Pani Puri

Hmmmmmm Mouth started watering with the name itself right. Let’s not talk much and lets proceed straight to the recipe. Here I have used readymade puris.

Ingredients:

30 – 40 Puri

1 cup Imli ki chutney

For Stuffing:

1cup Moong daal

2nos. Cloves

3/4tspn Turmeric powder

Salt to taste.

For Pani recipe:

1cup Fresh Mint leaves

1/4^th cup Fresh Corriander leaves

2-3 Green Chillies

1/2’ Ginger

1no. Small lemon

1tspn Black salt

1tspn regular Salt

1tblpsn Pani puri masala

1tspn Chaat masala

2 – 3cups of Chilled water

Some fried khara boondis (Optional)

Method:

To prepare Stuffing:

   1.   Wash and pressure-cook moong daal with turmeric powder, cloves and salt to taste for 3 whistle. Keep it aside for cooling.

To make Pani:

1.   Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, ginger and green chillies to a

 fine smooth paste.

2.   Pour this paste in a big bowl. Now add 2- 3 cups of chilled water from fridge, black salt, pani puri masala, chaat masala and salt.  Squeeze lemon juice to it and stir it well with the help of a spoon.

3.   Finally drizzle some boondis in the water (Optional). Now its ready to serve.

How to assemble Pani Puri:-

  1.   Crack open the top of the puri with the help of spoon.

  2.   Add 1tspn stuffing in the puris.

  3.   Add 1tspn Sweet chutney or as per the taste then pour green pani on the puri.

  4.   Serve it immediately. Or the puris will get soggy making it difficult to put in mouth.

Before I could take the pic of my ready to serve pani puri. Hubby came and picked the plate and gulped the puri and said its yummmmm one more please…

NOTE:

• Stuffing can be made of various choice like : boiled potatoes with chopped onion and coriander leaves or ragda ( boiled whites peas).

Pani Puri Water

Ingredients:

1cup Fresh Mint leaves

1/4^th cup Fresh Coriander leaves

2-3 Green Chillies

1/2’ Ginger

1no. Small lemon

1tspn Black salt

1tspn regular Salt

1tblpsn Pani puri masala

1tspn Chaat masala

2 – 3cups of Chilled water

Some fried khara boondis (Optional)

Method:

1.   Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, ginger and green chillies to a

fine smooth paste.

2.   Pour this paste in a big bowl. Now add 2- 3 cups of chilled water from fridge, black salt, pani puri masala, chaat masala and salt. Squeeze lemon juice to it and stir it well with the help of a spoon.

3.   Finally drizzle some boondis in the water (Optional). Now its ready to serve.

NOTE:

• Add more black salt or chaat masala if required. Keep checking the seasoning as per the taste.
• If u like really spicy water, can increase the amount of green chillies.

French 75

Here I come again with a new exciting Cocktail recipe.

Ingredients:

60ml Gin or Cognac

40ml Lemon juice

40ml Simple Syrup

Chilled Champagne or Sparkling wine

Garnish:

Lemon Peel long

Glass:

Champagne Flute glass

This recipe yields 2 servings.

To prepare the drink:

• Add all the ingredients except Champagne to the shaker. Fill it with ice cubes and shake well.

• Strain it equally among the glasses and top up with Champagne or Sparkling wine. Garnish with the lemons long peel.

  NOTE:

•    Champagne or Sparkling wine used for this cocktail should be chilled.

How to make tea

A lot can happen over a tea and that’s very true. Though today im writing this recipe here but this recipe is for me too especially to refer. After coming back from vacation Im always blank and forget the basic things like what was the ratio of milk and water? How many spoons sugar I used to put?  So yes this recipe is for me too, to be on safer side.

Tea are of made in various ways cardamom tea, ginger tea, masala chai, Kadak chai the base of all these teas are same only the ingredients which goes in it make a whole difference. Today im going to make my familys favourite Cardamom- Ginger chai.

Also later in future will provide the Masala chai’s ingredients. For now lets proceed on How to make tea/ Chai.

This recipe will serve 2 cups.

Ingredients:

1½ cup Milk

½ cup Water

2 tblspn Sugar

1½ tblspn Tea powder

2 nos. Cardamom pods crushed or powder

1” Freshly grated ginger

Method:

  1.   In a pan add milk and water and keep on flame.

  2.   Add sugar, tea powder, cardamom powder and grated ginger. Let it boil nicely for few sec.

  3.   Put off the flame. Strain the chai in another pan. 

  4.   Wash the chai pan with plain water to remove the tea powder. Now pour the chai from some height to another pan. Do this twice.

  5.   Then pour the hot chai in the Teakettle. Now it’s ready to serve with biscuits or fritters.

NOTE:

•         Measurements of milk and water are to be taken from the standard teacup in which you will be serving tea.
•        For diabetic patients do not add sugar. First prepare the tea, pour out the tea for them and then add sugar in the remaining tea and boil in once.
•        Step 4 can be avoided for beginners. This step creates a foam/ Jhag on the tea, which prevents from forming a layer on chai, which many people don’t like. 

So here’s my version of making chai. Share yours too.