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Mushroom Pakoda

Ingredients:
  • Button mushroom - 200 gm (12 pieces)
  • Big onion - 1(chop it lengthwise)
  • Gram flour - 3/4 cup
  • Asafoetida/hing - pinch
  • Garam masala - 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Chopped ginger and garlic - 1 tsp
  • Chopped coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
  • Curry leaves - little, i used curry leaves powder.
  • Salt
  • Oil for frying
Method:
  • Clean all mushrooms and remove the stem.
  • In a large bowl, add onion pieces, gram flour, hing, chilli powder, ginger, garlic, coriander leaves, curry leaves powder, garam masala, and salt. Mix it nicely. Add water little-by little, the consistency should be thick, i added 1/2 cup of water.
  • Heat oil in a wide pan, coat mushroom with the gram flour batter and fry it golden brown.
  • Serve it hot.
Note:
We are not stirring in mushroom in the onion-gram flour batter cause mushrooms break easily.

Baked Omelette - kids special

Ingredients:
  • Egg -6
  • Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Onion - 1 
  • Tomato - 1
  • Grated cheese - 1/4 cup
  • Oil - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Chop onion and tomato finely. Whisk all six eggs in a large cup with pepper and salt.
  • Apply oil in each cup of the muffin pan and add little onion, tomato, cheese in each cup. Now pour whisked egg mixture to each cup in the pan such that the mixture covers 3/4 of the cup (because after baking the omelette rises and if the cup is full, the omelette becomes messy).
  • Bake this 10 minutes high. Baking timing may vary according to each oven, you can remove the omelette once it rises very well.
  • Serve hot, this is the best breakfast for kids.

Fried Rice

Ingredients:
  • Cooked rice - 2 cups
  • Thinly sliced onion - 1/4 cup
  • Thinly chopped carrot - 1/2 cup
  • Thinly chopped cabbage - 1/2 cup
  • Chopped spring onion - 1/4 cup
  • Finely chopped garlic - 1/2 tsp
  • Finely chopped ginger - 1.2 tsp
  • Soy sauce - 1 tsp 
  • Olive oil - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Fluff the cooked rice, while cooking rice add 1 tsp olive oil so that the grains remain separated. Keep it aside.
  • Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic, ginger, spring onion, onion, cabbage and carrot, saute till vegetables becomes soft. Add soy sauce and saute for 2 more minutes (i did not add salt as i cook rice with salt). If you cook rice without salt, then add salt along with sauce.
  • Finally add cooked rice and give a nice stir. 
  • Remove from heat, serve hot.
  • This is a veg version, you can try other ingredients like egg, chicken, prawn etc.

Onion Pakoda

Ingredients:
  • Chopped onion - 2 cups (lengthwise)
  • Gram flour - 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves - 1/2 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Hing - 1/2 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Water - 1/4 or 1/2 cup
  • Oil for frying
Method:
  • In a bowl, mix onion, gram flour, chopped green chillies, salt, hing and chilli powder. Start adding water little by little to make a hard batter.
  • Heat oil (piping hot), reduce heat to medium, sprinkle pakoda batter, fry it golden brown.
  • Serve hot with tea or coffee.

Samosa / Onion Samosa

Ingredients:
  • Maida - 1 cup
  • Ghee/ butter - 1/8 cup
  • Carom seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Oil for frying
Stuffing:
  • Finely chopped onion - 1/2 cup
  • Finely chopped cabbage - 1/4 cup
  • Poha - 1/4 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Chopped green chillies - 1/2 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and onion, saute until it becomes transparent, now add cabbage, poha, green chillies, chilli powder, and salt. Saute for 2 more minutes and our stuffing is ready.
  • Knead maida, ghee, carom seeds, and salt with enough water to make smooth dough. Make lemon-size balls.
  • Roll the balls in circle, cut it into half. In one half, on the semicircle side, fold it in such a way it looks like a cone. Seal the fold and stuff the cone with the stuffing. close the cone such that it looks like triangle-shaped. 
  • Heat oil for frying in a pan. Fry the samosa until it becomes light golden brown. Serve hot with green chutney or sauce. 
You can substitute stuffing with any other, of your choice. 

Onion Raita



Ingredients:

  • Curd/Yogurt - 200 gms
  • Onions - 2
  • Chopped green chillies - 2
  • Coriander leaves - small amount
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  • Beat the curd in the mixer without adding water.
  • Pour it in a bowl, and add finely chopped onions, chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, and salt.
  • Keep this prepared raita in the refrigerator and serve chilled.
  • This is the best side dish for briyani recipes.

Preparation time: 5 minutes.

Onion Tomato Chutney



Ingredients:

  • Sliced onions - 2
  • Chopped tomatoes - 2
  • Red Chillies - 2
  • Grated coconut - 1 tbsp
  • Channa dal - 1 tbsp
  • Sliced ginger - 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves - small amount

Method:

  • In a hot tawa, add oil, after it get heated, add channa dal, sliced ginger, red chillies, sliced onions, grated coconut.
  • Fry it for few minutes until onions become transparent, then add chopped tomatoes, and fry this for few minutes until the skin of the tomatoes start peeling off.
  • Let it cool for few minutes and grind this mixture along with salt in the mixer grinder.
  • Pour this chutney in a bowl.
  • In a small frying pan, add oil and add mustard, when it starts spluttering, add curry leaves, pour this mixture over the chutney.
  • Serve this chutney with Idli and Dosas

Cooking Time: 15 minutes.
This is one of the tastiest chutney.