Onion Pakoda ( healthy version)

Ingredients:-

Onions:-250 g

Yellow Gram Flour:-100g

Red chili powder: - 4 teaspoons

Turmeric:-1 teaspoons

Salt to taste

Curry leaves

Eggs: 2 (optional)

Method:-

1) Bring all the Ingredients together & mix it well.

2)  Now make flat patties out of this mixture.

3)  Heat 1 table spoon of oil in a non stick pan & place the Patties on the pan, fry them till edges become golden brown & turn sides, continue to fry till done under law flame. 

4) pakodas should turn out crispy.

Roti with spicy onion(Lunumiris) (srilankan way )

Ingredients for roti :-

American flour-250g         

1cup of water

Salt

Grated coconut-100g

Method for roti:-

1) Mix all the ingredients together by adding water little by little. Knead the dough until it becomes soft ball. The dough should not be sticky. To avoid  this from happening you should add water little by little. In that you can come to know when to stop adding more water. 

2) Using a rolling pin roll the ball in to medium size circles.

3) Finally roast them in a pan both the sides to crispy texture.

Ingredients for spicy onion :-

2 big red onions

5 Whole red chilli

Salt to taste

Lemon-2 tea spoons

Method for spicy onion (Lunumiris):-

1) Soak whole chili in the water for 10 minutes.

2) Now put it in the grinder alone with other ingredients that i have mentioned in the recipe except lemon.

3) Grind all the ingredients in to a coarse paste for 30 seconds.

4) Finally take out the mixture & add lemon & taste with roti. This goes well with rice cake (Kiribath) too.

Bread rolls

Ingredients:-    

For the filling:-

Boiled & mashed potato-250g

Boiled & mashed Carrot-150g

French beans-50g

Chopped onion- 1 cup

Chopped tomato-1 cup

Chopped green chilies-3

Coriander powder-1 tea spoon

Cumin powder-1/2 tea spoon

Garam masala powder-1/2 tea spoon (optional)

Chili powder-1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon

Salt to taste

Oil to stir fry

Ingredients for the cover:-

15 pieces of fresh bread

Method for the filling:-

1) Heat oil in a pan & throw chopped onions & stir fry them until onions become translucent.

2) Now add chopped tomato & green chilies in there. Fry till oil come out from the mixture.

3) Now add chopped beans & continue to fry for about 5 more minutes.

Then add all the curry powders that I have mention in the “Ingredients for the filling”.

4) Now fry this about ½ minute & throw mashed potato & carrot. Fry this about 5 minutes while staring it thoroughly.

5) Turn off the stove & allow it cool.

Method for Bread rolls:-

1) Take one bread piece and dip it in a water bowl & immediately take it out & squeeze out the water.

2) Now place spoon full of mixture on the middle of the bread piece &overlap one side over the other.

3) Now seal the edges tightly. Likewise make bread rolls using other bread pieces too.

4) Keep them in the refrigerator for about 1 hour & deep fry them until they become golden brown.

5) Serve them with tomato hot & sour source or your favorite source.

Masala Dosa

Masala dosa is made up with the same dosa batter that I have written before. The only deference is you need to stuff your dosa with potato mixture. Follow the “dosa”recipe for the dosa.

Ingredients for stuffing:-

Boiled & smashed potato-2 cups

Mustard seeds-2 tea spoons

Curry leaves -7

Channa dhal-2 tea spoons

Whole red chili-3

Oil to fry

Red chili powder- 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoons

Salt to taste

Method:-

1)   Heat oil in a pan.

2)   Throw mustard seeds & channa dhal in there.

3)   Now throw whole red chili crushed in to pieces & fry them until they get roasted.

4)   Now add curry leaves & fry for another few seconds.

5)   Add turmeric powder & chili powder now &  stir it.

6)   Add  potato mixture soon after you add curry powders & stir fry until oil come out from the mixture.

7)   Now make dosa as per my  previous direction of dosa making & stuff the dosa with a big spoon of potato mixture & roll it.

8)   Served it with coconut chutney that I have written under snacks section.

** If you wish to apply some red chill paste over dosa's you can grind soaked red chili , salt, garlic , ginger in to a paste & fry it in a little oil until oil separates from the mixture. Before you stuff your dosas with the potato mixture you can apply this paste over the dosa. It is improve the taste of dosa. 

Dosa

Ingredients:-

Urad dhal(Black gram)-1 cup

Raw rice-2 cups

Salt to taste

Channa dhal-1/4 cup

Fenugreek seeds-1 tea spoons

Water as required

Oil as required

Method:-

1) Take a bowl & add channa dhal,urad dhal (black gram),rice,fenugreek seeds. Wash it & soak it for 4-6 hours.

2) Grind it in to a slightly course paste. Do not over grind it if you wish to get crispy texture. Do not add too much water to grind. Your paste should be neither too thick nor too thin.

3) Allow it for fermentation overnight.

4) Finally add salt as per the taste & cook it in a non stick pan adding little oil or ghee.

5) To do this heats your pan first.

6) Add tea spoon of oil on the pan & even spread it over the pan.

7) Now take medium spoon of batter & pour the batter on the pan using same spoon you can spread it like a circle.

8) when one side cooked turn the other side & cook it using little oil.

Medu vada (Uludu vade) recipe

Ingredients:-

Oil to fry

Cumin seeds- 1 tea sppon    

Hing (Asafetida) -1 tea spoon

1 Chopped Onions

Pepper powder 2 tea spoons or whole pepper 3 tea spoon

Urad dhal (Uludu ata) -200g

Method:-

1) Soak urad dhal (black gram)over night.

2) Grind it in to a course paste without adding extra water.

3) Heat oil in  a pan.

4) Add cumin seeds,hing(asafetida),pepper & onion. Stir fry them until onion become translucent.

5) Now allow this to cool & add the mixture in to grinded urad dhal (black gram) dough alone with coriander leaves.

6) Now make donuts out of this & deep fry them until they become golden brown.

7) Serve with coconut chutney that I have written in the snakes section.

* Most importantly you should not add water to grind the urad dhal(black gram ). If you do so you would not be able to get the exact shape & texture.

Fried potato balls(Ala bola)

Ingredients:-

Boiled & mashed potatoes 250g

Coriander leaves

Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon

Finely chopped green chilies-4

Coriander powder-1/2 tea spoon

A pinch of jeera powder(Cumin powder)

Chopped onions            

Oil to fry              

Ingredients for the cover:-

Basan powder (Chick pee powder)-200g

Turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon

Salt to taste

A pinch of baking powder

Water

Method:-

1) Heat oil in a pan & add onion & stir fry them until translucent.

2) Now add turmeric,coriander,Jeera powder & continue to cook for a 30 seconds.

3) Now add the boiled & mashed potatoes & mix well.

4) Continue to cook this mixture for about 6-7 minutes.

5) Now turn off the stove & allow it to cool.

6) Mix all the ingredients together under ingredients for batter section.

7) Allow it to rest for 10 minutes.

8) Now make a thick batter by adding water little by little.

9) Make small balls out of potato mixture.

10) Dip the potato balls in the batter.

11) Deep fry them until they become golden brown under medium flame.

A Chutney that goes well with the potato balls

Ingredients:-

2 hands full of curry leaves

1 hand full of coriander leaves

1 tea spoon mango powder or small piece of raw mango

7 Green chilies

Salt to taste

3 table spoons of coconut

½ chopped onions

Method:-

1) Grind all the ingredients together.
2)Heat oil in a pan & crackle some mustard seeds in it & then add grounded mixture.
3)Stir it constantly for about 4-5 minutes.
4) Turn off the fire.