Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Crisp Indianised Hash Brown


I had prepared this couple of weeks back but got the chance to post now.. The item was amazingly crispy and tasty :) Yet a quick prepartions :)

Crisp Indianised Hash Brown
Ingredients
2 Potatoes
1 Green Chilli
1/4 Cup Cucumber Pickles
A pinch of Black Pepper Powder
Salt to taste
Ghee

Method
  • Grate the potatoes and wash them with lots of water to remove all starch.
  • Drain all the water from the grated potatoes and let them dry on a paper towel
  • Mix the grated potatoes with finely chopped green chillies, picled cucumbers, black pepper powder and salt.
  • Heat the tawa and spread ghee to coat it.
  • Spread the potato mixture on the tawa to form a thin layer
  • Cook on medium flame on both sides till the colour turns to brown

Notes
I used the medium sized grater for this so that the pototo pieces arent too thin/thick. Thicker version will not give as much crisp as this one did.
The green chillies gave it nice firy - spicy touch

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Bhel


Bhel being one of my favourite snacks we end up preparing it often. I also prefer it during outings :) Preparing it at some nice picnic spot is the best, easiest and tastiest food :)

Bhel
Ingredients
6 Cup Churmura
2 Cup All in One Mixture
1 Cup Shev
1 Cup Boondi
1 Cup Navaratna Mix
1.5 Cup Tamarind
2 Cup Jaggery
2 Green Chillies
1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder
1/2 Spoon Jeera Powder
4-5 Dates
2 Onions
2 Tomatoes
1/2 Cup Corriander Leaves
Salt to taste

Method
  • Soak the tamarind and dates in water for an hour or so
  • Grind the mixture with jaggery, red chilli powder, green chilli, jeera powder and salt
  • Strain the mixture and keep it aside
  • In a big pan mix churmura(puffed rice), navaratna mix, all in one, shev, finely chopped onion, tomatoes and corriander leaves. Mix well
  • Add the tamarind mixture prepared earlier and Mix well
  • Garnish with boondi and serve immediately

Notes
Garnish it with Raw Mango pieces during mango season. It would be more fun :)
Its good idea to make the bhel in batches so that it doesnt become soggy while serving it.
I normally prefer to keep some tamarind mixture aside instead of mixing the full quantity. That helps giving the personal touch :) The taste depends on what one likes.
Very good item for picnics and parties. You can keep everything ready and mix all of the items just before eating

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Nasi Bancakan Mang Barna - Kuliner Bandung

Jika Anda pergi ke kota kembang Bandung untuk berwisata atau bersantai bersama keluarga maupun teman, jangan lupa untuk mampir ke tempat makan enak khas Sunda yang satu ini. Nasi Bancakan Mang Barna & Bi O’om terletak di Jalan Trunojoyo No. 62 Bandung. Lokasinya sendiri di pinggir jalan besar Trunojoyo bersebelahan dengan RM Sambara Bandung, berikut ini adalah peta lokasi yang dimaksud (jika Anda
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