Fish fry

onion pakoda

Bisi bela bath

Bisi bela bath :-
  Ingredients :-
        Rice - 1cup
        Toor dal - 1/2 cup
        Tamarind - small lemon size
        Onions - 1 small
        Green chillies - 4
        carrot pieces - 1/4 cup
        Beans - 1/4 cup
        Green peas - 1/4 cup
        Capsicum - 1/4 cup
        Tomato pieces - 1/4 cup
        Radish - 1/4 cup
        Drumsticks - 2
        Ladies finger - 1/4 cup
        Cauliflower pieces - 1/8 cup
        Hing - 1 pinch
        Salt - to taste
        Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
        Oil - 3 tsp
For seasoning :-
        Curry leaves - few
        Mustard - 1/2 tsp
For powder :-
        Broken cashew nuts - 2 tsp
        Cardamom - 2
        Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
        Cloves - 3
        Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
        Chana dal - 1tsp
        Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
        Dry red chilies - 4
        Mustard - 1/4 tsp
        Urad dal - 1 tsp
Preparations :-
        Cut all the vegetables and kept them in a plate

        Dry roast the all ingredients for powder and let them cool

        Soak the tamarind in water
        Soak the rice and dal in water separately

Process :-
       Take a heavy bottomed pan and oil
       Let the oil heat and then add mustard seeds
       Let them splutter and then add curry leaves
       Then add green chilies and onions and fry for 2 min
       Then add vegetables one by one and let them fry for 10 mins
       And then add turmeric powder and mix well
       Now wash the soaked rice and dal
       Then add washed rice and dal to the pan
       Now add water and salt to the pan
       Allow it to boil until the rice and vegetables cooked well
       Then add already prepared spices powder and tamarind juice also
       Be careful when adding water to the tamarind
        If the tamarind juice is too juicy, the recipe is look like sambar rice

       Make sure when adding water
       Finally add coriander leaves and switch off the flame

Serve hot with bundhi
    You can add brinjal also

Jilebi

Jilebi :-
  Ingredients :-
        Maida - 1 cup
        Urad dal paste - 1 cup
        Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
        Sugar - 1 cup
        Oil - for deep fry
        Lime juice - 1 tsp
Preparations :-
        Mix the urad dal paste and maida like a thick batter
        If you need water, you can add water during preparation of batter
        Add 1 tsp of warm oil to the batter, it helps in fermentation
        Leave it 24 hours for fermentation
        Before fermentation the batter looks like this

        After fermentation batter looks like this

        The batter with air spaces
        Next day before starting preparation of jilebi, prepare the suger syrup
        Take sugar into the wide vessel and then add water to the suger
        Let it boil until it gets the single thread consistency

        Once it get the single thread consistency switch off the flame and add lime juice

       It prevents the recrystalisation of syrup into sugar
       Heat the oil for deep fry
Process :-
       Prepare cone with a plastic cover
       Mix the batter well with hands before filling the cone, to reduce air spaces

      Then fill the cone with batter
      Then make rolls in oil like this

      Fry them until golden color (don't fry them until brown)

      Remove them from oil and place them in sugar syrup

      Leave them for 1 min to absorb the sugar syrup into them
      Then remove them from syrup and transfer them to plate

   Enjoy with your family members when they are hot