How to Make Dahi Puri

Learn how to make Dahi Puri. This is a sweet and tangy version of spicy pani puri. A yummy chaat recipe I love. After a spicy round of pani puri dahi puri is must. Dahi puri is favorite of children also. It is called dahi bataka puri also. The main ingredients of dahi puri is of course dahi - curd. Other ingredients are almost same as pani puri.

Preparation time - 20 to 25 minutes
Cooking time - nil
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Dahi Puri:


35 to 40 puries
1/2 cup boiled kabuli chana
1/2 cup par boiled mung sprouts
1/2 cup boiled and chopped potatoes
1 cup sweet chutney
1/2 cup green chutney
3 cup whisked curd
1/4 cup chopped coriander
2 tea spoon garlic chutney
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon red chili powder
1/2 tea spoon black salt powder
1/4 tea spoon dry mango powder


For garnishing:


Nylon sev
Chopped coriander leaves
Pomegranate seeds
Chaat masalo
Finely chopped onion


Method to make Dahi Puri:


For filling:

• Mix chana, sprouts and potatoes in a bowl and add salt, garlic chutney, black salt, dry mango power and red chili powder to it. 
• Now add onion and coriander powder to it and mix well.

How to assemble Dahi Puri:

• Arrange puries in a serving plate and crack small holes in it. 
• Fill it with above filling.
• Fill sweet chutney, green chutney and whisked curd to each puri.
• Sprinkle chaat masalo, nylon sev, coriander leaves, onion and pomegranate seeds.
• Sweet and tangy Dahi Puri is ready to serve. Serve immediately.

Different types of sauces

Learn how to make different types of sauces. Sauces are very important for different types of deserts. Here there are homemade recipes for delicious sauces. They can be spread over different ice creams and deserts or puddings. They are chocolate sauce, orange sauce, minty pineapple sauce,plum sauce and apple cinnamon sauce. So enjoy different sauces for your yummy ice cream or pudding. First of all we are starting with my all time favorite chocolate sauce.

1. Chocolate Sauce: 


Preparation time - 3 minutes
Cooking time - 2 to 3 minutes

Ingredients to make Chocolate Sauce:

1/2 cup milk

50 gram grated dark chocolate

Method to make Chocolate sauce:

• Mix both ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and cook in microwave till chocolate melts properly.
• Yummy Chocolate Sauce is ready to pour over ice cream or pudding.

2. Orange Sauce:

Preparation time - 3 minutes

Cooking time - 3 minutes

Ingredients to make Orange Sauce:

1 glass orange juice

1 table spoon lemon juice

3 to 4 table spoon sugar

1 table spoon corn flour

2 to 3 drops orange essence

Method to make Orange Sauce:

• Mix orange juice and lemon juice in a glass.
• Add corn flour and sugar to it and mix well. 
• Cook the mixture at very slow flame, stir continually. 
• Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or till thick.
• When thick remove from flame and let it cool at room temp. Add orange essence and mix properly.
• Tangy orange sauce is ready to serve on vanilla ice cream.

3. Minty Pineapple Sauce:

Preparation time - 3 to 4 minutes

Cooking time - 5 minutes

Ingredients to make Minty Pineapple Sauce:

1 glass pineapple juice

1 table spoon lemon juice

5 to 7 fresh mint leaves (opt.)

3 to 4 table spoon sugar

1 table spoon corn flour

3 to 3 drops pineapple emergent (opt.)

Method to make Minty Pineapple Juice:

• Mix pineapple juice and lemon juice.
• Mix sugar to above mixture. Stir till sugar dissolves. 
• Add corn flour to it and mix well.
  Cook above mixture at very slow flame for 2 to 3  minutes or till the mixture is thick.
• Remove from flame let it cool at room temp. 
• Roughly chop mint leaves with hands and mix it to the sauce. Add pineapple emergent to it and mix well.
• Tangy and sweet Minty Pineapple Sauce is ready to serve over pineapple or vanilla ice cream.
• Mint flavor can be avoided. In that case it will be only pineapple sauce.

4. Strawberry Sauce: 

Preparation time - 5 minutes

Cooking time - 10 minutes

Ingredients to make Strawberry Sauce:


1 cup ripe strawberries
1 table spoon lemon juice
4 to 5 table spoon sugar
1/2 table spoon corn flour
3/4 cup water


Method to make Strawberry Sauce:

• Wash and chop strawberries. Add some water and cook till soft.
• Let it cool at room temp. and blend to fine paste.
• Add lemon juice and sugar, stir till sugar dissolves.
• Add corn flour and mix well.
• Cook at very slow flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
• When thick remove from flame and let it cool at room temp.
• Sweet and tangy Strawberry Sauce is ready to spread over plane cake or vanilla ice cream.

5. Apple Cinnamon Sauce:

Preparation time - 5 minutes

Cooking time - 10 minutes

Ingredients to make Apple cinnamon Sauce:

2 to 3 apples
2 table spoon lemon juice
4 to 5 table spoon sugar
1/2 cup water
1 table spoon corn flour
1/4 cup butter
1/4 tea spoon cinnamon powder


Method to make Apple Cinnamon Sauce:

• Wash and remove skin from apples. Chop them.
• Add water and cook till soft. Let it cool at room temp. and blend to fine paste.
• Add sugar lemon juice, sugar, butter and corn flour to it.
• Mix well and cook at very slow flame. Let it thick. Remove from flame and cool at room temp. 
• Add cinnamon powder and mix well.
• Apple Cinnamon Sauce is ready to serve, Pour over vanilla ice cream.
• With same recipe Ginger Apple Sauce can be made. Only add ginger juice in stead of cinnamon powder.

6. Plum Sauce:

Preparation time - 5 minutes

Cooking time - 10 minutes

Ingredients to make Plum Sauce:

1 cup ripe plums
1 table spoon lemon juice
4 to 5 table spoon sugar
1/2 table spoon corn flour
3/4 cup water


Method to make Plum Sauce:

• Wash and chop plums. Add some water and cook till soft.
• Let it cool at room temp. and blend to fine paste.
• Add lemon juice and sugar, stir till sugar dissolves.
• Add corn flour and mix well.
• Cook at very slow flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
• When thick remove from flame and let it cool at room temp.
• Sweet and tangy Plum Sauce is ready to spread over plane cake or vanilla ice cream.

How to Make Idli

Learn how to make Idli. A very well known and ideal recipe for break fast. It can be known as small Indian rice cakes or steam idali also. It's a low cal recipe for health conscious people. If better is ready it is easy to make for breakfast or snack, in that case it is served with coconut chutney only. Even in my home we prefer to have idli for dinner with sambhar and coconut chutney. Normally we are making this homemade recipe in steamer - idli cooker. But I makes them in microwave also. It takes hardly 5 minutes to make 8 idlies. 

Soaking time - 2 to 3 hours
Preparation time - 10 to 15 minutes minutes 
Fermenting time - 6 to 7 hours (overnight)
Cooking time - 25 to 30 minutes
Makes - 35 to 40 idlies approx.


Ingredients to make Idli:


4 cups rice
1 cup urad dal - split black lentil
1 cup curd
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon dry fenugreek seeds
Fruit salt as needed
Oil for greasing


To serve with:


Sambhar
Coconut chutney

Method to make Idli:

• Soak rice with fenugreek seeds and urad dal separately in luke warm water for 2 to 3 hours.
• Drain excess water and grind to a smooth paste. Add some salt and curd to it and mix properly. Keep aside for fermentation for 6 to 7 hours or overnight. (fermenting time can be differ as per the season.)
• Grease microwave proof idli stand. Pour sufficient water to micrwave proof idli maker.
• Mix the better properly and add fruit salt to small quantity of it, beat properly. 
• Pour better to greased idli stand and steam for 3 to 4 minutes as mentioned.
• When ready remove and let it cool at room temp. for 2 to 3 minutes.
•  Remove idlies from stand and repeat the same for remaining.
• Piping hot Idli is ready to serve, serve it with sambhar and coconut chutney.

Tips:

• Steaming can be done on gas also. In that case pour water in steamer and let come to boiling temp. Then pour better to stand and again steam for 15 to 20 minutes or till idlies are ready.

How to Make Khakhra no Chevdo

Learn how to make Khakhra no chevdo. Some time we want to have some very light yet testy snack. Khakhra no chevdo is one of that snacks. Khakhra means round shaped crispy roti. Which is very popular in Gujarat as diet snack. Khakhra no chevdo is an innovative recipe for old khakhra, but this homemade recipe is very testy. It is ideal for kids lunch box also. so enjoy this crispy and testy dry snack.

Preparation time - 5 minutes
Cooking time 5 to 7 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Khakhra no Chevdo:


1 cup roughly crushed khakhra
1/4 cup dariya chana
1/8 cup chopped chopped cashew nuts
1/8 cup raisins
8 to 10 curry leaves
1/8 cup roasted peanuts
1 table spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
2 tea spoon sesame seeds
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida 
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon red chili powder
1 to 1 1/2 table spoon powder sugar
1/2 tea spoon dry mango powder
Salt to taste


Method to make Khakhra no Chevdo:

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When they crackles add peanuts, dariya chana, cashew nuts, asafoetida and raisins to it, cook for 1 minyes and add curry leaves.
• Add crushed khakhra and spices to it.
• Mix well. 
• Spicy and tangy Khakhra no chevdo is read to serve.

How to Make Lemon Rice

Learn how to make Lemon Rice. This is a delicious pulao recipe with the tangy taste of lemon. An ideal recipe for summer. It can be served with rasam or salad.  It can be packed for lunch box also. In southern part of India Lemon Rice can be made during the festive occasion of pongal. But here we can prepare this for heavy breakfast or light lunch. So enjoy this quick and easy recipe. Even with left over rice it can be more easy.

Preparation time - 5 minutes
Cooking time  - 10 minutes
Serves - 4 person


Ingredients to make Lemon Rice:


1 1/2 cup basmati rice 
1 tea spoon lemon juice
1 tea spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon black lentil - urad dal
1/2 tea spoon gram dal - chana dal
4 to 5 pieces dry red chilies
8 to 10 curry leaves
A pinch turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon ginger paste
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
A pinch asafoetida - hing


For garnishing:


Chopped coriander leaves
Lemon slices


Method to make Lemon Rice:

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it. When they crackles add asafoetida, black lentil and gram dal. Let them turn light pink. 
• Add red chilies, turmeric powder and curry leaves.
• Add boiled rice,salt and lemon juice. Mix well.
• Hot and tangy Lemon juice is ready to serve.

How to make Mysore Masala Dosa

Learn how to make Mysore Masala Dosa. Normally we are use to make masala dosa. But this is a new tempting taste. This is a homemade recipe for Mysore Masala Dosa. As the recipe of mysore sada dosa we are going to apply spicy red chutney with stomach filling masala. It is very tasty and can be served with coconut chutney and sambhar. So enjoy the taste of this spicy dosa tonight.

Preparation time - 30 minutes

Cooking time - 25 to 30 minutes

Serves - 4 person

Ingredients to make Mysore Masala Dosa:

Dosa better as needed

Spicy red chutney as needed

Grated cheese as needed (opt.)

Butter as needed

For masala - stuffing:

2 table spoon oil

1 tea spoon cumin seeds

8 to10 curry leaves

5 to 6 green chilies chopped

1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder

1 table spoon red chili powder

1 table spoon sambhar masala

Salt to taste

4 to 5 big potatoes boiled and mashed

1 big onion finely chopped

1/2 cup boiled green peas

1/4 cup par boiled carrot

1/4 cup chopped coriander leaves

1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder

To serve with:

Sambhar

Coconut chutney

Method to make Mysore Masala Dosa:

• Prepare better and keep aside.
• Prepare spicy red chutney and keep aside.

For masala - stuffing:

• Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, when they crackles add curry leaves and green chilies.
• Add chopped onion and cook till light pink. Add all dry spices and again cook for 1 minute.
• Add boiled potatoes, green peas and carrot.
• Mix well and add chopped coriander leaves. Keep aside.

How to proceed:

• Spread better on a hot non stick griddle - tavi.
• When almost crisp spread spicy red chutney over it and apply some butter to it. After 1 minute spread above masala over it and spread grated cheese.
• Fold and serve with sambhar and coconut chutney.
• Hot and tempting Mysore Masala Dosa is ready to serve.

Different Types of Chutney Recipes

Chutneys are the main side recipe which is use in so many chaat recipes and snacks. I always keep both sweet and spicy chutneys in my deep freezer so that I can use them any time. We are having different types of chutneys like sweet chutney, spicy chutney and of course garlic and kabab's chutneys. Normally every one have different chutney taste. So here it's a normal chutney recipe for each recipe, upo can modify them according to your taste.

1. Learn how to make Khajur Imli ki chutney - Sweet chutney. 


There are so many names of this chutney. They are sweet chutney, khati mithi chutney, Dates and tamarind  chutney or khajur imli ki chutney etc. As it has a sweet and sour taste it may be perfect drizzle on the top of samosas, bhel etc.


Ingredients to make Khajur Imli ki Chutney:

250 gram dates - Khajur
100 gram tamarind - Imli
100 gram jaggery - gud
2 tomatoes 
Salt to taste
2 table spoon red chilly powder
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder


Method to make Khajur Imli ki Chutney:

• Soak dates and turmarind in luke warm water for 1 hour.
• Boil tomatoes.
• Mix all the ingredients and crush properly.
• Strain and cook for at least 5 minutes after adding dry masala.

2. Learn how to make green chutney.



As earlier I said it is called teekhi chutney, green chutney, coriander chutney etc. It is perfect to make snack spicy.

Ingredients to make Green chutney:


1 cup chopped coriander 
1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
5 -6 green chilies
2 tea spoon chopped ginger
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
1 table spoon curd
            or
1 tea spoon lemon juice
Salt to taste
1 table spoon roasted peanut - crushed


Method to make Green Chutney:

• Crush all the ingredients of chutney to smooth paste by adding sufficient water. 

3. Learn how to make Garlic Chutney.

It is also known as lahsun chutney or garlic chutney. 

Ingredients to make Garlic Chutney:


10 - 12 cloves garlic 
3 - 4 table spoon red chilly powder
1 table spoon sesame seeds
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon oil (opt.)


Method to Make Garlic Chutney:

• Mix all the ingredients if garlic chutney and crush to smooth paste in blender after adding some water.
• Try to add least water, and add more when needed.

4. Learn how to make Chutney for Kababs.


When we are going to restaurant we just love kabab chutney. So, here it's a homemade recipe for that kabab chutney.

Ingredients to make Kabab Chutney:

1/2 bunch coriander leaves

1/4 mint leaves

1 onion

1 tea spoon sugar

6 to 8 cloves

Lemon juice and salt to taste

Method to make Kabab Chutney:

• Grind all the ingredients together to a fine paste with some water.

5. Learn how to make Coconut Chutney.

This is a very famous South Indian chutney. We are used to serve it with dosa, idli, mendu vada etc. Even I like to serve it with bataka vada also.

Ingredients to make coconut chutney:

1 grated coconut without brown portion

1/2 cup roasted dadiya chana

1 cup curd

2 green chilies

1 tea spoon crushed ginger

8 - 10 curry leaves

Salt to taste

For Tadka:

1 table spoon oil

1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds

1/4 tea spoon hing

5 - 6 curry leaves

Method to make Coconut chutney:

• Crush all the ingredients of chutney together and make fine paste.
• Heat oil in an another small pan, add mustard seeds and let it crackle. Add hing and curry leaves in it and spread over chutney.