How to make Bobatlu / Puran Poli

How to make Bobatlu / Puran Poli

"Bobatlu" as soon as we hear this word the thing that comes to our mind is festival . Yes its truely a festive food . Bobatlu has different names in different regions . In andhra it is called as 'bobatlu' , in telangana region it is called as ' bakshalu ' or ' polelu' . This 3 names are of Andhra pradesh . The same dish is called as 'Puran poli' in Tamil nadu. So different names , different recipes but same base . Some people love to have it with hot milk , some with ghee .

All these days i thought this is a tough dish to make . Somehow on pongal day i thought of trying this and i did it , for my suprise they turned out great and with ease . It didnot take more time for me . So if any of u are having same tough feeling just give a try .

Preparation :-

• Take 1 small tea glass of chana dal / bengal gram . ( With same measurement i got 10 puri size bobatlu)

Wash them and add 1 tea glass water and soak it for 30 mins and cook it in cooker for 4 whistles .

In mean time take 3 tea glasses of maida , to this add pinch of salt and 1/2 tspn ghee . Mix nicely , add sufficient water and make little loose than chapathi dough . Cover this and rest this for an hour .

Grind 2 illachis into a fine powder . Take 1 tea glass jaggery and make it as powder .

When pressure goes off takeout that bowl . See how dry they turned . Now take a kerchief or paper towel and pour cooked dal . This step is to make dal fully dry .

Now grind boiled chanadal into powder ( dont add water at all . We need it as powder not as paste) .

In second round add grinded illachi powder and jaggery powder. Grind them nicely again . Before transferring grinded contents check whether u are able to make as balls . If so u can transfer them into a plate.

Make as balls . Important thing while making balls is purnam ball should be the double size of maida ball. Try to prepare bobatlu in puri size so that there wont be any wastage . U can have how many u want .

Now make balls out of maida dough ( dont forget this should be smaller compared to purnam ball) .

Now take a plastic paper / cover . Smear it with oil and smear ur palm with oil . Take maida ball press it gently with hand on cover and make it to medium size . Now put purnam ball in center cover it all around with maida and make again like a ball.

Press this again with ur hand to make it like puri . Be carefull and see that purnam doesnt come out .

When u reach ur required thickness fry them on a hot oil greased pan on both sides. If u want u can fry them with ghee.

Serve them hot with ghee or milk .

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How to Make Jeera Rice Recipe

How to Make Jeera Rice Recipe

A tasty variation on plain boiled rice, this can be made two ways - by total absorption of water by the rice or by draining the water from it. The latter gets rid of all the starch and is therefore preferred for obvious reasons.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Basmati rice (a long grain Indian rice)
• 3 cups water
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsps vegtable, sunflower or canola oil/ghee
• 1 large onion chopped fine
• 2 tsps cumin seeds
• 1/2 cup water
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Preparation:

• Wash the Basmati rice well in running water.
• Add the 3 cups of water and salt to taste to the rice and set it up to boil.
• Once the rice is almost cooked (test a few grains often to check - they will feel soft on the outside but very slightly hard on the inside), remove from fire and drain the water by straining the rice through a sieve or colander. Set aside.
• In another pan, heat the oil/ghee till hot and add onions.
• Fry till light brown and then add the cumin seeds. The seeds will splutter and sizzle to show they are done.
• Now add the rice and stir well.
• Add 1/2 a cup of water to the rice and cover.
• Simmer till all the water dries up.
• Allow the rice to stand for another 2-3 minutes and then serve garnished with coriander leaves.

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How to Make Double Ka Meeta recipe

Preparation :-

Take 6 bread slices . Cut its corners i.e, brown part . Again cut the square pieces into triangle shape like this . Dry it for 15 mins.

In mean time boil 300ml of milk and when it comes to boil stir it and finally u should make it 100ml or even less . This process is called as 'rabdi ' ( turning milk into thick) .

In another bowl add 1 tea cup of sugar , 1 tea cup of water , pinch of saffron and pinch of cardamom powder . If u dont have just open 1 cardamom and add it . Boil this nicely . When it is boiling add 2-3 drops of lime juice ( To ensure sugar doesnot crystallizes again when it cools) .

Now heat a kadai add sufficient ghee to deep fry bread pieces.

When ghee gets heated put flame in sim and fry bread pieces into golden brown colour.

Take all ur fried bread pieces into a bowl.

Next fry cashews , almonds , kismiss in same ghee and takeout .

So by this time ur rabdi , sugar syrup and fried breadslices are ready.

When u want to serve just soak bread pieces in sugar syrup for 2 mins .

Take them out into a plate . Sprinkle fried nuts on bread pieces.

Now pour hot hot rabdi (milk) on bread pieces and serve hot to ur guest.

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How to Make Pani Puri | Golgappas Recipe

How to Make Pani Puri | Golgappas Recipe

Ingredients

other ingredients:

• 24-30 puris ( you could buy these puris readymade or make them at home)
• 1 small bowl of tamarind chutney or tamarind dates chutney

For the stuffing – * check notes for other options

• 2 to 3 medium potatoes
• 1 small to medium onion
• 1 to 1.5 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
• 1 tsp chaat masala powder
• ¼ tsp red chili powder (optional)
• black salt as required

For the Pani Recipe:

• ½ cup chopped mint leaves
• ¾ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 1 inch ginger, chopped
• 1 green chili, chopped
• 1 tbsp seedless tamarind, tightly packed
• 3 to 3.5 tbsp crumbled or powdered jaggery/sugar or as required
• 1 tsp roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera powder)
• 1 tsp chaat masala powder
• 2 to 3 cups of water
• 1 to 1.5 tbsp boondi/fried tiny gram flour balls (optional)
• black salt as required

Instructions

Preparing the Stuffing:

1. Boil the potatoes till they are cooked completely.
2. Peel them and then chop them.
3. Finely chop the onion.
4. In a small bowl, mix the potatoes, onions, coriander leaves, cumin powder, chaat masala powder and black salt. Mix well and keep aside.

Method to make the Pani:

1. In a blender add all the ingredients mentioned above for the pani.
2. Add little water and grind to a fine chutney.
3. Remove the green chutney in a large bowl. Add 2 to 3 cups water. Mix well. Check the seasoning. Add more black salt or jeera powder or chaat masala if required. If you want a thin pani, you could add some water. But keep on checking the seasoning, as per your taste.
4. Add the boondi to the pani.
5. You can chill the pani in the fridge or add some ice cubes to it..

Assembling Pani Puri:

1. Crack the top of the puri with a spoon.
2. Add 2 to 3 tsp of the boiled potato-onion filling in the poori.
3. Stir the green pani first and then it and the sweet chutney as per your taste.
4. Serve the pani puri immediately.
5. You can also make individual portions with the puris, potato-onion mixture and the pani. Let the individual assemble the pani puri for himself/herself as per his/her taste.

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Mango Milkshake

Mango Milkshake

Preparation :-

• Take mango pulp , u can use juice from fresh & ripe mangoes or u can use store brought mango pulp. I used deep brand kesar mango pulp. If u r using store brought mango pulp , as soon as u open the tin transfer whole pulp into a box . After u take how much u need store it in refrigerator . This will be good for10-15 days once after u open.

• Take this mango pulp into a big jar /beaker as much as u need .

• To this add milk , sugar , few drops of vanilla essence , 1 small cup of vanilla ice cream and crushed ice .

• Now blend them nicely . If u feel it is too thick u can add little amount of water and blend again .

• Serve chilled in hot hot summer to ur guest and family members and enjoy.

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Home Made Vegetable Pizza

Home Made Vegetable Pizza

Size : Appx 10 inch pizza

 Serves : 2 -3 adults

 Ingredients :-

 For making dough:-

Maida / All purpose flour : 2 cups

Yeast : 1/2 tbspn

Sugar : 1/2 tspn

Salt : 1 tspn

Warm water : 1 cup

Olive oil : 2 tbspn

For dusting :-

Maida : 1 cup

Pizza Sauce :-

1/4 tin of pizza sauce

Toppings :-

Onion : 1 small

Capsicum : 1/2

Pineapple : few chunks

Jalapeno : 1

Mushrooms : 5

Broccoli : 1/4 crown

Preparation :-

Take 2 cups of all purpose flour also called as maida in a big bowl. To this add salt and mix nicely.

Take a bowl and add yeast , to this add 1 cup of warm water and sugar(Dont add hot water yeast will die) . Mix nicely and put aside for 10 mins

When yeast proofs then add 1tbspn olive oil to the flour and add yeast mixture . Mix nicely and finally add 1tbspn olive oil to the dough and give a good mix. The dough will be sticky so dont worry about it and it should be like that only. Cover the dough with a lid or wet damp cloth and put in a warm place for 1 hr.

After that if u see the dough it will increase its size atleast double. Punch down the dough and mix nicely . cover it and put again in warm place for 45 mins. After the time elapse punch down the dough

Take 1/4 cup of flour on a flour board and take the dough on to the board and make a nice dough and roll it with rolling pin or you can directly spread the dough on the pizza pan. Before spreading pizza dough on the pan sprinkle little corn meal or dry flour s that it prevents the pizza base from sticking to the pan . Once done apply olive oil all over the base and edges. Take a fork and prick it allover.

• Preheat oven to 450 degree F and after it is preheated put this pizza pan in oven and bake for 5 mins and take out.

Now apply pizza sauce all over the base . I used Trader giotto's pizza sauce . You can use any brand or you can use fresh home made pizza sauce.

• Distribute toppings evenly all over the base.

Sprinkle mozzarella grated cheese all over the vegetables.

• Drizzle olive oil all over the pizza and put the pan back in the oven.When cheese melts and turns light brownish color then switch off oven and pull out the pan carefully .

Transfer pizza on to a chopping board and cut with a pizza cutter.

Thought of showing the bottom side of the pizza that browned evenly.

Serve delicious hot vegetable pizza

 

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