Tiranga Dhokla.....!!

I still R'ber my nanaji use to tell me that he was quiet young when India was still under Britishers, but I love his positive thinking. My Nanu said if there were no britishers he and his next 3 generations would have never learned english. Due to britishers we had railways and english as the 1st language in schools. I would have been never able to survive in this country without english ;P Also, on 15th Aug 1947My Bade Mama was born and India was declared independent :)
On this ocassion of Independence day, I thought why not make something in saffron, white and green. Happy Independence Day to all my Indian friends and relatives. I am proud to be Indian. I know Ayaan will never understand the prestige of being an Indian and dare if he say something about my country. I will slap him right away ;P

JAI HIND....!!

Ingredients-
Idli Mix- 180g

Recipe -
Mix Idli mix with water approx (8oz), in this mixture add some green chillies (chopped) and make a paste (just like we make for pakoras.
Add this misture to Idli maker. You can even use a pressure cooker but dont put the whistle. Just like you make Idli's in steam, in the same way cook this mixture in steam for 15 mins. Your white khatta dhokla is ready.
Now for green dhokla, add 4 drops os green edible colour to your misture.
For saffron color, use besan instead of idli mix.

Tringa Dhokla is ready to GO....!!

Blue Bread Truffles

As the name suggest "Blue bread truffles", so you must be thinking this has to do soemthing with blue bread, lol. The bread is simple but its just that I am using blue content inside so from there the name comes blue bread.......!!

Ingredients-




Ricotta cheese 1/2 cup

Dry Cheeries (1 spoon)

Sugar (2 spoon)

Cardamom powder- just for flavor (2 pinch)

Crushed Almonds (8 almonds)

crushed Pistachios (5 in count)

White bread (4 piece)

Vegetable Oil for frying


Method-





Heat the pan at medium , add Ricotta cheese and give a quick stir. Add sugar, this will melt the mixture and keep stirring it for 5 mins until it turns out into a thick mixture.

Add 2 pinch of blue/pink color. This will make your mixture look blue/pink.

Add cardamom powder, almonds, pistachios and dry cherries.

Mix it well and let it cool off.

In another pan, heat some oil for frying.

Cut the edges of the bread and sprinkle some water on the sides of the bread so that the bread is moist. Dont make it too wet and plz dont sprinkle water in the middle of the bread as we will add the mixture in the middle.

Take one bread and add 1/2 spoon of the mixture which we just made (make sure the mixture has cooled off) in the center of the bread and turn the corners of the bread in the center (just like we make a ball with the mixture inside)

Make a nice truffle or you can say ball and make sure the mixture is not peeping out of the bread ball.......!!

Keep them aside for 5- 10 mins and then fry them on medium heat for 4 mins.

Take them out of the oil, let it cool for 20 mins and now put them in refrigerator for 1 hr.

Take them out of the refrigerator and decorate them with melted choclate syrup by just putting one line of melted chocolate.


Blue bread truffles are ready to eat. Feel the aroma of the Blue truffles............!! WOW, hold on there is no aroma, common these are not rose pettles this is just a dish,lol.........!!



N-joy the dish, they should be blue in color inside..........!!

Thizza

"Thizza" - I know sounds funny....!! Originated from Thepla+Pizza= Thizza. I got the idea for this recipe from Apple Bee's Spinach Pizza.....!! Perfect for a romantic evening and kids love it...!! My neighbor's son Samhith and friend Amisha loved it so much that they inspire me to make it again and again....!!
Desi Thepla goes best with Desi movies, so give it a try on friday when you wana watch a Hindi movie :)

Ingredients-
1. Jalapeno Tortilla or Thepla(Indian tortilla) can be used. Jalapeno tortilla you can find them on fresh and easy.
2. Veggies (Broccoli,Red Onions,Spring onions,Green beans,Red and Green bell pepper, Green Chilly,Mint and Coriander leaves) 1/2 cup each veggie should be enough for making 6 pizzas.
3. Ranch and Southwest Chipotle sauce

Method-
1. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put the Jalapeno totilla in the oven for just 1 minute. Take them out and leave it like this. We will use them as Pizza base later on.
2. Wash all the veggies and chop into very fine pieces.
3. Heat a pan, put some olive oil/vegetable oil.
4. Put Red onions first, fry them for 1 minute and now put the rest of the veggies.
5. Sim the gas and cover the pan with a lid. Let the veggies heat for around 3-5 mins.
6. Make sure the veggies are not mashed, they should be half cooked. Dont cook them completely. Now, the veggie mixture is ready. Add some sauce for tangy flavor on the veggies and mix it well.
7. Take one Tortilla, apply some ranch and southwest sauce to the tortillas surface.
8. Put 3 spoons of the veggie mixture on the Tortilla. Sprinkle some cheese (Mozzzarella cheese or cheese of your taste). Amul cheese will taste yummy :)Spread the veggies mix evenly on the Tortilla and bake these tortilla in oven for 5 mins.

Your Dish is ready to be served...!! N-joy it with your hubby on friday night's.
Infact the simplicity of the dish might inspire your husband to make it for you sometime,lol.....!!