Green Gram Kachori

It has been raining non-stop for the past couple of days…It did get depressing when every time we made a plan to go out somewhere. To uplift our mood we needed to eat something piping hot and deep fried. Typical ;)
So leaving mom and dad to sip a cuppa and watch our dog trying to catch raindrops, I skipped to the kitchen opening cupboards for the ingredients for green gram and aloo kachoris
This is what you need to make about 15 small green gram kachoris

Filling
Green gram-1 cup
(soaked for half an hour in water and boiled with tumeric and salt)
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
Roasted jeera powder- 2tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste- 4tbsp
Green chillies- 3 finely chopped
(depends on how hot u want the dish to be)
Salt-to taste
1. Sauté ginger garlic paste in a little oil.
2. Add green chillies and the dry spices.
3. Drain the green gram completely of water and add it to the masala.
4. Stir well and add salt.
Kachori dough
Maida-1 cup
Sooji-1/4 cup
Baking soda-1/4 tsp
Oil- 5 tbsp
Ajwain-a pinch
Water-as required
Salt -to taste
Oil for deep frying
5. Mix maida, sooji, baking soda, ajwain and salt.
6. Add oil and rub together till u get bread crumb consistency.
7. Add water and knead to a firm dough
8. Make little balls and flatten into small rotis
9. Put some masala in the middle and seal in the filling using water if necessary
10. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the kachoris over low flame till brown and crisp
11. serve hot with green chutney and imli ki chutney 

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Chocoholic cake

 I'm an avid chocoholic and so are my friends...this is our favourite dessert whenever we have get-togethers or if we need somethin sweet....

Ingredients

For the cake:

200g plain flour

3/4 cup castor sugar

2-3 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 cup yoghurt

1/2 cup salted butter (adds a zing!)

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp soda-bi-carbonate

5 tbsps milk (or as necessary)

1 vanilla or 1tsp vanilla essence

Method:

Whisk sugar, and butter in a bowl till light and fluffy. Stir in the yoghurt and vanilla. To this, add flour, baking powder, soda-bi-carb and cocoa. Add the necessary quantity of milk to make a smooth batter. Pour into a greased tin and microwave at 160 degrees for 7-8 mins. It will look sticky. But will set after cooling for 5 mins.

For the sauce: ( I like mine to be dark and mildly sweet. change the proportions according to your taste)

1 cup milk

3 tbsp cocoa powder (u can add more or less as u like it!)

1-1/2 tbsp sugar (u can add more or less as u like it!)

1 tbsp plain flour

1 tsp butter

Method:

Melt butter in a pan. To this, add cocoa and flour and stir well. Slowly pour milk to this and stir well to avoid lumps. (If lumps form, never fear, just blend it in the food processor!!!) finally add the sugar. Stir well till the sugar dissolves and the sauce thickens.

Pour medium hot over the cake while serving….bon apetit! :)

Yes I know this is a vegetarians' cake….leaving out the egg saves u a few calories!!!  :)

Gulab Jamuns made from Bread

Now traditionally we make gulab jamuns out of a packet or using flour.

This is the invention of a bored mother and daughter who had no idea how to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon.

What you need:

Bread-10 slices

Milk-50 ml (just an estimate-to make the dough)

Salt -a pinch

Oil for deep frying

Cardamom powder- 1-2 tsp

Rose essence-a few drops

Sugar-1 cup + 1 tbsp

Water- 2 cups

What do you do:

Dissolve sugar in the water . Add cardamom powder and boil till it reaches a syrupy consistency. Add the essence and take off the fire.

Make a dough with bread, milk, salt and 1 tbsp sugar. Make little balls and deep fry them in oil till brown and crisp. Drop them while hot into the sugar syrup. Serve hot or cold

just takes a couple of minutes and makes about 20 medium ones...