Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Gulgule


'Gulgule' Made up of Chana flour (besan), Jaggery, and Fennel Seeds
My mother makes this during the 11 day festival of Ganesh Chaturthi
Ingredients:
  1. 1 cup Besan Flour ( Chana Flour)
  2. Half cup Jaggery (Raw Sugar)
  3. 2 tsp Fennel seeds
  4. Milk as required to make thick consistency of batter.
  5. 2-3 Cups of oil for deep frying.
Procedure:.
  1. Mix everything together.
  2. Deep fry on low flame because as it contains Jaggery it tends to brown quickly.
  3.  So to avoid it and cook properly fry on low / medium flame.Enjoy

Corn Tikki


15 August 2010 Indian Independence day special ' Corn Pattice' with Tomato Ketchup, Coriander Chutney, Spicy  yogurt. 
Ingredients:
  1. 1 cup Sweet Corn kernels (uncooked)
  2. 2 boiled and mashed potatoes
  3. 2 green chillies
  4. 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  5. 1 tsp garam masala
  6. 1 cup fresh chopped coriander
  7. Salt to taste
  8. 1 cup semolina
  9. 2 tbsp plain flour (maida)
  10. Oil for shallow fry

Procedure:
  1. Mix well all above ingredients except Semolina and Plain flour.
  2. Add Plain flour if only necessary. (if you can make tikki without adding the flour thats good, if not add flour )
  3. After making tikki, roll the tikki in semolina and shallow fry in a pan. Fry until slightly brown.
  4. Serve with coriander chutney or tomato ketchup or spicy yogurt.
  5. Adding Spicy yogurt recipe in my next post. Enjoy