CHINESE IDLI

Chinese items are favourite of all children including adults.  Somehow, I never tasted  the noodles and the Chinese items it till such time my daughter forced me to eat this in a party.  There were Chinese noodles, fried rice and Manchurian.  Since she was forcing me to eat, I happened to taste the noodles.  I always prefer to eat the food hot hot so I liked it.  Then she was forcing me to eat the fried rice and the Manchurian.  On her insistence, I tasted that too on that day and that was the beginning of making fried rice, Manchurian and hakka noodles at home by me.

JUNGLEE SANDWICH

Junglee sandwich is  one of my favorite dish  for breakfast or as evening snacks.  It is very easy to make if you have some vegetables and curd at home with bread.  It is a healthy snacks, quite filling and will be liked by the children as well as adults.  Once you eat this, then  it  is DIL MAANGE MORE.

PAV BHAJI

Pav Bhaji, a mixture of almost all the vegetables, a popular street food in Mumbai  is a special  dish, enjoyed by everyone.  When you pass through the stall, you will never step forward without eating this dish as it is quite tempting.  The hot bhaji with buttered pav is sufficient enough to fill your stomach either for breakfast, lunch, evening or at dinner time.  We all love this specially my children.

Pav Bhaji is a Mumbai Street food relished  by small children to old people. 

Yesterday my maid did not turn up for making chapati as she was unwell.  As soon as I came from office, my son was telling me "I feel like eating Pav bhaji".  I also happily agreed to make this as this is the only way to make him eat all the vegetables.

While making bhaji, i ensure that almost all the vegetables are given an entry into this dish

GREEN CHUTNEY, CORIANDER CHUTNEY

GREEN CHUTNEY, CORIANDER CHUTNEY is made with coriander leaves and pudina leaves (mint leaves).  It is a used  for chaat items as well as can be served with any savory snacks.  Let us look at the recipe now.

green chutney

KOTHIMBIR WADI, CILANTRO WADI (CAKE)

Kothimbir wadi is  a salty cake preparation with gram flour and kothimbir.  A Maharashtrian delicacy served as a snacks any time.    It is a very good snacks and  I love this with a cup of tea or coffee.    But normally I have seen it in parties or weddings etc.  It can be steamed, tempered with mustard seeds and black seasame seeds garnished with grated coconut or you can deep fry them too.  I love the deep fried version.

Kothimbir Wadi deep fried.

KALAN, YAM CURRY WITH YOGHURT AND COCONUT MASALA

Kaalan is a traditional dish of Kerala.  Mostly, this is prepared during a feast or festival like Onam.  Normal days also it is made and had with steamed rice or Kanji.  Only one vegetable viz. Yam or elephant foot or chenai it is called, or Nendran kaya the one which is available in Kerala for making chips.  Its tastes awesome if you like little bit of tanginess in your curry.  It is a thick curry and sour than the Avial.

PEARS PICKLE

Pears pickle is easy to make.  You should have very firm pears.  I love pickle of any kind and keep on trying it with anything and everything.   I happened to purchase green apple which was very very sour and no sweetness at all.  everyone at home refused to eat it.  I cannot waste the same, so made pickle out of it.  Like that i tried this one too and was liked by all. Here is the recipe of apple pickle.

If you have guests and do not have pickle, you can make this immediately provided you have this at home.

Pears pickle.

Cow Pea leaf subzi

Cow pea leaf subzi is made very simply with curry powder and grated fresh coconut.  My mother makes this very often and I used to eat it with Curd rice.  for that matter, any leafy vegetable, i prefer to eat with curd rice.

ZUNKA

Junka is made with besan, gram flour, chickpea flour as main ingredient with onion, green chilly etc.  It is an accompaniment for the Bhakri which is a popular bread of Maharashtra.  Bhakri is also served with thecha a kind of green chilly and peanut chutney.

Junka

JOWAR BHAKRI

Bhakri (भाकरी bhākrī or Dhebra) is a round flat unleavened bread often used in the cuisine of western and central India, especially in the states of Rajasthan,Gujarat, Maharashtra, Malwa, Goa, and northern Karnataka. It is coarser than a roti.

Being a staple bread, bhakri is served with curd, chutney, vegetables, and rice. It is made mostly from wheat flour, jowar flour, bajra flour, nachni (or finger millet) flour, and even rice flour (in the Konkan region). Bhakris are made primarily with hot water, and flour. It has traditionally been the farmer's food  which would be carried to the farm to  make up for both breakfast and lunch.  It is also served with chutney or thecha (made out of green chillies and peanuts).  It is also served with Junka.  junka_29.html

Let us have a look at the recipe now.