Mix Veg Savory Cake/ Tea Time Snacks/ Kids Special

Mix Veg Savory Cake/

Tea Time Snacks/

Kids Special

Hi Friends,

In these chilling days and frozen nights what we all need is some piping hot coffee and something to munch with it. Cake is not always a good idea as some times hot savory snack do the trick. On a chilling evening i was craving to bake something and i was totally  confused that what should i bake? Firstly i though to bake a chocolate cake then i thought its vry regular in my home sooooo why not a savory cake. Yes a savory cake. I immediately made list of ingredients (in my mind) and searched for the available ingredients and came delighted to know that i was having each and everything i was looking for. 

Please don't scared with the ingredients list as it seems very long but believe me most of the ingredients are available in any home bakers home. I went ahead with my imagination but the most difficult part was baking it. As i was doing everything by my own imagination it was the part where my imagination went wrong. Normally my cakes take hardly 30-35 minutes but this cake done in 50 minutes (why? even i don't know). Here are some points which i mentioned in my notes section. If you want to try this cake then pls read notes carefully. You can enjoy this cake warm or cold any way you like. 

Ingredients:-
Wheat Flour or APF - 1.5 Cups
Baking Powder-1 tsp
Baking Soda- 1 tsp
Cauliflower - 1 small piece (2 tbsp chopped in small pieces)
Mushroom - 2-3 (Chopped 1 tbsp)
Peas- 1 tbsp
Onion - 1 medium
Tomato - 1 medium
Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp
Mustered Seeds- 1/2 tsp
Chaat Masala- 1 tsp
Red Chilly pdr- 1 tsp
Turmeric Pdr- 1/4 tsp (optional)
Hot Water- as needed ( i used 1.5 glass)
Pumpkin Seeds- 2-3 tsp (optional)
Salt- as per taste

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

Wheat flour +baking soda+baking pdr

Sieve them

Chop veggies

Heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a pan

 add cumin seeds+mustered seeds+hing

let them crackle

now add peas

when they start spluttering

add chopped mushroom and cauliflower

mix well

now add chopped onion and tomato

mix well and cook them for only few seconds
don't overcook them veggies should be firm

add salt and turmeric

chaat masala

Mix everything well

Take sieved flour in a big bowl 

 Throw in all cooked veggies

Mix well

add hot water

add little at a time

Mix well and make a smooth batter

Tip in the greased and dusted pan

sprinkle pumpkin seeds on top

ready to bake

Baked in 50 minutes

Hot savory Cake

see the texture

sorry picture is not clear

Notes:-

1. For more airy and spongy cake you can use maida/APF instead of wheat or multi grain flour. My cake was bit dense.
2. Veggies like peas/ mushroom are purely optional, you can add any of your favorite veggie like carrot etc.
3. You can add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilly as per your liking.
4. Don't overcook veggies, we just have to saute them a bit.
5. You can add 3/4 cup of curd to make it more spongy and airy.
6. Turmeric is purely optional as i want my cake bit yellowish i used it. You can skip it.
7. You can use sesame seeds instead of pumpkin seeds. I used it to give it a crunch. Or you can skip both of things and make it plain.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash

Gobi Pakora/ Gobhi ka Pakora/ Cauliflower Fritter/ Besan aur Chawal ke sath Gobi Ke Pakoray/ Cauliflower Fritter with Rice and Chickpea Flour

Gobi Pakora/

Gobhi ka Pakora/

Cauliflower Fritter/

Besan aur Chawal ke Attay ke Gobi Pakoray/

Cauliflower Fritter with Rice and Chickpea Flour

Hi Friends,

Do you enjoy Pakoras/fritters, in chilly winters with hot piping tea or coffee. I know people are drooling there. Nobody can say NO to these pakoras. I made these pakoras on Christmas evening specially for kids. They kept on asking for more and more. 

These pakoras are crisp from outside and soft from inside. Using both flours gave them a unique taste and crispness. You can use only one flour to make them regular pakoras but believe me make once this way you will never take u-turn. Rice flour will give them crispness. Adding rice flour will increase your time for frying as it will take bit more time to fry properly and turn brown. But efforts worth it. Try them guys you will relish them as we did.

If you want to make it for party/get-together.

1. Follow the process and fry the pakoras only 70% and cool them completely, pack in a airtight container and store them in fridge (not freezer). Take one hour before the party and fry them again. It will take hardly anytime to make and serve them.
2. To fasten up the process make small pieces of vegetable like one inch thick. It will take you few minutes to fry a batch.

Ingredients:-
Cauliflower- 1 big cut in florets
Chickpea flour/Besan-1.5 cups
Rice Flour- 1/2 cup
Cumin Seeds- 2 tsp
Red chilly pdr- 1 tsp
Salt- as per your taste
Water- to make batter
Oil- for frying
Chaat Masala- as needed
Tomato Sauce- as needed

Method:-

Take all your ingredients

and cauliflower cut in florets

Take both flours+red chilly pdr+salt in a sieve

Sieve them altogether for a uniform mix

Now take cumin seeds

Crush them

Take all sieved ingredients in a bog bowl

Add water slowly 

Make a smooth batter

add crushed cumin seeds

Mix well

Everything ready

Heat oil in a big pan or kadai

Take a floret

Dip in batter

slowly slip in hot oil
(see its not sizzling so oil in not ready to fry)

It should sizzle like this when dropped in oil
It means oil is ready to fry

DONE 

 Now throw in some florets together in batter

Drop them in oil one by one
(Fry on medium heat)

they will start floating on the top

See all turning brown and beautiful

Remove

Remove on a kitchen towel or tissue to remove excess oil

READY TO SERVE

Sprinkle some chaat masala

or enjoy with tomato sauce

Crunchy Crispy Pakorasssss

Notes:-

1. You can use only one flour for these pakoras/fritters but mix of these flours will give a unique taste and crunch.
2. You can skip cumin seeds if you don't like it.
3. Heat oil first and then keep flame on medium to fry pakoras.
4. People use to lightly boil cauliflower before making pakoras but trust me its absolutely not required.

Hope you will like it

Love

PariCash