Ingredients:
Rava/Semoliona:1 cup
Grated coconut : 3 tbsp
Milk:1/2 cup
Sugar:1 cup
Cashews:1 tbsp
Raisins:1 tbsp
Ghee: as reqd
Method:
To a pan add 2 tbsp of ghee.Once the ghee is hot add cashews followed by raisins.when the raisins balloons up immediately add the shredded coconut.Sa'ute it well for a minute and add the semolina.Mix them well..cook it in low flame for 10 minutes.
Once the sooji/semolina becomes light brown in color add the sugar.Continue cooking for couple of minutes until the sooji is cooked well.Then remove it from flame and immediately add milk little by little until the mixture is soft.so that we can make laddu's out of it.
We can use these laddu's both as a snack and as a Dessert....
**********************************
Muttapalada(Sweet Dosa roll)
Ingredients:
Dosa Batter
Maida : 1 cup
Egg : 2nos
salt :1/4 tsp
water: as reqd
Filling:
Coconut :2cup(grated)
Sugar :as reqd
Elakka(cardamom):1tsp(powderd)
Cashews:10 nos(chopped)
Unakkamunthiri(raisins):as reqd
Ghee:2 tbsp
Method:
Mix maida,egg,salt and water properly and make a thin batter as we make for dosa batter.
keep it aside .In a pan add the ghee.When the ghee is hot add cardamom,raisins,cashews and saute it well.After that add the grated coconut and sugar and saute it again for sometime.Now our filling is ready.
In another pan make the maida dosa with the batter we prepared earlier . Place this dosa(pancake)
into a ghee spreaded plate ,now fill the dosa with the filling we made earlier and roll the dosas...
our Muttapalada is ready....
U can make upto 8 to 10 nos using this batter,,Itz a great snack for the evening tea..
Itz my husbands favorite one too..try it out...
**************************************
Dhokla(Gujarati Snack)
Ingredients
Sooji/Semolina flour : 1 cup
Yogurt :1 cup
Salt :1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/8 th tsp
Green chilli : 2 nos chopped
Cilantro : 2 tsp(chopped)
Lemon juice :2 tsp
Eno/fruit salt : 1 tsp
Seasoning:
Oil : 2 tbsp
Musratrd seeds : 1 tsp
Grenchilli : 3 nos (horizontally cut)
Curry leaves : as reqd
Method:
Mix sooji,yogurt,salt,turmeric powder,green chillis and cilantro properly,After mixing it well add the lemon juice and mix it again..u can add little water to get the consistency.keep aside the batter for
1 hour.Now add Eno/fruitsalt to the batter and mix it well.Now pour the batter to a cake pan/dhokla stand.We can also use the plate which we get with the cooker.Either u can use cooker or a flat pan to steam this dhokla .The cakepan/plate should be greased before pouring the batter to it.
If u are using a cooker dont put the whistle,add little water ,place the vessel,close the lid and cook it for 10 minutes.Same in the case of flat pan,once the water is boiled place the cakepan ,close the lid and steam for 10 minutes.
Once it is steamed if we put a fork into this and if it comes out dry ,then our dhokla is ready.Allow it to cool for sometime.In mean time add oil to a pan ,when the oil is hot add mustard seeds,followed by green chillis and curry leaves.saute it well,our seasoning is ready .
Now tranfer the dhokla into another plate and cut them into diamond shapes..Now decorate the dhoklas with our seasoning..
Its one of my favorite gujarathi snack..u can serve this yummy snack with mint chutney...
**********************************
Potato Bajji
Potato(Thinly sliced) : 1 no:(big size)/2 no:(Medium size)
Besan Flour : 1 cup
Red chillipowder : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Hing powder : a pinch
Baking soda : 1/2 tsp
Oil :as reqd for frying
Salt : as reqd
Water : as reqd
Method:
In a bowl mix besan,redchiilipowder,turmericpowder,hingpowder baking soda and salt..add water little by little and make a thick batter out of it..
keep it aside for 15minutes.
In a kadai add oil for frying..heat should be in medium flame..Once the oil is hot(we can check this by dipping a small amount of batter into the oil,if it is coming up,then the oil is ready) dip the thinly sliced potatoes one by one into the batter(potatoes must be thickly coated with the batter) and put it into the hot oil.
Deep fry it in low flame.Otherwise the potatoes will not be cooked properly.Deep fry each potatoes like this ..Bhajis should be in golden brown color when we are removing from the kadai...
