Capsicum Pakoda / Shimla Mirch Pakora

Onion Pakoda is a favourite tea time snack for everybody. Whenever if we want to treat our guest quickly in no time, our mind blows straight to bajji or pakoda. Here I have given a healthier pakoda recipe which is too crispy, yummy, spicy if it is accompanied with a hot masala tea. The addition of onion along with capsicum gives a regular onion pakoda taste and it retains crispiness. It is an easier and quick recipe and anybody can do it if you have ready made bajji mix in your hands. Lets start to make the capsicum pakodas. 

Ingredients:

1. Capsicum - 1
2. Onion - 2
3. Ginger - 1/4 inch
4. Garlic - 2 to 4 pods
5. Red / Green Chilli - 1 to 2
6. Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
7. Hing - 1/4 tsp
8. Ready made Bajji Bonda Mix - 1 cup
9. Curry n coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
10. Salt as per your taste
11. Oil for deep frying 

Cooking Method:

• Grind Ginger, Garlic, Fennel, Chilli, Hing, Curry leaves to a coarse mixture.
• Chop Onion and Capsicum lengthwise. 
• Finely chop curry and coriander leaves.
• In a pan add Bajji Bonda Mix, Grounded paste, Onion, capsicum, curry leaves, coriander leaves and little salt (Bajji Bonda Mix already have salt in it).
• Add water little by little and mix everything.
• In a frying pan spread Capsicum onion mixture, by the way they do not stick to each other.
• Flip often and fry till it becomes crispy Pakoras.

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A Healthy, crispy and spicy tea time snack is now ready and u can have it simply or with Tomato Sauce.

Paneer Bread Rolls - Kids Special Recipe

A quick bread snack recipe stuffed with spiced paneer filling. Spicy bread Paneer rolls are great as an appetizer and a tasty compliment for afternoon tea. Moreover it is a kids friendly recipe too. Once I done this snack for evening snack for vyshu, she is often asking these rolls for school as morning snack. The special thing about this recipe is I prepared these rolls with homemade paneer. So it stayed fresh and Yum !!

Ingredients :

1. Bread Slices - 6 
2. Crumbled Paneer - 1 Cup
3. Onion - 1/2 chopped finely 
4. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
5. Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
6. Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
7. Butter - 1 tbsp
8. Olive Oil / Cooking Oil - 1 tbsp 
9. Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
10. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:

Be ready with the Ingredients.

To make  Paneer stuffing : Take a Pan add Oil, followed by onion and GG Paste, saute for a minute, then add crumbled paneer, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt. saute for a minute. Finally season with coriander leaves. Keep the stuffing separately.

• Take the Bread slices, Cut the edges and with the help of chapati roller, smoothly roll the bread slices.
• Place the paneer filling inside the flattened bread, and slowly roll as shown in picture.
• Conceal the bread roll with some water on the edges. so that it will be sticked nicely and the stuffing may not leave the rolls.
• Follow the procedure for other bread slices.
• Now Butter up the bread Rolls on all the sides of the Roll as shown in pic.
• Heat the Tawa, place the bread rolls and slightly roast the bread rolls until all sides are browned.

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Now a tasty Quick Bread Snack for Kids is done and you can serve it with Tomato Ketchup and enjoy the Evening !!!

Vyshu's arrangement and Photo Click of Paneer Bread Rolls with Tomato Ketchup just before she tasted it !!