Raw Banana Chips / Yethangai Vathal / Nenthrangai Chips– Quick Snacks

A famous chips from kerala that makes everyone drool..You can make a big batch of this and store it in a air tight container and snack on it often..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Raw Banana Chips Recipe

Ingrediants:

Raw banana / Nentrangai – 3

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1tsp

Salt to taste

Water – ½ cup

Coconut Oil for Deep frying

Method:

Heat oil for deep frying. Peel the banana and slice them using a mandeline straight into the oil if you can, or you can slice them in a paper towel and put them in hot oil..

Fry for a min. Now dissolve turmeric powder and salt in water and pour 2 tblspn of water straight into the oil.

Keep frying the chips while mixing it often. Fry till it is nicely fried and there is no more bubbles in the oil.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot or store in a air tight container once it is cooled.

Vegetable Cutlet

This is another recipe from my friend who is a expert in making cutlets..You can check her recipe for mutton cutlet and fish cutlet in my blog..So this is for you vegetarians…A wonderful appetizer for kids or for parties…Hope you like it..

Vegetable Cutlet Recipe

Ingrediants:

Carrot  - 1 chopped very finely

Beans - 10 chopped very finely

Cauliflower-5 florets chopped finely

Onion - 1 large chopped finely

Potatoes-2 large cooked and mashed

Green Chilli-1 chopped finely

Ginger Garlic Paste-2  tblspn

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 2 tblspn

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 2 tblspn

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi -1 tsp

Cilantro / Coriander Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped

Breadcrumbs - 1 cup

Egg-2

Salt to taste

Oil - 1tblspn +for shallow frying

Method:

Cook carrot, cauliflower,beans  with salt,turmeric and 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste untill cooked.

Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add onions, green chillies, 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste, chilli powder in that and saute well.

Take  mashed potatoes, besan, riceflour, cooked vegatbles, sauted onion mixture, salt in a mixing bowl and mix well.

Form small pattice and  dip in egg and then in breadcrumbs and set aside.

Now shallow fry it in oil till golden brown.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot with ketchup.

Fish Cutlet

Fish Cutlet Recipe

Ingrediants:

Fish  - 1/2 kg

Potatoes-2 large cooked and mashed

Onion - 1 large chopped finely

Green Chilli-1 chopped finely

Ginger Garlic Paste-2  tblspn

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 2 tblspn

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 2 tblspn

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi -1 tsp

Cilantro / Coriander Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped

Breadcrumbs - 1 cup

Egg-2

Salt to taste

Oil - 1tblspn +for shallow frying

Method:

Cook fish  with salt,turmeric and 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste. Drain it and remove the flesh from it and discard the bones.

Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add onions, green chillies, 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste, chilli powder in that and saute well.

Take  mashed potatoes, besan, riceflour, cooked fish, saute onion mixture, salt in a mixing bowl and mix well.

Form small pattice and  dip in egg and then in breadcrumbs and set aside.

Now shallow fry it in oil till golden brown.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot with ketchup.

Simple Potato Balls – Quick Sidedish for Rice

A simple yet crispy snack that is so easy to make..I had it with rice and rasam. It tasted divine..So here you go to the recipe.

Simple Potato Balls 

Ingrediants:

Potatoes – 3 large grated

Onion- 1 chopped

Rice Flour – 1 cup

Red Chilli Powder -1 tsp

Salt to taste

Water – 3 tblspn

Oil for Deep Frying

Method:

Take grated potatoes, onions, salt, red chilli powder in a bowl.

Add rice flour and mix well. Sprinkle some water and mix everything together.

Heat oil for deep frying. Form small balls out the potato mixture and drop in oil.

Fry till golden brown.

Drain in a paper towel.

Serve hot with rice or as a snack.

Simple Brinjal Fry – Quick Sidedish for Rice

This is one of the quick dish that can be made in minutes..It calls for minimum ingrediants but taste extraordinary..You can have it with plain rasam sadam. I hope you love it.

Looks so crispy right..

Simple Brinjal Fry Recipe

Ingrediants:

Brinjal – 3 sliced thinly in circles

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu – 4 tblspn

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan – 1tblspn

Red Chilli Powder-1 tsp

Salt to taste

Water – 3 tblspn

Oil for deep frying

Method:

Mix everything except oil in a mixing bowl.

Heat oil for deep frying. Drop brinjals one by one in oil and fry till golden and crispy.

Drain in a paper towel.

Serve hot with rice.

Palam Appam – Karthigai Deepam Recipes

I made this for karthigai and that was the first time I tried this appam..It cameout so crisp on the outside and fluffy in the middle..This is so easy to put together and can be made in minutes…I also made pidi kolukattai, which will be my next post..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Palam Appam Recipe

Ingrediants:

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu – 1cup

Ripe Banana – 2 mashed

Jaggery – ½ cup Grated

Cashew – 10 pieces

Water as needed

Baking Soda -1 tsp

Oil / Ghee to fry

Method:

In a mixing bowl take rice flour, banana,jaggery,cashews,baking soda and mix well.

Pour in required water and mix so that it forms a thick batter.

Now heat ghee or oil for frying and drop spoonful of this batter in oil and fry till golden brown.

Drain in a kitchen paper and serve..