Sabudana Vada(Vrat ka khana) | Aloo Sabudana Vada Recipe

 As its Navarathri now and some people observe fasting and prepare no onion, no garlic, no grains recipes to offer God as Nivedyams. Those who observe Navarathri Fasting, here's sharing one of the easiest sabudana vada recipe with step by step pictures, I usually make this sabudana Vada during Shravan Somvar Vrat. Sabudana vada is nothing but a deep fried patties made using sago/Tapioca pearls, mashed potato, roasted and crushed peanuts as main the ingredients. These vadas are crispy, flavorful and delicious snack that you can make anytime and enjoy with a cup of hot Tea or Coffee.

Masala Puri Chaat Recipe | Peas Masala Puri Chaat | How To Make Masala Puri Chaat

Chaat is my favorite snack and I love all varieties of Chaats. In India we used to enjoy Chaats at Hotel & chaat Shops. Amma doesn't know to prepare any chaat, she only makes Masala Pori & Beach Style Sundal Masala. So, Once or twice a month we go out to eat Chaats. But after coming here after Marriage I missed eating chaats and after moving to New Jersey, we enjoyed some tasty Chaats at Hot Breads. Then with the help of my North Indian friends, You Tube videos  and food websites I learned to make different chaat recipes at home. As everyone at home loves chaat, I often make simple chaats like Channa Chaat, Bhel Puri, Peas Masala Chaat at home. I always have Chaat Chutneys in my fridge. I prefer Dates Tamarind Chutney instead of Tamarind Chutneys for chaat. So I make it bulk and also it stays good for a month. If you have chutneys in hand, then making chaat is so simple and quick.
Now coming to the Peas Masala Puri,  is nothing but a Peas Masala served with crushed puri, chaat chutneys, onion, tomato & finally topped with generous sev. You can make any desired Peas Masala gravy like Green Peas Masala or Yellow Peas Ragda. I used my Green Peas Masala recipe and the chaat turned out super flavorful and delicious.

Spicy Rice Murukku Recipe | Onion Murukku Recipe | Rice Murukku(Chakli) With Onion

Rice Murukku/Mullu Murukku is my favorite of all murukku recipes. I have already shared the recipe for crispy and melt in mouth Rice Murukku with Pottukadalai flour. This Murukku recipe was similar to my previous recipe but with ground chilli and onion paste. Long Back, V bought a Rice Murukku packet from near by Indian store and it was so spicy and tasted different from the regular Rice Murukku. The Foodie/Food blogger mind started guessing the ingredients and came to know that the murukku was prepared using onion/shallots, green chilli along with other usual ingredients from the Ingredients Label. From that time I wanted to try Murukku with green chillies and shallots. And last week, tried this spicy Chaklis, followed my Rice Murukku recipe and to it added some ground chilli and onion paste. Spiciness from green chilli, mild sweetness from onion paired perfectly with Murukku. It tasted similar to onion fryums and we loved it a lot. These crunchy and spicy murukku makes a perfect tea time snack or even a side dish for Sambar Sadham & Rasam & Rice!

Podi Idli Recipe | Beetroot Idli | Beetroot Podi Idli Recipe | Kids Friendly Valentines Day Recipe Ideas

Podi Idli Recipe / Beetroot Idli recipe/ Roasted Beets Idli with step by step photos. I wanted to share few Valentine Recipes with red or pink colored dishes. But at the same time I do not want to make any cakes or cookies or desserts. Because, I have already had so much of sweets/desserts in the name of blog during Diwali & Christmas. So I am staying away from sweets and no more sweets or desserts at least for some weeks. Then after a long thought, I decided to cook few savory dishes with beetroot.

Cauliflower 65 Recipe | Gobi 65 | Crispy & Spicy Fried Cauliflower

Cauliflower 65 or crispy & Spicy fried cauliflower is a tempting and addictive snack and guess it is almost everyone's favorite from kids to aged person. There are tons of recipes for this cauliflower. I too have already posted Restaurant style Gobi 65, in which the cauliflower florets are dipped in a batter and then deep fried till crisp. But this recipe is super quick, so easy and doesn't require any batter. 

Pasiparuppu Paniyaram | Moongdal Paniyaram ~ Healthy Snack Recipe

Today's recipe is one healthy, delicious, simple and easy after school snack recipe for kids using Moongdal / Pasiparuppu - Pasiparuppu Paniyaram. This is my Grandma's recipe and one of my favorite childhood food. Pasiparuppu Paniyaram is a good old recipe that many of you did not even heard or completely forgotten, I am happy that I learned such healthy, delicious recipes from her. My grandma is good in making different varieties of Paniyaram / Adai & Vadai. Most of our evening tiffin or snack will be Idli Batter Paniyaram, Chola Paniyaram, Pasiparuppu paniyaram, Ragi Adai, Murungai Adai. These are delicious, nutritious and filling snack. If you love Paniyram then you must try this recipe, this pasiparuppu paniyaram needs any spicy tangy dip like tomato garlic chutney, kara chutney, coconut chutney with dry red chilies. My kids love to have it with tomato sauce.I have posted this recipe long back and now updating it with new pictures and step wise pictures.  Now off to the recipe

Aloo Bhujia Recipe | Minty Aloo Bhujia Recipe | Easy Potato Sev Snack Recipe

Cold and Chill Winter Evening definitely needs some savory snack and hot beverages. At home every one likes savory snack for tea time. That too V likes deep fried snacks like Pakora, Bhaji, Vadai more than other snacks and now the kids also joined him, always wanted me to make some Deep Fried Snacks. Once in a while I do like to have some deep fried snacks but will limit with two or three. Today's recipe is my kids' favorite savory snack, Aloo Bhujia. I made this Aloo Bhujia for Diwali but I missed to post. This Aloo Bhujia is very simple and easy to make snack similar to Sev. It is prepared using Mashed Potato, Mint, green chili, lemon juice and spices. Also aloo bhujia does not take much time to cook and can be made in a jiffy if you have some boiled and mashed potato in hand.

Aloo Capsicum Bajji / Potato Bell Pepper Fritters / Potato Bajji

Bhaji, deep fried snack using gram flour with any desired veg like potato, onion,capsicum, brinjal, Banana Pepper and even with paneer n bread slices. It's one of the easy Indian snack which u can make it in jiffy. My favorite is Milagai Bajji and this Potato Bajji. But due to health & calorie conscious not making this fritters often but once in a while would love to have one or two bajjis. That too this chill evenings made me to crave for such hot & spicy fritters. So after a very long time I made this yummy bajji last week and served along with ginger cardamom tea for our evening snack. It was Very refreshing n filling. As i don't have banana pepper in hand i used capsicum and we loved it. Now off to the recipe...

Pickle Idly Upma

             Hello folks, hope you all had a very happy weekend and me also enjoyed my weekend with Diwali shopping and get together party. This weekend was so great and left soon. hope you all in Diwali mood and preparing sweets and snacks to enjoy the festival day with your friends and family. My Hearty wishes to you all. Coming to today's recipe, very simple and nice transformation of left over idly. I got this idea from Priya sreeram's sizzling tangy idly recipe. She deep fried the idlys with pickle and idly podi. But i don't have heart to deep fry idly so I tried in simple and yummy idly upma. with cut Mango pickle and Milagai podi. It was so yummy and i love the tangy pickle taste n flavor along with crunchy ginger. Really a drool worthy recipe...try this, definitely u will love it... , i just love this with tomato ketchup. yum..yum...Now to  the yummy Pickle Idly Upma...

Ingredients

1. Idly    3 no.s
2. Onion   1 medium(finely chopped)
3. Ginger    2 tsp(finely chopped)
4. Curry leaves    few
5. Cilantro    2 tbsp(finely chopped)
6. Mango pickle     1-2 tsp (or to taste)
7. Idly Milagai Podi     2 tbsp
8. Salt    a pinch
9. Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
10. Oil      2 tsp
11. mustard seeds   1/4 tsp
12. Urad dal    1 and 1/2 tsp

Idly Milagai Podi:

1. Dry red chillies    10 no.s
2. Urad dal    1/2 cup
3. Chana dal    1/4 cup
4. Sesame seeds    3-4 tbsp
5. Salt   to taste

       Dry roast all the above igredients separately  till dal turns light golden color and falvor comes.Take care not to burn sesame seeds.Then allow to cool them for a while and grind along with salt to a little coarse powder. Thats it idly milagai podi is ready.
Method

• Crumble the idly using hands and keep aside.

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when it splutter add urad dal and fry till it turns to light golden brown.

• Saute onions until it turns pink and then add crumbled idly and turmeric powder, pinch of salt mix everything well and stir fry for a minute.

• Then add mango pickle , mix well with the idly mixture and fry for another minute.

• And now add idly milagai podi and stir fry well and lastly add some chopped cilantro mix well and turn off the stove.

• That's it...yummy and tangy pickle idly upma is ready. enjoy hot !!!

Notes:
I used store bought cut mango pickle. you can use home made pickle also.
Adjust podli and pickle to your taste. Mine was mild tangy and spicy...

Pattani sundal / Peas sundal

Ingredients

1. Dry Peas / Peas     1cup
2. onion       1small size
3. green chillies   3no.s
4. ginger   1/2" piece
5. coriander leaves   1tbsp(roughly chopped)
6. curry leaves  few
7. shredded coconut  2tsp
8. mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
9. urad dal   1 tsp
10. chana dal  1 tsp
11. turmeric powder   a pinch
12. salt as needed
13. oil  2tsp or less

Method

• Soak peas for atleast 4hrs,wash well and pressure cook it for 1 whistle.
• drain n keep aside.
• Coarsely grind  ginger,coriander leaves and green chilli in a blender.
• heat oil in a  sauce pan,add mustard seeds allow to  pop and add channa n urad dal fry till light golden brown.
• Then add chopped onions, curry leaves and grounded ginger-chilli mixture
• Fry for 2-3 minutes,add turmeric powder and saute lightly.
• now add cooked peas, salt and mix well and fry for another minutes 
• after that add shredded coconut (2 tsp) and fry for few minutes 
• And finish it with adding few chopped  coriander leaves.
• Now pattani sundal is ready n serve hot along with a glass of tea,coffee as evening snack.

Note: If u have raw mango,u can also add some chopped mango along with onion and cont. the same procedure.thenga Maanga pattani sundal is ready ,sour,sweet and spicy sundal . (mmmm..)

Kashmiri Beans Sundal / Brown beans Sundal

Ingrdients

1. Beans    1cup
2. Onion     1 small size (finely chopped)
3. ginger   small piece (crush it with maththu)
4. Garlic    1 clove (crush it with maththu)
5. mustard seeds   1/2 tsp
6. chana dal   1/2 tsp
7. urad dal   1/2 tsp
8. curry leaves   few
9. coriander leaves  few 
10. chilli powder  1/2 - 1 tsp
11. turmeric powder  pinch
12. salt as needed
13. oil   2 tsp

Method

• Soak beans for atleast 4-5 hrs, after that pressure cook it for 1-2 whistles.
• Drain and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a small pan ,add mustard seeds when it pop add channa and urad dal
• let them turn golden brown.
• Now add chopped onions,crushed ginger-garlic,curry leaves (sprinkle some salt)
• Saute till the onion turns light golden color
• Now add the cooked beans ,salt ,turmeric powder n chilli powder
• Mix and stir fry it well.
• Lastly add chopped coriander leaves and serve it hot as a evening snack.

Kondakkadalai sundal / Channa sundal / Chickpeas sundal

Kondakadalai Sundal is one of the easy neivedyam and is made on all special occasions like, vinayagar Chaturthi, Krishna Jayanthi, Saraswathi Pooja, Navarathri n many more special days. Not only on special days u can make this sundal daily for your tea time snack, as its a very healthy n filling snack. I usually make twice or thrice in a week with different legumes.