BREAD UNNIYAPAM

Bread unniyapam is a easy and delicious snack. It can be made by only 03 main ingredients. If any guest came and there is nothing to give them. This will help to make a variety one. I tried it with some of them and they liked it very much. So, I thought to share this easy and delicious sweet snacks with you people. Soon I will come with another bread recipe and please try this one and give your valuable suggestion to me. If anyone knows something made upon bread please share with me.

Ingredients

1. Bread - 12 Slices
2. Sugar - 12 Tsp
3. Coconut(Grated) - 1/2 Cup
4. Water - 1/2 Cup

Method:

1. Cut the edges of the bread and make it in to powder in a mixi.
2. Mix sugar in 1/2 cup of water and keep aside
3. Take a bowl and add grated coconut into it then add powdered bread and sugar syrup.
4. Make a dough of it (Chapati dough type).
5. Make small balls of size of lemon and keep it aside.
6. Heat oil and fry these balls till it turn into golden brown.

Delicious bread unniyapam is ready. 

BREAD UPPUMA

Bread uppuma is a good breakfast or evening snacks. It can be an alternative for the normal bread sandwiches and also those who don't like bread will like this uppuma very much.It can be used for kids lunch box. It is very easy to make and very tasty also. Hope you people will like this. This recipe came handy when I found there is nothing for evening snack and only few pieces of bread .

Ingredients

1. Tomato - 01 No
2. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
3. Green Chilies - 02 Nos
4. Slices of Bread - 06 Nos
5. Garam Masala - 01 Tsp
6. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
7. Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tsp
8. Butter or Oil - 03 Tsp
9. Curry Leaves - 04 Leaves
10. Mustard Seeds - 01 Tsp
11. Urad Dal - 01 Tsp
12. Salt - As per Taste

Method:

1. Cut the bread into small squares. (01 slice should be cut into about 09 squares)
2. Heat the oil or butter.
3. Put in the urad dal and mustard seeds and curry leaves.
4. When the urad dal turns light brown put onion into it.
5. Saute till the onions turn light brown.
6. Put ginger and green chillies and fry for 2 minutes.
7. Now add bread pieces into it.
8. Keep stirring the mixture otherwise bread will stick to the bottom.
9. Now add  all the remaining masalas and mix well.
10. Then add salt and tomatoes.
11. Mix everything well and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve hot with tea or coffee

Pazham Pori/ Banana fry

Pazham Pori/ Banana fry is a delicious evening snacks and it is liked by almost everyone. This one is made by  my husband by adding rice powder. It made banana fry more crispy than usual, so i like to share this recipe with you people.

Ingredients

1. Ripe Banana (Cut it into lengthy thin pieces)  -  18 Pieces
2. Refined Flour or Maida - 1/2 Cup
3. Rice Powder - 01 Tbsp
4. Sugar - 01 Tsp
5. Salt - 01 Pinch
6. Water - As requried

Method:-

1. Boil oil in a kadai
2. Add water to Maida, Rice Powder, sugar and salt.
3. Mix it well and make it as thick as idli batter.
4. Immerse cut banana pieces into it and put it into the boiling oil
5. Deep fry it till it become golden brown and keep it in tissue paper to absorb excess oil.

Serve it hot along with tea.

DAL VADA or PARIPU VADA

This Dal Vada is little different from traditional Dal vada which uses anyone like Bengal Gram/Split Chickpeas/Chana Dal. But in this I added Chana Dal, Urad Dal and Toor Dal.

Ingredients

1. Socked Chana Dal - 01 Cup
2. Socked Urad Dal - 01 Cup
3. Socked Toor Dal - 02 Cups
4. Green Chili - 05 Nos
5. Dry Red Chili - 03 Nos
6. Ginger - 01 Piece
7. Curry Leaves - Few
8. Hing/Asafoetida - 1/4 Tsp
9. Oil - As per requirement
10. Salt - As per taste

Methods

1. Clean Chana Dal, Urad Dal and Toor Dal.
2. Add Dry Red Chili, Asafoetida and salt and grind the item into a coarse paste.
3. Now, add Green Chili, Ginger and Curry leaves and grind it once again.
4. Don’t worry if there are few whole lentils left as they will add crunch to the vadas
5. Heat oil in a Kadai or frying pan in medium flame. While the oil is getting heated, shape the vadas for deep frying.
6. Pinch small lime sized balls and roll them into round balls. Flatten it gently by pressing them in between palms or fingers to make it a round discs.
7. Drop these discs into hot oil and fry them in batches of 4-6 on medium flame until they turn golden brown in colour.
8. Remove from the oil and place them in a plate lined with kitchen towel or butter paper to remove excess oil.

Serve Hot with tea and coffee as evening snacks

Tips: Don't add excess water while grinding the dal as it will be difficult to make round discs and also it will consume more oil.

Savoury Diamond Cuts

Good evening, Today i like to share the recipe of evening snack, which will go well with evening tea or coffee. This one is also like by children who like spicy snacks. I call this snack as spicy diamond

Ingredients

1. Maida - 1 cup

2. Chilly powder - 1 tsp

3. Cumin seed - 1 tsp

4. Ghee - 4 tsp

5. Salt to taste

6. Water

7. Oil to fry  

Method

1. Add ghee, cumin seed and salt to the flour

2. Knead the dough with water. Allow the dough to rest for an hour.

3. Make three to four small balls. Roll out these balls like a chapati.

4. Use a knife to cut it lengthwise and then diagonally to get diamond shaped pieces.

5. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the pieces. Remove when they are brown in colour.

6. Cool and store in air tight containers.

Beaten Rice or Aval with Jaggery

Aval with jaggery is a nice evening snack for children. It is healthy compare to outside bakery sweets. 

Ingredients

1. Aval or beaten rice or poha – 2 cups
2. Jaggery - 1 cup
3. Coconut (Scraped) – 1 cup
4. Cardamom - 04 nos (powdered)
5. Water – ¼ cup
6. Dry ginger powder – ¼ tsp
7. Ghee -2 tsp
8. Cashew nut – 05 nos
9. Raisins (Kismis) – 05 nos

Methods

1. In a thick bottomed pan, melt jaggery with water on low flame.  Once the  jaggery is melted, strain it to remove the impurities.

2. Reheat the syrup till it reaches one thread consistency.

3. Now add the scraped coconut.  Sauté it till it all the water gets absorbed. 

4. Add the beaten rice, mix it nicely so that it gets coated with the jaggery and coconut mixture.

5. Add cardamom powder and dry ginger powder.  Mix it again and then turn off the stove.  Keep it aside.

6. In another pan, heat ghee, add cashew nuts and raisins and fry it till cashew become light brown and add this to the beaten rice and jaggery mixture. 

Serve hot or cool