Besan paare / Chickpea flour crackers

Besan paare / spicy chickpea flour deep fried crackers is a quick and easy indian snacks for kids and as well as south indian festival snacks... This is a new recipe for me and it is very crispy and my son really liked the recipe with tomato ketchup..

It is a conventient option that can be had any time of the day...Gram flour contains high quality of carbohydrate and no gluten.. however, compared to other flours, gram flour is high in protein content.. It is also quite popular in italian and french cuisine...

Besan paare is one of the popular north indian savour snack which people makes often, mostly in festival times... These are crunchy in texture and spicy in taste. This can be store for 10 days in air tight container. It should be cooked on high flame. Then will be soft.. It is the great snacks to enjoy in the evening times with hot cup of tea...

Preparation time : 10 mins
Frying time : 3 - 5 mins
Serve - 3

INGREDIENTS :

Gram flour / besan - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Asafetida / Hing - 2 pinch
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Butter - 1 1/2 tsp
Coconut oil - 2 tsp
Salt as needed
Oil for frying

METHOD :

• Mix gram flour, rice flour in a mixing bowl.
• Add in salt, asafetida, butter, coconut oil and mix evenly.
• Then add in chilli powder, water and knead to make firm but a smooth dough..
• Set aside atleast 10 mins. Take a dough and make a flat ball shape.. 
• Roll it like a chapathi. Using sharp knife, cut it into square pieces. 
• Another side heat oil in a frying kadai on medium flame.
• Dont't load kadai with too many and fry them till light golden brown..
• Serve it with tomato ketchup..

PICTORIAL :

Take rice flour and gram flour

In a mixing bowl add two flours

Salt

Add some asafetida

Butter

Two tsp if coconut oil

Mix evenly

Add some chilli powder

Knead to make a dough

In a rolling plate sprinkle some rice flour

Place the dough on it

Roll it like chapathi

Using sharp knife

Cut it into square shapes

Drop it in the heated oil

See how it's puffs up

When it light golden brown 

Drain it on the kitchen paper

Now it's ready

Serve

Enjoy...

Tangri Kabab / Grilled Chicken Drumsticks

Tangri kabab / grilled chicken drumstick is more delicious recipe for you with lot of flavours... kabab is a blend of spices. Here the chicken piece is marination in curd, ginger garlic paste, spices green chillies, and roasted gram flour..to get this tangri kabab. i have already post tangadi kabab in my blog which have been done by searching it in online and got an idea about the recipe and try... 

This recipe is so easy to make but so tasty and delicious to eat.. This grilled chicken has a coating of well toasted gram flour which make it more flavour to the dish.. I made this last sunday and gave serve it to my cousins and they all loved it so much...

Soft chicken leg marinated in a flavour some paste and then grilled on the tandoor which is the best appetizer for lunch or dinner. many of my viewers asking for chicken recipes.. So here i post a awesome simple dish and that taste heavenly.. My daugher in law loved it so much and she told me to make it again.. iT can be made it on baking and grill mode.. 

So i hope you will try it and let me know the results...

Preparation time : 15 mins
Marinating time : 4 - 5 hours
Baking time : 50 mins
Grilled time : 5 mins for both sides

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken - 1 kg (chicken leg eight pieces)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbspn
Thick yogurt - 1 cup
Lemon juice - 3 tbspn
Garam masala powder - 1tbspn
Chilli powder - 2 tbspn
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Red colour powder - 1 pinch
Green chillies - 3 (chopped)
Gram flour / besan - 1/2 cup
Butter for basting
Salt - as needed

METHOD :

• Make slashes with a knife into the chicken legs. It helps the masala to seep in while getting cooked...
• Wash the green chillies remove the stem and chopped finely..
• First in a dry pan toasting in gram flour and roasted well. And keep aside.
• In a large mixing bowl add all the ingredients except roasted gram flour and mix well.
• Then add in chicken pieces and kept it for 1/2 hour.
• Once it marinated well add the roasted gram flour to the chicken legs. Rub it nicely with your hands..
• Keep it in the fridge for 4 - 5 hours or even overnight..to marinate.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degree c. Line the baking tray with foil. 
• Arrange the chicken in a tray and put them in oven for 15 mins.
• Take them out and base them with butter. Again put back into the oven for another 15 mins.
• Now filp over and bake it for 15 mins.
• Then base them with butter and again put back into the oven for 15 mins.
• Cook till the kabab are char grilled on the outside and succulent on the inside.
• Now remove the tray from the oven and sprinkled some chat masala (it an optional)over the hot chicken and serve immediately..

PICTORIAL :

Take your ingredients

First toast your gram flour

Fry them till they couple shades and smells nutty.

Take your cleaned chicken

Slash on the leg part using knife

Like this

In a mixing bowl add in gram masala

Add in chilli powder

A pinch of red colour powder

Some amount oof salt

Add in turmeric powder

Add in chopped chillies

Ginger garlic paste

Add in lemon juice

Add in thick yogurt

Once mix well

Add in chicken

Mix well

Now add in roasted gram flour

Now let it's marinate

Arrange the chicken on the tray

Place it on the oven

Remove the tray from oven

Melted some butter

Brush with some butter

Bake again for 15 mins

Flip over and again brush it again

Repeat the same

Repeat the same

Now almost done in baking mode

Now grill for 10 mins

It's ready

Serve...

Enjoy....