After a long time, we bought red beet. I prepared the usual side dish.He said, “Wah!!! its nice. Beet is good for health”. I was beaming with pride as I always do when he likes and appreciates the food. Then he continued, “Why dont you prepare beet soup, it tastes too good”.
I was surprised, I never heard of beat soup, so i said “I have never heard of beet soup, I can’t even imagine how it would taste”. “Just give it a try, you will like it”.
After 2-3 days, at lunch time, “I have prepared a new dish today, but I donno how it will taste”.
He, “Its okay. Let me see what is it” “Dont get scared, it does not look edible” Then I served the soup, He, “Oh my god!!! what is it??” “You told me to prepare beet soup, I had never heard of it. Now eat it!!” He silently ate it, then “Its too good, Wah!!!” I felt so happy to be successful in my adventure. So thought of sharing that recipe here. The picture I have taken hasn’t come well. But I do not want to wait until I prepare it the next time. So bear with me.
Ingredients: Grated red beet 1 cup Coriander leaves 2-3 strands Cumin powder 1/2 tea spn Butter 1 tea spn Pepper powder 1/2 tea spn Grated ginger 1/2 tea spn Salt As per taste
Method: Heat butter and add ginger, beet. Fry for 2-3 min. Grind with coriander leaves to a very fine paste. Add 4 cups of water and bring it to boil. Add cumin powder, pepper powder and salt. Serve hot.
Serves : 2 Preparation time : 20min
This is my first entry in chaat section. While in India, I never tried preparing any chaat because we used to get very good chaats at a walkable distance from home.
Some 3 years back, I never had any roadside chaats. But once I tasted it, I felt the taste is better than any good restaurants. So I just stopped eating them in restaurants and always used to have in roadside chaat vehicles. By god’s grace I never fell ill because of them, So it encouraged me to eat it more.
This is the first ever chaat I prepared.
Ingredients: Maida or all purpose flour 1/2 cup Wheat flour 1/2 cup Cumin powder 1/2 tea spn Oil Sweet chutney 2 tbl spns Curd or yogurt 1 cup Potatoes(cooked) 2 Red chilli powder 1 tea spn Chaat masala 1 tea spn Coriander leaves 4-5 strands Tomato(finely chopped) 1 Salt
Method : Mix wheat flour, maida(or all purpose flour), salt and little water to make a dough. Cover it with damp cloth and keep aside for 10min. Make small balls of the dough, roll it into tiny puris (make it to chapathi size and cut into small puris) and deep fry them in oil. Mash potatoes lightly with hand. Keep the puris in plate, stuff them with potatoes. On this, spread sweet chutney, then a layer of curd or yogurt. Spread salt, chilli powder, chaat masala, coriander leaves, tomato and serve.
Serves : 3 Preparation time : 30min
