Chana masaledar

Ingredients-

1.5 cup white chickpeas (chana)
2 tomato (mashed)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp gram flour (besan)
1 big onion
1 medium tomato
half lemon
soy sauce
half tsp chana msala
salt and red chilly powder.
cooking oil.

Recipe-
Soak chana in cold water for 3-4 hour.

after 3-4 hours, boil chana for 5-6 whistles in a cooker.keep aside.
take a kadai. put 3 tsp oil in it. add mashed tomato and cook it for a while.
add ginger garlic paste and cook again.
now put gram flour (besan) and mix well.
add salt, chana masala, soy sauce and chilly powder, mix well and cook for 2 mins.
add your boiled chana, mix them and cook with a cover for 4 mins on low flame.
cut your onion and tomato in thin rings. and put them in the kadai. cover the kadai again.
check if the chana are tender.
 if you find the tenderness fine, add lemon juice in it and mix well.
turn off the gas. leave the kadai covered for some time.
your yummy dish is ready, you can eat them with kulcha, bread or chapati. taste best with mint chutney.

cheese chilly

Ingredients-
250 gm PANEER (cottage cheese)
4-5 capsicum
4-5 onion
1 tomato
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
pinch of edible colour
2 flakes garlic (crushed)
4 tsp maida (all purpose flour)
2 tsp corn flour
1 tsp soy sauce
half tsp chilly sauce
cooking oil
salt

Recipe-
cut Paneer into cubes and onion and capsicum in big pieces.
Take a bowl, put maida, corn flour, pinch of salt, edible colour and one tsp ginger garlic paste.
Add small amount of water to make a semi thick batter.
heat oil for frying paneer cubes.
Dip paneer cubes in the batter and fry them. keep the fried paneer cubes aside.

Take another pan. heat small amount of oil in it.
put crushed garlic flakes in it and let them turn golden brown.
add 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and fry it for few seconds.
add capsicum and onion and saute for 2-3 mins on medium flame.
mash tomato with hand and  put it into the pan.
mix them in the pan and cook for 1 min.
add soy sauce and chilly sauce, mix it well.
now put your paneer cubes in the pan, mix them with other ingredients.
cook for a min. and your yummy cheese chilly is ready.
Serve it as a snack or  dry vegetable.

Roti chilla

Don't waste your leftover chapatis, turn them into an interesting yet quick evening tea snack.

ingredients-
chapatis (rotis)
half cup  Besan (gram flour)
finely chopped vegetables (onion, capsicum and carrot)
1 finely chopped tomato
salt and red chilly powder
cooking oil

recipe-
put besan in  a bowl. add salt and chilly in it.
now add chopped veggies and chopped tomato in the mixture.
add small amount of water to make  a semi thick batter.

heat up tawa. grease your tawa with few drops of cooking oil.
flame should be low.
place a chapati on the tawa.
apply a thin layer of batter on chapati.
turn your chapati and let the batter cook.
apply batter on the other side too.
turn your chapati again.
cook till the batter gets crisp from both the side.
SERVE HOT WITH EVENING TEA.

chatpata corn

ingredients--

1 bowl corn
1 onion and 1 tomato (chopped)
small amount of tamarind
salt and red chilly powder
cooking oil- 2 spoons

recipe--
soak tamarind in cold water. keep aside for half an hour.
boil corn till they soften down.

heat oil in a pan.
fry onion and tomato.
put salt and red chilly according to your taste.
separate tamarind seeds from water.put this water in the pan.
add boiled corn. mix it well. cook it until the water dry off.
serve hot.

fried veggie DALIA

THIS RECIPE IS DEDICATED TO MY ONE YEAR OLD SON...

INGREDIENTS--
1 bowl DALIA
1 bowl chopped vegetables (onion, capsicum, french beans, cauliflower etc.)
1 tomato mashed
salt, red chilly powder, turmeric, garam masala)
cumin seeds
cooking oil (2 tablespoons)
2 bowls water

recipe-
heat a pan. roast dalia without oil. when it turns golden add water. cover with a lid.
cook it on medium flame till the water dry off.
take another pan.
heat oil. add cumin seeds.let them splutter.
add chopped vegetables and let them cook.
add mashed tomato and cook again.
when veggies are done. add dalia and cook for another 2 mins so that dalia and veggies mix well.
serve hot with RAITA.

Roasted/ Fried stuffed IDLI

INGREDIENTS-

2 cups - suji (rawa)
1 cup - curd
1 medium onion (chopped)
1 medium tomato (chopped)
small amount of peanuts (halves)
Eno fruit salt
salt and red chilly powder (according to taste)
edible colour (optional)
cumin seeds(jeera)/ mustard seeds (rai)
cooking oil

recipe-
mix suji and curd. keep it aside for an hour.
after 1 hour. add half spoon Eno, salt, red chilly power and a pinch of edible colour to the batter.
If your batter is very thick.add some water to make it semi thick.
Take your idli stand. grease all the holes with oil.
fill half of the idli hole with batter.
place small amount of chopped onion, tomatoes and peanut halves on the batter.
again put your batter on above ingredients to fill the complete  idli hole.
Steam your idlis in idli stand placed on water filled utensil in microwave or cooker.
when your idlis are done. cut each idli into two pieces.
take a pan. roast mustard seeds or cumin seeds.
put your idli pieces into the pan and roast them on low flame. you can sprinkle few drops of oil to
get a glossy look.
serve hot with tomato sauce, coconut chuttny or sambar.

FRIED VERSION-

If you are not diet conscious, you can deep fry the idlis.

Paneer MANCHURIAN

INGREDIENTS-
1 bowl mashed paneer
2 finely chopped onion
1 shredded capsicum
2 spoon all purpose flour (maida)
2 spoon corn flour
2 finely chopped green chillies
3 flakes garlic (crushed)
1 tomato
soya sauce
salt
cooking oil

ingredients-
mix mashed paneer, 1 chopped onion and shredded capsicum in a bowl.
add maida and half of the corn flour and a pinch of salt mix well.
make small balls of the mixture.
fry these balls on low flame till they turn brown in colour.
set the fried balls aside.
take 2 cups of cold water and dissolve the rest of corn flour in water. keep aside
Heat two spoons of oil in a pan.
put the rest of chopped onion, green chillies and crushed garlic.
cook for two to three mins.
put corn flour mixed water in the pan.
add salt and soya sauce.
wait until the bubbles start coming out.
add Manchurian balls in the mixture.
cook for another min. serve hot with fried rice.