Aloo daal poha

This tangy snack is an all time favorite breakfast dish throughout India with slight variations. Made with flattened rice and potatoes makes seasoned with green chillies, onions, coriander leaves and lemom, makes it a sumptuous and healthy breakfast or a tea time snack. Serve it warm with a hot cuppa chai and some sev bujia.

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Aloo Poha

Poha is flattened or beaten rice, is an easy-to-cook breakfast recipe. This type of flattened rice absorbs water and gets swollen which is then used to make the breakfast dish. There two varieties of flattened rice – thin and thick because of their thickness. Poha is also used in other snack items such as mixture or chiwda or many more.



Ingredients:

2 cups Poha (Beaten Rice)
1 Potatoes
1 tomato
1 Onions
 2 Green Chillies
1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 sprig Curry leaves
 4 tblsp Oil
1 tsp black pepper
1 Lemon
Few Corainder leaves
Salt to taste


How to make aloo poha :

Soak the poha in water. Wash and drain all the water and keep aside.
Peel and cut the potatoes into small cubes, chop the onions,tomato, chillies, corainder leaves.
Heat oil and put  mustard seeds, curry leaves and fry until they crackle.
Add potatoes , saute for few minutes , then add chopped onions, chillies.then add tomato and
cook till they are done.
Add the poha,salt,black pepper, corainder leaves and stir.
Keep it on slow flame for 5- 7 minutes.
Let it cool for sometime and add then lemon juice.
Serve as is or with an extra zing of spicy Bhujia 

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Potato-Onion Pakoda

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Moong ki Daal ke Gatte

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Potatoes with Poppy Seeds

Aloo posto is a very traditional West Bengal dish made of poppy seeds paste. Posto is white poppy seeds in Bengali. Poppy seeds or posto is soaked in hot water for an hour or two and ground into paste adding enough water. Various spices are added while grinding the poppy seeds. White potatoes are chopped and cooked in the poppy seeds paste till soft and almost dry.

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Cauliflower Gasagasala Masala Kura.

Cauliflower is boiled or steamed till slightly soft. Poppy seeds are ground into fine paste along with grated coconut and other spices. Cauliflower is first lightly browned before adding the poppy seeds paste. Once the cauliflower absorbs all the flavors, it is garnished with chopped cilantro.

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Crispy Onion Fritters

This is a quick and crispy fritters prepared with onion. Onion is sliced up and mixed with rice flour and besan. The battered onion is then added to hot oil and deep fried till brown in color. Serve crispy onion fritters immediately or store tight in a jar and they stay fresh for couple of days.

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Tapala Roti

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Banana Pecan Smoothie

Ripe banana is used here to make the smoothie. Soy milk is used instead of regular milk to keep it vegan. Pecans give the smoothie a very nice texture and flavor. Blend all the ingredients for the banana pecan smoothie.

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Apples are peeled and ground into smooth paste along with milk, honey and cardamom powder. The milk shake is then poured into serving glasses and garnished with freshly ground pistachios. Serve apple milk shake immediately.

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Papaya Soy Smoothie.

Fresh ripe papaya is peeled and chopped. It is then smoothly blended with soy milk. Honey or sugar is used to sweeten the smoothie. Serve papaya soy smoothie immediately or chilled.

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Minty Green Tea

If using green tea leaves, they are added to hot water to release their flavor. Mintleaves are also added to hot water along with sweetener. Serve fresh minty green tea hot or cold.

Makes: 1 Cup of Minty Green Tea.

Ingredients:

Dried Green Tea Leaves 1 Tbsp
Fresh Mint Leaves 5 – 6
Honey to Taste

Method of preparation:

Wash mint leaves under fresh water.
Tear mint leaves if they are very big.

Bring to boil around a big cup of water.
When water comes to boil, remove from heat.
Place mint leaves in serving cup.
Add green tea leaves in a strainer.
Place the strainer on top of serving cup.
Pour the hot water over the tea leaves and press the leaves a little to release its flavor.
Add honey to taste and stir well.
Serve minty green tea hot or cold.
Notes: Make sure to adjust mint leaves according to taste.

Suggestions: If using green tea bag, place the bag in serving cup along with mint leaves. Pour the hot water and cover for few minutes before serving the green tea.
Variations: Use sugar or other sweetener if desired.
Other Names: Minty Green Tea.

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Cabbage with Curry Powder.

                                                      Cabbage with Curry Powder.

Fresh whole spices are roasted and ground into powder. Cabbage is shredded and cooked in oil along with whole spices. Then it is seasoned with freshly ground curry powder. Serve cabbage with curry powder over plain steamed rice and dollop of ghee or with roti or chapati.

Makes: around 4 Servings of Cabbage with Curry Powder.

Ingredients:

Cabbage 1 Small Head
Spicy Curry Powder 1 Tbsp
Green Chiles 1
Salt to Taste

Mustard Seeds 1/4 tsp

Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp
Urad Dal 1/4 tsp
Broken Dried Red Chiles 3 – 4
Asafoetida a Big Pinch
Curry Leaves 5
Oil 2 tsps

Method of preparation:

Remove outer leaves, wash and finely shred the cabbage.
Discard the hard part in the middle of the cabbage while shredding.
Remove stems, wash and slice the green chiles.

Heat oil in a pan, add all other talimpu ingredients in order.
When mustard seeds start spluttering, add green chiles and shredded cabbage.
Fry for couple of minutes on medium high flame till cabbage softens are start to brown around the edges.
Make sure to stir the cabbage continuously to avoid burning.
When cabbage is soft while holding a very light crunch, stir in spicy curry powderand salt.
Fry briefly and serve cabbage with curry powder plain steamed rice and dollop of ghee or with roti or chapati.
Notes: Make sure cabbage is cooked right.

Suggestions: If cabbage is not cooked well, put it back on heat and cook on low flame till done. Adjust green chiles according to spice.
Variations: You can also add other vegetables like green peas, potato, fresh peas etc..

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Stuffed Onions

Stuffed onions are a fun item to bring to a Summer potluck.  They're easy to prepare, visually pleasing, and a fun novelty. Not a single person at the block party I took them to had ever consumed a stuffed onion before, and everyone was looking forward to this post so they could get the recipe.

Ingredients:
Small onions		250 grams
Roasted sesame		1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder		1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds		1 tsp.
Red chilli powder		1 tsp.
Coriander powder		2 tsp.
Mango powder		1 tsp.
Vegetable oil		4 tbsp.
Salt to taste

Method:
1.	Peel off the onion skin and wash the onions properly.
2.	Make a cut in the centre of each onion. Be careful that you don't cut the onion into two parts.
3.	Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
4.	First fry mustard seeds in it and then add roasted sesame powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, coriander powder, mango powder.Fry this masala for about 3-4 minutes on sim.
5.	Let the masala cool and then fill this masala powder in each on the onion.
6.	Next take a non-stick frying pan and heat the remaining oil .Then fry these stuffed onions for 4-5 on sim.You should not move from the place and keep a watch so that the stuffed onions don't burn.
7.	Put some water about 1/2 cup and let it cook till all the water gets dried up.
	Serve hot. Decorate with coriander leaves.
	Optional, you can also decorate with grated paneer/cheese.

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