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I am Lavanya from Andhra Pradesh (India). Presently I am in Dublin, Ireland. I love cooking and i learnt from my mother and mother-in-law. Here I am posting few recipies.

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Showing posts with label snacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snacks. Show all posts

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Bottle gourd appalu

Ingredients:

1.Bottle gourd-1 cup(Grated)
2.Coriander-1/4 bunch
3.Sesame seeds-1tbsp
4.Moong dal-2 tbsp
5.Green chilli paste-2tsp
6.Rice flour-1cup
7.salt to taste
8.Oil for deep fry
9.Gingergarlic paste-1tsp

Preperation method:

1.Soak moongdal for 1 hr and clean and chop the coriander.
2.Take a wide vessel and mix all the ingredients well to make soft dough (don't add any water).
3.Rub the dough with 2 tsp of oil.
4.Take a thick bottom vessel and heat the oil.
5.Take a 1/2 lemon size dough and make appa on a polythene sheet rubbed with oil.
6.Deep fry the appalu till they changes to golden brown color.
Serve hot or cold.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Aloo tikki


Ingredients:

1.Boiled and mashed potato-1/2cup
2.Boiled peas-1/2 cup
3.Green chilli paste-1tsp
4.Ginger garlic paste-1 tsp
5.Sesame seeds-2 tsp
6.Gram flour-2 tbsp
7.Dry mango powder-1 tsp(or lemos juice -1stp)
9.Coriander seed powder-1/2 tsp
8.Salt to taste
9.Oil for frying

preperation method:

1.Mix all the ingredients(except oil) well.
2.Take a 1/2 lemonsize mixture,and make a round ball and press it like tikki.
3.Prepare tikkis with remaining mixture like this.
4.Take a thick bottom vessel and heat oil.
5.Deep fry the tikis till it changes to golden browncolour.

serve hotwith tomato ketchup.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Cabbage pakoda



Ingredients:

1.Cabbage- 1cup (chopped very thin)
2.Gram flour-1/2 cup
3.Rice flour-1 tbsp
4.Chilli powder-2 tsp
5.Salt to taste
6.Oil for deep fry
7.Baking soda-a pinch
Preperation method:

1.Take a vessel and mix all the ingrdients well(except oil).Do not add any water.
2.Take a thick vessel and heat the oil.
3.Make balls with the mixture and slowly drop into the oil.
4.Deep fry the balls till they changes into golden brown colour.
Serve hot.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Sev











Ingredients:
1.Gram flour-1/2 cup
2.Salt to taste
3.Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
4.Oil-for deep fry
5.Ajwain-1/2tsp

Preperation method:
1.Mix gram flour,salt ,turmeric powder and ajwain well in vessel.
2.Make soft dough by gradually adding water to mixture.
3.Rub with 2 tsp of oil over the dough.
4.Take a vessel and heat the oil.
5.apply little bit oil to innerside of the sev maker and fill it with dough.
6.Pressout the sev by sevmaker in the hot oil.
7.Deep fry the sev till it become crispy.

For spciy sev add chilli powder and gingergarlic paste to mixture and remaining is same.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Chana vada



Preperation time:30min

Ingredients:

1.Chana dal-1cup
2.Green chilli-4
3.Garlic flakes-3
4.Oniol-1 big size
5.Cumin seeds-2tsp
6.Coriander-few
7.Curry leaves-15
8.Salt to taste
9.Oil for deep fry

Preperation method:

1.Soak chana dal for 2 hours.
2.Grind the soaked and drained chanadal,garlic flakes,cumin seeds and green chilli together.The paste should be little bit rough and there is no need of adding water.
3.Chop onion,curry leaves and coriander.
4.Mix the paste,chopped onion,coriander,curry leaves and salt.
5.Take a vessel and heat the oil. Take a tbsp of paste mixture and make vada in your palm and drop carefully inthe oil.
6.Deep fry the vadas.
Serve hot with any chutney or you can serve by sprinkling chatmasala and lime juice.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Muruku

Preperation time:1 hour(approx)


Ingredients:

1.Rice flour-3cup
2.Gram flour-1cup
3.Sesame seeds-2tbsp
4.Oil-for deep fry
5.Chilli powder-1tbsp
6.Salt to taste

Preperation method:


1.Take a bowl and mixwell rice flour,gram flour,sesame seeds,chilli powder and salt.
2.Take another bowl and boil 4 cups of water.Add 1 tbsp of oil to boiling water.
3.Add the mixed flour to boiling water and stir well.Remove the bowl from the stove.
4.Make the soft dough with cooked flour after it becomes cool.
5.Put the dough into muruku maker and make shapes of muruku out of it.
6.Deep fry the muruku in oil till muruku turns to golden brown .

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Veg Manchuria

Serve 5
Preperation time:1hr

Ingredients:

1.Cabbage-1/4 kg
2.Carrot-1/4kg
3.Beans-1/4kg
4.Maida-6tbsp
5.Corn flour-3tbsp
6.Salt to taste
7.Baking soda
8.Ajinamoto
9.Green chilli-3
10.Garlic-3 pods

preperation method:

1.Grate the carrot,cabbage and beans and chop the chilli and garlic into small pieces.
2.Put grated carrot,cabbage,beans,maida,cornflour,salt and a pinch of baking soda in a bowl and mix well.
3.Make small balls with this mix.
4. Heat the for fry in a vessel and deep fry the balls.And keep a side.
5.Take a wide pan and pour 1 tbsp of oil.Heat it and fry green chilli,garlic on a low flame and add a pinch of ajinamtto also to it.
6.Mix a 1 tsp of cornflour with little water well,and pour this liquid and fried balls into pan.
7.Fry it for another 2 min on low flame only.

Garnish this fried one in a plate with onion,lemon pieces.

This delicious Vegmanchuria can be served with tomatoketchup.