Bedmi Puri once known only in Agra, Mathura and Aligarh area of India is now much more popular and can be found in larger northern part of India. Bedai Puri aka Bedmi Puri, is a popular Indian street food, which is wheat flour based bread stuffed with spiced lentils and served normally with a spicy potato curry (Aalo ke raseele sabzi).
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Papdi Recipe
Success of a good Papdi Chaat lies in how good the Papdi is. Papdis are deep fried, crisp, small flour crackers with either carom seeds or Kasuri Methi. They are used in most chaat snacks like Papdi Chaat, Sev Puri, Bhel Puri, etc. They can also be enjoyed just plain (and tastes similar to Namak Paray) or with a cup of tea as snack. Below is the “step by step pictorial recipe of how to make papdi”. I must add though its a bit of time consuming activity, end result is great and you can keep it preserved for long.
Preparation Time: 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serving: Around 50-60 papdi
Paneer Puff Patties
When you crave for something crispy on surface and filled with some mouthwatering stuffing you will immediately relate to “Puff Patties” as these are crispy, flaky savoury snack usually relished with a cup of hot tea/coffee in the evening.
Here is my recipe for making this much loved puffed patty with the filling of paneer, aka Paneer Puff Patties, some call this as Paneer pastry as well.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serving: 6
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Potato Stuffed Bread Roll Recipe
Potato Bread roll (आलू ब्रेड रोल) is a wonderful snack recipe which is made using two main everyday use ingredients bread slices and potatoes. Being crunchy from outside and soft from inside, this makes a best option when it comes to having a snack which can be prepared in a jiffy.
Prepration Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Serving: 6 pieces
Punjabi Chole – Chickpeas Curry – Chana Masala
Punjabi Chole (पंजाबी छोले) or Amritsari chole or more commonly known as Chickpea curry or Chana masala in west, is a high protein curry known for its aromatic flavors.
Retaining its fame through generations and gaining a prominent place in the menu of Indian restaurants the world over, Chole features cooked white chickpeas with onion and tomato paste and an assortment of spice powders. This recipe is sure to bring in the flavors found in local streets of Delhi right into your home. It is a versatile accompaniment that goes well with poori, bhatura, kulcha, roti and even Jeera rice.
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Puff patties (पफ पैटी) is a wonderful snack option for the days that you want something substantial and you can’t wait very long for it to be made!! This is one snack which can be consumed during anytime of the day and can be filling too. Hopefully my simple to follow puff patties (or pastry as some may call) recipe will guide you to make it ourself, as per your own taste. The stuffing I have used here is of potato / aloo, so technically these are aloo puff patties.
Continue reading “Puff Patties Recipe – How to make puff Pastry”MEETHA PAAN (मीठा पान) -SWEET BETEL recipe
Meetha Paan – Paan aka betel leaf is mouth freshener from India and neighbouring countries. Its history dates back to at least Ibn Batutah. Paan known with various other names across the continent. It is known as beeda in Hindi and vetrrilai or thambulum in Tamil, thambula in Kannada. It is also called killi or tambulam in Telugu, sireh (in Malay), sirih (in Indonasian, suruh (in Javanese, mark (ໝາກ) in Lao, bulath in Sinhalese, buai in Tok Pisin, and foah (in Dhiveli), etc. Sharing here the sweet paan recipe to make at home.
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