philosophy n food

Beetroot Halwa

2021-01-18T20:40:00.000+05:30

Ingredients:

3 Nos. - Beetroot medium size

3 cups - Full fat milk

3/4 Cup - Sugar

2 Tbsp - Ghee

1 Tsp - Cardamom powder

8-10 Nos - Cashews

Method:

Rinse and peel the beetroot, then grate them using grater.
Now take a kadai in that add 2 tbsp ghee and heat up.
Now add the grated beetroot to the kadai.
Cook the beetroot for 10-15 min till it becomes soft and shrink in size.
Now add 3 cups full fat milk to the beetroot mixture and cook.
Cook the milk and beetroot mixture till the milk is fully reduced, cook it on the low flame , it will take about 20-30 mins to get reduced.
As the milk reduces add 3/4 cup sugar to the halwa , as you add sugar , it will release the water, so cook the halwa for another 10-15 mins.
Add cashews to it , and it is ready to serve.
Or keep the halwa in fridge for 1 day, and on next day slight warm the halwa and then serve.

Do try the delicious beetroot Halwa .......

Pudachi Vadi | Vidharbha Special Sambar Vadi

2021-01-15T20:14:00.002+05:30

Ingredients

For filling

1 bunch - Coriander leaves ( approx 3 Cups )

1/2 Cup + 2 Tbsp - Dry grated Coconut

2 medium - Onions

1 Tsp - Ginger- green chili paste

2 Tbsp -Oil

Salt as per taste

For Applying

1Tbsp - Oil

1 Tbsp - Garam masala

For Dough

1 Cup - Besan

1/4 Tsp - Turmeric powder

1 Tsp - Red chili powder

1 Tbsp - Oil

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method:

For dough

Take a bowl add 1 cup besan , turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt to taste, and 1 tbsp oil mix everything well , add water little at a time and make a dough .
Make a poori like dough.

For filling

Take a kadai or wok ,heat up the kadai , add 2 tbsp oil to it .
Then add ginger- green chilli paste and finely chopped onions to it.
Cooked the onions till it becomes soft and transparent in colour.
Then add grated coconut to it and cook for another 3-5 min on low flame till the coconut slightly change its colour.
After that add chopped coriander leaves and salt to taste to the above mixture and cook for another 5 mins.
Take out the mixture in bowl and let it cool down completely.

For applying

Mix oil and garam masala and keep it aside

For preparing sambar vadi

Take a dough make small lemon size balls and keep it aside .
Take one ball roll it out ,

Apply the oil and garam masala mixture to the chapati .

Fill the coriander mixture

Fold one side of the chapati, and apply oil and garam masala mix on the end of the folded side.

Now fold the other side and paste it by applying little pressure so that it wont open while frying.

Now close both the ends tightly.

Similarly make the rest of the pudachi vadi , and on other keep the oil in deep kadai for frying.
Fry the vadi in medium hot oil on low- medium flame from both sides till it become golden brown in colour.
And the sambar vadi or pudachi vadi is ready to serve.

Punjabi Samosa | whole wheat samosa | street food

2020-09-18T22:53:00.005+05:30

Ingredients:

For Dough:

1 Cup whole wheat flour

2 Tbsp oil

1 Tsp Ajwain

salt to taste

For filling:

3-4 Potatoes boiled

1/4 Cup green peas

1 tsp Ginger paste

1 Tsp Red chilli powder

1/2 Tsp Saunf powder

1/2 Tsp Roasted cumin powder

1 Tsp Coriander powder

Salt to taste

2 Tbsp Oil

Chopped coriander leaves

Oil for frying

Curd chutney :

3/4 Cup Curd

1 Tsp Ginger- garlic - green chilli paste

1 Tsp sugar

Salt to taste

1/4 Cup water

Method:

First for making dough , in a bowl add 1 cup of wheat flour, ajwain , oil and salt to taste ,mix well and make hard poori like dough using water .
Now for the filling, take a kadai, heat up add oil to it , then add ginger paste saute for 1 min.
Then add red chilli powder and boiled and mashed potatoes, and green peas ,mix it properly.
Add Saunf powder, cumin powder , coriander powder, and salt to taste ,mix well , and cover it with lid and cook for 2 min.
Add chopped coriander leaves and keep it aside.
Now for making samosa take dough make small lemon size balls cover and keep aside.
Take 1 ball using rolling board and pin make a oval shape.
Cut from the center
Seal the edges using water and make the cone.

Fill the potato masala 3/4 in the cone don't fill too much masala.

Pinch the cover on the opposite site of the sealed portion as shown in the image.

Join the seal pinch side and the sealed size together and seal the samosa , likewise make rest of the samosa..

In the kadai add oil for frying , As the oil heats up add samosa into the hot oil ,fry it till it becomes golden brown in colour.
For curd chutney , take a bowl add curd whisk it for few seconds , add Ginger- garlic- green chilli paste, sugar and salt to taste , mix everything well then add 1/4 Cup water and again mix everything , and curd chutney is ready.
Serve hot samosas with curd chutney and enjoy.

Pudina chutney in two ways

2020-09-09T19:13:00.002+05:30

1st way

Ingredients:

1 cup coriander leaves
3/4 cup Pudina leaves
1/4 Cup Roasted chana dal Dalia
1 inch Ginger
2 Green chillies
1 Tsp chat masala
1/2 Tsp roasted cumin powder
1/2 lemon juice
Salt to taste

Method :

Take a mixer jar add all the ingredients in it except lemon juice
Grind it into a fine paste
Add water to it as per requirement and again grind it
Take it out of the jar and add lemon juice to it mix it and store
It in the air tight container.

Pudina chutney way 2

Ingredients :

1 cup coriander leaves
3/4 cup Pudina leaves
1/4 Cup desiccated coconut
1inch Ginger
2 green chillies
7- 8 Garlic cloves
1 TSP chat masala
1/2 TSP roasted cumin powder
Salt to taste

Method :

Take a mixer jar add all the ingredients in it
Grind it into a fine paste
Add water to it as per requirement and again grind it
Store It in the air tight container.

Bombay masala toast | Street food | steet style masala toast

2020-09-09T18:38:00.003+05:30

Ingredients:

For masala

3-4 medium size boiled potatoes
1/4 Tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 Tsp ginger paste
1/4 Tsp turmeric powder
1 Tsp Red chilli powder
1 Tsp Coriander powder
1/2 Tsp Amchur powder
1 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves

For Assembling

1 onion
1 tomato
1 Beetroot boiled
1 cucumber
Chat masala
Pudina chutney
6 Bread slices
Nylon sev

Method:

For Masala

Take a kadai add 1 tbsp oil to it,as the oil heat up, add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Then add ginger paste, turmeric powder and red chilli powder and saute it .
Then add boiled and mashed potatoes, salt , coriander powder, amchur powder, mix it.
Cover and cook the masala for 5-7 min and top it with few chopped fresh coriander leaves.

For assembling toast

Take 2 bread slices apply butter and pudina chutney to it.
Now spread some potato masala on 1 bread slice .
Now add slice cucumber , tomato sprinkle some chat masala and salt.
Now add boiled beetroot slice, and onion slice again add chat masala and salt .
Now place the second bread slice on top of the first slice. Apply some butter on top.
Now heat up the tawa and add butter on it and place the sandwich on the tawa with the applied butter portion on top .
Toast it golden brown from both the side.
Take the toast on plate cut it into four pieces and top it with some nylon Sev
Similarly make rest of the toast and enjoy Street style Bombay masala toast.

APPLE BASUNDI

2020-09-05T16:19:00.005+05:30

Ingredients :

1 litre Full cream milk

2 Nos. Apples

1/2 Cup Sugar

1Tsp Cardomom powder

1/2 Tsp Nutmeg powder ( jaiphal )

5-6 Kesar strands ( optional )

Raisins

Pistachios

Method:

Take a sauce pan or kadai add 1 litre milk to it
Let it get boil ,add Kesar strands to it.
Meanwhile, take apples, peel the skin and grate the Apples.
As the milk start boiling add grated apples to it.
And cook it slowly on low to medium flame till it get reduce to half the quantity.
Stir it occasionally and don't let the malai form on the top of milk.
As the milk gets reduced to half ,add 1/2 Cup Sugar , Cardomom powder,nutmeg powder mix it well and allow it to cook for another 8 -10 min , add raisins and pistachios in it.
After 8-10 min Apple Basundi is ready
Garnish it with few pistachios and Apple slices.
Serve it and enjoy.

Kesar Rasgulla | Bengali Sweet

2020-08-13T21:13:00.002+05:30

Ingredients :

For Chenna :

1 Litre Milk

1 Lemon ( juice )

2 Tbsp Water

For Sugar Syrup :

2 Cup Sugar

5-6 Cup Water

Kesar strands few

yellow food colour

Few ice cubes

Cold water

Method :

In a saucepan take 1 litre milk let it get boiled.
Mix juice of 1 lemon with 2 Tbsp of water.
As the milk get boiled add lemon water mixture and stir.
Don't add lemon water mixture whole at a time .
As the milk start to cuddle turn off the gas.
Now strain the chenna using strainer.
Add cold water immediately after straining to stop the cooking process of chenna and to remove the sourness of lemon pour normal water
Now take a muslin cloth , take chenna into it and tied it up for 1 hour to remove excess water from the chenna.
Meanwhile in a small bowl take 2-3 Tbsp of lukewarm water and add kesar strands to it.
After one hour chenna will be in the crumble form , so knead the chenna properly till it become soft dough (* don't over knead the chenna or else the rasgulla will not become soft and spongy )
While kneading add few drops of yellow food colour to the chenna and mix it properly
Make the chenna balls approximately 11-12 balls, balls should not have any cracks .

Now for the sugar syrup - take a pan ( kadai ) add 2 cups of sugar and 5-6 cups of water.
Let the sugar melt, add kesar water along with kesar strands to it.
As it boils add chenna balls to it . cover it and cook for 8-10 min on high-medium flame.
After 8-10 min open it stir it very lightly and again cover and cook for another 7-8 min on high- medium flame.
Meanwhile take a bowl add few ice cubes and cold water to it .
As soon as the rasgulla cooks add the balls to the ice water and keep it aside for 10 min,
By doing so rasgulla will not change its shape.
After 10 min take the rasgulla out of cold water in another bowl add sugar syrup on it.
Keep the Rasgulla in fridge for atleast 2 hours.
After 2 hours kesar rasgulla is ready to eat.

Mooli Patta Sabji | Radish Leaves Vegetable

2020-08-09T18:43:00.000+05:30

Ingredients :

3 Cup Chopped Mooli patta ( radish leaves )

1/4 Cup Gram flour ( besan )

3 Tbsp Oil

1/4 Tsp Mustard seeds

A pinch of Asafoetida

1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 Tsp Red chilli powder

1/4 Tsp Dry mango powder ( amchur )

Salt to taste

1 Cup Water

Chopped coriander

Method :

Take a pan ( kadai ) add oil to it.
Add 1/4 mustard seeds , let it spluter, then add asafoetida , turmeric powder, red chilli powder, to it.
Add 3 cups chopped mooli patta to it , mix everything properly .
Add dry mango powder and again mix everything properly.
Add 1 cup of water to it , mix it again , cover it and cook it on low medium flame for 15-20 min.
Cook it till the water is fully absorbed. and if the leaves are not cook then further cook for few more mins.
Add salt to it as per requirement
Now add 1/4 cup besan to it.
If the sabji is looking dry you can add 1-2 tbsp of water.
Cover it and cook for another 2-3 min.
Add chopped coriander and serve it hot with roti or paratha.

Street style Mysore Masala Dosa | | street food |

2020-08-07T21:06:00.005+05:30

Ingredients :

For Dosa batter :

3 Cup Rice
1 Cup Urad dal
1/2 Cup Poha
1 Tsp Fenugreek seed

For Masala :

3-4 Medium size potato ( Boiled and mashed )

1/4 Cup Onion chopped

1/4 Cup Tomato chopped

1/8 Cup Capsicum chopped

1 Large beetroot grated

9-10 Curry leaves

1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder

1 Tsp Red chilli powder

A pinch of Asafoetida

1 Tsp Mustard seeds

4 Tbsp Oil

2 Tbsp Red chutney

Salt to taste

For red chutney:

1/4 Cup Roasted split bengal gram ( daalia )

5-6 Garlic cloves

2-3 Dried red chillies

1/2 Tbsp lemon juice

Salt to taste

Method :

Rinse and soaked rice and urad dal for 5-6 hrs or overnight. Add Fenugreek seeds to it.
Wash and soaked poha 15 min before grinding the batter.
Remove the water and grind all the ingredients into smooth batter
Let the batter ferment for about 7-8 hrs.
As the batter gets fermented it is been ready for making the dosa.

For making red chutney Take a mixer grinder pot add daalia , garlic cloves, dry red chillies, salt to taste and dry grind it first.
Add water to above mixture and grind to fine paste.
Add lemon juice and whisk it once.
Red chutney for mysore masala dosa is ready.

Now for masala, heat up the kadai first.
Add oil to it , as the oil heats up add mustard seeds, let it splutter
Add asafoetida, curry leaves and chopped onion.
Cook onion till the onion changes color slightly.
Add chopped tomato again let it cook till it becomes soft and mushy.
Now add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt to taste.
Mix everything properly, and cook for one min.
Add 2 tbsp red chutney to it and cook for another one min.
Now add chopped capsicum and grated beetroot cover and cook for 4-5 min.
Now add boiled and smashed potatoes mix it properly .
Add 1/4 cup water to the potato mixture mix it .
Cover and cook for another few min.
And Masala for mysore masala dosa is ready.

Now take a tawa heat it up on medium heat.
Sprinkle some water to reduce the temperature of tawa.
Add the batter at the center of the tawa and spread it evenly.
With the help of ladle remove the excess batter and make dosa nice & smooth.
Spread some butter on the dosa.
When dosa gets nice browning spread the mysore masala at the center and roll the dosa.
Mysore masala dosa is ready.
Serve it hot with sambar and coconut chutney.

Quick Breakfast , Snacks Recipes | Paneer Stuffed Besan Chilla

2020-08-05T20:12:00.001+05:30

Ingredients :

1 Cup Besan

3 Tbsp Rice flour

1 Onion finely chopped

150 Gms Paneer grated

1 Tsp Red chilli powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder

1 Tbsp Coriander finely chopped

Salt to Taste

Oil

Method :

Take a bowl add 1 cup besan , 3 tbsp rice flour, finely chopped coriander , red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and salt to taste.
Add water to the above dry mixture and make pouring consistency batter ( thin like rava dosa batter ).
Heat up Non stick tawa apply some oil to it.
Pour the chilla batter on the tawa, in the circular motion like dosa.
Spread some finely chopped onion , and some grated paneer on it.
Let it cook for about 3-4 min on one side on medium flame.
Flip the chilla and again cook for 3-4 min on low - medium flame.
And here the chilla is now ready.
Similarly make rest of the chilla and served hot with coriander-pudina chutney and tomato ketchup.

*You can add onion and grated paneer less or more as per your like.

Veg Frankie | Street Food | Street style frankie

2020-07-31T19:28:00.000+05:30

Ingredients :

For Dough

1 Cup wheat flour
Salt to taste
Oil
Water

For Filling

4-5 Potatoes ( medium size ) boiled and mashed

2 Tbsp Oil

1 Tsp ginger-garlic paste

1/2 Tsp Red chilli powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 Tsp coriander powder

2 Tbsp Tomato ketchup

1 Tbsp Frankie masala

Salt to Taste

For Frankie masala :

2 Tbsp Coriander powder

2 Tbsp Red chilli powder

1 Tbsp Jeera powder

1 Tbsp black salt

3 Tbsp Raw Mango powder ( Amchur )

1 Tbsp Garam masala

1/2 Tsp turmeric powder

For Topping

2 No. Onion

1 No. Capsicum

Cabbage shredded

Mayonnaise

Pudina chutney

Tomato ketchup

Frankie Masala

Method:

Take a bowl add 1 cup wheat flour, salt, oil knead a semi soft dough using water.( like chapati dough ).
Keep the dough aside for 10 min.

Meanwhile prepare the frankie masala , take a bowl add Coriander powder, Red chilli powder, Jeera powder, black salt , Raw Mango powder ( Amchur ), Garam masala , and turmeric powder, mix everything properly and keep it aside.

Now for filling take a kadai add 2 tbsp oil , let the oil heat up add ginger garlic paste to it.
let it cook for few seconds then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder , mix it
Add boiled and mashed potatoes to it mix it properly .
Now add coriander powder, tomato ketchup , frankie masala and salt to taste mix it and cover it, and let it cook for 5-7 mins.
Now keep the filling aside and let it cool down completely.
In the same kadai add some oil and let it heat up then add chopped onion and chopped capsicum and cook it on high flame for 2 mins and keep it aside to cool down.

Now take a dough and divide it into equal portion for making chapati
Take one portion and roll it using rolling pin and board .
Meanwhile heat a tawa, add the chapati on it.
Cook the chapati partially ( half cooked )
Likewise prepare all chapati. and keep them aside

Now lets assemble everything
Heat up Tawa , add some oil on it now place half cooked chapati on it , on the same tawa palce potata mixture tikki in rectangular shape as per chapati.
Cook the chapati and the potato mixture tikki from both side properly.
Remove both on the plate.
Take the Chapati add mayonnaise, tomato ketchup and pudina coriander chutney , Spread out evenly on the chapati, now add potato mixture on it, the add Stir fry capsicum and onion mix, then add the shredded cabbage and sliced onions on it ,
Spread some frankie masala on it and rolled the frankie and serve it with pudina coriander chutney and ketchup

Quick Breakfast , Snacks Recipes | Indian masala macaroni pasta Recipe

2020-07-16T12:30:00.001+05:30

Ingredients :

1 Cup macaroni ( elbow ) Pasta

1 medium size onion

1 medium size tomato

4-5 garlic finely chopped

1 Tbsp oil

1/4 Tsp chilli powder

1 Tsp mixed herbs

1 Processed cheese cube

1 Tbsp tomato ketchup

Salt to taste

Method :

Take a kadai add 3 cup of water, let it boil add 1 tsp oil and salt to taste.
When the water start boiling add pasta to it.
Cook the pasta for 3-4 min ( pasta should be 3/4 cooked , and do not over cook )
When the pasta is done strain it and keep it aside.
Take another kadai, add 1 Tbsp oil to it, let it get hot.
Add finely chopped garlic to it, cook for 1 min, add finely chopped onion cook it till it become pink in colour.
Add finely chopped tomato to it and cook till the tomato become soft.
Add red chilli powder, tomato ketchup, mixed herbs and salt to taste ( we already added salt while boiling pasta so adjust salt accordingly ) to it and cook for another 2 min.
Add 1/2 cup water to it and let it get boil.
Add boiled pasta to it and mixed it properly and let it cook for another 2 min.
Take the pasta out in the plate and grate the processed cheese cube on top of it and pasta is ready to serve.

* Instead of mixed herbs you can add oregano to it whichever is available with you.

Quick Breakfast , Snacks Recipes | Instant bottle gourd thalipeeth Recipe | Lauki Thalipeeth Recipe

2020-07-15T21:29:00.001+05:30

Ingredients :

1.5 Cup Grated Bottle Gourd ( Lauki )

3/4 Cup Wheat Flour

2 Tbsp Rice Flour

2 Tbsp finely chopped coriander

1 Tsp Sesame ( Til ) seeds

1/4 Tsp haldi powder

1/2 Tsp chilli powder

1/4 Tsp amchur powder

Salt to taste

Method :

Take a bowl add 1.5 Cup ( 1 cup + 1/2 cup ) grated bottle gourd ( lauki ) in it.
Add 3/4 cup wheat flour, and 2 tbsp rice flour, 2 Tbsp finely chopped coriander to grated bottle gourd.
Add sesame seeds, haldi powder, red chilli powder, amchur powder and salt to taste to the above mixture.
Add 1 cup of water to the thalipeeth mixture and make a batter it should be like the batter of uttapam flowing consistency.
Take a non-stick tawa brush some oil to the tawa.
Pour some thalipeeth mixture on the tawa ( tawa should be warm and not hot ) spread the mixture using your hands.
Make a hole in the centre of thalipeeth , pour some oil into the hole, and let the thalipeeth cook for 5-7 min on one side on medium to high flame.
Flip the thalipeeth and let it cook for another few minutes till it becomes little bit crispy.
Take the thalipeeth out on the plate , repeat the same method and make rest of thalipeeth.
Serve it hot with pickle or tomato ketchup.

Quick Breakfast , Snacks Recipes | Quick Veg Sandwich Recipe |

2020-07-13T23:37:00.001+05:30

Ingredients :

2 medium size onions finely chopped

2 Medium size tomato finely chopped

2 Tbsp finely chopped coriander

2 Processed Cheese cube grated

1/2 Tsp chilli powder

1/2 Tsp coriander ( dhania ) powder

1/2 Tsp cumin ( jeera ) powder

Salt to taste

8 Bread slices

Butter

Method :

Take a bowl add finely chopped onions, finely chopped tomato and finely chopped coriander.
Add grated processed cheese cube to it.
Add chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt to taste.
Mix the above mixture properly.
Take bread slices apply butter evenly on it.
Place the portion of above stuffing on one buttered bread slice and spread it evenly.
Place another buttered bread above it and press it lightly.
Apply some butter on top of the sandwich.
Apply some butter on Non- stick tawa for cooking, place the sandwich on it with the buttered side facing upward.
Cook the sandwich on the medium flame till it become golden brown in colour from both the sides.
Cut the sandwich diagonally into 2 equal portions.
Similarly make rest of the sandwiches .
Serve the Quick veg sandwich immediately with ketchup.

* You can also add veggies like capsicum, sweet corn, etc into this as per your liking.

Turmeric Milk | Golden Milk | Turmeric Latte

2020-07-09T20:51:00.002+05:30

Ingredients:.

1.5 Cup Milk

1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder

1/4 Tsp Cardamom powder

A pinch of Nutmeg powder

A pinch of Black pepper powder

1 Tbsp Honey

Method:

Take a sauce pan add 1.5 cup ( 1 cup + 1/2 cup ) milk to it.
Add turmeric powder, black pepper powder , nutmeg powder and cardamom powder along with its pod ( cover )
Let it boil for around 5-6 min on low medium flame.
Stir the mixture occasionally .
Pour it in the glass.
Wait for 1 min. Let the milk get slight warm.
Add honey to it ( you can add jaggery powder instead of honey ).

Having hot turmeric milk at night is soothing to the senses and has restorative and rejuvenating properties.

Adding turmeric along with pepper or nutmeg ensures that you don't catch cough or cold after drinking turmeric milk at night. In fact, this drink may help prevent such infections

Adding Black pepper powder to it will Absorb the turmeric and will not let it sit at the bottom of the sauce pan.

Playing Card and its meaning in human life

2020-07-08T14:36:00.003+05:30

Playing Cards and its meaning Excerpt ( Uttara ) from the book "Shankarlila". Second ( Durri ) - means earth and sky. Third ( Tirri ) - Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh. Fourth (Chowki ) - Four Vedas. Fifth ( Panji ) - Panchprana. Sixth ( Chakki ) - work, anger are the six disorders. Seventh ( Satti ) - the seven seas. Eighth ( Athi ) - Eight achievements. Ninth ( Navvi ) - Nine planets. Tenth ( Dashshi ) - Ten senses, five sense organs Jack ( Gulam ) - the lust, the desire that comes into your mind. Man becomes their slave.

Queen - Maya. King - Riding on all these and running them. Ace ( Ekka ) - Conscience. The whole intellect of man. Submissive to all these games.

" Tenth ( Dashashi ) " is under pressure from the jack ( gulam) . Lust dances to the senses. Lust arises due to love, its sound flows through the mind of man. Man, He is a king, but he can hold this king in his fist.

Spinach corn tikki | palak makai tikki Recipe

2020-06-10T22:21:00.003+05:30

Ingredients:

1 bunch Palak ( Spinach ) 1 Sweet Corn Cooked 2 Medium size Potato 1 Tsp - Ginger- green chilli paste 1 Tsp - Chilli powder 1 Tsp - Coriander powder 1 Tsp - Cumin powder 2 Tsp - Chat masala 4 Tsp - Bread crumbs

Salt As per Taste Oil

Method:

In a pot of hot water put the spinach leaves and cook it for about 2 minutes.
Now take the spinach leaves and put it in a bowl of ice cold water to stop the cooking process.
Now chop up the spinach leaves roughly and keep it aside.
In a mixer, grind the corn kernels coarsely, ( don't make fine paste ).
Now add the spinach leaves to the mixer and pulse it to get a coarse mixture.
In a bowl, add the boiled smashed potatoes, green chilli -ginger paste , chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, chat masala, salt and the corn, palak mixture.
Mix these evenly, Now add the bread crumbs to the mixture and mix it nicely
Refrigerate the mixture for about 20 minutes
After 20 minutes, make tikkis from the mixture and lay them out in a plate.
In a pan, add some oil and heat it
Place the tikkis and shallow fry it
Fry it till they become golden brown on both sides.
Serve the tikkis hot with ketchup

Instead of bread crumbs you can used besan ( gram flour ) in same quantity.

Mango Sheera Recipe

2020-06-01T22:45:00.005+05:30

Ingredients:

1 Cup Rava/ Suji

3/4 Cup Ghee

3/4 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Milk

2 Mangoes pureed

1 Mango diced

Cardamom powder

Method:

Heat up a pan on medium flame.
Add ghee and suji. Roast on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes or until suji begins to turn light golden.
Keep on stirring continuously while roasting suji.
When suji begins to get light golden color and it begins to release nice aroma. Add milk and mix well.
Add mango puree and mix it well.
Cover and cook on medium heat for just about 3 minutes.
Take the lid off and add sugar, cardamom powder. Mix well.
Cover and cook on low to medium heat for about 5-6 minutes.
Add diced mango mix it well.
Cover and cook on low to medium heat for about 2-3 minutes.
Turn off the gas and mango sheera is ready .
Keep it aside for 5 minutes and then serve it hot.

Muskmelon milkshake | Kharbuja Milkshake

2020-05-31T22:34:00.001+05:30

Ingredients:

1 medium size Muskmelon

1 glass Milk

2 Tbsp Sugar.

4-5 Ice cubes

For garnishing

Chopped Muskmelon

Method:

Cut the muskmelon into small pieces , remove all the seeds and outer covering of the muskmelon.
Now take the blender jar add muskmelon pieces, milk sugar and ice-cubes
Blend it until you get the smooth texture .
Pour the milkshake in the glass and garnish it with the chopped muskmelon.
Enjoy the refreshing muskmelon milkshake.

Leftover dal ( lentil ) Tikki

2020-05-24T18:40:00.000+05:30

Ingredients:

1 Cup Leftover Dal

1/2 Cup Poha

1/2 Cup Rice flour

1 Onion

1 Tsp Garlic paste

1/2 Tsp Red chilli powder

1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder

1/2 Tsp Coriander powder

1/2 Tsp Chat masala

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves

Oil

Method:

In a bowl take 1/2 cup poha wash it properly, rinse the water and keep it side for 5 min.
In another bowl take 1 cup leftover dal , 1/2 cup poha , 1/2 cup rice flour, finely chopped onions and all the other ingredients mention above.
Mix it well make a dough of it , add water only if required.
Divide the dough into equal portions, take one portion make a round of it under your palms and gently press it , similarly make all the tikkis.
Now in a pan take some oil , let it heat up, then add the tikkis to it and shallow fry it, till it becomes golden brown from both the sides.
Shallow fry all the tikkis in the similar way and serve hot tikkis with ketchup or green chutney.

Easy & Healthy Banana Bread recipe using Wheat Flour

2020-05-17T22:14:00.001+05:30

Ingredients:

2 Ripe Bananas

1/2 Cup Milk

1/4 Cup Ghee

3/4 Cup Sugar

1,1/2 Cup Wheat flour

1 Tsp Baking powder

1/2 Tsp Baking Soda

1/4 Tsp Cinnamon powder

1/4 Cup Tutti frutti

Method:

In a blender jar add 2 bananas, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup ghee and blend it
Transfer the above banana mixture to the bowl.
To the above mixture add 1,1/2 cup wheat floor, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder.
Mix it with the cut and fold method in one direction.
Add 1/4 cup tutti frutti to it and again mix it.
As we are making the bread in the cooker, Place some salt at the bottom of the cooker.
Preheat the cooker for 10 min. on high flame.
Grease the bread tin with butter or ghee.
Add the bread mixture to the tin.
Place the tin in the cooker.
Remove the ring and the whistle of the cooker
Let it bake for around 35-40 min on low- medium flame.
After 35-40 min, insert the toothpick or knife in the bread to check whether its done or not.
If it is done then turn off the flame and if not then again bake it for around 5 more min.
Then remove the tin from the cooker, let it cool down completely.
And the banana bread is ready to serve.

Atta hakka Noodles from scratch | | Whole Wheat veg hakka Noodles ......

2020-05-16T22:47:00.000+05:30

Ingredients:

1 Cup Whole wheat flour.

1 Tsp Oil

Salt to taste

1 medium size Onion

1/2 Cup Chopped Cabbage

1/4 Cup Chopped Capsicum

1/4 Cup Chopped Carrot

1/4 Cup Green onion

3 Tbsp Oil

2 Tbsp chopped garlic

1 Tsp chopped ginger

1 no. finely chopped green chilli

2 Tbsp Soy sauce

1 Tbsp Green Chilli sauce

1 Tbsp Vinegar

2 Tbsp Tomato sauce

1/4 Tsp Pepper powder

1 Tsp Sugar

Salt to taste

Method:

In a bowl take 1 cup wheat flour , add salt to taste and oil.
Make a hard dough using water.
In a sauce pan take 1 lit. of water , let it boil add salt to it .
Take a chakli mould apply oil to it add dough to it.
Fit medium thick sev plate to it.
Roll noodles into a plate, Apply some dry flour to it so it doesn't stick to each other.
Transfer the noodles to the boiling water , let it boil for 2 min on low flame.
After 2 min strain the noodles add some ice cold water to it to stop the cooking process of noodles. and strain it.
Apply some oil to the noodles. keep it side.
Now in a kadai take 3 Tbsp oil, heat it on high flame.
Add green chilli, ginger, garlic saute for few seconds
Add onions to it cook it till it changes color , add green onions, cabbage, capsicum, carrot to it.
Let it cook on high flame for 1 min. till it gets slightly cooked don't overcook the veggies.
Add boil noodles to it, add soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, sugar, pepper powder, salt to taste ( * soy sauce already had salt so add accordingly )
Mix everything properly , and toss for 2 min.
Garnish it with some green onion's green.
Whole wheat veg hakka noodles are ready to serve.

Sweet Puri ( pakatli puri )

2020-05-11T23:05:00.001+05:30

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Rava/ Suji

1/2 Cup Maida

2 Tsp Ghee

1/2 Cup Milk

Pinch of Salt

1 Cup - Sugar

1/2 Cup -Water

Cardamom Powder

1 Tsp Lemon Juice

Oil for frying

Method:

Take suji, maida and salt in a seiver and seive it. Instead maida you can make this by just suji also, just take 1 Cup suji.

Add ghee to it and gently rub the mixture using hands after this again seive it.

Add milk that must be at room temperature and knead a little thick dough.

Cover and rest the dough for about 10-15 minutes.

Take sugar into a sauce pan and add water.

Heat it up on high heat until sugar is dissolved.

When sugar dissolves, lower down the heat to medium and cook the syrup for just 5 minutes.

The consistency should neither too thick nor too thin. It should be a little sticky.

It should be like gulabjam syrup.

Add cardamom powder and lemon juice to it and mix well.

Syrup for pakatali puri is all ready.

Take the dough and knead it once more to make nice and even.

Divide the dough into a 2 equal portions and roll a chapatti form one portion.

The thickness should be like chapatti, neither too thick nor too thin.

Make small puris from it using cookie cutter or using small bowl.

Heat up oil on medium heat in a pan.

Drop puri in hot oil and fry until it gets nice golden color from both sides.

When puri is fried well from both sides drop it directly into hot syrup.

Roll it in the syrup from both sides quickly.

Drain excess syrup and transfer them into a dish.

Pakatali puri is all ready.

These puris remain good for about 3-4 days.

Whole Wheat Biscuits without oven

2020-05-09T19:07:00.001+05:30

Ingredients:

1 Cup Whole wheat flour

1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar

1/4 Cup Clarified Butter ( ghee )
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
1/4 Cup Milk

1/4 Tsp Cardamom Powder ( optional )

Method:

In a bowl take 1/4 Cup clarified butter ( ghee ) and 1/2 cup powdered sugar beat it for 3-4 min.
In the above mixture add wheat flour , Baking powder , Baking soda, cardamom powder, mix it well.
Add 1/4 Cup milk and make a dough.
Preheat the cooker for 10 min on high heat
Roll the dough thin using rolling pin. and shape it as per your choice.
Greece the tin with ghee and lay the biscuits on it.
Place the tin in the cooker , cover it with lid ( remove the whistle and ring )
Bake it for around 12- 15 minutes on low - medium heat.& our whole wheat healthy Biscuits are ready.

Instant Rava uttapam

2020-05-06T23:48:00.000+05:30

Ingredients:

1 Cup Rava

1/2 Cup curd

1Tsp Eno fruit salt

Salt to taste

For Topping:

Onion

Tomato

Green chilli

Coriander

( You can use veggies as per your choice)

For Chutney:

1/2 Cup Roasted chana dal

1/2 Cup Coriander leaves

8-10 Curry leaves

2 No. Green Chilli

1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder

1 Tsp oil

Pinch of Asafoetida

1 Tsp Mustard seeds

Salt to taste

Method:

In a bowl take 1 Cup Rava ,1/2 Cup curd 3/4 cup water mix well add salt and keep it aside for 10 min.
Meanwhile chopped all the veggies for Topping.
After 10 min mix the batter again. If required add some water to the batter, the batter should not too thick nor too thin, it should be pouring consistency.
Place a pan on heat spread some oil onto it, wipe it out with cloth now add the one laddle batter on pan spread it out little bit,
Add chopped veggies on it , pressed the veggies using spatula , let it cook for around 6-7 min on medium heat.
Flip it around add again let it cook for 5 minutes.
And instant Rava uttapam is ready to serve.

For chutney

In the mixer grinder take roasted chana dal and half cup coriander leaves , green chillies salt to taste cumin powder curry leaves and grind it to a fine paste.
In a tadka pan add oil into it, as the oil heats up add musturd seeds , let it spluttred , add asafoetida , and few curry leaves, and add it to the chutney.
Serve with piping hot Rava Uttapam