Poha is a popular snack/ breakfast/ street food. This steam poha is famous in malwa/ Madhya #pradesh area of India. Ingredients: 2 cups poha/ chewda/ pohe (thick is better for poha making) 2 tsp Oil 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds A pinch of Hing 1 tsp Cumin seeds 10-12 Curry  leaves 1 green chilly finely chopped  1 tsp fennel seeds/ सौंफ 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1.2 tsp red chilly powder 2 finely chopped Green chilies 1 onion finely chopped 1 potato in small pieces, you can use boiled, par boiled or raw any potato as per your wish. Salt to taste Sugar (optional) for balancing spice taste. Finely chopped Coriander leaves  Method First to begin with wash pohe with water and soak the pohe into a strainer. Soaking is done only for thick poha, soaking here is in strainer not keeping additional water in it. Cover and keep the pohe aside for about 15 minutes. Add turmeric powder, salt, sugar directly on poha only mix everything. Now in...

Ingredients Panner/ potatocut to 1 inch pieces approx 20 pieces Salt to taste Lemon juice -  2 tbsp Wheat flour/ Maida - 1 cup Milk/ Egg - 1cup/ 2 nos. Coriander finely chopped - 2 tbsp Honey 2 tbsp Chilliflakes - 1/2 tsp crushed cornflakes 3 tbsp (for crispness) Method Marinate pieces in sal and lemon for 10 mins and then dip in mixture of flour, milk, and taste ingrtedients. Deep fry and its ready to eat.

Green Gram Sprouts - 1 cup  [for sprouts soak green dal overnight and then spread on seive and cover with damp cloth for 2 days and keep on soaking cloth in between, if the climate is normal sprouts will pop in 24 hrs If you don't want raw sprouts, steam it for three minutes and it will become soft; or microwave all the vegetables for a minute or two.     Chopped onion - 1 Chopped Ginger - 2 tsp Chopped Capsicum - Green, Yellow, Red - 1/2 cup as per availability Chopped Tomato - 1 cup Chopped Cucumber - 1 cup Grated or finely chopped Carrot - 1 cup Salt as required Lemon Juice - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Chaat Masala - 1 tsp we can add nuts to add crunch to it.     Method Mix all the ingredients and fill in canapes.  i made canapes at home in cone style. At the time of serving, add puffed rice or sev, tomato sauce, sweet chutney, boiled potato and so on. 

Being in land of missiles...errr....remember 3 idiots yes the MISSILES i mean are dhokla, khakra, fafda, gathiya, well i never felt that they are missiles as i love these snacks or what gujju's call them "farsan" the ultimate namkin. If u order a thali it accompanies the 'farsan' for sure so gujjus cant skip this be it any occasion, a regular thalli or a chai ki pyali, a marriage function or railway junction.... my aai cooks yum dhoklas, i will try them too but this generation which is always in hurry I thought of trying the instant version first. as it is microwave is there, soda is there so why waste and of course mom dont worry will try the traditional version too soon. so here's the instant dhokla to save time but relish toungue. Dhokla batter 1 big cofee mug of besan, 1 big cofee mug water ( same ) 1/2 tea spoon citiric acid crystal salt n sugar as per taste mix all well..so that there are no lumps 1 sachet of non- flavored eno ( fru...