Aloo manchurian | Potato manchurian

Aloo manchurian | Potato manchurian | Aloo manchurian recipe

Aloo manchurian or potato manchurian is one of the simple yet tasty Indo-chinese manchurian recipe. Aloo manchurian can be served as starter or tea time snack. Steps for this snack are almost same like gobi manchurian. But in aloo manchurian, first we have parboil/half cook the cubed potatoes and then we have to deep fry the potatoes. Rest of the steps are same as gobi manchurian. Aloo manchurian can be served as both starters or even as a side dish to other Indo chinese rice recipes.

You can also use baby potatoes in place of normal potatoes. It also tastes good. Aloo manchurian is a very easy to make dish with spicy, sweet and tangy flavor.

Ingredients :

Potatoes - 2 (medium size)
Water for boiling potato - 3-4 cups
Salt - 1 tsp

For batter:

Maida - 1 cup
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1-2 tsp
Turmeric powder - pinch
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For manchurian sauce/gravy:
Oil - 3-4 tsp
Garlic - 5-6 cloves
Green chillies - 1-2
Onion - 1
Capsicum - 1
Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Chilli sauce - 2-3 tsp
Tomato ketchup/Tomato sauce - 2-3 tbsp
Corn flour - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut in to cubes. 

To a vessel, add water and a tsp of salt. Add the potatoes. Let it cook for 5-6 mins or until the potatoes are half cooked. Do not over cook the potatoes. 

In a vessel, add maida, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric and salt. Add little water and mix well. Add cubed potatoes in to it and again mix it well.

Put the diced potatoes in to the batter,mix well. In a kadai, heat oil in medium - high flame.  Drop the potatoes one by one in to the oil, using a spoon. 

Fry until they become golden brown. Take it out and keep it aside. 

In another pan/kadai, add 3-4 tsp of oil. Add chopped garlic cloves. Saute for 2 mins. Flame should be in medium-high heat. 

Add chopped green chillies, finely chopped onion. Saute for 2-3 mins. Add little salt.  

Add capsicum to it. Saute for 2 mins. Do not over cook the capsicum. Let it be crunchy.

Add Soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce/ tomato ketchup Mix well.

In a bowl, make corn flour slurry by mixing a tbsp of corn flour with little water. Add it to the gravy and mix well. 

Add fried potatoes in to it. Mix gently.

Finally serve tasty snack aloo manchurian with tomato ketchup, & you can sprinkle some coriander leaves while serving. 

Peanut chat | Peanut chat recipe | Boiled peanut chat | Groundnut chat recipe

Peanut chat|Peanut chaat|Peanut chaat recipe|Boiled peanut chat|Groundnut chaat recipe

Peanut chaat is a tasty chaat or snack prepared with boiled raw peanuts tossed with spices, grated carrot, finely chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves.
Peanut chaat is one of the famous street food we can see in most of the tourist places.

You can prepare this peanut chaat quickly, if you have all the ingredients ready in hand. This is an healthy snack which can be served any time and can be served as both snack or salad.

There are many ways to make peanut chaat recipe. In another way, we can make this recipe with deep fried peanuts or masala peanuts. But compared to that recipe, this one is healthy as we are using raw peanuts here, and this recipe is completely oil free, and fully loaded with veggies.

Ingredients:

Peanuts - 1 cup
Onion - 1 (medium size)
Tomato - 1-2(small size)
Carrot - 1(small)
Coriander leaves - 2tbsp
Green chillies - 1-2
Red chilli powder - 1tsp
Lemon juice - 1tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Add Peanuts in to the cooker. Add 1-2 cups of water and cook the peanuts for about 1-2 whistles.

Finely chop onion, tomato, coriander leaves and green chillies. Grate the carrot.

Add onion, tomato, carrot, coriander leaves and green chillies to the boiled peanuts.

Add cumin powder, chat masala, red chilli powder and salt. Add 1 tsp lemon juice. Mix well.

Serve peanut chat as evening tea time snack. 

Mangalore buns | Banana puri | Sweet banana buns | Mangalore banana buns

Mangalore buns | Banana puri | Sweet banana puri | Mangalore banana buns

Recipes from south India are not only delicious, but also they are healthy. There is something special in each and every distinct category of cuisines from southern states. 

Mangalore buns or mangloor buns is one of the famous recipe of mangalore. You can serve this mangalore buns as tea time snack.

This sweet fried buns are made by using mashed banana and maida. You can also add wheat flour in place of maida. Usually these buns are made by using small sized banana which is called as 'yelakki/elakki'. But you can also use any other variety, if it is not available. Usually,  Mangalore buns is served with coconut chutney. 

Ingredients

Wheat flour/Maida - 1 cup
Banana(small sized/yelakki) -3 to 4 / Robusta - 1 to 2
Sugar - 4-5 tbsp
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Baking soda -1/2 tsp
Buttermilk/curd - 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method

Peel and mash the bananas.You can even grind it in to smooth paste using mixer grinder. Add sugar, salt, baking soda, cumin seeds, and little curd/buttermilk. Add wheat flour little by little and knead it into a soft dough. Dough should be sticky and softer than the chapathi dough.

Cover the dough with cloth and allow it to rest at room temperature for 4-5 hours. After that you have to knead the dough once again. Make lemon sized balls, put it on plastic sheet greesed with little oil. Put some oil to the hand also, so that the dough will not stick to the hand. Using hand, flatten it in to thick round shape. You can also do this process using chapathi roller. But I feel easy using hands.

Take a frying pan. Heat oil on medium-high flame. Fry the buns on medium-high flame until it turns in to golden brown color.

Serve these soft fluffy mangalore buns with coconut chutney or any other chutney or sambar.