Soya tikki

Soya tikki is healthy , yummy in taste ....

Ingredients 

11/4 cup soya granules 

1 boiled potato 

2 tbsp sooji 

1-2 finely chopped green chili 

1 tsp grated ginger

1 medium finely chopped onion 

Salt to taste 

1/4 tsp Red chili powder

1/4 tsp Coriander powder

1/2 tsp Mango powder 

oil to shallow fry

chaat masala for sprinkle

1 -2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro

Method :-

Soaked the granules in a hot water for 10-15 minutes.

Then Drain completely (After drain process, you can squeeze it also).

  

Take a bowl and add soya and all ingredients except oil and chaat masala .

Mix together and make rough dough.

Divide into equal balls and  give them round shape to make pattie or tikki

    

Heat the pan or skillet (Tawa).Place the  tikkis on the skillet on medium heat. Put some oil on the tikkis. Cook it for some time (2 minutes approx ) then turn them ..put some oil on it . And cook them. Turn again and again until tikkis become golden brown and crispy.
Tikkis should be cook on medium gas. 
(it will take 12-15 minutes approximately)  .

  

Tikks are ready .

( Make sure Tikkis should be crispy)

Tikkis ready to serve with chutneys 

Tips:-

You can add more vegetables like shredded carrots, cauliflower etc.
You can also add crushed peanuts

Nutrela Vegetable Briyani

Nutrela vegetable Briyani  is little spicy, healthy and delicious briyani....
Serve with yougurt or vegetable raita

Ingredients

3/4 cup rice 

3/4 cup nutrela chunks

1/2 cup peas

1/2 cup cauliflower florets

1/2 cup cjopped green beans

1/2 cup chopped carrot pieces

2 finely chopped onions 

1 potato chopped into small cubes
1/2 tsp coriander masala

1 tbsp Briyani masala

1 tsp Garam masala 

1/2 tsp red chili powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

Salt to taste 

1/2 cup thick curd

1 tbsp green chili paste or 1-2 finely chopped green chili 

1 tbsp ginger paste

Some finely chopped cilantro 

4-5 saffron string soaked into 3 tbsp warm milk 

1/2 tbsp lemon juice
2-3 tbsp oil or ghee

Method

Wash and Soak rice for 40-60 minutes.
In the mean time chopped all vegetables.
 

Wash all vegetables except onion :)  and keep it aside for few minutes so vegetables will become dry .
Take a pan add 2-3 cup water and add salt and add nutrela chunks. Cook it for 4-5 minutes . Drain it completely .
 

Take a pan for boiling  the rice 

Add 4-5 cup water and add salt and 1 tsp oil.

When water get boiled then add rice

And cook it . Don't cook rice fully just cooked 3/4 .

Now drain all water and covered with the lid 

Saffron milk 

Now take another pan

Add 1 -2 tbsp oil  when it become hot add green chili and ginger paste .

Stir it for few seconds. Add Onions and cook it for few seconds. Add coriander powder , salt , red chili powder , turmeric powder and 1 tbsp Briyani masala .....

(Spices can adjust as per your taste how much spicy you want )

Stir it few seconds 

Add all veggies (except potato) and mix well 

Cool it in medium high gas for 4-5 minutes ... Stir it continuously ( if you cook on medium gas or low gas then vegetables will leave water and we don't want water n also we want crispy vegetables)
Now add potato and nutrela chunks . cook it on high gas for 3-4 minutes .

When ever your veggies get 3/4 cooked then add curds and mix well and cook it on high gas to 3-4 minute . Keep eyes on gas otherwise vegetables can burn 

Turn gas into low flame. Take half of vegetables from pan and keep it another bowl. Now divide the rice in two parts. Take one part of rice and spread on vegetables in the pan.
Spread saffron milk over the rice ...some cilantro and sprinkle some briyani masala over it ....

Now spread another layer of vegetables and then rice then saffron , cilantro and little bit of briyani masala

Now cover pan with aluminum foil tightly and then cover with lid
First five minuted cooked on medium gas then cooked 10-12 minutes on low medium gas.

Turn off the gas. Remove aluminum foil . Add lemon juice.

Enjoy spicy , yummy and healthy vegetable nutrela Briyani.

Note :-

You can take vegetables of your choice.
You can adjust spices as per your taste.
Whenever you  are cooking vegetables , gas should be on high flame.
I am not using here fried onions, if you want you can use it

Cucumber cup filled with corn salad

Cucumber cup filled with corn salad is easy to make and yummy in taste ...

It is healthy , colorful and great snack 

Ingredients 

1 large cucumber 

1/2 cup corns

1 medium finely chopped tomato

Some finely chopped cilantro

1 tbsp of lemon juice 

Salt to taste

1 tsp chaat masala

A pinch of black salt 

Method 

Peel the cucumber and remove the ends and cut the cucumber into 1/2 inch thick slices .( it will be thick 6-7 pieces).

Scoop out seeds with a small spoon or Mellon baller , leaving bottom intact to form a cup .

(You can eat these seeds also or add in any salads )

Now take a bowl ... Add corns , tomatoes , cilantro , salt and lemon juice . Mix well .

Take cucumber cup and filled with corn salads . Sprinkle some black salt on the cups . 

Your cucumber cup is ready to serve enjoy .

 You can also add boiled chickpeas , sprouts , kidney beans etc 

Also can add mint , parsley etc

If you like onion you can add it 

Gol Gappa puri

Golgappe/panipuri/sev puri are famous street chaat...

And we need Puri for all above things...

So here simple recipe of  puri 

For 25-26 Puris

Ingredients

1/2 cup Sooji 

1/4 cup maida/All purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

A pinch of baking Soda

Water to knead the dough as per required

oil to fry

Method 

Take a bowl , Add Sooji , Maida, Baking Soda and salt . Mix properly.

Now Add water gradually and knead the stiff dough.

Grease your hand with 1 tbsp oil and knead the dough again for 1-2 minutes .

Cover it with damp cloth for 20 minutes.

Take the dough...divide into very small balls....
Roll it one by one 




Heat oil in pan on medium gas for frying the puris.
When oil is medium hot then take 5-6 puris and slide them gently in oil.
* Do not drop together...do it one by one....
Press Puri  little with spatula to puff them up.

Or you can roll 5-6  puris and then  fry....
Fry on medium gas until it become crispy and light golden in color
Your puris are ready...

You can enjoy puris as Pani puri or sev puri ............

Dahi bhalla or dahi vada

Dahi Vada or Dahi bhalla is a famous North India street chaat....

It is made from Urad dal .....

For 20-25 pieces 

Ingredients 

11/2 cup Urad Dal 

1/2 tsp of salt

2-3 tbsp of cashew pieces

8-10 pieces Raisins

A pinch of hing

For chaat

(Your choice)

Yogurt

Sweet chutney

Green chutney

Black salt

Roasted and grinded Cumin powder 

Red chili powder

Chaat masala

Sev 

Method

Wash and Soak Dal for 4-5 hrs into water and grind in a grinder with 1-2 tsp water.

Dal batter should be thick .

Beat the  Dal for 8-10 minutes with the help of hands...... Beating is the most important step.....It makes dal fluffy..and Vadas will be soft .

Add hing,salt , cashews and raisins and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan for deep frying 

Take small or big (according to your desire ) ball of dal and drop it into medium hot oil.

Fry it on medium gas until it become golden brown in color.

Now take out vadas from oil ....
and put it into water.......

Squeeze it properly and keep it into blended yogurt ...(yogurt should be in medium thick consistency)
and leave the vadas into yogurt for 5-8 minutes.

Now Add Sweet chutney , green chutney, roasted cumin powder and sev for garnishing....
Enjoy dahi bhalla chaat