Home Made Fried Cookies Twinkies

Sugar coated Orange Twinkies

Twinkie is a real treat for those who have a sweet tooth.Fried Twinkies is popular snack in Tennessee.
  I am preparing this quick recipe Oreo Orange Twinkies Indian style.

Ingredients

1. Oreo Orange Cream Cookies
2. Maida (Bleached wheat flour )1 1/2 cup
3. Curd 1/2 Cup
4. Salt 1/2 Tbps
5. Butter
6. Oil for frying
7. Caster sugar or superfine sugar(Powdered sugar)
8. Milk

Preparation

Add Maida in a bowl. Add salt. Add curd. Add milk till the paste is  thick and smooth.Now take a oil in pan and preheat at medium temperature. Now take Cookies and dip them in the smooth batter till fully covered and fry in preheated oil. Fry till golden brown. Take out Cookies in a tissue to remove oil. Add butter on hot Twinkies and dust them with Caster sugar/Powdered sugar. Serve.

You can try these with other flavoured Oreos and Cookies.Also you can garnish with orange sauce,strawberry sauce,chocolate sauce.

Protein Rich Veg Pasta

My daughter love pasta with white sauce.
But today I am sharing this quick recipe in red Tomato sauce high in protein content and is a tasty treat.

 Ingredients

1. Rotini/Spirali WholeWheatPasta a bowl
2. Olive oil 3 tbps
3. Beans
4. Peas
5. Soya Chunks
6. Onion 1 medium size
7. Tomatoe 1 Medium sized
8. Tomatoe sauce/Puree
9. Garlic clove/ Garlic powder
10. Butter 1 tbps
11. Salt
12. Kitchen King powder MDH 1 Tbps
13. Pepper powder 1/4Tbps

Preparations

Soften Rotini in Seive

Veggies and Rotini in Seive

Protein Rich Pasta in Tomato sauce

Take a Pasta in a pan, add water and 1 Tbps of olive oil and 1/2 Tbps salt. Boil till Rotini are soft.Drain the water and take out Rotini in a sieve.
    Cut Beans in small pieces.Take cut beans, Peas and Soya chunks in a pan. Add water and 1/2 Tbps olive oil, Add 1/2 Tbps salt and give vegies and Soya chunks a nice boil.Drain water take out all vegetables in a seive containing soften Rotini.
  Chop the Onion and Tomato and a garlic clove in small pieces. Take a 1 Tbps of olive oil in a pan. Saute chopped Onions and Tomato. Add 1/2 Tbps salt and 1/4 Tbps of pepper powder. Add Pasta and veggies in pan.Saute. Add Tomato sauce in generous amount and add 1 Tbps of MDH kitchen King powder.Let it cook for 5 - 10 min. Add a 1 Tbps butter over it.Take it out in bowl and garnish it with Parsley.

 The juicy and succulent Pasta is ready which is also Protein Rich.Serve hot.

 You can use Tomato puree but make sure to add a 1 Tbps of salt and 1 Tbps Sugar and Garlic powder and Onion powder.Also put 1/2 Tbps of pepper powder. Those living in States are aware of Madras Masala. Instead of kitchen King add a Tbps of Madras Masala.

Aaloo Frankie's Wrap

Frankie's wrap or Frankie's roll is Mumbai's favourite Street food. It is tasty and fulfilling and can be easily prepared at home. When I was in Mumbai, me and my colleague were the first one to grab it after getting down from local at Washi station.

Ingredients for making a wrap

1. Flour 1 cup
2. Semolina 1 cup
3. Curd 1/2 cup
4. Salt 1/2 spoon

Ingredients for making a Alloo filling

1. Boiled Potatoes 3, 4 medium sized
2. Lemon Juice 2 Teaspoon
3. Salt 1 Teaspoon
4. Pepper powder 1/2 Teaspoon
5. Onions 2 medium sized
6. 1 green chily
7. Garlic Cloves 3
8. Asafoetida A pinch
9. Cumin powder 3/4 Teaspoon
10. Coriander Powder 1 Teaspoon
11. Butter 50 gms
12. Parsley chopped

Preparation of filling

Take boiled potatoes and mashed them. Finely chopped the Onion,Garlic, Chilly. Take 4 Tbsp of oil in pan and heat.Add asafoetida,Cumin powder,Garlic,Onions,salt. Saute till soft.Add finely chopped Chilly, Parsley, Coriander powder, Mashed Potatoes. Mix nicely in pan. Now add lemon juice and mix. Heat at low temp. Now add butter and again mix. Take out a filling in bowl.

Preparation of Frankie's Wrap

Take Flour,Semolina in a bowl. Add Curd and water till the batter is soft and smooth and fluffy and see there are no lumps. Preheat pan or tawa at medium heat for 10 min.Spread oil on pan. Lower the heat when sreading the batter. Take a filling and scoop out the batter and spread on pan in circular motion. Put oil on sides till little crisp. Heat at both sides.Spread filling. Fold from one side, Fold from othende so that it cover the whole filling from both side. Now Fold from both ends so the shape is rectangle. Now heat the wrap from both sides.Serve Frankie's roll hot with Tomato sause and Mint Chutney.
Enjoy snacking!!

Poha or Gujarati alloo kanda Poha

When I was just at an adolescent age my mother was trying new things and experimenting with food.Then she introduced me to this new snack called Poha which is a Gujarati recipe( Onion is Kanda in Gujarat).After introduction of Poha in house,it was much in demand every Sunday mornings apart from stuffed Paranthas which is a part of everyday breakfast in Northern India.

Roasted Peanuts and Lemon juice

When I went to Mumbai for my new job, Poha came in to my routine breakfast as it was in the menu of foodcourt in the company.I simply loved it then and when my husband told me that he is also fond of eating Poha, it is part of our routine snack.

Poha washed in sieve

Ingredients

1.Thick variety Poha( Flattened Rice) 300gms
2. Medium sized onions 2 in number
3. Singdaana or Peanuts 50 gms
4. Some Cashews and Raisins (Optional)
5. Haldi/Turmwric powder 1/2 Teaspoon
6. Salt 1 Teaspoon
7. Sugar 1 Teaspoon
8. Lemon juice 2 Teaspoon
9. Cumin seeds 1/2 Teaspoon
10. Mustard seeds 1/2 Teaspoon
12. Few Curry leaves
13. Chilly powder 1/2 Teaspoon
14. Potatoes 2
15. Hing/Asafoetida a pinch
16. Dhaniya/ coriander powder 1 Teaspoon
17. Oil (Generous amount)
18. Red Chilly powder
19. Parsley and finely chopped green chilly for garnishing.

Prepation

Potato fries

Poha served with finely chopped onion and tomatoes

First take Poha in a sieve and wash thoroghly with water till they are soft.Drain water and refrigerate for 10 Min.Roast peanuts till they are little black in a pan without oil.Keep it aside.Now cut potatoes in small pieces and fry in oil till they are golden and crisp.keep them aside.Also fry few curry leaves and keep it aside.Now take generous amount of oil( less than the amount used for frying say 6 - 7 Teaspoon) in a pan and heat it.Now add hing, add mustard seeds till they make a pop sound,add Cumin seeds.Add onions for frying. Add Haldi powder , Salt , Red Chilly powder,Corriander powder till they are soft. Add Flattened Rice or Poha and mix nicely till each Rice fakes appear to be separated. Add sugar, lemon juice.Cover the lid of pan for 5 min. Now add crisp potatoes and roasted peanuts.Add rosted cashews and Raisins(Optional).Add crumbled fried curry leaves.Mix.Garnish it with parsley and chopped green chilly if want to add spice to your recipe.One can add Sev (A salty indian snack) over it to make more tasty.Serve hot as it tends to dry with hot Tea/Coffee.
Relish this snack over a nice evening tea and do not hesitate to mention the experience.