Veggie Manchurian

Hello!

Say Hi to Veggie Manchurian! The latest victim of my cooking adventures.

This was Ki's Appy Birthday Gift :D

The making has two important steps? One is Making the manchurian balls and the next is the gravy.

Here we go

What you need:

2 medium sized Onion

A small bunch of Beans

4 Carrots

1/2 a Cabbage

and somebody to chop the veggies :P

Oil for deep frying.

For the batter:
1/4 cup Besan
1/4 cup Maida
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon green chilli, ginger & garlic paste

A pinch of Salt
water as needed.

Split the chopped veggies into two parts, one for the gravy and the other for deep frying.

Mix all the batter ingredients together and knead.

Then separate them into small balls.

Heat the oil in the kadai and deep fry.

Keep aside

For the Gravy:

2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon of finely chopped garlic
1 tablespoon of finely chopped ginger
2 tablespoons of finely chopped spring onion (optional)
1 tablespoon of finely chopped green chillies.
1 teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons soya sauce
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour mixed with 1/4 cup water
1 cup vegetable stock or water
salt to taste

First sauté Ginger, garlic, chillies and the onion and the masala until they change colour.

Now add the remaining veggies in oil until they absorb the oil.

Keep them aside.

In a heavy bottomed pan, add 3 cups of water and and a tbsp of besan. Mix well, now add the vegetables and bring it to a boil.

Once it starts boiling, bring it to a lower flame, add the deep fried veggies in it.

Simmer until they absorb the sauce.

Take off the flame and serve hot.

The final product looks like this :D

Happy Eating :D

Rasam

Hello!

I've been at home for a week now, and I was dying of boredom. I've never been at home for so long with nothing to do.

So, to kill time, and do something useful, I stumbled into the kitchen yesterday morning. I've taken over as the official cook of the family for the time being. Pray for my folks :P

Now that you know the story. I will begin my culinary journey. This one is for Ki. The Lady who wants to learn to make Rasam. Here we go :D

Rasam

Ingredients:

For the Rasam:

1/2 a cup of Toor Dal.

A lemon sized ball of Tamarind.

2 Small Tomatoes.

1 tsp: Dhaniya Powder

1 tsp: Jeera Powder

1 tsp: Turmeric Powder

1 tsp: Pepper Powder

1/2 tsp of Chilli Powder

1 tsp of salt.

1 pinch of hing/ perungayam

For the Tempering:

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp jeera / jeeragam

1 tsp of oil.

How to Make Rasam:

Soak the lemon sized ball of tamarind in a small bowl of water, for 10mins. Squeeze out the juice and keep it aside.

Pressure cook the dal, in equal quanities of water. Don't throw away the water.

Now, add the tamarind water in a vessel, add turmeric powder, Jeera, chilli powder, pepper powder, dhaniya powder and Tomatoes and heat them. Wait until the raw taste fades away.

Add the cooked dal along with the water and bring to a boil.

Finally heat oil in a small kadai, add the mustard and jeera seeds. Wait until they splutter and pour over Rasam.

You can have it with Cooked Rice and Potato Curry :)