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   Hush Puppies       Deep fried delicacy . Cooking Time:  15-20 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  15-20 minutes   Category:  Non Veg Ingredients • Cornmeal 1 cup • Refined flour (maida) 1 cup • Baking powder 1 teaspoon • Sugar 1 tablespoon • Sea salt 1 tablespoon • Egg 1 • Milk 1/2 cup • Onion ,grated 3/4 cup • Oil to deep fry Method Mix cornmeal, refined flour, baking powder, sugar and sea salt in a bowl.Break egg in another bowl, add milk and whisk well. Add onion and egg mixture to the flour mixture and knead. If the mixture is too dry, add a little more milk and knead. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Divide the mixture into equal medium sized portions and shape each of them into an oblong. Gently slide them into the hot oil and deep-fry till golden. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot.

Spinach Muthiya Recipe -  Healthy Snacks                                   Most of us avoid deep fried snacks and instead choose healthy options. One such healthy snack is Muthiya - a Guajarati dish of steam cooked dumplings with the goodness of vegetables. Ingredients: For Dough Whole wheat flour – ¼ cup Chickpea flour/gram flour – ½  cup Semolina – ½  cup Corn meal-1 cup Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Spinach 2 cups washed and chopped Asafoetida – ¼ tsp Baking  soda – ¼ tsp Cumin seeds – ½ tsp Fennel seeds – ½ tsp Sugar – 1 tsp Ginger paste – 1 tsp Garlic paste- 1tbsp Curd-1 tbsp Green chillies – 4, chopped finely Coriander leaves – 10 sprigs, chopped finely Lemon juice – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tsp For Tempering: Oil – 3 tsp Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Sesame seeds– 2 tsp Method: In a bowl mix the wheat flour, gram flour, semolina, corn meal, tu...