Salt Biscuits

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 lb(1/2 kg)
Crisco Butter- 1/4 kg
Sugar - 50 gms(powdered)
Salt - 2 tsp
Ajwain(vamu) seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp

Preparation:

1.Mix maida and dalda in a bowl like bread powder(crumbs).
2.Add sugar powder,salt,ajwain seeds,cumin powder and water required for preparing dough.Knead the dough and keep it in a air tight container for 30 minutes.
3.Make small balls out of the dough and press them like small biscuits of same size.
4.Preheat the oven to 350F for 10 minutes.
5.Bake the biscuits in the oven for 20 minutes.

    Now Salt biscuits are ready.Serve as snack.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Poha Upma(Atukula Upma)

Ingredients:

Poha(Atukulu) - 2 cups
1 medium size onion finely chopped
Green chilli - 3(slitted)
Peanuts - 12
Cashews - 1 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt as required

Preparation:

1.Heat oil in kadai add mustard seeds.When mustard seeds start spluttering,add peanuts,chana dal,urad dal and curry leaves.
2.Add slitted green chillis,chopped onion,turmeric powder and saute till the onions are soft.
3.While the onion is cokking take the poha under the cold water and rinse it twice, put it immediately in the sieve to drain water.
4.Add poha immediately to the fried mixture and add salt as per ur taste.Cook it on medium flame for 5 minutes
5.Add lemon juice once it is completely done.

     Garnish it with chopped coriander before serving.It is great as evening snack.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Bellam Dosa(Jaggery Dosa)

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup(powdered)
Cardamom powder - 1 pinch
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Water as required for making batter(1 to 1 1/2 cup)
Preparation:

1.Melt jaggery in the luke warm water.
2.Add wheat flour gradually to the jaggery water and whisk till the batter becomes moistened.
3.Add cardamom powder and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
4.Heat nonstick flat pan and pour spoonful of batter on it.Spread the batter with back side of spoon to round shape.
5.Dribble a little bit of ghee on the edges.Cook on low flame because jaggery burns out quickly.
6.Flip on the other side and again pour ghee.Cook till it is completely done.
  
     Now bellam dosa is ready.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Banana biscuits

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Ripe Banana - 1/2
Water - 3 tsp
Clarified Butter - 2 tsp
Elachi powder - 1 tsp
Oil or ghee for deep frying

Preparation:

1.Mix all the ingredients in a bowl like chapathi dough.Knead the dough for 10 minutes.
2.Make small size balls out of the dough .
3.Grease the plastic paper with ghee and press the balls like small puris.
4.Heat oil or ghee in a pan and fry the biscuits till golden brown when the oil is hot enough for deep frying.
5.Place them on the tissue paper to absorb excess oil.

     Now tasty and healthy banana biscuits is ready for serving.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Poha laddu(Atukula Laddu)

Ingredients:

Poha - 250gms
Jaggery - 250 gms(grated)
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Cardamom(elaichi) powder - 1 tsp
Cashews - 20
Raisins - 20
Ghee - 4 tbsp
Milk - 1/2 cup

Preparation:

1.In a sauce pan ,dry roast the poha untill it is crispy and grind it to fine powder.
2.Roast the cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside.
3.Heat the milk in a pan then add grated jaggery.Cook till jaggery completely dissolves in the milk.Add elachi powder before taking off from the heat.
4.Add jaggery syrup,grated coconut to the grinded poha and mix well.
5.Make laddus out of the poha mix and garnish each with roasted cashews and raisins.

    Now Poha laddu is ready for serving.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Fried Egg Kofta

Ingredients:

Eggs - 5
Salt - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Ingredients for making Kofta:

Potatoes - 4(boiled and mashed to fine paste)
Carrots - 2(grated)
Beans - 15(finely chopped)
Ginger - 1" piece(minced)
Onion -1(finely chopped)
Lemon - 1(squeeze the lemon juice out of it and keep aside)
Green chilli - 4(chopped)
Corn flour - 1 cup
Salt as required
Oil for deep frying

For making Kofta:

1.Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan then add chopped onions,minced garlic,green chilli pieces and fry till onion turns golden brown.
2.Add grated carrot,chopped beans and fry for 3 minutes then add mashed potato,lemon juice and salt to it.Mix well and make small size rounds out of it.
3.Dip the balls in the corn flour so that they are nicely coated with corn flour and deep fry them till they turns golden brown.
4.Place them over the tissue paper so that it absorbs excess oil.

Preparation:

1.Whisk eggs,salt and pepper powder in a bowl(u can do this by hand or by an electronic mixer).
2.Heat 2 tbsps of oil in a pan then add spoonful of beaten eggs and place the kofta over it.Turn the egg mixture that comes out of the kofta towards it(or dip the koftas in beaten eggs and  fry them).Do the same procedure for all koftas.

      Garnish it with chopped coriander and serve it as evening snack.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Pappu chekkalu(Uppu chekkalu)

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 4 cups
Moong dal or Chana dal - 1/2 cup(soaked)
Roasted peanuts powder - 2 tbsp
Onion -1(chopped lengthwise)
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 5
Ginger - 1"
Garlic - 4 pods
Salt to taste
Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp(optional)
Baking soda - 1 pinch
Oil for deep frying
Curry leaves(chopped)

Preparation:

1.Grind green chilli,ginger and garlic to smooth paste.
2.In a bowl mix rice flour,sesame seeds,cumin seeds,salt,roasted peanuts powder,grounded paste,soaked dal,chopped onion,curry leaves,baking soda with 1 1/2 cups of water to make dough.
3.Take lemon size balls out of the dough and press them with hand to size of desired(make the chekkalu on plastic paper or ziploc)
4.Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan,slide the chekkalu into oil when the oil is hot and fry till golden brown.
5.Remove and keep them on tissue paper to absorb excessoil.Allow them to cool  to become crispy and store it in air tight container.

      Serve it as evening snack.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Maida chips

  Maida flour is a finely-milled wheat flour used to make a wide variety of Indian breads such as paratha and naan. Maida is widely used not only in Indian cuisine but also in Central Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine

Ingredients:

Maida(All purpose flour) -1 cup
Chilli powder -1 tsp(Adjust as per ur taste)
Salt as required
Butter -2 tsp
Hing -1 pinch
Curry leaves -few(chopped finely)
Baking soda -1 pinch
Oil for deep frying

Preparation:

1.Sift the maida,chilli powder,butter,hing,chopped curry leaves,salt,baking soda in a bowl.
2.Add water to the mixture and make it as dough(like chapathi dough).Knead the dough for 10-15 minutes.
3.Make a big lemon size round out of the dough and flatten it like chapathi.Cut it parallely and diagonally witha knife forming diagonal shapes.
4.Heat oil a pan and deep fry them till golden brown.Take them and spread it on a tissue paper to absorb the excess oil.

     Now tasty tasty Maida chips are ready for serving.Please post ur comments on this recipe.