churmuri

Oh! It was really a hot afternoon .. I badly needed something to munch .. I remembered having some puffed rice at home .. So I ended in doing Churmuri .Good for summer , it has cucumber,carrots .. .My mom often do this ..








Ingredents

Puffed rice 2 cups
1 carrot scrapped
1/2 cucumber finely chopped
raw mango (as needed) chopped
sprouts (any sprouts like green gram, channadhal) 4 spoons
1/2 onion finely chopped (optional)
Thin sev which is called as omapudi in tamil(optional)
ground nut 1 spoon
chat masala 1/4 spoon

Mehod :

Mix all the above ingredients well. Garnish it with coriander

njoy ur evening snack ..with tea or coffee

Palak pakkoras

Palak pakkora(spinach pakkora): servers for 4 ,cooking time 15 mins

Everyone would like to have snack in the evening .. Especially during cold evening or rainy days .This is a perfect snack with slurp elachi tea ...
Ingredients :

Channa gram flour - ¾ cup

Spinach (chopped )- 2 cups

Onion - ½ thinly sliced

Garlic - 2 cloves minced

Green chili - 2 finely chopped

Saunf ,fennel - ¼ spoon

Oil to deep fry the pakoras

Salt to taste
Method :

Mix the channa dhal ,spinach, and other above ingredients with water (in intervals ) into a batter . Let it rest for 15 minutes . Drop batter in the oil with help of a spoon or u can use your hand ,deep fry until it becomes golden and crisp . Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, drain on kitchen towel . Sever it with pudena chutney or tamarind chutney .

panner tikka

Panner Tikka ;

One of my favorite ..

Here goes the method I do..


Servers for 5 , total cooking time 35 mins

Ingredients
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Panner - 1 pack (you can sclice them horizontally or vertically )
Capsicum (bell pepper) --1 (thinly sliced )
Curd - 3 spoons (large spoon) , The curd should be very thick .
Chat masala -½ spoon or tandoori masala -½ spoon (if u don’t have the chat or tandoori masala add 1 spoon of garam masala)
Garam masala - ½ spoon
Ginder and garlic paste -- 1 spoon
2 spoon of oil
Salt to taste

Method:
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In a large bowl ,add the scliced panner ,capsicum , curd and other ingredients listed above and mix it well. Let them marinate for 10 to 15 mins .

In a pan take a spoon of oil and brush it well trough out.. Place the Panner one by one in the pan. Leave it for 6 to 7 mins . Toast it well. Let them become golden brown . Toast the other side as well .At last fry the capsicum with the remaining oil.. Garnish it on the top..

Have a great treat!!!