Nimki ( निमकी) or Mathri (मठरी )

Preparation Time : 30 minuteCooking time : 45 minuteIngredients :maida ( al purpose flour) - 250 gms.cooking oil - 250 gms.ajwain - 1 table spoonkala jeera(kalaunji) - 1 tea spoonsalt - as per tastePrepartion :Sieve maida , put 2 table spoon cooking oil and mix it with your palm properly. Add ajwain , kala jeera and salt . Knead maida to a medium soft dough . Now devide dough in four parts and roll it 1/4 inch. thick in round shape . Cut it with knife in 1 inch.X 1/4 inchs. size . Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry nimki till golden brown serve with pickle.NB: The size of the nimki can be made smaller or bigger.Mathari : It can be made with the...

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Moong Chhila

Preparation Time : 15 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :moong dal (chhilaka wala) - 2 cupsginger(grated) - 1/2 tea spoononion - 1 (finely chopped)green chilly - 2 (finely chopped)ajwain - 1/2 tea spooncoriander leaves - 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoonsalt - to tastecooking oil - Preparation :Soak moong dal in water for 2 hours . Grind moong dal , mix grated ginger, chopped green chilly ,ajwain , coriander leaves ,turmeric powder and salt . Heat non stick pan greas it with oil . Take the batter in a big round serving spoon and spread it on the pan . Put a little chopped onion on it . Turn the chhila , put...

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Khajur (Cookies Of Mithila) (खजूर / टिकरी /ठेकुआ )

Preparation Time : 30 minutes Cooking Time : 45 minutes Ingredients : atta (whole wheat flour) - 250 gms ghee - 250 gms dry coconut - 50 gms saunf(fennel seeds) - 2 table spoon elaichi (cardamom) - 5/6 milk - 1/2 cup sugar - 250 gms Preparation : Grind saunf elaichi with 1/2 tea spoon sugar , grind sugar , grate coconut and keep aside . Put atta and 2 table spoon ghee in a bowl and mix it well . Mix grated coconut , fennel seed elaichi powder and sugar powder in atta properly . Pour milk in the mixture and rub it with your hand so that it imixes well to a hard dough . If needed put some water and kneed . Devide dough in equal parts...

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Sattu Paratha

Preparation Time : 10 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesIngredients :atta (whole wheat flour) - 250 gms.sattu (roasted gram flour)- 1 cupajwain - 1 tea spoononion - 1 big size (finely chopped)ginger - 1 teaspoon (finely chopped)coriander leaves - 1 table spoon (finely chopped)lemon juice - 2 tea spoongreen chilly - 1 tea spoon (finely chopped)salt - to tastecooking oilPreparation :Take atta in a bowl, add 2 tablespoon oil and mix it well . Knead atta in a medium soft dough and keep aside . Put sattu in a bowl and mix ajwain , chopped onion , ginger , coriander leaves , green chilly , lemon juice and salt properly . Heat tava , divide dough in equal...

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Malai Kofta

Preparation Time : 15 minutesCooking Time : 15 minutesIngredients :paneer (cottage cheese) - 250 gms. potato - 1 medium size khus khus (poppy seeds ) - 50 gms.kaju ( chashew) - 50 gms.kishmis (raisins ) - 50 gms.fresh cream - 1/2 cupgaram masala - 1/2 teaspoontomato ketchup - 1 table spoon salt - as per taste ginger - 1 inchgreen chilly - 2bay leafe - 2cooking oilPreparationBoil and peel potato. Grind ginger, green chilly , cashew and poppy seeds to a fine paste separately . Mash paneer and potato and mix it well . Make balls of the mixture stuffing raisins in it . Heat oil in a pan or kadai and keep it on low heat, fry kofta balls till it...

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Gond Ka Ladoo

Preparation Time : 10 minutesCooking Time : 45 minutesIngredients :maida(refined flour) - (500 gms.)ghee - 250 gms.sugar - 400gms.gond - 100gms.kaju(cashews) - 50 gms.kishmis (raisins) - 50 gms.badam (almond) - 50 gms.PreparationSieve maida, grind sugar and keep aside. Make small pieces of gond by breaking it. Heat 2 table spoon ghee in a heavy bottom kadai or pan , put small amount of gond in the kadai and deep fry the whole gond. Put maida in the kadai and fry it on low heat till it is creamish in colour, put a little amount of ghee in between . Put cashews raisins and almond in the maida and fry for another five minutes, mix fried gond and...

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Dam Aloo (Jamshedpur Style)

Preparation Time : 30 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :small potato - 250 gms.cumin seed powder - 1 tea spoonturmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoononion - 100 gms. ( chopped)tomato - 100 gms.(finely chopped)ginger paste - 1/2 tea spoongarlic paste - 1/2 tea spoongreen chilly paste - 1/2 tea spoongaram masala powder - 1/2 tea spooncoriander leaves - 1 tea spoon (finely chopped)bay leaves - 2cooking oil - 2 table spoontomato ketchup - 1 tea spoon (optional)salt to taste Preparation:Boil potatoes peel it and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai or a pan , put bay leaves and chopped onion , fry on low heat till it is golden brown . Now add turmeric powder , green chilly paste , ginger and garlic paste and stir it for 2 minutes . Pour 1 cup of water and add cumin seed powder, garam masala powder...

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Pineapple carrot cake

Ingredients : All purpose flour - 2 cupsBaking soda- 2 tspSalt - 1/2 tspCinnamon ground - 2 tsp Brown sugar - 13/4 Vegetable oil - 1 cupEggs - 3Vanilla extract - 1tspCrushed pineapple - 1 can ( 8 oz ) Carrot shredded - 2 cups walnuts chopped - 1 cup Wax paper - as per size .Method - Preheat oven to 350 degrees . Grease and dust flour otherwise put wax paper in baking pan .Mix flour , baking soda , salt , cinnamon powder and sugar . Add oil , eggs and vanilla extract mix well and beat till fluffy . Stir in carrot and pineapple crush and walnuts and mix well .Pour into the greased baking pan . Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes . Insert a tooth...

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Stuffed Chaval Ka Paratha

Preparation Time : 30 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesIngredients :rice atta (rice powder) - 2 cupchana dal ( gram pulse) - 1/2 cuphaldi powder (turmeric powder) - 1/2 tea spoonjeera (cummin seed) - 1/2 tea spoonhing( asafoetida) - 1/4 tea spooncoriander leaves - 2 table spoon ( finely chopped)green chilly - 2 ( finely chopped)cooking oil as requiredsalt to tastePreparation :Put chana dal and a cup of water in a pressure cooker and pressure cook till two whistle. Now boil 1/2 cup of water in a kadai . Switch off the gas and put rice atta in the kadai, mix it in the water and keep aside . Let it cool then knead it in a medium soft dough add some...

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Plain Chaval Ki Roti

Preparation Time : 10 minutesCooking time : 20 minutesIngredients :rice atta (rice powder) - 2 cupsMethod :Boil 1/2 cup of water in a kadai . Switch off the gas and put rice atta in the kadai, mix it in the water and keep aside . Let it cool then knead it in a medium soft dough add some warm water if required . Divide dough in equal parts and make pedas . Spread a little atta on the chakala and make the roti . Now heat tava and put roti on the tava carefully, cook on low flame for two minutes then turn after few minutes it can be put on flame and chaval roti can be served hot .Note : Can put butter or oil on the roti according to your choice and tas...

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Makka Ki Roti

Preparation Time : 20 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :makai ka atta( corn meal) - 500 gms.onion - 2 big size( grated )ginger - 2 inches ( grated )coriander leaves - 1/2 2 table spoon(finely chopped )green chilly - 2 (finely chopped )radish - 1 big size (grated )butter or cooking oil - as requiredsalt to tastePreparation :Boil a glass of water in a kadai and take out half of it and keep aside. Take out half cup of atta and put the rest in the kadai . Mix it in the water and keep aside, let it cool . Mix grated onion, radish, genger, chopped green chilly, criander leaves and salt . Make it in a medium soft dough put the boild water if required . Now take the dough and put it on your palm and make round pedas .Take little makai ka atta and place it on the chakala and make roti caefully...

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Baked Vegetable

Preparation Time: 15 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesIngredients :beans - 50 gms.cabbage - 50gms.tomato - 50 gms.capsicum - 50 gms.cauliflower - 50 gms.mashroom - 50 gms.onion - 50 gms.cheese (grated) - 4 cubestomato ketchup - 2 table spoonsalt to taste -For White Sauce :milk - 2 cupsmaida (whole wheat flour) - 4 table spoonMethod :Heat a pan, put maida and stir fry for 5 minutes, add salt and keep aside in a bow . Cut all the vegetables one by one in small pieces and keep separately. Blend maida in the milk. Take a baking dish and spread the cut vegetables one by one in layers . First pour white sauce on it and then tomato sauce. Bake in the oven for 15- 20 minutes on 250 degree , serve h...

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Tomato Chatni (sweet)

Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: tomato - 250 gms. khajur(dates) - 100 gms. jaggery(gur) - 100 gms. raisins - 10 to 15 panch foran - 1/4 tea spoon( jeera, ajwain, sauf, methi, sarson) bay leaves - 2 oil - 1/2 tea spoon ginger(chopped) - 1 tea spoon green chilly -2 (chopped) turmeric powder -1 /4 tea spoon Method: Wash and cut tomatoes, keep aside. Take out the seeds from khajur and cut into small pieces. Heat oil in a kadai, put panch foran, bay leaves, chopped green chilly and let the foran crackle. Add cut tomatoes khajur, jaggery, turmeric powder, chopped ginger and salt. Cook till the jaggery disolves...

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Mango Sweet Chatani (Khatmithi)

Preparation Time : 20 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesIngredients :raw mango - 1 kggur - 1 kgfennel seed powder - 1/4 teaspoonroasted coriander seed powder - 1 tea spoonasafoetida(hing) - pinchred chilly powder - 1 tea spoonturmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoonsalt - to tasteoil - 2 tea spoonbay eaves - 2Preparation:Peel wash and cut mango in 2 inches pieces . Heat oil in a kadai or pan put bay leaves and asafoetida when it turns brown put all the mango pieces, salt, turmeric powder and gur. Stir till the mango is cooked . Mix coriander powder and fennel seed powder. Ready to serve, can have with rice, chapati or pu...

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Tomato Pickle

Preparation Time : 3-5 daysIngredients :Tomatoes - 1kgMustard seed - 100 gms( powder)red chilly powder : 1 tea spoonfennel seed powder - 1/2 tea spoonasafoetida - 1 pinchturmeric powder - 2 tea spoonsalt to tasteoil- preferably mustard oilMethod:Wash tomatoes and cut into small pieces, put it in a big bowl. Mix salt and turmeric powder and cover it with a cloth and keep it in the sun for for two days. Mix mustard seed powder, red chilly powder, fennel seed powder, mustard oil and asafoetida. Keep it again in the sun for at least four five days. Pickle is ready and can be kept for whole ye...

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Chandrakala

Preparation Time: 30 minutesCooking Time: 20 minutesIngredients:refined flour(maida) - 1 cupsugar -1 1/2 cupcastor sugar - 1/4 cupghee -khoya(mava) - 1 cup( grated)green cardamom powder -1/2 tea spoonsaffron - few strandsMethod:Sieve flour and rub ghee in it. Knead into a firm dough using water cover and keep aside. Place khoya in a thick bottom pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, add castor sugar and green cardamom powder and remove from heat. Take 5 cups of water in a pan and add sugar make one thread consistency syrup.Take euqal parts of the dough and roll puris of it. Take a puri, put khoya filling in the center and cover it with another puri, seal it firmly. Prepare rest the sam way. Heat ghee in a kadai and deep fry chandrakalas on medium heat till it is golden brown. Soak the chandrakalas...

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Crispy Tarua(तरुआ)or Flitters

Preparation Time:5 minutesCooking Time: 10 minutesIngredients:brinjal(egg plant) - 1 big sizerice powder - 1 cupturmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoongarlic paste - 1/4 tea spoongreen chilly paste - 1/2 tea spoonsalt to taste -cooking oil -Method:Take out the stem of the brinjal and cut it into 3/4 inches thick, put it in the water for five minutes. Mix water, garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt and green chilly paste in the rice powder to make a thick batter. Heat oil in a frying pan, dip the brinjal pieces in the batter and deep fry the pieces till golden brown serve hot.NB: If rice powder is not available soak rice in water for 10-15 minutes, grind it and can be used as a batt...

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Nariyal (coconut) Ladoo

Prepartion Time: 15 minutesCooking Time: 45 minutesIngredients:coconut - 1 (grated)sugar - equal of the grated coconutkhoya (Mava) - 250 gms.cardamom Powder- 1/2 teaspoonraisins - 1 table spoonMethod:Remove the brown upper part of coconut and grate it. Mash khoya properly and keep aside. Mix sugar in the grated coconut. Heat heavy bottom kadai and put the mixture of coconut and sugar in it and stir continuously for 20 minutes. Put khoya cardamom powder and raisins stir it till the water is absorbd. Take a little ammount of mixture and check with two of your fingers tips if it is sticky and dry then put off the gas and make lado...

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Bread Roll

Preparation Time: 10 minutesCooking Time: 10 minutesIngredients :bread - 8 slices ( big slices)paneer - 100 gms.green peas - one cupgaram masala - 1/2 tea spooncooking oil -corinder leaves - finely choppedsalt - to taste Method:Grind peas, grate paneer and mix them well . Add garam masala, coriander leaves and salt in it. Take 1 liter water in a bowl and add 1/2 tea spoon salt. Take the slice of the bread one by one and dip it in the water, take it out immediately from the water and squeeze it with your palm. Put the mixture on the middle of the bread slice, make a roll and deep fry. Serve hot with chatni or ketchup.NB: The rolls can be grilled too. Put some oil on the rolls and grill ...

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Paneer Tikka

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time : 10 minutes Ingredients: paneer (cottage cheese) - 100gms. onion - 1 capsicum - 1 tomato -1 garlic and ginger paste - 1/2 tea spo lemon juice - 1tea spoon black pepper powder - 1/4 teaspoon curd - 1 table spoon salt to taste cooking oil - 1 tea spoon Method: Cut paneer tomato , onion and capsicum into 2 inches square pieces. Mix garlic ginger paste, lemon juice, black pepper powder, salt and curd in a bowl and marinate for at least for 20 minutes. Place the pieces of paneer, tomato, capsicum and onion one by one into the skewer, brush it with cooking oil, bake it for 10 minutes in the oven,...

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Achari Aloo

Preparation Time: 5 minutesCooking Tim: 15 minutesIngredients:potato - 5 to 6(big size)cooking oil - 2 tea spoonpickle masala - 1 table spoon(can be taken from your pickle)coriander leaves - 1 table spoon(chopped)cumin seed - 1/2 tea spoonMethod:Boil potatoes, peel and cut into four pieces. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan, put cumin seeds when it turns brown add the cut potatoes fry till it is golden brown. Pour pickle masala in it and garnish with coriander leaves, serve hot.NB: No need of salt but can be taken according to tas...

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Bari(बड़ी)

Preparation Time : 15 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :gram besan - 2 cupsjeera(cummin seed) - 1/2 tea spoonjeera(cummin seed) powder - 1 tea spoonmethi (fenugreek) seeds - 1/2 tea spoonbay leaves - 2red chilly - 1garam masala powder -1 tea spoon chilly powder - 1/2 tea spoon curd - 1 1/2turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon cooking oil - 4table spoonsalt to taste -hing (asafoetida) - 1/2 tea spoonMethodSieve besan put turmeric powder and water to make a batter. Mix it till it becomes light. Mix hing salt and cummin seed in the batter. Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Make small round baris(बड़ी) in the kadai and deep fry, keep aside. Take three table spoon besan in a bowl pour sufficient water and mix it well. Beat the curd and keep aside.Take out the access oil and put hing, bay leafe, fenugreek...

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Arikanchan(Colocassia or Arabi Leaves In Mustard Gravy)

 Arikanchan Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking time : 30 minutes Ingredients : arabi leaves - 8 to 10 (big size) methi(fenugreek seed) - 1 table spoon mustard seed - 2 table spoon garlic -4-5 cloves dry mango pieces or tamarind - 5-6 pieces red or green chilly (according to taste) - gram besan - 2 table spoon cooking oil - turmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoon bay leaves - 2 salt to taste - Method: Take water (fenugreek seed) in a bowl and add methi seeds, leave it for 30 minutes. Wash all arabi leaves and cut the stems. Grind mustard seed, garlic and chilly together. Wash dry mango pieces and keep aside. Take besan in a bowl...

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Govind Bari ( gatte ki sabzi)

Preparation Time : 20 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesIngredients :gram flour (besan) - 1 cupcumin seed powder - 2 tea spoongaram masal powder - 1/2 teaspoonturmeric powder - 1/2 tea spoontomato - 2 medium size(finely chopped)onion - 2 medium size (finely chopped)garlic paste 1/2 tea spooncooking oil - 2 table spoongreen chilly - 2red chilly powder - 1/4 tea spoon(optional)coriander leaves chopped-salt to taste -Method :Mix besan turmeric powder and 1/4 tea spoon garam masala. Put water and knead into a firm dough. Now divide dough into 6-8 equal portion and roll it. Put 3 cups of water to biol in a kadai and put the rolls to boil till it is ciooked. Cut rhe rolls in small pieces. Heat oil in a kadai and fry the pieces till it is golden brown and take it out. Again heat oil in a kadai and...

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Aaloo Kumhrauri( badi)

Preparation Time: 10 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :potato - 4 medium sizekumharauri(badi) - 8-10cumin seed - 1/4 tea spooncumin powder - 2 tea spoongaram masla - 1/2 tea spoonginger paste - 1/2chilly powder - 1/4 tea spoon (optional)hing - 1 pinchbay leaves - 2coriander leaves - 1 table spoon(finely chopped)turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spooncooking oil - 2table spoonsalt to taste-Method:Peel potatoes, cut in to 1.5 inches and keep aside. Heat 1 table spoon oil in a kadai or a pan and fry kumhrauris till golden brown. Take out all the kumharauris and again heat the oil in the kadai . Now put hing, bay leaves, cumin seeds let the cumin seeds crackle add cut potatoes and fry on low heat for 10 minutes. Add cumin powder, ginger paste, turmeric powder, garam masal powder and salt....

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Egg Salads

Ingredients:Hard bolied eggs - 8Mayonaise - 2 tbsCelery green - fine chopped ( 2 tbsp)Sour cream - 2tbs.Celery seeds - a pinchOregano leaves - a pinchGround peeper - fresh a pinchSalt - a pinchMethod -Chop hard boiled and cool eggs in small pieces . In large bowl add Mayonnaise , sour cream celery green chopped , seeds , oregano leaves , salt and pepper .Mix all of them well and chill in refrigerator for three to four hours .Serve as salads or with crackers...

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Gujhiya( Pedakiya)

Preparation Time: 30 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesIngredients :refined flour(maida) - 1 cupghee - 250 gms.khoya - 1 cupchashew - 15raisins - two tea spoonsugar - two table spoonMethod:Sieve flour, put it in a bowl. Put 1 table spoon ghee rub it well and knead into a firm dough using water. Cover and keep aside.Put khoya in a thick bottom pan. Cook on low heat for 3-4 minutes. Add sugar, cashews and raisins. Put aside and let it cool.Take dough and divide it in 8-10 equal parts. Roll out in a puris and put 1 tea spoon of khoya mixture on the half portion of puri and fold. Just press it nicely with your finger tips. Now deep fry the guhjhiyas...

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Bharava Paraval

Bharva Parval Preparation Time : 15 mins. Cooking time : 30 mins. Ingredients : Parval(big size) - 10-12 paneer - 100gms. green peas - 100 gms. garam masala - 1/2 tea spoon tumeric powder -1/4 tea spoon salt to taste Method: Take parval and peel thin layer of it with knife not peeler. Cut one side of a paraval and take out all the seeds from the paraval by a knife. Take 2 liters water in a pan and put 1 tea spoon salt in it and boil water. Put paraval in boiling water for one minute. Put crushed green peas, paraval seed and mash paneer, keep aside.Heat cooking oil in a pan and put crushed green peas paraval seeds garam masala tumeric...

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Makhana Kheer

Preparation Time : 15 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesServes : 4-5Ingredients :milk - 1 ltrs.makhana - 100 gms.sugar - 4 table spoongreen cardamom powder - 1/4 tea spooncashews - 10raisins - 1 table spoonalmond - 10ghee - 1 table spoonMethod:Soak almond in warm water to blanch. Remove skin and slice it.Put ghee in a pan and fry the makhanas till it is crispy. Grind the makhanas coarsely. Put milk in a thick bottom pan to boil. Reduce heat and simmer continuously till the quantity is reduced to 1/3. Put the grounded makhanas and simmer continuously for 5 minutes. Add cardamom powder cashews and raisins and take it out in a serving dish and garnish with almond. Can be served hot or co...

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Spinach Dip

IngredientsSpinach - 1 bag frozenSour cream - 2 table spoonMayonnaise - 2 table spoonSalt - A pinchBlack pepper - a pinchMethod - Boil or steam spinach in microwave , and let it cool down for a while . Squeeze gently to drain water and smash little . Mix sour cream , mayonnaise and salt as per taste and fresh ground paper to the spinach . Put it in a bowl and keep in the refrigerator to chill .Serve as salad , with garlic bread or other breads and can be used as a spread . It can be stored in the refrigerator for a week...

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Cheese Corn Bread

Preparation Time : 10 minutesCooking Time : 10 minutesIngredients:bread slices -fresh cream- 1/2 cupcheese cube - 4fresh corn - 2 table spooncapsicum medium size - 1/2tomato - 1 medium sizetomato ketchup - 1table spoonsalt to tasteMethod :Grate cheese, chop capsicum and tomato finely. Mix cream, cheese, capsicum, corn, tomatoes, ketchup and salt in a bowl. Now put mixture on the slices of bread and toast it in oven for five minutes. Serve h...

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Suran Chatni ( ओल चटनी )

Preparation Time :10 minutesCooking Time : 5 minutesServes : 4-5Ingredients :ol (suran) - 250 gms.ginger - 1 inch piecegreen chilly - 2mustard seed - 1 tablespoonlemon - 2-3mustard oil - 1 tea spoonsalt to taste-Method :Peel and finely chop ginger, green chillies. Grind mustard seeds with a little water and keep aside.Wash peel suran and put in a cooker with water, pressure cook till 3 whistle। Open cooker and mash suran in a bowl till fine paste। Mix chopped ginger, green chillies, mustard seed paste, mustard oil, salt and lemon juice and ser...

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Sakarauri

Preperation Time: 10 minutesCooking Time: 30 minutesServes : 4-5Ingredients:Milk - 1 1/2 litersPlain Boondi - 2 cupsSugar - 2 table spoonCashews - 25 gmsRaisins - 25 gms.Almond - 5-6Green Cardamom Powder- 1/4 tea spoonMethod:Soak almonds in warm water to blanch. Remove skin and slice it. Cut cashews in pieces.Put milk to boil in a thick bottom pan. Reduce heat and simmer continuously till the quantity is reduced to half. Add boondi sugar cardamom powder,cashew and raisins, simmer for 2 minutes. Garnish with almond and can be served hot or cold.Note: You can make boondi at home t...

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Pati Sapta

Preparation Time : 20 minutesCooking Time : 10 minutesIngredients :coconut - 1khoya/ - 250gms.sugar - 100gmscardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoonraisins - 50gms.ghee-maida(flour)-Method:Sieve maida in a bowl, mix water and make a batter, keep aside. Grate coconut and khoya mix it well.Heat a pan put the mixture and add sugar. Stir continuously till it is dry and the khoya mixes well in grated coconut. Add raisins and cardamom powder and put it in a bowl.Heat non stick pan and grease it. Take the batter in a round serving spoon and pour it on the pan. Spread and cook both the sides til it is light brown. Spread one table spoon mixture on it fold and serve h...

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Dalna(Maithil Style)

Preparation Time: 10 mins.Cooking Time: 30 minutesServes: 5-6Ingredients:Potato - 2 big sizeBaigan(egg plant) - 500 gms.Pumkin- 500 gms.Parval -250 gms.Beans -250 gms.Cauliflower-1 medium sizeTomato - 250 gms.Green chilly - 2Red chilly - 2Cumin seed powder- 2 tea spoonGaram masala - 1/2 tea spoonTumeric powder -1/4 tea spoonginger paste- 1 tea spoonCoriander leaves - 2table spoon(chopped)Oil -2 table spoonBay leaves - 2Panch foran- 1/2 tea spoonHing - 1 pinchSalt to tasteMethod:Peel, wash and cut all vegetables into medium size and keep aside. Wash, cut tomatoes and green chillies.Heat oil in a karahi , add hing, panch foran, bay leaves and red chillies. Now add cumin seed powder, tumeric powder, half cup water, cut tomatoes and ginger paste. Stir cook on low heat till the oil begins to separate.Add...

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Baghare Baigan

Ingredients Small round Brinjals - 10CashewsGinger and garlic paste - 2 table spoonOnion - 1 medium ( paste)Green chillies - 7 ( crushed )coriander leaves - a bunchFresh tomato paste - 2 riped oneAmchoor powder - 1 table spoonSaunf powder - 1 tea spoonCoriander powder - 1 tea spoonCumin seed powder - 1 tea spoonTurmeric powder - 1 tea spoonFive whole masala - pinchsalt - to tasteMethod Slit Brinjal , in four pieces in such a way that head of the brinjal is still intact . In a small bowl mix salt and turmeric powder . Stuff brinjal with this mix and keep aside .Now in a pan deep fry that stuffed brinjal just by turning once ( As brinjals are delicate...

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Vegetarian Fish

Preparation Time: 10 mins.Cooking Time: 20 mins.Serves: 4-5Ingredients:Green banana - 4 (big size)Rice - 3/4 cupMustard seed - 3 table spoonGarlic - 5 clovesGreen chillies - 2Red Chilly - 1Tumeric powder- 1/4 tea spoonBay Leaves - 2Salt - to tasteFenugreek -1/4 tea spoonTomato -2 big sizeCorriander leaves -Oil -Method:Soak rice in the water for half an hour and grind it to a paste.Grind mustard seed, garlic, green chillies to a fine paste.Peel of the banana and cut it into fish size but it should not be chick. Chop tomatoes and corriander leaves and keep aside.Put tumeric powder and salt into the rice paste.Now heat sufficient oil in a kadahi for frying. Take banana pieces and dip it in the rice paste and deep fry. Put fenugreek, bay leaves and red chilly in the kadahi and after it is...

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Moong Halwa (Desert)

Preparation Time: 30 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutesServes :4 - 5Ingredients:moong dal(pulse) - 1 cup( dhuli)khoya/mawa - 1cupmilk -1/2 cupsugar - 1 cupcardamom powder- 1/4 teaspoonraisins - 25 gmscashews - 25gmsghee - 1/2 cupalmond -8-10Method:Wash and soak moong daal in a bowl for 20-30 minutes. Drain water and grind it coarsely but put very little water while grinding.Put 1cup water in a pan and add sugar in it. Prepare one string syrup.Put almond in a hot water, after five minutes drain and peel it, then cut into thin pieces.Heat ghee into a thick bottom pan and add ground moong dal. Stir it on low flame till it is golden brown.Add sugar...

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Pachha Pu (Pancake)

Preparation Time: 10 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutesServes : 4-6Ingredients :rice powder - 2cupswheat flour - 1cupsugar - 1cupdry coconut(grated)- 2 table spoonfennel seeds(saunf) powder- 2 table spooncardamom powder -1/2 tea spoonghee or cooking oilMethod :Take rice powder and flour in a bowl and add water to make a thick batter and mix it well. Put sugar, coconut powder, saunf powder and cardamom powder in it and mix it well. Now put a frying pan on the gas stove, now grease the pan with ghee or cooking oil. Now take a big serving spoon, take out the batter and put it on the pan and spread it. Again put some ghee on the pan cake and turn...

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Vegetarian Stuffed shells

Ingredients Jumbo Shells ( Any Brand ) - 1 pkRicotta cheese - 8 ozMozzerela cheese - 1 pk ( grated )Chedder cheese - 1 pk Frozen peas - 1 cupcarrot ( grated ) - 1 cupFrozen beans - 1 cupTomato puree - 3 cansOnion - 1 bigGreen pepper - 1 bigBasil leaves - pinch .oregano leaves - pinchSaltMethodIn a vessel put enough water to boil shells ,add pinch of salt and a drop of oil . Once water boiling put jumbo shells in it and boil till its little tender , after that decant water and run cold water so that boiled shells are not sticking together . Keep them aside .Stuffing Crush ( Not paste ) green peas , carrot and beans . Now in a large bowl mix ricotta cheese , and crushed vegetables , little fresh crushed black pepper , paperika and salt to taste and keep aside .Now stuff shells with the stuffing...

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Chicken Patties

Ingredients Boneless Chicken - 2 lbsOnion - 1 mediumGinger / garlic paste - 1 table spoonDry roasted coriander seeds - 2 table spoon( crushed )Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tea spoonGreen chillies - 2 table spoon( crushed )Green coriander leaves - 2 table spoonSalt - to tasteCooking oil - 1 table spoonCooking spray - A can ( but little to spray )Method - Take breast pieces of chicken and crush that in blender / grinder to mince . After that take all minced chicken and put that in a large bowl , add crushed onion , garlic & Ginger paste , crushed roasted dry coriander , cinnamon powder ,crushed green chillies , salt as...

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Shahi Kathal

On Women's DayPreparation Time: 15 minutesCooking Time:30 minutesServes : 5-6Ingredients:Kathal(jack fruit) -500 gmsonion - 100 gms ( grated)tomato - 100gms (finely chopped)garlic paste - 1 teaspoonginger paste -1 teaspooncumin seed -1/4 teaspooncumin seeds powder - 1 1/2 teaspooncardamom powder - 1/4 teaspooncinnamon powder - 1/4 teaspooncloves powder -1/4 teaspoonbay leaves -2cooking oilMethod:Peel the kathal nicely and cut into 3-4 cm pieces and thickness about 1.5-2 cm. Now put the kathal in a cooker and boil it.Now place a pan on the gas stove and put some cooking oil and then put the boiled kathalpieces and fry it for five minutes then take it out.Put one tablespoon oil in the pan and the bay leaves when it is brown put the grated onion and fry till it is golden brown.Add garlic, ginger...

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Dahi vada

Preparation time: 1 hrs.Cooking time: 30 minutesServes: 6-8Ingredients:urad daal - 100 gmstamarind - 50gmsjaggery - 50gmroasted cumin(jeera) powder - 50gmsred chilly powderblack saltsalt to tastecurd -1kgcashew - 2 teaspoon (cut into small pieces)raisins - 2 teaspoonOil for fryingSoak urad daal in a bowl for 1hr.Soak tamarind for 15 minutesTamarind Chatni:Mash soaked tamarind and sieve itTake a pan put one teaspoon oil in a pan and put tamrind jaggeri and salt in it and cook for 15 minutes on low flame and then take it out in a bowl.Blend the chilled curd in a bowl and put salt in it.Put cold water in a big bowl and add some salt in it. ...

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Maal Pua

Preparation Time: 2hrs. Cooking time : 30 minutes Serves : 8-10 Ingredients : 250 gms -maida(flour) 250 gms -sugar 1/2 cup -milk 1 banana (mashed) 2 table spoon -fennel seeds(saunf) powder 2 table spoon dry grated coconut 25 gms cashew 25 gms raisins ghee or refined oil, as per taste for frying (ghee tastes better) Take maida(flour) and sieve it in a mixing bowl. Put milk and water in it and make a batter and keep it aside for at least two hours. For sugar syrup: Take a pan and put sugar in it, add 2 cups of water and then put it on the gas stove. Simmer it till it is one string consistency. Now remove it from the gas and put it aside. Pua: Take...

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Green Peas Tikki Chaat

Preparation time:30 min.Cooking time :30 min.Serves: 4-6Ingredients for tikki chaat:200 gms.- dried green peas.1 teaspoon cumin powder1 teaspoon ginger paste1/2 teaspoon garlic paste2 tablespoon tomato puree1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder1/4 teaspoon turmeric powderSalt to taste3 potatoes(big size), boiled2 onions chopped (big size)5 tablespoon onion finely chopped4 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped2 bay leaves200 gms sev 0 number50 gms. tamrind50 gms. jageri(gur)2 teaspoon black salt(kala namak)1/2 cup curd oil for fryingMethod:Soak peas in water four hours before cooking.Soak tamarind in water for 15 minutes.Tamarind chatni:( It is also available in the shop)Mash the soaked tamarind and sieve it.Put 1 teaspoon oil in a pan and put mashed tamarind in it add jageri(gur) and salt,...

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Introduction

Pune This blog is specially for the younger generation who don't have time to experiment and put variation in cooking, but they can search the reci...

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