For the bhajjis :
2 Avocados,pitted and sliced
1 cup besan/ chickpea flour
1tbsp rice flour
salt to taste
1 tbsp hot oil
t sp turmeric powder
oil to fry
For lemon cilantro dip :
1 cup hung yogurt / greek yogurt
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
juice of 1 lemon
1 green chilli ,finely chopped
salt to taste
To proceed :
Bhajjis :
1) Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan .
2) Mix besan , rice flour , turmeric powder and salt together .
3) Add a tbsp of hot oil to it .
4) Add water to make a thin batter .
5) Dip avocado slice in this batter and fry in the hot oil till golden brown .
6) Drain on paper towel .
Lemon Cilanto dip :
1) Whisk the hung yogury / greek yogurt till creamy .
2) Add chopped cilantro , green chilli and lemon juice and mix well.
3) Add salt according to your taste .
4) Chill in the refrigerator .
Serve the hot pakodas with chilled dip . Enjoy....
** Adding rice flour to besan makes the cover little crispy...my grandma's trick... :)
It's fall and we can feel the chill in the air . The stores are getting ready for the holidays . Grocery stores are stocking up on supplies for the festive foods . You hear people talking about thanksgiving and christmas . My favorite part of thanksgiving dinner is the cranberry sauce . The first time I had cranberry sauce , I fell in love with it . Then I had cranberry orange relish and there began my love for cranberries . I like to eat them fresh ,dried ,in sauce, jelly , in cookies and scones and everything that can accomodate them . Come fall and the grocery stores display these bright red ,dainty berries . They are in season from October to January . They have sour ,tart and a refreshing taste just like that of raw mango . And if they remind me of raw mango ,they remind me of grandma's mango pickle .
I used store bought pickle masala that one of the family friend had recently gifted me . This pickle is pretty easy to make .
One bag of fresh cranberries
1/2 cup of store bought pickle masala
1/4 cup oil
How to :
1) Wash and dry the cranberries .
2) Cut them in half .
3) Heat the oil till it's smoking . Let it cool down completely .
4) Mix the pickle masala with the cranberries .Mix to coat the cranberries .
5)At this point you can start testing . If enough of the pickle is left then you can proceed with the next step .
6) Put it in aglass jar .
7) Add the oil and mix well .
Let it marinate for a day if you have self control(oops...I don't ) . The cranberry pickle is ready to rock .
Which kid on this planet does not like Nutella ? But like any other store bought product kids are given many non healthy ingredients . And we moms think we are giving our kids something healthy and nutritious alternative to regular butter . Is Nutella really good for our kids ? After reading the label I realized the first ingredient was sugar followed by vegetable oil and then hazelnut . And there is soy lecithin . The story is not any different in organic nut butters also . This makes me try to make homemade alternative . According to many health experts almonds top the list of healthiest nuts . So my first choice was pretty easy . Almonds . Chocolate will be the reason for kids to atleast give it a try . It's ready in almost no time . It can be made from raw or roasted almonds .
The process is almost the same like making the peanut powder . You just have to run the mixer evn longer till the oil seperates from the powder and is kind of runny . My magic bullet did wonders making this .
What we need :
1 cup almonds
2-3 Tbsp honey
1/4 cup cocoa powder
a pinch of salt
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees .
2) Roast almonds on a fil lined cookie sheet for 15 minutes stirring twice to prevent burning .
3) Cool little bit for about 10 minutes .
4) Put in the mixer or food processor and let the game begin .
5) First it will be in pieces ,then powder and then it will look like a ball .
6) Keep going till the oil seperates and the almond butter looks runny .
7) Add cocoa powder ,honey and salt and keep going .
8) After about 15 minutes ,the chocolate almnond butter is ready .
9) It can be used as aspread , a dip for fruit or even in baking .
Taaadaa....chocolate almond butter is ready to rock . Happy eating...
