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

Chicken rolls / Frankies a delicious snack for the teatime

Ingredients needed for the Chicken Filling used in the rolls
1/2 kilo chicken
250 grams onions sliced
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Handful coriander leaves
2 tsps crushed green chillies
1/2 tsp ginger crushed
2 tsps garlic paste
1 tbsp garam masala powder
Maida as needed, for the paste
oil for deep frying the rolls

Ingredients needed for the batter 
2 cups maida
1 egg well beaten
Water as needed to prepare a batter
Salt to taste

How to prepare Chicken Roll? 
To prepare the filling: 
Cook chicken with salt and pepper, when done remove the bones and shred the chicken into small pieces
Heat oil, saute onions to a golden colour.
Add salt to taste, pepper to taste, ginger, green chillies and garlic  and the coriander leaves  and saute well.
When all the ingredients blend together add the chopped chicken pieces nd the garam masala powder.
Mix well , remove and keep aside.
To prepare the rolls:  
Mix maida, egg and salt to taste to a smooth batter by adding enough water. The batter should be of the Dosa consistency. Prepare 6" diameter dosas on the tava, keep aside.
Stuff each dosa with the filling and roll them. Fold in, at the ends and seal them with the prepared  maida and water paste.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry them to a golden brown colour.
Serve with sauce / ketchup.  

Delicious and Crispy Paneer Pakoras, a snack recipe

Ingredients needed for delicious and crispy Paneer  Pakoras
1 cup Paneer cubed
1 cup besan
2 tsps oil
Salt to Taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
1-2 green chillies chopped
handful curry leaves chopped
Water as needed  to get the batter to the right consistency
1 pinch asafoetida

How to prepare Paneer Pakoras?
Mix all the ingredients except Paneer pieces  together. Beat well to make the batter fluffier and let it rest for about half an hour.
Sprinkle salt and red chilli powder over the paneer pieces and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai  for deep frying the pakoras.
Dip the Paneer piece in to the batter and drop them in to the hot oil.
As they get golden remove from the hot oil with slotted spoons  on to the kitchen towels / napkins.
Once the extra oil is drained off, serve either with Tomato sauce or ketchup.
You can serve these Paneer Pakoras as starters or finger snacks with toothpicks  and a small bowl of ketchup or chutney in the middle.

Recipe for the all time favourites, Potato Finger chips

Ingredients for the Recipe of  Potato Finger chips 
1 kilo potatoes
Salt to taste
Green coriander leaves  chopped
oil for deep frying

How to prepare Potato Finger chips?
Cut potatoes in to thin strips of half an inch thickness.
Keep aside  spread out in  plate.
Apply salt  all over potatoes and mix thoroughly.
Keep aside for half an hour.
Remove excess moisture from the potato pieces by draining out and keeping them on a kitchen towel.
Heat oil to smoking point and deep fry the fingerchips to a golden colour.
Arrange in a serving dish and sprinkle chilli powder and garnish with chopped coriander. A dash of lime juice will enhance the taste.

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.

Palak / Spinach Cutlets

Palak Cutlets
These are healthy recipes made from Spinach leaves / Palak Leaves. If you want to avoid oil, this can also be baked in the oven. You can serve these cutlets as an evening snacks for the kids coming back from school. These are very healthy and nutritious for the growing children.

Ingredients needed 
1 cup chopped Palak leaves
2 potatoes
1 tbsp bengal gram dal
1 green chilli chopped
1 tsp coriander leaves chopped
1/4 tsp garam masala powder
 1/4 tsp pepper powder
3 tbsps bread crumbs
salt to taste
oil

How to prepare Palak / Spinach Cutlets 
Boil and cook potatoes, peel and mash them nicely.  Cook Bengal gram dal separately till tender, mash  and keep aside.
Mix in  chopped green chillies, coriander leaves  with chopped palak leaves crushing them with hand.
Add mashed potato. mashed dal, garam masala powder, pepper powder with salt to taste to the palak leaves mixture.
Mix the dough nicely so that all the ingredients blend well together.
Divide the dough into small balls  and shape them in to the shape you like  and deep fry till golden coloured.
Drain and remove.
Serve with Pudhina Chutney or Tomato Sauce.

How to Make Hot and Spicy French Toast

Ingredients needed for hot and spicy French toast:
8 bread slices
4 potatoes
1/2 tsp chopped ginger
1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
1/4 tsp salt or as per taste
1/2 tsp chopped green chillies
2 eggs beaten
1/4 cup oil 

How to prepare hot and spicy french toast
Boil, peel and mash potatoes nicely
Mix salt, chopped ginger, chopped green chillies and coriander leaves to the mashed potatoes. Keep aside.
Take the bread slices. Remove the crumbs from the sides.
Put the filling on to one slice and cover with another slice. Press them nicely and then cut them in to squares or triangles.
Apply the beaten egg on the outside of the slices and shallow fry in the oil.
Remove when they are golden and crispy.
Serve with Tomato Sauce or Ketch up as an evening snack or for the unexpected guests .

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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