Palak Matar Makai Tikki /Spinach Peas Corn Patties

I have been missing in action for almost a fortnight now.There have been some late nights at office lately and I have been also been pure lazy on the days when office was not that hectic. 
Before I share the recipe, I would like to thank all my readers and fellow bloggers for their lovely birthday wishes. :)  Your comments have made me forget all the lament that I did on my last post :))
This tikki was on my agenda for a long time since the time I saw them at Sanjeev Kapoor. Somehow one of the other ingredients were always missing whenever I wanted to make them, so I have kept it on hold. This weekend I ensured that I buy everything that was needed to make this. 



Ingredients
 1 large Potato, boiled and mashed 
1/2 cup Green peas, blanched
10 -12  Spinach leaves, blanched and chopped
1/2 cup Corn kernels, blanched
1/3 cup Cottage cheese (paneer), crumbled
1 Onion , chopped
 2 Green chillies, chopped
1 inch Ginger, chopped
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Red chilli Powder
2-3 tbsp Cornflour/ corn starch
Oil  to shallow fry

Preparation

1. Heat  1 tsp oil in a pan. Add onion and green chillies and sauté for two minutes. Add peas and spinach and saute for 2 minutes.l.Let it cool and then coarsely grind in a mixture/grinder
2. In a bowl, Add peas and spinach mixture, mashed  potatoes,chopped ginger, salt, pepper powder,roasted cumin powder and half the cornflour and mix well. 
3. Coarsely grind blanched corn kernels in a mixture/grinder Add cottage cheese salt,red chili powder and mix. Add the remaining cornflour and mix.
4. Take a portion of the spinach-peas-potato mixture and shape into a flat and thick tikki. Using a cutter cut out a round from the center of the tikki . Take a little portion of the corn mixture and place it in the hole of the spinach-peas-potato tikki and press lightly.
5. Heat oil in another pan and fry the tikkis till golden on both the sides.
6. Serve hot !!

Linking this to Aipi and Priya's bookmarked event and Veggies/Fruit event of Priya and Reshmi 

Danish Stuffed Pastry

 

This one again is inspired from whiteonricecouple Strawberry Danish Recipe. 

It is such a beautiful looking recipe that I couldn't resist making it.

I wanted a salted recipe so, instead of  using the stuffing mentioned there, I used my earlier Feta cheese spinach stuffing recipe and added half a cup boiled corn kernels to it. 

Ingredients

• Puff Pastry

•  Feta cheese spinach stuffing + half cup boiled corn kernels

• How to assemble the pastry : whiteonricecouple Strawberry Danish Recipe

Personal Notes

When the dough is ready, it is really tough for beginners to cut a perfect long n wide even rectangle. And with high temperatures here in Mumbai, the butter keeps melting even before you can roll the whole dough. So, I made small individual rectangles and just trimmed its sides, It was easier , butter didn't melt that fast and it looked beautiful too.

Stuffed Onions

This recipe is inspired from stuffed onion recipe from 1001 Recipes by Martha Day

Ingredients

• Large Onions
• Stuffing: Your choice : I have tried two different fillings .One was Feta Cheese ,spinach and garlic. The other one was Sanjeev Kapoor's potato cups stuffing.
  

Preparation for Stuffed Onions

1. Peel the onions without cutting through the bases.Cook them in Large Pan of boiling water for 20 mins. Drain and refresh in plenty of cold water.
2. Using a small sharp knife,cut around and scoop out each central section. Keep 2-3 layers of Onion.
3. Lightly sprinkle with salt and leave onions to drain upside down.
   
4. Preheat oven to 200 C.
5. Dry the onions using tissue.
6. Fill in the stuffing of your choice using a small spoon.Arrange the onions in oiled baking tray. Sprinkle the top with grated cheese and oil. Bake for 45 min or until the onions are tender and gold.
7. Serve hot.

My personal Notes.

• If Onions are small reduce the boiling time. 10-12 mins would be enough.
• You can reuse the scooped out onions for your stuffing.
• Baking time can be reduced too.Mine were done in 30 mins. So check your onions after 30 mins if it is done.

Feta Cheese,Spinach,Garlic Stuffing

• 500g fresh spinach, blanched
• 250g Feta cheese
• Scooped out onions cut as small as you can.
• Cinnamon powder 1 and a half tsp

Reduce/Increase the above quantities according to the number onions to be stuffed.

1. Squeeze out excess water from spinach, and then roughly chop.
2. In a pan heat some oil; fry the onions until golden brown. Add the spinach, cinnamon powder. Make sure all ingredients are mixed well. cook for 1-2 mins.
3. take out from heat, mix in crumbled Feta cheese and garlic.
4. It doesn't need salt to be added. Taste first and add salt according to your taste.
   
5. Your stuffing is ready.