Monday, August 8, 2011

RAKSHA BANDHAN SPECIAL RECIPES FROM MY COLLECTION.

Raksha Bandhan In Sravan the festive of ' Raksha Bandhan ' is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of [Shravan] in August . When  brothers and sisters reaffirm their bonds of affection. Sisters tie a special band on their brothers' wrist on the day of Rakhi as a mark of affection, it is called 'Rakhi ' .
 
CHEESE POPS
MAKES 6 PIECES
INGS:
2 Boiled and Grated Potatoes,
6 Small, Cut pieces of Cheese, 1 Tbsp Butter,
2 Tbsp Grated Cheese, 4 Slices of bread made
into Crums, 4 Tbsp Fine Flour ( Maida ), Salt
and Pepper pd to taste, Oil to fry..
METHOD:
Grate together the potatoes and cheese.
Mix into this half the bread crumbs and also
the butter.
Now add salt and pepper pd to taste and make
6 balls, in the center put a small piece of cheese and seal well.
Make a paste of fine flour using water and dip each ball then coat in the remaining bread crumbs. Fry in hot oil,
serve hot with tomato sauce.

IDLY BHEL
(Recipe for left over Idlis ) 
Ing :-
Steamed cut idlis ( mini idlis can be ideal )
2 tbsp cut onions, capsicum ,
2 tbsp cut carrot ( thinly cut )
Butter to fry ,  little mustard seeds ,
Little Turmeric pd,  1\2 tsp red chilly pd,
Sweet chutney , coriander & mint chutney ,
Sev to sprinkle , 2 tbsp Anaar dana 
( pomegranate),
Salt to taste.
Method :-
Put a pan to heat , add little butter , mustard seeds, then add the cut Idlis.
Saute , add salt , turmeric pd and red chilly pd. Take it off the heat , keep aside.
Put another pan to heat, add little butter , onions, carrots, capsicum.
Stir add red chilly pd and salt to taste. 
Take it off  the heat.
On a plate first arrange all the idlis, top it the vegetable layer, pour the sweeet chutney
and  coriander & mint chutney. Sprinkle the sev and use  anaar dana as garnish.
 

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