Pakistani Appetizers or Side Dishes

Chapati Rolls Ingredients:

Chapati Rolls Recipe

  • Ready-to-Cook Chapatis – 8
  • Onion – 1 large
  • Tomato -1 large
  • Cauliflower – 1 large
  • Oil – 4 tblsp
  • Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
  • Tomato Puree – 2 tblsp
  • Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1 1/2 tsp
  • Water – 1/2 cup

For Garnishing

  • Coriander Leaves – 1/2 cup chopped

How to make Chapati Rolls

  • Put a tawa on a moderate heat and when hot, put a chapati on it.
  • When the base is light brown turn it over and brown the other side.
  • Cook all the chapati’s in the same way.
  • Peel the onion and chop fine.
  • Chop the tomato fine.
  • Wash the cauliflower and soak it for 5 minutes in hot water.
  • Cut the cauliflower into small florets, removing and discarding the thick stems.
  • Boil plenty of water in a pan over high heat and add the cauliflower to the water.
  • Boil for 2 minutes and remove the pan from the heat. Drain out the water.
  • Heat the oil in a kadai over moderate heat.
  • Add the onion and fry, stirring frequently, till it turns golden brown.
  • Add the tomato and fry for 2 minutes until it becomes soft.
  • Mix in the chilli powder, tomato puree and ginger-garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Sprinkle in the salt and 1/2 cup of water and mix well.
  • Add the cauliflower and simmer till all the water has dried.
  • Mix in the coriander leaves and take the pan off the heat.
  • Lay a chapati flat and put 1 tblsp of fried cauliflower along one edge of the chapati and roll it.
  • Repeat this for all the chapatis.
Chapati Rolls Recipe
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Moong Dal Cheela Ingredients

Moong Dal halwa Recipe

  • Split green gram (dhuli moong dal), Soaked for 5 hours 1 cup / 190 gm
  • Cumin (jeera) powder 1/2 tsp / 3/4 gm
  • Ginger-chilli paste 1 tsp / 5gm
  • Salt to taste
  • Ghee for frying

How to make Moong Dal Cheela

  • Drain and grind the split green gram in a mixer or on a stone slab. Add the remaining ingredients (except ghee) and mix well. Heat 2 tsp ghee in a pan; drop in a ladleful of the green gram batter and spread it evenly with the back of a spoon.
  • Sprinkle some ghee around the sid0es and lift the edges, so that the ghee can slip under. Turn the pancake over, drizzle some more ghee and cook till brown on both sides. Remove and repeat till all the batter is used up. Serve with green chutney or tomato sauce.

Preparation time: 5 hrs.
Cooking time: 20 min.
Serves: 2-4

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Aamras Ingredients:

Puri Aamras Recipe

  • Mango fruit pulp – 2 cups
  • Whole milk or Half & Half milk – 4 cups
  • Sugar – 1 cup (according to taste)
  • Elaichi powder / Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp (optional)

How to make Aamras

  • Blend the above ingredients.
  • Make a puree.
  • Refrigerate it OR Can be served as it is.
  • Serve with Puri.

Puri Recipe Ingedients

  • Wheat Flour – 2 cups
  • Oil – 1 tsp + to deep fry
  • Salt to taste

How to make Puri

  • Add wheat flour, oil and salt in a bowl.
  • Add warm water to the wheat flour to form a firm dough, and knead till smooth
  • Cover keep aside for about 15minutes, and knead again
  • Divide into small balls and roll out into round shape
  • Heat oil in a wok.
  • Fry the puri one at a time, holding them under the oil on the first side until they puff.
  • Turn and fry till light brown, drain. Serve as soon as possible.
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California Roll ingredients:

California Roll Recipe

  • sushi rice-2 and 1/2 cups (480g) short – grain rice
  • 2 and 1/2 cups (600ml) water
  • vinegar dressing 4 and 2/3 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 table spoons sugar
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 5 leaves of lettuce
  • tin of tuna
  • Japanese mayonnaise
  • 1/2 avocado

How to make California roll

  • Make small roll and serve it.
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Ingredients

Hummus Recipe

  • 4 garlic cloves, minced and then mashed
  • 2 15-oz cans of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
  • 2/3 cup of tahini (roasted, not raw)
  • 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • Pine nuts (toasted) and parsley (chopped) for garnish

how to make Hummus

  • In a food processor, combine the mashed garlic, garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, 1/2 cup water, and olive oil. Process until smooth. Add salt, starting at a half a teaspoon, to taste.
  • spoon into serving dish and sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and chopped parsley.
  • Serve with crackers, raw dip vegetables such as carrots or celery, or with pita bread. You can cut the pita bread into thin triangles, brush with olive oil and toast for 10 minutes in a 400°F oven to make pita chips with which to serve the hummus.
  • Makes about 3 cups.
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