Tuesday, October 14, 2008

BOONDI RAITA

Raitas are the salad with the combination of yogurt and raw vegetables. Boondies are the tiny little gram flour fried dumplings which is served as snack as well as in raitas. This is the excellent side dish that goes well with spicy biriyani or pulao or any flavoured rice item and also with the chappaties too. Readymade boondies are available in super markets but I always prefer fresh homemade boodies. To make the boondi raita even more healthier, these fried boodies are soaked in water and hence the excess oil is drained off. But here I just added the boondies just before serving because I love them to have crispy.




INGREDIENTS FOR BOONDI.

1/2 Cup Gram flour.

Water as per required.

Pinch of baking soda.

Salt to taste.

Oil for deep frying.

METHOD.

Mix gramflour, salt, baking soda in a bowl with required amount of water. The consistency of the batter should be light enough.


Heat oil in a pan. Holding the large slotted spoon above the pan, pour the batter at the time into the oil carefully. They will froth in the hot oil, then rise to the surface. Fry till its done and place them on tissue to absorb excess oil.

Boondies are ready to serve.

INGREDIENTS FOR RAITA.

Boondi as per required.

1 Cup Yogurt.

1/4 Cup Milk.

1/4 tsp Red chilli powder.

Salt to taste.

GARNISH.

1 tbsp Chopped Coriander leaves.

2 tbsp Boodies.

METHOD.

Beat the yogurt and milk to get smooth consistency. Add salt, and chilli powder. Mix well.

Add boondi and mix well jsut before the serving.

Finally garnish with coriander leaves and some more boondies.



AWARDS TIME.

CURRY LEAF AND SIREESHA has honoured my blog presenting me a new ''BUTTERFLY AWARD''. Isn't that pretty? Thanks a lot to both of you.





The rules of the blog:


Put the logo on your blog.

Add a link to the person who awarded you.

Nominate 10 other blogs. Add links to those blogs on yours, and leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I would love to nominate:

RANJI , ASHA , UMA , BHARATHY , YASMEEN , LAVANYA ,

SIG , JAISHREE , ANUDIVYA , SUKANYA RAMKUMAR.

Congratulation.

Enjoy !!

30 comments:

Laavanya said...

I love boondis and this is my favorite raitha. Congrats on your award Suma.

CurryLeaf said...

Quick,tasty and easy raitha.Love it.

Laavanya said...

Hi Suma, actually i missed it.. thanks so much for thinking of me... I am truly touched.

Finla said...

Congrats with the award.
The boondi raita looks so yumm.

anudivya said...

Thanks for the lovely award Suma, it is very sweet of you.
Congrats on your award!
Love the boondi raita :)

Yasmeen said...

Thanks suma,I'm so happy you choose me among the coolest blogs:)
The cooling boondi raita was our favorite during fast breaks, i used ready made boondi for quick-fix:)

Usha said...

Congrats on your award Suma...the boondi raita looks delicious..I love the boondi crispy in the raita too :)

Cham said...

Congrats on your award :) The bowl of raita is simply delicious!

Unknown said...

Great patience u have Suma!Making bhoondi at home from scratch..Congrats on the award..

Deepthi Shankar said...

i love boondi raita too .. looks yum .. have never made boondi at home .. great yaar

Sagari said...

when I was kid ,I use to eat this as it is,LOVE IT SO MUCH

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Congrats on your Award, Boondis are looking really great...

Suganya said...

Hi Suma...
This is a very nice recipe. My fav too. Looks so good.

Congrats on ur award. Thank u so much for thinking abt me in ur list....

Unknown said...

Congrats on your award ... raitha looks really yummy suma...

Unknown said...

Congrats on ur award and a very good recipe...I like with sour yogurt..Konjam surukunu..hehhee

raaji said...

thats lovely suma....love he crispy touch to a creamy yougurt

Uma said...

boondi raita looks so good Suma! I have to make this! Thanks for the recipe.

Congrats on the award and thank you so much for thinking about me dear!

ST said...

The boondi raita looks easy and very delicious suma:)

Indian Khana said...

You made bondi from scratch...wow thts cool...boondi raitha is yummy..Congrats on your award

Priyanka said...

Boondi raita is something that i havent made in a while....loved your broken wheat pomegranate salad..am bookmarking it.

Indranee Batabyal said...

I had this raita this puja and it was lovely...thanks for sharing the recipe Suma!

Lucky said...

Coming to your blog for the first time. Yummy Yummy mouthwatering receipes. Keep in touvh

vandana rajesh said...

Boondi raita is my fav suma and my daughter just loves it. Gr8 to see that u made the boondis at home itself. I generally put the boondis after soaking it in water but once tried it directly and my daughter loved the crunchy taste so do it that way too now at times. I add a little jeera powder and some sugar too to my boondi raita...i love the flavor of jeera and a little sweet taste.

FH said...

Thank you so much Suma, it's a beautiful award indeed. Enjoy and take care! :))

Shreya said...

lovely boondi raita, congrats on the awards:-)

Sum Raj said...

thank u everyone 4 the comments

Divya Kudua said...

Making boondhi from scratch is wonderful Suma..and that bowl sure looks tempting!!

Recipeswap said...

Congrats on your award.Boondi raita is one of my fav.

Sig said...

Thank you for thinking of me Suma!

Sum Raj said...

ur welcome sig...u really deserve it dear..