Lasuni Kabab

Lasuni Kabab

Food Blogging Marathon from 2/9/2013 to 30/9/2013. 

Each day a new alphabet. 4 categories. 

Regional Food, 

Baked Dishes, 

International Flavors / Fusion flavors, 

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I love Alkudi/Arvi/Arbi/Colocassia tubers in any form. Just boiled in salted water, I can eat 8-10 in one go. They are slimy when cooked and my daughters would not touch them. One day I was being adventurous in the kitchen and was frying up a storm. I had some  boiled and peeled Alkudis/Arvis in the fridge. I fried a couple to see how they will be. They were so crisp and wonderful to eat that I decided to make a marinade and fry to make Kababs. Tried a few different marinades but this became a hit with my family and so here is my recipe for alphabet L

Ingredients:

250 gms Alkudi/Arvi/Arbi/Colocassia tubers

salt to taste

some rice flour mixed with a little salt to dredge/coat the kabab

Oil for frying the kababs

For the Marinade:

1/2 cup sour dahi/curds/yougurt

8-10 peeled garlic 

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/8 tsp hing asefotida powder

1 tblsp lime juice, 

little extra salt for the marinade.

Blend everything together in the small jar of your mixer/blender. 

Marinade will look like this.

Dahi should be sour. Sometimes some Alkudis will irritate the throat unless good amount of sourness is in the recipe. So be generous with lime juice.

These are the tubers of Colacassia leaves. They are called Alkudi in Marathi and Arvi or Arbi in Hindi. 
Boil them in plenty of water with salt added to it till they are soft and well cooked. Keep in water till cool so the salt will be well absorbed. Drain and let cool. 
                                                                         

When cool enough to handle
peel all of them. They are very slimy so be careful while peeling. 

                                                    Now press between your  palms  to flatten them. They will look  like these.                                                        

 Now dip and coat the flattened Alkudi/Arvi with the marinade and keep aside for 10 minutes or till the oil is hot for frying.

 Remove one flattened Alkudi/Arvi and roll in the dry rice flour and keep in a plate. Do the same with all the Alkudis/Arvis. 

 They will look like this.  

                                                                                     

                                                
                                                    
Fry in hot oil till dark golden brown. 





 
Remove on a plate lined with paper towels.

                       

  Serve hot with tomato sauce or chutney of your choice.
I have served with tamarind and jagery sauce and tomato sauce.
These are incredibly crisp kababs. Not a trace of sliminess of the boiled Alkudis/Arvis will be there once they are fried.

This is my 5th recipe in Miscellaneous category.




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Enchilada

 Enchilada

Food Blogging Marathon from 2/9/2013 to 30/9/2013. Each day a new alphabet. 4 categories. 

Regional Food, 

Baked Dishes, 

International Flavors / Fusion flavors, 

Street Food / Condiments / Misc / Recipe less Posts on Food

Today it is E for Enchilada and my recipe is in

International flavours /Fusion flavours category

I live in a small rural town in a tribal area and availability of things is minimal. We as yet do not get any of the new veggies or spices or even regular out of season veggies/fruits/grains etc. Many time I have had to improvise and sometimes it becomes a whole new recipe, much liked by my daughters and so made often. 

Another big disadvantage I use to have here is electricity. We had heavy load shedding, upto 10 hours a day so baking was just not an option. That is why these Enchiladas are pan fried.

Luckily now we have our own solar power and I am able to bake a lot.

Enchilada

Ingrdients:

2 cups Kidney beans/rajma soaked for minimum 6 to 8 hours 
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp cumin/jeera powder
1 tsp coriander/dhaniya/dhane powder
1 tblsp juice of lemon/lime
2 big tomatoes chopped fine
2 big onions chopped fine
2 tblsp chopped garlic
1 tblsp chopped green chilly or to taste

1/2 cup sweet corn kernels
1 cup chopped fresh coriander/dhaniya/kothimbir leaves
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint/pudina leaves



1 cup grated cheese + some more to put on top
Salt to taste
1 tblsp oil
10 to 12 fresh chapatis/rotis made of whole wheat flour
Readymade bottle of egg-less mayonnaise (mexican flavour) or make your own mayonnaise and add chilli powder and garlic paste to it. 

Method: 

Pressure cook soaked kidney beans/rajma in plenty of water for 15 minutes after two whistles. Do not drain the water. 
Heat oil and add rajma, add cumin and coriander powder, red chilly powder and salt to taste. Boil on high heat till all water dries up. Switch of heat. Cool. Add lime juice, oinons, tomatoes, garlic, chillies, corn, coriander and mint leaves. add 1 cup grated cheese. Add salt to taste and mix well with a light hand. Don't mash the rajma too much.






To make the Enchilada:
Place the chapatis on clean surface and add a tblsp of mayonnaise. Spread evenly.

 Add a big spoon or about 1/2 a cup of rajma filling in vertical line in the center of the chapati.

 Now fold the Enchiladas as shown in the following pictures.
Fold the two sides 

then fold the bottom slightly and roll into a small packet.

Rolled Endhilada.

Do this with all the chapatis.

 Now shallow fry the rolled enchiladas very carefully. First put them seam side down and fry for a couple of minutes. turn carefully and fry the other side. They should be light brown in colour and crisp on the out side.
Serve hot with lots of grated cheese on top.

 If you want you can bake the enchiladas too. Put them in a buttered baking dish top with some tomato sauce and sprinkle lots of cheese and bake in moderate hot oven till cheese melts and is light golden brown.

My other posts in FBM # 32
A - Alu Vadi
B - Besnache Ghavan
C - Chilly Cheese Toast
D - Dak Dhokli