Butter Murukku

With stuck at home, we need as many snacks as possible however I am not making too much healthy but tried this. There was no red chilli powder at home, so thought I can try this. This came out really good and crunchy. Perfect for even little kiddos. The recipe is simple. Next time I would like to try with baking (not sure how the taste goes, but nothing harm in trying one set). 

Ingredients

Rice Flour - 3 cups

Besan - 2-3 tablespoons (big scoops)

Jeera powder

Butter - 1 stick (you can add less if you want)

Salt to taste 

Pepper powder 

Sesame seeds 

Warm/Hot water 

Method of preparation

Take all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add the room temperature butter into this. Mix it well withe flour. Start adding hot water little by little and make it a soft dough just like any other murukku/sev batter.

Keep the oil ready. Once the oil is hot, use the single star kind in muruku maker and start pouring the shape either in oil or you can make hte shapes on a plate and drop them one by one. Once they turn golden color, dry them on the paper towel and store them in air tight container. 

TIPS 
(1) you can add cold water also, but adding hot/warm water gives it more crispiness I feel.
(2) Add Ajwain if you want to
(3) Sesame seeds are optional

Pita wrap

I used store bought lot of items to combine this together and have a quick bite for dinner. I made some cilantro kind of rice and crumbled one falafel into it also to give it a little notch up. I used the tzaziki sauce (home made - mid Yogurt/Curd, Salt, Lemon, grated cucumber), hot sauce(you can use any but I used the sri racha), and store bought falafels along with Hummas and made a little cucumer and tomato salad (Add finely chopped cucumbers, tomato, salt and coriander).

Heat up the pita slightly (toasting level). Then add the 1 scoop of rice in middle. Add cucumber and tomato salad. Add the falafels on top of it. Drizle the sauces on top (tzaziki and hot sauce). Roll and enjoy.

Pav bhaji with beetroot included

Recipe coming soon....

Sprouts pulav

I had some sprouts lying around and not sure what to do with them as everyone refuse to finish them off sooner. So made this sprouts pulav. Here is the simple recipe for it.

Ingredients
Sprouts (any kind, I used Senaga sprouts and moong sprouts)
Bay leaf
Rice
Red onions
cloves
Cardammom
Cinnamon sticks
Salt to taste
Biryani pulav masala
Oil
Cumin seeds
Ginger garlic paste (optional)

Method of preparation
1. Take a pressure cooker/instant pot kind and add oil in it. Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds, ginger garlic paste, Cardammom, Cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon and add red onions. Fry them for a minute  or until the onions are slightly translucent or golden.

2. Add the Sprouts and salt to it. Cover and cook for two minutes until the sprouts are slightly soft. Add the rice and biryani pulav masala. Dont worry if you do not have this masala. This is optional too. You can add garam masala instead if you like (otherwise the plain raw masala's also are good enough).

3. Cover the rice and let it cook (for 1-2 whistles for rice done in pressure cooker or 3 minutes in the instant pot. Once done, serve hot with any Spicy pickle or chutney or just enjoy with ghee.

Note - avoid the ginger garlic paste and the onions if you want to make it as prasadam.