Dabeli

A very popular roadside snack in Maharashtra. I have had it in mumbai and pune i think those were the best. I had never tried this Whenever i get pav (dinner rolls ) from the market i will pav bhaji or vada pav. Never thought to make this. Last week i got fresh pomegranates so i decided to give it a try for this time . I followed a recipe which i had jotted down in my precious cooking book and added a bit of my own twist to it. Came out well for the first time. I was myself impressed that it was so tasty and my husband liked it too. So i thought of posting it in the blog.

Ingredients for Dabeli Masala

• Red chillies / Bhaydgi - 5
• Coriander seeds / Dhaniya - 2 tsp
• Cinnamon / chakke - 2 piece small
• Cloves / Lavanga - 2
• Cumin seeds / Jeera - 1 tsp

Method for powder

• Roast all the ingredients and make a fine powder in a blender
• Store it in the airtight box

For filling ingredients

• Potato - 2 big size boiled and mashed
• Jeera seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Dabeli powder - 2 tsp
• Hing / Asafoetida - a pinch
• Sweet tamarind chutney
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tsbn

Method

• Heat oil in a pan add the jeera seeds, when they crackle add masala powder, hing and potato and salt and 1/3 cup of water and sweet chutney mix well on low flame
• Cool them and make a small patties and keep aside

Ingredients to serve

• Pav / Dinner rolls - cut in to halves
• Onions, finely chopped - 1 cup
• Pomegranate seeds fresh - 1 cup
• Peanuts (salted) - 1/2 cup
• Nylon sev / fine sev - 1 cup
• Coriander leaves , chopped - 1/4 cup
• Sweet tamarind chutney
• Green chutney

Method

• Sliced halves pav arrange in the pig flat pan using little butter and roast little bit and keep aside
• Take a plate and arrange the pav and one portion of filling place it into pav
• Top of the onions, pomegranate seeds, peanuts, sweet chutney, green chutney and sev and coriander leaves looks like vada pav and serve

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Vegetable Manchurian (with Gravy)

This dish, if made dry, you can have it as a regular snack and if it is done with Gravy this will be a very tasty side dish for the Vegetable Fried Rice. I am posting the Veggie Manchurian with Gravy Recipe today. As simple as it is but it does take time for chopping the vegetables and making the vegetable dumplings. One can eat just like that with chutney , atleast my son did and he loved it. This is again popular Indo-chinese recipe .

Ingredients for Vegetable Dumplings

• Green cabbage shredded - 1 cup
• Spring onions, finely chopped - 1/2 cup
• Carrots shredded - 1 cup
• Beans , finely chopped - 1/2 cup
• Green chillies finely chopped - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger + Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Ajinomoto powder - 1/3 tsp
• Corn flour - 1/2 cup
• Maida - 2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method

• Cook the vegetables except spring onions till half done (do not over cooked)
• Then take a bowl add cooked vegetables , add spring onions , add ajinomoto powder, salt to taste & add ginger garlic paste and chillies and corn flour & maida mix well and make a dough ( add sprinkle water if it is too thick) and make small dumplings
• Deep fry the vegetable dumplings until golden brown

Ingredients

• Spring onions, finely chopped - 1/2 cup
• Ginger paste - 1/3 tsp
• Garlic , finely chopped - 1 tsp
• Corn flour - 2 tsp ( dissolved into water)
• Soya sauce - 4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Water - 2 cups
• Ajinomoto powder - A pinch
• Olive oil - 1 tsp

Method

• Heat pan add oil and add spring onions stir fry
• Then add spring onions , ginger paste and garlic fry
• then add water and add soya sauce bring to boil on low flame
• add salt to taste, ajinomoto, corn flour, stir for few minutes until medium thick (if it is too thick add some water)
• Just before serving add vegetable dumplings to the gravy
• Serve hot with fried rice

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