Masala vada, a deep fried preparation made with chana dal is a great tea-time snack. It is a coarsely ground lentil paste with some spices flattened into patties and fried until golden brown and perfectly crispy. This is a very ease recipe if one follows a couple of tips to get the perfect results every…
Category: Snack
Daal Vada
Whenever the weather gets rainy or cold heart craves for these fried fritters. And the only way for some guilt free hogging is to go for some protein loaded fritters. That’s when these Dal Vadas come to the rescue. And here we go. Ingredients: – 1 cup yellow moong Dal about 75 gm – 1/2…
Uggani
Uggani is a puffed rice dishthat can be had for breakfast or as a snack. We added this recently into our rotation and I love it. It is a tasty dish that comes together pretty quickly and worth the attempt. Ingredients 1/4 cup roasted chana dal 2-3 dry red chilli – based on spiciness 1…
Dry Fruits Ladoo
How many times have you forgotten to soak almonds overnight? Well, I always do. Very rarely I remember to soak them and that results in me feeding just walnuts to the family as a substitute. As you guessed it, walnuts don’t need soaking! So, for all those forgetful ones like me who believe in the…
Minapa Chakraalu
Another day, another snack. This is like murukku with urad and rice flours. I prefer these to besan based ones for some reason. These can be made in 2 ways – one, where urad dal is cooked and then added as a paste and two, where urad flour can be roasted and used directly. This…
Salted Almond Jeera Biscuits
After many a failed attempts at baking cookies finally I stumbled upon the right ingredients measures. So here goes the recipe with some simple tricks to get it right every single time 🙂. Ingredients: – 1 cup all purpose flour or even can substitute wheat flour – 1/2 cup of flour made by grinding almonds…
Andhra Pappu Chakkalu
Andhra pappu chakkalu, one my favorite snacks ever! These are rice flour based snacks that can be customized to suit anyone’s taste buds. Here I present you the version we love and make most often at home. Read on for ingredients and steps to prepare these. Ingredients Rice flour – 4 cups Melted butter –…
Homemade Pizza Without Yeast
Had I known earlier that pizza could be so easily made at home I would have saved so much money that I spent on various pizza joints whenever the craving had struck. And so many times I even had got disappointed with it not being upto my taste. Thanks to the lockdown that I spent…
Roasted Carrot Masala Stir Fry
No one likes to have carrot in my house :/! Well, I don’t blame them I am myself not a great fan of it either. So when S got a whole packet of carrots and they were near about to spoil I had two choices. To make gajjar halwa or to experiment with stir fry….
X – eXtra special chilli cheese garlic bread
This is one side dish that’s my absolute absolute favorite. I remember the days when I used to go to Pizza Hut and hog on their chilli cheese garlic breads… And only them! Yes, you read it right. Instead of pizzas I used to order just these breads and hog to my fill. I must…
Amateur Cooks Recipes 