Ragi puttu

Ingredients:

Ragi Flour - 2 cups

Jaggery powder - 1/2 cup

Coconut grated - 1/4 cup

Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp

Cardamom powder - pinch

Method:

• Dry roast ragi flour until nice aroma comes.
• Cool down the flour, now add water little by little and mix properly.
• We should make as a ball but when we break it should break down.
• Now whisk this in a mixie twice.
• Tie in a cloth and steam it.
• Now mix the puttu with jaggery powder, dry ginger powder, cardamom powder.
• Add grated coconut at the end.

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Foxtail Millet Honey balls

Ingredients:
Foxtail millet - 3/4 cup
Grated jaggery -1/2 cup
Honey - 2 tbsp
cardamom powder - pinch
Ghee - as needed

Method:

• Dry roast foxtail millet until aroma comes. Cool down and grind it coarsely.
• Now in a bowl, add grounded millet, jaggery, honey, cardamom powder.
• Add ghee and make balls

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Minced Mutton Cutlet

Ingredients:
Minced Mutton -3/4 cup
Potato - 2, boiled and mashed with salt
Onion - 1, chopped finely
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 and half tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Lime - 1, take juice and keep aside.
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1
Maida - 1/2 tsp
Bread crumbs - for coating

Method :
Clean mutton.
Add minced mutton, lime juice, turmeric powder and salt to a pressure cooker.
Pressure cook for 10 minutes. [After one whistle put the flame to low and cook for ten min]
Now in a pan, add oil, onion, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, salt.
Cook until raw smell leaves.
Now open pressure cooker and fry mutton until all water is evaporated.
Switch off and add mashed potatoes and onion mix.
Mix well.
Make as patties in any shape and keep it ready.
Salt is added in each one separately. so no need to add at the end.

Take a bowl, whisk egg, maida little salt and pepper powder[optional].
Keep bread crumbs in a plate.
Now take patties, dip in egg bowl and coat well.
Now coat with bread crumbs[press in bread crumbs, such that it coats well]

Now take dosa pan, add ghee, fry those cutlets until it becomes crispy.
Serve with ketchup..

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Baby Corn Fry

Ingredients:
Baby corn -6, cut lengthwise [ which makes 12 pieces]
Hung curd - 1 tbsp [Tie curd in a cloth for half an hour]
Corn flour - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Amchoor powder - 3/4 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 1/2 tbsp
Pepper powder - pinch

To serve:
Onions, cut into round shape
some lime pieces
some spring onions

Method:
Mix all ingredients and roll baby corn into it.
Let it marinate for half an hour.
Brush the non stick pan with olive oil, then add baby corn pieces.
Fry until it becomes crispy.
Sprinkle pepper powder on top.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Notes:
I have done for my kids, so didnt add any spices.
Green chilli sauce and red chilli powder can be added for spice.

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Healthy Modak

I have named this as healthy modak because of the stuffing with roasted green gram flour inside... :-)
For the dough:
Rice flour - 1 cup
Salt - as required
Warm water - to knead the dough
For the filling:
Roasted green gram flour - 5 tbsp
Roasted channa dal powder - 2 tbsp
Jaggery powder - 4 tbsp
Coconut - 2 tbsp, grated

1. Prepare the dough by adding warm water to rice flour little by little.
2. Dough has to be soft.
3. Prepare filling by mixing all ingredients.
4. Make modaks by stuffing the filling inside dough.
5. Steam for 5 minutes.
6. Healthy, yummy modak ready.

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Paneer Bread Roll

Saw the recipe in cookingandme blog and changed it a bit.

Bread slices - 10
Paneer - 200 gms
Onion - 1 [Big]
Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - to garnish

Method:

1. Heat oil in kadai and add onion, wait until it turns color and then add ginger garlic paste.
2. After it gets cooked, add all spice powders and saute for a while.
3. Now add tomato sauce, saute for 2 minutes.
4.  Garnish with coriander leaves. Now stuffing is ready.
5. Cut the edges and roll like chapathi.
6. Now keep the stuffing and roll it.
7. Brush with oil/ghee and toast in dosa pan.

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Sweet Corn Vada

Corn kernels - 2 cups
corn flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Onion - 2 small chopped finely
coriander leaves - handful chopped finely
red chillies - 2 chopped finely [optional]
salt

1. Grind corn kernels coarsely without adding water.
2. Mix all the ingredients and deep fry as vada.

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