Sweet Corn and carrot balls

A yummy snack for kids

Makes: 5-6 wadas


Ingredients

1. Chana dal  - 1/2 cup (Soak in water for about 2 hours and grind into a coarse paste)
2. Sweet corn kernels - 1 tbsp
3. Onion - 1 tbsp (Finely chopped)
4. Carrot - 1 tbsp (Grated)
5. Ginger - 1/2 tsp (minced)
6. Green chili - 1/2 tsp (minced)
7. Salt as per taste
8. Oil - For deep frying

Method

1) Mix all the ingredients above except the oil

2) Heat oil. Make small balls of the mixture and drop in oil

3) Fry till golden brown on both sides

4) Serve hot with ketchup

Mixed Veg sandwich

Got this amazing recipe from http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/veg-masala-toast-sandwich/. Modified slightly to suit our taste :)

Ingredients for the stuffing:

1. Grated carrot - 1 cup
2. Boiled and grated potato - 1 cup
3. Onion (finely chopped) - 1
4. Capcicum (finely chopped) - 1 
5. Green chillies (finely chopped) 2-3
6. Curry leaves - 10-15
7. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Other ingredients

1. Butter (as required for grilling)
2. Chaat masala (optional)
3. Green chutney (optional)
4. Fine shev (for garnishing, again optional)

Method

1) Heat oil. Add the mustard and cumin seeds and let splutter

2) Add onion and fry till translucent

3) Add green chilies and curry leaves and fry for 2-3 minutes

4) Add turmeric powder and salt 

5) And grated carrot and fry for some time

6) Add capsicum and fry till all veggies soften

7) Add the grated potato. Mix well and turn off heat

8) Take 2 slices of bread. Apply butter on one side. On the other side, apply green chutney on one slice and keep the vegetable filling on the other. Sprinkle some chaat masala on the vegetable filling

9) Grill in a sandwich maker. Once done, garnish with the shev and serve with ketchup

Veg cutlet

A very healthy and tasty snack. I added whatever veggies I had at home so you can change the proportion of the veggies or add other veggies as per your taste. 

Makes - 20-25 cutlets

Ingredients

1. Beetroot (Grated) - 2 cups 
2. Carrot (Grated) - 1 cup
3. Spinach (finely chopped) - 1/2 cup
4. Potatoes (Boiled and mashed) - 4 cups
5. Ginger paste - 1 tsp
6. Sweet corn paste - 1 tbsp (Also added a handful of boiled whole sweetcorn)
7. Coriander cumin powder - 1 tbsp
8. Amchoor powder - 1 tsp
9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Chili powder - 1 tsp
11. Salt as per taste
12. Oil - As required for shallow frying

For the coating

1. Cornflour - 2 tbsp
2. Breadcrumbs or semolina

Method:

1) Heat about 2-3 tbsp oil. Fry the ginger for 2 -3 minutes

2) Add the beetroot, carrot and spinach. Fry for 5-10 minutes till veggies soften.

3) Add the ingredients from 7-11. Mix well.

4) Add the potato and sweet corn paste.

5) Turn off heat and let cool. Take a small ball of this mixture and flatten with your hands to form a cutlet shape.

6) Mix the cornflour in little water to form a paste of thick consistency.

7) Dip the cutlet into this paste and immediately roll into breadcrumbs or semolina.

8) Shallow fry till golden brown. Serve with ketchup.

Methi palak wadi

This is a variation of the Methi wadi that I posted earlier but has the goodness of Nachni (Ragi) too!

Ingredients:

1. Methi leaves (finely chopped) -1 cup
2. Palak leaves (finely chopped) - 1 cup
3. Green chili - 1
4. Garlic - 5-6 cloves
5. Ginger - 1 small piece
6. Nachni (Ragi) flour - 1 cup
7. Wheat flour - 1 cup
8. Besan - 2 tbsp
9. Curd - 2 tbsp
10. Turmeric powder - a pinch
11. Baking powder - a pinch

For the tempering;

1. Oil - 1 tbsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Sesame seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1)Combine all the ingredients into a soft dough. Add water as required to form the dough. Add salt as per taste

2) Divide the dough into 5-6 parts and shape into cylinders. Place into a greased flat vessel

3) Steam in pressure cooker for 20-25 minutes

4) Cut each cylinder into small pieces.

5) Heat the oil set aside for tempering. Add the sesame seeds and mustard seeds

6) Pour over the cut wadis.Serve with ketchup.

Rawa (Semolina) idli

Another of my mother in laws wonderful creations!!

Makes: 16-18 idlis

Ingredients:

1. Rawa (Semolina) - 2.5 cups
2. Curd - 1 cup
3. Carrot (grated) - 2 tbsp
4. French beans (finely chopped) - 2 tbsp
5. Curry leaves - 7-8
6. Green chillies (finely chopped) - 1/2 tsp
7. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
8. Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
9. Oil - 1 tbsp
10. Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1) Mix the rawa and curd. Add water to form a batter

2) Heat oil. Add the mustard seeds and urad dal. Once they splutter, add the curry leaves and green chillies. 

3) Take off heat and let cool. Add to the batter. Add the grated carrot and beans into the batter.  Add salt. Leave overnight or 7-8 hours.

4) In the morning add baking soda. Add water to the batter if required. The consistency should be of the regular idli batter. Grease the idli vessel with little oil and pour the batter. Steam for 15-20 minutes

5) Serve with chutney.

Methi (Fenugreek) wadi

I had a methi bunch in the refrigerator which was getting dried up and so started searching online for recipes. Found a number of recipes and used a combination of several recipes to prepare this tasty yet healthy snack

Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients:

1. Methi (Fenugreek) leaves (finely chopped) - 1 bunch
2. Wheat flour - 4-5 tbsp
3. Gram flour (Besan) - 2 tbsp
4. Semolina (Rawa) - 2 tbsp
5. Cumin powder - 1 tsp
6. Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
7. Garlic (minced) - 1 tsp
8. Ginger (Grated) - 1 tsp
9. Green chili paste - 1 tsp
10. Oil - 1 tbsp

For the tempering:

1. White sesame seeds - 1/2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
3. Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

1) Mix all the ingredients except oil. Knead into a soft dough. Add very little water while kneading

2) Divide the dough into 5-6 parts and shape into cylinders. Place into a greased flat vessel

3) Steam in pressure cooker for 20-25 minutes

4) Cut each cylinder into small pieces.

5) Shallow fry in oil till golden brown on both sides

6) Heat the oil set aside for tempering. Add the sesame seeds and mustard seeds

7) Pour over the cut wadis.Serve with ketchup.

Tip: In order to get rid of the bitter taste of methi, add salt to the chopped methi and leave it for 5 minutes. Then squeeze out water from this methi and discard it.

Moog (Green gram) dal appe

A very healthy and tasty snack option!!

Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients:

1. Moog (Green gram) dal  - 1.5 cups (Soaked in water for 5-6 hours)
2. Green chillies - 2
3. Ginger - 1 small piece
4. Garlic - 3-4 cloves
5. Onion - 1 (finely chopped)

Method:

1) Grind all the ingredients except the onion into a fine batter

2) Add salt and onion and mix well

3) Heat the appe pan. Grease with oil. Pour the batter without overfilling. Add a drop of oil to prevent from sticking

4) Keep covered and let cook on medium flame for 4-5 minutes.Overturn gently and let cook.

5) Serve with chutney

Tip: As a variation, I sometimes add 3-4 tbsp palak puree to the batter before preparing the appe. Makes it healthy too!