Biscuit Corn Sev Poori

We had this quick and super easy biscuit corn sev poori recipe made this weekend for snacks when we were super hungry :). Just some ready-made and some already available ingredients made to work together , giving a sweet-sour-tangy taste to satisfy the taste buds :)

Ingredients:

1. 10 salty biscuit - I used the parley monaco biscuits, you can use any you like, even the regular cream crackers
2. fine sev or any potato mixture  like the haldiram aaloo bhujiya or the lahar aloo bhujiya - 1/2 cup
3. finely chopped corianders - 1/4 cup
4. finely chopped onion - 1/2 cup
5. finely chopped tomato - 1/2 cup
6. one large potato - boiled and finely mashed
7. one cup boiled corn or sweet corn kennels
8. 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
9. 1 tsp roasted coriander powder
10. 1 tsp black salt powder
11. 2-3 tsp green chutney
12. 2-3 tsp sweet chutney - can be tamarind or tomato or mango - whatever you prefer
13. 2-3 tsp diluted tamarind paste
14. salt to taste
15. green chilli -1 - finely chopped

Method:

Spread the biscuits on a plate. Mix the mashed potatoes, corn, coriander leaves, coriander powder,  cumin powder, onion, tomato, black salt, salt and green chilli together and add equal portions of this mixture on top of each biscuit. Top each one of these with equal portions of green chutney, sweet chutney and diluted tamarind paste. Spread sev equally over each one of these and serve immediately.

Below is a snap of how mine looked after preparing, could have been a better snap. I will post more when again make this dish a second time. But believe me, it turned out to be so mouth watering tasty, I am sure I will make another one soon.

 Diluted tamarind paste:You can make it by mixing 1/4 tsp readymade tamarind paste with 2-3 tbsp water and properly dissolve the tamarind paste in water, or you can also make it by dissolving one ripe tamarind ball in 2-3 tbsp water, ofcourse after de-seeding it.
Green chutney: You can use a standard green coriander chutney, or a coriander+garlic chutney or a mint coriander chutney for the same. Here are some great links on how you can make it:

• Coriander chutney
• Coriander - garlic chutney
• Coriander - mint or coriander pudina chutney

(I will post my own blog on how to prepare each one of these, as soon as possible, please bear with me till then)
Sweet chutney: You can use a sweet tamarind chutney or a sweet mango chutney. I will soon write to you how I prepare them, till then, you can use these links for reference :

• sweet tamarind chutney
• sweet mango chutney

Tangy tomato sauce in ten minutes

This sauce is very similar to pizza base sauce or pizza sauce. the reason I choose to name it tangy tomato sauce is because I recently discovered that this sauce could do more than just act on the pizza base. I used it with fried rice as a replacement for the traditional tomato chutney that takes much more time to prepare, and it worked wonderfully. I also tried it in a small quantity with my tomato pasta and it spiced up the pasta wonderfully.
Preparation time for this recipe is 10 minutes and the quantity specified below is fit to serve 4.
So here you go -

Ingredients needed for the tangy tomato sauce :

• 3 big ripe tomatoes
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 8-10 cloves garlic (if you like strong flavor of garlic, else go with 5-6 cloves)
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Add the tomato and garlic cloves in a grinder and grind to a puree
• Pour this puree in a thick bottom pan
• Add olive oil to the tomato puree
• Put this mixture over stove at low heat, and let it simmer for 5 minutes or until the raw smell of tomatoes is gone.
• Add chilli flakes, salt and oregano to it and cook for another one minute
• Put off the flame

Your tangy tomato sauce is ready to be used on pizza bases or with pasta or fried rice. Maybe you can discover yet another use of it, I would love to hear back on that.

PS : Adding the picture soon....