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Nirmala Garimella
02/22/2005
Ingredients Urad dal - 4 cups Onion - 3 Green chillies – Ginger – ½ inch Curry leaves – crushed Salt - Oil - for deep frying Method Soak urad dal for 6 hours. Grind into smooth batter with ginger adding minimum water required. You can also add green chillies and onion while grinding or cut into small pieces and add to the batter. Also add curry leaves and salt to the batter. Heat oil in a pan. Take a small piece of batter and flatten it with your palms on a plastic sheet (and put a small hole in the middle if you like). Drop this into oil and fry till golden brown. Serve hot with coconut chutney or ginger chutney. Ingredients Channa dal or split yellow peas - 4 cups Green chillies - Ginger - small piece Garlic - 3 cloves Cloves and elachi ( cardamom) - about Onions - 2 (medium) Coriander leaves - few Curry leaves - few Salt - as required Method Soak channa daal for 3 to 4 hours. Grind it coarsely with green chillies, ginger, garlic, cloves, cardamom and salt. Chop onions into small pieces, also chop coriander leaves and curry leaves. Add this to the ground channa daal. Heat oil in a pan. Take a small amount (size of lime) of batter and flatten it with your palms on a plastic sheet. Drop this into oil and fry till golden brown. Serve hot with ketchup, coconut chutney or ginger chutney. Ingredients Urad dal - 2 cups Curds - 4 cups Milk - 1 cups( as needed) Green chillies - 5 Seasoning - a pinch of turmeric 1 tsp of urad dal, musstard seeds and 1/2 tsp of jeera, few red chilli pieces and curry leaves Salt - as required Oil - for deep frying Soak urad dal for 6 hours. Grind into smooth batter with ginger adding minimum water required. Take a small pan, heat the oil and add urad dal, jeera, mustard seeds, red chillies, greenchillies and little turmeric. Churn the curds (or make the curds smooth mixing with a spoon) and add the seasoning to this. Also add salt, according to your taste. Heat oil in a pan. Take a small piece of batter and flatten it with your palms on a plastic sheet (and put a small hole in the middle if you like). Drop this into oil and fry till golden brown. Take this and dip in the milk to which little salt is added. (some prefer dipping in water). Now take it from the milk and add it to the seasoned curds. Allow it to soak for at least 2 hours and serve. Ingredients Onions - 6 Chilli powder - 1 tsp Green chillies - 4 Besan - 2 cups Rice flour - 1/2 cup Baking soda - a pinch Salt - as required Oil - for frying Cut the onions into thin slices. Add salt and rub nicely into the onions. Now add the besan, chilli powder, green chilli paste and mix. Add min water possible (adding salt to the onions in the beginning gives some water in the onions). Take 1 tbsp of the mix and drop in hot oil. Fry till brown. Serve hot with ketchup or any chutney. Ingredients Mirchi (big & long) - 15 Besan - 2 1/2 cups Rice flour - 1/2 cup Ajwain(vaamu) - 3 tsp Tamarind - 1/2 cup Coconut - 1/2 cup sesame seeds(optional) - 1/2 cup Method For batter: Make batter with besan, riceflour, salt adding water. it should not be too thick or thin, it should be of the consistency such that mirchi will be nicely coated.Slit the mirchi lengthwise and take away the seeds as many as possible. Place them in bowl of hot water for 5 minutes, this will reduce little spiceness of the mirchis. Grind vaamu, tamarind, coconut, and sesame seeds if you like with 1/2 cup of besan. Stuff the mirchi with the paste and dip in the batter . Fry them in hot oil until brown. Ingredients Besan - 2 cups Rice flour - 1/2 cup Baking soda - a pinch Chilli powder - 1 tsp (adjust to taste) Salt - as required Vegetable(potatoes/brinjal/plaintain) - 2 cups (cut) Oil - for frying Method Mix besan and rice flour with water adding chilli powder, salt, baking soda. It should'nt be too thick or thin, vegetable slice should be well coated. Cut the vegetable into slices. Dip the slice in batter and fry in hot oil until brown. Serve hot with ketchup, ginger chutney or any chutney. Ingredients Bread - 10 Besan - 3 cups Rice flour - 1 cup Baking soda - a pinch Chilli powder - 2 tsp (adjust to taste) Salt - as required Oil - for frying Method Cut the bread diagonally. Take the crust away if you prefer so. Mix besan and rice flour with water adding chilli powder, salt, baking soda. It should'nt be too thick or thin, bread slice should be well coated. Dip the slice in batter and fry in hot oil until brown. Serve hot with ketchup, ginger chutney or any chutney. Ingredients For curry: Potatoes - 6 Onions - 2 Green chillies - 6 Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (adjust according to taste) Turmeric - a pinch Ginger - small piece (1/2 inch) Coriander leaves Salt - as required For outer crust: Bread - About 20 slices Water - to dip bread Oil - for frying Method Curry: Boil the potatoes and peel them. Cut into small pieces or mash them. Put a non-stick pan on the stove and add oil. After heated add channa dal,urad dal , red chilli piece, curry leaves, mustard seeds & jeera. When mustard starts to splutter add onions fry for 2-3 min then add turmeric, salt and chilli powder. Add mashed potatoes and fry for 5 minutes. Also add coriander leaves. Making bondas: Heat oil in a pan. Dip the bread in water and take it away immediately. Place the bread in your palms and squeeze away the water. Make a small lemon sized ball from the curry and put it in middle of the bread and close it with the edges. See that bread is nicely sealed around aloo so that it doesn't come out while frying. Drop them in hot oil and fry until brown. Serve hot. Ingredients For curry: Potatoes - 6 Onions - 2 Green chillies - 6 Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (adjust according to taste) Turmeric - a pinch Ginger - small piece (1/2 inch) Coriander leaves - few Salt - as required For batter Besan - 2 cups Rice flour - 1/4 cup chilli powder - 1 tsp (adjust according to taste) Salt - as required Baking powder - a pinch Method For batter: Make batter with besan, riceflour, salt, chilli powder, and baking powder adding water. Curry: Boil the potatoes and peel them. Cut into small pieces or mash them. Put a non-stick pan on the stove and add oil. After heated add channa dal,urad dal , red chilli piece, curry leaves, mustard seeds & jeera. When mustard starts to splutter add onions fry for 2-3 min then add turmeric, salt and chilli powder. Add mashed potatoes and fry for 5 minutes. Also add coriander leaves. Making bondas: Heat oil in a pan.
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