Trying to replicate what I had in Mithaas :) - Bedmi Puri

I am sure all of you have been disappointed without anything new to read on my blog. :-) Actually I have been a bit preoccupied adjusting & getting used to this new  life style, which is, a pretty restrictive one allowing me to communicate with my loved ones only through a telephone or via the internet :-( ... Anyways a lot & still so few things happened during the last month.... A quick run through.. I tried some new knic-knacs , photographs below give a better picture, after all a picture is worth a thousand words...., got to go to the gym for some well needed physical exercise after a gap of 2 weeks. It was an awesome feeling.... Now I dont know if anything more, interesting, really happened... oh yes Desperate Housewives & online movies kept me occupied during the noon times...
Yes one wonderful thing that we did do was watch 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' ... full of life & a wonderful message, "Live life with no regrets, you only get to live once". Now this has become a motto that I have started to follow close to my heart... So just loved the movie & then once we had our dose of how to live life, we went into an Indian Restaurant - 'Mithaas' and enjoyed Raj Kachori & Bermi Puri.... Now this is what I'm going to write about, since I just replicated the same at home today. Sunday Morning Breakfast was good, except for the lack of a bit of chilly, it was exactly as good as the restaurant's. Now am I exaggerating ?? Hmmm U have no choice but to believe me.. ;-) I'm sharing my recipe so that you too can try it out and validate my words...

So here are my trials (& errors) for this month ....

Handwa - Semolina Pan Cake

(recipe copyright - Yasha Bhabhi)

Gobi Parantha - First Trial Hubby Happy :) ...

Matar Kachori & Imli Chutney - Tried it from Manjula aunty's blog & it turned out Yum Yum.,...

Sabudana Badam Kheer - Minimal Milk & fat ... I'm glad it came out well - My Amma's Recipe...

Ok so after all these now comes my title trial - Bedmi Puri & Aaloo Subji ....

 A zoom effect - made with only 2 tea spoons of oil ...

Gomes's Platter ...

I have tried to replicate my dish from the restaurant, but with a little control on oil & chilly.... 

The below recipe serves 8...

For the Puri :

1 cup urad dal 

5/6 dry red chillies

2 table spoon fennel seeds / saunf

1 tea spoon asafoetida / heeng

2 table spoon grated ginger

2 table spoon salt / to taste

1 table spoon ghee /unsalted  butter

1/2 cup semolina / suji

4 cup flour / atta

Oil for frying.

Soak the Urad dal for one hour & then grind it coarsely along with red chillies & fennel seeds. Now add all the ingredients & with little water make the dough for the puri. Make sure to mix all the dry stuff properly and then add the dal & ghee etc. The dough should be little harder than the normal roti dough. Keep it aside for about 15 mins before rolling the same and frying the puri.....

For the Aaloo Subji :

8 to 10 medium size potatoes

2 to 3 large tomatoes

1 large onion

1 inch size ginger

4 to 6 cloves of garlic

4 cloves

4 cardomom

2 teaspoon cummin seeds

2 tea spoon oil,

1 tea spoon turmeric powder

2 tea spoon red chilly powder

4 tea spoon coriander seed powder lightly dry roasted

1 teaspoon roasted cummin seed powder

1 tea spoon cinnamon powder

2 table spoon fresh finely chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

2 table spoon tamarind juice or lemon juice...

Boil the potatoes & cut it into big pieces. Blend tomatoes, onion, ginger, garlic without water into a paste. Heat oil in a pan and add cummin seeds, cardamom , cloves & turmeric powder first then add the the tomato paster & all other spices and fry it till the it changes colour and you can smell the spices. Remember the gravy may not loose oil since we have added just 2 tea spoon of oil. Once it gravy looks & smells good add the potaoes & mix nicely if required add a little water but remember this would not be a very watery gravy hence little water is required add the lemon / tamarind juice & coriander leaves... Keep it stiring for 5 minutes so that the potaoes soak in the gravy...

Your aaloo subji is ready along with Puri... I had made about 45 puris today, for my Friend's breakfast too, & one big pan of subji. All this took a total 1 hr 45 minutes out of my morning....

Make sure that you fry the puris till they are dark brown, this makes sure that the dal gets cooked & the flavors come out....

So go ahead & try it.... 

Till we meet again, with more of my "interesting" experiences, have fun & live life to the fullest, cos 'Zindagi naa milegi dobara' ;-)....