Poori

Ingredients:

• Atta/ wheat Flour - 1 cup
• Semolina/rava - 2 tsp
• Salt - ¼ tsp or more
• Oil - 1 tblspn
• Water - Little less than ½ cup to make dough
• Oil - To Deep Fry

Procedure:

• Mix the three ingredients in a bowl.
• Add the 1 tblspn oil and then water slowly and mix the flour
• Once it comes together, knead 5 minutes and keep covered for 10 minutes
• Note: If the dough is resting for long time, The puri suck oil and the result is OILY puris.
• Can make immediately.
• Keep the wok/Kadai ready in stovetop with enough oil to deep fry
• Take a small balls , roll without using any flour . It should not be thin, roll slightly thick!
• Drop slowly in oil and with a ladder try to press down the puri in oil.
• Pooris will start to puff. And try to turn slowly. Both sides should be fried.
• Take out and drain in paper towel.
• Serve with potato masala, chole masala, channa masala

Potato Fry

Ingredients:

• Potato - 2 medium size, cut into small pieces
• mustard seeds and urud dal - few
• sambar powder - 2 tsp
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• oil - 7 tspn

Procedure:

• Heat a non stick pan and add oil .
• Once oil is hot, add the mustard seed and urud dal.
• Once the mustard starts cracking, add the potato pieces to it.
• Add the sambar masala powder and salt
• Fry the potato in medium flame for around 15 minutes till it is cooked well.
• This goes well as side dish for dal rice, curd rice, sambar, lemon rice

Capsicum Masala Rice

Ingredients:

• 1) capsicum - 1/2 medium size
• 2) Red Chilli - 5
• 3) Corriander Seeds - 1 tspn
• 4) Cumin seeds - 1/2 tspn
• 5) Channa dal - 1 tspn
• 6) Urud dal - 1 tspn
• 7) pea nuts - 1 tpsn
• 8) Curry leaves - 10 leaves
• 9) cashew - 15
• 10) Ghee or clarified butter - 4 tspn
• 11) 1 Cup of rice boiled.
• 12) Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

Procedure:

• Fry items 2 till 8 above without oil
• Grind it coarsely ( do not grind so nicely)
• Mix the garam masala with the ground mix above
• Heat a pan, add the ghee and fry the capsicum and cashew for 5 minutes
• Add rice and mix the ground masala mixture
• Add salt and mix the rice well with all ingredients
• Capsicum rice goes well with egg masala or chicken curry.