Poha Pakoda / पोहा पकोड़ा

Pakoda is everyone's favorite. Now that Monsoon is knocking on the door, craving for pakoda is going to be at its peak.
So, lets try a new type of pakoda made of Poha/Chiwda (Flattened Rice/ Rice Flakes).

Poha Pakoda

 Ingredients:

1. Poha (Rice Flakes) : 100 grams
2. Onion: 2 medium size
3. Potatos: 2 medium size
4. Green Chillies: 2  (or as per your taste)
5. Fresh Coriander Leaves (Dhaniya Patta)  
6. Turmeric(Haldi) Powder: 1 teaspoon
7.  Garam Masala : 1/2 teaspoon
8. Besan (Gram Flour) : 3 tablespoon
9. Salt : According to taste
10. Mango Powder: 1/2 teaspoon
11. Red Chilli Powder: 1/2 teaspoon (or as per your taste)
12. Chat Masala
13. Cooking Oil

Preparing the Pakoda Mix:

• First of all boil the potatoes
• Soak Poha in water for 2 minutes
• Drain the water out of Poha
• In a large bowl put boiled potatoes and soaked poha
• Add finely chopped onions 
• Add finely chopped potatoes
• Add finely chopped green chillies
• Add finely chopped coriander leaves
• Add turmeric, garam masala, mango powder, red chilli powder
• Add Besan
• Add salt to your taste
• Mash them all together. Pakoda Mix would look like this now

Pakoda Mix

Frying the Pakoda:

• Prepare balls of the pakoda mix 
• Heat your favorite cooking oil in a kadhai. We are going to deep fry the pakoda. So there should be enough oil.
• Fry the balls on a low to medium flame until they are golden brown. 
• Take them out. You should place some tissue-papers on the plate before putting pakodas in it. This will soak out excess oil.
• Pakoda is ready.

Serving Ideas:
Sprinkle some chat-masala and serve them hot.
Pakodas go well with some kind of chutney (spicy and tangy) and something cool (or hot if you like Tea) to drink.
  

Tasty Paneer Roll / Paneer Frankie / Cottage Cheese Frankie / टेस्टी पनीर रोल

Everyone loves frankies/rolls, and my daughter is no exception. These are ideal for a quick byte in the evening for all age groups.

Roll or Frankie ?!!
I am using the term Roll and Frankie interchangeably because in my opinion both are same. They differ only slightly in filling preparation and the material used for chapati. That is primarily due to the origin. Rolls or say Kathi Rolls originated at Kolkata while Fankies originated at Mumbai. Rolls traditionally have Kathi Kebabs for fillings while Frankies have Tawa masala preparation of assorted vegetables.

Today we will learn how a make tasty and healthy paneer(cottage cheese) roll/frankie at home.

Paneer Roll

Ingredients:

1. Paneer (Cottage Cheese) : 200 gm. (Use malai paneer for better taste)
2. Curd (Dahi) :  1 cup 
3. Coriander Powder : 1 teaspoon
4. Cumin Powder: 1 teaspoon
5. Black pepper powder: 1/2 teaspoon
6. Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
7. Kashmiri Chilli Powder: 1/2 teaspoon
8. Garam Masala: 1/2 teaspoon
9. Salt : 1/2 teaspoon 
10. Cooking Oil: 2 tablespoon 
11. Chat Masala 
12. Mango Powder: 1 teaspoon
13. Lemon Juice: 1 lemon
14. Onion : 2 (Fine sliced)
15. Tomato : 2 (fine chopped)
16. Green Chillies: To your taste
17. Wheat Flour
18. Tomato Ketchup

Prepare Paneer Marinate:

• Put paneer cubes in a bowl
• Add curd 
• Add Turmeric powder, Cumin powder, Coriander Powder, Black Peeper powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, Garam masala, Salt and Mango powder
• Mix them gently and leave the mix to marinate for 30 minutes

Prepare filling:

• Take a pan and heat 2 tablespoon oil in it
• Add marinated paneer mix and fry it on medium flame for 5 minutes or until the spices become golden brown and fragrant
• Keep it aside

Prepare Salad for Filling:

• Take finely chopped onion in a bowl
• Add finely chopped tomatoes in it
• Add finely chopped green chillies(optional) in it  
• Add 2 tablespoon lemon juice 
• Add 1/2 teaspoon chat masala 
• Optionally you may add Cabbage, beetroot, carrot, Salad leaves etc. 

Rolling the Roll:

Since we are talking about healthy preparation we will use chapaties made of wheat flour (Aata, not the finely ground and bleached one called maida).

• Prepare a regular chapati
• Spread tomato ketchup or your favorite sauce/mayo on the chapati
• Layer it with Salad 
• Add fried paneer on it 
• Roll the chapati with the fillings inside and wrap it in a foil as shown in the pic above
• Your Frankie/Roll is ready to serve