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Today’s dish is one of my all time favorite street food.   This Hyderabadi street food  is a crunchy, sweet and little spicy snack found at almost all the street side chaat bandars. Potato mixture is applied over bread and then dipped in cornflour batter then deep fried till crisp. If you do not wish to deep fry , the toast can be even pan fried with very little oil. This is a great evening snack or a perfect snack for any kind of  parties.  Aloo bread toast goes to week 3 day 2 of Blogging Marathon 108 under the theme " Street Food Special ". Ingredients: Bread slices 4 Chopped onion 1/4 cup Chopped cilantro 3 spoons Green chutney Chili garlic chutney  Nylon sev 1/4 cup Oil for deep frying For potato mixture : Large potato 1 Garam masala 1 /2 tsp Chili powder 1/2 tsp Salt to taste  Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp For the crust: Maida / All purpose flour 2 tbsp Corn flour 1 tbsp Salt to taste Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Water 3/4 cup Preparation: Boil potato and peel the skin to mash the

Dahi puri is yet another popular street food found in Indian sub continent. It is a form of chaat just like pani puri or samosa chaat. Dahi puri is prepared with mini puris or golgappa  which are used for pani puri and stuffed with boiled potatoes, chopped onions,chopped  coriander, chilled yogurt , chutneys and finally garnished with thin nylon sev. This is a very simple yet delicious chaat dish which can be made very easily at home.  This recipe goes to week 3, day 1 of Blogging Marathon 108 under the theme " Street Food Special". Ingredients: Puri 10 Boiled and mashed potato 1/2 cup Chopped onion 1/2 cup Chopped cilantro 2 tbsp Green chutney  Sweet chutney  Chaat masala 1 tbsp Chilled Yogurt / curd 1 cup Thin sev 1/2 cup Sugar 1 tsp Preparation: Add sugar to yogurt and beat well to become smooth. Gently  make a hole at the center of the puri's and place them on a serving plate. Stuff little boiled potato inside the puri add little yogurt on top of it. Now add chopped o

Today's recipe  is a simple and  delicious cheesy paratha. I have used store bought mexican blend grated cheese, you can go ahead and use any kind of cheese you like. I have added very little chili flakes and kasuri methi for the extra flavor. This recipe goes to day 3 of Blogging Marathon 108 under the theme A-Z series. Click here for more recipes under this theme A-- Ajwain Paratha,   B- Besan Methi Paratha  . Check out the list of ingredients and procedure for  C --Cheese Paratha..... Ingredients: Wheat flour 2 cups Mexican blend cheese / any other cheese ( grated ) 1 cup  Chili flakes 1 tsp Kasuri methi 2 tsps Salt 1/4 tsp Oil / ghee Preparation: Add 1 spoon oil to flour and add water to make a semi smooth dough. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes. Meanwhile add salt, chili flakes and kasuri methi to the grated cheese and mix well. Divide dough into  6 equal portions. Dust with dry flour and roll one portion of dough. Add 2-3 spoons of the cheese mixture and cover it from all t

Today's recipe is something similar to that of Methi Thepla.  Thepla is made of wheat flour as main ingredient. But in my today's recipe I am taking besan / gram flour as main ingredient and adding very little wheat flour for binding. I will also be adding little kasuri methi along with freshly chopped methi leaves. Kasuri methi gives very nice flavor to any dish it is added.  This recipe goes to day 2 of Blogging Marathon 108 under the theme " A to Z series " of Indian Flat breads. Click here to see the recipe of A -- Ajwain paratha . Lets check put the list of ingredients and procedure for B -- Besan Methi Paratha. Ingredients: Besan / Gram flour 1 cup Wheat flour 1 tbsp Chopped fresh fenugreek leaves 1/4 cup Kasuri methi 1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Chili flakes 1/2 tsp Salt to taste Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Oil 2 tsp  Butter / Ghee Preparation: In a mixing bowl add gram flour and wheat flour. Also add turmeric powder, salt, chili flakes, cumin seeds and kasuri methi.

Ajwain or Carom seeds are very popular all over India. They not only add nice flavor to the dish but also has lots of health benefits. Carom seeds have powerful antibacterial and anti fungal properties, it improves cholesterol levels and has anti inflammatory effects. Today I will preparing a simple, flaky and delicious paratha with ajwain. It tastes awesome with some spicy gravy curry or dry curry. I have served the parathas with spicy chicken fry and some onions on the side. I must say they tasted delicious, my kids loved them too. Here goes this recipe for Week 2 Day 1 of Blogging Marathon 108 under the theme A to Z series.  A to Z series  is a new theme which Valli announced starting this month until November. 3 alphabets are allocated each month in sequence and we choose any category and blog with that alphabet. The category I choose is Indian flat breads. So for this month the alphabets are A, B and C. For day 1, I am posting a dish with A- Ajwain ka Paratha. Here goes the recip