Spinach Bread Roll

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 15 slices of bread
• 1/2 kg of spinach washed properly and chopped
• 2 tsp roasted jeera powder (black cumin seeds roasted and powdered)
• 5-6 pcs green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 3 tbsp grated cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Milk
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs (bread slices dried and powdered)
• Oil to fry

Method

• Churn the bread slices in a mixer
• Now, mix bread, spinach, jeera powder, green chilli, ginger paste, salt, pepper and milk to prepare a dough
• Now prepare flat and thick balls (tikiya shaped) from the mixture
• Stuff the balls with cheese
• Roll the balls on bread crumbs so that the bread crumbs stick on to the balls
• Deep fry the mixture

Note: Serve hot with red/green chilli sauce or ketchup

Potato Nest

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 pcs potatoes, boiled and mashed
• 1/4 cup boiled corn
• 1/4 cup finely chopped carrot and beans
• 1 tsp green chilli and ginger paste
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp black salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• Salt to taste
• Maida
• Vermicelli
• Oil to fry

Method

• Mix potatoes, corn, carrot, beans, chilli ginger paste, red chilli powder, black salt, pepper and salt to prepare a mixture
• Now, prepare small round and thick flat balls (tikiya shaped) out of the mixture
• Press the balls in the center
• Prepare a coating mixture of maida and water
• Dip the potato balls in coating mixture and cover with little vermicelli
• Deep fry the potato balls

Note: For garnishing, in the center after pressing, put paneer cubes and decorate with boiled peas and ketchup

Cheese Potato Sticks

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiled and crushed potato
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp grated cheese
• 1 pc chopped green chilli
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Oil to fry
• Long thin wooden sticks for decoration

Method

• Mix all the ingredients except oil
• Make small oval shaped balls out of the mixture
• Deep fry the balls
• Decorate the balls with the wooden sticks as shown in the picture

Fried Banana Tikiya

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4 raw bananas
• 1 pc chopped green chilly
• 1 tbsp chopped tomato
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp chat masala
• Oil to fry

Method

• Cut the banana into 1" thick round pieces
• Heat oil in a pan for frying
• Put the banana pieces and take it out when half fried
• Press the banana using a steel bowl or a flat container
• Put the pieces back in oil and fry till golden brown
• Now sprinkle the chopped chilly, tomatoes, onions, coriander, lemon juice and chat masala
• Serve hot

Tricolor Poori

Preparation Time: 15 mins plus 30 mins of freezing time
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 cups spinach boiled in water
• 2 pc green chilly
• 1" ginger
• 2 tbsp Besan
• Maida (flour)
• Aata (wheat flour)
• 1 cup grated beetroot
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Before Frying

After Frying

Method

• Remove the water completely from spinach and grind it with 1 pc green chilly and 1/2" ginger
• Now, mix it with 2 tbsp besan, 4 tbsp maida, 4 tbsp aata and salt and prepare a dough
• Separately prepare a dough of beetroot, 1 pc green chilly, 1/2" ginger 5 tbsp Maida, 5 tbsp Aata and salt
• Prepare another dough of 5 tbsp Aata, 5 tbsp Maida and salt
• Now take the 1st dough and flatten into thin and big roti
• Do it for 2nd and 3rd dough as well
• On the 1st roti (spinach one), put the 3rd roti (one with only Aata and Maida)
• On top of it put the 2nd roti (one with beetroot)
• Roll the rotis together completely
• With a knife, now cut the roll into small wheels as shown
• Put the cuttings in refrigerator for half an hour
• Now, flatten the cuttings into small rotis and fry it in oil
• Serve with Cholle or Aloo Dum

Note: Instead of spinach, green color can be used as well

Paneer Stuffed Tikiya

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 pcs grated potato
• 1 cup grated Paneer (cottage cheese)
• 2 cups mashed potato
• 50 gms frozen butter
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 pc chopped green chilli
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• 2 tbsp Tamarind Chutney
• 2 tbsp coriander Chutney
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

• Deep Fry the grated potato and keep aside
• Mix the paneer with salt and pepper and divide it into 8 pcs.
• Stuff each paneer piece with little butter
• In the mashed potato, add red chilli, coriander, green chilli and salt
• Divide the potato mixture into 8 pcs
• Flatten the potato mixture and stuff with paneer to make tikiya
• Now, heat little butter on Tawa and cook the tikiya till its crispy
• Now in a bowl, put one pc of tikiya, top it up with tamarind chutney, coriander chutney and fried potato
• Serve hot

Masala Cheese Poori

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour (Maida)
• 1/2 cup wheat flour (Aata)
• 1/2 cup grated paneer (cottage cheese)
• 1 cube grated cheese
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp chopped green coriander
• 1 tsp dry mint powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp oil
• Salt for taste
• Oil for frying

Method

• Mix flour, wheat flour, paneer, cheese, oregano, chilli flakes, mint, coriander, soda, salt, pepper and oil and make a hard dough
• Make flat and square shaped small rotis
• Fry the rotis

Note: Best served with aloo dum