Maharashtrian Peanut & Garlic Chutney

Peanut & Garlic chutney all the way from Maharastrian cuisine.The spiciness of chilies and garlic along with mild sweet taste of peanuts gives awesome taste. Its a great combination with rice roti and curd or you can just spread on chapati or Dosa.

Total Preparation Time : 30 min

Ingredients

250 Gram of Roasted peanuts

20 Red chilies

15 flakes of garlic

1 Table spoon sugar

Salt as per taste

Method

• First Roast the peanuts and allow it to cool(you can remove the skin or you can keep it like that)In the same pan roast the red chilies as well.
• Once peanuts and chilies are cooled ,than take a mixture jar add red chilies and grind roughly.In the same add peanuts and again grind roughly.At last add garlic and grind .make sure its not ground very fine because while eating chutney you should get the fine peanut crunch.
• Than remove the powdered chutney in bowl,add salt and sugar .Mix well and store in air tight container.
• Serve with hot chapati or roti.

Green Chutney Sandwich !!

"Green Chutney Sandwich"Less time in preparation,Simple to make & just awesome in taste.Green chutney sandwich is one of the best snack for kids birthday party or any other get-together.Green chutney along with the soft butter or some cheese slice give the plain bread a spicy and sweet taste which everyone enjoys.Chutney recipe already on Blog.

Servings 4

Total Preparation Time :15 min

Ingredients

Sandwich Bread

1 Cup Green Coriander sandwich chutney

50 gram Butter

Cheese slices(optional)

Method

• Take the bread slice,on one side apply generous amount of butter.Than place a cheese slice.
• place on top one more slice bread,apply green coriander chutney to the slice and cover with another slice bread so all together we are using three slices bread .
• Than cut the brown edges of the bread and cut into the shape of your choice or the shape which your kid likes.

Note:You just use butter for spread if cheese not available.apart from butter can use mayonnaise also on one layer.

Multi-Grain Dosa Recipe!!!

Dosa is a fermented crepe made rice batter and black lentils.Its is stable food for south Indian states like Karnataka,Kerala,Tamil and Andhra pradesh ,it also getting famous in other states of India.In popular tradition the origin is of dosa is linked up to Udpi,probably because the dish association is with udpi restaurants.Also the original Tamil Dosa was softer and thicker.The thinner and crispier Dosa. which became popular all over India,was first made in present Day-Karnataka.

Dosa batter us made by soaking dosa rice and urad in ratio 3:1 and also left over rice is added while grinding to give better fermentation,all is ground into fine and smooth batter and than added salt and sugar again for better fermentation process(so we need not add soda).But apart from just making batter by rice you can add different lentils and grind to make more healthier Dosa's. Nothing can be more healthier breakfast which have all proteins and nutritious like Dosa.

Dosa Can be stuffed with vegetables and other sauces to make quick meal.They are typically served with vegetarian side dish which varies according to the region and personal preferences but commonly its served with sambar and wet chutney's(coconut chutney,green Mint(Pudina) chutney or tomato chutney etc) so lets begin.

Servings 6-7
Total Preparation Time : 1 Day
Cooking time : 20-30 min

Ingredients
For Batter
1 Cup Dosa rice
1/2 Cup Chick peas
1/2 Cup Moong/Green lentil
1/2 Cup Masoor/Tur Dal
1/2 Cup Lubia/black beans
1/4 Cup Black Lentil
Salt
1 Table spoon Sugar
Water for Grinding

To Make Mint chutney
1 Cup Mint Leaves
1.2 Cup Green coriander
1/4 cup Graded coconut
1-2 green chilies
5 Flakes of garlic
1/2 inch of Ginger
salt

To Make Make Potato Bhaji Can follow the link added below
http://cocinanispolina.blogspot.in/2015/06/potato-bhaji-recipe.html

Method

• First add all the grains and lentils in a steel vessel and wash well and than soak in water previous day of making dosa(if you are making dosa tomorrow morning than today morning you have to soak the rice and grind early evening may be around 5-6 pm).
• Once soaked for whole day than grind it into smooth paste in the early evening ,pour the batter in large vessel,add salt and sugar ,mix well and cover the vessel and keep in dry place.
• Than next day morning you will find the batter fermented well and rise till the brim of vessel.
• Mix the batter well and than spread on the dosa as thin as possible so you get crispy Dosa.
• can follow the link for dosa preparation http://cocinanispolina.blogspot.in/2015/06/dosa-batter-recipe.html
• To make mint Chutney :in mixture jar add Mint leaves,1/2 cup coriander leaves,5 flakes of garlic,small piece of ginger,1 green chili,little salt,and 1/4 cup graded coconut and grind all into fine paste.
• Serve dosa hot with Potato bhaji and mint chutney

Tricolour Veg Sandwich Recipe !!!

Hi All ,

First of all i would like to take this opportunity to wish all my page viewers and my well wishers a" Happy 69th Independence day"Its such a joy to see our flag hosting high,we feel the sense of freedom,aim to fly high,and so much of pride to be in a country full of diversity and secularism.
So to commemorate the joy of independence i thought let me bring the sense of freedom in my food as well.Presenting below my new experiment in kitchen the "TRICOLOUR SANDWICH"

Servings 4-5
Total Preparation time:30 min

Ingredients
10 brown bread slices
5 white bread slices

For orange spread
1 cup grated carrot
4 table spoon of egg less mayonnaise

For green spread
1 cub green chutney
1/2 cup grated Cottage
For White layer we are going to use White bread

Method

• To make the orange spread mix carrots grated and mayonnaise and mix well.
• For green spread mix green chutney and cottage cheese/paneer.
• now to make a sandwich first place the brown bread at bottom,than put the spread of green chutney and paneer,than place the white bread,on top of the white bread add the spread of carrot and mayonnaise,on top finish it with placing brown bread .
• press the sandwich well and cut the sides of the sandwich and serve .

Green Coriander sandwich Chutney Recipe !!!

Servings 5-6
Preparation time : 10 min

Ingredients
1 bunch of green coriander
1 small cup scrapped fresh coconut
2 green chilies
1 inch ginger
5 flakes of garlic
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 small lemon
2 tsp sugar
salt as per taste
water for grinding

Method

• Take a mixer jar and add all the ingredients mention above ie ,green coriander cleaned and washed,green chilies,fresh coconut,ginger,garlic,cumin seeds,juice of one lemon,salt and sugar.
• Add required water and grind it into smooth and thick paste.
• Best served as spread for sandwich bread along with butter spread on other bread.
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