Thattai is a traditional South Indian snacks. This thattai is made with fried gram flour mixed with rice flour. The addition of fried gram flour makes the thattai more crunchy and tasty. I have already posted traditional Thattai recipe. This is a slight variation of traditional one.
We generally make pakodas using gram flour as the base ingredient. But in this pakoda we use wheat flour in which we add some onions and chilli powder. My mother in law first made this pakoda and gave us. We liked the taste of this pakoda. So I asked her the recipe and made this … [Read more…]
Crispy sweet corn is a snack made by coating sweet corn kernels with spices and corn flour and then frying in oil. There are many variations in doing this recipe. For making crispy corn choose the corns that are sightly firm and plump.
We make different types of pakodas at home like onion pakoda, pattanam pakoda, palak pakoda and cabbage pakoda, cabbage pakoda is a simple and easy to make pakoda which is very awesome. The pakoda is crunchy and tasty. Cabbage pakoda is a good tea time snack.
Moong Dhal Kachori is a popular North Indian snack. It is usually prepared with all purpose flour or madia. This is a spicy snack in which we use a mixture of moong dhal and some spices which is stuffed inside the flour and then deep fried in oil in low flame. It is rolled in … [Read more…]
Mochai Kottai or Field Beans Masal vadai is a variation of the masal vadai we make in south India. In this, we add some field beans and grind for vada. This vada is crispy on the outer side and soft on the inner side.
As lockdown has started in India, we have problems of getting the required groceries for our house. Some of us are worried what food to prepare for these 21 days. Most of us work for full time and now we have lots of time to spend at home. As we have more time to spend … [Read more…]
Pattanam pakoda is an instant pakoda which we can make very easily. It is crispy outside and soft inside. For making the pakoda we usuall use gram flour. But in this pakoda we use fried gram or pottukadalai and rice flour mixed with chopped green chillies, onions and curry leaves. It can be given as … [Read more…]
One of the popular snacks of Karnataka is Mysore Bonda. It is crispy in the outside and soft in the inside. Mysore bonda is made using ured dhal, pepper, coconut and some more ingredients which makes this very tasty. This should be served hot otherwise it will be soft. It can be had with breakfast … [Read more…]
Happy New Year 2016 to all. As today is the new year, I thought I will do something new and special. I like mushrooms a lot. So I thought of making starters with mushroom and cheese. It came out very well.