Dabeli style turnovers

Dabeli style turnovers

Sometimes ingredients around you push your creativity to such an extent that you feel pleased that you were short of ingredients. I promised a sick friend done dinner but the buns weren't enough and then my oven was on for baking mini pizzas for kids and there was enough left over dough from them. Enough reasons for me to experiment with potato filling of dabeli,dough and a hot oven ! They turned out delicious !! Next time around will mark the covering with whole wheat flour and make it healthier! :))

Ingredients

For the covering

250 gms flour

50 gms suji

1.5 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup curd

2 tbsp oil

Salt 

For filling

2-3 boiled potato

1 chopped onions

1 chopped tomato

Chilli powder

1/2 tsp haldi

1 tsp coriander powder

1.5 tsp dabeli masala

Salt

1 tbsp oil

For dabeli masala

1 tsp Coriander seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

Red chille a few

4-5 cloves

Small stick of cinnamon

Other things

Roasted masala peanuts, tamarind chutney, garlic chilli chutney

Method

Mix flour and suji with baking powder , salt and oil. Add curd and water to make a firm dough. Rest for a while.

Roast all the spices for masala and powder them.

Heat oil and add onions and sauté. 

Add tomatoes and sauté to mash.

Add all the spices and cook till you get good aroma.

Add mashed potatoes and cook well. 

Add chopped green coriander and mix well.

Roll small circles from the dough, about 4" round and 2-3 mm thick. 

Spread some garlic chutney and a bit of tamarind chutney.

Put a generous spoon of potatoes on one side.

Top with peanuts and fold over.

Stick the sides with a bit of water and press with a fork.

Put on baking tray lined with parchment paper.

Brush with butter or milk.

Bake in a preheated oven at 200 deg C till they are golden brown.

Serve them hot! 

Yummy delicious tiffin snack!

Bread pudding with coffee and nuts

Coffee nut summer pudding 

This I made on an instinct , of things I would like. Easy peasy and very cool on a summer afternoon. I could do with this instead of a lunch. 

Ingredients

6-8 slices full corn bread

500-600ml prepared vanilla custard

2 tsp coffee powder

Walnuts and almond slivers

Method

Cut bread into small squares.

Dip in custard well and line in a serving glass dish. Pour a bit of custard extra.

Sprinkle coffee powder. Here and there a bit extra.

Line again the same way.

Pour the rest of the custard.

Top with coffee and lots of chopped walnuts and almond slivers.

Cover with a cling film.

Really chill this many hours, preferably overnight till coffee leaches into custard. 

Serve chilled scooped right till the bottom. Enjoy the crunch, munch and thanda thanda cool cool effect.

Aloo chaat chatpati

Chatpati aloo chaat

I remember the chaat wala making this on his little make shift dukaan. I was about 12-13 but was so loved the smells when I passed him but didnt dare to eat as it looked so unhygienic. Mum used to be very upset. So recollected the smells and tried my hand on it and here is killer aloo chaat! You can give it warm but I chilled it for few hrs to blend the tastes and added crushed garlic! Highly recommended!

Ingredients

4 Boiled potatoes sliced while still warm

1 sliced onion

3-4 cloves garlic

1/2 tsp chilli flakes 

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1/2 tsp roasted cumin pwd

2 chopped green chillies

Lime juice from 1/2 lemon

1/2 bowl imli pulp

Dhaniya patta chopped

Method 

In a mortar add garlic, chilli flakes, cumin and crush roughly.

Mix all the ingredients very well. Make sure it has a little water in it. It would get absorbed soon.

Cover and let the flavors blend for few hours in the fridge.

Open after a couple of hours and feel your mouth drool and beat the heat by adding more to it! 

Mithai cake

I have an issue with making the regular stuff. Today thought on account of holi will make something different... Taste bhi, occasion bhi and health bhi. And so here is my take on holi ki mithai.... Enjoy!!

Ingredients 

3/4 cup besan

3/4 cup atta

1/2 cup suji

1/2 cup almond meal

1/2 cup sugar

50 gms butter/ ghee if u like 

1/2 cup crushed pedas

3-4 tbsp oil

1/2 cup curd

15 gms baking powder

Elaichi pwd

1/4 cup coconut grated

Milk as needed

1 tbsp vinegar

Method

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl , adjust the milk for consistency. Pour into a greased tray and bake at 180 deg C till golden brown. Cover in case it's getting brown too fast and cook till golden brown and needle comes clean. Enjoy!!!! Will take it further in few days. Cake bhi , mithai bhi!!!!!

Soft yummy idlis

Sunday lunch .... South Indian with firangi touch.

Idlis with zucchini chutney and kohlrabi sambhar. 

Idlis..

3.5 cups of idli rice

1/2 cup poha

1 cup urad dal

1 tbsp methi seeds

Salt.

Soak rice poha and methi n urad dal in separate bowls for 3/4 hrs.

Grind them to a thick batter n mix together. Add salt n keep overnight in warm place to double up.

Grease idli mold and steam. 

Serve hot with sambhar n chutney.

Long green bean salad Thai style

Sharing a recipe from a friend. I added my touch to it. Remembered Shimpa's Thai apple salad and so here is an amazing crunchy salad.

1 cup chopped long beans

1 chopped tomato

1 chopped sour apple

1/2 bowl of roasted peanuts

1-2 cloves garlic

1/2 tsp chilli flakes

1 tsp lime juice or vinegar

Salt to taste

1-2 tsp sugar

Method

In a mortar add garlic, chilli flakes, peanuts,vinegar, sugar , tomatoes and the green beans. Pound them roughly to blend the flavors. Add the apple and mix well. Chill for a couple of hours to blend the flavors. Serve ... Enjoy the crunch! 

Eggless canned peaches cake

I have never tried baking with canned peaches but this was a wonderful surprise! My family loved it.

Ingredients

1.5 kgs full corn flour/ atta

1 cup oats

1/2 cup suji

1/2 cup coarsely ground almonds

Sugar as needed

1/2 cup oil

15 gms baking powder

1 tbsp vinegar

1 large can of peaches

Milk and apple juice as needed

Method

Mix flour, oats, almonds, suji well. Add juice from the can of peaches. 

Add the oil and mix well. Add apple juice to make it batter like. Keep for 15 mins.

Now mix well and add milk as needed. 

Taste the sugar and add if needed.

Mix baking powder and vinegar and mix well.

Pour into a greased baking dish.

Top with slices of canned peaches

Sprinkle sugar and put into a preheated oven at 180 deg C and bake till golden brown. 

Baked masala mathris

Masala mathris

I love combining ingredients and play with them always. This was one such trial that worked wonders. 

1 cup flour

1/2 cup suji

1/2 cup oats meal

1/2 cup maida

1/4 cup oil

1 cup grated cheese

1/4 cup crushed peanuts

1 tbsp sesame

1 tbsp flax seeds ground

200 ml curd

1 tsp ajwain

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp garlic powder

2 tbsp onion chutney , you could use any

1tsp baking powder

Method

Mix all the ingredients into a tight dough. Rest for an hour. 

Roll into a 3 mm thick round and cut into squares.

Bake at 180 deg till golden. 

Yummy !!

Tomato pickle

The South Indian pickles are my favorite and here is one more such recipes from my kitchen.

Ingredients

1 cup Tomato purée/ chopped tomato can

100 gms tomato paste

6-8 green chillies

1/2 pod garlic

2" piece ginger

3 tsp sambhar powder

1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp methi powder
1 tsp mustard powder

1/2 cup Olive oil

1 tbsp Chana dal

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp methi seeds

1 tsp mustard

Curry leaves

1/4 tsp hing

Method

Crush ginger , garlic and green chillies. 

Hear oil , add hing, methi and mustard. Let them splutter. Add the dals and let them color.

Add curry leaves and the crushed ginger paste.

Cook for a while.

Add tomato purée and paste and sauté.

Add salt , chilli powder, methi and mustard powder and sambhar masala. Cook till all the water evaporates and oil starts leaving the mixture.

Cool and store.

Flammkuchen

Flammkuchen

This is one of the easiest and yummiest quick recipes I can think of. This comes from Germany and I just loved it. Good thing is it can be used in our kitchen very often and uses everything that our desi kitchen has and one of them being roti ka atta!!! I am sure this would be a great dish for kids lunch boxes and a cocktail snack. You could use any toppings and it looks more like a pizza.

Ingredients

Roti dough a big ball

Sour cream/ cream cheese

Olive oil to spray 

3/4 tbsp grated cheese

1 Onions sliced

1 bowl sliced mushrooms

Use any other vegs or toppings 

Pizza spice

Salt pepper

Method

Roll the dough into a 3 mm thickness like rotis

Spread sour cream or cream cheese

Sprinkle salt and pepper

Sprinkle cheese on it.

Spread the vegs on it and sprinkle salt , pepper and spices.

Spray oil and bake in very hot oven till golden brown and crisp.

Cut into wedges to serve as cocktail snack or for kids lunch box. Delicious !!!!!