Surati LOCHO !!

Ingredients :
(Section A)
3 cup of Chana daal
1 cup of urad daal
1 cup of poha
Green chilli paste
Turmeric powder
salt to taste
eno

(Section B)
2 onions
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2-3 drops of oil
sale to taste
2-3 drops of lemon juice

Directions :
1)Soak all the Daal's for 2-3 hours in the evening and then grind it in the night.
2)While grinding add washed 1 cup of poha.
3)Keep the mix overnight to ferment

4)Next morning take 2-3 soup spoons of batter add salt, green chilli paste according to taste.
Add pinch of Turmeric powder and eno and mix it well(while mixing please rotate the spoon in one direction only)
5)Take a deep vessel and apply oil so that the batter does not stick to it.Pour the batter into the vessel and sprinkle some black pepper.
6)In a pressure cooker add some water and keep the vessel in it.

7)Cover the cooker with the lid without whistle attached to it.
8)Steam it for 10 minutes(put a knife in the batter to check if it is cooked i.e not sticking to much to the knife).

Serve it with spiced onion(mix all the ingredients mentioned in Section B) and sev.

Veg Cutlet

Ingredients :
4-5 mashed Potatoes
1 cup frozen vegetables ( carrot , green peas , corn ,string beans)
1/4 cumin seeds
1 tsp of oil
1/4 tsp of Red Chili powder
1/4 tsp of Coriander powder
Salt to Taste
1/4 Garam Masala
1-2 cup of Bread Crumbs
1/2 cup Maida (All purpose Flour)


Directions :
1)Boil potatoes and mash it.
2) Semi grind the frozen vegetables
3)In a pan take oil ,add cumin seeds and the vegetables.
4)Add above mentioned masala and salt to taste.
5)Saute it till there is a dry mixture left.
6)Add this mixture to mashed potatoes and mix well.
7)Mix All purpose flour with water and make thin paste of it.
8)Make small burger / cutlet shape patties and dip it quickly in the paste made in Step 7.
9)Coat it with bread crumbs and press it lightly again with your hands so that the bread crumbs sticks properly.
10)Deep fry it.

Serve it with tomato ketchup :)
You can also use same mixture to make burger and serve it with bun and vegetables.

Steamed Peanuts!

Directions:
1)Take shelled peanuts ,remove it in a cooker add water till the Peanuts are soaked properly.
2)Add generous amount of salt and turmeric powder and cook it for 5-6 whistles
3)Once cooked remove the shells and serve it warm.