Chatpata Bombay Sandwich!

Hello my dear friends,

Its strange how I keep addressing you, sometimes as friends, sometimes as readers, sometimes as foodies but I have no idea who you guys are. Which part of the world you live in and what your interests are. This is how small internet has made our world these days. I love writing about the food I cook and sharing it with people hence I keep posting my recipes in the hope that at least some of you might find it helpful:)
I will be glad if anyone of you can post me their interests, hobbies or just introduce themselves to me, I will have new friends that way.

Coming to the food topic, a few days ago there was festive season in India which means no non vegetarian cooking for a few days :P I was perfectly fine with it but my husband finds it really difficult. But this time, he also didn't realise where all that time flew away. This is because there are 1000's of varieties of vegetarian dishes you can make. As my favourite chef  Rick Stein says, "I am mesmerized to see the variety of vegetarian options Indian cooking offers, its a country where being non-vegetarian is being an exception " and I completely agree, infact I was a vegetarian until my early 20's and never realised I was missing out on anything.. and then I discovered KFC :P

Jokes apart, the recipe I am writing today is most popular in Mumbai, Pune and rest of Maharashtra.
You can find them being sold at every snack shop and are a popular choice among people.
I had my first encounter with it whenI was in Pune and I loved it from the very first bite. Its called Bombay Masala Sandwich. Vegetarian sandwich  but I bet it can beat any non-veg sandwich in the world.

Lets get started with it.

Ingredients:

1	White Bread	7-8 loafs
2	Boiled potatoes	3-4
3	Capsicum	1
4	Cucumber	1/2
5	Tomatoes	2
6	Onion	1
7	Butter	5-6tbsp
8	Grated Cheese	1/2 cup
For Mint Chutney
9	Mint	few leaves
10	Coriander	1/2 bunch
11	Green chillies	1
12	Salt	to taste
13	Garlic cloves	1
14	Ginger	tiny piece
15	Lemon juice	1tbsp
16	Water	4-5 tbsp
For Masala
17	Chat Masala	1tsp
18	Cumin powder	1tsp
19	Garam Masala	1/2 tsp
20	Dry Mango powder (Amchoor)	1/2 tsp

Method:

For chutney, take a blender and blend all the ingredients together to form a smooth runny chutney.

Mix the ingredients of Masala together to make a chatpata dressing.

To Prepare the sandwiches:

1. Chop the vegetables as shown in picture
   
   
2. Take two slices of bread and apply butter on top
   
3. Then apply chutney
   
4. Put the boiled potatoes on top
   
   
   
5. Dress with the masala
6. Put cucumber and dress with masala
   
7. Put onions and again dress with masala
   
8. Now put the other slice of bread 
   
9. Put capsicum and tomatoes and dress with masala
   
10. Put lots of cheese and cover with another slice of bread
    
11. Heat a grill pan and sear the Sandwich from both sides
    
    
    
    
12. Remove when its golden brown from both sides
    
13. Serve with salad and chips
    
14. Enjoyyy!

Hope you'll enjoy this sumptuous sandwich too :)
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Impress your guests! Guacamole

Hello/ Namaste/Assalamualaikum/Sat Sri Akal :)

I hope you all are doing well. I am sure you guys love and enjoy cooking as much as I do. I know cooking can be time consuming and boring sometimes. I would say try to don't over exert yourself while cooking because that may lead to you losing interest. Also try innovating and experimenting every time you cook and it won't be boring anymore.

Follow any food channel or your favourite chef, draw inspirations from their cooking. Try their recipes and enjoy the whole world of cooking. I personally like Rick Stein, I think he is not only a brilliant cook but also an amazing host. I love all of his series. Also his cooking methods, ingredients are so simple and easy to follow. And the way he picks up traditional recipes from the places he visit is just amazing. I wish I could do that one day, food and travel tourism.. Phew!

But here we are now, in our own lives, sitting at at homes and reading this post :)
Today I have a very simple recipe for you. You may already know it but I am sharing it anyway so that after a few years, I can turn back and look into it if I forget.

Its called guacamole, it is like a Mexican chutney, you can eat it with nachos, on a bagel, with quesadilla etc. It is really easy to make and you can store it for somedays as well.

Its one of the dishes I like making when I have guests over because guacamole along with nachos make a great starter.

Lets  get started now. Here are the ingredients.

Ingredients:
                    

Avocado	2
Chopped Onions	1
Chopped Tomato	1
Chopped green chillies	1
Chopped coriander	1/4 bunch
Lemon juice	1tbsp
Chilli powder	1/2 tsp
Salt	to taste

        
Method:

1.  Take the avocado and peel it.
   
2. Chop it roughly and put it in a bowl.
   
3. Now mash it with a fork if its ripe enough, if not you can grate or grind it as well.
4. Now to the mashed avocado, add chopped onions and green chilies
   
5. Add tomatoes
   
6. Now add coriander
   
7. Add lime juice, salt and chilli powder and mix
   
8. Serve with Nachos
   
9. Enjoy!!!
   
   

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Masala sweet corn chat!

Hi All,

After a looong time, I thought today I really had some free time. And hence I will utilise this time to clear the backlog of my recipes. But hahaha never had that happened.. Whenever I set out to write recipes, there emerges some or the other kind of work. This time we had to goto a birthday party, we had a really nice time but lost all that precious time of mine :( but nevermind I will write this one and complete the rest some other day.

Do you guys like chaat? which one is your favourite?? I think being indian and being brought up eating tangy food, chaat are everyone's favourite. Aloo chaat, aloo-chana chaat, papri chaat etc etc, the list is endless. Also it is really easy to make your own version of chaat, just mix some of your favourite ingredients together and you can have your own chaat your way.

Here I am going to share one of such self made chaat recipes. Its called masala sweet corn chaat.

Sweet corns have always been my favourite they are healthy and nice to eat as well. Hence I try to put them in possibly each and every item I can. This chaat recipe is easy to make, healthy as well as filling as well. It is a bit unconventional chaat because it should be served warm as compared to the most which are served cold.

Lets get started

Ingredients:

Sweet Corn	1/2 cup
Chopped onions	half
Chopped tomato	1
Chopped cucumber	half
Desiccated coconut	2 tbsp
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Curry leaves	6/7/2015
Chilli powder	1tsp
Jeera powder	1tsp
Garam masala powder	1tsp
Lemon juice	2tbsp

Method:

1. Take a pan and put a tiny bit of oil in it
   
2. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds
   
3. When mustard seeds crackle, add curry leaves
4. Immediately add corn and saute
   
5. Add salt, chilli powder, jeera powder and garam masala and toss
   
6. Switch off the gas and let mixture cool a bit and add dessicated coconut
   
7. Put the corn mixture in a bowl and add chopped onion
   
8. Add chopped cucumber, tomatoes and lime juice
   
9. Serve while still warm
   
10. Enjoy :)

Lemme know how you like the recipe.
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Mixed vegetable potato pancakes!

Hola Readers!

How are you doing? I hope you all are well.. So am I. I have been cooking new recipes everyday these days. Turning more and more into a passionate foodie.
Since my childhood until now, I have had quite a few passions :P When I was young I was quite passionate about dancing but as I didn't do much for it, I think it may have faded although, I still find myself tapping my feet to the tunes on some special occasion.
But I will not let the cooking passion of mine fade away in any case. I literally spend all my free time, either looking through the internet for new food recipes or watching food  network on TV.

I like drawing inspirations from different types of cooking and experiment in my kitchen.
I wish I could turn it into my profession some day.

Moving on, the recipe I have for you in store today is also one of the experiments I have performed in the kitchen. Its called Potato Pancake.

Pancakes are widely made and eaten in America. Mostly made of plain flour. here in my recipe I have replaced wheat flour with potato mash and added vegetables to it.
So let get started with this simple and interesting recipe.

Ingredients:
     
    

	1	Potato mash	1/2 cup
	2	Plain flour	1/2  cup
	3	Egg	1
	4	Chopped Onions	1 small
	5	Chopped beans	a handful
	6	green chilies	1
	7	Coriander	a handful
	8	Grated Cheese	a handful
	9	Chili powder	1 tsp
	10	Salt	1 tsp
	11	Butter	2 tsp

Method:

1. Take a bowl and put the chopped onions in it.
   
2. Add chopped beans
   
3. Now add potato mash powder
   
4. Add flour
   
5. Bring the mixture together
   
6. Add chilli powder
   
7. Fresh chopped coriander
   
8. Add cheese
   
9. Add some 1/2 cup of milk to bring the ingredients together
   
10. Heat a pan and melt some butter in it
    
11. Take a spoonful of the mixture and let it cook
12. Heat it from both sides
    
13. Serve hot 
    
14. Enjoy:)

See you again with some other recipe
Until then,
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Heavenly but quick! Paneer butter masala

Heeewwwoooo People,

I hope you all good, eating , cooking and enjoying life :) I am doing well too.

Are you scared of hosting parties?? Calling people at home and cooking lots of food? I was scared of doing that myself, until I discovered that you can be a great host with minimal effort. Do some smart cooking and you are sorted. Smart cooking means the cooking dishes which takes less time and are actual party dishes.

I have hosted a few dinner parties now and have made such simple recipes and my guests have been super delighted. Some of them even asked for the recipe.:)

Hence I'll share one of those simple Indian curry dish recipe with you, which does not involve cutting onions, tomatoes etc etc and then cooking them for long hours. It will just require 20 mins and will taste like you have ordered it in a restaurant somewhere.

The recipe is called Paneer Butter Masala

It is a thick buttery an creamy tomato gravy with paneer in it. Can be eaten with both roti, naans or rice.

Lets get moving to the ingredients now

Ingredients:

1	Paneer	250 gms
2	Butter	A blob
3	Ksoori methi	2 tbsp
4	Tomato puree	4 tbsp
5	Tomato ketchup	2 tbsp
6	Coriander Powder	1tsp
7	Garam masala powder	1tsp
8	Chilli Powder	1tsp
9	Turmeric powder	1tsp
10	Bay Leaves	2-Jan
11	Cloves,pepper, cinamon	1-2 each
12	Milk	1 glass
13	Fried Onions	2 tbsp
14	Salt	to taste

Method:

1. Take an empty bowl
   
2. Put Coriander powder, Chili powder, garam masala and turmeric powder
   
3. Add the ketchup
   
4. Add kasoori methi
   
5. Add tomato puree and 1/4 glass milk and stir
   
6. Take a pan and add butter
   
7. Add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and pepper corns
   
8. Add the ready brought fried onions, you can get them in super market
   
9. Saute for a while
   
10. Fry and add the prepared mixture to the pan and stir at low heat
    
11. When the mixture leaves its sides, add the remaining milk and stir.
    
12. Add the Panner cubes , bring it to a boil and add salt to taste
    
13. Serve with naan/ rotis or chapattis
    
14. Enjoy :)
    
    

Lemme know if you gave it a try.

Hope to see you again soon :)

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