Hello every one. My name is Djordje and i am from Serbia. I love food and from a friend i heard a lot of great thing about food in India. Particularly about street food which , i think, has more levels of importancy because it tells bigger and broader story. I would like to see here some genuine recipes and if you know some please feel free to share with everybody.
Generally, street food is not something which is made at home, because it is easily available at places and is affordable. Although these days people are beginning to make the street food at home due to health reasons. One recipe I can share with you is aloo tikki, something my mother makes at home. It's quite brief as I only know the main stages of the recipe but it would work.. You will need: Potatoes boiled Salt, onions, ginger, salt, garam masala, chilli powder, coriander powder and chaat masala. Yogurt (whisked) Sweet chutney (mixture of tamarind paste and some sugar, add pinch of salt and some chilli powder) Green chutney (blend together some mint, coriander, onion and chillies, salt and garam masala) Chopped onions You need boiled potatoes which you need to mash up. To this, you add finely sliced onions, ginger, salt, garam masala, chilli powder, coriander powder and some chaat masala and mix well. Make the potato mixture into small balls then flatten to make a patty shape and shallow fry on a medium heat. Once cooked keep aside. Next is plating. Put the tikki on a plate, on top of this add the yoghurt, then a bit of both the chutneys. Now add some chopped onions. and sprinkle some chaat masala on top. And there you go you have tikki a popular street food in India.
You must taste 'Bhel Puri' a street food by all standards. You will get it at beaches specially in Mumbai. It is easy to make too. I make it sometimes. Source: Wikimedia Commons Ingredients Main Crisp purees - these one can buy Shev - this too is available in shops Puffed rice - available in shops Onions Boiled potatoes Chutney ingredients Green Chutney coriander leaves green chillies salt ginger Jeera Lime juice Sweet Chutney dates tamarind chilli powder jaggery ginger salt to taste Roasted Jeera Method Grind to a paste dates, tamarind and ginger. Cook on slow fire add jaggery, chilli powder and roasted jeera powder. Cool. Your sweet chutney is ready Chop coriander leaves, chop green chillies, add jeera, chopped ginger, salt and grind to a fine paste. Add lime juice and mix well. Your green chutney is ready. Method Boil potatoes and cut the into tiny bits Mince onions Crush puris but keep one puri whole that serves as a spoon Add puffed rice Mix these items and place them in a plate. Pour chutney over it. Some use only sweet chutney. I like only sweet chutney. P.S There is no hard and fast rule about what goes in this dish. With practice there could be adjustments made.
