Monday, February 07, 2011

Crispy Veggie Poha Balls/Crispy Rice Flakes Veggie Balls - Version 2

I have already posted a Poha Cutlet Recipe. This is another tweaked version of the same recipe!!!!The Former being a Gulit-free snack for adults! But this one, you can enjoy it on a Day, where you let go of yourself from that "D(iet)" letter Word!!! I made this for my Kid's School Snack Box, he enjoyed this very much!!!!
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Ingredients
1 Cup Rice Flakes/Aval/Poha (i have used Brown Rice Flakes)
1 Small Potato, Peeled & Boiled
1/2 Carrot, finely shredded
2 tbsp Green Peas (i have used frozen)
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/4 tsp Coriander Powder
1/4 tsp Amchur Powder
Salt to taste
1 or 2 tbsp Bread Crumbs
Oil for Frying


Method
Soak Poha in Water for one or two minutes and make it soft. Take all the ingredients except Oil, in a Large Bowl and Mix well together. It would come together as a Sticky dough.  Let the dough sit for 10 minutes. Divide the dough and make balls of small gooseberry size. lHeat oil in a Kadai, Deep fry them in batches. Keep the flame in Medium and Fry. This makes sure, it is cooked on the  inside too!!!!Good Snack for the Windy Weather!!!! 
Sending this Cripsy Balls to Healthy Recipe Hunt - Aval/Rice Flakes/Poha, Happening @ Kurinji Kathambam

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Gobi Manchurian / Cauliflower Manchurian | Indo-Chinese Appetizers



Gobi Manchurian is our favorite appetizers back in India. Our gang of friends would order this regularly whenever we went for an eat-out and we all love this. Still could cherish those memories when we were doing our final year engineering project in Bangalore when we used to go to our regular eat-out for dinner. We used to eat heartily not worrying about the calories or the ambiance of the

Friday, February 04, 2011

Sprouted Moong dhal Kurma | Indian Curry Recipes




Sprouted beans is ideal when you want to make a quick, wholesome and healthy side dish. Sprouting increases the protein quality, vitamin and fibre content in the regular bean which improves the nutrition factor. Whenever I make sprouts I make an extra batch and freeze it. Comes in handy when you want to do some quick salad, kurma or sundal. 





Ingredients:
Sprouted moong dhal - 3 cups