Chiwda
Oct31

Chiwda

  Ingredients • Potato straws • Chopped almonds • Chopped roasted cashews • Golden raisins • Grated dried coconut • Sugar • Salt • Cinnamon   Preparation 1. Potato straws are made by peeling and then grating through a large hold grater as many potatoes as desired. Rinse and soak these in cold water about ten minutes. Drain and pat dry. Deep fry in...

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Crisp & Soft Mixed vegetable Croquettes
Oct22

Crisp & Soft Mixed vegetable Croquettes

This is a unique croquette dish, for it is neither bound with cream sauce nor breaded in crumbs, as are most. Instead, these croquettes are a combination of three starch vegetables: potatoes, plantains and colocasia or arbi. They are cooked individually until soft, mashed or shredded, and blended with little more than salt, pepper, chilies and herbs.   Known as Ekadasee croquettes, they are made with out the addition of any form...

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Creamy Potato Salad Surprise
Oct21

Creamy Potato Salad Surprise

  Global potato salad variations take many directions: warm and chilled, sweet ‘n’ sour, mustardy, rich and unadorned. The surprise in this “American-in-Delhi” salad is the addition of crunchy bits of fried moong dal badi, sold at most Indian grocery stores. This potato salad with a Punjabi twist is worth taking on any outing.   Preparation and cooking time (after assembling ingredients): about...

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Sev Puri
Oct07

Sev Puri

  Ingredients • Flat Round Thin Puris (also available at Indian stores) – 12-15 • Small Potatoes boiled and cut into round pieces – 2-3 • Small Raw Green Mangoes finely chopped (optional) – 1 ½ • Small Cucumber (finely chopped) • Fine Thin Sev – 1 ½  cups • Fresh Bunch Cilantro (washed and finely chopped) – 1 ½  cup • Sweet Tamarind...

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Vada Pav
Oct04

Vada Pav

  Ingredients • Potatoes – 3 • Coriander – 2 tbsp • Finely chopped green chilies – 1 tbsp • Grated ginger – 1 tsp • Finely chopped mint leaves – 1 ½ tsp • Lemon juice – 1 ½ tbsp • Oil – 2 tbsp • Asafetida – 2 pinch • Cumin and mustard seeds – ½ tsp • Salt – as required • Oil to deep fry •...

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