Ideas For Pot Luck

priyamuthu · Nov 21, 2007

hi friends,
thanks a lot for the suggestions and ideas u poured up. i would like to have the recipes of masala vadai and few recipes from others also. thanks for the friends who provided the recipes here, let me try that and give the FB to u individually. thanks again.

Regards,
Priya

rithi · Nov 22, 2007

Recipe for masala vadai:

Ingredients:
Chenna dhaal - 2 cups
Ginger-finely chopped
green chilis-finely chopped
cilantro finely chopped
onion (1/2) finely chopped
Somb-little
curry leaves little
turmeric
salt

procedure:
Soak chenna dhaal for 5 hrs
Grind coarsly with little or no water(it is okay to have whole/broken pieces of dhaal)
Add all the chopped ingredients
add somb, curry leaves, turmeric and salt and mix well
Make small balls out of it
Meanwhile heat oil in Kadai
pat the small balls in hand so that they take a shape of small disc
deep fry them in oil.

Once done you can garnish on top with some more cilantro.
I learnt this from my in-laws and it never flopped for me
Happy cooking and let me know your FB

geeta_sathish · Nov 23, 2007

Hi Priya,

If you are not confident of making mini samosas at home (It can be time consuming too..), I would suggest you buy the mini cocktail samosas found in Indian stores and just deep fry them and make a mint-corriander chutney to go with them. They are found in Indian stores in packs of 50 each. Won't take much time even if you have to make about 100 such samosas.

I have made vege puffs for our pervious home owners (Americans) and they loved it very very much.

Don't worry too much, they are OK with trying out anything new.

Cheers,
Geetha

Aneesolu · Oct 21, 2010

Hi Ladies,

This is my first post in this site ever!! Okay I have been to a couple of potlucks in my office and there are only 3 Indians including me in my office! Believe me, Americans loveeee our food! Be it an appetizer, main entree or a dessert!! I made Masal vada's (Tamil Nadu dish) once, and everyone loved it so much! I also made pineapple kesari, gulab jamuns, Chicken fry... The one that was a big hit was my Chicken Biriyani! This year, i was not given a choice to choose the dish I am making, I am, asked to bring Chicken Biriyani nice seeing so many ideas...

Anee

reverie · Oct 22, 2010

Lemon rice...Ghee rice...both made out of Basmati rice...Chicken curry...Tandoori chicken....boiled,Sliced & garnished egg whites...Globe Jamun...are all hot ticket items...