Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are the easiest to make and will be light to eat. I made these cookies for thanksgiving and everyone liked these cookies. If we have different shapes of cookie moldings, we can make these cookies in different shapes. Time of Preparation : 40 minutes No of cookies : 50 Ingredients: Butter (Room temperature) – 1 Cup White sugar – 1 1/2 cup Egg – 1 Vanilla Extract – 2 tsp All purpose flour – 2 3/4 cup Baking soda – 1 tsp Baking powder – 1/2 tsp Method of Preparation: In a bowl, mix the all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder and keep it aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Add the flour mixture little by little and beat...
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Thumbprint Cookies
These thumbprint cookies are the super hit of this vacation. Everyone loved this cookie and the nuts and jam made them extra tasty. Here goes the recipe for this Thumbprint cookies. Time of Preparation : 40 minutes No of Cookies : 20 Ingredients: Unsalted butter – 1/2 cup (room temperature) White sugar – 1/4 cup Egg white – 1 Egg yolk – 1 Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp All purpose flour – 1 cup Salt – a pinch Nuts (I have used walnuts) – 1 cup (roasted and chopped) Jam – 1/3 cup Method of Preparation: In a bowl mix the butter and sugar using hand mixer until fluffy. Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and beat well with the hand mixer. Keep the egg white aside. Add the all purpose flour and salt little by little and...
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Diwali Savory Spicy Boondi ( Kara Boondi )
Spicy Boondi is another simple savory which we make for Diwali. In India we generally make so many sweets and savories and we will give to all our friends and relatives. For this Diwali I am trying to do the same here and we are happy to share them through Spicy Tasty. 🙂 Time of Preparation : 30 minutes Ingredients: Chickpea flour / Besan flour – 1 cup Red chilli powder – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – for frying Peanuts – 1/4 cup Broken Cashews – 3 tbsp Curry leaves – a few Method of Preparation: Mix besan flour, red chilli powder, salt and water little by little so that there are no lumps. The mixture should be little thinner than the dosa batter consistency. Meanwhile heat oil in a wide vessel. Pour the batter over...
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Indian Diwali Snack Murukku (Chakali) Recipe
Murukku is one of the most popular snacks in South India and it is even more popular at Deepavali (aka Diwali) festival time. It has been long been the tradition at most homes to make delicious snacks such as Murukku, Thattai, etc. along with some special Indian sweets for Deepavali. I am going to be spending over 3 months with my family in India starting next week. But, don’t you worry! I am going to learn, experiment and continue making more variety of Indian dishes and will be sharing my experiences and recipes in the coming months straight from India! So stay tuned. So, I wanted to make some special Diwali snacks for my hubby and made Murukku. It came out very nice (as you can see), crunchy and tasty. 🙂 Although like most things we haven’t tried, making...
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Thattai – Rice & Peanut Savory Snack
Thattai is a crunchy snack very popular in Tamilnadu and it’s a staple snack for many of the festive occasions in karnataka and Tamilnadu. The peanut and channa dal in that tastes really good .Thattai is made during festive days and makes for a great snack in evening times. I know it’s not Diwali now but this special snack has to be the trademark snack of Diwali in Tamilnadu. My Mother-in law made this for us. she has taken me back in time by making Thattai this week and it turned out so delicious. I think I am gonna be a lazy bee for the rest of the 6 months but learning a lot of dishes from her that I haven’t tried before. It’s one of my husband’s favorite snack and she made it especially for him. Thattai...
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Neyyappam – Rice Pancake
Neyyappam is another type of Indian pancake (sweet) which is made in Kerala. I had a neighbour called Aartee who is a wonderful cook. She make this sweet often especially for her two year old kid, Arya. Whenever she made neyyappam she used to give me some because I am a big fan of it. Now that she moved to Miami, I miss it. Finally, I got the recipe from her and started doing this delicious appams. Here you go… This is my entry for Kids food event which is conducted by vanamala of Nalapaka.blogspot.com. Ingredients: Rice flour – 1 1/4 cup Banana – 2 Jaggery – 1 cup Coconut – 3 tbsp whole cashew nuts – a handful Raisins – a handful Cardamom – 3 Ghee – to fry Method of preparation: Heat 1/4 cup of water in...
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Rava dosa
The dosa is a South Indian crepe. This food, high in carbohydrates and proteins, is a breakfast recipe. Rava dosa doesn’t need fermentation and is usually considered a fast snack/tiffin. You can serve it along with any chutneys or sambar or dosa/idli podi (which is made of chillies and lentils, available in Indian store). It hardly takes half an hour to prepare the dosa batter. Though considered a breakfast dish, dosas are also eaten at other times of day. Ingredients: Rice flour – 1 cup Semolina (rawai) – 1 cup All purpose flour (maida) – 1/2 cup Butter milk – 1 cup Chopped onion – 1/2 cup (adjust to taste) Green chillies – 2 (finely chopped) Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp Curry leaves – a few (finey chopped) Method of preparation: Mix all the flours and add butter milk...
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Potato fritters
My husband is fond of vegetable fritters. So, I want to surprise him today with potato fritters and I tried it with peppers and cumin instead of red chilly powder. It came out well and we enjoyed it for snacks. Ingredients: Chickpeas flour (besan) – 1 1/2 cup Pepper – 2 tsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Oil for frying Potatoes – 2 Method of preparation: Mix the flour, ground pepper and cumin seeds, salt, turmeric powder Add required water and make a batter that flows freely Cut potatoes into thin round pieces Heat oil, dip each piece in the batter and drop into the hot oil and fry till golden brown 🙂 Serve hot with coconut chutney/tamarind...
Read MoreVeggie Cutlet
Preparation Time : 50 minutes No of servings : 10-11 Spice Level : 2 out of 5 Ingredients: Potatoes : 2(medium)(boiled and mashed) Carrot : 1(finely chopped)(Boiled) Green peas : 1/2 cup(frozen or boiled) Onions :1(medium)finely chopped Red chili powder :2 tsp Green chili : 3(finely chopped) Ginger and Garlic paste : 1 tsp Coriander Leaves : 2tbsp Cashew nuts : 1 tsp Garam Masala : 2tsp Ghee : 1tbsp Egg white : 1 Breadcrumbs : 1 cup Salt to Taste oil for frying Method Of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan add onion and green chillies fry for few minutes and add ginger &garlic paste,fry for 3 minutes in low heat. Then add carrot and green peas which is boiled already.Mix it with ginger and garlic paste. Add red chili powder and garam masala powder and fry for...
Read MoreLollypop Meatballs
Preparation Time : 60 minutes No of servings : 6-7 Spice Level : 2 out of 5 Ingredients: keema or mutton minced :1\4 pound onion finely chopped:1(medium) Ginger minced:1tbsp Garlic minced :1 tbsp Tomato :1( finely chopped) Coriander leaves chopped :1tbsp Green chillies chopped :1tbsp Oyster sauce : 1tbsp pepper salt to taste Method of Preparation: Put the minced mutton, half of chopped onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies in a food processor. Add salt and pepper to taste. Make marble- sized balls. Heat water in a pan. Dip the prepared balls in the boiling water and poach them for 5 minutes. Drain and keep aside. Heat oil in a fry pan. Add the rest of the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. Add tomato and stir till the masala or condiments leave the sides of the pan. Add...
Read MoreSpring roll Bowls
Ingredients: Spring rolls or wonton wrappers (readily available at the frozen section) : 10 Chopped chickens or chopped prawns : 1 cup Onion chopped : 1tsp Ginger chopped: 1tsp Garlic chopped : 1 tsp Soy sauce:1 tsp Oil :2 tsp Pepper salt as required. Method Of Preparation: Place spring Rolls or Wonton Wrappers around the base Of a muffin tray. Brush oil in between the sheets. Shape the wrappers along the base of the muffin pan, to form bowl-shape hollows. Brush again it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celsius for 10 minutes. Remove from the tray. Cool. To prepare the filling- heat oil in pan. Stir-fry onion, ginger, garlic and chopped boneless chicken, on high flame, for 4 minutes. Add soy sauce salt, pepper,keep aside. Fill the bowls with the...
Read MoreSpring Rolls
Preparation Time : 60 minutes No of servings : 10-12 Spice Level : 2 out of 5 Ingredients carrots : 2 (grated) Beans :7 to 8 (Finely Chopped) Onions : 2(Finely Chopped) capsicum : 2(Finely Chopped) Salt : 2 tsp Black pepper : 1 tsp Tomato sauce : 1 spn Oil : 2tsp cabbage : 4 to 5 leaves Red chili powder : 1 tsp Maida : 2 tbsp Wheat Flour : 1 cup Method of Preparation Heat oil in a pan . Add onions fry for few minutes and add all the chopped Vegetables ,fry until it turns into golden brown (don’t add water). Now add the tomato sauce,red chili powder,Black pepper powder,and salt . Cook until all the vegetables become soft and cooked fully. Remove it from heat and let it cool . Take the wheat flour...
Read MorePotato Vada
Preparation time: 50 mins No. of Servings: 4-5 Spice level: 2 out of 5 Ingredients: Potato (Peeled and grated) – 1/2 cup Urad dal – 1 cup Raw rice – 1/4 cup Red chillis – 8 Asafoetida powder – 1 pinch Green chillis – 5 Curry leaves – little Cilantro – little Ginger – 1 piece Salt to taste Oil to fry Preparation: Soak rice and urad dal separately in water. Drain the water and grind rice, urad dal with red chillies and asafoetida powder. Chop ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and cilantro finely and mix with the ground mixture. Add the grated potatoes, salt and mix well. Heat oil in a kadai. Make small patties of the mixture and fry them in...
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