Corn Tikki Recipe | Corn Cutlets Recipe

Corn Tikki Recipe | Corn Cutlets Recipe

Ingredients :
1 cup Corn coarsely crushed in mixer
4 to 5 Boiled potatoes
4 to 5 finely chopped Green chilies
1 tsp Garam masala
4 Tbsp Chopped coriander leaves
1 Lemon Juice
Bread crumbs to bind and coat
Salt to taste

Preparation :
1. Take a Big bowl and in that take crushed Corn, Boiled Potatoes, Green chilies, Garam Masala, Coriander Leaves, Lemon Juice and add bread crumbs accordingly to bind. Mix all the ingredients.
2. Now take some mixture in hand and make small tikki's and coat them in bread crumbs. Repeat the same procedure for the remaining mixture.
3. Now in a deep pan, heat oil for deep frying. Deep Fry all the tikki's till shallow brown and crispy.
4. Serve the Corn Tikki / Corn Cutlet hot with Tomato Ketchup or Green chutney.

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Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa Recipe | Carrot Pudding Indian Style

Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa Recipe | Carrot Pudding Indian Style

Ingredients:
8-9 Medium Carrots (Gajar)
4 Cups Milk
4 Tbsp Ghee (Clarified Butter)
10-12 Tbsp Sugar (or as required)
5-6 Green Cardamom (Choti Elaichi)
Some Cashews chopped (Kaju)
Some Almonds chopped (Badam)
1 Pinch of Saffron (Kesar) - optional
Some Raisins (Kishmish)

Preparation :
1. Rinse, Peel and then grate all the Carrots in a hand held grater. You will get approx four cups of Grated Carrots.
2. In a deep thick bottomed pan, take milk and grated Carrots.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil on a low to medium flame and let it simmer.
4. Keep stirring the mixture while it simmering on a low flame.
5. The Carrots will start to cook in the milk and the milk will start to evaporate and reduce in quantity.
6. When the milk has reduced by 3/4th, Add Ghee, Sugar and Cardamom to the mixture and stir well and continue to simmer and cook on a low flame.
7. Keep cooking till all the milk has been evaporated. Add the Cashews,Almonds, Crushed Saffron and raisins towards the end and switch off the burner.
8. Serve Gajar ka Halwa Hot, Warm or Cold or as you like it !

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Coriander Chutney | Cilantro Chutney | Green Dhaniya Mint Chutney Recipe

Coriander Chutney | Cilantro Chutney | Green Dhaniya Mint Chutney Recipe

Ingredients :
2 Cups Coriander Leaves Chopped (Cilantro)
2 Tbsp Mint Leaves
2 Green Chilies Chopped
1/2 inch Ginger piece
10 Pieces Peanuts (Groundnuts / sing )
1 tsp Sugar (optional)
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Salt To Taste
Water as Required

Preparation :
1. Take Groundnuts, Green Chili, Ginger, Sugar and Salt in a small jar of Mixer grinder and grind them until smooth.
2. Add Coriander Leaves, Mint Leaves, Lemon juice and water and grind again to make it a smooth paste.
3. Adjust the quantity of water to get the required consistency.
4. Coriander Chutney with Mint is ready to serve.
5. Can use it with various Chaats like Bhel Puri, Sev Puri, Ragda Pattice or any other Indian Chaat which calls for a Tangy and Spicy Chutney. Can also use it as a dip for snacks like Fritters and Bhajiyas.

Tips and Variations :
1. Grind Peanuts, Green Chili and ginger first, otherwise chutney may not grind well.
2. Can add a couple of garlic cloves for nice garlic flavor.
3. Adjust Chili quantity to make it less or more hot and spicy as per your palate.

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Cheese Corn Balls Recipe

Cheese Corn Balls Recipe

Ingredients:
3/4 Cup Sweet corn (boiled)
2 Medium Potatoes (boiled and peeled)
3/4 cups Cheese grated (I used a 50:50 ratio of mozzarella and Amul processed cheese)
2 Tbsp Corn flour
1 tsp Ginger-Green Chili paste
1/4 tsp Black Pepper powder
1/4 cup Coriander leaves chopped
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Corn flour for coating
Breadcrumbs for coating

For Batter :
2 Tbsp All Purpose Flour
2 Tbsp Corn flour mixed in 1/2 cup water
Salt to taste

Preparation :
1. Boil the Potatoes. Do not over boil. Cool, peel and grate them.
2. Now Coarsely grind the boiled Sweet corn in a mixer grinder.
3. Take a deep bowl and add the grated Potatoes, Boiled Sweet Corn, Grated cheese, Black pepper powder, Ginger, Green chili paste, Salt, Coriander leaves and Corn Flour. Mix all the ingredients to a smooth mixture. If the mixture appears soggy or has a lot of moisture, add breadcrumbs to help bind the mixture. Now with your hands make small lemon sized balls of the cheese corn mixture and refrigerate for a few minutes.
4. Now in a heavy bottomed vessel, heat oil for deep frying. Coat the Cheese Corn Balls in Cornflour batter and then evenly coat them with Bread Crumbs.
5. Place each ball in the hot oil. Do not over crowd. Deep fry till Golden brown in color. Carefully remove the fried balls onto an absorbent paper.
6. Serve the Cheese Corn Balls with Tomato Ketchup or Coriander Chutney.

Tips :
You can add any flavor of your choice like Garlic powder, Oregano or Red Chili Flakes to the mixture.

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Capsicum Pakora | Shimla Mirch Ke Pakode | Capsicum Bhajiya | Bell Pepper Fritters

Capsicum Pakora | Shimla Mirch Ke Pakode | Capsicum Bhajiya | Bell Pepper Fritters

Ingredients :
2 medium Capsicum / Bell Pepper (Shimla Mirch)
½ Cup Besan (Gram flour)
¼ cup Rice Flour
¼ teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
½ teaspoon Red Chilli powder
Salt as per taste
Water as required
Cooking oil as required for deep frying

Preparation :
1. Now cut thin Slices of all the Capsicum (Bell Pepper) and remove the seeds and keep aside.
2. In a bowl, mix Besan, Rice Flour, Ajwain, Red Chilli Powder and salt. Add Water to it and make a smooth thick batter.(Assure there are no lumps)
3. Take Oil in pan to deep fry and heat the oil on medium flame.
4. Now dip the Slices of Capsicum into the Batter prepared and coat all around.
5. Deep fry the slices in Hot oil until both sides turn golden brown and look crispy.
6. Take the fried pakoras out on a Kitchen napkin to remove excess oil.
7. Repeat the above procedure for all the slices of Capsicum.
8. Serve hot fried Pakoras / Fritters with Green chutney or Tomato Sauce.

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