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...
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....
Instant Dosa
Ingredients •½ C semolina (rava) •1 C all purpose flour (maida) •½ C wheat flour •½ C rice flour •1½ Tsp salt •½ C sour yogurt •3 C water (or as needed) •2 Tsp oil •1 Tsp mustard seeds •1 Tsp cumin seeds •2 hot green/red chilies •1 Tsp finely grated ginger •1 sprig fresh curry leaves •½ Tsp yellow asafetida powder (hing) •Oil for cooking the dosas Preparation 1.Combine the flours, salt, yogurt and water in a mixing bowl. You...
Vattayappam
Ingredients • Rice flour (Ari podi) – 2 cups • Sugar – ½ cup • Semolina (Rava/Sooji) – 2 tbsp • Yeast – ½ tsp • Grated coconut – 2 cups • Sugar – ½ tsp • Raisins- for garnishing • Cardamom – 4 nos • Salt – As required Preparation 1. Heat a wide pan and cook rava with 2 glasses of water on low flame till it becomes...
Corn Dhokla
Ingredients For the batter: • Chickpea flour (besan) – 1 cup • Semolina (rawa) – 1 ½ cups • Lemon juice – 1 tsp • Sugar – 2 tsp • Green chili ginger paste – 1 tsp • Grated carrots – 3 tbsp • Very thinly sliced green beans – 3 tbsp • Sweet corn – 3 tbsp • Eno’s fruit salt/ one 5gm sachet (or baking powder) – 1 ½ tsp • Salt to taste (remember the fruit salt has some salt in it)...