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Rain Gods have shown pity on this garden city and there she stands [Bangalore] posing with a colorful rainbow, luscious greens fresh and lovely. What more can you ask for with a cup of evening coffee and some hot cheese bondas. It was a new recepie I tried with all the available ingredients at home on a sunday evening.I had expected a disaster to happen but voila it was a super hit. Ingredients: 1. Cheese - 50 - 75 grams grated. 2. Potato - Boiled and mashed - 2 medium sized. 3. Green chilli - 2 4. Curry leaves - 8 leaves 5. Coriander leaves - chopped 2 tbsp 6. Red chilli powder - 2 tsp 7. Corn Flour - 3 tbsp 8. Oil - For deep fry 9. Salt to taste 10. Pinch of turmeric Method: 1. Mix the mashed potatoes with grated cheese. 2. Add 1.5 tsp chilli powder, chopped green chilli,curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt to the mix. 3. Make small lemon sized balls of the dough. 4. For the covering batter, mix 1/2 tsp chilli powder, salt , corn flour and water.Ensure no lumps are...

Let me tell you all cheese lovers, this is an awesome treat that's gonna be ready in bare 25 minutes[and mind you that includes the chopping of vegetables too:)] Ingredients: 1. 2 Onions medium sized. 2. 2 Potatos medium sized. 3. 25 grams cottage cheese/Panneer 4. Green Chillies - 2 to 3 - hotness tempered as needed. 5. Pizza cheese - 50 - 75 grams [I used a local variety available in the market, you could substitue this with any cheeze of your choice : parmesan , blue or american would work wonders] 6. About 6 teaspoons of salsa sauce.[This was an optional ingredient. Tomato sauce can be used as a perfect substitute.] 7. Salt to taste. 8. Pepper powder - 1 tea spoon 9. 3 Baby corns 10. Oriagno[Any special herb can be added to enhance the taste.]  - However this is opional. 11. Butter or oil - about 2 teaspoons. Method: 1. Peel potato and onion. Cut them into thin slices. 2. Boil the potato thins in water for about 2 min and drain water completely. ...

After a long time did I venture with some spices this weekend. Yes it was Kitchen time and I was thinking of making something different and untried version of an evening snack. Khandvi, a delicious savoury made with gram flour - a gujarathi special was the special attraction menu. Now please dont accuse me for not having clicked the pictures. Ingredients: For the Rolls. 1. 1 cup - gram flour/besan 2. 2 cups - buttermilk[light curd/yogurt] 3. 1" piece of ginger 4. 2-3 - green Chillies 5. 1/4 tsp - Turmeric 6. A pinch - Asafoetida 7. Salt to taste. For Tempering. 8. 1 tsp - Seasame seeds 9. 2 tsp - oil 10. Few Curry leaves and chopped coriander Green. 11. 2 tbsp Grated Coconut Method: 1. In a bowl mix the besan/gram flour with curd/yogurt/buttermilk. Make sure no lumps are formed. 2. Grind ginger,Green chillies,asafoetida,salt and turmeric - adding two tsps of water. 3. Pour this paste into the bowl of curd+gram flour. 4. Keep stirring till the batter becomes ...

Ingredients: 1. Potato - 1 boiled and mashed 2. Green peas - 50 grams boiled 3. Grated carrot - half a cup - half boiled 4. Green chilli - 2 chopped 5. Cabbage - half cup - chopped and boiled 6. Sooji/rava - one cup 7. Chilli powder - 2 tsp 8. Garam Masala - 1 tsp 9. Onion - chopped - 1 cup 10. Coriander and curry leaves - chopped about a handfull 11. Salt - to taste 12. Tamarind powder/ Aamchur powder - 1 tsp 13. Besan flour - 50 grams.(optional) 14. Olive oil Method: Mix potato, green peas, carrot, chopped chilli, onion, cabbage, curry and coriander leaves in a bowl. Add the garam masala, salt, chilli powder, tamarind powder. Mix it well. In case you find the mixture little mushy, then you can add the flour to make the consistency right. Make small shapes out of the mixture and flatten them to the thickness as seen in the photo. Roll the cutlets on the rava so that it sticks to it on all sides. Place these shaped cutlets on a hot pan. Add a tsp of olive oil on ...

Ingredients: 1. Capsicum - 1 of green, 1 of yellow and 1 of red. 2. Potatoes - 2 to 3 medium sized 3. Onions - 2 to 3 medium sized 4. Paneer - 100 grams 5. Baby Corn - 4 6. Tomatoes - 2 mediom sized 7. Jeera powder - 2 tsp 8. Besan/Channa gram flour - 1 tbsp 9. Curd - 1 tbsp (optional) 10. red Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp 11. Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp 12. Salt to taste 13. Tamarind powder - 1 tsp 14. Oil - 2 tbsp Method: Dice all the vegetables into equal square shapes (approx 3/4" all sides). Half boil potato and Baby corn in a pinch of salt and drain the water completely. In a bowl mix all the other ingredients except oil. Drop all the diced vegetables and keep it aside for about 10 min for a short marinate. Now place a flat pan on a low flame. Use a sharp stick of 6" long which can run through one set of veggie mix. start with the tough one like potato or babycorn to have the firm grip. Spread a few drops of oil on the pan and place this veggie stick o...

When you have an urge to eat some simple snack yet exotic in its style then Ruskizza is what you have to consider. This is a recepie idea borrowed from my sister's friend. For a pizza lover like me, Ruskizza is mini pizza delights. Ingredients: 1.  Rusk/Toast  - 6 pieces. 2.  Tomato - 2 nos 3.  Onions - 2 nos 4.  Tomato ketchup 5.  Origano - 2 tsp 6.  Pizza cheese - 75 grams 7.  Olives [black or green] - 6 no 8.  Jalapeno - 4 no [ Can be substituted with green chilli] 9.  Mushroom [Optional] 10. Salt to taste. Method: Chop Tomato,olives,mushroom and onions into small cubes. Place the rusk on a microwave safe plate. On it arrange the cut vegetables,olives and jalapeno. Add a small dip of tomato ketchup and grate the cheese to cover the veggies. Sprinkle origano and a pinch of salt. Microwave on medium heat for about 5 min or till the cheese melts and combines with the veggies. That's it! You can indulge into your tast...

Indian snacks are plenty in number. I try to experiment with the well known names and here is the first one. - Hara bara kabab. It was me and my sis who ventured into this roller coaster ride on one fine weekend. Hope you enjoy the same. Ingredients: 1. Green peas - 0.25 kg 2. Palak/spinach - a bunch 3. Green Chilli - 3 to 4 4. Aloo/Potato - small sized about 3 5. Jeera/cumin seeds - 1 t.sp. 6. Rava/Suji - about 100 to 125 gm 7. Salt to taste 8. Garam Masala - 1.5 t.sp. 9. Oil - 7 to 8 tb.sp. Method: * Boil Aloo/Potato until completely cooked and peel them to obtain only the mashed pulp in a mixing bowl. * Cook the grean peas and blanch the spinach to turn it tender. * Add these two into the mixing bowl. Add jeera, garam masala , chilli, salt. * Grind all these ingredients to a fine paste. * Next add the Rava little at a time until you have the mixture in the consistency of a cake dough. (Note: You can also add a little of all purpose flour if the paste is very loose). ...