How to make Masala Pav

October 8, 2009 at 10:59 am (Chatpate Chat)
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Masala Pav recipe:

Prep time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Serves: 2 people

Ingredients:

2 bun bread or bread slices

1 tbsp butter

2-3 neem leaves (curry leaves)

1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)

1 onion, finely chopped,

1 tsp grated garlic

1 capsicum, finely chopped (bell peppers)

1 tomato, finely chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp pavbhaji masala

salt to taste

cilantro (coriander), for garnishing

Method:

1. Heat butter in a pan on medium flame. When the butter melts, add neem leaves and cumin seeds and cook for 1 min.

2. Now add grated garlic, onions and saute the onions till they become little brown.

3. When the onions are cooked, add capsicum and cook till capsicum becomes little soft, then add tomatoes, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and pavbhaji masala and cook till the tomatoes become soft and they start leaving water.

4. When the butter starts coming up, sprinkle coriander, mix it properly and switch off the gas.

5. At the time of serving, cut the bread into small pieces. Heat the gravy once again and put the bread pieces in the gravy. Mix them properly, garnish with some coriander and little butter and serve immediately.

Tips:

1. You can prepare this gravy in advance and when the guests come, just heat it once and add the bread pieces.

2. Don’t add the bread pieces from first because it will become too soft and will absorb all the gravy.

3. You can also roast the bread in little butter and then add it to the gravy. This also gives a very good taste.

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How to make Veg Grilled Sandwich

October 7, 2009 at 12:27 pm (Chatpate Chat)
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Grilled Sandwich Recipe:

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Serving size: 1 sandwich

Ingredients:

3 bread slices

1 boiled potato

1 boiled beetroot (optional)

4 slices of cucumber (pickles)

finely grated cabbage or lettuce

thinly sliced capsicum (bell peppers)

4 slices of tomato

3-4 slices of onion

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp sandwich chutney

salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Take 3 bread slices and apply butter on each slice. Then apply sandwich chutney on all the 3 slices.

2. Take one of the slice, then put grated cabbage or lettuce and sprinkle some salt and pepper. Put thinly sliced capsicum over cabbage and then put sliced boiled potatoes over it. Sprinkle salt and pepper over boiled potatoes.

3. Then cover the potatoes with another layer of bread with the butter surface facing upwards.

4. Put sliced cucumber and sprinkle salt and pepper. Lay sliced beetroot, sliced onions and sliced tomatoes over the cucumber slices. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top of tomato and cover it with the third layer of bread.

5. Heat a nonstick tawa. When the tawa is heated, put some butter and keep the sandwich over it. Cover the sandwich with a lid or any container and heat it on medium flame for 5 mins. After 5 mins, remove the lid. Apply butter on top layer and flip the sandwich upside down. Again cover with lid and heat it for another 5 mins.

6. After 5 mins, remove the lid and take the sandwich in a serving dish. Allow to sandwich to cool for 2-3 mins and then cut it into square or triangular pieces.

Serve this tasty sandwich with tomato ketchup or chutney.

Tips:

1. The best way to boil potatoes for sandwich is to take the potatoes and wash them properly. Do not cut them into half. Put them in a pressure cooker and put enough water till the potatoes get covered with water. Then pressure cook it for 2 whistles on high flame and 2 whistles on medium flame.

2. You can also boil beetroot in the same manner. Boiling this way will not make them too soft.

3. We have sprinkle salt and pepper after each vegetable slice so sprinkle little at a time. Sprinkling salt and pepper after each slice gives taste to each vegetable used in sandwich.

4. While putting the sandwich on tawa, keep the flame on medium or else the bread will burn and check once after 3 mins to adjust the flame.

5. You can make cheese grilled sandwich by sprinkling grated cheese after potatoes and then covering it with bread slice.

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How to make Khandvi

October 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm (Chatpate Chat)
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Khandvi recipe

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients:

For Khandvi;

1 cup gram flour (besan)

2 cups buttermilk (chaas)

1 tsp green chilli paste

1/2 tsp turmeric (haldi)

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp salt

For tempering (tadka);

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)

1 tsp white sesame seeds (til)

cilantro (coriander) for garnishing

Method:

For Khandvi;

1. Take gram flour in a bowl and add buttermilk to it. Mix it properly with a churner so that no lumps remain.

2. Then add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder and green chilli paste to the above mixture.

3. Put the bowl in the pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles.

4. After 3 whistles, switch off the gas and let it cool for 10-15 minutes.

5. Now remove the bowl from the pressure cooker, take a dish or plate and put some mixture on the centre of the dish. Spread the mixture on the dish as thin as possible with the back of a large flat spoon. Use circular outward movements as for dosas. Use both the sides, that is inside and outside of the dish for spreading the mixture.

6. When cool, cut into 2″ wide strips. Carefully roll each strip, repeat for all plates.

For tempering;

1. Take oil in a small pan, add mustard seeds and heat it.

2. When the mustard seeds crackle, add sesame seeds and immediately pour this tadka on the khandvi rolls.

3. Garnish with finely chopped coriander. You can also garnish with grated coconut.

Tips:

1. Mix the batter properly so that no lumps remain. Take a bowl which can be used in a pressure cooker. You can also use a cooker container.

2. After the mixture cools inside the pressure cooker, remove the bowl from the cooker and then immediately start spreading the mixture. The mixture will start becoming thick so start spreading it once removed from the cooker.

3. First spread the mixture on the inside of the dish and then turn the same dish and spread the mixture on the outside of the same dish. In the same manner, apply it on remaining dishes.

4. You can also prepare khandvi on stove top by using 3 cups of buttermilk instead on 2 cups and keep on stirring continuously till the mixture becomes thick.

5. Khandvi can also be made in the microwave using the same measurement i.e 2 cups of buttermilk. Take a microwave bowl and stir the batter and microwave on high for 2 mins. Then again stir the batter and microwave for 1 1/2 min. Stir it one more time and microwave for 1 1/2 min and now check the consistency and if needed microwave accordingly.

6. To check whether the mixture is ready to spread, first spread a small amount of the mixture on a plate. Let it cool for 5 mins. Then try rolling the mixture. If  you can roll it, then the mixture is done and you can spread it or else heat the mixture for another 1 or 2 mins and then spread it.

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