Methi Thepla

Methi Thepla in Marathi



Ingredients:
1 cup finely chopped Fenugreek Leaves
1/2 cup Wheat Flour
2 tbsp plain Yogurt
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Carom Seeds
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
2 to 3 Green Chilies, finely chopped
1 tsp Oil
salt to taste

Method:
1) In a mixing bowl, add chopped Methi leaves and 1/2 tsp salt. smash with hands for about a minute. Cover the bowl and rest aside for 15 minutes. Crumbling Methi leaves with some salt will make Methi leaves little mushy and watery. Therefore you wont need to add more water while kneading dough.
2) Add Cumin seeds, Carom Seeds, Cumin powder, Turmeric, Red CHili powder and green chilies to mashed Methi leaves. Now mix well. Add yogurt and salt to taste. Add Wheat flour spoonful at a time. Incorporate all wheat flour, knead nicely and make a dough. If the dough is little dry, add 1 tbsp Yogurt and knead. Do not add water to make the dough little moist.
Put this dough in a greased bowl and cover with damp cloth or any plate to avoid drying for about 1/2 an hour.
3) After 1/2 an hour, knead the dough well and make 4 to 5 equal balls. heat a griddle or Tawa. Roll the dough balls into thin and flat round disc. Cook each Thepla over hot Tawa. Apply some oil and roast both sides of Thepla.
Serve hot with Green Chutney or Garlic Spicy Chutney

Labels:
Methi Thepla, Fenugreek Paratha

Sweet Potato Roti

Ratale Poli

Ingredients:
2 cup Sweet Potato cubes (Peeled)
1 cup grated Jaggery
Whole-wheat flour
2 tbsp oil
Ghee


Method:
1) Add 1 ltr water in pressure cooker. Put sweet Potato cubes in Pressure cooker’s container. Cover the container with any Steel plate as we only want to cook sweet potatoes on steam. Pressure cook sweet Potato cubes to 3 whistles. Let pressure cooker cool down for 10-15 minutes
2) Open the lid of pressure cooker. Add grated jaggery to steamed cubes, and mix well with spoon. Mash all cubes properly. The mixture should be thin in consistency and without any lumps.
3) Add whole-wheat flour to the mixture. Add it spoon by spoon, and make medium consistency dough. Put 2 tbsp oil while kneading. Put this dough in a bowl and cover it for 20 minutes.
4) After 20 minutes divide the dough into 2-inch balls. sprinkle little flour on board. Roll the dough ball with roller pin and make Rotis. Heat a Tawa and place rolled roti on it. Drizzle little ghee and cook both sides.
Serve hot. This Rotis will remain fresh for 3-4 days.

Note:
1) If you want more sweetness to roti, add 1¼ cup Jaggery instead of 1 cup.
Labels:
Ratale poli, sweet potato recipe, ratale

Sanjyachya Polya

Sanjyachya polya in Marathi

Ingredients:
For stuffing
2/3 cup fine Semolina
3-4 tsp Ghee
1½ cup grated Jaggery
1¾ cup Water
2/3 cup Milk
1 tsp Cardamom Powder
For Cover
2/3 cup Maida (Plain Flour)
¼ cup Whole wheat flour
4 tsp Oil

Method:
1) On medium heat, roast 2/3 cup Semolina till golden brown. While roasting semolina, boil 1¾ cup water on other stove top. Once semolina is done, pour boiled water into semolina and stir. Cover with lid and let it cook for couple of minutes or till the water gets absorbed in semolina.
2) Then add grated jaggery. Stir well as it starts melting. Boil 2/3 cup milk in other saucepan and add it to semolina. Add cardamom powder and stir nicely. Cover the pan with lid. It will take few minutes to absorb all the milk in semolina. Stir in between.
3) Once the semolina stuffing becomes Luke warm, knead gently with hand. And make 2 inches round balls.
4) Now we will make dough for the cover. Sift maida and wheat flour together. Heat 3-4 tsp oil to high temperature. Pour this oil into sifted flours. Add water and knead dough to medium consistency. Make 1 inch balls of this dough.
5) Take one dough ball and make pari just like we make for modak or just roll it to 2 to 3 inch puri. Put one stuffing ball on it, close all the edges and cover stuffing ball with the maida dough.
6) Dust this ball with some wheat flour, and roll it gently with rolling pin. Make a thin roti.
7) Heat non stick tawa, place the roti on it and cook till it become golden brown. Now turn the side and let the other side cook till golden brown.
Pour some ghee around the roti while cooking. It will give nice buttery flavor to sanjyachi poli (Roti).
serve hot with Fresh Coconut Milk.

Labels:
Sanjyachya Polya, Sanjachya Polya, Sanjyachi poli, Sweet chapati, Semolina Chapati, Sweet Semolina Chapati

Tomato Omelette

Tomato Omelette

Omelette without eggs.
Ingredients:
3 Cups chopped Tomatoes
1 to 1 and half cup finely chopped Onion
2 cups Rice Flour
1/2 cup Chickpea Flour (Besan)
2-3 green chilies finely chopped or red chili powder to taste
3 Garlic Flakes (Optional)
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Asafoetida Powder
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil or butter
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Sift Rice Flour and chickpea flour together. Add water and make medium thick paste. Remove all the lumps.
2) Then add Turmeric Powder, asafoetida powder, cumin powder, chopped tomatoes, chopped onion, chopped chilies and garlic paste, chopped cilantro and salt to taste. Mix all very well.
3) Heat the pan and put the heat on medium. Grease the pan surface with oil.
4) Pour a spoonful batter in the pan. Spread with the spoon or with clean wet hand and make round medium thick omelette. Pour 1 tbsp oil around the edges. Cover the pan with lead and let it cook. 5) Once the one side is done. Flip the omelette to other side and let the other side cook.
Serve hot with green chutney or tomato ketchup with slice bread.

This is anytime food, served in restaurants for breakfast as well as snacks. I have seen great variations in the recipe from thin crispy version (south India) to thicker, all Besan version of Mumbai. This recipe is very near to what you get in typical Mumbai Udipi restaurants.

Labels:

Mumbai Food, Bombay tomato omlette, Vegan omlette, Veggie Omlette

Bhature

Bhature in Marathi

Servings: 8 to 10 medium Bhaturas
Ingredients:
1 cup sour Yogurt
2 cups Maida (Highly refined wheat flour,white in colour or All purpose flour)
salt to taste
Oil For deep Frying

Method:
1) In a mixing bowl take yogurt and salt. Whisk both for few minutes. Then add maida in it. add 2-3 tbsp oil and make medium soft dough. Cover the dough with lid for 4-5 hours.
2) After 4-5 hours knead the dough again. Make 1 and half inch diameter round balls. Heat oil in a fryer or Indian style Kadhai.. Now roll the dough balls in round shape bhatura (bigger size than puri). Rolled bhaturas should not be too thick or thin.
3) Deep fry these bhaturas on medium heat until you see nice golden color and puffed surface
4)Serve hot with spicy Chhole.
5) Good Bhaturas are puffed with both sides turned golden brown.

labels:
Bhaura, Indian Bread, Fried Bread Recipe, Maida

Aloo Paratha - Potato Stuffed Paratha

Aloo Paratha in Marathi

Aloo Paratha is mashed potato stuffed Indian bread. Especially popular in northern parts of India, aloo parathas are enjoyed for breakfast, snack and for meals. Aloo Parathas are served with spicy coriander chutney, Yogurt. Paratha stuffing is usually spicy.

Ingredients:
For stuffing
2 medium potato (boiled and peeled) - Use Potatoes which are good for baking
1 Tbsp Garlic paste
1 to 1 & half Tbsp Green chili paste
1/2 cup finely chopped Cilantro
1 Tbsp Cumin Seeds
1 Tbsp Cumin Powder
Salt to taste
For Paratha Cover
1 & 1/2 cup Wheat Flour
1 Tbsp Salt
Water
2 Tbsp Oil
Also Little butter

Method:
1) Put wheat flour in a mixing bowl. Add salt, water and oil. Knead well to make soft dough.
2) Grate boiled potatoes so that there won’t be any lumps. Add Garlic paste, chili paste, cilantro, cumin seeds, cumin powder and salt. Mix all the ingredients and make 1 & 1/2 inch balls out of it.
3) Make 1 & 1/2 inch balls of Wheat flour dough.
4) Roll a wheat flour ball into round shape with Roller (around 4 inch diameter). Place 1 potato stuffing ball on rolled wheat flour dough and close it from all side.
5) Apply some wheat flour on both side, roll gently into round shape.
6) Heat non stick tawa (Flat Griddle). Pour 1-2 tbsp oil or butter on it. Cook one side till it become light brown. Then turn to other side and let it cook. Pour some butter around the paratha.
Once both sides are cooked, paratha is ready to eat

Serve with hot mango pickle, green chutney or sweet yogurt.