I am Back with Sabudana Vada(Sago Patties)!!

Well Well Well....it’s been a longggg break from blogging. Got busy with Life’s most beautiful moment, Moment of Motherhood....Yes, I am mom of a Baby Girl now!!

 Its been a wonderful journey so far as a Mom and on the other hand it been very hectic taking care of a Baby and being working. I do miss blogging but it’s so difficult to take out sometime these days..Yeah I know there should not be any excuses for passion. Well will try not to give any more excuses and will try to keep sharing my kitchen experiments with you all.

To start again here are Sabudana Vada recipe...These are yummy Snack specially in rainy season and it double its taste with a cup of hot Chai.

Ingredients:

§  1 cup Sabudana/ Sago

§  3 – 4 boiled potatoes(mashed)

§  Green Chillis finely Chopped (Acc to taste)

§  Handful of chopped coriander leaves

§  Salt according to taste

§  ½ tsp Amchur Powder

§  1 tsp Chaat Masala

§  oil for frying

Method:

Soak the sabudana or sago in water overnight or atleast for 4-6 hrs.(water should be just 1 cm above the sabudana). I usually soaked the sago overnight and in the morning they become very soft. Mix the mashed potatoes and sabudana together. Add all the other ingredients. Mix the entire mixture well. Now take some portion(golf size ball) of the mixture in your hands and shape them into flat round vadas. Deep fry the sabudana vadas till golden brown.

 Many people do add peanuts to it, you can also add, I personally don’t like so I don’t add.

Enjoy with Chai n green chutney!! 

Semolina Bread!!

This a perfect Tea time snack,great for Kids and Adult.Really easy and simple to make.
Being working don't get that much time to cook.Many a times feel like having some quick good snack which is easy to make,so this evening while coming back from Office was thinking of these Bread.So here you go for this you will need.

1/2 cup Semolina(Suji)
lil less than 1/2 cup curd.it should be of thick consistency.
Chopped vegetable(Onion, capsicum, green chilli and Tomato),i add these but you can add more veggie like carrot, cucumber and whatever you can think of.
Salt and Pepper
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves chopped into small
Oil/Butter/Ghee
Bread(Whole wheat/White) your choice

Sock the Semolina in curd for 15-20 min.Then add salt and pepper and the chopped veggies.Take the bread cut the sides and spread 1 big spoon of the mixture over the one side of bread.
Take a pan add 1/2 tsp oil, add Mustard seeds(a pinch) and pinch of Curry leaves. Then put the mixture side bread over this Oil mix and let it cook for 5 min then turn the side of bread.Cook until it get really good brown color on both sides of bread.Cut into triangles and you Snack is ready to serve.Serve it with any chutney on side and a Cup of Chai.

Bindi Subji(Okra Curry)

1 Box Okra(500gm)
1 onion sliced
2-4 Green Chili Sliced(you can increase or decrease the number according to your taste)
1 tsp Ajwain
1 tbs Amchur(mango Powder)
1 tbs Tawa Masala
1 tsp chili powder(optional)
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tbs Oil

Heat a pan and add 1 tbs Oil,when oil get heated add the Ajwain seeds and allow to splitter then add Onions fry for 5 min,you don't need to make them brown.Then add Okra and keep it for 5-10 min.Once it get lil soft then add all the masala and let it cook until Okra get cooked.(Don't cover the pan, cook subji with open pan)
Served with your choice of bread.

Tehari(Vegetable Rice)

Tehri is well known rice dish in North India.Its kind of vegetable pulao traditionally cooked with Aloo,Gobhi(Cauliflower) and peas and served with coriander chutney, Curd and Papad.But you can add any veggie of your choice.




Ingredients:
2 cups Basmati rice(Soaked in water for an hour)
1 large potato peeled cut into big chunks ( around 8 pieces)
1 cup cauliflower cut into chunky florets
½ cup green peas
2 bay leaves
2 Black cardamon
1 tsp Cumin seeds
5-6 cloves
1 tsp sugar(will make the peas lil sweet)
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp garam masala
Salt to taste
4 cups water
3 tbsp cooking oil

Method:
Heat oil in a wide pan. Add cardamon, bay leaves, cumin seeds and cloves. Stir for few seconds. Add all the dry masala except garam masala. Now add potatoes and stir fry for 3-4 minutes. Add in cauliflower and peas, stir fry for another 3-4 minutes. Add water. and cover the pan on medium heat until potato get cooked once potato are done add the rice and stir once with very light hand.Cover the pan and let it cooked till rice is done and water is evaporated.for this make sure you use 1:2 ratio for rice:water.

Remove pan from heat. Allow to cool.
Serve rice hot in a plate,pour 1 tsp ghee over it and sprinkle the garam masala and serve with Green Chutney,Papad and Curd.

My Recipes!

Just want to share Some of my recipes are featured in the HomeAway.co.uk Travel Cookbook'.

http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/info/holiday-ideas/travel-cookbook/indian-food/kulfi

~Rupali