Tasty and easy to prepare snack Egg Frankies, kerala style recipe

Ingredients needed for tasty Egg Frankies
2 tsps of oil
1 cup onions chopped
1 cup chopped capsicum
1 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp pepper powder
3 tsps chat masala
3 eggs
2 cups atta / whole wheat powder

How to prepare tasty Egg Frankies?
Add just enough water and salt to taste to the Whole wheat powder / atta . Mix well to prepare a soft pliable dough. keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
Divide and shape the dough in to small balls. Roll them into chappathies.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan. Saute onions, chopped vegetables and mix well.
When half done add salt to taste, pepper powder and chat masala. Mix well and keep aside.
Beat the 3 eggs nicely with 2 small pinches of salt.  Keep aside.
Heat the Tava, put in one of the rolled chappathies. Cook it for half a minute on one side and flip it to cook the other side.
Then spread the beaten egg thickly on to one side of the cooked chappathy and turn it over to cook it well.
Again flip it over so that the side with egg comes on top.
Spread the prepared filling and roll it  to prepare your tasty and yummy as well as easy to prepare Egg Frankie.
Try this out , it is really a tasty and delicious evening teatime snack as well as a filling one.

Aloo / Potato stuffed Bonda, hot snack for the rainy days

Ingredients needed for the Aloo /Potato Bonda 
1 onion, chopped fine
2 cups potato boiled and mashed
1 1/2 cups peas and carrots
2 big Green chilies chopped finely
1 teaspoon Lemon juice
1 cup Gram flour
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Baking powder ( optional )
1/4" piece ginger chopped finely
1 small bunch coriander leaves chopped finely
Salt to taste ( about 2 small tsps )
Oil for deep frying

How to prepare the batter for Bonda
Blend the ingredients Besan / Gramflour, 2 tbspful oil, 1/2 tsp salt  and enough water about alittle more than 1/2 cup. The batter should be of the pouring consistency, like an Idli/ Dosa Batter.

How to prepare the filling for Bonda
Mix mashed potatoes, salt with a half cup of hot water and keep aside.
Hear 2 tbsps of oil, splutter mustard seeds. Add chopped onions, green chillies, ginger and fry till the onions get golden brown.
Add the chopped vegetables and stir well. Cook in simmer flame till the vegetables are tender.
Add the potato mix and chopped coriander leaves to this. Mix well.
Remove from fire and cool.
Now, shape the potato filling in to small balls , roll them in the batter and deep fry in hot oil till they are golden .
Drain and leave it in the kitchen towel to remove the excess oil.

Points to Note
You should be able to roll the balls in the batter and deep fry in oil. Add a little more water if required to get the batter to the right consistency if you are not able to roll the ball in the batter

Recipe for the Tasty and Yummy Karikku Appam in the Kerala style

Karikku Appam is one of the well known evening snacks in the Kerala Household. Yummy tender coconuts are always  available there. This is a tiffin for the kids when they come back from the school in the evenings. This is tasty as well as nutritious too.

Ingredients needed for Karikkappam 
1 cup raw rice
1 tender coconut
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp soda
Salt to taste

How to prepare the tasty and yummy karikkappam?
Soak rice for about 6 hours and then drain. Keep aside.
Open the tender coconut, keep the water separately.
Remove the soft pulp inside the coconut, keep aside.
Add the rice and the flesh from the tender coconut in the mixer. Grind  them to a paste using the water from the tender coconut.
Add salt to taste and 1/4 cup sugar.
Mix well and bring  to the consistency of the Dosa Batter.
Keep this batter  to ferment for 8 hours without moving.
Heat the Dosa tawa on the flame till it gets hot.
Pour a ladleful of the batter on to the tava and spread with the back of the ladle to a thin round.
Once the side is cooked, flip it over and cook the other side too. Add oil if you like the Dosa crispy.
Serve with stew or curry or even chutney.

How to make Chilly Panneer Dosa?

Chilly Panneer Dosa  can be made in two ways. One is the typical south indian way of preparing the filling first and then serving it instde the Dosa and folding it up. You can also serve it on the plate by the side of the crispy Dosa.


In this recipe the filling gets cooked along with the Dosa and the taste is bound to be different. Taste it and see. Ingredients are the same in both the recipes


Ingredients needed for Chilly Panneer Dosa
2 cups dosa batter
1/2 cup butter
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup sliced capsicum
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
Tomato sauce as needed
1/2 cup Chilli-garlic sauce
2 tsps soy sauce
2 tsp chilli powder
2 tsps garam masala
1 cup chopped paneer  / cottage cheese
4 tbsp finely chopped spring onions, only green leaves
salt to taste

For Serving
coconut chutney
green garlic (lehsun) chutney
sambhar

Another Method for the Chilly Panneer Dosa
There is another method  which is like they make it at the street corners in Mumbai
Heat a  Dosa tava /griddle and  sprinkle a little water on it  to see if it is hot enough to prepare Dosa. The sprinkled water should sizzle immediately. Wipe the tava  off using a piece of cloth slightly moist with oil.
Pour one ladleful of the Dosa Batter on the tava and spread in a circular motion to make a thin dosa.
Place a little butter in the centre, add 1 tbsp of onions, 1 tbsp of cabbage, 1 tbsp of tomatoes, 1 tbsp of capsicum, a few pieces of green chillies, 1 tbsp of tomato sauce, 1 tbsp of chilli garlic sauce, 1/4 tsp soya sauce, 1/ 4 tsp chilli powder and 1/4 tsp garam masala, mix well on the Dosa itself, cover and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the paneer, 1 tbsp of spring onion greens, salt, another ½ tsp of butter, mix well, cover and cook for an another minute.
Fold over the dosa to shape ot like a Masala Dosa or a roll.
Place the  Chilly Panneer Dosa on a plate and serve immediately, along with coconut chutney, green garlic chutney and sambhar.
Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make more tasty and filling Chilly Panneer Dosas

Tasty and Filling Chilly Paneer Masala Dosa

Ingredients needed for Chilly Panneer Dosa
2 cups dosa batter
1/2 cup butter
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup sliced capsicum
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
Tomato sauce as needed
1/2 cupChilli-garlic sauce
2 tsps soy sauce
2 tsp chilli powder
2 tsps garam masala
1 cup chopped paneer  / cottage cheese
4 tbsp finely chopped spring onions, only green leaves
salt to taste

For Serving  Chilly Paneer Dosa
coconut chutney
green garlic (lehsun) chutney
sambhar

How to prepare  the filling for the Chilly Paneer Dosa?
Heat 3 tbspfuls of the butter in a non stick kadai. Put in onions, cbbage, tomatoes, capsicum. green chillies, chilli powder, garam masala and mix well.
Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Remove the lid, add salt to taste, Tomato sauce, Chilli sauce, Soya Sauce and mix well. Add copped panneer  to this.
Mix and remove from fire, add the chopped spring onions leaves.

How to prepare and serve Chilly Panneer Dosa?
Make a dosa with the Dosa batter. Use butter instead of oil.
Spread the batter, put in the filling, cover for a minute and then fold just like you do with Masala Dosa.
Serve hot with Coconut chutney/ Green garlic Chutney and Sambhar.

The Healthy morning breakfast, Ragi Dosa

Ingredients needed for the Ragi Dosa 
1 cup Ragi
1 cup onion chopped fine
2/3 green chillies chopped
1 tsp ginger, grated
1/2 cup coriander leaves chopped fine
Salt to taste
Oil

How to prepare Ragi Dosa
Clean and soak the ragi overnight.
Drain and grind to a paste in the morning  using alittle water so that it comes to a dropping consistency.
Add chopped onion, green chillies. ginger, coriander leaves to the Ragi batter. Mix well.
Heat a non stick dosa tava, grease it with a little oil. Take a ladleful batter and spread it on the tava with the back of the spoon.
The size should be somewhat similar to Uthappams.
Pour oil on to the sides and cook till the side gets cooked. Then flip it to cook the other side. Add oil if needed.
Serve hot with any spicy curry, chutney.

Golden Mushroom Balls as an evening snack

Ingredients needed for the Golden Mushroom Balls
1 potato medium sized
1 cup Maida
Salt to taste  ( 1/4 tsp)
1/2 cup vanaspati / oil

Filling for the Golden Mushroom Balls
2 tbsps oil
1 tbsp crushed Garlic
1 cup Onion chopped
4 cups chopped mushrooms
2 tbsp Celery chopped
2 tbsp spring onion chopped
Salt to taste
1 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
3 tbsp grated cheese
1 egg yolk

How to prepare Golden Mushroom Balls?
Boil potato nicely and mash well.
Add salt to Maida , sieve. Keep aside.
Add vanaspathi to the Maida and mix well with your fingers.
Add mashed potato and salt to this. Prepare a dough and keep aside.
Preheat the oven to 350*C.
Heat oil in a pan, add crushed garlic and fry.
As the garlic starts changing colour add chopped onions. Saute well.
Add the chopped mushroom and fry till the water gets dry. Add chopped spring onion and celery to this and mix well.
Add salt and pepper powder. When it comes to a thick mix  remove from the stove  and add grated cheese.
The filling is ready.
Now shape the maida potato mix in to small balls.
Shape each ball in to a small poori, add a little of the filling and shape them again into rounds or ovals.
Brush them with the beaten yolk  and bake them till the balls get golden.

Recipe for Aval Nanachathu / Kuzhachathu

Ingredients needed for Aval Nanachathu / Kuzhachathu
2 cups Aval / Beaten rice flakes
2 tbsps Jaggery grated / as per taste
1 - 2 tbsp grated coconut

How to prepare Aval Nanachathu / Kuzhachathu
Just clean the Beaten Rice Flakes.
If they are the thick red rice flakes you can was and leave for a half a minute.
Drain and keep aside.
Mix Jaggery and coconuts with the soaked and drained Beaten Rice Flakes.
Mix well. Cover and keep it till you serve.

Points to Note:
There are many types of Rice flakes are available. Some are very thin ones.
When you use them just washing in the running water and draining them will be enough.
If you soak them they will get mashed and will taste watery.
You need to soak only the thicker variety that is the handpound rice flakes  and that too only for  short time.

Batter fried Fish Pakoras, a crunchy snack

Ingredients needed for Fish Pakoras, a crunchy snack for the Tea time:
1/2 kilo fish slices, boneless
salt as needed
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder

Ingredients needed for the Batter :
1 cup besan,
1 tsp chilli powder,
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
2 tbsps coriander leaves
1/2 tsp ajwain/omum
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

How to prepare the batter fried fish?
Clean the fish slices, remove the skin and bones, Apply a little salt and lime juice , scrub well and then wash it off to remove the fishy smell.
Cut the fish into small bite sized pieces. Mix the marinade and apply on the fish pieces . Keep aside.
Meanwhile mix the batter, by adding water little by little to get a thick consistency like Idli batter. Do not make the batter watery.
Heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry the fish pieces dipped into the batter, to a golden colour.
Serve with coriander /pudhina chutney or toamto sauce/Ketchup.

Points to Note:
You can adjust the salt and chilli content, if you like. It can be served as snacks or as appetisers before dinners.
This crunchy snack can be served as an evening teatime snack too. Your guests will love it.

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