Ingredients
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For Dough
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1 cup Maize Flour (makki ka atta)
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½ cup Flour (maida)
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a generous pinch Salt
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as required Warm Water
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for deep frying Oil
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For Cheese Sauce
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2tbsp Butter
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2tbsp Flour (maida)
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¾ cup Cheese (grated)
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1½ cups Milk
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½ tsp Chilli powder
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For Tomato Salsa (Pico De Gallo)
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1cup Tomato chopped
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½ cup Onion chopped
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to taste Green chilli chopped
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to taste Salt
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to taste Pepper
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4 tbsp Lemon juice
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handful Coriander chopped
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For Toppings
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handful Rajma (boiled)
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handful Grated Cheese
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handful Corn nibblets
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handful Olives
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few Jalapeños
Directions
Nachos are a Mexican dish invented in 1940’s. The original nachos consisted of fried corn tortilla chips covered with melted cheese and sliced jalapeños.
Chef Kunal Kapur is cooked a variation of nachos in 60 mins with basic ingredients from Indian market. It is made of all-purpose flour, chips covered with melted cheese.
Steps
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1
Done
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For the doughMix together maize flour, all purpose flour, salt and pour warm water and knead it into a soft dough. With the addition of maida the dough will hold together. Give this dough rest for about 10mins and then divide it into equal sized balls of the approx size of a golf ball. |
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2
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Dunk the dough in some dry flour and roll it out round and thin. Heat a pan or tawa to high heat and cook the tortilla. Turn over and cook on the other side. Make sure to only half cook the tortilla. Remove and place it under a clean napkin. |
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3
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Repeat the same for the rest of the dough. Now just stack all of them together and cut them into triangles. Heat oil in a vessel to medium hot and deep fry them till crisp and light brown in colour. |
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4
Done
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For Tomato SalsaMix all the ingredients in a bowl and toss them together. Check and adjust the seasoning and the salad is ready. |
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5
Done
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For Cheese SauceMelt butter and flour and saute them for a min on low heat. Add milk and on gentle heat allow it to thicken a little. Add grated cheese and chilli powder and mix them. Remove from heat and keep aside. Incase the sauce is grainy then just blend it with a stick blender and use. |
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6
Done
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For AssemblingPlace the nachos on the platter, sprinkle some tomato salsa on top, some grated cheese, boiled rajma(kidney beans), some olives, jalapeños and corn. Serve it with remaining salsa and cheese sauce. You can also pour some cheese sauce over the nachos and serve. |
