Shrimp Cakes

Ingredients:

Shrimps- 3/4 lb (fInely chopped)
Finely chopped Onions -1/2
Finely chopped garlic - 2 clove
Eggs- 2 (lightly beaten)
Finely chopped cilantro - 1/2 cup
Thail chillies - 2(finely chopped)
Salt to taste
Pepper powder -1 tsp
Red chili powder -1/2 tsp
Lime zest -1 tbsp
Lime Juice - 2 tbsp
Panko crumbs- 1 1/2 cup
Cream cheese- 2 tbsp
Olive Oil for shallow fry

Method:

1) In a  bowl, combine the shrimp, eggs, cream cheese, garlic, salt, pepper,red chili powder,thai chillies,lime zest and lime juice until well mixed.
2) Mix in the Panko crumbs,onions and cilantro.
3) Heat oil in a pan and make round patties of shrimp mixture and add them to pan in single layer and cook untill golden brown on each side.
4) Serve with hot sauce.

Nachos

Ingredients:

Tortilla chips 
Jalapenos
Black beans drained and washed
Parmesan Cheese grated
Cheddar cheese grated
Finely chopped tomatoes
Tabasco red sauce 
Black Olives 
Mashed avocado

Method:

1)In a bowl arrange tortilla chips.
2) Sprinkle the toppings one by one (Black beans,chopped tomatoes,olives, avocado,jalapenos) on top of chips.
3) Sprinkle grated cheddar cheese 
4) Place the bowl in microwave for the cheese to melt for 1 minute.
5) Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and Tabasco sauce on top of it.

Ginger Chutney

Ingredients:

3 inch piece- Ginger, chopped to small pieces
1 tbsp Coriander seeds
1 tbsp Urad dal
1/4 tsp Methi seeds
4 to 6 dry red chillies
2 tbsp grated jaggery
2 cloves of garlic chopped
1 lime size Tamarind
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Oil

Seasoning:

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Urad dal
1/2 tsp Channa dal
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
Curry leaves - few
2 pinches of Hing

Method:

1. Soak tamarind in little water and make it soft and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a kadai and add urad dal,coriander seeds,methi seeds and fry on low heat.Add red dry chillies and fry lightly.
3. Drain the fried ingredients out of oil and transfer into a blender and make powder of the ingredients.
4. In the same kadai add ginger,garlic and fry lightly,till the raw smell goes away.Transfer ginger and garlic to the blender.
5. Add soaked tamarind and jaggery into the blender.
6. Grind all ingredients together to a smooth paste.Add salt tot taste and little water to just make the blender move.
7. To season, on a low flame, heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds and let them pop.
8. Then add urad dal,channa dal and fry till golden brown.
9. Add cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves.
10. Add grinded chutney and mix well.
11. Serve with dosa, idly or undrallu.

Undrallu- Steamed Rice balls

Ingredients:

1 cup Rice
2 tbsp Channa dal
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups water
2tbsp grated fresh coconut

Method:

1. Wash rice well and drain all the water.
2. Spread on a paper towel and let it dry for an hour for the rice grains to become fully dry.
3. Grind the rice grains in a blender to ravva consistency.
4. Place a round bottomed pan on stove with water,channa dal,cumin seeds and salt and bring it to boil.
5. Reduce heat to medium and pour the rice ravva slowly into boiling water and keep stirring till all the water gets absorbed by the rice ravva.
6. Add grated coconut and stir in well. turn off the stove and cover with a lid.
7. After 15 minutes, spread on a lightly greased plate.wet your hands with water and make small balls.
8. Sprinkle some water if the ravva is too hard or breaking.
9. Use a idly steaming stand to steam the balls. Place rice balls as shown in picture.
10. Place idly stand in idly cooker or pressure cooker with little water to steam for 10 minutes.
11. Serve hot with Ginger chutney (For recipe check blog)

Vegetable puffs

Ingredients:
Boiled potatoes- 2
Boiled green peas -3/4 cup
Finley chopped carrot - 1/4 cup
Finely chopped Onions - 1
Finely chopped green chilies -4
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder -1 tsp
Red chili powder -1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp
Olive Oil -1 tbsp
Puff pastry sheets -3
Baking sheet -1

Method:

1) Heat oil in a pan and add curry leaves and mustard, once mustard start to pop add green chilies,ginger garlic paste and Onions and fry till golden brown.
2) Add chopped carrots and salt to the pan and fry till carrots become tender.
3) Add boiled peas and potatoes (mashed) to the pan and fry for another 3 minutes.
4) Add turmeric powder,red chili powder, coriander powder and fry them for another 4 minutes.
5) Add coriander leaves and mix well and keep aside to let it cool.
6)Take out the packet of puff pastry sheets about 2 hours before you want to use it.
7) Place it on a floured surface and roll it out firmly to about 1/2" tthickness
8) Cut out into long rectangles for puffs.
9) Take a rectangular strip of rolled out puff pasty sheet and spoon in some filling on one end, leaving enough space on all sides to seal the puff.
10) Bring in the other end and seal off the sides.
11) Make a couple of them and place them on a baking sheet.
12) Bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 30 mins until the top is golden brown.