SINDHI KOKI / INDIAN FLAT BREAD WITH SPICES

Again a lovely Sindhi delicacy
Kinda a staple food for Sindhi people... They eat this for any meal of the day and still don't feel enough of it... Amazing it tastes even wen cold, a perfect tiffin , a perfect picnic carry away thing ...
Yes, this is the Oh-So-Famous KOKI...

Recipe:

(Makes 5 medium size Koki )

Ingredients:

• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1 large onion
• 2-3 green chilies chopped
• Handful of coriander chopped
• 1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
• 1 tsp khuskhus/poppy seeds
• Salt to taste
• 4-6 tbsp oil(this will be needed when kneading the dough)
• Oil for shallow frying on tawa/flat frying pan
• Water to knead dough

Method: 

• Mix everything except oil for shallow frying and water.. 
• Now u will have a crumbly mixture, now adding little little water knead a dough, make a stiff dough...
• Now divide into small portions, roll each portion with Rolling pin just to flatten it, now slightly roast both sides on hot tawa, take it off the tawa , roll again like paratha and roast on tawa nicely applying oil on both sides .
• KOKI needs twice roasting on tawa...
• Repeat same with the remaining portions and your done
• It's flaky and tastes Amazing - to be served along with SINDHI PAPAD, and yogurt, also tastes amazing with boiled split yellow lentils...

Paneer Roll.

An easy yet amazing snack .

The deliciousness of the paneer along with onion tomato base gives a tangy yet sweet taste which lingers around and makes us happy.

Hardly requires time and its ready.

Recipe :
Ingredients :-

For the filling:

• 100 gms paneer /indian cottage cheese(long cut )
• 2 medium sized onions(grind into paste)
• 3 medium sized tomatoes (grind into paste)
• 1 medium sized capsicum (long chop)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Red chili powder
• 1 tbsp Garlic chili paste
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1-2 tbsp oil

For Assembling:

• Hot dog bread rolls - 4
• Cubed cheese - 2(for grating on top )
• 1 tbsp butter(for applying on top of buns )

Method:

• In a pan, put oil, add the grind onions and garlic chili paste, cook till onions turn transparent , now add the tomatoes purée , salt , red chili powder ,long chopped capsicum, cook till a little oil releases at the ends, now add tomato sauce and paneer , mix wel and off the flame .
• The filling for the buns is ready .
• Slit the buns vertically from the top , but not till the end, now add the filling
• In the gap, apply butter over the top, grate cheese , and bake for 5 mins at 180 degrees.
• Serve immediately ...

BHEE TIKKIS / MASHED LOTUS STEM FRITTERS

There are many vegetables I don't eat the way they are, but definitely indulge in them with a twist, here is something I made , so dat I cud eat something .
Yes , that something is lotus stem (bhee in Sindhi )
It is a normal aaloo wada,(mashed potatoes dipped in gram flour slurry and fried till golden) with some add ons, nd some variations, but this made me eat lotus stem
Usually aaloo wada , is fried only once, like u get at wada pav stores, but we at home , being Sindhi , being a lover of Oil...fry them twice and then eat...
Same is the case with these TIKKIS

Recipe:
(makes 12-13 tikkis)
For the TIKKIS :

• 1 cup boiled nd mashed potatoes
• 1 cup boiled nd mashed lotus stem (boil the lotus stem by cuttin them in small pieces , puttin a bit oil nd salt)
• 1 tbsp amchur powder
• Salt to taste
• Green chilled chopped 1-2
• Garlic cloves 5-6
• Oil(for giving garlic tadka(tempering) in tikki mixture )
• Oil for deep frying

For the besan(gram flour) coating :

• Besan  - 1 cup
• salt to taste
• red chili - 2 tsp
• soda bi carb - 1/2 tsp
• water as required to make a droping consistency slurry 

Method:

• Mix everything under the tikki section , except oil , now finely chop garlic and give tadka (heat oil in a pan and add chopped garlic) of garlic into the tikki mixture , mix again and make balls. -- Picture shown above.
• Make mix  everything under the besan section and keep ready for coating the balls. -- Picture shown above.
• Now dip the balls in besan slurry and deep fry them - do not fry till golden brown as we need to fry in again .
• Once done frying first time - flatten them a little onto ur palm, fry again and they are ready. -- Picture shown above.
• Serve hot.

Happie cookin.