Cucumber Chatpata

This is a very simple appetizer. You can add your touch of variations. We enjoyed our weekend evening snacks with hot coffee.

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Ingredients:

Cucumber - 1, large
onion - 1, medium, finely chopped
tomato - 1, small, finely chopped
chilly - 1, finely chopped
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
oil 1tsp
bhujia/some mixture - as much you desire/required.

Method:

1. Cut the cucumber into half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds so that a depression is formed for the filling.
2. Mix the chopped onions, tomatoes, chilly, salt, black pepper, oil.
3. Stuff 1/2 tbsp of the mixture in the cucumber. Topped with 1tsp of mixture/bhujia.
4. Serve with hot coffee or any drink you want.

Linking: Monsoon Of India and JCO.

Veg Sfiha :)

Yesterday evening me & my friends were not in mood to go out for having snacks. In my kitchen, I had some leftover dough. I just came up with this one, with a doubt whether my friends were gonna like that. But,  they loved it. It is very very easy to make & tasty+healthy as well.

Hope you are going to like it & please please send me some feedback.
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Ingredients:

Maida - 200gm

oil - 1tbs

Tomato - 2 large, finely chopped

Onion - 4 medium, finely chopped

salt to taste

sugar to taste

Chilly - 1-2, chopped

Carrot - 2 medium, grated

Cucumber - 1 small, chopped finely 

Coriander leaves, finely choped to garnish

Preparation:

1. Sieve the maida well with salt, sugar and place in a flat dish. Make a bay in the center and put a little of oil for leavening. Add warm water and make a stiff dough.

2. Mix well tomatoes, onion, carrot, chilly and cucumber. Add 1tsp oil (I used musterd oil, because I love its taste) & salt.

3. Divide dough into walnut size balls. Roll between hand palms to smooth.

4. Roll out balls with a rolling pin to form 8 cm diameter circles.

5. Bring the edges up and press to make your desired shape.

6. Arrange pastries in a tray brushed with butter\oil. Bake in a moderate heat oven (180° C) for 30 minutes or till dough is golden.

7. Put one tbls of mixture on dough circle seeing that a cube is in each spoon. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

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Sfiha

Sfiha are meat pies widely spread in the middle east specially in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. Sfiha is an appetizer that is prepared at homes specially during Ramadan and the dough can be bought from pastry restaurants.

This Eid special appetizer was my first attempt with egg & we liked it very much. Hope you like my modified recipe & send me your feedback :)

Ingredients - Sfiha:

Maida - 500gm
oil - 2bs

Egg - 2

Tomato - 2 large, finely chopped

Onion - 4 medium, finely chopped

salt
sugar
Carrot - 2 medium, grated

Black pepper - 1teaspoon

Tahini - 1 tbls (sesame paste)

Pomegranate juice - 1 tbls (if available)

Method:


1. Sieve the maida well with salt, sugar and place in a flat dish. Make a bay in the center and put a little of oil for leavening. Add warm water and make a stiff dough.

2. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Heat oil in kadai & add onions, tomatoes, carrots and spices. Add sesame paste and pomegranate juice. Lower the flame. Saute for 10-12mins. When the vegetable mixture becomes soft, add eggs & keep tossing until the egg gets mixed well with the vegetables. Turn off the heat & keep aside the mixture. 

3. Divide dough into walnut size balls. Roll between hand palms to smooth.

4. Roll out balls with a rolling pin to form 8 cm diameter circles. Put one tbls of egg mixture on dough circle seeing that a cube is in each spoon.
5. Apply the flour paste along the edges and fold over to make a semi-circle. Pinch at the outer rim.
6. Arrange egg pastries in a tray brushed with butter. Bake in a moderate heat oven (180° C) for 30 minutes or till dough is golden.

7. Serve hot.

(The original recipe adapted from homemade-recipes)