ESPECIAL DE DURGA PUJA (DURGA PUJA SPECIAL) : CHATURTHI

RUSSIAN SALAD

This Durga Puja I am trying to cook a new dish everyday and post the recipe in the blog

This is one of my most favourite salads. It is a refreshing yet healthy and a very simple salad. I hope you try this out and do give me feedback :)

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 Carrots chopped 
• Few french beans chopped
• 1 large potato boiled and chopped
• 2 slices of pineapple
• 1 cup peas
• Black Pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tsp Olive Oil
•  4 tbsp mayonnaise 
• 1/2 tsp sugar

PROCEDURE:

• Boil the carrots, beans and peas for about two mins and immediately put them in ice cold water to stop the cooking process. Make sure not to overcook them.

• In a separate boil mix together mayonnaise, black pepper, salt, vinegar, olive oil and sugar till you achieve a smooth consistency. You caan use any type of mayonnaise you like eggles, low-fat, with eggs etc. I used an eggless one :)

• Russian salad is usually a tad bit sweet so I added a bit of sugar. Adjust the salt according to the type of mayonnaise you use :)
• Cut the pineapples into small pieces (I used tinned pineapples since I did not have any fresh ones).
• Let the vegetables cool down and then add them to the mayonnaise mixture. Then add the pineapples and mix well.

• Now put the salad in another bowl and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. 

• Serve chilled :)

Enjoy!!!!! Adios

Happy Puja to All :)

A Family Favourite :)

DEVILLED EGGS

This is one of my grandmother's most famous recipes. My grandmother always used to make this dish on special occasions and this was one of the very first dishes I learnt from my grandma :)  This recipe is a meat-less version of scotch eggs. One morning, we were bored with our regular breakfast items so I decided to try and make them my way. My version here is a tasty yet easy-to-make snack :) :)

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 boiled eggs + 1 raw egg beaten
• 6-7 boiled potatoes (medium size)
• Red chilli powder to taste
• Salt to taste
• Chat Masala to taste
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• Finely chopped green chillis
• 5 Tbsp Cornflour
• 7-8 Tbsp bread crumbs
• Oil for deep frying

PROCEDURE:

• Mash the potatoes and add the chat masala, chilli powder, lemon juice, salt and the chopped chillis.

• Now take a handful of potato mash to cover the egg entirely with the mash.

The egg half covered with the mash (pic with flash)

• Follow this step with all the eggs.

All the eggs covered with potato mash (pic without flash)

• Now dust these eggs in cornflour (you can use flour as well) and then dip them in the beaten egg and then roll them in bread crumbs.

• Now deep fry them till the crust is golden brown. (you can chill them for sometime as well before frying)

DEVILLED EGGS :)

I hope you try this recipe out and give me feedback :) :)

THANKS :)

A Delicious Breakfast Recipe :)

Aloo Parathas

HELLO,

My family simply loves aloo parathas. I am sure people who have tried this love this :)

However I made these yesterday for lunch. I didn't have a lot of stuff at home but in every Indian household, I'm sure you will find a handful of potatoes :)

So I decided to make aloo parathas. Hope you will like my version of aloo parathas :) :)

Ingredients:- (Makes 3)

Dough

• 5 Tbsp Flour
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 Tsp oil for dough
• Water as per requirement

Filing

• 1 medium potato
• 1/2 onion finely chopped
• 1/2 tomato finely chopped
• 1 green chilli finely chopped
• 1 Tsp coriander leaves
• 1/2 Tsp chat masala
• 1/2 Tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 Tsp lime juice (Optional)
• 1/2 Tsp cumin seeds dry roasted and powderes
• Salt to taste

3 Tbsp oil for frying the parathas

Procedure:-

 Dough

• Sift the flour into a bowl and add 1/2 tsp of oil. We add a little oil in our doughs while making parathas or puris, it is called "Moyan" in Bengali, it makes the dough softer. (You may skip this step)
• Then add water little at a time and mix well to form a soft, firm dough. Knead thoroughly and keep aside.
• Then divide the dough into 3 balls.

Dough divided into 3 medium balls

   Filing

• Boil, cool and peel the potato. Mash it well, make sure there are no uncooked bits.
• Now add the chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilli, coriander leaves, red chilli powder, chat masala, cumin powder,lemon juice and salt. Mix well.
• I cooked my filing in a little bit oil about 1/2 tsp you may skip this step, the filing tastes just as delicious :)

  Assembly

• Roll a ball of dough out a little bit on a lightly floured surface and put some of the filing in the centre. (Do not put too much mixture else you would not be able to roll out the paratha)
• Now bring the edges of the dough over the filing to cover it.
• Shape into a ball again and press the top firmly to seal it.
• Gently roll the paratha out taking care that the filing doesn't leak.

The dough with the filling rolled out

Cooking the paratha (pic with flash)

• Finally heat a pan and add a little oil, and carefully put the paratha on it. 
• When this side starts to brown carefully flip it and add a little more oil.
• Cook till done.
• Serve with plain yogurt or raita or pickles :)

Served them with yogurt quenelles and the remaining filling :)

ENJOY :) :)

Do give me feedback :)

NOTE-

 To make more parathas just increase the quantity of the ingredients. Just keep in mind that the balls should be larger than the ones made for rotis or plain parathas.