Hi All, I saw this bonda in Chef Venkat Bhat’s program few months before , the way he explained was super tempting and I pushed me to try it then and there. It was super hit and I make it once in a while due to maida content. But iam sure it is an awesome snack to try during rainy evenings. The consistency of the perfect vada is based on your handwork, beat the batter using your hands till puffy, the batter must be puffy like air. The simple recipe is as below, Cooking Time : 30 mins. Servings : 5 members. INGREDIENTS : Maida – 250 gms Thick curd – 150 gms Salt – as required Green chillies – 2 or 3 Pepper – 1 tsp Cumin – 1 tsp Curry leaves – few Baking soda – a pinch (optional) Ginger – 1” piece – 1 Asafoetida – 1/8 tsp. Coriander leaves – a handful. METHOD : 1) Mix Flour with all other ingredients. 2) The batter must be like thick idli batter, if required add more curd. 3) Close the vessel and let it rest for 15 ...
Hi, Sea has lot of creatures in it that we can cook and we were much more unaware of many . Squid fish is one among the yummy species which I was totally unaware even after coming to Chennai.One day in market I saw them and surprised that they are selling octopus ( it looked like that to me :)). Then I surfed in net and found actually they are squid ( kadamba / kanava) and not octopus , My friend Saranya cooked this gravy for us during her visit to our home .I copied the recipe from her and tried next week itself.Though the squid fish looks very weird the taste was so yummy and there is no fish odor in that.It just tasted like mutton. The cleaning part is little tricky but easy, I suggest once you finished cleaning dispose the waste immediately out of your house as the waste from squid fish is very smelly and also it starts leaving water .So dispose the waste of squid as quick as possible. Other than that the fish tastes heaven , spicy, yummy and very easy to cook. I have...