Semolina Bread!!

This a perfect Tea time snack,great for Kids and Adult.Really easy and simple to make.
Being working don't get that much time to cook.Many a times feel like having some quick good snack which is easy to make,so this evening while coming back from Office was thinking of these Bread.So here you go for this you will need.

1/2 cup Semolina(Suji)
lil less than 1/2 cup curd.it should be of thick consistency.
Chopped vegetable(Onion, capsicum, green chilli and Tomato),i add these but you can add more veggie like carrot, cucumber and whatever you can think of.
Salt and Pepper
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves chopped into small
Oil/Butter/Ghee
Bread(Whole wheat/White) your choice

Sock the Semolina in curd for 15-20 min.Then add salt and pepper and the chopped veggies.Take the bread cut the sides and spread 1 big spoon of the mixture over the one side of bread.
Take a pan add 1/2 tsp oil, add Mustard seeds(a pinch) and pinch of Curry leaves. Then put the mixture side bread over this Oil mix and let it cook for 5 min then turn the side of bread.Cook until it get really good brown color on both sides of bread.Cut into triangles and you Snack is ready to serve.Serve it with any chutney on side and a Cup of Chai.

Bindi Subji(Okra Curry)

1 Box Okra(500gm)
1 onion sliced
2-4 Green Chili Sliced(you can increase or decrease the number according to your taste)
1 tsp Ajwain
1 tbs Amchur(mango Powder)
1 tbs Tawa Masala
1 tsp chili powder(optional)
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tbs Oil

Heat a pan and add 1 tbs Oil,when oil get heated add the Ajwain seeds and allow to splitter then add Onions fry for 5 min,you don't need to make them brown.Then add Okra and keep it for 5-10 min.Once it get lil soft then add all the masala and let it cook until Okra get cooked.(Don't cover the pan, cook subji with open pan)
Served with your choice of bread.

Tehari(Vegetable Rice)

Tehri is well known rice dish in North India.Its kind of vegetable pulao traditionally cooked with Aloo,Gobhi(Cauliflower) and peas and served with coriander chutney, Curd and Papad.But you can add any veggie of your choice.




Ingredients:
2 cups Basmati rice(Soaked in water for an hour)
1 large potato peeled cut into big chunks ( around 8 pieces)
1 cup cauliflower cut into chunky florets
½ cup green peas
2 bay leaves
2 Black cardamon
1 tsp Cumin seeds
5-6 cloves
1 tsp sugar(will make the peas lil sweet)
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp garam masala
Salt to taste
4 cups water
3 tbsp cooking oil

Method:
Heat oil in a wide pan. Add cardamon, bay leaves, cumin seeds and cloves. Stir for few seconds. Add all the dry masala except garam masala. Now add potatoes and stir fry for 3-4 minutes. Add in cauliflower and peas, stir fry for another 3-4 minutes. Add water. and cover the pan on medium heat until potato get cooked once potato are done add the rice and stir once with very light hand.Cover the pan and let it cooked till rice is done and water is evaporated.for this make sure you use 1:2 ratio for rice:water.

Remove pan from heat. Allow to cool.
Serve rice hot in a plate,pour 1 tsp ghee over it and sprinkle the garam masala and serve with Green Chutney,Papad and Curd.

My Recipes!

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~Rupali

Samosa!!

Most Popular North Indian Snack!!
Samosa's are stuff pastry traditionally stuffed with Potato-Peas filling.This is myyyyy Favorite...infact my weekness,when ever i goto any indian restaurant i have to have Samosa.These are super delicious!



INGREDIENTS
For Crust
All purpose flour 1 cup
Carom seeds (ajwain)1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste ~3/4 tsp
Oil 3 tbs(take it on lesser side only this proportion is important)

For stuffing
Potato, 2 medium size
Green peas 1/2 cup
oil 1 tbs
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds 1 tsp
Fenel seeds 1 tsp
Green chillies, chopped3-4
Red chilli powder1 tsp
Dry mango powder (amchur)1 tsp
Garam masala 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves, chopped 2 tbs
Sweet date and tamarind chutney as required
METHOD
Mix refined flour, carom seeds, salt and three tablespoons of oil in a bowl.TIP:(Usually people complain that while making samosa they dont get the perfect crust,its because of oil proportion in flour.1 cup to 3 tbs oil combination is very important as amount of oil in flour decide the crust structure it can be hard if oil is less and it can be really flaky if oil is too much.I took 2 -3 trial to get the crust perfect :P so in case you are not happy with your Samosa crust try to revisit your oil proportion in the flour).Add water little by little and knead into a stiff dough. Keep, covered for ten to fifteen minutes. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and when they start to change colour, add coriander and fennel seeds and rest of the dry ingreditents and then potatoes and peas.Stir well. Sprinkle water and cook covered for eight to ten minutes or till potatoes are done.Add coriander leaves and mix well. When done, set the mixture aside to cool. Divide the dough into eight equal portions and roll them into balls. Apply a little flour and roll them into four-inch diameter. Cut into half, apply water on the edges. Shape each half into a cone and stuff it with the potato and peas filling. Seal the edges well. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai (wok) and deep-fry the samosas in medium hot oil till crisp and golden brown. Drain and place on an absorbent paper. Serve your choice of chutney coriander or tamraid or both :)