Dabeli

This is the first time am thinking of taking part in any blogsphere event. It's not that I never got to know any but am so lazy to take part but this time I found rules were easy and I have almost half of the things in draft mode so thought of putting in for the Game Night Party Recipes on Manasi Desai's blog.So here I go with Dabeli a snack which is tummy full and nutritious too. So guys make a note of it how to prepare .... not so difficult, infact too easy

Ingredients:

Boiled and mashed potatoes 3-4

Fresh Pomegranates(anaar) seeds - 1 small bowl

Onion chopped - 1 small bowl

Fresh corriander leaves - 1 bunch

Chick peas (soaked overnight and boiled in salted water) - 1/2 bowl(optional)

Green chillies finely chopped as per your taste

Chopped tomatoes - 1 small bowl

paneer/cottage cheese cubes - 1 small bowl(optional)

Salt to taste

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Amchoor powder/dry mango powder - 1 tsp

Chat masala - 1 tsp

Pita bread or Pav or Bun - 5-6

Butter to roast

Pre- prepration:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl except pita bread and butter.

Add little butter to this and Micro the contents of bowl for one minute on high. Although this is totally optional but it gives good taste.
Method:
Now take a pita bread/pav/bun and slit it open from middle. Make a pocket out of it as shown

Pocket should be large enough to stuff the bowl contents. Stuff each Pita Bread with 2 - 3 spoon full of stuffing and keep aside.
This can be prepared in advance, say 2-3 hours before the games and as soon as the serving time is near all you have to do is roast with butter on both sides on griddle/tawa for 5 mins or till the time upper crust of bread becomes crispy.
This is quite handy to make as most of it can be prepared in advance and rest roasting can be done before serving time and this is quite filling too.
Serve Dabeli with green coriander chuttney or with tomato ketchup.



Enjoy!!

Pav Bhaji ...... my style

Aah after a long gap am posting another recipe here. hmm last I posted was on 16th March :D
And it's 17th May today. Anyways Sachin promised to post a recipe here which I don't think is going to be fullfilled any case. He makes good in kitchen but to put it on here :P Hope some day he will do that.
Okie now talked a lot , lets start cooking today Pav Bhaji, ummmm I just love it and so does sachin :)
Although there are various ways of preparing this, the way I follow is given below:




Ingredients:

• Potatoes (Basic ingredient :D and must cannot be skipped in any given case ) 5 big ones
• Onions 4 big ones
• Spring onions 1 (optional)
• Green Capsicum 3 big ones
• Carrot 2 in nos
• Grean Beans 4 to 5 (can be skipped if not preferred)
• Green peas (matter) 1 bowl
• Cauliflower 1 big
• Tomatoes 8 big ones
• Red beans(rajma) 1/2 small bowl soaked overnight
• Cholley (kabuli channa) 1/2 small bowl soaked over night
• Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
• Green Chillies (according to your taste buds)
• Salt to taste
• Pav Bhaji masala 2 spoons
• Butter - 300 gms
• Tumeric powder - 1 tsp
• Asteofida (Hing) - 1 tsp
• Corriander powder - 2 tsp
• Fresh corriander leaves finely chopped (1 bowl)

Method:

Pre-prepration:

• Soak rajma and kabuli channa overnight in a bowl
• Now pressure cook this rajma and kabuli channa with salt for 3 whistles. It should become tender enough.
• Boil potatoes, peel them and mash them
• Take cauliflower, soak it in diluted water (water + vinegar).
• Now if you have got food processor your life will become easier like anything
• Chop the onions along with green chillies in processor and keep it aside. Along with it in blender you can puree the tomatoes and keep aside.
• Now take cauliflower,carrot, capsicum, beans in processor and chop them finely
  

(Now people not having food processors can grate them or cut them into very small cubes)

Once the pre-preparation is done it comes to cooking time.

Cooking Method:

• Take a wok (kardaahi or deep pan) and put 150 gms of butter to it. Saute the onions in it along with green chillies. Saute well
• Once onions half done add ginger garlic paste to it and cook till golden brown.
• Now add the vegetables (cauliflower + beans + capsicum + Carrot+ green beans) to it and cook till it's tender
• Once the vegetables are fried well add tomato puree to it. Add tumeric powder (haldi),asteofida, corriander powder,Salt and pav bhaji masala.
• Simmer it and cook till the tomatoes are properly cooked and it starts leaving butter.
• Once done add the potatoes, 50 gm of butter, rajma and cholley to it.mix well. Now add 1 glass of water to it. and let it cook on simmer.
• AS I have already mashed and chopped things finely thats why it do not require the masher, but still you can use your masher in between.
• Add 1/2 cup of coriander to it , cover it and cook for 2 mins It's done now

Serve it with Pav's
Cut the Pavs into two equal halves and roast on the griddle (tawa) with butter on both sides.

Serving:

Take bhaji in a plate, put some fresh corriander leaves, some chopped onions and a piece of butter, put two pavs in the side and serve it very hot

:)

Do tell me how it come out to be