Snake Gourd Bajji / Pudalangai Bajji

You would have tried Bajjis with different ingredients for the inside like Banana, Potato, Bread etc. Have you tried with Sankeguard? This is famous in andhra. It has different taste style and is an interesting dish you should at least try once.

 Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Snakcs

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 20 Bajjis

Ingredients:

Snake Gourd (medium size)	1
For Batter:
Bengal Gram Flour	¾ cup
Rice Flour	¼ cup
Red Chili Powder	1 tsp
Asafoedita / Hing	¼ tsp
Salt	As required
Idli Batter (optional)	¼ cup
Water	Required
Cooking Soda	½ tsp
For Frying:
Oil	required

Procedure:

1. Remove the head and tail of the snake gourd.

2. Peel the white skin of the snake gourd using the peeler or knife.

3. Cut the snake gourd into ¼ inch thickness circles and remove the seeds.

4. In a bowl, add Bengal gram flour, rice flour, red chili powder, hing, salt and cooking soda. Mix them well.

5. Add idli batter (if used) and little bit water. Mix them with wire whisk. Add enough water to make the bajji batter little bit thinner than idli batter consistency.

6. Heat enough oil in a frying pan. Put a drop of batter in the oil; if the batter comes up immediately is the right temperature of the oil.

7. Dip each snake gourd rings with batter and deep fry with oil.

8. Cook till the sizzling sound stops completely.

9. Take them out from the oil and spread them on the tissue paper to absorb the excess oil.

Note:

1. You can use the excess batter to prepare onion bajjis.

2. Idli batter gives fluffiness to the bajji.

3. If you use Idli batter to don’t use cooking soda.

4. Don’t over load the oil with too many bajjis.

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Pori Urundai / Puffed Rice Balls - Karthigai Deepam Recipes

Pori Urundai is a very neglected snack recipe enough though it is very easy, sweet, tasty and healthy. I think Pori Urundai was associated with Karthigai deepam which comes immediately after diwali because Pori Urundai is light sweet and it is not good to have heavy sweet just some time after the diwali festival when we have already had enough heavy sweets. Make Pori Urundai as often  and especially as a sweet balance when you preparing some spicy puffed rice.

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Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 10 mins | Yields: 14 Balls

Ingredients:

Pori / Puffed Rice	2 cups (1 cup = 240 ml)
Grated Jaggery	½ cup
Water	¼ cup
Cardamom Pods	2

Procedure:

1. In a heavy bottom pan, add jaggery, crushed cardamom pods  and water. Cook them in a medium flame.

2. Mix them well with ladle.

3. Wait until the jaggery melts completely. Then strain the jaggery syrup with steel strainer.

4. Pour this strained syrup in the same pan and cook it in a medium flame.

5. After few mins the color of the syrup will change. At this stage you can check the syrup consistency.

6. Take water in a small bowl, pour few drops of the syrup and able to make ball from the syrup is the correct consistency.

7. If you cannot make ball, cook until you reach this consistency level.

8. After you reach this level, switch off the flame.

9. Add puffed rice with this syrup and mix them gently and carefully.

10. Then grease your hands with oil and immediately make lemon size balls from the pori mixture.

           Tasty and healthy pori urundai is ready to serve.

Note:

1. If You  switch off the flame before the sugar syrup reaching the correct ball like consistency level, you cannot make puffed balls.

2. After mixing the pori with jaggery, immediately make all the pori mixture into rough balls which can later shaped properly. Don’t delay by shaping all the balls in the first attempt because if the pori mixture looses heat, it will be difficult to shape into balls.

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Chocolate Bread Sandwich

       Kids always love anything related to chocolate. Kids also like all sandwiches. Hence Chocolate sandwich will be a definite hit with kids.  As the recipe procedure is very simple and requires only 3 ingredients, kids can try to make this themselves.

Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Bread Recipes

Preparation Time: 3 mins  | Cooking Time: 3 mins 

Ingredients:

Bread Slices	4
Grated Chocolate	2 tbsp
Butter	1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Cut out the edges of the bread slices.

2. Apply the butter on one side of the slices.

3. Fill 2 of the slices with grated chocolates.

4. Then close the chocolate filled slices with other slices. Now you can get 2 sandwiches.

5. Now heat the tawa and place the sandwiches and toast till they turns into golden color.

6. Then turn over the sandwiches and toast till the other side also turns into golden color.

7. Cut the slices diagonally and serve it immediately.

Note:

1. You can use chocolate sauce instead of grated chocolates.

2. Use sandwich maker instead of tawa.

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Kollu / Horse Gram Sundal

     Kollu / Horse gram is a nutrition rich gram and called Horse Gram because of that. In Kongu (Coimbatore) region, kollu paruppu masiyal, kollu rasam and kollu thuvaiyal are very famous. These are surprisingly not famous in Chennai region. To get started on kollu, kollu sundal is a good recipe. Try this for this navratri festival season and then slowly introduce into your family’s diet.

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: ¾ cup

Ingredients:

Horse Gram / Kollu	½ cup
Salt	To taste
To Temper:
Oil	½ tsp
Mustard Seeds	¼ tsp
Cumin Seeds	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	Few pieces
Red Chilli	1
Asafoedita / Hing	¼ tsp
Finely Chopped Onion (optional)	2 tbsp
To Garnish:
Grated Coconut	2 tnsp

Procedure:

1. Wash and soak the horse gram for 6-7 hours or overnight.

2. Pressure cook the horse gram with enough water for 3 whistles in medium flame or until it become tender.

3. After pressure has gone, strain the water completely and keep it aside.

4. Heat the oil in a pan then add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Wait for popping.

5. Then add the curry leaves and broken red chilli. Fry for few seconds.

6. Now add the hing and fry for few more seconds.

7. Add the chopped onion and sauté till they become translucent. (if used)

8. Add the cooked horse gram and salt. Mix them well and close the lid of the pan. Cook in a low flame for 2 mins.

9. Finally add the grated coconut and mix them gently. Transfer it into a serving bowl and serve it hot.

          Healthy and tasty kollu sundal or horse gram sundal is ready.

Note:

1. Used the horse gram cooked water for making horse gram rasam or soup. 

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1. Peanut Sundal
2. Channa Sundal 
3. Sweet Corn Sundal
4. Red Butter Beans Sundal
5. Bengal Gram Sundal

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Red Butter Beans Sundal | Sundal Recipes

     Butter beans sundal can be a good evening snack for kids and also a side dish for rice based dishes. It can be also prepared as a variety during the Navarathiri festival.

Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks / Sundal

Preparation Time:  5 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 1 cup

Ingredients:

Red Butter Beans	1 cup
Salt	As Required
To Grind:
Grated Coconut or Equivalent	2 tbsp
Red Chilli	1 0r 2
Garlic Pods (optional)	1
Cumin Seeds / Jeera	1 tsp
Fennel Seeds / Sombu	¼ tsp
To Temper:
Oil	2 tsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tsp
Urad Dal	½ tsp
Curry Leaves	1 spring
Chopped Onion (optional)	2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Pressure cook the butter beans with ¼ cup of water and little salt for 2 whistles in high flame. Otherwise cook till they become soft and mushy when you press the beans.

2. Grind the coconut, red chillies, garlic pods, cumin seeds and fennel seeds without water using the mixie. Keep it aside.

3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and wait for popping.

4. Then add the urad dal and curry leaves. Then add the chopped onion (if used) and sauté till the onion becomes translucent.

5. Now add the cooked butter beans with cooked water and salt (salt already added when pressure cooked) .

6. Fry till the water evaporates completely and then add the ground mixture. Mix them well and cook till the raw smell goes off.

7. Switch off the flame and serve it hot with tea.

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