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Method
Prepare The Batter: Mix everything from Ajwain to Salt in a bowl. Add water slowly and keep on mixing it till the batter becomes smooth and thick.
Prepare the Stuffing: Boil the potatoes either in Microwave or in a pressure cooker. Once boiled peel off the skin and mash it. Heat the 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan. Add the Garam Masala powder, and fry it for 1/2 minute. Add the finely sliced onion and fry it till it is light brown. Add grated ginger and garlic and fry it for 3 minutes. Add the turmeric and red chili powder and fry it on slow heat for 10 min. Now add the boiled potato and fry it for another 5 minutes. Then Add 2 tbsp of mozzarella cheese and mix till the cheese melts and blends in with the potato. Your stuffing is ready.
Prepare the Bread Pakora: Heat the 1/2 cup oil in a frying pan. Take 2 triangular pieces of the bread and fill it with the potato stuffing. Dip it in the batter till it is entirely covered by the batter. Deep fry in the oil for about 5 to 10 min. Remember to keep the oil in medium heat.
This is a very tasty snack and goes very well at tea time.
By Zaufishan Haque
Editor's Note: This looks delicious. For our British and Canadian readers the spices may be readily available. I wasn't familiar with some of the ingredients so I looked them up:
Ajwain - (Other names) Carom, Ajowan, Bishop's Weed, Seeds Of Bishop's Weed Substitutions: A mild oregano
Asafoetida (Other names) Asafetida, Assafetida, Assafoetida, Devil's Dung, Devil's Durt, Food of the Gods (Persian), Laser (Roman), Stinking Gum Substitutions: It has a mild onion flavor so crushed dried onion might be a good substitute.
Garam Masala - This is a blend of hot Indian spices.
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My daughters name is Amanda and I wanted her quilt to be special just for her. So I made her an "A quilt". She loves animal prints. Again cutting a ton of strips in many different colors I sewed them together to make the "A". Using an old blanket for the batting and a black full sized sheet for the backing. She loves it and while we were watching "Extreme Home Makeover" on night, I asked each of my four children what they would NEED to take from our home if we were the family on TV that had a home makeover, she replied..."my A-quilt, Mom" : )
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Cheap and Effective Homemade Bug Catchers
They are FREE if you make them yourself. Here's how:
Cut the top of a plastic soda bottle off, right where the bottle starts to curve and get smaller. Take the top and stick it into the remaining bottle, so it is facing down. It should fit great if you cut it at the right spot. Now hot glue it into place. Don't forget to leave the cap off. You now have the perfect bug, spider, earwig and bee catcher. I put sugar water in mine, but for some bugs you can use a piece of meat, worms or anything else you can think of to entice critters. IT WORKS SO GREAT.
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Grandchildren love to draw roads and towns on a long roll, or trace each others body on it.
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My grandmother couldn't see too well, but she was always hand sewing something. I suggest that when you visit a legally blind person who likes to sew, help them out by putting several needles on a spool of thread. They can take off one at a time with more needles to use as they need without having to thread them.
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We've been building a cabin in WV and I'm planning on going out in July to start painting the inside.
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