RAGDA PATTIES RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE RAGDA PATTICE

RECIPE FOR ALOO TIKKI

Ragda patties is the one  which i wanted to try this for a long time . I have tasted Ragda patties, a popular chaat recipe, in my friend’s place very long back and till then i have been wanting to try at home . Finally i made this last week and sharing the recipe of ragda patties today. I made aloo tikki at home and has given the recipe of Aloo tikki too.

INGREDIENTS: FOR ALOO TIKKI MAKES 5

POTATO | ALOO	2
CORIANDER LEAVES	FEW
RED CHILLI POWDER	1/2 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER	1/4 TSP
CUMIN SEED POWDER	1/2 TSP
SALT	TO TASTE
OIL	TO SHALLOW FRY THE TIKKIS
CORNFLOUR	1TBLSP (OPTIONAL)

METHOD:

• Cook the potatoes till soft. Peel the skin of the potatoes and mash it with a fork. Add the red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin seed powder ,salt and if needed add cornflour. Mix well and make it into a tight mixture.
• Make it into small tikkis | patties .

• Heat a tawa  and add few drops of oil. Place the patties and shallow fry on both sides. Keep it aside.

• Aloo tikkis are ready. Adding corn flour is optional. If you feel the potato mixture is not too tight just add 1 tblsp, else you can skip it too.
• Instead of shallow frying you can deep fry it too if you want to consume time.

FOR RAGDA GRAVY :

WHITE PEAS	1/2 CUP
ONION	1-2
TOMATO	1
RED CHILLI POWDER	1/2 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER	1/4 TSP
CUMIN SEED POWDER	1/2 TSP
GARAM MASALA	A PINCH
JEERA	1/4 TSP
OIL	1/2 TBLSP
SALT	TO TASTE

 OTHER INGREDIENTS:

GREEN CHUTNEY	AS NEEDED
SWEET CHUTNEY	AS NEEDED
CORIANDER LEAVES	FEW
ONION	1
NYLON SEV	AS NEEDED

METHOD:

• Soak the white peas for 6-7 hours or overnight.
• Pressure cook this till 3-4 whistles. Chop the onions and tomatoes finely.
• In a pan add oil and add in the jeera, add the onions and fry till they become pink.
• Add in the tomatoes and cook till mushy. Add in the coriander powder, red chilli powder,cumin seed powder and garam masala.

• Cook this in alow flame for 2 minutes and add in the cooked white peas and add addin 1 and 1/2 cup of water. ( you can add the cooked water too)
• Let this boil in a medium flame for 7- 10 minutes.

• Now the gravy is ready.
• Just before serving we can arrange the ragda patties.
• In a plate, place 2 aloo tikki and pour in 2 ladle full of white peas gravy.

• Add in the sweet chutney as per your taste.
• Add the green chutney as per your taste.

• Add the nylon sev , finely chopped onions and coriander leaves on the top for garnishing.

• I personally love this chaat very much and it is quite filling too.

• This gravy can be used as a side dish for chapathi too.
• You can add ginger garlic paste in the beginning if you want.

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Check my other Chaat recipes too:

• BHEL PURI
• MASALA POORI
• PAPDI CHAAT RECIPE

INDIAN STYLE MASALA PASTA , EASY PASTA RECIPES

Pasta made with Indian spices and masala, to give it a desi Indian touch. Generally i make pasta  for kids with  Home made pasta Sauce , and being bored with the usual style i wanted to try a new version of pasta. My daughter Varsha came up with the idea of this Desi Masala pasta and i tried with a small batch of pasta last week for her and she enjoyed it a lot. Last weekend i made this for all of us and sharing the recipe of Indian style Masala pasta recipe here.
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CHAPATHI UPMA RECIPE | HOW TO USE LEFT OVER CHAPATHI

       Chapathi |Roti upma , this recipe i got from my relative who recently visited my blog and called me up and told this recipe of roti upma. She is a  great cook and at this age of 75 she actively cooks everyday for her family . I thank Saroja Mami for introducing me this simple,easy and tasty Roti upma.

INGREDIENTS:

ROTI | CHAPATHI	4-5
PEANUTS	2 TBLSP
SESAME SEEDS	2 TSP
CUMIN SEEDS | JEERA	1/4 TSP
ONION	1 NO
CAPSICUM	1/4 PORTION
OIL	2 TSP
MUSTARD SEEDS	1/4 TSP
GREEN CHILLI	2
CORIANDER LEAVES	A HANDFUL
SALT	TO TASTE
LEMON JUICE	FEW DROPS

METHOD:

• Tear the roti into small pieces.
• 
• Chop the onions , green chilli and capsicums finely.
• In a pan add oil and add the mustard seeds and jeera.
• Add the green chilli and the chopped onion and saute for few minutes.

• Add the peanuts and sesame seeds. Roast in a low flame till it turns golden brown.
• Add the capsicum and saute for few minutes.

• Add the torn rotis to this and mix well.
• Saute in a low flame and switch off the flame. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

• Always serve hot.  I thoroughly enjoyed eating this roti upma.         Note:

1. You can add carrots, green peas and corn kernels too.
2. You can coarsely ground the peanuts ( roast and take the skin ) instead of adding it full.

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VANILLA ICE CREAM | CUSTARD POWDER ICE CREAM RECIPE

Vanilla custard powder Icecream is a one which i wanted to try out for a long time. Most of the times we don't get the vanilla flavored custard powder here, recently when i saw this i picked up to try out this ice cream. Few weeks back i posted this as a guest post for Rak's Kitchen. Try out this easy, eggless ice cream with easy available ingredients and without ice cream maker too.

INGREDIENTS: YIELDS 4 SCOOPS

CUSTARD POWDER (VANILA FLAVOR)	1 AND 1/2 TBLSP
SUGAR	4-5 TBLSP
MILK (LOW FAT)	2 CUPS
CREAM	2 TBLSP

• Boil the milk in a saucepan, reserving 3 tblsps of milk aside.
• Mix the custard powder in the 3 tblsp of milk into a smooth paste without any lumps.
• Add this custard mixture to the boiled milk and keep the flame low. Stir it continuously for 2 minutes. The mixture will give a thick custard. Let it be like a dosa batter consistency.

• Add sugar to it and put off the flame.
• Allow this custard to cool down completely.
• When done, add cream to this ( i used the Nestle cream) and whip in the mixer for a minute.

• Pour this mixture in a freezer safe box and freeze it for an hour.
• After that take out and whip it again for a minute. Repeat this step 2 times . this is to avoid the formation of Ice and to get a creamy texture.

• After doing the whipping process for 3 times, freeze the ice cream mixture for 5-6 hours.
• Your vanilla custard powder ice cream is done.

• Serve with fruits if you want.

  Note:

1. You can use any flavour of custard powder.
2. To the custard powder mixture, instead of sugar you can add condensed milk to get a rich taste.
3. You can add nuts to this after you finish off the whipping process. You will get the nutty bits while having ice cream.
4. Do not add custard powder more than the quantity mentioned.

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GARLIC BREAD STICKS RECIPE| SOFT GARLIC BREAD STICKS

Garlic bread sticks are the the first choice of starter whenever we go to Domino's Pizza  in India. When Divya  posted this Garlic bread sticks recipe, i bookmarked it and tried it. the Garlic bread sticks came out too well. I made it long back but some how couldn’t post it. The pictures didn’t come out as i expected as it was raining when i clicked the final pictures. But trust me, this garlic bread sticks were awesome. Check out Divya's blog for the detailed recipe.

ALL PURPOSE FLOUR	1 AND 1/2 CUP (DIVIDED)
SUGAR	1/2 TSP
INSTANT DRY YEAST	1/2 TSP
OLIVE OIL	2TBLSP
SALT	TO TASTE
GARLIC PASTE	1/2 TSP
OREGANO	1 TBLSP
CHILLI FLAKES	1/4 TSP (OPTIONAL)
PARMESAN CHEESE	3 TBLSP
WATER	1/2 CUP

METHOD:

• In a bowl add water, sugar and yeast and mix well. Keep it aside for 10 minutes or till the yeast raises up. the water should be slightly warm. ensure that it is not too warm else it will make the yeast to raise.

• In a wide bowl add 1 cup of flour, and add the olive oil. Mix well and add the raised yeast water to this and make it into a sticky dough.

• Cover it and keep aside for 45 minutes to 1 hour till it raises.
• Now add the garlic paste ( i ground few cloves of garlic with 1/4 tsp of butter) to the raised dough and add the remaining flour (1/2 cup).

• Knead well and keep it covered till the dough raises to double the size.

• Dust the kitchen top with flour and roll this into a big circle.
• Spread cheese over this. I used parmesan cheese, in the original recipe divya used amul grated cheese.

• Fold it into a semi circle. Sprinkle the Oregano on this. If using red chilli flakes sprinkle that too.

• Transfer this to a greased baking tray  Cut this into strips and bake this for 10 to 12 minutes or till the bread turns out slight brown on the top.

• Mine took 12 minutes to bake.

This Garlic bread tasted totally awesome and kids enjoyed a lot.
            
Note:

1. You can use garlic powder instead of garlic paste.
2. The original recipe used grated amul cheese cube.

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KATHIRIKKAI PODI CURRY | BRINJAL PODI CURRY RECIPE

Without much introduction to the recipe, let me explain how to make Brinjal curry with freshly ground spices. Generally it is made by stuffing the spice powder into the brinjal, but since we like it this way more than the Stuffed Brinjal curry, I made it in this way. This Kathrikkai podi curry was lying in my drafts for more than 2  months i wanted to post this today. I have few more simple recipes lying in my draft which i will post in the following weeks and will post new recipes soon.

INGREDIENTS: SERVES 3 - 4

SMALL BRINJAL	10-12
OIL	2 TBLSP
MUSTARD SEEDS	1/4TSP
SALT	TO TASTE
CURRY LEAVES	FEW

INGREDIENTS: TO ROAST AND GRIND

CORIANDER SEED(DHANIA)	1 TBLSP
RED CHILLI	5-6
CHANNA DAL	1 TBLSP
URAD DAL	1 TSP
KOPRAI (DRY COCONUT)	2 TBLSP

METHOD:

• Take out the top portion(paavadai) of the brinjal and cut the brinjals into slices.
• Soak it in the water to avoid getting it black.
• Roast all the ingredients under the table “Roast and Grind”into golden brown color.
• Grind this into a fine powder.

• In  a pan, add oil and mustard seeds and when it crackles add the brinjals (drain the water and add it)
• Add salt, turmeric powder and this spice powder. Mix well and keep the flame medium low.

• Stir in between and let it cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Once it gets cooked and roasted switch off the flame.

• Garnish with curry leaves . You can have this with plain hot rice smeared with ghee.

Check out my Simple brinjal curry and Stuffed Brinjal recipe too.

Note:

1. You can make the powder in advance and store it in  an airtight container.
2. always use the small purple variety of Brinjals for best results.

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