Khajoor (A deep fried sweet snack)

Khajoor is a deep fried sweet snack which is ideal teatime snack and a couple of them for breakfast with a glass of milk make a good breakfast too.  You can store them in an airtight container for a week or so.

KHAJOOR

Ingredients:
500 g of plain flour (maida)
50 g of semolina
350 g of sugar
250 g of dried milk, plain (khoya)
2 tbsp of roasted poppy seeds
6 tsp of ghee
150 mL of toned milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
Oil for frying
50 g each of cashews and raisins

Method:

• Dry mix the flour, semolina, and sugar.
• Crumble and add dried milk (khoya).
• Add the baking soda, ghee, cashews, raisins, and roasted poppy seeds and mix in well.
• Using milk as needed, make a dough of a hard consistency.  Divide into 2 equal portions and let the dough sit for 1 hour.
• Sprinkle flour on the rolling board and roll out each portion to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes.  Deep fry on a medium heat till golden brown.

Corn Tikkis

CORN TIKKIS

INGREDIENTS:

300 g corn kernels (boiled and mashed)

1 small potato (boiled and mashed)

1 small onion (finely chopped)

1 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp tumeric powder

2 tsp rice flour

2 tsp corn flour

15 mL soya sauce

1 tsp oil

salt

oil for frying

METHOD:

• Mix all ingredients together except oil for frying.  Mix well and make fist sized balls and flatten into tikkis.
• Heat oil in a non-stick pan and shallow fry till a nice golden brown.  Serve hot.

Stuffed Mirchi Bajji

A couple of temperamental rains and a few power cuts, the demand for bajjis and pakodas is on...piping hot, spicy, and a huge variety of them.  Sometimes, my cousins drop in at my place on their way home demanding these. This is the first recipe of many more to come.

STUFFED MIRCHI BAJJIS:

INGREDIENTS:

8 Banana chillies
2 medium sized potatoes (boiled and mashed)
2 tsp tamarind pulp
2 green chillies chopped
1/4 tsp amchur powder
salt to taste
Batter:
200 g chickpea flour (besan)
1/4 tsp cooking soda
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp oil
salt
water
Oil for frying

Method:

• Make longitudinal slits in the banana chillies and de-seed them.
• Mix potatoes, tamarind pulp, green chillies, amchur powder, and salt.  Stuff each chilli with this mixture carefully.
• Make a thick batter by mixing together all batter ingredients.
• Heat oil.  Dip each chilli in the batter and fry till golden brown.