Birds Nest

This is another recipe which my son likes very much mainly due to its appearance and name. When you tell birds nest it will open your ears jus to know what this dish is all about, but its actually a easy and tasty dish .
It will be crunchy out side due to the semiya and soft inside due to the potatoes. The peas which is in the middle will look like eggs in the nest. This is a very attractive starter for a party and you can also have it as a snack.
Let do this interesting recipe.

Ull Need :

1. Potatoes - 3

2. Peas - 1 cup

3. Coriander - 1/2 cup
4. Pudina - 1/2 cup
5. Dhania powder - 1 tsp
6. Garam masala - 1tsp
7. Jeera powder -1 tsp
8. Finely chopped green chilly
9. Roasted Semiya - 1 cup
10. Maida Flour - 1 tbsp
11. Salt
12. Oil for frying

Method :

1. Boil peas seperately and drain the water.

2. Boil Potatoes in cooker and mash well.

3. Add Chopped Pudina and coriander, Dhania Jeera , Garam masala and mix well

4. Then add green chilly and salt mix evenly

5. Pinch out 2 small ball from the potato and make a hole in the center of 1 ball as shown in pic

6. Drop few peas and close it with the other ball.

7. Make three or four and keep it aside

8. Spread semiya in a plate 

9. Mix maida in water. 

10. Drop the ball in maida mixture and roll it over the semiya.

11. See to that the semiya ia covered fully on the ball.

12. Heat oil in a pan and fry these balls

13. Cut these balls in the middle.

14. It will be as if there are green eggs in a nest.

Cheese Balls

My son is a great fan of cheese. When ever he feels like eating he will open the fridge and eat a slice of cheese. And this cheese ball is his favorite. As soon as I fry he ll take it and run away. My son will dip the fried balls again in the white sauce filling and eat. Your kids will surely like it as it will be less spicy and it will taste yummy. This recipe will be a good starters for dinner also.

Ull Need :

1. Potatoes - 5
2. Pudina - 5 to 6 leaves chopped
3. Coriander - 1/4 cup
4. Green Chilly - 1 (Chopped)
5. Salt
6. Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
7. Cornflour - 1 tblsp
8. Bread crumbs

For Filling : 

1. Wheat Flour - 1 tsp
2. Butter - 2 tsp
3. Milk - 1/2 cup
4. Cheese - Grated 2tsp
                Or
     Cheese slice - 1
5. Salt

 

Method :

1. Boil the Potatoes in Cooker and mash it well.
2. Add Pudina , Coriander leaves, green chilly, salt and asafoetida and mix well.
3. I am avoiding chilly powder and Masala powder as it is for children. If you want you can also add Chilly   and Garam Masala powder.
4. To make the filling Heat a kadai and melt the butter.
5. Add the wheat flour and stir continuously without any lumps
6. Add milk little by little till it becomes thick.
7. Add salt and cheese.
8. Please make sure that the sauce is thick as this filling will melt while frying.

9. Now pinch 2 lemon size from the potato mixture and make it into 2 cups as shown above.
10. Drop a very small amount of filling in 1 cup.(Little amout is enough as this will melt)
11. Close the filled cup by placing the other cup on top. See to that the filling is tight packed inside.
12. Now roll this into a ball and keep it aside,
13. Mix water to the cornflour
14.. Heat oil for frying
15. Roll the Potato balls in the cornflour mixture
16. And roll it again in the bread crumbs(The balls must be fully covered with bread crumbs)
17. Fry these balls and serve it with sauce.

Corn Tikki and Balls

Corn Tikkis are very easy, innovative and healthy dish. If there is a surprise guest in your house and if you do not have anything to give them, please try this out.  Give them a juice or a coffee and then start doing Corn tikki's. Including preparation time this will take jus 15 min. But the main thing is that you must have sweet corn at home. I generally have a extra packet of sweet corn as it stays for a longer time. Come lets try this quick recope now

Ull Need :

1. Sweet Corn - 2 cups
2. Coriander leaves (chopped) - 1 cup
3. Fried channadhal(Pottu Kadalai) - 1/2 cup
4. Green chilly - 1 or 2
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
6. Jeera - 1 tsp
7. Garam masala -1 tsp
8. Maida (all pupose flour) - 1tblsp
9. Salt
10. Oil

Method : 

1. Thaw or wash sweet corn
2. In a mixie jar add chopped Coriander leaves, jeera, Fried channa dhall, ginger garlic paste, greenchilly and grind them coarsly.
3. Now add the sweet corn to the jar and grind very little coarsly.
4. Shift to a bowl and add salt and garam masala.
5. Add little maida mix well and see if you are able to make balls or tikkis(add more maida if reqd)
6. For making Tikkis
7. Heat Non stick tawa
8. Take a small pinch from the mixture and flatten it in your hand and place it in the tawa
9. Jus pour few drops of oil around the tikkis. Do four or five at a time.
10. Wait for 2 min and turn the tikkis and again grease the tikkis with oil
11. The tikkis are soft turn it carefully so that it doesnt break.

                                            

1. To make balls jus roll mixture into small balls and deep fry them.My son loves it when its deep fried as it will be crispy outside and soft inside.
2. This goes well with chilly sauce as corn have a sweet taste by nature.