Indian Desi Food

[Russellsld]

Hello Guys

Hope you are fine.

Is there anyone who does not love Indian or Desi food ?
I am so sure that the answer from most of you would be
no because we all love Indian and Desi Food.

I have started this thread for all Indian and Desi Food lovers
around the world. You will find lots of delicious Indian and Desi
recipes in this thread.



Pav Bhaji

Preparation and cook time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 2-4 Persons

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 2 (cubed)
Mixed Vegetables - about 2 cups
(You can use whatever vegetables that you have on hand. The vegetables may include carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, beetroot, brinjal, capsicum, zucchini, beans etc.)
Green Peas 1/4 cup
Onion 1 (chopped)
Tomatoes 3 or 4 (crushed)
Green Chillies 2
Ginger garlic paste 1 tea spoon
Pav Bhaji Masala 2 table spoon
Lemon Juice 1 table spoon
Butter 3-4 table spoon
Cilantro for garnish
Onion 1/2 (chopped for garnish)
Lemon Wedges for garnish

Method:

Take a large pan, add onions, potatoes, mixed vegetables, green peas, green chilies, about 1/2 cup water and salt.
Cover the pan and cook on low flame till tender then mash the vegetable mixture with a wooden spoon.
Heat the butter in a flat wide pan and add the ginger garlic paste to it. Add the tomatoes and let it cook for 8-10 minutes.
Add the pav bhaji masala, the mashed up vegetables and the lemon juice.
Let it cook till it becomes very thick gravy.
Garnish with chopped onions, lemon wedges, a blob of butter or cilantro.
Serve piping hot with toasted pav buns, burger buns, hot dog buns or white bread.

You can check this recipe here as well:
http://www.bestdesifood.com/recipe-150-Pav%20Bhaji

[Russellsld]

Hello

Love Vadas ?

I came up with this delicious Vadas recipe for all the Indian and Desi food lovers.

You can eat Vadas with Coconut Chutney or any chutney of your choice.

Ingredients

For Vadas:

Urad dal 1 cup washed and soaked for 2 hours
Green chilies 3 finely chopped
Onion 1 finely chopped
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds 1/2 tea spoon
Oil for frying

For Chutney:

Grated coconut 1/2 cup
Peanuts 1/4th cup
Green chilies 2
Tamarind paste 1/2 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak washed Urad Dal for a couple of hours.
Grind it to a fine thick paste in a high power blender or a stone grinder.
The paste should be thick.
Add salt chopped onion, cumin seeds and green chilies and mix thoroughly.
Heat oil in a wok or karahi.
Wet your hands with water, carefully shape a Vada on one palm, poke a hole in it with a wet finger and slide it in hot oil, fry the Vadas on low heat until golden brown and drain on paper towels.
For chutney grind all ingredients together with a little bit of water in a blender and serve with hot Vadas.

Some tips:

It is easier to shape Vadas with a simple Vada press you can get at your local south-Indian or Sri Lankan store.

Recipe of Vadas with Coconut Chutney:

http://www.bestdesifood.com/recipe-128-Vadas%20with%20Coconut%20Chutney
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[Russellsld]

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[Russellsld]

Hello friends.

Here I am telling you about delicious Hummus recipe.

You can prepare this delicious spicy Hummus at home

quickly and easily.

Spicy-homemade Hummus

Preparation and cooking time: 10 Minutes
Serves: 4 to 6 Persons

Ingredients

Boiled chickpeas 1 can
Red chili pickle 1 large piece
Lemon juice 1 table spoon
Salt to taste

Method

Drain a can of chickpeas and rinse under water.
Add chickpeas with all other ingredients to a blender and grind.
Serve with your favorite chips or nachos.

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I hope you like this recipe.
You can get this recipe from here:
http://www.bestdesifood.com/recipe-176-Spicy-homemade%20Hummus

[Russellsld]

Hello friends.

I am posting a delicious chicken recipe which is not an ordinary chicken :)

Its not an ordinary chicken because its roasted. This chicken is roasted

with perfection and you are gonna love ever bite of it.

Here is the recipe:

Chicken Roast

Preparation and cook time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Serves: 4-6 Persons

Ingredients

Chicken 1 (whole) / 750 grams
Yogurt 1 1/2 cup
Cumin toasted and ground 1/2 table spoon
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 2 tea spoons
Garlic paste 1 table spoon
Ginger paste 1 table spoon
Hot spices (Garam masala) 1/2 table spoon


Method

Clean and wash chicken.
Prick chicken with a fork on all sides.
Beat the yogurt and mix all the spices.
Apply on the chicken and marinate for 1 hour.
Place marinated chicken in the pot and cook on low flame till it is tender. At this point the sauce should be reduced to the desired consistency. If it is not, remove the tender roast and continue cooking the sauce.
Take the gravy out in a separate bowl.
Serve the chicken on the platter or a dish and garnish with finger chips.

http://bestdesifood.com/__recipes-images__/23-97.jpg

You can get this recipe from here as well:
http://bestdesifood.com/recipe-97-Chicken%20Roast

Thankyou :)

[Russellanx]

Thanks for this information....

[Russellxox]

Hello Friends,

Today i will tell you how to make round crispy medu vadas in minutes.


Tips to make crispy & perfectly shaped medu vadas:

#1. Soak urad dal for minimum 2 hours before grinding it in the mixer grinder.

#2. Then while grinding add little water every 2-3 spins & keep wiping the sides of grinder with a spatula.

#3. Don't add salt while grinding. You should add the salt just before frying the vada.

#4. Make sure that vada batter should be hard enough to hold because if the batter is too light, vada will absorb more oil.

#5. To make them super crispy add add rice flour or semolina flour (rava) to the batter.

#6. To check the vada formation just drop a small spoonful batter in a bowl of water. It should float to some extent.

#7. For beginners , shaping the vadas on the greased plastic cover is the easiest. Grease a plastic sheet with oil.

#8. Take a bowl of water wet your hands and place a portion of dough on plastic.

#9. Now make a hole in centre and shape it in form of round wada.

#10. Transfer wada on your wet palm and slide wada carefully in oil as oil may splash.

#11. Deep fry till both the sides are brown.

If you don't want to go through the hassle of shaping them using the plastic sheet then use a "Medu Vada Maker (http://shopping.rediff.com/product/medu-vada-maker?sc_cid=na_travel-living_meduvada-maker_link_)" -

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How to Use A Medu Vada Maker
a) Put medu vada batter (after step #6 above) inside the medu vada maker container.
b) Press the knob while holding it over hot oil in the kadai.
c) The batter falls with the hole in the centre just like a perfectly shaped medu vada.