Thursday, November 20, 2008

Theplas (Gujarati Dish).

"Theplas" have been my all time favorite snacks, so i made an attempt to give a try in making them at home with all ingredients that i could just taste while eating them :-), But satisfactorily i managed to get them cooked well an appropriate.



Ingredients :
1/2 bowl chopped Fenugreek.
1/2 bowl Besan.
1 bowl Wheat Flour.
1/2 cup Curd.
Salt to taste.
1/2 tbsp Cumin Powder.
1/2 tbsp Red Chilly powder or green chillies paste.



Method :
Mix well all the ingredients together & form it into a dough.

Make small doughs out of it & shape them in small rotis like "Thepla".

Bake each thepla from both sides, you can also apply some ghee on it & remove them in a plate ready to serve with pickle or curd :-)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Moong Dal Idli.

Bored of making the idlis with same recipe using rice :-\ made me think on the  changes that can be brought in the recipe. so tried something different this time replacing rice with moong dal & landed up  with nice fluffy idlis bringing yummy compliments on the dining table :-) Thus thought of sharing ...here it goes like this...   
Ingredients:
2 bowls Moong dal.

1 bowl Udid dal.

2 tbsp Curd.

1 pinch baking soda.

salt to taste.


Method:

Moong Dal & Udid dal has to be soaked in water to soften & then grind them
separately in fine smooth paste.

Add both the mixture together & add curd,baking soda & salt to taste.

Keep the batter to ferment for about an 1/2 & hour.

Fill the mix in Idli stand for steaming.Tips : apply oil before pouring the mix
so the Idlis when steamed can be easily removed.

Moong dal Idlis are ready to serve with sambhar or chutney as per the audience
choice ;-)