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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