Fish Nuggets with green chutney / Fish bajji

My husband always ask me to prepare some snack items. I tried this time, Nuggets with using sheer fish. This is one of the famous Punjab dish. When the preparation time also, my daughter and my hubby finished almost all the nuggets. I was busy with garnish and pics. Finally i had only two pieces. This is very tasty snack item and we can prepare easily. I am adding omum or carom seeds for the batter. This seeds helps to cure the stomach disorders.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

For marinate	:
Sheer fish	:	1/2 Kg
Salt	:	1 Tsp
Pepper powder	:	2 Tsp
Lemon juice	:	2 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Grated ginger	:	1 Tsp
For batter	:
Basen	:	3 Tsp
Ginger garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Omum	:	1 Tsp
Red chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Green chilly	:	1 No
Salt	:	To taste
Cooking soda	:	1 Pinch
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Wash and cut the fish as cubes and takeout the center bones and thorns. Marinate the fish with the given ingredients and keep it for 10-15 minutes.

Mix the batter with the given ingredients with the cold water as bajji batter. For this batter, omum is important ingredient. The smell of omum gives a grate taste to the nuggets.

Heat oil in a frying pan, dip the marinated fish in the batter and fry the nuggets well.

After fried well, transfer to the serving platter, garnish with the onion rings and serve hot with the green chutney.

Preparation of Green chutney :

Grind few mint leaves, coriander leaves, 1/2 inch of ginger, 2 garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds, yogurt and salt. Instead of yogurt, if we add raw mango, the chutney will be more greenish and tasty.

Grind well as chutney and serve with fish nuggets..

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Tea time snack - Bread bajji

Bajji is one of the favorite tea time snack in India especially in South India. We can make this bajji with raw banana, potato, onion, baby corn etc.. Today, i have to make bajji and do not having any veggies. What can i do...Then i  bought bread and tried bread bajji. Wow!.. It's tastier than everything else. My mother-in-law said, this is the best taste than making with the veggies. It is very spongy and doesn't know it is bread inside. Try this tasty snack and hope you like it..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins

Ingredients :

Bread	:	1 Pack
Basen	:	4 Tsp
Rice flour	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Omum	:	1/4 Tsp
Cooking soda	:	1 Pinch
Salt	:	To taste

Method :
Cut the edges of the bread and make triangle cut.

Mix the ingredients with the water as bajji batter. the batter should not be very thick or thin.

Heat oil in the pan. Dip the bread slices in the batter and fry it in all the sides.

After fried well, transfer to the serving platter and serve with sauce or as it is.

Try this tasty tea time snack and enjoy the evening..

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Baby corn Manchurian

Manchurian is my favorite dish. I made Manchurian with Idly also. Today i prepared baby corn Manchurian. It is Prepared with marinated, fried baby corn with Chinese sauces. This is a very good and tasty starter and can be have as evening snack with tea. It is a fantastic Manchurian which can be prepared easily and quickly. Baby corn is having a lot of Vitamins, Minerals etc. We can give to kids after coming from school. Let we can see hoe to prepare the tasty Baby corn Manchurian.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For marinate	:
Baby corn	:	1 Pack
Corn flour	:	4 Tsp
Rice flour	:	1 Tsp
Ginger garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Cumin powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Soya sauce	:	1/2 Tsp
Salt	:	1 Tsp
For Saute	:
Chopped garlic	:	2 Tsp
Chilly flakes	:	1 Tsp
Tomato sauce	:	2 Tsp
Soya sauce	:	1 Tsp
Spring onion	:	For garnish

Capsicum              :  5 pcs
Method :
Cut the baby corn in medium pieces and marinate with the given ingredients.

Heat oil in frying pan, fry the marinated baby corn well.

Heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic and fry till it turns golden brown.

Add tomato, soya sauces, capsicum and add water and allow it boil with adding 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Add fried baby corn and mix it well and transfer to the serving dish.

Garnish with spring onion and white sesame seeds and serve hot..

   

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Pani puri / Golgappas - Delhi road side snack

Pani puri is one of the favorite chat item mostly for all the kids. instead of buying outside, if we prepare at home, it will be very healthy and tasty. Making pani puri is very simple and easy. Making this chat gives me a good experience. Having pani puri at home, gives my daughter and my all family members a good experience. Let we can see, how to prepare the most popular chat item in India pani puri or Golgappa.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

For puri	:
Rawa	:	1 Cup
Maida	:	1 Tsp
Baking powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Oil	:	For fry
Salt	:	To taste
For pani	:
Tamarind paste	:	1/2 Cup
Mint leaves	:	Few
Corinader leaves	:	Few
Ginger	:	1/2 Inch
Garlic	:	3 Cloves
Green chilly	:	2Nos
For masala
Potato	:	4 Nos
Onion	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste

Method :
Making Puri :
Mix all the ingredients for puri well and make a smooth dough with adding little oil. Cover the dough with a muslin cloth and keep it for minimum 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, knead the dough and make balls. Spread the balls with the help of chapathy roller like puri.  With the spread puri, cut the small size balls or you wanted shapes. I made hearten shapes and round shapes.

Heat oil in a pan, deep fry the puries and keep it aside.

Making Pani :
Make tamarind paste. Grind coriander leaves, mint leaves, ginger, garlic, green chilly well with salt and mix with the tamarind paste and water for making pani for pani puri.

Making Masala :
Cook well the potatoes well, peel off and smash it. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, saute well. Add smashed potato, turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and mix it well. Add chopped coriander leaves.

Make a hole in puri, stuff the potato masala, dip into the pani and have it and enjoy...

Try this yummy and favorite recipe and please share your valuable comments..

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Fish masala

Instead of normal fish curry and fish fry, if we make fish masala like this, everybody will like it. This is very simple and very tasty recipe. For this masala, thorn-less fish is preferable. I made this masala with sheer fish. I cut the fish into small cubes and took center bones also. So that, we can have the fish without any disturbances of bones. I made it with little spicy. We can add spicy as we want. If we prepared without spicy, all the kids will like this and they will eat more. Let us see how to prepare the tasty and simple Fish masala with sheer fish.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	3 persons

Ingredients :

Sheer fish	:	1/4 Kg
Oil	:	3 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1/2 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Ginger garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Curry leaves	:	Few

Method :
Wash and cut the sheer fish into cubes. Cook the fish pieces with adding turmeric powder and salt.

Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds. Add chopped onion, curry leaves and saute well.

Add ginger garlic paste. Add cooked fish, chilly powder, salt and mix it well.

After the raw smell of chilly powder gone, transfer to the serving platter, and serve hot..

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Corn with Capsicum Pulao

Sweet corn pulao is a very tasty Indian recipe which is served as a main item for lunch. We can add with other vegetables also. With baby corn, i made veg pulao. Only with  corn and capsicum (bell pepper) i made this wonderful recipe. This is really very tasty and gave different taste experience. I have given this wonderful corn pulao for my daughter's lunch box. She ate fully and she liked very much. Corn is healthy for kids. All kids will like very much. Let's prepare the tasty rice recipe Corn with capsicum pulao.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Oil or Ghee	:	4 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Green chilly	:	2 Nos
Ginger garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Cinnamon	:	2 Nos
Cloves	:	3 Nos
Star anas	:	1 No
Cardamon	:	1 No
Basmathy rice	:	1 Bowl
Corn	:	1/4 Bowl
Capsicum	:	1/2 No
Lemon juice	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	As per taste

Method :

Rinse the basmathy rice and soak for 30 minutes. Heat oil or ghee in a heavy bottom pan, add cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, star anas. Add chopped onion, saute well till it turns transparent. Add ginger garlic paste, green chilly.

Add corn and capsicum.

Add soaked rice ans fry a little. Add lemon juice. Add water in 1:1 1/2 consistency. Close the pan and cook for 10 minutes in medium flame and cook another 10 minutes in low flame.

After the rice cooked well, transfer to the serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot..

Try this wonderful rice recipe and enjoy the taste. Please share your valuable comments...

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Sheer fish curry (Andhra style) / Andhra chepala pulusu / Vanjram meen kuzhambu

Fish curry in Andhra style will be more spicy and very tasty. I am preparing this Andhra fish curry with Sheer fish. Sheer fish is not having thorn except the center bone. With sheer fish, fish curry will be very tasty and we will eat extra rice with this curry. For this curry, we are going to add extra oil. So the taste will be double. When we saw also, our mouth will be watering.. Wow!... What a spicy curry...... Come let us prepare the tasty Andhra fish curry with Sheer fish.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	30 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Sheer fish	:	1/2 Kg
Chopped garlic	:	1 Tsp
Chopped ginger	:	1/2 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Tomato puree	:	In 4 Nos
Tamarind paste	:	1/4 Cup
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Green chilly	:	2 Nos
Salt	:	To taste
Curry leaves	:	Few
Oil	:	4 Tsp
Methi seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1/2 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp

Method :
Heat a pan and dry fry methi seeds, mustard seeds, cumin seeds one by one. Should not over fry it. Grind them as powder after getting cool in room temperature.

Heat oil in a pan, add chopped garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of chopped ginger and let it fry in golden brown.

Add chopped onion, curry leaves and saute well till it turns transparent.

Add tomato puree and allow it to cook till the raw smell goes.

Add tamarind paste, all the masala powders and add water and salt. Cook till masala smell gone.

Add washed fish slices and cook for 5-10 minutes.

After the fish cooked well, add 1 teaspoon of ground seeds powder.

After 2 minutes of cooking,  transfer to the serving dish, garnish with curry leaves and serve hot..

Try this yummy spicy curry and enjoy..

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