Corn Fritter with Tropical fruits

corn fitter with tropical fruits

Traditional corn fritter made in easy way and served with fresh tropical fruits.

Ingredients

For corn fritter

Boiled corn                               2 cup

Sugar                                       3 tbsp

Coconut milk                            1 cup

Baking powder                          1  tsp

Corn flour                                  2 – 3 tbsp

For tropical fruits

Finely chopped strawberry          1 cup

Finely chopped pineapple           1 cup

Milk                                          2 tbsp

Olive oil                                     2 – tsp

Method

To prepare corn fritter

Take a blender, add boiled corn, sugar and blend.

Then add coconut milk and blend again.

blend corn sugar and milk

Remove the corn mixture in a bowl, add baking powder, corn flour and mix well and make a batter and keep aside.

prepare corn fritter batter

Now heat oil in a pan, put some batter on it and spread in round shape.

add corn fitter batter on hot oil

Cook it from both sides till golden brown.

cook corn fitter from both sides

Remove and cut in four pieces and place on serving plate.

corn fritter

To prepare tropical fruits

Chop strawberry, pineapple and put in a bowl, add milk and mix well.

prepare tropical fruits

Now add the prepared fruit mixture with corn fritter and garnish with chopped strawberry.

serve tropical fruits with corn fritter

Tartar Sauce

tartar sauce

Tartar sauce (tartar in the UK, New Zealand and Australia) is a mayonnaise-based thick white sauce. It made with mayonnaise, dill pickles, capers, mustard paste, shallots, gherkins, parsley and lemon juice. Perfect for serving with fried fish or chips.

Ingredients

Chilled soya milk                       1 ½ cup

Lemon juice                               ¼ cup

Salt                                           to taste

Mustard paste                            2 tsp

Finely chopped shallots              ¼ cup

Chopped capers                         1 tbsp

Gherkins                                    ¼ cup

Chopped parsley                         1 tsp

Lemon juice                                2 tbsp

Crushed black pepper                  to taste

Method

In a glass put chilled soya milk, lemon juice, salt, 1 tsp mustard paste and blend well with hand blender.

blend soya milk lemon juice musturd paste with oil 

Now slowly add vegetable oil and blend till the mixture thickens.

blend well

Then remove the thick mixture in a mixing bowl, add remaining 1 tsp mustard paste, chopped shallots  chopped capers, chopped gherkins and mix well.

add shallots capers gherkins

Add parsley, lemon juice, crushed black pepper, salt and mix well.

add parsley

Serve the ready tartar sauce with crumbed fried baby corn and cucumber slices. 

Garlic and Parsley Bread

garlic and pparsley bread

The tasty bread made with big loaf, baked it with smeared garlic butter parsley mixture. It is an excellent accompaniment with any soup.

 

Ingredients

French loaf (baguette)                1

Butter                                       200 gms

Garlic finely chopped                 20 cloves

Fresh parsley finely chopped      2 tbsp

Method

First slice the baguette diagonally without cutting through.

slice the loaf without cutting through

Take a mixing bowl, add butter, garlic, parsley and mix well.

prepare butter garlic parsley mixture

Now apply this mixture between the slices.

apply the butter garlic parsley mixture 

Then wrap the loaf in aluminium foil bake it in 180 degree celcius preheat oven for 15 minutes.

wrap the loaf with aluminium foil

Serve with laksa or any soup.

Tomato Bruschetta

tomato bruschetta

Bruschetta is traditional Italian dishes in which small bread slices are topped wipe 3 types of tomato, pesto sauce, parsley and mozzarella cheese.

Ingredients

Finely chopped garlic                ½ tsp

Chilli flakes                               ½ tsp

Crushed black peppercorns       1 tsp

Finely chopped onion                1 – 2 tbsp

Chopped tomato                       1 cup

Chopped green tomato              1 cup

Chopped cherry tomatoes         1 cup

Chopped capsicum                   1 tbsp

Oil                                            1 tbsp

Bread slices                              3 nos.

Grated cheese                           as required

For garnish

Parsley

Pesto sauce

Method

Heat oil in a pan, add finely chopped garlic, chilli flakes, crushed black peppercorn and stir well.

saute the garlic peppercorn chilli flakes 

Then add finely chopped onion and stir well.

add onion chopped

Add chopped tomato, chopped green tomato, chopped cherry tomato and chopped capsicum and mix well.

tomato mixture

Then cut a bread slice in pieces.

bread pieces 

Place them on baking tray and put the tomato mixture on bread pieces.

place tomato mixture on bread

Then add grated cheese on them.

Now heat it in oven for 2 – 3 minutes.

Take out from oven and serve on plate and garnish with parsley and pesto sauce.

garnish tomato bruschetta with pesto sauce

Dudhi na Muthia

dudhi na muthia

Lauki or Dudhi or Bottle Ground na Muthia is a nutritious and a tasty recipe of Gujarat made with steam. It can be served it in the morning as well as in the evening. This classic Gujarati breakfast dish made from healthy bottle ground, dalia, semolina, sesame and other ingredients.

Ingredients

Bottle ground                            500gms

Dry mango powder                    2 tsp

Sugar                                       2 tsp

Roasted semolina                     2 tbsp

Dalia roughly paste                   3 tbsp

Salt                                          to taste

Turmeric powder                        3 tsp

Red chilli powder                       3 tsp

Sesame seeds roasted              4 tsp

Curd                                         2 tbsp

Oil                                            2 tsp

Green chilli                                4nos

Desi ghee                                 1 tsp

For tadka

Desi ghee                                 2 tbsp

Mustard seed                            1 tsp

Red chilli powder                        2 tsp

Curry leaves                              10 – 12nos

Method

Take a mixing bowl, grate the bottle ground and put in bowl and add dry mango powder.

grated bottle ground or dudhi with amchur 

Then add sugar, roasted semolina, dalia, salt.

add dalia

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, roasted sesame seeds, curd and mix well.

add dry masala

Now grease a banana leave and put inside steamer.

Give shape to lauki or dudhi or bottle ground mixture and place in steamer.

steam the dudhi muthia

Take another mixing bowl, add slit chilli, sugar, turmeric powder, chilli powder, ghee and mix well and place in steamer with dhoodi muthia.

chilli mixture

Then cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked.

To prepare tadka

Heat ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it starts to crackle add red chilli powder, curry leaves and stir and off the oven.

prepare tadka

Now put banana leaves on serving plate and serve the steamed dudhi  muthia on it with chillis.

serve the dudhi muthia

Put prepared tadka on them.

garnish with tadka 

Moong Dal Hummus

moong dal humus 

Normally hummus made from chick peas here it made with golden gram.

Ingredients

Soaked moong dal                    200 gm

Tahini paste                              1 tbsp

Chopped garlic                         1 tbsp

Lemon juice                              ¼ tsp

Olive oil                                    400 gms

Red chilli powder                       1 tsp

Salt                                          to taste

For garnish

Green olives                              as required

Cucumber and carrot salad         as required

Olive oil                                     2 tsp

Red chilli powder                        a pinch

           

Method

First boil water and add the soaked moong dal into it, blanch for 1 to 1 ½ minutes.

boil the moong dal for 1 - 1 1/2 minutes 

Then stain it.

stain the blanched moong dal 

Take a mixer, add stained moong dal, tahini paste (if tahini paste is not available then use white sesame seed paste), chopped garlic, lemon juice and keep blending.

blend for humus

Now keep adding the olive oil and keep blending with the mixture.

add oil and keep blending 

Then remove the mixture in a bowl.

Add lemon juice, red chilli powder, salt in mixture and mix well.

add remaining ingredients into humus 

Serve it in a bowl, keep olives in a bowl, place the cucumber and carrot salad.

serve the moong dal humus

Add olive oil and sprinkle red chilli powder on hummus.

add oil and chilli powder on moong dal humus

Pesarattu Waffle

pesarattu waffle

A Telugu cuisine Pesarattu or childaa is crepe-like bread that is similar to dosa which is made with batter of green gram (moong dal).

A typical American breakfast waffle is a leavened batter or dough cooked between two plates, patterned to
give a characteristic size, shape and surface impression.

So here the waffle made in Indian style with green gram and served with pineapple mixture.

Ingredients

For waffle

Soaked rice                              1 cup

Soaked green moong                 1 cup

Asafoetida                                 ½ tsp

Finely chopped onion                 2 tbsp

Oil                                            1 tsp

Salt                                          to taste

For pineapple and tomato mixture

Oil                                            1 tbsp

Curry leaves                              7 – 10 nos.

Diced pineapple                         1 cup

Method

To prepare pesarattu batter

Take a mixer, add soaked rice, soaked green moong, asafoetida, salt and blend well.

put ingredients for pesarattu batter in mixer

Now remove this mixture in a bowl.

pour the mixture in a bowl

Then add salt, chopped onion and mix well.

add salt and onion

Rest this mixture for 15 – 20 minutes.

To prepare pineapple tomato mixture

Heat oil in a pan, add curry leaves, diced pineapple, diced tomatoes, salt, lemonjuice and toss then off the oven.

pinepple tomato mixture

To prepare waffle

Heat a waffle maker and put little oil then pour the batter in two portions and cover it.

put batter on waffle maker

Once cooked open the cover and remove them.

cooked waffle

Then cut from the centre.

cut the waffle

Now arrange the prepared fruit mixture on serving plate and place waffle on it.

arrange the waffle with fruit mixture