Channa/Chole /White chickpeas - 1/2 cup heaped
( soak it in water overnight)
Baking soda - 1/8 tsp
Cinnamon a big stick
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 2
Cloves - 3
Bay leaf -2
Tea bag - 1
( or boil 1/2 cup water add 1 tsp of tea powder, boil was a minute and filter. Add this tea water while cooking channa)
Water as needed
Method
Add the above ingredients in a pressure cooker add water as needed.
Pressure cook till soft and keep it aside.
Amritsari Chole Masala Powder
Roasted and powdered pomegranate seeds/Anardana seeds powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Roasted and powdered kastoori methi - 1/2 tsp
Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
Black salt / Kala namak - 1/4 tsp
Chaat masala - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Method
Take all above ingredients in a bowl add little water and dilute it , keep it aside
Other ingredients
Chopped onion - 1 smal
Tomato - 1 small grind
Ginger and garlic paste
( Grind onion,tomato,ginger and garlic to a smooth paste)
Oil - 6 tsp
Ghee - 1tsp
Cottage cheese - 1 cup ( blend till smooth, do not add water)
All purpose flour - 1 & 1/4 cup or add few spoons more if needed
( Original recipe says 1 cup flour)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Bagel seasoning to sprinkle on top
Egg - 1 beaten for egg wash
Method
Take a bowl add the cottage cheese, flour, salt & baking powder, mix it with a spatula.
Transfer to a generously floured work surface , place the dough.
Using your fingers mix the dough, this process will be a bit messy and sticky.
Add more flour if needed and gently knead to form a soft non sticky dough.
Divide the portion in 4 parts , gently shape it into doughnuts making a hole in the center.
Brush each bagel with egg and sprinkle bagel seasoning on top.
Bake at 375 deg. F for 25 minutes or till light brown on top.
Each oven is different so temperature & baking time may vary.
Remove from oven and enjoy with any spread you like.
Note:
a) Add 1 cup flour and slowly add remaining 1/4 cup flour till you get a non sticky dough. Flour quantity may vary according to the variety of the cottage cheese.
b) These can be air fried too.
c) Fermentation not needed, you can bake immediately. If you have time you can cover and rest it for 10 minutes before baking.
d) In some recipes they just strain the extra water out from the cottage cheese and add flour and knead the dough.
Cottage Cheese Wheat Flour Bagel
Cottage Cheese Wheat Flour Bagel
Ingredients
Cottage cheese - 1 cup ( blend till smooth, do not add water)
Wheat Flour flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Bagel seasoning to sprinkle on top
Garlic powder a generous pinch to sprinkle on top
Egg - 1 beaten for egg wash
Method is the same as above bagel recipe. But this was not a sticky dough, the consistency was perfect and was able to shape it with clean hands.
Take all the above mentioned ingredients together in a bowl.
Wash well & soak it in water for 3 hours.
Grind this to a semi smooth batter in grinder or blender.
Add water in intervals while grinding , consistency of the batter should be semi thick.
Remove it in a bowl add salt and mix the batter well.
Cover it with a lid, leave the batter outside for fermentation for at least 8 hours or overnight
Next day beat the batter , remove needed batter into a bowl.
Add little water & dilute the batter if very thick.
Heat a tawa spread a ladle of batter to a semi thick circle , drizzle ghee or butter generously around the dosa .Sprinkle chutney pudi on top and cook in low flame
Once brown at the bottom remove from the griddle , do not flip the dosa.
Enjoy with chutney or sambar!.
Chutney Pudi
Chutney Pudi Recipe
Urad dal - 1/2 cup
Channa dal - 1/4 cup
Red chilies - 15
( add more or less according to the spice level)
Desiccated coconut - 1/4 cup
Tamarind - 1 tsp
Curry leaves few
Hing - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Method
Add all the above ingredients except hing , jaggery and salt into a pan , in low flame dry roast till light brown.
Switch off the stove add hing , jaggery salt & grind to a semi smooth powder.