Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Buff Vada/ Farali patice
Generally eaten during fasting days in India. I have fond childhood memories of my father buying them from a nearby shop for us and we used to relish over it.

Ingredients
2 big size boiled potatoes
1/2 cup dececated  coconut
1/4th cup peanuts(coarsely grind)
1/2 tspn chili paste
1/4th tspn ginger paste
1 tspn lemon juice
2 tbspn dry fruit mix (coarsely grind cashew, pista and almond)
salt for tast
1 tspn sugar powder
1/4th cup arrow root powder
Oil for frying

Method
1) In a bowl, mix coconut, peanuts, dry fruits, ginger, chili, salt, sugar , lemon along with about 1/2 cup mashed potato
2) In another bowl, mash the boiled potatoes and add arrowroot powder and salt to it
3) Mix well to form a smooth dough kind
4) Now make 5 equal portions of that dough
5) Roll it circle with palm
6) Flatten it and put a tbspn of mixture on it. Seal the entire outers surface
7) Make rest all balls
8) Again coat it in arrow powder
9 ) Deep fry them at medium flame till they turn golden brown
Green Pancakes
Made up of cucumber and green gram flour
Ingredient
1 cup grated Cucumber
1 1/2 cup Green gram flour
1 tspn ginger garlic paste
1/2 tspn of Green chili paste
Salt for taste
Olive oil 
1 tbspn curd

Method
1)In a bowl mix the gram flour, grated cucmber, ginger, garlic, chili and salt
2) Add curd and about 1/2 cup water as needed to make batter 
3) In a fancy pan apply some olive oil
4) Pour one ladle of batter and spread it like pancake
5) Cook for about 2 min on one side
6) Flip the pan cake and let it again cook for another 2 min
7) Serve them hot with sauce or curd or chutney or even jams