Low fat Dahi Vada

When Nupur announced her challenge this month it was to make either spring rolls or dahi vada.

 So what is new you will ask my dear the challenge that Nupur poses is different. She chooses a deep fried dish and expects you to make it not fried but search for different options other than fried. Interesting? Well do check it out. I am sure she will add newer members.

Now I have made baked spring rolls. Dahivada with a difference here has been made by my SIL so I did not know how else to make it. In no mood to trudge to the mall to search for the spring roll wrappers which I am sure will not be there, I decided to make dahi vada.How ??? was the question that worried me.

Kadli/Harbara Chat

We had been on a vacation to Mahableshwar and Pachgani. On our way back much to the girl’s irritation I brought what in Marathi is called “Harbara” in Kannada called “Kadli Gida”. They are lucky I did not buy red chillies that were on sale in a local market. Can you imagine the state the car would have been? As it is with the sugar cane we had picked there was no place!

We followed the Kolhapur –Amboli Highway to come back to Goa. On the way in Amboli Akanksha wanted to see the waterfalls. So we stoped blissfully forgetting all about open windows, monkeys and this treat stored in the back.

Sev Batata Poori

Who does not like chaat?

 We have saying in Kannada which says, “Bhina Ruche Janaha” This means different people have different tastes. So there is one person who I know does not like chaat. Thankfully in my family we all love them.

Pani Pooris or Gol Gappas!!

Pani Pooris or Gol Gappas!!
 My favourite street food! 

No matter how much chaat I have had I need to finish off with these pretty pooris filled with spicy tangy water. Pop it in your mouth a little pressure and it bursts filling your mouth and wetting your appetite for more and more.

Sweet Potato Chaat

After seeing all the chaat recipes that we posted for the 7-Day Blogging Marathon I wanted to eat Chaat desperately. Matters were not helpful at home because my kids were around and saw the pictures.  You get the big picture?

My husband who had travelled out of Panaji came home with a packet of sweet potatoes, rather baby sweet potatoes.

A few I cut into quartes and boiled in salt water. Decorated with Tamarind Chutney, Dates Chutney, red chilli powder and Chaat masala.

Have  a look.

Egg Chat

Egg Chat And Paratha

We had EGG CHAT and PARATHA for lunch today. EGG CHAT was a last minute decision when I realised the curds that we normally have with paratha had not set.

To make EGG CHAT you will need:

6 hard boiled eggs

2 green chillies, chopped   

1 big onion, chopped fine

1 tsp tamarind chutney

1 tblspn dates chutney

I tblspn tomato ketchup

Coriander chopped

Method :

1.       Cut the boiled eggs in quarters (I make ½ of quarters).

2.       Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

3.       Serve as a snack or accompaniment.

Egg Chat

This accompaniment is made very rarely, for the simple reason we eat eggs occasionally, It never fails to elicit an enthusiastic response. I love making it as it's very easy to put together. It can be eaten as an accompaniment or as a dish itself.

2 boiled egg, cut into 16 pieces

1 small Onion chopped fine

1 small Tomato chopped fine

1 Green chilli chopped fine

1 tblspn Dates Chutney

1 tblspn Tamarind chutney

¼ tsp Chat masala

¼ tsp Chilli powder

Salt (Adjust as per taste)

Coriander for garnishing

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Serve garnished with coriander

Sev Batata Puri

Like I have said any kind of chat invokes frenzy at home. My kids worship chat and can’t get enough of it. Basically chat is made at the end of the week as by then I am fed up with cooking. Sev batata puri and bhel are perennial favourites.

For Sev Batata puri

1 packet of readymade puris
3 potatoes boiled and diced fine.
1 cup boondi
Sev
salt
Coriander
Tamarind chutney
Green chutney
Dates chutney


Mix the potatoes with salt and a 1 tsp each of all the 3 chutney.
Make holes in all the puris and stuff the filling of potatoes.
Decorate with the chutney, sev and coriander.
Serve immediately.

Ragda Patis

Chat is an all time favourite with my family. Any day dinner with any chat item is acceptable. So maybe I will be writing up about all the different types of chat. Being a bit more conscious about nutrition I try to vary the tradition a bit. Though it is not always a hit or even acceptable I do it & they are unaware as to why the chat is different. So let’s today have

Ragda Pattis

First the ragda

¼ cup white peas
1 ½ cup water
A pinch of soda
3 tsp oil
¼ cup onion chopped fine
¼ tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 ½ tsp green chilli paste
½ tsp goda masala
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp jeera powder
½ tsp garam masala
¼ tsp haldi
Salt
Coriander

Wash the peas in running water then soak overnight. Cook in the soaked water till soft in the morning. Mash well about 3 tblspn of the cooked peas.

In the oil add onion ginger, garlic green chilli add the mashed peas and fry till the mixture is well cooked. Pour 3 cups of water.

Add rest of the masala and boil till the mixture thickens.

Pattis
1 potato boiled and mashed
1 slice bread
1 pinch turmeric
Coriander
Salt
Oil for shallow frying
Dip the bread in a little water and remove. Squeeze dry. Mix the rest of the ingredients and make small balls the size of a small lemon. Flatten on your palm. Arrange on a tava pour the oil and fry both the sides till they are brown.

To serve

Put 2-3 pattis on a plate. Add the hot ragda on top till the patties are well soaked.
Sprinkle finely chopped onion, boondi and or sev, tamarind chutney, dates chutney, green chutney,coriander, red chilli powder. Eeeeeeeeenjoy!!

Green Chutney for Chaat

1-2 green chillies
¼ cup pudina
4 cloves garlic
½ cup coriander
1/8 tsp ginger
1 tsp salt
½ tsp amchur or ½ tsp lemon juice.

Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste with a little water.

Dates Chutney

10-12 dates
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp rock salt
1 ½ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp jeera powder
1cloves garlic (optional)
Cook in the cooker all the ingredients. Cool the mixture. Grind in the blender. Strain, if needed add water to adjust the thickness of the paste.

Tamarind Chutney

½ cup tamarind
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp rock salt
1 ½ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp jeera powder
1 cup jaggery chopped fine

Cook in the cooker all the ingredients except the jaggery. Cool the mixture. Grind with jaggery in the blender. Strain if needed add water to adjust the thickness of the paste.