MASALA VADA RECIPE

Masala vada is a very popular south Indian dish. It is mostly served in breakfast or as tea time snack. Masala vada is also a street food in Andhra and tamilnadu. They tastes so good. Crispy exterior and soft interior. I serve them with idly, lemon rice and dosa. We also make vada curry by using these vada. Will share that recipe some day.

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Makes 10 to 12 vadas.

Ingredients  :

Pachhi sanagapappu/chana dal/Bengal gram : 1 cup

Chopped medium onion : 1

Chopped green chillies : 2

Chopped curry leaves : 2  strings

Chopped coriander leaves : 2 table spoons

Ginger garlic paste : 1 tea spoon

Garam masala powder : 3/4 tea spoon

Salt to taste

Cooking soda : 1 pinch

Oil for deep frying

Method :

Soak dal for 3 to 4 hours and wash it well and drain the water.

Now take dal in to a blender,add ginger garlic paste,salt, cooking soda,garam masala powder.

Now blend it coarsely without adding water. (Just pulse it for few seconds)

Now take this mixture into a bowl and add remaining ingredients and mix it well.

Now take some portion of vada mixture, press it with your both hands gently and give a vada shape as shown in pic and drop them in hot oil.

Fry until they changes into golden color and take into a plate and serve.

Pictorial :

Soak dal for few hours and wash it thoroughly and drain the water

Now take dal in a blender,add ginger garlic paste,garam masala,salt and cooking soda

Blend it coarsely without adding water

Now take this vada mixture into a bowl,add onions and chillies

Add curry leaves and coriander leaves

Mix it well

Give it a vada shape

Drop them in hot oil

Fry on both sides until they changes into golden color

Take them into a plate

Serve hot

SOYA KHEEMA BALLS RECIPE/SOYA CHUNKS PAKODA RECIPE

Climate is very cool here in nellore after so many months. Also it's raining here from 3 days. Yes, it's a rainy season for us now and I'm enjoying these rainy days a lot. Because November,December and January are my favorite months.  because it's winter time. So, I wanted to make some new and hot dishes for my kids to enjoy these rainy days. I can have only one piece because of my diet.

          I prepared these tasty soya kheema balls couple of days back and tasted so good.I fried them in two ways like pakoda and balls. Both ways tasted yum. So I named them as pakoda and balls. Ingredients also so simple and easily available. I hope you will give this a try and let me know how they turned.

Servings : 2 to 3 persons

My 1 cup measures 200ml

Ingredients :

Soya chunks : 1 cup

Gram flour/Besan : 1/4 cup

Rice flour : 1/4 cup

Medium chopped onion : 1

Chopped Chopped leaves : 2 table spoons

Chopped curry leaves : 2 strings

Coriander powder : 1 tea spoon

Chilly powder : 1 tea spoon

Salt to taste

Ginger garlic paste : 1 tea spoon

Garam masala powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Oil for deep frying

Method :

First cook soya chunks as shown Here.

Now take them into a blender and blend it coarsely without adding water.

Now take soya kheema is ready. Take it into a bowl and add all ingredients and mix it well.

Now roll them into small balls and drop them into hot oil and fry until they changes into golden and serve.

Pictorial :

Cook soya chunks as shown here

Take them into a blender

Blend it coarsely

Take this soya kheema into a bowl,add gram flour

Add rice flour

Add chilly,coriander and Garam masala powders

Add ginger garlic paste

Add coriander and curry leaves

Add onions

Mix it well

And just drop in hot oil as pakoda

Fry until they changes into golden color

Or roll them into balls

Drop them in hot oil

Fry until they changes into golden color

Take into a plate

Serve hot.

POTATO WEDGES RECIPE

Potato wedges of potatoes often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. Today I'm going to share fried version.They are crispy from outside and soft from inside. I can say these are perfect for tea time or can be served as starters.I served them with my homemade mayo and tomato ketchup and they were so tasty. These potato wedges are seasoned with a variety of herbs and spices.this is very easy and quick recipe,so, give it a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

Medium to large potatoes : 5

Corn flour : 1/4 cup

Chilly flakes : 1 tea spoon

Salt to taste

Pepper powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Mixed herbs : 1 1/2 tea spoons (I used thyme,oregano, rosemary,parsley,each 1/3 tea spoon)

Oil for deep frying

Method :

Wash potatoes well and cut them into wedges.

Now boil water in a vessel and add salt, now add potato wedges to boiling water.cook until potatoes are 50% done.

Now immediately drain the water and take into a bowl. Let them cool for some time.

Now take corn flour in a bowl, add all spices and herbs, mix it well and add it to half boiled potatoes and mix it well.

Now take them into zip lock bag and freeze it for 4 hours.

Now fry them in very hot oil carefully. Fry until they changes into golden color and serve hot.

Pictorial :

Wash potatoes well

Cut them into wedges

Take water in a vessel and add salt

Let it boil

Add potatoes to boiling water

Cook until 50% done

Drain the water and let them cool for some time

Now take corn flour in a bowl,add herbs

Add chilly flakes,pepper powder,salt

Mix it well

Add to boiled potatoes

Mix it well

Take them. Into zip lock bag and freeze it for 4 hours

Now drop them in hot oil

Fry until they changes into golden color

Take them into a plate

Serve