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Healthy food

(157)Besan Chila

Eggless Omlette

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Besan( Bengal gram dal flour).
  • ¾ cup water.
  • ½ cup finely chopped vegetables (Onions, tomatoes, coriander).
  • 1 tsp. ginger chilli paste.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 ¼ tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. backing Powder.

Method

  1. Finely chop coriander leaves , tomatoes, onions and keep aside.
  2. In big mixing bowl mix chopped veges and besan.
  3. Mix all spices and adjust the consistency by adding water. Taste the batter before any further process.
  4. Keep aside for 10 minutes .
  5. Heat nonstick tawa, pour ¾ cup batter and spread evenly ¼ cms. thick in circular motion.
  6. Pour melted butter at the periphery and ½ tsp. butter at the top of chila.
  7. Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes or till it is golden brown.
  8. Flip the side of r1 chila, close the lid and again cook for 2 minutes.
  9. Enjoy besan chila or eggless Omlette with bread , tomato sauce, green chutney or with Golkeri or amla murabba or as you wish
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Fried Foods Healthy junk fóod

(124) Kanda na Bhajiya

Ingredients

  • 4 medium size Onions.
  • ¼ cup rice flour.
  • 1- 2 cups besan depends on the quality of onion.If onion is fresh and juicy then require more besan compare to old and desiccated onion.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Red chili powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander-Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 2 tbsp. Finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 2 Green chilies finely chopped (optional)
  • ½ tsp. whole coriander seeds.
  • Groundnut oil for frying.

Method

  1. Cut onions into long slices.
  2. Marinate cut onion with salt . Knead onion for 1 minute . Keep aside for 10 minutes. Water release from onion.
  3. Coarse ground coriander seeds with the help of your two palms.
  4. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly with onions.
  5. Add besan as well as rice flour and mix lightly in onions with the help of your fingers.
  6. Heat oil in kadhai for frying.
  7. Fry kanda bhaji in oil.
  8. Serve kanda bhaji with 2 slices of bread or with pav and Green Chutney,Red Chutney, Garlic Chutney.
Kanda mixed with besan and masala
Making of kanda bhaji.
Kanda bhaji.
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chutney Quick Cooking Tips

(18)Sweet chutney

Red chutney, Khajur Amli chutney

Ingredients

  • 500 gms. Red Dates.( lal khajur)
  • 100 gms. Tamarind (Imli)
  • 250 gms. Jaggery (Gud)
  • 2 tbsp. Salt.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida (Hing).
  • 2 tbsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • 2 tbsp. Red chilli powder.

Method:

1) Wash khajoor and imli

2) In steel vessel add all ingredients and 2 bowl (200 ml) water and pressure cook upto 4 whistles

3) After cooker cools down, deseed khajoor and imli.

4) Transfer all the ingredients in grinder and make a smooth paste of pouring consistency. Strain this mixture with the help of strainer.

5) Boil this chutney mixture for 5 mins.stir continuously.

6) After tasting chutney ,bottle it in air tight container or make a cubes in pop up ice tray.

7) If you keep in fridge, chutney will taste good upto 1 month. Chutney cubes in freezer lasts for 3 months.

8) Enjoy your sweet chutney with chats,vada,pakoda,chilla etc.

sweet chutney

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(17) Green Chutney

Ingredients

  • 5 cups washed,finely chopped coriander.
  • 5 green chillies. If you want more spicy then add more chillies.
  • 1cup washed mint leaves
  • 2tbsp.bhuna channa dal( roasted gram) or khara singdana ( roasted salty peanuts) if you want to use with farali dish.
  • 3 tbsp. lemon juice.
  • Salt to taste.
  • 1 tsp. sugar.

Method:

1)In a mixture jar grind bhuna chana dal and keep aside.

2) In jar add all ingredients except bhuna chana dal pd. and make a smooth paste by adding 100 ml. chilled water.

3) Now mix bhuna chana pd. and again churn the paste one more time.

4) Green chutney is ready,taste it once and now fill pop up ice tray with chutney. Freeze it for 8-10 hrs.

5) Unmould chutney cubes and keep it in air tight container and again freeze it.

6) Use these chutney cubes by defrosting whenever you needed

7) Enjoy you green chutney in sandwiches,vada,pakoda,with main course etc.

8) Please be quick during unmoulding .

Chutney cubes

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