Easy Chapathi roll

This is a recipe with left over Chapathi or rotis. Sometimes after dinner i will have a few rotis left over. I don't feel like throwing them away so next day morning i make a quick recipe with those rotis which i call as chapathi roll. It's very easy to make and quite a healthy snack. You don't need too many ingredients and you can improvise according to your taste. Here i am giving the most basic recipe and i would like to know feedback from my friends to improve it's taste. I would like to see how many variations will come up:-) So here we go!

What you need

Chapathi/Roti - 4
Onion chopped - 1
Tomato chopped - 1 small
Green chilly chopped - 1
Corriander leaves chopped - 1 tbsp
Cheese cubes - 2(if small)
Salt - as required(optional)
Oil - 1 tbsp

Mix all the chopped vegetables and cheese cubes well. Salt is actually not required for this recipe. You can also use the cheese spread which is available in different flavours to add more taste. I use both cheese spread and plain cheese too.
Now spread the mix on one side of the chapathi and roll as shown in the picture above.Heat oil on the tawa and shallow fry it till it becomes crispy. You can apply a little bit cheese at the ends while rolling the chapathi so that it won't open and the filling won't come out.

Serve with tomato ketchup

Dhokla - A gujrati snack

Dhokla - Gujrati Snack




When i had it for the first time i felt dhokla looks like yellow idlis cut into cubes.But it tastes different. In the first trail itself i loved the taste of this sweet and sour snack and decided to try it by myself. First time it turned out hard, but then second time i could make soft spongy dhokla.I was really surprised to find out how easy the preparation is. So here, i am sharing the recipe with my friends...




What you need :

Besan/Gram Flour - 2 cups

Curd/Yoghurt - 1/2 cup

Green chilly paste - 1 tsp

Ginger Paste - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1 pinch

Salt - as required

Sugar - 1 tbsp

lemon juice - 1 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Eno - 1 sachet

Water - as required




For seasoning

Oil - 2 tsp

Red chilly -2

Curry leaves - 1 bunch

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp




First seive together besan and soda well. Then mix curd,salt,lemon juice,green chilly paste and ginger paste together without lumps. Now add water little by little so that you get a thick batter just as the same consistency as that of idly batter. Keep aside for one or two hours. Now add sugar according to your taste level.( If you don't want dhokhlas sweet then you can completely avoid sugar. But i prefer it khatta meetha so i add about 2 tbsp sugar).Now add eno and you can see bubbles coming up in the batter. Now pour the batter into a dish similar to baking dish greased with oil. Steam the batter in a steamer for around 30 minutes on medium flame. Check whether the dhokla is well cooked using a knife or fork. If the fork comes out clean then we can make sure that dhokhla is well cooked. Now take out the pan and let it cool a bit. Remove the dhokla from the dish and cut into cubes with a knife smoothly. Now do the seasoning with all the ingredients in hot oil and pour on the dhoklas.

Serve with any chutney of your choice!




Note : Don't keep the batter after adding eno. Immediately steam it.

Moong Dosa - Cherupayar Dosa

This is a left over recipe which i have found to save the dosa batter if it's left over. Sometimes after making dosa or idly the batter will be left over which will not be enough in quantity to use it next time for breakfast or dinner for me and my husband. So i thought of making a new type of dosa which is the actual fusion of north indian cheela and south indian dosa. I have named it moong dosa. I don't know whether the actual moong dosa is made like this.

Ingredients

Dosa batter - 2 cups
moong dal - 2 cups
Green chilly - 1 or 2 according to your spice level
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
methi powder - 2 tbsp
salt - as required

Soak moong dal for 2-3 hrs. Grind it with all the ingredients apart from dosa batter adding little bit of water. The ground moong dal better should be of the consistency of idly batter. Mix it with the dosa batter well.
Now heat the tawa and make dosa in the same way like dosa is made.

It can be served with chilly or onion chutney.