Friday, June 27, 2008

Oriental Bhel (with some "sun mere bandhu reeeaaayyyy..."!!!)

S.D.Burman ROCKS!! What a genius. I listened to S.D, discussing the S.D effect, and that there used to be black and white movies, as I made this 10 minute Oriental Bhel with my 7 year old...

Crispy Bhel:
Baked Lays (baked Potato Chips made by "Lays") (It's potato, but atleast it ain't fried)

Sauce:
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
1 tsp vinegar
1.5 tsp soy sauce
1 stalk of celery chopped into tiny pieces

Bhel:
1 tsp oil
1 clove garlic (grated)
1 small white onion (chopped) - to make about 1/4 cup
1 stalk of celery chopped (not too small)
1 small bell pepper (any color) cut into long thin strips
1/4 cup leaves of lettuce chopped randomly
1/4 cup grated carrots
1/4 cup cabbage
1/4 cup sprouted beans (the sort you see in chinese and thai food)
(actually this is called bean sprouts, legally speaking)

1. Saute the ingredients under "Bhel" together, no more than 1 minute, and keep aside. You want it not to get soft. Add sat and pepper to taste.
2. Boil together the ingredients under "Sauce", stirring occasionally.
3. On a plate, arrange the crip baked lays (potato chips), and spread the bhel on it and pour the sauce over it.

Credit for this recipe goes to Tarla Dalal's book.

1 comment:

shalini said...

I love SD often better than RD..
Like yr reciepe too
Somewhat like a stir fry I make