Spices and Recipes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 8 oz. can (or fresh) crushed pineapple
• 1 1/2 cups chopped mango
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 cups flour

Method:

1. Mix cinnamon, baking soda & salt.
2. Mix eggs, vanilla and crushed pineapple.
3. Mix mangos, walnuts and raisins.
4. Combine all ingredients together. Pour into prepared 9″x11″ pan and let sit for 20 minutes. Bake at 350′ for 40-45 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 1 large chicken (1 ¼ kg) jointed
• 6 green chillies/peppers
• 1 ¼ inch piece ginger
• 10 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped fine
• 4 large tomatoes, halved
• 6 medium potatoes, boiled, halved

Method:

1. Grind to a fine paste, the ginger, garlic and all the spices in the lemon juice, including the green chillies/peppers and half chopped onions, adding salt to taste.
2. Joint the chicken and apply the ground spices to the chicken pieces.
3. Marinate the chicken for 2 hours.
4. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame and saute the rest of the chopped onion.
5. Fry the chicken pieces, turning them over both the sides till the pieces are browned and cooked (approx. 20 mins).
6. In a separate pan, heat 1 tbsp oil and fry potatoes and then very lightly the halved tomatoes.
7. Serve the chicken with the fried potatoes and tomatoes.

Ingredients

• 1 packet of puris
• 3 cups thick yogurt/curd
• 1/2 cup sugar (If the yogurt is sweet, reduce the amount of sugar)
• 3/4 cup water
• 4 medium sized potatoes
• 2 teaspoon chat masala
• thin sev
• chopped coriander leaves
• salt to taste

Sweet chutney:

• 1/2 cup pulp of dates (soak dates in hot water for 1/2 an hour , remove seeds and grind them in a mixer, strain)
• 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
• 1/4 cup jaggery or sugar
• grind together all these items

Spicy chutney:

• 1 bunch coriander
• 8-10 green chilies
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• a pinch of salt
• grind together all these items

Method

1. Boil potatoes and mash them. Add salt and chat masala, mix.
2. Beat the yogurt with sugar and a pinch of salt. Add the water to get desired pouring consistency. This is known as Dahi.
3. Prepare chutneys as mentioned above. Arrange puris in a plate. Put mashed potato in each puri with the help of a spoon. Then fill puris with sweet dahi and pour sweet and spicy chutneys on top. Garnish the puris with sev and coriander leaves. Serve as an appetizer, breakfast or a quick meal.

Ingredients

• 1 packet of puris (available in Indian groceries)
• 1 packet pani puri masala (available in Indian groceries)

For the filling:

• Moong sprouts: Heat some oil in a pan. Add moong sprouts and add little amount of water. Cover and cook till they are done.

Sweet chutney:

• 1/2 cup pulp of dates (soak dates in hot water for 1/2 an hour , grind them in a mixer & strain)
• 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
• 1/4 cup jaggery or sugar
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• grind together all these items.

Spicy chutney:

• 1/2 cup coriander leaves
• 12-15 green chilies
• a pinch of salt
• grind together all these items.

Pani puri
Method:

1. First prepare the filling of moong sprouts
2. Add some water to Pani puri Masala or as per the instructions on the packet.
3. Boil and let it cool. You can keep it in refrigerator for some time.
4. To serve, arrange puris in a dish.
5. Put some filling into these puris.
6. Add chutneys & Masala pani as per your taste and enjoy.
7. Eat before the puris turn soggy.

Ingredients

For patties:

• 1 lbs boiled and mashed potatoes
• 2-3 bread slices (for crispness)
• salt to taste

For ragda:

• 1 lbs of white peas
• turmeric powder
• ginger-garlic paste (1 tsp each)
• red chilli powder
• salt
• 1 onion
• 2 tomatos(optional)
• 2 tsp garam masala

For sweet chutney:

• 1/2 cup pulp of dates (soak dates in hot water for 1/2 an hour, deseed and grind them. Strain to get a smooth paste)
• 1/4 cup tamarind pulp
• 1/4 cup jaggery or sugar

For spicy chutney:

• coriander leaves
• green chilies,(amount varies as per the taste)
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp cumin seeds

For garnishing:

• Yellow thin sev
• finely chopped coriander leaves
• finely chopped onions
• crushed puris of pani puri(optional)

Method

1. Soak the white peas overnight. Or if you are in hurry, soak them for 4 hours in hot water. Wash and add some salt and water. Pressure cook till soft.
2. Dip bread slices in water for just a moment and squeeze them to remove excess water. Mix them with mashed potatoes and add salt. Make small balls of the mixture and flatten them.
3. Heat a griddle. Pour some oil. Arrange the patties on the heated griddle. Turn upside down once the bottom side of patties is brown. Shallow fry all the patties till brown and crisp.
4. Chop onions and tomatoes.
5. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. add onion pieces, saute for a minute. Then add tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste and fry for some time.
6. Now add boiled peas, chili powder, salt and some water for desired consistency. cover and cook for 10 minutes. Ragda is ready.
7. Grind all the ingredients of sweet chutney with some water into a fine paste. In the same way, make spicy chutney.
8. To serve, arrange patties in a dish, pour some ragda on top. Add sweet chutney and spicy chutney.
9. Garnish with thin sev, coriander leaves, onions and crushed puris.