7 Taste Uthappam / 5 Taste Uthappam Recipe – Many of you would have tasted this dosa variety in restaurants like Saravana bhavan and many restaurants in Tamil nadu. 

Basically uthappam is a soft, spongy dosa that looks round and small in size. You can make it with freshly ground fermented idli, dosa batter or with leftover idli batter. Both tastes great. Onion uthappam is the most common oothappam variety. But this 5 taste / 7 taste uthappam with 7 different toppings makes this simple dish much more interesting.

 Though I haven’t tasted this recipe in Chennai Saravana bhavan, I have tasted it in Salem Saravana bhavan – asai dosai and Sree Saravana bhavan restaurant in Krishnagiri. But both the restaurants served 5 taste uthappam with masala toppings like mushroom masala, paneer masala, Gobi masala, grated carrot and small onion. It was so filling that I wasn’t able to eat 3 uthappam.  

But the recipe I have shared here is very simple with light toppings. It won’t make you feel full at the same time its so appealing to eyes. Kids would love it for sure. Even we adults would be craving to eat it by seeing their colors.

 I have made this uthappam with the mini uthappam pan which I bought recently. I purchased it mainly for this recipe and to make pancakes for Raksha. If you are interested to buy this mini uthappam / pancake pan, please check THIS LINK in Amazon. There are many brands available in it.  If you don’t want this pan, you can make in dosa tawa itself.  You can make 3 to 4 per batch based on the size of your dosa tawa.

 I have used onion, carrot, capsicum, coriander leaves, tomato + crushed pepper, Idli podi / Gun powder, dry fruits and nuts toppings. You can skip any two and make 5 taste uthappam. For variations, you can use paneer bhurji, grated cheese, chocolate chips even finely cut apple for different and interesting toppings. 

Friends, do try this easy and colorful 7 taste uthappam recipe and share your feedback with me !

7 taste uthappam / 5 taste uthappam recipe

How to make easy and colorful 7 taste uthappam with idli dosa batter.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Serves: 1

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 240ml Idli dosa batter - 1 cup Big onion - 1/2 no ( finely chopped) Colored Capsicum - 2 tbsp (finely chopped, I used green) Tomato - 1/2 no (-do-) Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp (finely chopped) Carrot - 1 ( grated) Dry fruits and nuts - 2 tbsp ( I used cashews and dry grapes) Idli podi / Gun powder - as needed Cooking oil / Sesame oil /Ghee - to drizzle over dosa

HOW TO MAKE 7 TASTE UTHAPPAM RECIPE

1. Wash and chop all the vegetables finely. Grate carrot.
2. Take idli dosa batter and add little water if batter is too thick.
3. Heat a dosa pan or uthappam pan. Pour small ladleful of batter. Do not spread it.
4. Sprinkle the topping over each dosa. Drizzle oil around the dosa.
5. Cook in medium flame. Flip and cook the other side till toppings become golden in color.
6. Remove and serve hot with chutney or sambar !

7 TASTE UTHAPPAM - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

To make 7 taste or 5 taste uthappam, prepare the toppings by finely chopping onion, capsicum, cashew nuts, tomato, coriander leaves. Grate carrot and keep aside. Take 1 to 2 cups of idli dosa batter. You can use leftover idli dosa batter or with fresh fermented idli batter. If the batter is too thick add little water and bring to pouring consistency. Remember batter should not be too thin and watery. Heat a dosa tawa or mini uthappam pan (If you have it). Pour small ladles of batter in each hole. In dosa tawa, make 3 to 4 small sized thick dosa. Do not spread the batter. Place the toppings over each dosa. Put chopped small onion in one, tomato and sprinkle some pepper powder in the second, capsicum in third, grated carrot, chopped coriander leaves, dry fruits and nuts in the remaining uthappam. Lastly sprinkle idli podi over the 7th uthappam. Drizzle oil or ghee (for kids) around each dosa. Cook in medium flame and flip the dosa. Cook the toppings side patiently till each of them is cooked well and turns slight golden brown in color. You can remove carrot and coriander uthappam earlier than onion uthappam. Remove in a plate and serve hot with chutney and sambar ! Enjoy !

Note

For variations you can use grated cheese, grated paneer, chocolate chips and favorite fruits. To make 5 taste uthappam, skip any two toppings and make the remaining. Adding ghee gives the best taste. But you can use cooking oil or sesame oil for low calorie version. Coconut chutney or sambar is the best side dish for these uthappam.

Colorful, tasty 7 taste uthappam is ready ! Enjoy !

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Easy Chocolate Sandwich Recipe With Chocolate Syrup

Here is an easy and quick chocolate sandwich recipe using Hershey’s chocolate syrup and butter. Usually chocolate sandwich is prepared by using cooking chocolate. But this is a quick and simple recipe I tried after tasting it in a popular Sandwich outlet named Hari super sandwich in Jayanagar, Bangalore. I watched him making this sandwich in a super quick method and took a video as well. Long back I shared the video in my Instagram page. After that I too started making chocolate sandwich very often in a slightly modified method for Raksha’s snack box and for our weekend breakfast. It has become our family favorite. It tastes so close to Hari's. Recently I noticed that I haven’t shared this simple recipe with you all. So I wanted to post this easy chocolate sandwich recipe today😊. You can use any chocolate syrup or chocolate spread in this recipe. You can use Nutella as well. I made this sandwich in a dosa tawa by toasting the bread greased with butter. You can also grill it and make grilled chocolate sandwich. It looks even more attractive. For variations, you can make this sandwich without fire, add grated cheese, garnish with chopped nuts, spirnklers etc. Make your own variations and enjoy. Friends, do try this super yummy chocolate sandwich recipe for your kids snacks or breakfast. It tastes great when served hot. Your kids would love it for sure and ask for more. Even your husband will love it😃. Do try it and share your feedback with me !

Check out my other SANDWICH RECIPES too !

Chocolate sandwich recipe with chocolate syrup

Chocolate sandwich recipe with Hersheys chocolate syrup

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Kids recipes

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 2 Minutes

Cook time: 2 Minutes

Total time: 4 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

Milk bread - 8 slices Butter - 2 to 3 tbsp (softened ) Hershey’s chocolate syrup - 3 tbp ( As needed)

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE SANDWICH RECIPE

1. Take 2 bread slices. Apply bread on one side of the bread.
2. Heat a dosa tawa. Lower the flame and toast the buttered side.
3. While the bread gets toasted in low flame, apply chocolate syrup on one slice.
4. Spread butter in the other slice. Do this job quickly. Cover it and remove in a plate.
5. Drizzle some chocolate syrup over the sandwich and serve hot !

CHOCOLATE SANDWICH RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Take 2 bread slices in a plate. Apply soft butter on one side of both bread. Heat a dosa tawa. Lower the flame completely. Keep the buttered side on the tawa. Toast in low flame. Immediately start to apply chocolate syrup on one of the bread slices. Apply butter in the other slice. As soon as the bottom is toasted, cover the sandwich by placing buttered side over the chocolate side.  Do this process quickly else bread will burn at the bottom. Bread becomes soft as it toasts. Remove it and enjoy hot. I cut into 6 small pieces just like the way it was served in Hari Sandwich center. Its easy to eat and looks cute as well ! Drizzle more chocolate syrup if you like. Enjoy hot for best taste !

Note

For variations, you can apply chocolate spread instead of syrup. Remember you should keep the flame very low while spreading the chocolate and butter. Do it quickly else bread will burn at the bottom. You can sprinkle some cheese gratings to make cheese chocolate sandwich recipe. You can also grill the sandwich in a toaster instead of dosa tawa. Use fresh milk bread for best taste.

Try this yummy, kids friendly sandwich recipe and enjoy !

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Vazhaipoo Cutlet Recipe – Banana Flower Cutlet Recipe – Vazhaipoo Recipes

Vazhaipoo cutlet is an interesting deep fried snack prepared using vazhaipoo (banana flower in English) and cooked potato as the base ingredients. Recently I got a big banana flower from Salem. As usual I prepared Vazhaipoo usili and vazhaipoo dosa. Still I had a cup of leftover banana flower. So I tried this Vazhaipoo cutlet recipe for the first time. It came out so well with a soft interior and crispy exterior. No one could find out this cutlet is prepared with vazhaipoo. Even kids would love it. In this recipe, I have ground the cooked banana flower to a paste and added it with mashed, boiled potato. So the taste of vazhaipoo won’t be dominant. Anyone would love to eat it.  Raksha relished it with tomato ketchup. Friends, do try this vazhaipoo cutlet recipe for a change and enjoy. Ok, here you see banana flower cutlet recipe with step by step pictures.

If you are interested see my post on how to clean banana flower.

Check out my vegetable cutlet recipe, Paneer cutlet recipe, Mc Donald's style veg burger

Also check out my other vazhaipoo recipes below

Vazhaipoo kuzhambu

Vazhaipoo usili

Vazhaipoo poriyal

Vazhaipoo kootu

Vazhaipoo vadai

Vazhaipoo dosa

Vazhaipoo kola urundai

Vazhaipoo cutlet recipe / Banana flower cutlet

Vazhaipoo cutlet recipe / Banana flower cutlet recipe - An interesting, healthy snack recipe.

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: 8

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Vazhaipoo / Banana flower - 1.5 cups Boiled potato - 2 (Big) Big onion - 1 (finely chopped) Crushed Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder - 1/2 to 1 tsp (adjust based on taste) Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Maida / all purpose flour OR rice flour - 2 tbsp (for binding) Coriander leaves - finely chopped (to garnish) Salt & water - as needed Corn flour - 2 tbsp Water - to make paste. Bread crumbs - to coat the cutlet Cooking oil – to shallow fry cutlets

HOW TO MAKE VAZHAIPOO CUTLET

1. Wash and clean vazhaipoo. Cook in required water till soft.
2. Drain the water and grind to smooth paste adding little water.
3. Cook and peel the skin of potato. Mash it well.
4. Heat oil in a kadai. Add crushed fennel seeds, chopped big onion and saute well.
5. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes off. Then add ground vazhaipoo paste.
6. Saute till water content is removed. Then add mashed potato, red chilli powder, salt and garam masala powder.
7. Mix well and cook till it becomes a whole mass.
8. If the mixture is too wet and watery, add maida for binding. Garnish with coriander leaves.
9. Remove and let it cool. Make a thick paste of corn flour for dipping the cutlet.
10. Make round or heart shaped cutlet. Dip the cutlet in corn flour paste.
11. Coat in bread crumbs. Shallow fry both the sides in a kadai. Drain in a tissue paper.
12. Serve with tomato ketchup.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Pressure cook potato in required water. Peel the skin, mash well and set aside. Wash and clean the vazhaipoo florets by removing the black stamen (kalan). Chop roughly and cook in required water till soft. Drain the water and set aside. To make homemade bread crumbs, just grind the corners (brown part) of bread to a fine powder. Keep in a plate.   Grind the cooked vazhaipoo to a smooth paste adding little water (For variations, you can skip cooking and grind it raw). Heat oil in a kadai. Add crushed fennel seeds. Add finely chopped onion and saute till transparent. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell disappears. Add the ground vazhaipoo paste. Saute till its water content is absorbed. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and mashed potato. Mix well in low flame.  Keep mixing till everything comes together like a dough. If there is wetness in the mixture, add some maida or rice flour to make a dough. Lastly add coriander leaves, mix well. Switch off the flame and let it cool down. In the mean time take corn flour in a bowl. Add some water and make a thick paste. Take bread crumbs in a plate. Now take the cooled cutlet mixture. Make round or heart shapes as you like. Dip one cutlet in corn flour paste. Immediately coat in bread crumbs. Arrange in a plate. Follow the same for remaining cutlets too. Heat oil in a kadai to shallow fry the cutlets. Arrange 4 to 5 cutlets per batch. Cook in low flame till golden brown on one side. Flip the cutlet and cook the other side too. Remove in a tissue paper to drain the excess oil. Serve warm with tomato ketchup.Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of chilli powder as per the taste. For variations, you can also add mashed vegetables along with potato. Addition of maida or rice flour helps for binding cutlet dough. You can dip in corn flour paste and bread crumbs twice to make super crispy exterior. If you are conscious about oil, you can just cook the cutlet in a dosa pan with little oil.

Try this interesting, healthy vazhaipoo cutlet recipe and enjoy !

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Ice Cream Bread Recipe – How To Make Cake With Ice Cream

Ice cream bread/ Ice cream cake is an easy 2 ingredient bread baked using all purpose flour / cake flour and melted ice cream. Recently I prepared homemade Vanilla ice cream and Butterscotch icecream using Amul fresh cream and condensed milk. I used the leftover ice cream for this recipe. After referring so many recipes, I found full fat ice cream works the best for this ice cream bread recipe. But I tried with ice cream prepared using low fat Amul fresh cream. Still my bread came out very well and soft. 

Basically this ice cream bread tastes bland with mild sweetness. So I modified the recipe and added some powdered sugar, milk. It came out very well, soft and spongy. Raksha loved it very much. You too give a try in this summer vacation for your kids. They will love it for sure. Vanilla ice cream is preffered but you can try with other flavors as well. I used vanilla ice cream and butterscotch ice cream in equal quantity. So the color of bread varies as per the ice cream you use. Ok, lets see how to make easy, yummy, homemade ice cream bread recipe at home using leftover ice cream.

Check out my homemade custard powder ice cream, mango ice cream recipes without using ice cream machine.

Ice Cream Bread Recipe Using 2 ingredients

Learn how to make easy ice cream bread recipe using leftover ice cream and all purpose flour.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Cake recipes

Serves: 10 slices

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 25 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Ice cream – 1 cup ( I used a combination of Vanilla and butterscotch) Maida / All purpose flour – 3/4 cup Baking powder – 1 tsp Powdered sugar – 1 to 2 tbsp ( Use 1 tbsp, add more if needed) Salt – 1/8 tsp Flavorless Cooking oil or melted butter  – 2 tbsp ( For moistness, I used oil)

HOW TO MAKE ICE CREAM BREAD

1. Melt the ice cream and take in a bowl.
2. Sieve all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, powdered sugar and add to ice cream.
3. Add cooking oil and mix well to make batter.
4. Transfer to a greased loaf pan. Preheat convection oven at 180c.
5. Bake for 25 minutes till tooth pick comes out clean.
6. Cool for 15 minutes and remove the bread. Make slices and enjoy.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

• In a wide bowl, take melted ice cream. Place a sieve over the bowl. Add all purpose flour, powdered sugar, salt, baking powder. Sieve and add to ice cream.
  
• Add cooking oil and mix everything well to make bread batter. Batter should be thick but pourable as shown in the picture below.
  
• Grease a loaf pan with cooking oil and dust all purpose flour all over the pan. Transfer the bread batter to the pan.
  
• Preheat convection oven at 180c. Bake the bread for 25 minutes. Remove the bread, insert a toothpick and check if it comes out clean. If so, cake is done.
  
  
• Cool the bread for 20 minutes. Run a knife in the corners of pan. Invert the pan over a plate and remove the bread. It comes off easily. Make slices and serve immediately. It kept it for 2 days.
  
• Enjoy !

Note

Vanilla ice cream is preferred for this ice cream bread. You get white colored bread slices. As I used vanilla and butterscotch in equal proportions, my slices came out golden in color. You can skip cooking oil if you use full fat ice cream.

Try this easy ice cream bread at home and enjoy your teatime !

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Baby Corn Bajji Recipe - Baby Corn Fingers Recipe

This is our South Indian style bajji recipe with baby corn. Baby corn bajji in Tamil also known as baby corn fingers was in my try list for years. Long back I had posted baby corn golden fritters / baby corn 65 which is a super hit recipe in my blog. After that I din’t post any baby corn snack recipe for long time. 

As summer vacation is started here, Raksha told me to make some bajji or bonda for her evening snacks. So I wanted to post this baby corn bajji and made it. I used besan flour and rice flour in the ratio of 2:1 and made bajji batter in thick flowing consistency.  It came out very well with crispy exterior and soft interior. We loved it very much. Friends, do try this easy, yummy, crispy baby corn bajji for your kids during this vacation and share your feedback with me.

Check out my homemade bajji bonda mix, onion bajji, potato bajji, Ajwain leaf bajji, Raw banana bajji, Andhra mirapakaya bajji, Chilli bajji.

Baby corn bajji recipe / Baby corn golden fingers

Baby corn bajji recipe / Baby corn golden fingers for kids snacks

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Snacks recipes

Serves: 10 nos

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Besan flour - 1/2 cup Rice flour - 1/4 cup Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp (optional, I used it) Hing / Asafetida - 1/4 tsp Salt - as needed Baking soda / cooking soda – 1/4 tsp Red Food color – a pinch (Optional) Water – As needed( I used around 3/4 cup) Cooking oil - to deep fry

HOW TO MAKE BABY CORN BAJJI

1. Peel the baby corn and discard the skin. Pressure cook the whole baby corn in high flame for one whistle OR boil in water till it becomes soft.
2. In a wide bowl, mix all the ingredients except cooking oil to make bajji batter.
3. Dip the cooked baby corn in the batter.
4. Deep fry in oil on both the sides. Remove when it turns golden in color.
5. Serve with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Peel the skin of baby corn and wash it. In a cooker base, add 2 cups of water. In a small bowl, keep the peeled baby corn and add very little water to it. Let it pressure cook in high flame for one whistle or cook till it becomes soft but firm. Remove the bowl from the cooker. Drain the excess water if any. Keep it aside.  Some people use raw baby corn to make bajji. So pressure cooking is an optional step. But I love to have soft baby corn. So I cooked it. In a wide bowl, mix besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, hing, salt, baking soda and mix well. Add water and make thick bajji batter in flowing consistency. Set aside for few minutes till oil gets heated. Heat cooking oil in a kadai. Drop a pinch of bajji batter. If it sizzles and rises to the top immediately, heat of the oil is just right. Take one cooked baby corn. Dip it inside the batter, coat it well and take it out by holding the tail part. Drop in the hot oil. Repeat the same and put 2 to 3 bajji in one batch. Flip and Cook both the sides till it turns golden. Remove the bajji in a tissue paper. Enjoy with coconut chutney or tomato ketchup !

Note

If you want to use less rice flour, use besan and rice flour in the ratio of 3:1 instead of 2:1. You can add a pinch of food color to get a bright colored bajji like in teashops. Adding baking soda helps to make puffy and soft bajji.

Enjoy this easy, yummy baby corn bajji with tomato ketchup !

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Potato Nuggets Recipe – Crispy Potato Cheese Balls Recipe

Potato nuggets / Potato cheese balls is an easy, yummy, kids friendly snack/starter recipe. Most of you would have tried Mccain potato nuggets at home for kids birthday parties and small gatherings. But I haven’t tried store bought ones. For the first time, I prepared these potato nuggets recipe for Raksha’s birthday party after watching a YouTube video. All the kids loved it very much with tomato sauce. This deep fried snack became a super hit among everyone. Its a good crowd pleaser. 

Recently I bought Panko bread crumbs from Metro, Electronic city. It helped to make these nuggets super crunchy and stayed crispy for an hour. Boiled and mashed potato, cheese, bread crumbs and Italian spices are the major ingredients used in this recipe. You can also make it without cheese and go for baked version if you are calorie conscious.  

Friends, do try this yummy potato cheese balls for your kids as evening snack during this summer vacation. They will love it for sure. Ok, lets see how to make Potato nuggets with step by step pictures.

Check out my corn cheese balls recipe similar to this.

Potato nuggets recipe / Potato cheese balls

How to make potato nuggets recipe with cheese

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: 14 nos

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 240ml Potato - 2 nos (Big sized) Corn flour - 2 tbsp Grated cheese - 2 tbsp ( I used Cheddar cheese) Bread crumbs - 1/4 cup Red chilli flakes - 1 tsp Italian herbs - 1 tsp ( I used oregano,spice mix) Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp (optional) Salt – as needed Corn flour + Water – 2 tbsp + 1/4 cup to make paste. Bread crumbs – 1 cup (to coat the nuggets) Cooking oil – to deep fry the nuggets

HOW TO MAKE POTATO NUGGETS

1. Wash and pressure cook potato in low flame for 2 whistles. Peel the skin, mash and set aside.
2. In a bowl, take the mashed potato, grated chees, bread crumbs, corn flour, oregano mix, chilli flakes and salt.
3. Mix well to make a dough without adding water. Cover and let the dough rest for 1 hour in refrigerator.
4. Take the dough and make shapes. Coat in corn flour paste and bread crumbs. Arrange in a plate.
5. Cover and let it chill for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
6. Deep fry in oil under medium flame till it turns golden in color. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and pressure cook potato adding required water. Cook in low flame for 2 whistles. Remove and peel the skin of cooked potato. Mash it well and set aside. In a wide bowl, take the mashed potato, corn flour. bread crumbs, grated cheese ( Pizza cheese or Cheddar can be used), oregano mix, chilli flakes and salt.  Add garam masala powder if using. Mix well and make dough without adding water. Cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for one hour. Take small balls and roll into cylinders as shown in the figure below. In a small bowl, mix corn flour + water to make a paste. Take bread crumbs in a wide plate. Dip the prepared cylinder shaped nuggets into the corn flour paste and then roll in bread crumbs to coat well. Arrange all the nuggets in a plate. Cover and Let it rest for 30 minutes in a refrigerator.  Heat oil in a kadai to deep fry. Drop a pinch of dough to check the oil temperature. If it rises to the top immediately, oil temperature is right. Now lower the flame to medium. Drop 3 to 4 nuggets in each batch. Cook patiently in low to medium flame till it turns golden.  Flip it whenever needed. Do not keep the flame high because the outer layer browns faster and cheese starts to ooze out from the balls. Remove when it turns golden in all the sides. Drain the excess oil in a tissue paper. Serve with tomato ketchup. Enjoy !

Note

Panko bread crumbs helps to retain the crispness for long time. But you can use homemade bread crumbs too by grinding 4 to 6 bread slices in mixie. You can also double coat the corn flour paste and bread crumbs as I did for my corn cheese balls recipe. Adjust the quantity of chilli flakes and oregano as per your taste. Addition of garam masala is optional and not mentioned in original recipe. I used it. You can make this nuggets ahead and freeze till use. For this, roll the nuggets in bread crumbs and refrigerate it till you deep fry it. I used Cheddar cheese in this recipe. You can use any processed cheese, mozarella, Parmesan etc.

Try this easy, yummy potato nuggets for your kids. They will love it !

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Avarekalu Mixture Recipe – Hyacinth/Field Beans Snacks - Avarekalu Recipes

Avarekalu season is started in Bangalore. Every year I never forget to try some interesting avarekalu recipes during this season. My School moms friends are the biggest inspiration & source for my Karnataka recipes. This year they suggested me to try Avarekalu uppittu & avarekalu mixture recipe. Avarekalu mixture is an yummy South Indian mixture recipe prepared with the combination of deep fried avarekalu(Hyacinth beans / Flat beans/ Indian lilva beans in English, Mochakottai in Tamil, Surti papdi in Hindi), poha, peanuts, nuts and raisins.

 One can find it easily in most of the snacks and savory shops in Bangalore at this time. In many places, people make this mixture only with avarekalu. But I like to add all the other ingredients to yield more quantity and taste. Hitikida avarekalu (Skinless beans) works well for this mixture recipe. It was so good and crunchy to taste. I am sure kids and adults would love to munch it during tea time. It would be ideal for their snacks box as well. Even though its high in calories, its a very tasty indulgence. You can also make this mixture with dry avarekalu/ dried beans by soaking overnight in water. 

Do try this yummy mixture recipe in this avarekalu season. You will love it. Ok, lets see how to make Avarekalu mixture recipe with step by step pictures.

Check out my other Avarekalu Recipes below

1. Avarekalu Saaru
2. Avarekalu pulao
3. Avarekalu sagu for poori, roti 
4. Avarekalu huli

Avarekalu mixture recipe

How to make South Indian style mixture recipe with avarekalu / Mochai / Hyacinth beans

Cuisine: South Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: Serves 4

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Hitikida Avarekalu / Skin less Field beans / Hyacinth beans / Pachai mochai kottai - 1 cup Thick poha - 1/2 cup ( Use 1/4 cup for less poha) Peanuts – 2.5 tbsp Fried gram dal - 1 tbsp Cashew nuts - 5 nos (Break into two) Dry grapes/ Raisins - Few (Optional) Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Curry leaves – few Cooking oil – to deep fry Salt - as needed Sugar – 1/4 tsp (optional) Dry coconut pieces – Few (Optional, I din’t use it) Hing / asafetida – A big pinch

HOW TO MAKE AVAREKALU MIXTURE

1. Wash and soak avarekalu in water overnight or for 6 hours.
2. Peel the skin and keep it ready.
3. Spread them in a cloth. Pat it dry.
4. Heat oil and deep fry avarekalu in batches. Cook till bubbles cease.
5. Remove them in a paper towel. Deep fry poha, peanuts, cashews, dry grapes and fried gram dal one by one and add to fried avarekalu.
6. Add salt, red chilli powder and hing. Mix well.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and soak avarekalu in water overnight or for 4 to 6 hours. Peel the skin by pressing the avarekalu between your thumb finger and pointer finger. Skin comes off easily. Collect them in a bowl. You can also split them into two halves if you like. Refer the picture below. Spread the peeled avarekalu in a cotton cloth and pat it dry to remove its moisture completely. Make sure its dry. Do not rest the avarekalu in the cloth for long time. It will become hard to eat after frying. So its enough if you just pat it dry nicely. Heat oil in a kadai to deep fry. Fry avarekalu in 3 batches. When you put the avarekalu in oil, it settles down in the bottom of oil with lots of bubbles. Once its cooked and becomes crispy, it will float on the top of oil without bubbles. You can remove them at this stage. Cook in medium high flame and keep tossing gently till its crispy else the entire mixture will become soggy the next day. So please be patient while frying avarekalu. Each batch takes nearly 5 minutes but its color won’t change. Drain the oil and Remove the avarekalu in a tissue paper. Now deep fry poha till crispy and add to fried avarekalu. Then deep fry peanuts, cashews till golden and remove them. Collect them in the avarekalu bowl.Deep fry dry grapes till puffy. Remove and add to the mixture. Lastly fry the fried gram dal just for a minute and remove it. Fry curry leaves and add it. Mix all the fried items in a wide bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, sugar and a pinch of hing. Toss it to coat well. Serve with hot coffee/tea. Enjoy ! Store in an air tight box after it comes to room temperature. Enjoy up to a week!

Note

For variations, you can roast Kellogg's corn flakes in 2tsp oil and add to the mixture instead of poha. Frying the avarekalu properly is the key to make perfect crispy mixture. If you rest the avarekalu in the cloth for long time, it loses all the moisture and becomes very dry. So it will taste hard once you deep fry. So it is enough if you just pat it dry. Adjust the quantity of chilli powder as per taste. For variations, you can also add 2 pinches of chat masala powder and black salt.

Try this easy, yummy, crispy Avarekalu Mixture and enjoy with tea/coffee !

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