Green gram dal bhaji(Pesara punukulu)

Ingredients:

Whole green gram dal 1 cup
green chillies 5-8
curry leaves 10
cumin seeds 1tsp
soda 1 pinch
salt to taste
oil for frying

Method of preparation:

soak green gram dal for about 3 hours.
Grind green chillies, dal, salt into smooth paste with little water.
Add cumin seeds, curry leaves, soda to the above dal paste.
fry oil in pan, take spoonfuls of above paste and drop in oil.
Removed when fried and enjoy with your fav. sauce.

P.S. you can added little amount of rice flour to make the batter thick.

Paani Poori

rava - 100g, maida - 100g, mint leaves - 1 cup, coriander leaves - 1 cup, salt - 1/4 teaspoon, green chillies - 2 small, tamarind - lime sized, potatoes - 1/4 kg.
Puris: Mix rava and maida, add water to make a tight dough.ake large chappathis using this flour and cut out small round shapes from the large one.Deep fry these in oil till they become crisp.
Sauce:Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, salt and green chillies into a thick paste. Soak tamarind for 3 min and extract the juice.Mix the ground paste with the tamarind extract.
Boil potatoes whole and cut into small pieces (Do not mash). Spread 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder on the potatoes and fry in 4 tsp oil.While serving, make a hole inside each puri and place some amt of sauce inside it. Place a potato piece inside the puris.

Rava Bonda

Rava - 3 Cups, Rice Flour - 1 Cup, Curd : 1 Cup, Cashew Bits, Green Chilly 3pcs,Salt to suit taste, Oil for frying.
Mix roasted Rava, Rice flour, Curd, salt , Cashews and Green Chillies to get a semi solid batter. Take small balls and deep fry it in Oil. If needed, coconut shreddings can be added to the batter. Remove from the frying pan after the balls become golden in colour. Serve it with Coconut Chutney.

Bajji

Take gram flour(Senaga pindi) and rice flour in the ratio 2 1/2 : 1 (5 cups gram flour and 2 cups rice flour) and mix it with water to make into a loose paste.Add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp asafoetida, and saffron(kesari powder) to get the desired colour. Slice the vegetables (potato, onion, plaintain, brinjal).Dip it in the flour mixture and deep fry until it is fully cooked.

Bhel Puri

For the bhel


2 cups of puffed rice
½ cup sev
½ cup of papadi’s broken
1 onion finely chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1/2 cup boiled chopped potatoes
1/4 cup boiled chana
2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
salt to taste
Green Chutney


2 cups coriander leaves
1/2 cup mint leaves
5-6 green chilies
1 tbs lime juice
Salt to taste

Grind the above items to a fine paste by adding required water


Tamarind Chutney

3/4 cup tamarind water (lemon size tamarind soaked in water)
1/2 cup dates deseeded
3/4 cup jaggery (brown sugar )
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp salt
In a pan add the tamarind water, seedless dates, jaggery, cumin powder, and salt. Bring them to boil and cook for 8- 10 minutes until the mixture reduce to a thick liquid. Turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool, and grind to a smooth paste.


Method


Mix puffed rice, sev, and broken papadi in a large bowl. Add onions, tomato, cooked chana, boiled potato, add required green and tamarind chutney. Mix well and garnish with sev and cilantro leaves. Serve immediately :)

Notes


You can store these chutneys in a container and keep refrigerated.
Add ingredients of your choice to the bhel puri.
Bombay Bhel puri mix is available in the stores, just buy that and add chutneys and ingredients of your choice.

Crispy Rice Loops ( Chegodilu)

Ingredients:
-> 2 cup(s) rice
-> 4 tablespoons butter
-> milk as required to make a soft dough
-> salt to taste
-> oil for deep frying


Wash the rice and spread it on a piece of cloth. Wait till it dries completely. Dry grind it to a fine powder.
Mix the rice flour, butter and salt well. Add milk little at a time to prepare a soft dough. Knead well. Take small portions of the dough and roll them with the palms into thin elongated string-like shapes just over 2" long. Now, let both the ends meet to form oval loops. Join both ends and press well so that they don't open up while frying. Prepare such loops with the entire dough and make batches.
Heat the oil to a smoking point for deep frying in a pan. Drop in the first batch of loops carefully in the oil. Reduce the heat and fry on a low flame stirring continuously till the loops turn crisp and golden brown in color. Drain on a paper towel. Repeat the procedure for the rest of the batches. Let it cool. The crispy loops can now be stored in an air tight container and enjoyed when you wish even over a week's time.
Serve with: hot tea / coffee