Monday, 21 November 2016

Crisp Indianised Hash Brown AND Bhel

Crisp Indianised Hash Brown 


I had prepared this couple of weeks back but got the chance to post now.. The item was amazingly crispy and tasty :) Yet a quick prepartions :)



Ingredients
2 Potatoes
1 Green Chilli
1/4 Cup Cucumber Pickles
A pinch of Black Pepper Powder
Salt to taste
Ghee

Method
  • Grate the potatoes and wash them with lots of water to remove all starch.
  • Drain all the water from the grated potatoes and let them dry on a paper towel
  • Mix the grated potatoes with finely chopped green chillies, picled cucumbers, black pepper powder and salt.
  • Heat the tawa and spread ghee to coat it.
  • Spread the potato mixture on the tawa to form a thin layer
  • Cook on medium flame on both sides till the colour turns to brown
Notes
I used the medium sized grater for this so that the pototo pieces arent too thin/thick. Thicker version will not give as much crisp as this one did.
The green chillies gave it nice firy - spicy touch








Bhel

Bhel being one of my favourite snacks we end up preparing it often. I also prefer it during outings :) Preparing it at some nice picnic spot is the best, easiest and tastiest food :)

Bhel
Ingredients
6 Cup Churmura
2 Cup All in One Mixture
1 Cup Shev
1 Cup Boondi
1 Cup Navaratna Mix
1.5 Cup Tamarind
2 Cup Jaggery
2 Green Chillies
1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder
1/2 Spoon Jeera Powder
4-5 Dates
2 Onions
2 Tomatoes
1/2 Cup Corriander Leaves
Salt to taste

Method
  • Soak the tamarind and dates in water for an hour or so
  • Grind the mixture with jaggery, red chilli powder, green chilli, jeera powder and salt
  • Strain the mixture and keep it aside
  • In a big pan mix churmura(puffed rice), navaratna mix, all in one, shev, finely chopped onion, tomatoes and corriander leaves. Mix well
  • Add the tamarind mixture prepared earlier and Mix well
  • Garnish with boondi and serve immediately

Notes
Garnish it with Raw Mango pieces during mango season. It would be more fun :)
Its good idea to make the bhel in batches so that it doesnt become soggy while serving it. 
I normally prefer to keep some tamarind mixture aside instead of mixing the full quantity. That helps giving the personal touch :) The taste depends on what one likes.
Very good item for picnics and parties. You can keep everything ready and mix all of the items just before eating


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