Breakfast, Paratha/Flatbread
Sanika Khadilkar
Aloo Paratha
Aloo Paratha
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Pav-Bhaji

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Serves: 3-4 persons

Pav bhaji is a very famous Indian street food especially from Mumbai. It has mix vegetable subji with butter and it tastes great with 'Laadi Pav' or dinner rolls. I saw a video on youtube long time ago about Mumbai pav bhaji and i just loved that style of making it. So, here is the result :) The recipe has step by step pictures to make it more easy. I hope you will find it intresting too.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup green peas (frozen)
  • 3-4 potatoes boiled
  • 2 small tomatoes chopped
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 tablespoon each ginger-garlic paste
  • 2 teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
  • 2-3 tablespoon pavbhaji masala
  • 1/4 turmeric powder
  • 1 onion chopped finely
  • 1/2 teaspoon kasuri methi
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Heat a pan and add a tablespoon oil. Add chopped bell pepper. Saute for a minute and add chopped tomatoes. Cook everything until the raw smell of tomatoe goes away.
  2. Add green peas and mix well. Cook for another minute.
  3. Mash boiled potatoes and add them into the pan. Add 1 cup water. Stir together everything.
  4. Add 1 tablespoon pav bhaji masala, turmeric, and red chilli powder to the pan and cook everything for 5 minutes on a low flame. Mash everything with a masher.
  5. Meanwhile, heat another pan and add 1 tablespoon oil. Add chopped onion and ginger garlic paste. Mix well. Add 1 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1 tablespoon pav bhaji masala and cook until the raw smell goes away. Add kasuri methi, lemon juice and stir together.
  6. Add this onion tempering to the cooked vegetables. Add 1 cup water and mix everything.
  7. Add 1 tablespoon butter and again cook for a minute. if you need more water, add to this point and cook for a minute.
  8. Check salt and masala. Add more if needed.
  9. Garnish with cilantro. Serve hot along with butter roasted dinner rolls, finely chopped onions, a lemon wedge, and a dollop of butter.

Adai

Adai dosa is one of my favourite breakfast/lunch/dinner. It is a mixture of rice and variety of lentils. It is a healthier dosa than the regular dosa. You can add any type of lentils that you have in your pantry. Another reason why this dosa is so popular because it is very easy to make and need no planning and no fermentation.

Try this dosa for your family and leave a feedback if you like or have any questions.

Lentils and Rice

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup white rice or brown rice
  • 1 cup mixture of chana dal, urad dal, toor dal, and moong dal
  • 1 tablespoon ginger chopped
  • 2 green chilies chopped
  • 4-5 Fenugreek seeds
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Wash and drain rice and mix dals multiple times. Soak everything together in enough water for overnight.
  2. The next day, drain water and add everything together in a blender. Add chopped ginger and green chilies and gring to a smooth paste. Add little water while grinding. The batter should be medium to thin consistency.
  3. Keep it aside for 1-2 hours. Then add salt to taste.
  4. Heat griddle or tava. Get a laddle full of batter and pour onto tava/griddle. Spread the batter into circular motion with the help of a laddle. drizzle some oil along the side and top of the dosa.
  5. Let it cook for few minutes and then flip it to another side.
  6. Fold it and serve it hot with sambar or Coconut Chutney or chutney Podi

Note:

  1. You can use any type of dals as per availability. The proportion of dal and rice should be 1:1