Maddur Vada

Ingredients:

Rice flour 1 cup

All purpose flour (Maida) 1 cup

Onion 3-4 small to medium ones finely chopped

Curry leaves 3 strands

Coriander handful finely chopped

Green chillies 3-4 deseeded

Ginger an inch finely chopped

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Oil as required

Salt to taste

Method:

• Grind to a coarse paste curry leaves, green chillies, ginger and cumin.
• In a bowl add all ingredients together with salt to taste and 2 tbsp of oil and mix into a soft dough by adding little amount of water.
• In a pan take oil and on medium flame fry the flattened dough until golden brown, let it cool and serve with some coconut chutney!

Iranian Onion Samosa

Ingredients:

For Filling:

• Onions - 1 1/2 cups chopped thin and long
• Green chillies - 3
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Chaat masala - 1 tsp / Lemon - few drops (any one or both)

• Avalakki (optional) - 1/2 cup

• Oil as required

For the casing:

• All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cup
• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Water as required

For Pasting:

• Mix a tsp of all purpose flour in say 2 tsp of water and make a paste

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients under "For the casing" above, add water little by little until you get a soft dough. Let it rest aside for atleast 15 min.

• In a pan pour oil, saute onion, green chillies, add cumin powder, chilly powder, turmeric, chaat masala and saute again. Rinse avalakki and add.

• Mix it all together on low flame until all is cooked well.

• With the dough use a roller pin and make triangular shapes, half cook the rotis and then fill with the filling and paste it together with the all purpose flour paste.

• Deep fry in medium heat oil at low-medium flame until golden brown.
• Serve hot with green chutney/tamarind chutney if desired.