Papri

Yummy papri is loved by all. We can eat papri as it or, add in bhel to make bhel puri or for papri chat. My daughters love to eat papri. Thats why I planned to make it today. I tried to make it little easy for the stomach by mixing wheat flour and maida in 1:2 ratio. Also added ajwain for good taste and digestion.

I took 2 cups of maida and 1 cup of wheat flour, 1 1/4 tsp salt and ajwain 1 tsp.

　

Take all the ingredients in a big bowl/parat.

Mix all the ingredients.

 

Make a well in the centre of the flour. Add 1 tbsp oil and moyan(rubbing the flour with both the hands to mix oil properly).

　

　
Add luke warm water to make dough. Dough should not be soft like chappati. Keep it little tight and knead well.

　

　
Make balls of 2" diameter and roll them into thin 7-8" diameter circles. After rolling prick them from a fork or knife, to prevent them from puffing while deep frying. But I didn't do so, as like the little puffed papris.

Take a small bowl/cookie cutter anything of desired size to cut papri from the rolled flour.

Heat the oil in a kadai and deep fry the papris on medium flame till golden brown.

　
Cool them and store in an airtight container to enjoy them longer as upto 15-20 days.


Ingredients:

Maida -------------------------------- 2 cups
Wheat flour(Atta)------------------- 1 cup
Ajwain ------------------------------- 1 tsp
Salt ----------------------------------- 1 1/4 tsp
Oil ------------------------------------ enough to fry
Water -------------------------------- to make dough


Method:

1. Take wheat flour, maida, Ajwain and salt. Mix them well.
2. Make a well in the centre of the flour. Pour 1tbsp oil in it and moyan.
3. By adding luke warm water make not so soft dough. Knead the dough well.
4. Now make balls of the dough and roll them into thin chappatis and cut small papri circles with the help of cookie cutter or a bowl.
5. Now deep fry them to enjoy the crispy papris.

Marble Cake (Eggless)

A marble cake is a mixture of light and dark batter. I am making vanilla and chocolate cake. This is an eggless cake. Which I made for my daughter's 10th birthday.

Ingredients:

Maida ----------------------------- 1 1/2 cup
Curd ------------------------------ 1 cup
Sugar ----------------------------- 3/ cup
Baking soda --------------------- 1/2 tsp
Baking powder ------------------ 1 1/4 tsp
Cocoa Powder ------------------- 1/2 tbsp
Refined oil/ butter --------------- 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence ------------------ 1 tsp


First of all set your oven at 180 C to pre heat. And grease the baking container.

Take curd in a bowl and mix sugar in it, till it dissolves completly. Take powdered sugar as it will dissolve fast.

Measure baking powder and baking soda.

Add baking powder and baking soda in the curd.

Combine them. Bubbles will form. Leave the mixture for 3 mintues.

　

Measure Maida and sieve.

　

Add vanilla essence and vegetable oil or melted butter in the curd after it rests for 3 mintues.

Now add maida slowly in the curd and mix. There should be no lumps in the mixture.

Pour 1/2 mixture in the container.

Take 1/2 of the remaining mixture in the separate bowl.  Add 1/2 tbsp of cocoa powder in it and mix.

Now layer this brown (chocolate) mixture on the vanilla mixture in the container.

Then layer the remaining white (vanilla) mixture on it.

　
Bake for 35-40 minutes. Check either cake is fully baked or not by inserting a toothpick in the center. If it comes out clean that means cake is baked or if not then bake for some more minutes. Then repeat the test. When done, remove from oven and let it cool for atleast 20 minutes before removing the cake from the container.
　
　

Method:

1. Pre heat the oven at 180C.

2. Take curd in a bowl and add sugar and mix well.

3. Add Baking powder and baking soda and mix. Bubbles will form. Leave the mixture for 3 mintues.

4. After 3 mins. add vanilla essence and vegetable oil or melted butter in the curd.
5. Now add maida in the mixture and make a batter.

6. Pour 1/2 mixture in the container.

7. Take 1/2 of the remaining mixture in the separate bowl. Add 1/2 tbsp of cocoa powder in it and mix.

8. Layer this brown mix on the vanilla layer of batter in the container.

9. Now layer the remaining batter.

10. Bake for 35-40 mintues.

11. Cool for atleast 20 minutes and then remove from container.

My first post on baking will be next......... :)

I started baking around 10 months back. I was very keen to do so. I asked my husband to buy an OTG for me around last Diwali. And what! on the very day when I asked for it, he got a OTG as a diwali gift from his office. I was happy :)))) (Thinking 'Good gift from office') and from there I started baking potatoes, veggies, cakes, buns........

And believe me in comparision to our Indian sweets baking cakes is a very easy job.

My next post will be a Marble Cake. Though it looks tricky, it is actually very simple to prepare. My daughters love this cake a lot. So, especially on her b'day she asked me to prepare this 'Marble cake' for her school friends and teachers. What I baked for her will be in my next post.....

Bread Poha

A very easy and tasty snack. Good option for breakfast as well as for evening tea. My husband loves bread poha a lot. You can prepare it with brown or white bread as you like.




Ingredients:

Refined Oil --------------------------- 1 1/2 tbsp
Mustard seeds(Rai) ------------------ 1tsp
Curry leaves -------------------------- 7-8
Onion----------------------------------- 1 chopped
Tomato --------------------------------- 2 chopped
Green chillies-------------------------- 2 chopped
Coriander powder ---------------------- 1 tsp
Coriander leaves ---------------------- 1tbsp chopped
Turmeric powder(Haldi) ------------ 1tsp
Bread slice ----------------------------- 6 cut in to 1/2" square pieces
Salt -------------------------------------- to taste
　


First of all cut all the veggies.

As I have brown and white bread both so I took both.

Heat oil in a khadai. Add Rai, curry leaves. Than add onion and green chillies and fry them.

When onion turns light brown add tomato, haldi, salt and corinader powder. If you like red chillies add now according to your tatse.

Mix well and cook for 2-3 mintues on medium/low flame till tomato turns pulpy.

Add bread and mix well on medium flame for 2 minutes.

Finally add coriander leaves, mix and serve hot, as it is or with ketchup.

  

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a khadai, add the rai, when they cracles add the curry leaves and saute for a second.
2. Add the onion and green chillies and fry till light brown.
3. Add Tomato, turmeric powder and saute till tomatoes turn soft and pulpy on low flame.
4. Add the remaining spices and mix well.
4. Add the bread pieces and mix well, saute for 2 minutes on medium/ low flame.
5. Add coriander and mix. Serve hot.


Some ideas:
If bread is hard sprinkle with little water, as to make the bread soft enough to be made pieces.