Ponganalu

Ponganalu is very tast snack.I have learnt this from my Mom-Inlaw.It can be made either with dosa batter or idly batter. I usually make ponganalu with idly batter.Idly is like a boon to us.With Idly batter one can make many tiffins.
1. Idly
2. Idly Upma
3. Ponganalu
4. Uttapam

This is how Ponganalu pan/Skillet looks like



Once the batter is ready i use it for 4 days in my house.Preparing different items,everyone is happy!!!.Its easily comes to 2-4days.It depends on the quantity though.

There is no precise amounts of ingredients.It all depends on the quantity of batter you take.

Procedure for the batter:

Take the idly batter add salt,pinch turmeric,cumin seeds,finely chopped onions,finely sliced green chillies,finely chopped coriander,grated carrot peas,grates fresh coconut,.You can add any kind of vegetables.Even grated coconut gives good taste.
Mix all the ingredients and keep aside.

Ponganalu Batter




1. Heat oil in the ponganalu pan,




2. Pour the batter in the ponganalu pan/skillet



3. Cover it with a lid for 2-3mins.
4. Turn one and see, if it is golden brown then turn all of them to the other side.
and let it be on medium flame for about 3-4mins.



5. Hot and spicy ponganalu are ready to eat.


* You can have it with coconut chutney or any other chutneys according to your taste.
* You can also add tadka or popu to the batter.
* You can add grated vegetables like cabbage, capsicum,carrot.It depends on what u like to add

Dahi Vada

Dahi vada was on my to-do list for a very long time.Just got the thought of making and here they are yum yum dahi vadas ready.Very very easy to make.If i can do it i bet anybody can do it :). I have gone through websites which helped me in making the shape and importantly a hole in the vada. Thanks a lot to the video that helped me. So get going and treat your loved ones.

Ingredients :

1. Urad dal - 1
2. Curd - 500gms
3. oil - Sufficient amount to deep fry vadas
4. Mustard powder - 1tsp
5. Grated Ginger - 1tsp
6. Mustard seeds - 1tsp
7. coriander leaves - 2 tbsp






1 Take 1 cup of minapappu/urad dal and soak for 3-4 hours
2. Make a batter.Batter must be thick
3. Add little salt to the batter.
4. If you take a spoon and try to drop the batter, it should fall down but
slowly.That should be the consistency
5. Take a pan and take sufficient oil to deep fry the vadas.
6. Take a plastic cover, apply some water,and wet your hands too so that the batter
dont stick to your hands.
7. With a spoon drop small lump on the cover.Now with wet hands.pat it slightly and
make hole in the middle.
8. Lift the vada from the cover.
9. Slighlty drop it in your hands and slide into the oil.
10. Since you apply water to the cover it easily comes to your hand.
since your hands are wet, it easily skids into the oil.
11. Huh!!your job of dropping the vada is done.
12. Now in the medium flame fry the vadas on 2 sides till it is golden color
take the vadas immerse in water for 2mins
13. Take it out and sqeeze water from the vada and keep it aside

For dahi :
14. Take 500gm of curd dilute it to an extent, add coriander,ginger grated,salt,1
spoon mustard powder and salt.
15. Keep the vadas in a bowl and pour curd.
add popu/tadka whenever you eat.

Mindblowing Chilled Dahi Vadas are ready to gulp

Aloo Bread Toast

Kirshna loves Bread Toast and was asking for it for a long time.Finally today was the day.The toaster is a metallic one not the normal electric one. I was kind of worried whether it will come out good or not.So tried it and wow!!! it came out good for the first time. Ofcourse the first one was a mess :).Try this out, with a little effort you can see smile on your kids faces.

Main Ingredients :

1. 2 bread slices
2. Stuff to fill the bread
(stuff may be anything.Here i am using aloo stuff


How to prepare the stuff :

For the stuff you need the following Ingredients :

1. Potatoes medium - 1
2. Onion Medium sized chopped vertically - 1
3. Curry Leaves -tbsp
4. Coriander chopped finely - 1tbsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Green chillies finely chopped 3
7. Peas - 2 tbsp
8. Oil - 1tbsp
9. Mustard seeds - 1tsp
10 Turmeric powder - 1tsp
11 pinch of hing

How to prepare :

1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, when they splutter add turmeric hing
followed by green chillies and curry leaves.
2. Fry for a minute and add onions,peas, add salt to it and sprinkle some water and
close it with a lid for say 2 minutes.
3. onions get cooked then add boiled ,peeled and smashed potatoes mix it properly and
sprinkle coriander leaves.
(you can make your won version by adding different spices like dhaniya powder, chat
masala or red chilli powder).Aloo stuff is ready.


Aloo Stuff
4. Apply little oil on either side of the toaster.
5. Take the metallic toaster and place the 2 bread slices with stuff on one side of
the bread.
(Many of them have electric toaster you can use them or you can fry it on a pan
with little oil)



6. While placing the stuff be little careful.
7. see that appropriate amount of aloo stuff is placed so that it wont come out while
closing the toaster.
8. Now close it and place it on the medium flame exactly 11/2 minutes on each side,
making total time to 3 minutes.


9. Hot Aloo bread toast is ready to be grabbed.Have it with Tomato or chilli sauce.




Note
1.Electric Toaster or frying pan can be used.
2.variations ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED
3.Any kind of vegetable can be used as per your wish
* Kids Just love eating such kind of food.

Pav Bhaji

While shopping in one of the stores I came across pav buns. Then a thought came to my mind why not pav bhaji. Pav bhaji is one of the loved chats of our country. One of my friends prepared this dish long time back which really tasted good. So I got some help from her and also through some of the sites , tadaaaan….Pav Bhaji is ready. I did it with the vegetables which were available that time. When can use any vegetables.Mostly used are potatoes, peas, beans,capcium, cauliflower, carrots. Lets don’t waste time and learn how to make it!!!

Ingredients :
• 6-8 pavs (available in any store)
• 2 cups boiled vegetables(potatoes,carrots,cauliflower ,beans)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp pav bhaji masala (available in stores with the name Everest Pav bhaji Masala)
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 ½ cup tomato paste
• 2 medium onions finely chopped
• 3 tbsp oil
• ½ cup coriander leaves finely chopped
• 1 lemon
. 1 tsp turmeric


Bhaji


Pav Bhaji

How to prepare :
1. Boil all the vegetable and mash them and keep it aside
2. Heat oil in the pan ,add ginger garlic paste and fry for a 1 minute till the raw
smell is gone
3. Next add finely chopped onions and fry them till translucent
4. Then goes tomato paste with salt,chilli powder and pav bhaji masala,turmeric.
5. Mix all the ingredients with some water and allow it to cook for 4-5 minutes.
6. Between stir the mixture so that it wont get burnt at the bottom
7. Add boiled vegetables to it and stir it continuously for 5 minutes
8. Now add chopped coriander leaves and our pav bhaji is done
9. HMMM entire house is filled with beautiful aroma of the spices.
10. Cut the pavs in between and apply butter and fry them on a pan for 1minute
11. Like a burger, you can stuff it in between or take it in a bowl with some lemon
juice and chopped onions. Fantastic taste…you should definitely try this.

Aloo Paratha

I experimented aloo paratha for the first time. First paratha was a disaster but the second, third had turned out so well that I very much surprised, ofcourse taste was good too. Krish has liked it.

Ingredients :

1.Aloo - 2, medium sized, Boiled,peeled and smashed
2.Green chillies – 2,finely chopped
3.Onion - 1 finely chopped
4.Cilantro – ½ bunch
5.Salt – as per taste
6.chilly powder – as per taste
7.garam masal – ½ tsp
8.oil – 1tbsp
9.2 cups of wheat flour



How to prepare the aloo stuff

To the smashed potatoes add ½ tsp salt,1/2 tsp chilly powder and ½ tbsp garam masala. Mix it properly.



How to make Parathas

1. Take oil in pan and fry green chillies and onions till they turn golden brown
2. Add Aloo mixture to it and mix it properly
3. Add chopped cilantro and fry for 5- 6 min and keep it aside to cool
4. Mix water and wheat flour with salt and knead to make a smooth dough
5. Keep it for ½ hour
6. Make small ball out of dough and place the aloo stuff in the center.
7. Draw the edges towards the center to cover the mixture
8. Press the resulting dough gently and dust it with flour
9. Make it as a roti and place it on a preheated pan
10.After few min reveres the side of paratha after golden brown patches appear on
first side
11.Sprinkle some oil and then flip again
12.Cook till it is properly done
13.Hot Paratha is served with curd or chutneys

Sprouts

• 1 cup of (100 gms) of sprouts
• 1 Onion
• 3 Green chilies
• 1 Tomato
• Lemon
• Coriander leaves

Procedure
Finely chop onions and tomatoes

1. Take oil (1/2 tsp) in a pan
2. Season it with mustard and a pinch of hing
3. When mustard starts to crackle add sprouts to the oil
4. Add little bit of salt to the mixture
5. Stir it for 5 minutes on low flame

Serve it in a bowl with Onions, tomatoes and coriander

Now a spicy yummy sprouts snack is ready to eat.
A very easy and healthy food for a quick and tasty snack.