cheese masala dosa

Serves 4 to 5 people
To all my readers,


For my readers i have come up with another south indian dish. Very popular cheese masala dosa is available on the streets of indian city as well as in popular restaurants. Though born in gujarati family my mother used to cook different states food for us at home. Her talent and love for cooking and respect for different culture food inspired me as well to try with different dishes. Dosa are very common in south india and i love to try different varieties of dosa. Today in this blog will share recipe of cheese masala dosa, with the promise to share recipe of new varities of dosa in near future. Earlier in my blog i shared recipe of green moong dal dosa, here in this recipe urad dal is used along with rice. For more details on ingredients below is the list :


Ingredients for dosa:


1 cup urad dal
3 cup rice


Ingredients for masala:
2 chopped potatoes
2 chopped onions
2tbs channa dal
2tbs red chilli powder
1tbs turmeric powder
2tbs coriander powder
1tbs salt
10piece of golden raisins (kishmish)
10 pieces of cashew nut ( kaju)
50 gms cheese
1tbs black mustard seeds
Cooking oil


How to:

1. Soak urad dal and rice overnight or atleast 8 hours before cooking. Grind them in food processor and leave the bater at room temperature for atleast 6 hours.
2. For masala heat oil in pan and add black mustard seeds. When it starts crackling add chopped potatoes and onions and channa dal.
3. Add all the spice, red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder,salt and dry fruits.
4. Stir it well and add little water and let it cook for 15 min. The masala is ready.
5. For dosa add salt and adequate water to the bater to make it thin .
6. For dosa shell spread the bater on the pan in round shape to make it thin.
7. Cook on both the side. Apply coriander chutney if want to.
8. Put the masala on it like shown in the photo above then garnish it with grated cheese.
9. Close the dosa shell from both the sides and serve it hot.

Serve the masala dosa with sambhar or coconut chutney and corinander chutney.  The above recipe can make 8 to 10 masala dosas.

Panchkuti dal

Dear Readers,


Lentils are very nutritional and have important place in the indian vegetarian diet. They are rich in proteins. Indians have it during lunch, as soup and also dinner. Lentils are known as Dals in india, and Panchkuti dal is a mix of 5 different dals namely tuvar dal, yellow moong dal , green moong dal, urad dal, channa dal and last but not the least mysore dal. One can choose dal of their own for the different combination. I like to innovate with different dal at home and have cooked this often at home. Liked by all of us and easy to cook thought of sharing the recipe.

Ingredients:-


1/2 cup each of dal ( tuvar, yellow moong, green moong, urad, channa and mysore)
2tbs ginger and green chilli paste
1 chopped tomato
7 to 8 neem leaves
1tbs each of red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt.
1tbs of lemon juice.
Coriander leaves for garnishing.


For tempering:-
1tbs cumin seeds
2tbs cooking oil
3 to 4 cloves (laving)
1/4tbs fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds)
1/4tbs asafoetida (hing)

Preparation:-

1. Boil all the dals in pressure cooker and grind them .
2. Add adequate water to make the mixture of dal thin and cook for 2min.
3. Add ginger and green chilli paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
4. Add chopped tomato along with salt and lemon juice.
5. Stir it well and cook for next 6 to 8 min.
6. For tempering heat the cooking oil and add the cumin seeds to it. 
7. When cumin seeds starts crackling add the cloves and fenugreek seeds , Asafoetida (hing) and pour into the mixture of dal which is already cooking.
8. Stir well and cook for next 1 min and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Panchkuti dal (mixture of 5dal) is ready to serve hot. Have it with rice or pulav.

Puran poli

Dear Readers,


When i was a child puran poli was my favourite dish. This sunday when i made it , i remembered my childhood days when my mother used to cook for me. Its a maharashtrian sweet dish, but very popular in gujarat and rajasthan and many other states of india. The recipe of puran is shared below.

Ingredients  for  puran :-


1 cup tuver daal
1/2 cup channa dal
2tbs rice
1 cup sugar
3tbs ghee
2tbs cardamom powder
1/2 nutmeg powder
saffron strands.

Ingredients for dough:-


2 cup wheat flour
2tbs oil


Preparation:-

1. Mix both dals, tuver and channa dal and also 2 tbs rice and boil in pressure cooker.
2. Now remove water and grind the mixture to make the batter.
3. Heat ghee in pan and add the mixture and stir well. Add sugar and stir till it becomes thick.
4. Add remaining cardamom powder and nutmeg powder. Soak the saffron strands in little water and add the same and let it cook for 20 min till it becomes thick enough to make balls. Keep stirring to make the puran thick.
5. let it cool and make 8 to 10 equal size balls and keep it aside. The puran is ready.
6. To make dough add 2 tbs oil to wheat atta and then add little water and knead . 
7. Divide the dough into 8 to 10 equal portion .
8. Make round chappati of each dough and then put the filling (puran) ball in it and fold the edges of dough over it.
9. Now flatten the dough and roll again into a thick chappati.
10. Heat the tava and cook the chappati on both side till it turns to be light brown.
11. While serving apply ghee on it.

 Tips : the filling (puran) can be made in microwave also for 7 to 8 min to save the cooking time.

Crispy mix veg

Dear Readers,


Crispy mix veg is a dish for starter. There is nothing more to write about it and so will share the recipe.

Ingredients:-


300 gms chopped mix vegetables ( cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, beans, onions, potatoes, capcicum) 


3tbs soya sauce
1tbs salt
1tbs chilli powder
2tbs cooking oil
1tbs cumin seeds
1tbs ginger and greenchilli paste
Cooking oil for deep fry


Preparation:-

1. Fry chopped vegetables in oil till it turns to be crispy.
2. Now heat 2tbs of cooking oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds. When it starts tempering add garlic and greenchilli paste . 
3. Now add the fried vegetables to it and add salt and red chilli powder.
4. Mix well and add the soya sauce to it.

The above recipe is simple and fast to cook. It serves 2 persons.

Dahi wada

Dear Readers,

My new experiment in kitchen was of dahi wada. This recipe is very poupular in northern india and comes under the category of chaat. It can be served as starter . Dahi wada is available in most of the indian restaurants and also cooked at home. The recipe is simple but the taste is chatpatta ( very delicious). I tried this often at home as starter as well as for dinner. 

                                       Serves 4 to 5 person  

Ingredients :-

1 bowl urad daal 

1 tbs roasted cumin seeds

1 tbs ginger and green chilli paste

1 tbs salt

1/4 tbs soda bi carb

3 bowl Yogurt 

Oil for deep fry

How to:

1. Soak urad daal for 5 hours in water and then grind it in food processor such that thick batter is prepared. Remove excess water before grinding.
2. Now add roasted cumin seeds, ginger and green chilli paste and salt to the batter. Also add soda bi carb to it and leave it for 10min.
3. Meanwhile heat oil in deep pan for deep fry.
4. Now make small round balls of batter and fry them at low flame to make wadas. Fry them to light brown colour.
5. Now once the wadas get at normal temperature soak them in water for 3 to 5 min.
6. Press them gently and squeeze to remove the water. 
7. In a bowl blend yogurt and add little water to smooth and add either sugar or salt as per taste.
8. Soak all the wadas in yogurt such that they are fully deeped in yogurt.
9. Now pour tamarind chutney and corinader chutni on it.
10. Sprinkle red chilli powder, corinader powder or chaat masala.
11. Garnish it with pomegranate seeds and coriander leaves.

Serve it chilled. Also keep aside extra chutneys if required to add as per taste while serving.

Peda

Dear Readers,


Since long time not been able to share recipes with you. Here have come up with new recipe on peda, indian sweet. Indian culture is full of different festivals and occassions. Peda is served as sweet dish during festivals, occassions, as offerings to god and also at times offered to guests. As it is a very common dish favourite of most of the indians , i thought of sharing the recipe of home made peda in microwave with the major ingredients of milk powder, sugar, cardimom powder. 

Ingredients:


2 bowl - milk powder
1 bowl (same bowl size as above) - sugar powder
4 tbs - Cardimom powder
100 gm - unsalted butter.
50gm - golden raisin for garnishing.


How to:


Step 1 Heat unsalted butter and add the milk powder to it.
Step 2 Heat the mixture for 1min at maximum heat in microwave oven.
Step 3 Add sugar powder and cardimom powder to the mixture and stir well. 
Step 4 Again heat the mixture for 1min as above.
Step 5 Take out the mixture and mix well again and repeat to heat for 1min.
Step 6 Let the mixture cool down a bit and start making small peda. Garnish      
          with golden raisin.


The above quick recipe of peda in microwave is very helpful if there are guests unexpected or any puja or religious ceremony at home. Put them in refrigerator and serve.


The above recipe makes approximately 20 to 25 pedas.