Kini's Kitchen

  INGREDIENTS: 3 cups dosa rice 1 cup urad dal 1 cup beaten rice/ Poha/ Avalakki 1/2 cup Sabudana/ tapioca pearls 2 tsp methi/ fenugreek seeds Salt to taste 1/4 tsp baking soda Pinch of sugar Butter for cooking dosa PROCEDURE: Take dosa rice in a bowl, add water, and rinse well. Soak in enough water for 5-6 hrs. Take urad dal, methi, and Sabudana in a bowl, add water and rinse 3-4 times. Soak in enough water for 5-6 hrs Wash Poha just before grinding and soak in water for 10 minutes Grind all the soaked ingredients and make a smooth batter Let it ferment for 7-8 hours Next day morning before making dosa add salt, baking soda, sugar mix well. The consistency of the batter should be like normal dosa batter Heat Tawa, take a ladle of the batter and pour on Tawa, gently spread to a slightly thick dosa Put 2-3 tsp butter on dosa and cook on a medium flame You will see a lot of tiny holes in the dosa Cook on a medium flame till the top has cooked and the bottom has become brown and crisp...

Ragda poori is a popular Maharashtrian dish, very popular in Mumbai.This dish makes a complete meal.Served with crispy deep fried pooris and topped with sweet sweet,tangy and spicy chutney, chopped onions and besan sev, tastes awesome. INGREDIENTS: FOR RAGDA: 1 cup green peas 1small potato cut into cubes 3 tsp oil 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tomato finely chopped 1 onion finely chopped 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp  garam masala ( i used misal masala powder) 1/2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp jeera/ cumin powder 1/2 tsp coriander/ daniya powder Chopped coriander leaves PROCEDURE: Cook green  peas and chopped potato in cooker with 3 cups of water for 3 whistles or till the peas becomes soft Take oil in a pan ,put chopped onions and saute till transparent,followed by ginger garlic paste,fry  for 2-3 mins. .Add turmeric powder,chopped tomato and fry well Add masala powder,daniya jeera powders, chilli powder and fry Pour the cooked peas, potato mixtu...

INGREDIENTS: 1 cup chiroti rava / fine semolina / rava 2 tblsp maida Pinch of baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp oil Water to knead the dough Oil for deep frying PROCEDURE: In a large bowl take maida, sooji, salt,baking soda, 1 tsp oil  Combine all the ingredients well, add water and start to knead Knead the dough well and make a stiff dough, grease with  1 tsp oil and rest for 30 mins. Before making poori knead the dough again . Devide the dough into portions Make a ball, dust with maida and roll it into a roti as thin as possible Take a small lid of any container and start to make small pooris  Heat oil,drop the pooris in oil and press with the laddle to puff up. Fry the pooris both the sides on a low medium flame , till they turn golden brown and crisp. Remove the pooris and drain over tissue paper to remove excess oil Once the pooris comes to room temperature store in an airtight container. Use the pooris to make pani puri, bhel puri,bahi sev...

Charmbure upkari / Masala churmuri is a very popular street food in Manalore , Udipi regions in Dakshina Kannada .This is a very simple but very delicious street food . This is a mixture of crispy churmuri/ murmura with red chilli powder,chopped onions,coriander leaves,raw mango bits. You can also add grated carrot, beetroot  and roasted peanuts. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups churmuri/ puffed rice/ murmura 1/4 cup chopped onions 2 tsp grated raw mango or lemon juice Chopped coriander leaves 2 tsp coconut oil Salt to taste Red chilli powder according to your taste PROCEDURE: First check the murmura,if it is not crisp then dry roast it or micro it for 30 seconds Take chopped onions,salt,chilli powder,raw mango bits in a bowl,add coconut oil and mix well Finally add murmura to that mixture and mix well and serve immediately (otherwise  it will turn soggy) You can also add roasted peanuts,grated carrot, beetroot .