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Sev Bread

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This dish is my husband's innovation. Love to have this and fills your tummy completely. Derived from sev puri but with little extra ingredients. Easily prepared at home and is a very healthy dish. Can be served as a appetizer, evening snack, breakfast or as a substitute for meal. Do try it and let me know if you like it. NOTE :  Hot/mint/green chutney and tamarind/sweet chutney is used to add extra flavor. You can skip it if needed. The 2 types of chutney prepared can be stored in an air tight container in a refrigerator and can be used for other purposes also. You can use any kind of bread or even indian bread. The garnishing can be adjusted as per the taste. Chaat Masala is used for better taste. Preparation Time : 5 Minutes Cooking Time : 5 Minutes Total Taken : 10 Minutes Sev Bread Ingredients: For Sweet/Tamarind Chutney : Dates 4-5 Salt as needed Tamarind lemon size Jaggery Double the amount of tamarind(2 lemon size) Red chilly powder

Sev Puri / Sev Poori

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India is well known for it's chaat items. The taste of chaat items varies among different states. Sev puri is famous in the streets of Mumbai. My favourite chaat item which can be easily prepared at home and is a very healthy dish. Everybody loves this and can be served as a appetizer, evening snack or as a substitute for meal. NOTE :  Hot/mint/green chutney and tamarind/sweet chutney is used to add extra flavor. You can skip it if needed. The 2 types of chutney prepared can be stored in an air tight container in a refrigerator and can be used for other purposes also. You can use pani puri's puri,sev puri's puri or even papdi. The garnishing can be adjusted as per the taste. Chaat Masala is used for better taste. Preparation Time : 5 Minutes Cooking Time : 10 Minutes Total Taken : 15 Minutes Yield : 3-4 servings Sev Puri/Sev Poori Sev Puri/Sev Poori Ingredients: For Sweet/Tamarind Chutney : Dates 4-5 Salt as needed Tamarind lem

Masala Puri

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India is well known for it's chaat items. The taste of chaat items varies among different states. Masala puri is famous in the streets of Karnataka. Can be easily prepared at home and is a very healthy dish. Everybody loves this and can be served as a appetizer, evening snack or as a substitute for meal. NOTE :  Traditionally, hot/mint/green chutney and tamarind/sweet chutney is used to add extra flavor. You can skip it if needed. The 2 types of chutney prepared can be stored in an air tight container in a refrigerator and can be used for other purposes also. Prepare gravy masala/ragda the previous day for better taste. Let the gravy masala/ragda be hot while serving for better taste. Eat as soon as you serve else puri will become very soft and looses it's taste. You can use pani puri's puri,sev puri's puri or even papdi. Gravy masala/ragda goes well with dosa,chapati,poori and parathas also. The garnishing can be adjusted as per the taste. Chaat Masala i

Vegetable Pulao

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Well, this is the best dish for the bachelor's and freshers to start with. I had previously posted a recipe for white vegetable pulao but this is bit different from it in terms of color as well as taste. This is my mother's recipe. It takes less time and also fills your stomach. I will be using green chutney, which can be prepared and stored in fridge for a week or two and can be used for other dishes also. NOTE :   Can add any vegetables of your choice or can try with chicken, mutton or egg also . Need not have to use exactly the same vegetables what I have used. Number of green chilies depend on how spicy they are. I am using 6 as mine are not very  spicy. You can cut the vegetables to the shape you want. Optional - Can use coriander leaves at the end to garnish. I am non adding exactly 2 glass water for 1 glass rice grains so as to prevent it from getting overcooked. If you like it to be overcooked or if you are scared to add less water or if you  are trying to coo

Cutlet

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Cutlets are very easy to prepare at home. Can have it in the evening as snack along with a hot cup of tea or a coffee. You can also add any vegetables you like to add extra nutrition and to make it more healthy ;). I love cutlets especially when they are hot so do try it this way. NOTE :  Can use finely chopped boiled vegetables like beetroot, carrot, beans etc I am using potatoes,Onions and peas. You can also use rice flour instead of rice. Adding bread helps in crispiness.  Green chilies or red chilly powder can be added as per your preference. I am not using garlic and ginger so as to make it simple but you can also try along with it. Use breads by removing it's crusts or sides. Can use corn flour solution(1 tbsp corn flour dissolved with 1-2 tbsp water) to dip cutlets before rolling it over rava. This helps cutlet to become sticky and to get coated with rava easily. You can also skip this step as the cutlet dough itself is very sticky. I would recommed this step