recipe of peanut dahi vada

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Total time: 30 minutes

Soaking time: 4 - 5 hrs.

peanut dahi vada

Peanut dahi vada / Dahi vada / dahi bhalla / doi bora looks delicious, yummy and full of mouth watering dish. It's my 1st try to do it at my home and it’s become very tasty with nice flavor and taste of peanuts when we take bites of peanut dahi vada. An awesome flavor full dish made by me especially for yesterday’s dinner at my home. When I represented peanut dahi vada dish in front of my family members, they all became happy and said, "wow!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!” When we take bites of peanut dahi vada, we never believe an amazing taste of it with flavors of peanuts. 

Actually, my mom love peanuts. So, she really likes peanut dahi vada too much. When I fried peanut vada, so it gives such a nice aroma of peanuts at my kitchen. When vada fried completely and I just add into water for 5 - 6 minutes. At that time, I noticed it’s become so soft and I like it so much because of its softness and I eagerly waited to taste it. I just felt unhappy because lack of coriander leaves and pomegranate seeds at my home. If i had it, so my dish become so colorful and yummy with nice taste of its. 

moong & urad dal

Here, I used moong / mung dal with salted peanuts. You can use black gram / chana dal instead of moong dal. You can also use unsalted peanuts instead of salted peanuts. As per your choice, you can make combination of peanut dahi vada. Dahi vada is most popular and favorite dish. Majority of us, serve dahi vada as a starter form or as a chaat form. 

Generally, dahi vada made on "Kali Chaudash" before Diwali festival at my home. In India, majority people made dahi vada on "Kali Chaudash". It’s one kind of Indian tradition to celebrate festivals. You can serve peanut dahi vada with green chutney as well as sweet chutney. Even you can also serve hot vada just sprinkle with chat masala on it. Yes, you can serve hot crispy vada as teatime snack. 

You can also use mint leaves for garnish it. You can also serve dahi vada as a side dish at dinner time in front of your family members. 

It’s my guarantee, when you serve peanut dahi vada to your family members, they fully impress with this tasty, yummy, delicious and mouth watering dish of peanut dahi vada. Enjoy with your lovely chaat dish peanut dahi vada with your friends and family members. 

Ingredients: 

1. 1/2 cup Salted peanuts 

2. 1 cup moong dal / mung dal 

3. 3 teaspoon urad dal 

4. Salt (taste wise) 

5. 2 tbsp Green pest (green chilies, ginger) 

6. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder 

7. 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida powder / hing 

8. 1 - 2 lemon 

9. Oil (for deep fry) 

10. 1 cup curd 

11. 1 tbsp sugar powder 

12. 1 teaspoon red chili powder 

13. 1 teaspoon coriander powder 

14. 1 tbsp green chutney 

15. 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves 

16. 1 tbsp sev 

17. 1 tbsp pomegranate seeds 

18. 1 glass of Water 

Recipe: 

1. Take a bowl, add moong dal, urad dal and water in it. Now, wash it and drain excess water from it. 

2. Again add water and soak moong dal and urad dal in it for 4 - 5 hours. 

Wash & soak into water

3. Now, Take a mixer bowl, add peanuts and little water in it and make a smooth and thick pest of it. 

Make peanut pest

4. Now, Transfer peanut pest to a bowl. 

peanut pest ready

5. Now, add chopped green chilies and ginger in a mixer bowl and make a smooth pest of it. 

Make green pest

6. After 4 - 5 hours, add moong dal and urad dal with 1 teaspoon green pest in a mixer bowl and also add salt taste wise in it and make a smooth & thick pest of it. 

Add moong & urad dal

7. Now, transfer it to a peanut pest bowl, also add green pest in it. mix it properly. 

Mix all pest

Add lemon juice

8. Add lemon juice, black pepper powder, asafoetida powder (hing) in it and again mix it properly. (Note: If better become so smooth add gram flour in it because thick better is needed to make vada.) 

Add black pepper powder

add asafoetida powder

9. Heat oil in a thick pan for deep fry vada from the better. 

10. Now, take small portion of better and add it to heated oil and fry vada on low flame till it become light golden color from both sides. 

Fry vada

11. Now, transfer it to a paper nepkin. 

12. Take another bowl, add 1 glass of water in it and add fried vada in it. Soak it into water for 5 - 7 minutes. (You can put round shape of vada.)

soak vada into water

13. Now, remove excess water from the vada by pressing vada using your hands and put it into a plate. (Note: Here, use your both palm)

Remove water from vada

14. Now, take a bowl of curd, add sugar powder and salt in it and mix it properly. 

Add Salt

Add sugar powder

15. Apply curd on vada and also sprinkle red chili powder and coriander powder in it and apply small dots of green chutney on each vada. 

Sprinkle red chili, coriander powder

16. Now, Garnish it with sev, coriander leaves and pomegranate seeds. 

Add sev

Tips:
1. You can also sprinkle chat masala on it at garnish time.
2. You can also use sweet chutney in it. 

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recipe of chili chana fry by mona patel

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes

chili chana fry

Chili chana fry is a very spicy and delicious starter. Chili chana fry starter is very easy and quick dish. You can also make it at your home by using simple ingredients. At my home, at least 2 times in a week i have to make it because every one like it so much. You can also use fry chana as a tea time snack.

Chopped vegetables

Green pest

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup boiled kabuli chana

2. 2 tbsp corn flour

3. 1 tbsp maida (Plain flour)

4. 1 tbsp tomato ketchup

5. 2 teaspoon soya sauce

6. 2 teaspoon green pest (Ginger, Garlic, and Green chili)

7. 2 teaspoon sugar

8. 1 teaspoon red chili powder (optional)

9. 1/2 teaspoon black pepper powder

10. 1 onion (slice cut)

11. 1 capsicum (chopped)

12. pinch ajinomoto

13. Salt (Taste wise)

14. Oil (for deep fry)

15. 1/2 cup Water

Recipe for fry chana: (Read it more with image - Click here)

1. Kabuli chana soak into water for 4 - 5 hrs.

2. Now, Boiled kabuli chana by adding salt.
3. Take a bowl, add cornflour, plain flour, salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and little water in it. Mix it properly and make a thick better of it. 

4. Add boiled kabuli chana in a thick better of cornflour and plain flour and mix it properly.
5. Heat oil in a pan. Add one by one kabuli chana in it and fry it till it become light brown color.
6. Transfer it to a plate and sprinkle chat masala on it.

Recipe for chili chana fry: 

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a thick pan, add Green pest in it and saute it for few seconds.

green pest in heat oil

2. Add onion slice in it and saute it for 1 minute.

3. Add chopped capsicum, pinch ajinomote and salt in it and saute it for 3 minutes.

vegetables saute with green pest

add masala

4. Add red chili powder, sugar, soya sauce and tomato ketchup in it.

Add Tomato sauce

Add Soya sauce

5. Mix it properly and saute it for 2 minutes.

6. Now, add fried chana in it, mix it properly and saute it for 2 minutes.

Add fried chana

7. Delicious, crispy and spicy chili chana fry starter is ready to serve.

Tip: Granish with grated cheese or coriander leaves or fried dry fruits or slice of onions and capsicum.

recipe of chili chana fry by mona patel
Last Reviewed by MPatel
Rating: 4.5

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recipe of cheesy spinach kabab

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes

Cheesy spinach kabab

Cheesy spinach kabab looks delicious. Cheesy spinach kabab is very healthy dish with full of calcium. You can serve it with tomato ketch up. Cheesy spinach kabab becomes spicy because of green chilies used in it you can adjust green chili as per your taste. You can serve it as a starter to your friends at  get to gather time or at tea time.

Ingredients:

1. 1 bunch of spinach

2. 1 cup chana dal

3. 2 Onion chopped

4. 1 tbsp green pest (green chilies, ginger, garlic)

5. 1 cup breadcrumbs

6. 1 tbsp coriander leaves

7. Salt (taste wise)

8. 1 teaspoon chat masala

9. 1 teaspoon garam masala

10. 1 teaspoon red chili powder

11. 1 teaspoon coriander powder

12. Oil (for deep fry)

13. 1 cube grated cheese

Recipe:

1. Soak chana dal into water for 2 - 3 hours.

2. Wash spinach and finely chopped it.

3. Heat 3 teaspoon oil in a pan, add chopped spinach in it and saute it for 4 - 5 minutes.

4. Take a mixer bowl, drain excess water from chana dal and add it to a mixer bowl.

5. Add red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt in it. Now, blend it properly. 

6. Now, Transfer chana daal pest to the plate.

7. Add spinach, chopped onions and coriander leaves in it and mix it properly.

8. For proper binding add bread crumbs in it or you can also roll out kabab to the bread crumbs.

9. Heat oil, fry spinach kabab in it till it become light pink.

10. Now, transfer it to kitchen paper and sprinkle chat masala on it.

11. Serve spinach kabab with tomato ketchup. Garnish spinach kabab with grated cheese.

Tip: You can also serve cheesy spinach kabab with green chutney.

recipe of cheesy spinach kabab by mona patel
Last Reviewed by Mona Y Patel
Rating: 4.5

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recipe of paneer cutlet

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes

paneer cutlet

In rainy days, hot hot paneer cutlet with a cup of tea in the group of your friends at your home! I think its the perfect combination for get to gather. younger loves paneer so much. Paneer is favorite among vegetarian and non - vegetarian. Paneer cutlet is a spicy, tangy and mouthwatering snack. You can make paneer cutlet by deep fried or shallow fried or backed it. In paneer cutlet, i used bread crumbs. so it become crunchy. Enjoy monsoon with paneer cutlet at your home......

Ingredients:

1. 250 gms grated paneer

2. 3 Bread slices

3. 1 cup water

4. 1 cup bread crumbs (for coating)

5. 3 tbsp corn flour

6. 1 tbsp Ginger - Garlic pest

7. 3 Green chili finely chopped

8. 1 teaspoon garam masala

9. 1 teaspoon black pepper powder

10. 1 teaspoon coriander powder

11. 1 lemon juice

12. Salt (taste wise)

13. Oil for shallow fry

14. 1 tbsp coriander leaves

15. 1 tbsp chat masala (for garnish)

16. 1 onion (slice cut for garnish)

Recipe:

1. Take a bowl, add water in it and add bread slices in it for a minute and squeeze out excess water from it.

2. Transfer it to plate. Now, add grated paneer in it and mix it properly.

3. Add green chili, ginger - garlic pest, garam masala, black pepper powder, coriander powder, lemon juice and salt in it. Now, mix it properly.

4. Divide it in an equal portion and give cutlet shape to each part and put it to plate.

5. Take a bowl, add cornflour and water in it and stir it continuously and make a smooth better.

6. Take a plate, spread breadcrumbs in it.

7. Take a cutlet and deep it in a better of corn flour.

8. Now, transfer the cutlet to a breadcrumbs plate and roll it till completely coated by breadcrumbs.

9. Heat the oil on a Tawa, shallow fry each cutlet (both sides) on a medium flame till become golden brown 

10. Transfer it to a butter paper on a plate, sprinkle chat masala on it and garnish with slices of onion.

Tip: 

1. Serve hot hot paneer cutlet with green chutney or tomato ketchup.

2. You can also use mash potato instead of slices of breads.

recipe of paneer cutlet
Last Reviewed by Mona Patel on June 20 2013
Rating: 4

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recipe of chilli paneer

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes

Chilli paneer

Chili paneer is very simple and easy recipe of paneer. Chili paneer having a spicy flavor. Chili paneer is one of the most popular starter in Indian Restaurants. In this dish, paneer cubes are coated by thick better of cornflour and just fried it in a heat oil. Then it made with spicy chilies and spicy masala. You can serve it in party time.

Ingredients:

1. 15 - 20 cubes of Paneer

2. 2 tbsp Cornflour

3. 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic pest

4. 1 Green chili chopped

5. 1 medium sized onion (chopped cubes)

6. 1 capsicum (chopped cubes)

7. 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped

8. Oil (for deep fry)

9.  Salt (taste wise)

10. 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder

11. 1 teaspoon coriander powder

12. 1 tbsp soya sauce

13. 1 tbsp Chili garlic sauce

14. 1 tbsp tomato sauce

15. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

16. Pinch black pepper powder

17. 1 glass of water

Recipe:

1. Heat oil in a pan for deep fry the paneer cubes.

2. Take a bowl, add cornflour, salt, black pepper powder in it. Mix it properly and add little water in it.

3. Now, Roll out the cubes of paneer in cornflour pest and deep fry in a heat oil till edges starts to become golden brown. 

4. Now, Transfer fried paneer to kitchen paper in a plate.

5. Remaining cornflour add in a half cup of water. 

6. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan.

7. Add cumin seeds in it saute for few seconds and add ginger garlic pest in it. Again, saute it for few seconds.

8. Now, add green chili, capsicum and onion in it and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.

9. Now, add fried paneer cubes in it and mix it.

10. Add salt, soya sauce, chili garlic sauce, tomato sauce, coriander powder, red chili powder in it and mix it properly.

11. Add cornflour pest in it. cook chili paneer till thickness of sauces properly cover chili paneer.

12. At garnish time add chopped coriander leaves.

Tip: You can use green spring onion at garnish time.

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recipe of aloo tikki

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes

Aloo tikki

Aloo tikki is very popular and very favorite dish. Every one love aloo tikki so much. Aloo tikki serve as a starter or you can serve it at tea time. Aloo tikki become spicy because of green chilies. You can serve hot, spicy, delicious aloo tikki with yummy tomato ketchup or green chutney or sweet chutney. 

Ingredients:

1. 4 large boiled mash potato

2. 2 tbsp corn flour

3. 4  - 5 green chili chopped

4. 1/2 inch ginger cube chopped

5. Salt (taste wise)

6. 1 teaspoon Garam masala

7. 1 teaspoon chat masala

8. 1 cup half boiled green peas

9. 1/2 cup Coriander leaves chopped

10. 1 teaspoon lemon juice 

11. 1 teaspoon sugar

12. 5  - 6 Garlic 

13. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

14. Oil (for shallow fry)

Recipe:

1. Take a bowl, add mashed potato, salt, cornflour in it and mix it properly and make a dough of its.

2. Now, divide potato dough in equal portion and put it to plate.

3. Now, take a mixer bowl, add half cook green peas, green chilies, ginger, garlic, sugar, salt and lemon juice in it. (Note: Try to half Crush it. No need to make a pest.)

4. Now, heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, add cumin seed in it and add half crushed green peas in it, mix it properly and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.

5. Add garam masala and coriander leaves in it again mix it and saute for 1 minute.

6. Now, take a part of potato dough and press it in center. 

7. Add green peas stuffing in it and cover it by collecting edges at center.

8. Now, heat oil in pan and shallow fry aloo tikki in it till become light pink.

9. At last, Sprinkle chat masala on it and serve with tomato ketchup or green chutney or sweet chutney.

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recipe of easy starters

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes

Easy cheesy starter

Easy starters

Wow....... yummy... cheesy... and crispy starter !!!!!!!!! Here, i would like to represent yummy starter with salted biscuits. Generally, we are not eat more salted biscuits but by using different topping we eat it more. Cheesy starter serve at a tea time or in a party / dinner.

Ingredients:

1. 1 packet salted biscuits

2. 2 tbps butter

3. 2 tbps tomato (finally chopped)

4. 2 tbps onion (finally chopped)

5. 2 tbps capsicum (finally chopped)

6. 1 tbps tomato ketchup

7. 2 tbps grated cheese

8. Pinch black paper powder

9. Coriander leaves (for garnish)

10. 1 tbps green chutney ( pest of green chilies, ginger and garlic)

11. 1 tbps boiled corn
12. 1 teaspoon sugar

Recipe:

1. Take a thick pan, heat butter and add onion, capsicum, tomato on it and saute for few minutes.

2. Sprinkle black paper powder, sugar and boiled corn in it and mix it properly and saute for few seconds.

3. Now, turn off stove and remove it on a plate.

4. Take plate of salted biscuits, apply green pest/chutney on its top side.

5. Now, apply stuffing of tomato, capsicum and onion on the salted biscuits. 

6. Apply tomato ketchup on the top of stuffing.

7. Now, apply grated cheese on the top of tomato ketchup for garnish properly.

8. At last, use coriander leaves for delicious garnish.

9. Now serve with tomato ketchup as deep.

Tips: 

1. You can use carrot, cucumber, cabbage for stuffing.

2. You can also use spicy peanuts at garnish time.

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