Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Onion Samosa



Ingredients:

Rolling sheet:

  • All purpose flour (Maida) - 1/2 cup
  • Whole wheat flour (Aata) - 1/2 cup
  • Salt
  • Oil
  • Warm water - 1 cup
Stuffing:
  • Onion - 1 big onion (chop into small cubes)
  • Tomato - 1/2 (Optional)
  • Salt
  • Cumin powder
  • Chaat masala
  • Chili powder
  • Turmeric powder
Procedure:

Rolling sheet:
  1. In a bowl, add maida and wheat flour. Add salt and 1 tbsp oil.
  2. Add warm water and knead a soft dough. Keep it covered and let it rest for 20 mins.
  3. Make small balls out of the dough and roll it in a square shape. This will avoid wastage of dough.
  4. In a tawa, place the rolled sheet and turn side in few seconds. Don't let it cook like chappathi. Warm it until the texture changes from dough to rolling sheet.
Stuffing:
  1. Heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add onion cubes and saute. When the onions are well cooked, add tomato, salt and other masalas.
  2. Keep it aside and let it cook.
Deep Fry:
  1. In a small bowl, take 2 tbsp of maida flour. Add little water to it. mix well and keep it aside. This is used to glue the edges of samosa, before frying
  2. Apply maida + water mixture to 1 side of the rolling sheet. Make cones out of the cut rectangular rolling sheet. 
  3. Insert the stuffing into the cone. Apply some glue(Maida+water) and fold the edges and seal it.
  4. In a pan add oil to deep fry the samosa.
  5. Fry it till the color changes to golden brown.

Indian Pizza


Indian Pizza Serving size: 2



Ingredients:

Pizza dough Ingredients:
  • All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 2 cups
  • Eggs - 2
  • Salt - as required
  • Baking powder
  • Yeast
  • Warm water
  • Oil
Pizza Ingredients:
  • Spinach - 1/2 pack (Grind it coarsely)
  • Onion - 1/2 (sliced)
  • Tomato - 1/2
  • Bell Pepper - 1/2
  • Cooked Chicken pieces
  • Coriander leaves
  • Coriander powder
  • Chili sauce
  • Garlic
  • Shredded cheese

Procedure:
  1. Beat eggs well. 
  2. Mix yeast with little warm water and add it to dough. Add other Pizza base ingredients and make a fine dough. 
  3. Cover the dough with a cloth or lid and let it rest for 2 to 3 hrs
  4. Heat a pan, add little oil. When the oil is hot, add spinach, salt, coriander powder, garam masala and saute well. (Add other masalas like chaat masala as per your taste). Keep this mixture aside.
  5. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over the cut onions, tomatoes, bell pepper, garlic and grill it for some time. Grilling is optional.
  6. Separate the dough into 2 equal halves. Apply oil to a plastic cover and press the dough on it to make a flat round pizza base.
  7. Pre-heat the oven to 300 degree. Spray oil over baking pan and sprinkle some flour over it.
  8. Place the round, flat pizza base dough on the pan.
  9. Spread spinach mixture over it. Add some chili sauce over it.
  10. Then place onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, chicken and chopped garlic over it. spread Shredded cheese and chopped coriander leaves at the top.
  11. Keep it in the oven and bake it for 20 mins or until the dough is well cooked.