Carrot Dates Poli

A variation to the traditional poli. I have eaten store bought dates poli once. I could find some finely chopped nuts along with the dates in the poli. When I tried making it at home, my stock of nuts had dried up and thought of adding some grated carrot along with dates. And it tasted great. The carrot and dates compliments well. These pictures have been in my drafts for a very long time. And thanks to Aparna's Sweet Celebrations , it has made it to the blog. The basic preparation of poli is same except for the filling. For the dough All Purpose flour(Maida) - 2 cups Salt a pinch Turmeric powder a pinch Oil 2 tbspn Water to knead Filling Chopped dates - 1 cup Grated carrot - 1/2 cup Sugar - 3 tbspn Milk - 1 tbspn Add the dough ingredients - maida, salt, turmeric powder and oil in a mixing bowl. Add water to make a soft dough. Finally just apply a teaspoon of oil over the dough and allow it to rest for a minimum of 2 hrs. This helps in making soft poli. Meanwhile, MW grated carrot, finely chopped dates along with milk for 4 minutes or till it turns soft. Add sugar to the cooked carrot-dates mixture and MWfor 3 minutes. It should have come together. You can do this step on stove-top too. Take a lemon sized dough. Roll into poori size. While you roll, keep the centre comparatively thicker than edges. Keep a ball of the stuffing in the center. Bring together the edges and seal well. Roll again carefully into possibly thin poli. Shallow fry on tawa till you see brown specs on the poli. Delicious, healthy poli is ready. I am sending this poli to JFI:Carrots hosted at The Cooker

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Potato Fry

I have ample time on hand. We recently moved to LA and I am not enjoying this place very much. No friends, nowhere to go, nothing interesting to do. Life without family and friends can be depressing. Blogging keeps me somewhat occupied. I go to bookstore once a week. Otherwise I am hooked to my computer. I came across this recipe in Vaishali's blog. It is not the usual potato curry recipe. It's different. As you can see in the picture, the potatoes turned out very crispy. I have always loved potatoes. Now I love them even more! Check out Vaishali's recipe here.

I would like to note down her recipe here.

Ingredients:
Potatoes-5
Oil-2 tbsp
Salt
Jeera-1 tsp

Mix together:
Rice flour-1tbsp
Sambar powder-1 tsp
Chilli powder-1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Method:
Pressure cook the potatoes for 3-4 whistles or until they are cooked. Cool, peel the skin and cut into small or big pieces.
Heat oil in a pan. Tamper with jeera.
Coat the potatoes with rice flour mixture and fry in oil. Add salt and toss them until potaotes turn golden brown.
Yummy crispy potatoes are ready to go with small onion sambar and rice!I always make this combo...they are an inseparable pair. Do you guys agree?