Wednesday, October 5, 2011

French Fries


Ajoy likes to eat french fries once in a while. We get those frozen ones and fry them as and when needed all the time. But i had been thinking of making them at home given that they are so simple. Always read about freezing them and keeping them cool before actually frying adding to the preparation time which off course i never had, given a sudden demand of french fries :) So last Saturday i decided to try them without refrigeration and all and worked out fine. So here is the quickest french fries recipe.

French Fries
Ingredients
2 Potatoes
Salt to taste
Oil

Method
  • Peel of the potatoes and cut them in small rectangular pieces.
  • Keep them under running water and wash them thoroughly till the water is clear.
  • Keep them in cold water for 5-10 minutes.
  • Take it out of water and spread them on kitchen towel so that they are dry.
  • Heat oil and fry them till light golden in color. Spread on kitchen towel
  • Just before eating, fry the fries again till golden brown in color.
  • Spread on kitchen towel, sprinkle salt and serve.

Notes
If you are making them for party, you could fry the fries for the first time and then store them in refrigerator. Fry them second time just before serving.
Two times frying is necessary as it helps in taking out moisture, cooking the potato and then making it crisp.

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Mung Daal with peel Aappe


Mom had made these yummy aappe few times and we all liked it a lot. So this time i told her to show me the recipe. The aappe are easy to make and really healthy and tasty.

Mung Daal with peel Aappe
Ingredients
1.5 Cup Mung Daal with peel
2-3 Green Chillies
2 Garlic Cloves
1/4 Spoon Ginger piece
1/4 Onion
Two pinch Garam Masala
Handful Coriander Leaves
Salt to taste
Oil

Method
  • Soak mung daal in water overnight.

  • In the morning take out all the water from the daal and add it in the mixer.

  • Add in green chillies, garlic and ginger. Grind to fine paste

  • Add in finely chopped coriander leaves and onion

  • Add in salt and garam masala and mix well.

  • Heat Aappe Pan and grease it well. Add in spoonful of mixture in each, sprinkle drop of oil on each aappe and cook covered for 2 minutes on medium flame till the sides separate from the pan.

  • Flip the aappes and cook without cover for another 2-3 minutes till the other side is done too. Serve while warm.

Notes
The daal can be soaked for couple of hours as well, so if making it for evening snack you need not have to soak it in the morning itself and these can be made on few hours notice.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Veg Manchurian


I like Indian style Chinese a lot and I make it very regularly. But after loosing Kitchen to Mom :), it was while since we had Chinese. So on Friday, I decided to take the kitchen in control and make Chinese menu for dinner. I have made Veg Machurian so many times but every time I had trouble with photo, so this time since the photo also came out okayish, here is the recipe.

Veg Manchurian
Ingredients
2 Cup Cabbage
2 Cup Carrots
2 Cup Beans
1 Bell Pepper
1 Green Chilli
3 Spoon Corn Flour
5 Spoon Maida
1 Spoon Garlic Paste
2 Garlic Cloves
3 Stems of Spring Onions
1/4 Cup Sweet Chilli Sauce
1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
2 Spoon Hot Chilli Sauce
Salt to taste
Oil

Method
  • Chop cabbage, carrots, green chillies, beans and pepper into fine pieces.

  • Add in salt to taste and mix well.

  • Add in garlic paste, 4 spoon of Maida and 2 spoon of corn flour. Knead well to make the dough

  • Make small balls from this dough and roll each of them into the remaining Maida and fry in the medium hot oil till golden in color. Keep aside.

  • Heat oil in pan and add in finely chopped garlic cloves, spring onion's white part and fry till light brown in color.

  • Add in sweet chilli sauce, hot chilli sauce, soy sauce and mix well.

  • Take 3 cups of water and mix in 1 spoon of corn starch. Add it to the sauce that is boiling in the pan. Mix well

  • Add in the Manchurian balls made earlier and cook for couple of minutes. Garnish with spring onion's green part and serve.

Notes
Normally I add in salt and keep aside the mixture of finely chopped vegetables aside so that i don't need to add extra water nor do the dough loosens after a while because of all the water that salt would come from the vegetables.
Instead of using sweet chilli and and hot chilli sauces, I have also used 3 spoon chilli flakes, 1/4 Cup Vinegar and 2 spoon sugar instead.

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