cup=235ml) • Sooji/Rawa (Semolina)- 2 tbsp • Maida (All Purpose Flour)- 1 cup (120gms) • Salt-1/4 tsp or as needed • Red Chilly flakes- 1 tsp or more if needed • Ajwain (Carom seeds)- ¼ tsp • Hing (Asafetida)- a pinch • Oil- 4 tbsp • Warm Water- ½ cup Preparation 1. Mix all the dry flours, salt, chilly flakes, carom seeds and asafetida. 2. Add oil and mix till it crumbles. 3....
Curry Puffs
Ingredients: • Sweet potato, diced very small – 1 cup • Carrot, diced very small – 1 cup • Potato, diced very small – 1 cup • Peas – 1 cup • Oil – 2 tbsp • Fresh curry leaves from 3 large sprigs, torn • Grated fresh ginger – 1 tbsp • Yellow asafetida powder – ½ tsp...
Ulundu kozhukkattai
Ingredients For the outer covering • Rice flour – 1½ cups • Cooking oil – 2 tsp. • Salt – a pinch • Water – 3 cups For the stuffing • Urad dal – ¼ cup • Grated coconut – 2 tbsp • Green chilies – 1 or 2 • Salt – as required • Oil – 1 tbsp. • Mustard seeds – 1tsp. • Urad dal – 1tsp. • Hing...