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Dal Kachori Tamatey Mein|Fried Lentil Dumplings in Tomato curry

Alka Keswani — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:41:55 +0000

A quick question for Sindhis all around the world..How are the preparations to celebrate our New year, this weekend, are going on ? Planned a Beharana? Or any fun celebrations? Are the plans etched for the get together and food? Are the Sherbets ready? Do let me know how are you celebrating Chetichand this year.If you have some pictures of the occasion to share, kindly Email me.The selected pictures will be shared on this blog 🙂 Coming to the recipe of the day, this is a delicious curry, with Urad dal dumplings, called Kachori in Sindhi.The dumplings are deep fried and served with simple Sindhi style Tomato curry. Garnish with some Nylon sev and there you go…a quick fix dish if you have some leftover fried Dahi wadas ( ofcourse the one that are not soaked in Curd/yogurt) or medu wadas 😉 Print Dal Kachori Tamatey Mein|Fried Lentil Dumplings in Tomato curry Rating 3.0 from 1 reviews Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 40 mins Serves: 2-3 Fried Urad dal dumplings served with Sindhi style Tomato curry. Ingredients Urad dal (Dhotala, also known as black gram, but skinned and split) 300 gm Salt as per taste Cumin seeds 1 tsp Green chillies 2-3 Coriander leaves, chopped, 1-2 tbsp Dried Pomegranate seeds 1 tbsp (optional) Finely chopped ginger 1 tsp (optional) Oil for frying For Tomato Curry Tomatoes 3 Green chillies 2 Curry leaves 6-8 Cumin seeds 1 tbsp Fenugreek seeds (methidaana) ¼ tbsp Turmeric powder ¼ tbsp Red chilli powder as per need Coriander powder 1 tbsp Oil 1 tbsp Salt to taste Nylon Sev for garnishing Method Soak urad dal for at least 4 hours and later rinse it thoroughly (Some prefer to rinse well first and then soak later. Do as you prefer) Grind it using wet grinder, along with green chillies and ginger, adding little water. Remember the batter should be thick and not watery. Add salt, cumin seeds, coriander leaves (optional), and mix it thoroughly in one direction. This aerates the batter and make the wadas soft and fluffy. Now take a spoonful of this batter and fry it in hot oil over medium to low flame till they look crisp and are well cooked from inside, but remember the colour of vadas should not be very dark. Repeat the procedure for remaining batter.Drain on tissue paper/kitchen towel. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in pressure cooker, add curry leaves, cumin seeds and methidaana and saute for few seconds Add grated tomatoes and fry for about 2 minutes. Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and fry for few more minutes Add around 3 cups of water and close the lid of pressure cooker and wait till 2 whistles. Adjust the consistency of gravy, as it should not be too watery Just before serving, place fried dumplings in the bowl and pour hot tomato curry over these. Garnish with coriander leaves and Nylon sev and serve immediately with hot Phulkas/Rotis. The Dumplings have tendency to absorb the gravy pretty fast, so always mix Vadas with curry just before serving. 3.2.2925 2.2.1

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Mirchi Pakora Chaat | Tangy Green Chilly fritters

Alka Keswani — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:30:42 +0000

A tangy lip smacking chaat recipe.... green chilly fritters dunked in curd and chutneys and garnished with Nylon sev.

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Sharing my happiness !

Alka Keswani — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:26:34 +0000

A quick hello on a warm Monday morning and a sweet news to share ! Food blogging gives me immense pleasure…. sharing the traditional recipes, hearing your views and comments, reading all the messages and Emails with good wishes and compliments, getting to know about how your mother/aunt/friend/relative cooks the same dish, connecting with many old friends, making new ones …all these things make me feel so happy and cheerful. Dear readers, I am so glad to share with you all yet another reason of my happiness. It feels so nice to be featured in Femina’s online edition, talking a bit about myself and sharing my Mother’s Recipe of ” Stuffed Bhein/Beeh(Lotus root)” or Beeh tikki.

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Patate Ja pakoda~Just For You

Alka Keswani — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:02:44 +0000

Firstly, sorry for the late replies (and even for no replies) to you mails dear visitors, I still have much backlog to attend to and I will do that ASAP. Darn the internet connection (I know, I know by now you all are sick of this excuse of mine, so am I, with these damn service providers) Well here I am again with this sinful food called Patate ja pakoda (potato fritters), an absolute favourite of my son.Though he gets to indulge these on ration basis, I like to let him have these on special occasions. And this time the excuse was of course that Sk (in case you joined in late, he is my bro-in-law) too want to try out pakodas in his VIDESHI Kitchen. So again here I present step by step illustrations for these typical sindhi favourite snack Ingredients: 1 large size or two medium sized potatoes (will yield approximately 16-18 pakoda) Besan (gramflour) 5 tbsp Salt 1/4 tsp (bit less than that) for besan batter and some more for salting potato chips (aprox. 1/4 tsp) Red chilly powder 1/4 tsp or less (start with less, increase the amount when u make pakoras next time) Soda bi carbonate (mithi soda) 2 very small pinches (if you can’t find soda bi carb, you can use baking powder 1/4 tsp or bit less than that) Water to make the batter approximately 16 tbsp (the same sized spoon that you used for besan) Carom seeds (ajwain) optional Oil for frying Method: Peel and slice the potatoes into thin chips.Rinse them with water,drain out water and add about 1/4 tsp of salt Leave these for about 4 minutes. If they start blackening then immerse them in water till you use them for frying Now mix salt, red chilly powder and soda bicarb in besan and add about 16 (you might need more or less depending upon quality of besan) spoons of water and mix it to make a smooth batter.It should be of pouring consistency and should be devoid of any lumps In the meantime, pour oil in frying pan or kadai and let it heat till smoking point.Now lower the flame. Put the potato slices into the batter and coat them properly with batter. Now carefully pick each batter coated potato chip and pour into hot oil.Do not put all of them together, you can fry them in two or three batches and fry them on low flame for few seconds Take them out on tissue paper and keep it for few seconds.Meanwhile fry another batch in similar fashion. But do not let them turn dark. Put the tip of knife through pakoda to check whether potato is cooked, if not, fry it for second time on medium flame, but if potato is cooked then fry for second time on high flame till crisp brown Drain excess oil on tissue paper and enjoy with ketchup or chutney Here is the recipe at one place (print friendly ) Print Patate Ja pakoda|Potato fritter|Potato Bajjii Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Serves: 2 Step by step, with pictorials, Potato fritters, or potato bajjis/ potato pakora (pakoda) recipe Ingredients 1 large size or two medium sized potatoes (will yield approximately 16-18 pakoda) Besan (gramflour) 5 tsp Salt ¼ tsp (bit less than that) for besan batter and some more for salting potato chips(aprox. ¼ tsp) Red chilly powder ¼ tsp or less (start with less, increase the amount when you make pakoras next time) Soda bi carbonate (mithi soda) 2 very small pinches (if you can't find soda bi carb, you can use baking powder ¼ tsp or bit less than that) Water to make the batter approximately 16 tsp (the same sized spoon that You used for besan) Carom seeds (ajwain) optional Oil for frying Method Peel and slice the potatoes into thin chips.Rinse them with water,drain out water and add about ¼ tsp of salt Leave these for about 4 minutes. If they start blackening then immerse them in water till you use them for frying Now mix salt, red chilly powder and soda bicarb in besan and add about 16 (you might need more or less depending upon quality of besan) spoons of water and mix it to make a smooth batter.It should be of pouring consistency and should be devoid of any lumps In the meantime, pour oil in frying pan or kadai and let it heat till smoking point.Now lower the flame. Put the potato slices into the batter and coat them properly with batter. Now carefully pick each batter coated potato chip and pour into hot oil.Do not put all of them together, you can fry them in two or three batches and fry them on low flame for few seconds Take them out on tissue paper and keep it for few seconds.Meanwhile fry another batch in similar fashion. But do not let them turn dark. Put the tip of knife through pakoda to check whether potato is cooked, if not, fry it for second time on medium flame, but if potato is cooked then fry for second time on high flame till crisp brown Drain excess oil on tissue paper and enjoy with ketchup or chutney 2.2.1 Note: You can half fry them and put aside ahead of dinner or lunch and just before serving Re-fry them to enjoy crisp pakodas

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Sanna pakora

Alka Keswani — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:32:57 +0000

Sindhi style, double fried chickpea pakora/bajji/ fritters, super crispy, crunchy, delicious sinful bites ! Print Sanna pakora Rating 5.0 from 1 reviews Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 2 Crispy pakora recipe, typical sindhi style double fried fritters Ingredients 1 small cup gram flour 1 small onion (chopped) coriander leaves (chopped) 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp annardana (Dry pomegranate seeds) 1 tsp Coriander seeds (akkha dhaniya) 2 Green chillies (finely chopped) Salt to taste Red chilli powder as per taste A pinch of baking soda Water Oil for frying Method Mix all the ingredients except oil for frying and make a thick batter Add a tbsp of hot oil to this batter, mix well Take a spoon full of this mixture and slide gently into hot oil,repeat for whole mixture Fry them on medium flame till almost done Take them out and break them further to small pieces Fry again till dark golden brown and crisp Serve immediately 2.2.1

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