Samosa Do Pyaaza

Bored of eating that typical “kaanda poha”?? How about wrapping it in an innovative wrap? That also calls for christening this snack. Shall we call it “Samosa Do Pyaaza”

Samosa Do Pyaaza

Ingredients:

For the Wrapping Sheets:
1 cup Wheat Flour
1 Cup Maida
2 teaspoon oil
Salt to taste

Mix the above ingredients with water as desired and knead it into soft dough and leave it aside for 15-20 minutes so that it becomes soft enough to roll into thin rotis. Take a portion of the dough and roll it thin and cook it slightly on a hot pan on both the sides. Don’t let the spots appear on the rotis like the normal roti. Quickly remove it and cut them into two rectangle sheets. Remove the side edges so that you get a proper shape as desired.

Also take one teaspoon of maida and two teaspoon of water and mix it into a paste. This is required for sealing the samosas.

For the Filling:
1 cup Beaten rice (Poha/Chiwra)
3 medium size onions, finely chopped
1 green chilly finely chopped
Juice of one lemon
½ teaspoon chilli powder
2 teaspoon fresh grated coconut
Chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Simply mix all the above ingredients in a bowl and the filling is ready.

Method:

Take the flour/maida sheets roll it to a cone, seal the edges with the maida paste and fill the cone with the above filling. Apply some maida paste to the corners of the cone and wrap it properly in a triangle shape.

Heat oil in a frying pan and on medium flame fry these samosas until golden brown. Once done remove them from the oil and place them on the tissue paper so that the excess oil is absorbed. Serve hot with a nice steaming cup of Tea/Coffee of your choice...

Indian Pizza

Summer is the time to stay light on food as well, something that is easy to digest, be it a light snack or regular meals. Today, I would like to share with you one such snack that is a variant of South Indian Dosa. This is not that regular dosa which is cooked out of rice, so let’s name it “Indian Pizza”

Indian Pizza

Ingredients:

1 cup Sooji (Rawa/Semolina)

6 Bread Slices
2 teaspoon rice flour
1 cup yoghurt (whipped)

½ grated carrots

½ cup finely chopped capsicums

½ teaspoon each finely chopped Ginger & green chilly
(Soaked in water for 10 minutes)

1 teaspoon each Bengal gram & split black gram
1 medium size onion
2 teaspoon fresh coconut, grated
8-10 curry leaves
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
2 dry red chillies
2 teaspoon oil


Method:

Cut the edges of the bread slices and soak it in water. Make a thick paste of Sooji, rice flour & yoghurt. Add salt to taste. Squeeze the bread slices to drain off the excess water and add it to the batter. Blend the batter well in a mixer. Pour the batter into a large bowl.

Heat a pan and pour 2 teaspoon oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chillies, soaked Bengal gram and split black gram chopped green chillies and onion and sauté until brown. Let it cool for some time.

Add this seasoning to the batter along with chopped capsicum, grated carrot and coconut. Mix this batter well. Place a non-stick pan on medium flame and clean the same with wet cloth. Spread a ladle of batter on the pan and sprinkle few drops of oil on the batter and cover it. Once cooked, turn it and cook on the other side too until brown.

Serve this with an accompaniment of your choice. My preference would be to make red chilli coconut chutney. Here is quick recipe. Take one cup fresh grated coconut, 2-3 roasted red chillies, tamarind, and sugar, salt to taste and blend it into a fine paste in a mixer. And the chutney is ready to serve...