Aloo Masala

Christmas has just passed on & New Year is ahead of us & I am so excited that this year I have accomplished a lot compared to previous years.This year I was planning on a Christmas tree but it in the last min we changed our plans & compromised with making a fruit cake/ plum cake for Christmas.

Coming to the blog hop this time I am paired with Sumedha of Sumee's culinary Bites. I was browsing thru her blog and came across "Egg Bhurji" Umm... my favourite. But then I just stumbled upon " Spicy Potato Curry " & decided to make it for blog hop. The naan I made was non yeast naan & adapted the recipe from "Raks Kitchen". 

Ingredients: 

3 Large potatoes  ( Cut in cubes )

2 Tomatoes chopped

1 Large onion chopped

2 Tbs oil ( Add if you need more)

Masala 

1/2 Star anise 

1 Inch Cinnamon 

2 Cloves 

1 Tbs ginger garlic paste 

1 Tbs coriander cumin powder 

1 Tbs garam masala powder 

2 Tsp Chilli powder ( Optional )

Pinch of turmeric

Salt for taste

Coriander leaves for garnish

Heat a pan with 1tbs oil add star anise, cinnamon & cloves & fry them. Add ginger garlic paste,onions to pan & fry till onions turn transparent.Then add tomatoes to it. cook till tomatoes are cooked soft. 

Switch off heat & allow it to cool. Grind it to smooth paste.

Heat a pan with 1tbs oil & fry potato for few seconds & remove them. Add the tomato gravy to pan along with garam masala, coriander cumin, Chilli powder turmeric & salt to it. Add potato to the gravy & mix well.cook it with a lid till oil separates on the sides. Check for potatoes if they are cooked well.

Garnish with corriander leaves & serve.

Goes yummyly with roti, naan & rice too.

Note: 

1. Skip frying potatoes & instead add cubed potatoes directly to gravy.
2. You can exclude star anise from the recipe.

Sev Puri

I have  been thinking of BHW for quite a some time like what should I make for this week & all. After thinking, sorting & revamping I decided I would go with "Sev Puri " for this week. So I planned a head & got some puri from Indian stores & did a snack mela for couple of days till we our taste buds satisfied or say till all the puri's are done.

I made pani puri one day, sev puri the other & dahi puri the same day. But was able to capture these pics before attacking them as this is my BHW post :) 

It's been a long time since we had a nice chat. Say when we were in " Seattle " we had a nice place where we use to njoy all these chat items but after moving to CA it's been hard to find a good place.This week I was paired with Vidya of Sweet Karam Kapi 7 I chose " Sev puri " for blog hop.

Ingredients

7 Puri's

1 Cup sev

Sweet chilli sauce 

Coriander leaves for garnish

1/2 Cup onions

For aloo stuffing

1 Potato/aloo boiled

1 Tsp cumin coriander Powder

Pinch salt

Mash aloo with a spoon.Mix Salt & cumin coriander powder with aloo.

Curd Mix 

1/2 Cup curd 

1 Tsp cumin coriander Powder

Salt 

1/2 Tsp chilli powder 

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl & keep aside.

Take all puri's in a plate and make a hole in middle of them.Stuff them with little potato masala in middle and  sprinkle onions, sweet chilli sauce, curd & sev on them as shown in figure.Garnish them with coriander leaves & serve with extra sev sprinkled on them.

Note: 

1. I excluded tomato but you add it for extra flavor. 

2. Add the wet ingredients before you serve them. 

Veggie Dumplings

 Ingrediants

For Wrapper (Yields 20 Wrappers)

1 cup All purpose flour/ Maida

Salt 

Luke warm water 

Mix flour & salt in a bowl along with water. Knead them to make a soft dough. Allow the dough to sit for 30mins.

Divide in to 20 balls & roll out as we do for roti. You can shape them as you like. I made round & square shapes. 

Veggie Stuffing

1/2 Cup green cabbage

1/2 Cup red cabbage

1/4 Cup carrot 

1 Clove garlic 

1/2 Cup cooked vermicelli

Salt

2Tsp Olive oil

Heat a pan with with little oil and add garlic and saute it. Then add the rest of veggies along with salt and saute them for 5mins and switch of heat. 

Take a spoon full of filling & place it as shown in figure. close it as you like. I made triangles & half circles.

 

Now steam cook them for 15 mins. Once removed from steam place them in a pan & fry them on each side with little oil.

Dipping sauce 

1/2 Cup White wine vinegar 

1 Tbs Chilli powder 

1 Tsp Brown sugar

Salt 

 

Take a pan with above ingredients & bring them to boil. Cook it for 15 mins till it becomes thick. 

Serve dumpling along with dipping sauce & njoy them :)

The inspiration comes from this yummy dumplings....

Note:

1. You can njoy steamed dumpling with out frying them. 

2. Use sesame oil for enhanced flavor.