Soya Chunks Manchurian – Soya Chunks Recipes

How to make Soya chunks manchurian/ meal maker manchurian – Dry version with step by step pictures !
Soya chunks also known as meal maker & soya nuggets is a good source of protein for vegetarians. Usually I add them in biryani. Recently I bought a pack of mini soya chunks(Soya chunks nano) to try some curry or gravy with it. But I got tempted to make soya chunks Manchurian after watching Vahrevah Youtube video. Soya chunks fry came out very crispy like Gobi 65 and tasted great when hot.I made a dry Manchurian sauce and it stayed crispy for sometime even after adding in gravy. But It became slightly chewy and soft after its cooled down. So make and serve it hot to enjoy its actual taste because the moisture content inside the soya chunks makes it soft soon. Use mini soya chunks for best results.If you use big sized soya chunks, chop it after soaking in water to make a crispy fry. Do try this for your kids. I am sure they will love it. Lets see how to prepare Soya chunks Manchurian also known as meal maker Manchurian with step by step photos !
Check out my other Manchurian recipes

Gobi manchurian

Baby corn manchurian

Idli manchurian

Mixed vegetable manchurian

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Paneer 65 Recipe – Dry Paneer Fry

Paneer 65 is an yummy, kids friendly, deep fried snack for teatime and parties. I am planning to share a collection of Paneer recipes from my blog. But before that, I wanted to post some more yummy and interesting paneer recipes which are in my try list for long time. Recently I tasted paneer 65 in a restaurant buffet lunch under starters. Raksha & myself loved it so much. So I tried to recreate the same at home after watching few YouTube videos.Actually Paneer 65 ( Dry Paneer fry) can be made in Chinese or Indian style.Here I followed Indian version and added masala powders. If you want to make in Chinese style, add tomato sauce, soya sauce, chilli sauce and pepper powder. As I wished, It came out with super crispy exterior and soft interior. As a general rule, this deep fried starter recipe should be eaten hot to enjoy its best taste. Summer vacation is going to start in another 2 weeks in India. Kids would demand varieties of snacks recipes from their moms. So friends, make this yummy, kids friendly Paneer snacks for them.Serve it with a fresh juice.They are going to enjoy it for sure. You too can enjoy a plate of paneer 65 with a cup of hot tea/coffee as I did. Lets see how to make this crispy, homemade Paneer 65 for evening snack or as a starter for lunch/dinner.
Do check out my Gobi 65, Baby corn fry, Chilli Idli fry

Paneer 65 recipe

How to make paneer 65 at home - Kids friendly evening snack !!

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 30 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 40 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Paneer / Indian cottage cheese - 100gms Cooking oil - to deep fry Curry leaves, onion & lemon slices - to garnish For marination All purpose flour/Maida - 3 tbsp Rice flour - 2 tbsp Corn flour - 2 tbsp Curd – 1 tsp or lemon juice – 1 /2 tsp Ginger & garlic paste - 1 tsp Dhania powder - 1 tsp (optional)  Red chilli powder - 1 tsp ( Use Kashmiri chilli powder to get the same color) Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Salt, water - as needed Chat masala powder - to sprinkle while serving (optional)

METHOD

Take the paneer block and cut into thin strips of 2 inches length. Boil water till it starts to bubble. Switch off the flame.  Add the paneer pieces to hot water and set aside.Dropping paneer in hot water is optional if you thaw it completely.  It comes out well even without this step but softness would be less.  In a wide bowl, take the flours, red chilli powder, dhania powder, garam masala powder, G&G paste, curd or lemon juice  & salt. Mix well without adding water. Then add the required water and make a batter similar to thick bajji batter. Check the consistency in the picture below. If the batter is thin, tails will form. Now remove the paneer pieces from the hot water and drain the excess water gently.Do not squeeze too hard. Add the paneer pieces to the batter and coat it well. Let it marinate for 15 minutes.Do not marinate for more than an hour. Batter will become sour.It spoils the taste of dish. ( If you want to marinate for long time, refrigerate the marinated mixture till you fry them) Heat oil to deep fry. Drop a pinch of batter and if it raises to the top immediately, oil temperature is just right. Now keep the flame low to medium and take the paneer pieces using a spoon. If you take it using your fingers, the coating may go off. So take it with a spoon and make sure the paneer piece is completely coated with the batter. Drop the paneer pieces and cook in batches. Do not crowd the oil. After dropping the paneer pieces, let it cook for few seconds. Then try to move the pieces with a slotted ladle else they will stick to the bottom of kadai. Keep moving them in between. Cook for a minute in medium flame and turn the pieces upside down. Cook the other side for a minute and remove when the bubbles start to cease and paneer pieces turn golden brown.Do not wait for all the bubbles to stop.If you over fry, paneer will become chewy. So remove at the right time. Remove in a tissue paper. Sprinkle chat masala if you like. Enjoy serving & eating hot !!

Note

If you don’t have corn flour in hand, use 4 tbsp of rice flour alone. You can replace curd with a tsp of lemon juice. Marination gives a nice crispy exterior and soft interior. If you are in a hurry, you can make it immediately too. If you want to keep the marinated paneer for long time, its better to refrigerate the batter till you deep fry. Do not over fry the paneer pieces, it would turn chewy & hard. Its better to use low fat paneer cubes to avoid becoming too soft or crumbly. Frying in low to medium heat is important. If the oil is too hot n smoky, paneer 65 would turn dark brown in color. Use Kashmiri chilli powder to get this color. I have not used any coloring agent here.

Enjoy this crispy, yummy snack/starter recipe at home with tea/coffee/Juice!!

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Air fryer Spring Rolls Recipe Vegetarian | Vegetable Spring Rolls Recipe - Baked | Airfryer Recipes

Recently I won a Bajaj air fryer in Mother’s recipe contest and shared the pictures on my Facebook & Google plus pages. Some of my readers told me to post some airfryer recipes. I tried french fries, Bitter gourd chips, Lady’s finger fries and bread rolls in my air fryer. Everything came out very well but I couldn’t post them here as everything vanished even before I click.

Yesterday evening I tried vegetable Spring rolls using store bought spring roll pastry sheets for the first time. I baked a few in air fryer and deep fried the remaining to compare the results. I prepared a simple and easy vegetable stuffing using cabbage, carrot and capsicum. I made everything quickly and finished clicking before Raksha and Sendhil came home. Believe me, I loved the air fryer version more than the deep fried ones. Air fried ones were very very crispy compared to the other. Moreover its crispness was maintained for long time. Sendhil came 2 hours after I made the spring rolls. Even then they were crispy. I think you can make the same using convection oven too.

I was very happy that I served him a low calorie,oil less evening snack recipe. Friends, if you have any plans to buy an air fryer, just go for it without any hesitation. I am sure you won’t regret for the buy. These spring rolls can be served as a starter for small birthday parties and family functions. Everything can be prepared ( including rolling) well in advance and refrigerated. So here you go, my first recipe using air fryer – Crispy Veg Spring rolls !

Vegetable Spring Rolls Recipe

Vegetable Spring rolls recipe - Yummy starter recipe!!

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Starter

Serves: 8 nos

Prep time: 15 Minutes

Cook time: 25 Minutes

Total time: 40 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

For Stuffing Shredded cabbage - 2 cups Carrot - 1 big Big onions - 2 nos ( optional) Capsicum - 1/2 no Ginger - 2 inch piece Garlic - 8 nos Sugar – a big pinch Pepper powder - 1 tbsp Soya sauce - 1 tsp Salt - as needed Cooking oil - 2 tbsp Spring onion – to garnish For the sheet Spring roll sheet – 10 nos Corn flour or maida – 2 tbsp Water – as needed

METHOD

Take out the spring roll sheet from the freezer and keep it outside for 1 hour. In the mean time, prepare the stuffing part. Grate the cabbage thinly. Chop the carrot and onion into thin strips.Slice the capsicum thinly. Chop the ginger and garlic very finely. Make sure everything should be of same size and thickness. Try to chop them as thin as possible to ensure quick cooking. Heat oil in a kadai and saute all the chopped vegetables adding some salt and sugar. Sugar helps to maintain the color of veggies. Saute in high flame continuously for 2-3 minutes.Veggies would get cooked and reduce in quantity. Lastly add the soya sauce and pepper powder. Mix well and switch off the flame. Garnish with finely chopped spring onions if you have it. Stuffing for the spring roll is ready. In a wide bowl, take the maida or corn flour and add some water to make a cream like paste. Now the spring roll sheet must be ready to use. Take a sheet and cut into 4 if you want to make small sized spring rolls. Cover the remaining sheets with a wet cloth to avoid drying. If you want big spring rolls as in the picture, no need to cut the sheet. Place a tbsp of stuffing in one corner of the sheet. Roll it tight and fold the sides as shown in the picture. If you don’t roll it tight, spring roll becomes flat. Apply the corn flour paste in the other corner and stick it. Repeat the same process with all the sheets and arrange them in a plate. Heat oil to deep fry. Put the spring rolls and cook them in medium flame till they turn golden brown.Turn it whenever needed. Remove in a tissue paper and serve with tomato sauce. Enjoy ! AIR FRYER VERSION Preheat the air fryer in 180c for 5 minutes. Roll the sheets as mentioned above and arrange them. Brush the spring rolls with some oil. Place the sheets in the Air fryer basket. Set the timing to 20 minutes and temperature to 180c.Bake it for 10 minutes. Remove the basket and flip the spring rolls to bake the other side. Bake for the remaining 10 minutes and check the color of spring rolls. If it remains white, bake it for another 2-3 minutes or more. Remove and serve hot ! It stays crispy for long time. So you can store the baked spring rolls in the air fryer basket till you serve.

Note

Do not keep less stuffing and roll it tight. Keep the stuffing according to the size of sheet. To make the stuffing more spicy, add some chilli sauce. Jain readers can skip the onions, garlic and use more cabbage. There won’t be much difference in taste.

Pictures of deep fried vegetable spring rolls. 

Try this kids friendly starter recipe this weekend and enjoy your tea time !

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Paneer Tikka Recipe on Tawa , Green Chutney With Curd - Stove Top Version

Last week, I made paneer tikka  on tawa for the first time using gas stove .Even though I have an oven with microwave, convection and grill options, I din’t want to make use of it as it was my first attempt. So I tried in my new non-stick tawa. It came out very well. Paneer was perfectly browned & soft. I watched Sanjeev kapoor channel’s youtube video hosted by my favourite Chef Harpal singh. I had already tried Corn cheese balls following his recipe and it was a super hit among my family and friends. So I tried this recipe without any hesitation. He demonstrated the recipe using gas tandoor but I made the same in tawa.


Sendhil loved it and relished the tikka with green chutney adding curd. I became very happy and confident enough to try this recipe for my guests too. Soon I must try the same using my oven’s grill option and make a post here. Now lets see how to make paneer tikka using gas stove on tawa with green chutey as side dish.

Paneer tikka recipe-Stove top version & Green chutney

Paneer tikka recipe using Tawa in Gas stove and its most popular side dish - Green chutney

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Side dish

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Paneer - 100 gms Tomato - 1 no ( deseeded,optional,i dint use) Green capsicum - 1/2 no (u can use colourful bell peppers too) Big onion - 2 nos Cooking oil – 2 tbsp For marination Hung curd or thick curd - 1/2 cup Kashmiri Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Tandoori masala powder - 1.5 tsp Ginger&garlic paste - 1/2 tsp Chat masala powder- 1/2tsp Kasoori methi - 2 pinches Lemon juice - few drops Salt - as needed To roast Butter – 1.5 tbsp Besan flour - 1.5 tsp Ajwain - 1/8 tsp Mustard oil or cooking oil – 2 tbsp + 2 pinch of turmeric powder Green Chutney with curd Mint+coriander leaves – 1/2 cup Green chillies – 1or 2 no Thick fresh Curd – 1/4 cup Roasted cumin powder – 1/8 tsp Chat masala – a pinch Garlic cloves – 2 nos Ginger – 1/2 inch piece Black salt – 2 pinches Sugar - 1/4 tsp Salt – as needed

HOW TO MAKE PANEER TIKKA ON TAWA - METHOD

Heat butter in a kadai and roast the ajwain & besan flour. Roast well in medium flame for 2-3 minutes till u get a nice aroma. It will turn like a thick paste. Set aside and let it cool. Soak the skewer in water for 30 minutes to avoid getting burnt. Take the hung or thick curd in a wide bowl. Add 1 tbsp of roasted besan mix. Mix the spice powders, g&g paste, salt , kasoori methi and few drops of lemon juice. Check for taste and set aside. Heat 2 tbsp of mustard oil & when it starts to smoke, add turmeric powder. Switch off the flame immediately & add the oil to the marinated masala.  Cut the paneer ,tomato, capsicum and onion into square shared pieces as shown in the pic. Now add all the veggies to the masala and allow it to marinate for minimum 2 hours or over night in refrigerator. Arrange the marinated pieces in a skewer or tooth pick. I placed paneer, then onion, capsicum and I repeated the same order. I finished it with a paneer piece. You can order them as per your wish. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a non-stick tawa. After the oil is heated, turn the flame to low. Keep the skewer and cover the tawa with a lid. Let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Then turn the skewer and cook the other side till it turns golden brown. Keep turning every now and then till you achieve the color. Onions, capsicum, paneer would be roasted well and will give a nice smell. Remove in a plate and serve it really hot with green chutney to enjoy its best taste. Alternate method : Instead of skewing all the veggies, you can saute each vegetable separately in oil and then arrange them in toothpick or skewer. Green chutney for paneer tikka : Wash and take mint+coriander leaves in a mixie jar. To this, add all the other ingredients.Grind it to a smooth paste adding curd. Do not add water. Remove the chutney & serve with tikka.

Note

Adjust the spices as per your taste. If you don’t have tandoori masala, add garam masala instead. But tandoori masala works the best.

Paneer tikka is ready to relish with green chutney & garam garam Chai. Enjoy !!

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French Fries Recipe | Crispy Homemade French Fries

 

Recently I saw my friend buying a packet of frozen french fries to fry it using her newly bought air fryer. It tempted me to try french fries at home. The success of my McDonalds Veg Burger recipe & KFC style veg strips recipes made me confident enough to try this most popular, kids favourite french fries recipe too. I googled so many recipes & videos to make a perfect homemade french fries. As I mentioned in my homemade potato chips post, you need to use the right potatoes to get crispy McDonalds style french fries. People in abroad can use Russets or baking potatoes. 

In India, we get red colored potato covered with mud. It is called as chips potato. U have to use that variety for best results. If you have these potatoes in hand,just carry on with this recipe. You can make it perfect as shown in the picture. Here I have just sprinkled salt like in restaurants. U can also season them with organic spices if you wish. And if you are health conscious, you can opt for baked version too. I have given the temperature settings in the method section. 

When I tasted these fries, I reminded my daughter Raksha. She is in Salem for vacation. She loves these fries a lot and today I missed her very badly. I should make it again as soon as she come here. Ok, Lets see how to make crispy,homemade french fries recipe with the picture of potato I used.

Homemade french fries recipe

How to make crispy french fries at home easily using 3 methods.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Snacks

Serves: Serves 3

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Red colored potatoes - 2 nos (Big oblong shaped) Salt - as needed Ice cold water or water at room temperature – as needed Cooking oil - to deep fry

HOW TO  MAKE FRENCH FRIES - METHOD

Wash and peel the skin of potatoes.Cut them into 1/2 inch thick slices and then into thin strips of uniform size. Wash the strips in plain water or ice water for 2 –3 times to remove the excess starch content. Boil 2 cups of water in a pan. Switch off the flame and soak the potato strips in it for 5 minutes. No need to cover the bowl. Drain the water completely. Pat it dry in a clean kitchen towel. Leave it open for 5 minutes. Make sure there is no water in the strips and it should be completely dry. Heat oil till medium hot and deep fry the potato strips for 2 minutes in medium flame. It would be oily and soft. Make sure the colour of potatoes are white.Remove & drain them in a tissue paper. Let it cool down completely. Store in zip lock bags and freeze them for later use. If making immediately, follow the next step. Again heat oil till its well heated but not smoky. Now deep fry the potato strips for the second time till it becomes crispy and golden. Keep tossing them for uniform cooking. Remove in a tissue and sprinkle some salt. Serve with tomato sauce. NOTE : If  you want to make them in bulk and store it for later use, after frying for the first time, remove and cool down completely. Store them in a zip lock cover and freeze it till use.Whenever you want to make it, heat oil well and deep fry them. Oil may sizzle & splutter as the potatoes are frozen and coated with ice. So fry them carefully till golden and crispy and serve hot. Baked version : Follow the same steps till  you pat dry the potato strips in kitchen towel. Preheat the oven in convection mode at 200c. No need to cook the potatoes. Arrange the strips in a baking plate and drizzle some oil all over them. Sprinkle some salt or organic seasoning. Bake them at 200c for 25-30 minutes OR till they become crispy. Remove and serve hot.Soon I will try to make a separate post for this baked version. Enjoy !

Note

Follow any of the above discussed methods based on your liking.You will get crispy french fries. To make these fries more flavourful, you can sprinkle garlic powder, thyme, basil etc. Use Red colored mud coated potatoes for best results. Other potatoes may turn brown quickly while roasting. Washing the potatoes twice is to remove the extra starch content in the potatoes. It helps you get nice color to the fries.

Try these yummy, crispy french fries at home for your kids. They will love it for sure.!!

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