Potato Canapes

This recipe is a typical Indian recipe like you have in a samosa.Since this is a fried recipe watch out for the calories. But once in a while ou can binge on these instead of samosas,try them!

Ingredients	Quantity
Canapes	6
Boiled and Mashed Potatoes	¾ cup
Chopped Onions	1 tbsp
Peas	2 tbsps
Cumin Seeds	1 tsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves	2 tbsps
Ginger Garlic Paste	½ tsp
Red Chilly Powder	½ tsp
Turmeric Powder	¼ tsp
Garam Masala Powder	½ tsp
Gram Flour (Besan)	3 btsps
Salt	to taste
Water	to make batter
Oil	for deep frying

Method

1. Take a pan and add one teaspoon of oil and heat it.Add cumin seeds and fry them.


2. Add the onions and ginger garlic paste and fry till light brown in colour.


3. Add the peas, turmeric powder,salt, red chilly powder and garam masala powder and mix.


4. Then add the mashed potato and a tablespoon of coriander leaves and mix well.Save the rest of the coriander leaves for garnishing.


5. Cook for a few minutes till all the ingredients are mixed well.


6. Take it out from the heat and cool it slightly.


7. Make a thick batter with gram flour,water and salt.


8. Heat oil for deep frying in a pan.


9. Take each canape and fill it up with the potato mixture and seal it with a spoon or more of the gram flour batter over it so that the filling does not fall out.


10. When all the canapes are ready with the filling,put each canape into the hot oil carefully with the gram flour side down first and fry till golden brown. Turn the side fry the other side and remove from the oil and drain them on a paper towel to remove extra oil.


11. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve it hot with green or tamarind chutney or even with tomato ketchup.

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Sweet Potato Gulab Jamuns

Gulab jamun is a favourite dish with most. But there are a few who cannot tolerate/digest casein or milk protein and gluten present in traditional Gulab Jamuns. Why should these people be deprived of this delicious dessert? So this recipe came to my mind, which is made with sweet potato and rajgira flour. Sweet potato is easily available and the same with rajgira flour.

Rajgira flour is made from the seeds of Amaranth or Amaranthus. This contains no gluten and is used in baking cakes and breads and for making pastas. Somebody called it 'pseudo grain flour'. When I made it, my granddaughter loved it and wanted more. That made my day! So you can try it too!

Ingredients	Quantity
Sweet Potato (Boiled and Mashed)	1 ½ cups
Rajgira Flour (Amaranth Seed Flour)	3 tbsps
Sugar	2 cups
Water	1 ¾ cups
Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)	1 tsp
Saffron (Kesar)	few strings
Rose Water	a few drops
Pistachios	a few
Oil	for deep frying

Method

1. Take a bowl and combine boiled and mashed sweet potatoes and ragira flour to make a dough.It should not be very soft but firm. If soft a little more of rajgira flour can be added but not too much. The gulab jamuns may become too hard if too much rajgira flour is added.


2. Make about thirty to thirty two balls with the mixture and keep it aside.


3. Make a syrup with sugar and water by boiling it together.Add saffron and cardamom powder to it and remove from the heat. But keep the syrup warm.


4. Take oil for deep frying in a pan and fry these gulab jamuns four or five at a time on low heat till they are golden brown and not dark brown.


5. Put these balls directly into the warm syrup and let them soak for ten minutes.


6. Sprinkle a few drops of rose water and finely chopped pistachios and serve.

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Stuffed Coconut Dessert

Ingredients:

• Plain flour                                                           1/2 cup
• Salt                                                                        a pinch
• Oil                                                                          for deep frying

For the filling:

• Grated Coconut                                                     1/2 cup
• Brown Sugar/Jaggery                                          1/4 cup
• Cardamom Powder                                               1/4 tsp

For the Topping:

• Honey                                                                      1 tablespoon
• Chopped Nuts/Dryfruits                                     As per desire
• Vanilla Ice Cream                                                 6 scoops

Method To Prepare The Filling:

1. Take jaggery or brown sugar in a pan and add a tablespoon of water and cook till it becomes a thick syrup on low flame.
2. Add the grated coconut and cardamom powder and mix it in
3. Cook till it thickens, stirring occasionally.
4. Cool this mixture

Method To Prepare Stuffed Coconut Dessert:

1. Make a stiff dough with plain flour, salt and water, and keep it aside.
2. Divide the dough into six balls.
3. Roll out each ball into circles.
4. Place a tablespoon of coconut filling in the centre of the circle and cover the mixture with a half-fold of the dough circle and shape them into long pieces which are well sealed.
5. Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
6. Fry the long stuffed pieces in the oil till they are light brown and crispy.
7. To serve, place one fried piece on a plate and a scoop of ice cream and drizzle a little of honey on this. Chopped nuts can also be sprinkled on this.

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