Dahi Bada

This is one of the favorite north indian dish for people who love to eat yogurt. My daughter love dahi bada and demands for it every now and then. Believe me its really simple to prepare and adds flavor to your food.

For Bada:
1 Cup Moong daal
½ cup Urad daal
Salt to taste
Baking soda (pinch)
Oil to fry

For Dahi :
1 kg Dahi (yogurt)
Finely chopped coriander leaves
1-2 green chilies chopped
Salt to taste
1 tsp Sugar or to taste
Dahi Vada Masala


Method:
• For Bada - Clean, wash and soak both the daals for atleast 3-5 hrs
• Grind it into smooth paste.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add pinch of baking soda (If you would soak the daals overnight, you will not need to add baking soda to soften it else you must)
• Heat oil in a pan and drop a spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden brown.
• Take the hot vadas and put in cold water for 2-3 minutes.
• Now Take them out of water and squeeze the water and keep aside.
• For Dahi - Blend the curd (yogurt) and little water until it is smooth.
• Keep in refrigerator for an hour to get chilled.
• Add salt, sugar and dahi Bada Masala
• Serving - In a deep dish arrange wada and pour dahi over them.
• Now add imli (tamarind) chutney and green chutney.
• Garnish with coriander.
• Serve the dahi vadas chilled

Quantity: good for 6-10 people
Making Time: 30 Minutes

Aloo Chat

Ingredients:
6 Potatoes
Salt to taste
Red Pepper to taste
Tomato Ketchup
Lime juice or fresh Lemon
Oil to fry

Method:

• Boil the Potatoes in the cooker ( do not over boil them that they start breaking)
• Let the Potatoes cool down for 1-2 hours
• Cut the boiled potatoes in big pieces
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the potato pieces till golden brown.
• Take a big dish, add fried potatoes
• Add salt to taste, red pepper to taste, 2 tsp Lime juice or 2 tsp Ketchup and mix all thoroughly.
• Aloo Chat is ready to be served

Quantity : 4-6 people
Making Time : 20 Minutes

Aloo Gobi

Ingredients

1 medium sized cauliflower cut in medium sized pieces
2-3 Potatoes cut in medium sized pieces
2- tbsp cooking oil
2 green chilies, chopped
1 onion chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 tsp ground coriander
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 - 1tsp red chili powder or as per taste
1 tsp Salt or To Taste
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2-inch ginger, chopped
finely chopped coriander leaves


Method:
• Heat oil and sauté onions till golden, then add chopped ginger and green chilies. Sauté for 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, coriander, cumin, turmeric and chili powder, sauté over low heat until the oil separates.
• Add chopped Gobi and Aloo, salt (1/2 tsp or to taste), and half of the coriander leaves. Simmer, over low medium heat and cover the cooking pan until the Aloo and Gobi are soft . Also stir in once in a while . Make sure to use flat stirrer and do not over stir it.
• Add a pinch of garam masala, coriander leaves

Quantity: 4-6 people
Making Time: 30 Minutes

Moong Daal Bada

Ingredients:

1 Cup Moong daal
Salt to taste
1 tsp Grounded coriander
1 tsp Garam Masala
2 tsp Kasuri Methi
1 tsp Red Pepper or to taste
Chopped green chillies
Baking soda (pinch)
Oil to fry

Method :

· For Bada - Clean, wash and soak the daal for atleast 3-5 hrs
· Grind it into smooth paste.
· Add salt to taste, grounded coriander, garam masala, kasuri methi, red pepper and chopped green chillies
· Add pinch of baking soda
· Heat oil in a pan and drop spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden brown.
· Hot Badas are ready to be served
· Serve them hot with - imli (tamarind) chutney and green chutney.

Quantity : good for 6-8 people
Making Time :20 Minutes

Spicy Tangy Fried Eggplant

If you want to cook something simple and less time consuming, it's perfect. The other day i had invited my parents over dinner. I genreally want to cook something dofferent everytime i invite someone and had couple of eggplant lying in my refrigrator. So i decided to go on for this one and it was well appreciated by everyone.

Ingredients:
1 medium sized Egg Plant
1 tsp Salt or to Taste
2 tsp ground coriander ½ tsp Red chili powder½ tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Amchur (dried Tamarind)finely chopped coriander leaves
Oil to fry

Method:
· Cut the Egg Plant pieces in fine round pieces
· Heat oil and fry the eggplant pieces till golden
· Arrange the fried Egg plant pieces in a big dish and Sprinkle salt, red chilli powder, Garam Masala, Amchur
· Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot

Quantity:- good for 6 people
Making time:- 15 Minutes