Pav Bhaji : A typical Mumbai Favorite Snack

About Pav Bhaji
Pav Bhaji is a typical West Indian breakfast which is most favorite among all Indians. Apart from West India if you want to have it you have to either go for a South Indian restaurant or you have to make it in your home.

Now the part comes to availability and affordability of this dish. If you are opting to have it in a restaurant you can not have it on regular basis , the most common reason is it's price. In a good South Indian restaurant it costs Rs.120/- to Rs.150/- per plate , if you take extra Pav you have to pay Rs.25/- to Rs.40/- extra which is not affordable for a common men on regular basis and this is he most common things why i wanted to share the preparation of this dish at home.

Ingredients

6 medium sized potatoes

1 cup peas

4 carrots peeled and chopped.

3 cups of chopped cauliflower(ful gobi)

3 capsicum(shimla mirch) chopped

6 tbsp oil, 6 tbsp butter, 4 onions finely chopped.

3 tbsp ginger - garlic paste.


4 tbsp pav bhaji masala.

1/2 tbsp turmeric powder(haldi)

Method of Preparation

1. Make potatoes wet first, microwave it for 5 minutes or boil it for 10 minutes in pressure cookware.

2. Put carrots, peas, cauliflower or capsicum in a micro proof dish , put 1 cup water , cover it and microwave for 8 minutes then mash with a potato masher.

3. Put oil, onion , ginger -garlic paste , 4 tbsp pao bhaji masala and haldi powder. Mix it well in a dish and then microwave it for 8 to 9 minutes.

4. Then add tomato puree, roughly mashed vegetables with potatoes, butter and salt. Add 2 cup water, cover it and microwave it for 6-8 minutes. Mash once in between.

Cooking Time

Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 35 min Ready in: 50 min Yields: Serves 8 people

2 tbsp salt, 1 cup of tomato puree

2 tbsp chopped coriander.

Now your dish is prepared and you can make it presentable as per you like .

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: One Cupcake
Calories 400
Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value *
Fat 16 g 25%
Saturated fat 8 g 40%
Unsaturated fat 12 g
Carbohydrates 64 g 21%
Sugar 37 g
Fiber 1 g 4%
Protein 2 g 4%
Cholesterol 20 mg 7%
Sodium 389 mg 16%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

I hope i have served my purpose of sharing this dish, any further comment or suggestion will help me to improve me for the future posting.

Rawa Indli, A Perfect Breakfast on Sunday

Good morning friends, today we will start with Sunday special breakfast "Rawa Indli" a South Indian dish , healthy and light breakfast liked by all parts of India. So let's start.

Ingredients :                                                                               Preparation Time : 10 minutes
1 cup of rawa suji ( semolina)                                                        Cooking Time :      6 minutes
1 cup of curd(dahi)                                                                        Quantity :         6 pieces/plate

Half cup of water

1/2 tsp cooking soda
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp chopped curry leaves
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup grated (pisha hua) coconut. This is optional.\

Process :
1. Put 1 tbsp of oil in a flat dish for 1 minute in a microwave.
2. Put rawa suji , mix it well, add curry leaves and salt mix all the things well and microwave for 1 minute.
3. wait some time to make it cool, then add coconut, curd and cooking soda Put it a side for 10 minutes.
4. Put some oil drops and grease the small glass bowls or micro proof idli maker, then put 3-4 tbsp mixture in each bowl and arrange them in a shape of ring in the microwave. Microwave it for 4 minutes and if the idlis appearing wet microwave it again for 1 minutes , normally it prepared within 5 minutes.
Now your dish is ready , you can serve it with coconut chutney . The ingredients here is mentioned to make 6 piece per plate per person  you can multiply the things accordingly.

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How to make Atte Ka Halwa

This is the page i have newly started to helping the food lovers and the person who love to make different type of new dishes. Today i will start of making "Atte ka Halwa"

Atte Ka Halwa :

To make this sweet dish at your home you need the following ingredients .
1 cup Atta
1 cup sugar
1 cup desi ghee
5-6 nos of cashew nuts (will better if it in 2 pieces, not much pieces)
5-6 nos of black cardamom,(elaichi)
8-10 nos of Almond(badam)
8-10 nos of kismis
This is a very simple but tastier dish that can be made within 10 -15 minutes. First atta should be put on non stick kadhai till it gets brown(approx 2 minutes) , then you need to put sugar and ghee to mix it to make a solution . Put 1 cup water and stare it up to 2-3 minutes, then put the elaichi powder on it.The dish is ready now .
Now it is the time for platting or you an say dressing. Just put it on the bowl or plate as the way you want to make. If you spread it on the plate then put the whole cashew nut , almond and kismis to make the design and cut it into triangular shape, hexagonal shape or in heart shape as you like and serve to your family.
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