Monday 28 August 2017

खमान ढोकला | khaman dhokla in pressure cooker | Without Eno | Gujarati snacks





Learn how to make Khaman Dhokla very similar to what you get in market infact much better and softer and delicious than store bought , an easy to make Gujarati snacks recipe

Khaman Dhokla is a savory steamed cake made from gram flour. Very soft, porous, mildly tangy-sweet and a great snack that can be served at any time of the day.


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Ingredients:

2 cups gram flour
Salt to taste
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 tsp Haldi

Asafoetida (hing) 1/2 tsp
1 TBSP lemon juice


Tadka:
Oil 1 tsp
1 tbsp Mustard Seeds
3-4 Chillies

3-4 curry leaves
1 cup water
1 TBSP sugar

Coriander leaves and Grated Coconut

Method:

- Take a bowl and add the gram flour, turmeri, asafoetida, salt and lemon juice
- Whisk everything well add water making sure there are no lumps left and the batter is smooth in texture.
- Let the batter soak for atleast 30 minutes. 
- menwhile prepare the tin by greasing it with oil and prepare cooker by filling it with sufficinet water and place an empty bowl.

- After 30 minutes add baking soda and baking powder and mix well and immdiatly transfer the batter in the greased tin and keep in cooker and let it steam for 15 minutes (without nozzle) \-6 minutes. 
- Separate the dhokla from the tin by using a knife. 
- Overturn the dhokla on a plate. Overturn it again.
- Heat the oil in a pot. 
- Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and chillis, curry leaves water and sugar. Let the water boil for one minute. 
- Add the coriander leaves and grated coconut for garnishing
- Spread this mixture over the dhokla. Cut the dhoklas into small squares and it's ready to serve. 



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Tuesday 22 August 2017

Steamed Modak Recipe | 2 Different Fillings - Ganesh Chaturthi Special | Ukdiche Modak



Steamed Modak or most commonly known as Ukdiche Modak are special sweet dumplings which are offered to Lord Ganesha. So on this special and auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, make his favourite sweet at home with two different fillings. To watch the video recipe click on the link below of my YouTube channel




Ingredients
Rice covering 
3 cups rice flour 
3 cups water 
1/4 tsp Salt 
1tbsp ghee 


Traditional filling 
1 tbsp ghee
3 cups Grated fresh coconut 
1.5 cups grated jaggery
1 tsp elaichi powder 

Coconut Chocolate 
1 cup roasted dry grated coconut 
1/2 cup semisweet/milk chocolate 
1/4 tsp cardamon powder

Method
- In a saucepan add water, salt and ghee and let the water start bubbling.
- Add rice flour in it and lower the flame, make sure you mix it properly and there are no lumps.
- Turn off the flame and cover it for 3-5 minutes.

For Traditional filling
- In a pan add ghee, grated coconut,cardamom powder and jaggery and turn on the flame.
- Mix the ingredients properly
- When the mixture dries down, turn off the flame and let it cook down to room temperature.

For Coconut Chocolate Filling
- In a bowl add grated roasted dry coconut , cardamom powder and semi sweet/milk chocolate and mix it properly. The filling is ready.

For Modak
-Take the dough in another bowl and knead it into a soft dough.
- Cover the dough with a plastic wrap or damp cloth.
- Take little ball of dough to start making the modak.
- Apply some water to your fingers while making the modak.
- Scoop in some filling into the modak
- Squeeze the sides and bring the ends together and close it by pressing the top. 

Steaming Modaks
- Add some water into a cooker
- Now place the empty bowl and place another bowl top of empty bowl and place modaks and cover it with a lid without nozzle.
- Let the modak steam for 10-15 minutes on low flame.

Steamed modak are ready to be served.


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Tuesday 8 August 2017

Healthy potato chips in just 7 minutes | Microwave chips | Baked not fried | 1 TBSP oil potato chips




Hi friends welcome back to the channel , today we will learn how to make healthy potato chips in microwave in just 7 minutes.  Super delicious and super crispy. If you are new to this channel , please subscribe  to watch my weekly videos.




Ingredients:


  • Potato
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and red chilli powder


Procedure


  1. Good quality potatoes and wash them nicely to remove all dirt as we will be making chips with potato skin which is again healthy. 
  2. Now using peeler adjust it to thinnest size possible and slice the potatoes. 
  3. Now take room temperature tap water and add ice cubes to it. immerse the sliced potatoes in it so that we remove starch and make it crispy. Leave it for 2-3 minutes. 
  4. After 3 minutes remove the sliced potato on kitchen tissue paper to dry out the water and tap using paper towel to completely dry the sliced potatoes.
  5. Now take a parchment paper and place the sliced potatoes , don’t overlap sliced potatoes. Brush olive oil on one side and then flip the potato and brush other side nicely. 
  6. Now keep the parchment paper alongwith sliced potatoes in microwave for 6 minutes. Once you see the chips are getting slightly brown flip it over and again microwave for a minutes or less . 
  7. Let them cool and remove it in a bowl. Add salt as per taste and red chilli powder and shake it nicely. 


Crispy and delicious healthy baked potato chips are ready to enjoy with evening tea.




DIY Edible Chocolate Rakhi | Raksha Bandhan treats | Indian festival | DIY homemade Rakhi




Hi friends  , first of all Happy Rakdha Bandhan. With this Indian festival which celebrates sibling bond , I have come up with a creative idea of preparing edible chocolate rakhi. Learn how to prepare in simple way at home and surprise your sibling with a sweet delightful tasty rakhi.

Ingredients:
Melted dark chocolate - To see how to melt chocolate click on https://youtu.be/xt1PZXVOzms
Almonds
Peanuts
Decorations (as per your wish)
Parchment paper

For Rakhi base"
Card-paper
Aluminium foil
Ribbon
Double sided tape/feviquick

To see how to decorate the Rakhi using just few ingredients and in simple way watch my youtube video


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