Thalipeeth Pizza (Maharashtrian Style Pizza)

Read this Recipe In Marathi Here

Ingredients:

For Base

• Thalipeeth Flour or Mix all type of flours that you have: 2 Cups
• Finely Chopped Onion: 1/2 Cup
• Ginger, Garlic, Green Chilli Paste: as per taste
• Turmeric Powder: 1/4 th tsp
• Yogurt: 1 tbsp
• Salt to Taste

For Topping:

• Any kind of chutney or sauce or ketch up or pickle
• Finely Chopped or Grated Vegetables of your Choice
• Shredded Cheese

Procedure:

1. Mix finely chopped onion, paste, yogurt, salt & turmeric powder very well. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
2. Then mix flour in this mixture, add water and knead the dough very well.
3. Make small balls of the dough. Take one wet cotton cloth. Spread that cloth on any flat surface. Flatten one ball in the palm of your hands. Pat the ball with palm and the fingers to make a round flat disc. Dip fingers in water to make the patting easier.
4. Heat non-stick tava or griddle. Apply some oil. Take cloth and place thalipeeth on tava. Apply some water on cloth and remove the cloth.
5. Apply some oil to the edges. Cover it with lid. Cook it from one side for 1 minute. Then turn the thalipeeth. Apply some chutney/ ketch up/ sauce on the surface and then arrange chopped vegetables on the top. I used beet root, spring onion, carrot and capsicum. You can use vegetables of your choice. Finely put some shredded cheese and sprinkle some salt. Cover it with lid and cook it for 1-2 minutes.
6. Cut this pizza into pieces and serve hot with any sauce.

Source:
Aamhi Sare Khawaiye

This is my entry for SriLekha's EFM: Savouries event

Misal Paav

Ingredients:


For Usal:

• Sprouted Moth Beans (Matki): 2 Cups
• Small Sized Boiled & Cubed Potatoes: 2
• Peanuts: 1/4 Cup
• Finely Chopped Onions: 1 Cup
• Finely Chopped Tomato: 1/2 Cup
• Maharashtrian Garam Masala / Goda Masala / Kandyacha Masala : 1 tbsp ( as per taste)
• Red Chilli Powder: 1 tsp
• Shredded Jaggery: 1 to 2 tsp ( as per taste)
• Tamarind Pulp: 2 tsp ( as per taste)
• Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp
• Hing (Asafoetida) : 2 Pinch
• Few Curry Leaves
• Oil: 3 tbsp
• Salt to Taste
• Paav or Buns as required

For Garnishing

• Finely Chopped Onion
• Finely Chopped Tomato
• Finely Chopped Coriander
• Lemon Slice
• Thin Shev
• Pharsan

Procedure:

1. Wash sprouted matki. Drain water & keep aside.
2. In a heavy bottom pot add some oil. Fry peanuts & keep aside. Then in remaining oil fry matki for 5-6 minutes. Remove from pot & keep aside.
3. Add remaining oil in a pot. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. As they splutter, add asafoetida. Add chopped onions. When they turn transperent, add tomatoes. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Then add masala and red chilli powder. Cook for 2 minutes.
4. Then add peanuts, potatoes and matki. Mix all these ingredients together. Add 3 cups of warm water. Then add salt, jaggery & tamarind pulp. Mix it. Cover the pot with lid and cook till matki is cooked. Be sure to keep some extra rassa or kat or water in this curry.
5. Put some butter on a pan and roast paav (bun) or bread for 2 minutes.


6. In a bowl, pour some matki curry. Then sprinkle some pharsan, thin shev, onion, tomato, cilantro and squize the lemon slice. Serve this bowl with paav.

This is my entry for Ammalu's Kitchen's JFI- Sprouts event

Announcing ' Winter Treat ' Event

Now winter is here so everybody is trying to keep warm themselves by all means. One way to keep warm in these days is to eat warm food. In summer we had 'Summer Feast', 'Summer Splash', 'Fun in Sun event' in this food blog word but for winter I did not find any such event. So I thought of hosting such event for some comfort food which not only keep you warm but keeps you going on whole day. So lets start preparing these dishes. It can be anything like simple coffee, soup, pakoras, noodles, pizza etc which are easily digestible and little bit healthy too.

Rules For This Event:

1. Cook any vegetarian or non veg dish that helps you keep warm in winter and post it on your blog. Last date of this event is Jan 10, 2009
2. Add a link back to this event announcement. If you want you can use this logo.
3. Multiple entries are allowed. You can also send already posted recipe, provided it should be linked to this event before you send it as an entry.
4. If you don't have a blog you can email me the recipe and photo, I will add that recipe in round up.
5. Please send me an e-mail to RecipeCenter@gmail.com with the following information

• Subject: Winter Treat Event
• Your Name
• Name of the Dish
• Type of Dish: Drink, Snack, Soups ...etc
• URL of The Dish
• Photo of The Dish

So girls looking forward to all your enthusiastic participation.... Keep Blogging

Grilled Brocolli Chat

Ingredients :

• Few Grilled Brocolli Florets
• Thin Shev
• Chat Masala to Taste
• Tamarind Chutney
• Salt to Taste
  

Procedure :

1. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and serve this healthy chat at any time.

Update: This is my entry for Sangeeth's Eat Healthy - During Pregnancy contest.