*Masala puri with Moong

Masala Puri with Moong

"Variety is the spice of life",as it is aptly said,everybody likes change. So lets take a break from the daily routine of eating roti or rice everyday and try this recipe. I am sure you all will like this recipe. I am not a huge fan of plain puris,but when it comes to garma garam masala puri with moong sabji I cannot resist it.....its one of my favourites!!

Its been quite a long time I haven't eaten masala puri. It reminds of my mom,she makes very tasty masala puri. So I thought why not make it myself...and believe me they came out so tasty.I was so happy that I could make it like my mom does. So friends,I want to share the recipe with you all.

Try it and u will love it!!!

Masala Puri

Ingredients

• Wheat flour 2 cups
• Oil 2 tsp + frying
• Red chili powder 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder 2 tsp
• Corainder-cumin seeds powder 1 tsp
• Salt
• Ajwain 1-2 tsp
• Sesame seeds 1-2 tsp
• Asafoetida (hing) a pinch
• Cilantro (corainder) Optional

Method

• Sieve the wheat flour.
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• Add all the above ingredients,mix well.
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• Knead it into a firm dough by adding enough water.(The dough should be harder than the chapati/roti dough.)
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• Cover it and keep it aside for about 20-30 minutes.
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• Lightly knead it once more.Make small balls and roll out small puris.
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• Heat oil in the frying pan and fry the puris.

Serve them hot with your favourite curry. I would recommend to have moong sabji with it. Masala puri and moong sabji compliment each other very well.Just try it once!!!

Whole moong or Green gram is considered as an important food specially for the vegetarians,as it contains about 20-25% protein.But their biological value improves in the presence of certain essential amino acids which are supplemented from cereals.Hence proteins when combined with cereals have enhanced nutritional value.This recipe is one such example.

Here's the moong sabji recipe.

Moong

Ingredients

• Whole moong(whole green gram) 1 cup
• Oil/ghee 1 tsp
• Tomato(small) 1
• Red chili powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder 1 tsp
• Corainder-cumin seeds powder 2 tsp
• Asafoetida (hing) a pinch
• Curry leaves 4-5Salt
• Lemon juice for taste
• Cilantro (corainder) to garnish

Method

• Wash the whole moong and pressure cook it to 3 whistles.
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• Do not drain the water,instead use it for making the sabji as it's very nutritious.
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• Cut tomato into small pieces.
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• Heat oil/ghee in a pan,add mustard seeds,cumin seeds and when they splutter add curry leaves and asafoetida.
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• Add boiled moong with the water and rest of the ingredients,except cilantro.
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• Allow to simmer for sometime,covered.Once it starts to boil,put off the flame.
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• Garnish with cilantro and serve it with garma garam puris.

Serves 2-3

You can also serve this sabji with roti or rice.

*Sev - Tomato sabji

Sev - Tomato sabji

Here comes another recipe....

There are times you don't feel like cooking or want to make something very quick and with less efforts or you don't have vegetables at home,here is one of the simplest and tasty sabji you can make in no time.........Sev-tomato sabji.This is basically a Rajasthani dish and mostly prepared by gujaratis and marwadis.

This recipe takes me back to my hostel days.We had Rajasthani cooks in our hostel mess.Sometimes we used to get late for the dinner and the sabji used to get over.In such situation they used to make this sev-tomato sabji as it can be cooked in no time and believe me it used to be so yummy,out of this world!!!!!! I can never forget that taste.It was one of the very few tasty recipes they used to make, he...he :D. The tangy taste of tomatoes and the light sweetness of jaggery mixed together gives this recipe a wonderful flavour.


Ingredients

• Tomatoes(big) 2
• Mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds(jeera) 1 tsp
• Chilli powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric 1 tsp
• Curry leaves 3-4
• Jaggery 2 tsp
• Asafoetida(hing) a pinch
• Oil 1 tsp
• Sev
• Salt to taste
• Cilantro for garnishing

Method

• Cut the tomatoes into small pieces
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• Heat oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.When they start to splutter,add hing and curry leaves.
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• Add the tomato pieces, chilli powder,turmeric powder,dhania-jeera powder(corrainder seeds and cumin seeds)and salt as per taste.
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• Add 3/4 cup water and jaggery. Mix well and let it cook till the tomatoes become tender. Garnish with cilantro.

• Add sev and serve the recipe.(Mix sev at the time of serving otherwise it will lose its crispiness).

Serve hot with roti or puri.

Serves : 2