Ribbon Pakoda
Ingredients • Rice flour – 1 cup • Besan (chickpea flour) – ¼ cup • Butter (unsalted) – ¼ tsp • Asafetida – ½ tsp • Chili powder – 1-2 tsp • Salt – as required • Oil for deep frying Preparation 1. Heat the oil for deep frying in a wide saucepan. 2. Mix rice flour, besan, chili powder, asafetida. 3. Cut the butter into small pieces,...
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....
Masala Peanuts
Ingredients • Raw groundnuts – 1 cup • Besan – 2tbsp • Rice flour – 2 tsp • Red chili powder – 1 tsp • Salt – as required • Oil – 4-5 tsp Preparation 1. Smear water on groundnuts and make it completely wet. 2. Mix together besan, rice flour, chili powder, and salt. 3. Sprinkle mixture over the wet groundnuts and shake the vessel very well for them to get a...
Succulent Mixed Vegetable Balls in Herbed Tomato Sauce
Ingredients For Sauce • Olive oil – 3 tbsp • Bay leaves – 2 • Yellow asafetida powder – ½ tsp • Tomato puree – 4 cups • Dried basil – 1 tsp • Salt – 2 tsp • Freshly ground black pepper – ¼ tsp • Sugar – 1½ tsp For Koftas • Grated cauliflower – 2...
Pumpkin Wafers
You can use any winter squashbutternut, acorn, banana, or Hubbard. Preparation and salting time: 30 minutes Cooking time: about 20 minutes Ingredients • Peeled, seeded pumpkin or squash, cut into wafers ¼ inch (6 mm) thick and 1 ½ inches (4 cm) across – 1 pound (455 g) • Salt – 1 teaspoon (5 ml) • Turmeric – 1 teaspoon (5 ml) • Cayenne...