Jan 20th 2010, Stuffed Dahi Vada & Paneer Satay

Good Morning. I am with my mom for almost a month.She is a great cook, I feel almost all Moms are great cooks.I am going to capture some of her Super Yum recipes and put in here.Dahi Vada stuffed with dry fruits and amazing Imli chatni is one of her fav recipe . So guys i will be making that today and also Paneer satay.

Paneer Satay is a very nice starter and very easy to make. One of the mind blowing starter. This recipe is contributed by my best buddy , Sandhya. She was rated as one of the best cook in Maharastra.

So will be back in evening after trying out these recipes. I have aready soaked 1 cup of urad dal in water for Dahi Vada.

C ya.

I am back.Its 9 pm ,i have made both the recipes today.So lets start with Paneer Satay.


Dish:Paneer Satay Serves:6 Time:30 mins Costing:

Ingridients:

To Marinade:

Paneer:250 gms (cut into small pcs)
3 spoons of Musturd sauce
1 spoon of Herbs (Oregano , Chilly Flakes, Thyme , Basil)
1/2 Spoon of Salt
1 spoon of Saoy Sauce
1 spoon of Chilly sauce
1 spoon of Tomato sauce
2 Onions(Cut in small sqaure pcs)
1 capsicum(cut in square pices)
Garlic(cut into small pieces)
1 spoon of olive oil


Tooth Pick


Process:

Mix all the ingridients together and marinade .Keep aside for 1/2 an hour.Take a tooth pick ,insert a pc of onion then a paneer and finally a capsicum.Incase if some more space is left in tooth pick ,you may insert one more pc of onion .Heat a spoon of olive oil in a non stick pan and fry until the paneer turns little brown .
Hmmm and it tastes yum. My papa said ummmmmm.Try this and u will love it .

Now comes the "Dahi Vada" recipe. Well its a very important delicacy which is made in all houses in Eastern india at the time of Holi. As the holi is coming near ,you might try this and you will be perfect by then.

So lets start

Dahi Vada (stuffed with dry fruits)

Ingridients:

1 cup of urad Dal
Yoghurt-1 Bowl
Roasted Jeera Powder
1 Spoon of Red Chilly Powder
1/2 spoon of Black Salt.

For Stuffing

All kind of dry fruits (cut into tiny pcs,more tiny it is more easy to fold in the mixture)
Ginger(cut in very small pcs)
1/2 spoon of garam masala(home made)
Green chillies(cut in tiny pcs)
1/2 spoon of salt

Oil to fry (use musturd oil for frying)

Process:

Soak the urad daal in a bowl of water overnight. Grind it into a paste the next morning. Add 1 tsp salt and mix well.Now wet your palm well put the urad batter on your palm ,spread it little bit ,put the stuffing on it and again put the batter on it .Wet another pal and lift the batter and drop it in the oil .Deep fry them in medium heat and then high flame until it becomes golden yellow. Take out the vadas in a large container having salt water and let it soaked until required.

Take the curd in a container and beat it well till becomes frothy. Now add red chili powder, roasted cumin powder, and black salt and mix it well.

Take out the vadas from water and Squeeze so as to remove the excess water from it. Arrange them in a serving bowl and pour the curd mixture evenly so that all the vadas get covered completely. Garnish it with Imli chatni and coriander leaf.Yummy!


It was too late to try Imli chutney today . So will be doing it tomorrow. Keep reading for lot more recipes.

Please drop you comment after trying the recipe . Dying to hear from you about it .