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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Masala Chole with Bhatura


Ingredients
Refined flour (maida)2 1/2 cups
Yogurt1/2 cup
Baking powder1/2 teaspoon
Soda bicarbonatea pinch
Salt1 teaspoon
Sugar2 teaspoons
Oil2 tablespoons + to deep fry
Method
Place flour and baking powder, soda bicarbonate and salt in a bowl. Mix well and pass it through a sieve. Mix yogurt with salt and sugar. Add this to the flour and add about a cup of water and mix gradually to make a soft dough by light kneading. Incorporate two tablespoons of oil into the dough and cover the dough with a wet cloth. Keep it aside for an hour. Divide dough into sixteen equal portions. Roll them into balls. Cover and keep to ferment for ten minutes. Grease your palms with a little oil and flatten the balls. Roll out into five-inch diameter diskettes. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai and deep fry the bhaturas on high heat till light brown on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with chole.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Masala Dosa with sambhar

Ingredients: (for 6 people)

1) 1 1/2 BIG vati urad dal + 3 BIG vati ukda/idli rice (soak overnight in water separately. First half grind the rice & then grind urad dal. Mix well & ferment it for 8-10 hrs.)
2) Potato sabji
3) Sambhar
4) Coconut chutney

For idli recipe- check the YouTube video of Vishnu Manohar- Master recipes 

For vada sambhar - Take exactly 2 and half BIG wati urad dal. Do not take more, it will be too much of vadas .