Sweet potato doughnut

I went to a friend's house for a get-together and found this recipe interesting.I took the preparation details from her and tried it in my own style with some additions.My family liked it a lot.Hope you like it too.

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour-2 1/2 cups


• Sweet potato (cooked and mashed)-1 cup


• Egg-1


• Baking soda-1 tsp


• Salt-1/4 tsp


• Sugar-1 tbsp


• Sour cream-1 tbsp


• Milk-1 tbsp


• Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp

For the syrup:

• Maple syrup -2 tsp


• Sugar-1 tbsp


• Milk-3 tbsp

Preparation:

• Mix the sweet potato,all purpose flour,sugar,egg,salt,baking powder,sour cream ,milk and Cinnamon in a bowl.Make sure not to form lumps in the dough.


• Knead it until soft.


• Roll the dough on a clean sheet with some flour sprinkled.


• Make sure not to roll it thin.


• Cut them in the round shape and make a whole in the center(just like a regular doughnut)


• Fry them in hot oil.


• Make a syrup with sugar,milk,maple syrup and dip the doughnuts in the syrup and serve.

Chicken Sukha

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 1/2 kg
• Onion-2
• Dried Red chilli -4
• Ginger paste- 1 tsp
• Garlic paste- 1 tsp
• Coconut grated-1/4 cup
• Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
• Garam masala-1 tsp
• Cloves-3
• Bay leaves-2
• Curd-1/2 cup
• Cardamom-2
• Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
• Coriander seeds 1/2 tsp
• Peppercorns -1/2 tsp
• Salt
• Oil

Preparation:

• Marinate the chicken pieces with little salt and turmeric for 30 mins.
• Chop the onions.Fry it till golden brown in a pan with oil.
• Add cumin seeds,cloves,red chillies,coriander seeds,cardamom,peppercorns to it and saute.
• Also add garlic and ginger paste to it.
• Add turmeric powder to it and take off the heat.
• Grind the above along with grated coconut into a thick paste.
• In a deep fry pan,take a teaspoon of coconut oil and bay leaves and heat it.
• Now add the ground paste to it and add the curd in it.
• Take the marinated chicken and slowly drop it into the pan.
• Allow it to cook with the ground paste in the pan.
• The heat should be set on medium so that the spices gets mixed with the chicken.
• Cook until the paste becomes dry and gets coated on the chicken.
• Optional:sprinkle some lime juice on it and garnish with coriander leaves and onion.
• Serve hot.

Aloo chat

Ingredients:

• Potato-3
• Garlic paste 1/4 tsp
• Green chilli paste -1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp
• Amchoor powder-1/2 tsp
• Chat masala-1/2 tsp
• Lemon juice-3/4 tsp
• Cumin powder-3/4 tsp
• Oil
• Salt

Preparation:

• Cut potato into cubes and boil until cooked but make sure it doesn't get overcooked.
• Take oil in a pan ,heat it ,add cumin seeds to it and add green chilli paste , garlic paste
• Saute for 2 mins.
• Now add Cumin powder and saute.
• Add the boiled potatoes,chat masala, amchoor powder and lemon juice to it and mix them well for 3 mins.
• Add salt and take it off the heat.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Optional: substitute lemon juice with curd or tamarind chutney .

Rajma Curry

Ingredients

• Rajma 1 cup
• Onion Chopped 2
• Tomatoes 3
• Garam Masala 1 tsp
• Coriander powder 1/2 tsp
• Chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp
• Cloves 2-3
• Giner garlic paste - 1tsp
• Green Chillies 3-sliced vertically
• Few Curry Leaves
• Oil
• Salt

Preparation

• Cook Rajma in a pressure cooker.
• In a pan,heat oil and add the green chillies ,cloves and curry leaves.
• Add oinion and saute until the oinion turns golden brown.
• Add garlic ginger paste to it and heat for 1 min.
• Add diced tomatoes to it and saute until it leaves oil.
• Now,add the coriander powder, garam masala ,chilli powder and salt to it.
• Drain the Rajma and mix it in the pan.
• Pour 1/2 cup water to the pan and allow it to boil.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Ulundu kali

This is very good for health as it cools the body and is good for people with back pain.
This recipe mainly depends on the ratio in which we use the ingredients..So I have mentioned the quantity in parts.

Ingredients:

• Black gram- 4 parts (split with skin)
• Oil - 2tbsp
• Coconut milk- 3 parts
• Rice -2 part
• Jaggery or sugar -4 parts

Prepartion:

• Soak the black gram (with skin) and rice for 1 hour.
• Drain and grind them .
• Take coconut milk to a deep pan and add sugar/jaggery to it and boil for 5 mins.
• Now add the ground paste slowly to the pan so that lumps do not form.
• Once the mix is cooked add oil and mix it until the Kali doesn't stick to the pan.
• Make small balls out of it and serve.
• Optional:You could also add cardamom to it .