CHEESE-PAPAD STICKS

Hi all,

It's been hectic with my daughter running all around pushing and throwing everything she gets hold off. Coming to recipes, I saw this one when it was posted on the Food Network site and thought of making it. It's easy and is a big hit with kids as verified by my 2 little kids who finished it quick and fast. So here it goes, I've named it

ChEESE-PAPAD STICKS

INGREDIENTS

MILK: 3/4 CUP
ALL PURPOSE FLOUR: 1 CUP
SALT
LIZZAT PAPAD OR ANY FLAVOURED PAPAD (JEERA, GARLIC ETC) 1-2
MOZZARELLA CHEESE: AROUND 15 PIECES
BREAD POWDER: 1/2 -1 CUP

MAKING

First, take a bowl in it, add 3/4th cup of milk and 2 tbsp of flour and mix them well without any lumps and set them aside. In another bowl, mix the bread powder and finely crushed Papad and set them aside. Put the rest of the All-Purpose Flour in a Ziplock bag. Now the process begins, take the cut mozzarella cheese and first put them in the flour bag and mix well, next drop the flour-coated cheese in the milk-flour bowl and finally into the bread-papad mix so that the cheese is thoroughly coated with the bread mix. Take a flat baking tray and grease the base with vegetable oil, place the cheese-papad stick in a single layer so that it doesn't touch each other. Refrigerate them for at least 1-2 hours. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake the cheese-papad sticks for about 10 minutes until the sticks are light brown. Delicious Cheese-Papad Sticks are ready to eat.

TIPS

Make sure you refrigerate the cheese sticks well. You could even do that one day in advance. This is necessary as cheese remains firm and does not melt when it's in the oven. It's very important to do this step as my first try had all the cheese half melted.

ONION THOGAYAL

Hi all,

Its been quite a while but here I am with a new recipe. This one was taught to me by my mom when I was a newly wed and she had written a bunch of recipes for me on a sheet of paper. This one is very simple and can be made within 10 minutes. Its perfect as a side dish and also can be eaten with rice on its own. So, here it goes

ONION THOGAYAL

INGREDIENTS

ONIONS: 2 MEDIUM
RED CHILLIES: 4-5
URAD DAL: 3 TBSP
PULI/TAMARIND: 1/2 TSP OR A VERY SMALL PIECE
MUSTARD SEEDS
OIL AND SALT AS REQUIRED




Onion Thogayal

MAKING

Take a pan, add a spoon of oil, fry the Urad dal, Red chillies, Onions for a few minutes until the urad dal has become light brown and the onions too has started sweating and has become golden brown. Switch off the gas, and add the Puli/Tamarind. Allow this mix to cool and grind it to a fine paste (chutney consistency) with the required amount of salt.

Take the pan, add a Tsp of oil. Once the oil is hot, add some Mustard seeds. Once it splutters add the onion paste and stir it for a couple of minutes until the raw smell of the gravy is gone. That's it, delicious Onion Thogayal is ready to eat. Serve it with Rotis/Chapathi's or mix it in rice with a bit of Gingelly oil and its equally tasty.

 Its perfect for anyone who wants to make something easy and instantly so you have more time in your hands or you simply don't want to cook. Its also perfect for bachelors who want to make something quick and tasty. Enjoy !

TIPS

Use dark Indian onions than light ones as it gives a nice color to the thogayal. Also in case you run out of big onions, you can also use small onions instead.