Hot Puffed Poori's

One of the all-time satisfying breakfast. Whenever I think of Poori's, I will go and prepare immediately. During my childhood, whenever my mom makes poori's - we used to wait anxiously to eat, especially those hot puffed ones. I still remember, whenever my niece hesitate to eat we used to make Poori's, which she loves and never say "no" to it. To make it more nutritious, we add mashed apples/bananas along with flour for her.

I thought of posting this recipe as some of my friends always asked me the recipe for the puffed ones. There is some tricky part while making them. Here it goes...

All You Need:

Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Oil - 1 tbsp
Salt, Warm water - As reqd.

Method:

Combine all the above ingredients to make a soft dough.

Tips for Puffed Poori's:

1. To make Poori's from the fresh dough (Dough should not be kept aside for more than 5 minutes).
2. Oil must be hot enough to make Poori's but it should not be smoking hot. Maintain the heat at med-high levels.
3. To check the hotness, drop a pinch of dough into the oil and it must rise to the surface of the oil immediately.
4. Take a small lemon sized dough and knead it with the help of rolling pin by applying even pressure all over the dough which helps to puff evenly.
5. The kneaded dough must be neither too thin nor too thick.
6. Drop the kneaded dough into the hot oil and press it slightly by using skimmer.
7. When it starts to puff, splash some hot oil over the surface of the puffed bread by using skimmer.
8. Turn it upside down to fry on the other side after 40-45 secs.
   
9. Fry the other side for less than a minute and take it out and dry it in a paper towel.
10. Serve hot with Aloo Besan curry / with your favorite side dish.

No more worries for making hot Puffed Poori's.

Garlic Naan

Naan is an leavened indian flat bread which is common in most of the indian cuisine.It tastes great when you eat hot.Still,I can remember those days when I ate naan with Paneer butter masala ,for the first time ...with my sister.I surfed a lot in internet and find this recipe as perfect for making best naan.Breads are really too soft and tasty and to make garlic naan, I just brush the top side of the bread with some olive oil and topped with some chopped garlic and coriander leaves for its richness. Serve this delicious bread hot with some spicy gravy.I made palak paneer as a combination,for a perfect balanced diet.



All you need:
2 cups of white or all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried active yeast
2 tbsp of milk
3 tbsp yogurt
1 tbsp ghee
1 tbsp of veg.oil
2 tbsp of olive oil
1/4 cup chopped coriander
2 tbsp of minced garlic
( From this you can make 6 Naans).


Method:
1. Mix 2 tbsp of warm water with the yeast and sugar until the yeast dissolves.
2. Put the bowl in a warm place, and leave it for 5 minutes, until the yeast is covered with froth.
3. Mix flour, salt and baking powder.
4. Make a well in the center of flour mixture and add yogurt, ghee, milk and yeast mixture.
5. Knead well until it forms a smooth dough. Now add a tbsp of veg. oil and continue kneading until the dough fully coated with oil.
6. Cover the mixing bowl with a damp cloth and leave it in a warm place to rise. This would take around minutes.
7. Now the dough will be double in size.
8. Knead the dough and divide into around 6 equal portions.
9. Flatten each portion to 1/2" thick with a rolling pin by sprinkling little flour on it.
10. Preheat oven to 450 degrees .
11. Brush the top side of the bread with some olive oil by using pastry brush and sprinkle a little bit more minced garlic and chopped coriander.
12. Now bake them for about 10 minutes in oven or heat the grill pan in medium and keep the flattened dough over it, wait till it unevenly puffs up which will take approx. 2 minutes.
13. Cook on both sides and serve hot with your favorite curry.

Potato - Greens - Sandwich

Nothing makes for a filling breakfast than two slices of bread.....am I right?

I think, sandwich is probably the perfect meal. We can stuff anything into it between two pieces of bread. My husband is a potato freak and so i used to try different varieties from it but not often......I always try for some easy breakfast which would help me in doing things at right time.This is a very simple recipe with green chutney as a bread spread and potato filling on top of it.Just give a try and Iam sure you will love it.


Ingredients:

White Sandwich Bread - 4 slices
Potato - 3
Onion - 1 (medium)
Green peas - 1/4 cup (frozen)
Green chillies - 4 (small)
Carrot - 2 tbsp (shredded)
Ginger - 1/4 tbsp (minced)
Dalia /Chick peas - 2 tbsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
Amchur powder - a pinch (optional)
Corainder leaves - 1 cup
Curry leaves - few
salt,oil

Method:
Green chutney:
1.Grind corainder leaves, 2 green chillies, dalia and salt by adding water and keep aside.

Potato sabji:
1. Put some oil in a pan and make the seasoning using mustard, jeera, urad dal, and curry leaves one by one.
2. Then add finely chopped green chillies,minced ginger and chopped onion.
3. Fry for sometime and add grated carrot and peas.
4. Fry for further 2 more minutes and add boiled and mashed potatoes.
5. Add turmeric powder and amchur powder and cook for sometime .
6. Add salt to taste and garnish it with chopped corainder leaves.

Sandwich Preparation :
1.Discard the edges of the bread .
2. Spread 1 tbsp of green chutney on top of a single white bread.
3. Then place the potato sabji above it.
4. Close it with another plain white bread.
5.Now, dip your hands in water and press the edges of the bread .So, that all the four sides will be closed out .
6. Apply oil / butter to sandwich maker and place the sandwiches on it.
7. Serve hot with tomato ketch up.

Note: You can also use tawa for toasting the sandwiches.

Bread Jamun

Bread Jamun:
Gulab Jamun is a very popular sweet in India,Pakistan and Bangladesh.These soft dumplings are made up of "khoya"and whole purpose flour which floats in sugar syrup.This is a successfull attempt to make instant gulab jamuns without much ingredients and no strain.
I tried this recipe with white breads .As white breads are made up of whole purpose flour and due to its soft nature , we can make soft and yummy gulab jamuns from it.Even you can't find the difference between real gulab jamuns and bread jamuns.Here , the recipe follows:

Ingredients:

White Bread Slices - 8
Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Cardamom - 5 pods
Orange Food colour - a pinch
Oil for frying

Method:

1.First, prepare the sugar syrup by adding 1 1/2 cups of sugar to 3/4 cup of water.
2.Stir the contents and then heat at medium flame for about 5 to 10 minutes until sugar gets dissolved well in water.
3.Do not overheat,that will caramelize the sugar.
4.Now,add crushed cardamom pods and orange food colour and keep it warm.
5.Remove the crust from bread slices and make a soft dough by adding water to the bread crumbs(inner soft porton of the bread).
6.Dough should be soft enough to make smooth ball from it.
7.Heat the oil and then put the balls one by one into the oil under medium heat.
8.Jamoons must be fried under medium temperatures otherwise it will tend to break at high temperatures.
9.At medium heat,jamoon will cook slowly , so that complete cooking will be done from inside and even browning occurs.
10.Now add fried jamoons to warm sugar syrup.
11.Leave gulab jamoons in syrup overnight for best results.
12. you can refrigerate it for more than 10 days
13.Serve it either hot or cold and enjoy the delicious taste.