I have been writing about my interests on this blog which include travel, books, & movies. Cooking is another interest I developed over the last 6 years. I spend a considerable amount of time every week experimenting in the kitchen. So I decided to write about a few successful ones here. Probably I'll have fun reading these posts after 5/10 years reminding myself of the good old times. I get to share my experiences with others, and of course I will have a them written down for reference.
Today I will start with a slight variation of Bhel Puri (or Jhaal Moodi) which is my and Ajay's favorite quick & healthy snack or sometimes even becomes a light meal.
Ingredients: (Serves 3-4)
Murmura-puffed rice (about 4 cups), Potato (1 big), Onion (1 small), Tomato (1 small), Cucumber(small piece), Green Chili (1-2 small), Coriander leaves (for garnish), Peanuts (1/2 cup), Lemon Juice (2 teaspoons), Aamchur (1 tspn), Chaat Masala (1 tspn), Namkeen mixture (1/2 cup, salt (1 tspn).
Procedure:
1. Boil the potato either in a pressure cooker or microwave. Cool it, peel and chop the boiled potato.
2. Roast peanuts in microwave for 1 minute. Cool it for a few minutes and crush it to coarse powder.
3. Chop the onion, tomato, cucumber, chillies.
4. Add the boiled potato, aamchur, lemon juice, salt, and chaat masala and mix well.
5. Finally add murmura, crushed peanuts and mix well.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves and namkeen mixture.
Health conscious tips:
Potato and namkeen mixture are optional, the bhel should still taste fine without them.
Today I will start with a slight variation of Bhel Puri (or Jhaal Moodi) which is my and Ajay's favorite quick & healthy snack or sometimes even becomes a light meal.
Ingredients: (Serves 3-4)
Murmura-puffed rice (about 4 cups), Potato (1 big), Onion (1 small), Tomato (1 small), Cucumber(small piece), Green Chili (1-2 small), Coriander leaves (for garnish), Peanuts (1/2 cup), Lemon Juice (2 teaspoons), Aamchur (1 tspn), Chaat Masala (1 tspn), Namkeen mixture (1/2 cup, salt (1 tspn).
Procedure:
1. Boil the potato either in a pressure cooker or microwave. Cool it, peel and chop the boiled potato.
2. Roast peanuts in microwave for 1 minute. Cool it for a few minutes and crush it to coarse powder.
3. Chop the onion, tomato, cucumber, chillies.
4. Add the boiled potato, aamchur, lemon juice, salt, and chaat masala and mix well.
5. Finally add murmura, crushed peanuts and mix well.
6. Garnish with coriander leaves and namkeen mixture.
Health conscious tips:
Potato and namkeen mixture are optional, the bhel should still taste fine without them.
