Fried Okra in Smooth Yogurt
Chilled yogurt salads are popular throughout India, and in Gujarati homes they are served with almost every summer lunch. This became one of my favorite dishes from the first time I tasted its delightful combination of textures and flavors. Though the ingredients can be prepared ahead of time, the salad is assembled just before serving. Crunchy fried okra is added to a toasted chickpea flour and yogurt sauce. The creamy...
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Ingredients • Chick pea flour (besan) – 1 ¼ cup • Rice flour – 1 cup • Red chili powder (optional) – ½ tsp • Carom seeds powder (ajwain) – ½ tsp • Cumin Seeds Powder – ¼ tsp • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp • Salt – as per taste • Hot ghee or oil – 2 tbsp • Oil for deep frying Preparation 1. Mix all together rice flour, gram flour, salt, hot ghee or oil, chili powder ,Cumin seeds powder, Carom...
Spinach Vadi
Ingredients •Palak leaves – 100 gm •Sesame seeds – 1 Tbsp •Bengal gram flour (Besan) – 60 gm •Chaat masala – 1 Tsp •Dhania jeera powder – 2 Tsp •Red chili powder – 2 Tsp •Turmeric – 1 Tsp •Salt – To Taste •Oil – 2 Tsp Preparation 1.Wash and chop the palak leaves. 2.Mix Bengal gram flour and other ingredients to it. 3.Knead it into firm dough. 4.Now make his dough into a roll shape and steam it for 10 mins. 5.Allow the roll to...
Potato Pakora with Dried Pomegranate Seeds
Pomegranate seeds, used predominantly in North Indian cooking, are dried from wild pomegranate or daru that grow in the Himalayan foothills. The pleasantly sour flavors of the seeds are best for complementing potatoes and other starchy vegetables. Potato slices are handsomely jacketed in a medium-consistency batter that puts a crunchy crust on the soft potatoes. The food processor crushes the seeds while whisking the batter until it...
Pumpkin pakora with Crushed Coriander Seeds
Any type of winter squash butternut, acorn, turban or Indian wax gourd (petha) as well as yams or sweet potatoes may be substituted for pumpkin. This is a good batter to make in a food processor, for along with crushing while coriander seeds, the processor makes the batter light and smooth. If you make the batter by hand, add freshly crushed coriander seeds. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Resting time:...