Thenglu / Murukku

Butter Murukku or Thenglu in Karnataka is a deep fried snack made out of rice flour.This use to be my favorite snack when I was a kid.This is the perfect tea time snack,this is usually done during festivals like Diwali or Navrathri festivals.
This thenglu/ Murukku is done with both rice flour and urad flour along with salt,cumin,asafoetida and red chilli powder.

Ingredients,
Rice flour - 3 cups
Urad flour- 1 cup
Salt - 1 tablespoon
Red chilli powder- 3/4 of a tablespoon (Vary according to taste)
Jeera- 1 tablespoon
Asafoetida/Hing- a pinch
Butter- 2 tablespoons
water - enough to knead into dough
Cooking oil- For deep frying.

1. Take rice flour and urad flour in a large bowl and add red chilli powder,salt ,asafoetida and cumin seeds.Mix well.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of melted butter.
3. Add water little by little and mix well into dough.Just like chapathi/roti dough not too hard and not too soft.
4. Grease the chakli press and the perforated plate with cooking oil.Place the plate inside the chakli press.
5. Take a handful of the dough and press into the chakli press.Place the lid and turn to get a murukku shape.
6. Deep fry them in oil on both the sides on medium flame one by one.
7. Place them on kitchen tissue paper and store them in air tight jars.

Take rice flour and urad flour in a large bowl.

Add red chilli powder,cumin seeds,salt and hing and mix

well.

Add melted butter.

Slowly add water little by little and make dough.

Grease the inside part of chakli press and the perforated

plate with cooking oil.

Place the perforated plate inside the chakli press.

Take a handful of dough and press it inside the chakli press.

Place the lid and make murukku shapes

Make murukku shapes and the deep fry them in oil

on both the sides on medium flame one by one.

You can even directly press them in hot oil if you are 

comfortable.

Thenglu/ Murukku

Thenglu/ Murukku

Nippattu / Rice crackers

Nippattu are deep fried snacks as they suggest these rice crackers made from rice flour.This recipe is a part from my friends,a part from Internet also. This time I didn't want to take any chances with this coming out little hard. I have used shortening to make them crispy. Everytime I used bring these snacks from grocery stores.These are so popular in India as bakery snacks.This time I am a little confident about my snack recipe.

Ingredients,
Rice flour- 1 1/4 cups and a little extra for dusting and rolling( I ran out of rice flour so used wheat flour for dusting and rolling)
Chick pea flour( besan) - 2 tbsps
Urad flour- 2 tbsps
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tbsp
Red chilli powder- 3/4 tbsp
Roasted chana dal and peanuts- 1/4 cup each
Salt- 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsps
Vegetable Shortening- 1 tbsp ( 1 heaping tablespoon or you can use Dalda)
Water - enough to knead into dough.
Cooking oil - For deep frying

1. Roast urad flour and add it to the rice flour.
2. Add cumin seeds,salt and red chilli powder.Add chick pea flour( besan)
3. Add coarsely ground roasted chana dal and peanuts.
4. Heat oil and shortening and add it the flour mix.
5. Mix the whole thing with water and make dough.( like chapathi dough)
6. Roll this  and cut small round shapes with a cookie cutter.
7. Poke with fork ,so that the air can escape.
8. Deep fry them in oil until the ends start getting brownish.
9. Store them in an air  tight jar.

Take Rice flour

Add roasted urad flour .

Add red chilli powder,cumin seeds ,salt and 

chick pea flour(besan).

Add 1/4 cup of coarsely ground roasted chana dal

and peanuts.

Add heated shortening and oil.

Make this a lump by adding water.

Cut small round shapes and poke with a fork to 

let the air out and deep fry them on both the sides.

Nippattu

Potato Peas Kabab And Green Chutney

Feeling very lazy today evening ,didnt know how my time passed all by watching tv,talking to few of my friends over phone and sheer indulgence to Internet  browsing  took care of all my precious time or am I wasting my time?.Time was just getting by so fast.Hmm.. Didn't want to show my kids what kind of a lazy mom I am.Lunch was done with all the left overs today,unlike my usual days where I am cooking something new when I am off of my kids' chores.
I had to do something fecund in the evening with my all lazy attitude for the day,a snack to jump  start the evening business to commence the inception of cooking my dinner.The only easy and quick that came to my mind was Potato peas Kabab.I saw this on the you tube,made a few changes to it (to the taste of my kids) and did it with in a few minutes.

Ingredients ,
Potato-2(boiled and skin peeled)
Peas-1/2 cup( boiled)
Ginger paste-1 tbsp
Garlic pod-1( crushed)
Green chillies-1 to 2( I prefer to put 1 and 1/2  finely chopped)
Salt-1 teaspoon
Coriander and cumin powder- 1 teaspoon
Green coriander leaves- 1 tbsp
Bread - 1 slice ( cut into small pieces)I used bread instead of bread crumbs so as to make my kebabs a little soft.
All purpose flour-1 tbsp
Olive oil-1 teaspoon for each Kabab

1. Mash the potatoes and peas in a bowl.
2. Add chopped coriander leaves,ginger paste and garlic crushed,also add the chopped green chillies.
3. Add coriander cumin powder,bread slices, all purpose flour to make the flour mix thick.
4. Roll them into small balls and flatten a little in the middle to make it into a disk shaped.
5. Take a pan and heat it,place the little kebabs on the pan and add olive oil on top of each Kabab.
6. Pan fry these little kebabs 4 to 5 if in a big pan together.
7. Fry them on both the sides till golden brown.
8. Serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney.

Ingredients for green chutney,
Green coriander-2 cups(chopped)
Mint leaves-1/2 cup(chopped)
Green chillies-2 to 3
lemon juice-1 tbsp
salt-1/2 tbsp

I have washed and cut coriander leaves and mint leaves and then measured them separately.

1. Grind coriander , mint leaves and green chillies together.
2. Add lemon juice and salt to this.
3. Add very little water if required while grinding.

Gobhi And Soy Manchurian.

Hmmm..,monsoons in India,i just loved it.The emanating odour of the soil,leaves looking green and temperature astiring down everything seems to be reborn again.It just kindles old times of  my school and college days.The one coveting thing to eat at those times were fritters or as a matter of fact any fried appetizers .I used to ask my mom to fry some fritters and we all used to relish them .Sometimes while my mom used to fry them I used to eat  a few before she is done frying all those.
Now whenever I see cauliflower in my fridge I just have to make gobhi manchurian although now I avoid frying much but still once in awhile these are delectable.This time I mixed both the cauliflower and the soy chunks.I have used 1 small cauliflower and 10 soy chunks.

Ingredients for Gobhi and soy manchurian,
Cauliflower-1 small (florets only)
Soy chunks-10 -15( as per your taste)
Garlic pods- 6(chopped)
Green coriander-10 sprigs( finely chopped)
Tomato sauce-3 1/2 tbsp
Soy sauce-1 tbsp
Green chillies-2(slit length wise)

Ingredients for the batter to fry ,
All purpose four-1 cup
Corn flour-1/2 of 1/4 cup
Rice flour-1/4 cup
Orange food color- a pinch
Salt-1 tsp
Bi carbonate of soda-a pinch
Oil for frying

1. Heat oil in pan,mix all the flours and food color ,salt and bicarbonate of soda in water.The batter should  not be too watery or too thick.
2. Heat 2 cups of water in a bowl and add the cauliflower florets,boil it for 5 minutes and leave it in for 5 minutes and drain all the water from it .keep it aside
3. Boil soy chunks in water for about 5 minutes ,leave it in hot water for sometime.Drain the water and wash them in cold water for 2 -3 times.
4. Dip the soy chunks and cauliflower florets in the batter prepared in step 1 and fry them in oil till they are dark orange in color.keep them aside in a bowl.
5. In pan take 1 teaspoon of oil ,add the chopped garlic and green chillies .Add tomato sauce and soy sauce to it.slowly add the fried cauliflower and soy chunks and mix it with a little (as per taste)salt.
6. Sprinkle green coriander on top and serve hot.

                                                                 soy chunks to be boiled

                                         after boiling and draining the water from the soy chunks

                                                                             Batter

          Garlic,coriander and green chillies to saute before adding fried cauliflower and soy chunks

                                              soy and gobhi after frying with batter in oil.

Coconut Kodubele

I prepared coconut Kodubele this evening ,the aroma of this itself made me crave for it.Coconut Kodubele as the name itself suggests  it is made with coconut.These kodubeles are good when they are eaten fresh .Make a few of them and store them in an airtight jar and can have it for snacks for a few days.

Ingredients for kodubeles,
Rice flour-2 cups
Fresh coconut- 1/4 cup ( grated).I used a few pieces(8 to 10) of fresh coconut .
Cumin seeds- 1 tbsp
Salt-1 1/4 tbsp
Asafoetida-  less than 1/4 tbsp
Oil- 2 tbsp
Coriander - 5 strands
Green chillies-2 to 3.
Oil  for frying

1. Take  coconut,coriander,green chillies and cumin seeds and grind them in a blender.
2. Add this to the rice flour.Heat oil and then take a ladle full of heated oil and pour it in the flour.
3. Add salt and asafoetida to this and kneed it into a dough using water.
4. Make a log of this dough.Take a small lump (a quarter size)of this and roll it into a small log and then roll it into circles. (see pic below)
5. Fry them in the heated oil.Place them in an air tight jar.

Onion fritters

Onion fritters are one of my favorite fritters,fried snack.Easy to preapare also.perfect for guests with tea.These wont loose their flovor and cruchyness even after a while of its preparation.

Ingredients for the Onion fritters,
Onion -1 chopped (long slitted)
Chick pea flour(Besan)-1 cup
Rice flour- 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds-1 teaspoon
Bicarbonate of soda- a pinch
salt -3/4 teaspoon
water- enough to make batter
Cooking oil for frying.

1. Slit onions long and cut them in half,so that they are thin and 1 inch long each.
2. Take all the pieces in a bowl,add the chick pea flour and then the rice flour.Pour in the cumin seeds and salt.Add bicarbonate of soda.Mix all the ingredients and then slowly add water to it.to make a thick batter.
3. Heat oil in frying pan.
4. Take a hand full of batter and slowly drop small lumps of batter to fry them in heated oil.
5. Fry them until golden brown on both the sides.
6. Serve with green chutney or tomato sauce.