Cooking, Craft and Sewing............. by Zeenathul Mufliha

POTATO PATTIES AND RAGDA [PEAS MASALA ] CHAT

INGREDIENTS :

FOR RAGDAS: [ragdas is nothing but the peas masala u get in marina beach]

Dried Yellow Peas - 1 cup

Onions - 1 medium

Red Chili powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 - 2 tsp

FOR PATTIES :

Potatoes - 4 big

Fresh Peas - 50 gms

Green chilli paste - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Bread Slices - 3 nos

For Assembling the Potato Patties

Patties

Sweet and Spicy Curds/Yogurt

Tamarind Chutney

Green Chutney (Coriander- Mint- Green Chilies)

Chopped Onions

Chopped coriander leaves

Chat Masala

Sev [omma poddi]

METHOD :

Wash and soak the Yellow dried peas overnight or at least 6-8hrs.

Pressure cook it for about 4 -5 times or till it is tender.

Heat a non stick pan, add 1 tsp oil saute finely chopped onions till brown.

then add 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste.

Then add Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, salt and

turmeric. Saute well.

Add the cooked peas, mix well.

Add enough water to get a thick gravy. Bring to boil. Ensure the gravy is

loose and not thicken. It should be of pouring consistency.

TO MAKE PATTIES :

Boil the potatoes blanch the green peas for 5 min.

In a bowl, take the peeled potatoes, blanched peas, bread slices (soaked

and squeezed from water), green chilli paste, red chili powder, roasted

Cumin powder, salt to taste.Mix well.

Then divide into small balls and flatten them into discs.Roll them over bread

crumbs.

Shallow fry these patties on both sides by sprinkling oil over them.

Once they turn golden in colour and have those nice spots, you can

remove.

TO ASSEMBLE THE RAGDA PATTIES

Have the finely chopped onions, coriander leaves.

Have the Tamarind Chutney and Green Chutney.In a bowl, place two patties next to each otherPour the Ragda over the patties.

Add the tamarind and Green chutney as required. Sprinkle chat masala over this.

Then goes the onions and coriander leaves.
Finally the sev.

This receipe is a little bit time consuming but taste will encourage u to
prepare this one often. Really really a very taste chat for children and
elders.

Spicy Chicken Kebabs

Ingredients
Chicken - 1 - 1.5 lb cut into medium sized pieces Maida (or all purpose flour) - 2 tbsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp (or to taste) Lime Juice - 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp Salt - to taste Food coloring - a little Oil - for shallow frying

Method

Take a bowl and mix all of the mentioned ingredients (except oil) and allow to marinate for 3-4 hrs. Then, heat oil in a flat pan and shallow fry (put them in and when one side gets brown , turn the pieces over and let the other side get cooked) the marinated chicken pieces till golden brown. (Note: When frying the pieces, put the flame or heat to a medium-high setting so that u ensure the chicken gets cooked properly while frying on both sides). Pat dry the fried chicken pieces with paper towels to remove excess oil. Garnish with sliced onions ( cut lengthwise) and lime slices before serving. Serve hot.