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Showing posts with label Crisp Deep fried. Show all posts

Potato Canapes

Monday, March 22, 2010 0 comments

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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Chakli or Janthikalu

Friday, March 5, 2010 3 comments

Chakli or Janthikalu in Telugu is a very common crispy snack made in South and Western parts of India.Its made with rice flour and lentil or pulse flours in a variety of ways. Different combinations are used and spices are used according to one's taste.A special mettalic device with moulds is used to make these. Its called a chakli mould. One kind somewhat looks like an icing gun. Here I have used roasted bengal gram dhal or chutney dhal or putnala pappu powder with rice flour.




































































Ingredients Quantity
Rice Flour 4 cups
Roasted Bengal Gram Dhal Powder 1 cup
Butter 1½ tbsps
Asafoetida (Hing - Optional) a pinch
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Celery Seeds (Ajwain) ½ tsp
Red Chilly Powder 1½ tsps
Turmeric Powder ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Water to make dough


Method

  1. Sieve the rice flour and roasted gram powder in a bowl.

  2. Add to this mixture,salt, asofoetida,red chilly powder,cumin seeds,celery seeds,turmeric powder and mix them throughly.

  3. Then add the butter(brought to room temperature) and mix.Add enough water to make a soft and pliable dough. Do not make it too soft. It will absorb more oil.

  4. Heat oil for deep frying in a pan.Take the mould to make these chaklis and place a ball of this dough and press this down into the hot oil to make circles or just pieces and fry them till they are golden brown.

  5. These can be stored for a long time in an airtight jar or tin. Children will love them!


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