Patua Jhor (A Dish From Mithila)

Patua Jhor  Patua Jhor is a typical Maithil dish. Very popular in Mithila. Preparation Time : 30 minutesCooking Time : 30 minutes Ingredients :Patua Leaves - 1 kg Ajwain - 1 table spoon  Rice - 1 cup Red Chilly - 2 Chilly Powder - 1/2 tea spoon  Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Cooking Oil - 1 table spoon Dried Mango Powder - 1 table spoon Salt - to taste Method : Wash and soak rice in water. Grind rice in water till it is smooth. Wash tender patua leaves and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai add red chilly and ajwain till golden brown. Add patua leaves salt and turmeric powder. Cover kadai and cook for 10 minutes on low heat. Add...

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Chicken Butter Masala

Chicken Butter Masala Preparation Time : 3 hrs.Cooking Time : 30-40 minutes  Ingredients :Chicken - 1 kg approx. Curd - 1/2 cup Cumin Seed Powder - 1 table spoon Onion - 1/2 kg (finely chopped) Ginger Paste(fresh) - 1 table spoon Garlic Paste(fresh) - 1 table spoon  Red Chilly Powder - 1/4 tea spoon Kashmiri Mirch Powder - 1/4 Cooking Oil - 1 table spoon  Mustard Oil - 1 table spoon Garam Masala - 1 tea spoon Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Salt - to taste Kasuri Methi(dry fenugreek leaf) - 1/2 tea spoon  Butter - 50 gms. Fresh Cream - 1/2 cup Lemon juice - 1 tea spoon Coriander Leaves - finely chopped  Bay Leaves...

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Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori Chicken  Preparation Time : 3- 4 hrs.(minimum) Cooking Time : 30 minutes  Ingredients : Chicken Pieces - 1 (approx 1kg) Curd - 1 cup Lemon juice or Vinegar - 2 table spoon Garlic Paste(fresh) - 2 table spoon Ginger Paste(fresh) - 2 table spoon Cumin Powder - 1 table spoon  Coriander Powder - 1 tea spoon  Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tea spoon  Cloves Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Cinnamon Powder - 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder(fresh) - 1/4 teaspoon Cooking Oil - 1 table spoon  Salt - to taste Kashmiri Mirch Powder - 1/2 tea spoon  Sliced Onion, Lemon, tomato and green chilly according to taste for...

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Anarsa

Anarsa  Preparation Time : 30 minutes Cooking Time : 30 minutes  Ingredients :Rice - 4 cups Sugar - 3 cups Khus khus (poppy seeds) - 2 table spoon Ghee -  Preparation : Wash and soak rice in water for 12 hours. Drain water and spread rice on a clean cloth leave for 1-2 hour till it dries. Grind and sieve rice powder and keep aside. Place kadai on gas put 1 cup water and sugar, make one string syrup. Mix rice powder in the syrup let it cool . Take dough on your palm, make 2" size ball and press it lightly on the poppy seeds . Flatten the dough into a round. Keep it separately in a plate. Apply some ghee...

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Tisi Kathal

Preparation Time : 20 minutes Cooking Time : 30 minutes Ingredients : Kathal (jack fruit green) - 500 gms. Tisi (alsi) - 1 cup  Coriender Seeds - 1 table spoon  Red Chilly - 2  Bay leaves - 2 Cooking Oil - 1 table spoon  Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Fenugreek(methi seeds) - 1/2 tea spoon Green Mango - 1 small  Salt - to taste Method : Heat kadai on high flame put tisi, coriander seeds and red chilly roast and grind, Keep aside  Peel kathal wash and cut in 1.5 inches in size and 1/2 inches thick pieces. Peel wash and cut mango in 1 inch pieces. Pressure cook till one whistle, keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai,...

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Baigan Chokha

Baigan Chokha  Preparation Time : 10 minutesCooking Time : 20 minutes Ingredients : Baigan (egg plant) - 500 gms (big sized) Onion - 1 big size Green Chilly - 2-3  Coriander Leaves - finely chopped Ginger - 2 inches Tomato - 1 medium size Mustard Oil - 1 table spoon Method : Peel wash and finely chop onion, ginger. Wash and finely chop green chilly, coriander leaves,  and tomato, keep aside. Roast baigan on gas stove or in oven. Peel baigan and mash nicely. Mix chopped onion, ginger, chilly, coriander leaves, tomato, salt and mustard oil. Mix well and serve with rice or paratha / roti.  NB : Baigan chokha...

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Litti (recipe from bihar)

Litti  Preparation Time : 20 minutes Cooking Time :  30 minutes  Ingredients :Atta (whole wheat flour) - 2 cup Sattu (roasted gram flour) - 1 1/2 cup Garlic - 4 cloves (finely chopped) Ginger - 1 inches (finely chopped) Lemon Juice - 2-3 tea spoon  Red Chilly Achar Masala - 2 table spoon Ajwain (Thyme) - 1 table spoon Kala Jeera/ Kalaunji - 1 tea spoon  Coriander leaves - (finely chopped) Salt - to taste Ghee -  Cooking oil - 1 tea spoon  Method : Take atta in a bowl mix cooking oil nicely with your palm put water and knead soft dough. Cover it and keep aside. Mix sattu, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, achar...

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Drumstick Potato Curry

Potato Drumstick Curry Preparation Time : 10 minutes Cooking time : 30 minutes Ingredients :  Drum stick - 4-5 Potato - 3 medium size  Green Mango - 1 small size Yellow Mustard Seed - 2 table spoon Green Chilly - 2-3 Garlic - 3-4 cloves  Cooking Oil - 2 table spoon  Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Fenugreek (methi Seeeds) - 1/4 tea spoon Bay leaves(tej patta) - 2 Salt - to taste Method : Peel drumstick properly cut into 3-4 inches, wash and keep aside. Peel potatoes and mago, cut into 1 inch pieces, wash and keep aside. Take mustard seeds, grind dry. Mix some water,green chilly, garlic cloves and to a fine paste.  Heat...

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Nankhatai(Indian Cookies)

Nankhatai Preparation Time : 15 minutesBaking Time : 30 minutes  Ingredients :Maida - 2 cup Suji - 1 table spoon Besan - 1 table spoon  Sugar - 1 cup  Butter - 1 cup  Almond -  Cashew - Vanilla essence - few drops Preparation : Grind sugar,  keep aside. Take a bowl, mix butter and sugar till it is fluffy. Mix maida, suji,besan and 5-6 drops of vanilla essence.  Make a smooth dough. Take the dough on your palm , make small balls of it and press a little to flatten it. Put cashew and almond on the top of each piece. Bake nankhatai in preheated oven on 150 degree for 25-30 minutes. Nankhatai is rea...

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Mango Chatni

Mango Chatni Preparation Time - 15 minutes  Ingredients :Green Mango - 1 big size Coriander Seeds - 2 table spoon  Methi Seeds(fenu greek) - 1 tea spoon Red Chilly - 2  Mustard Oil - 1 table spoon Sugar - 1 tea spoon  Salt - to taste Method : Peel and wash mango. Cut in small pieces and keep aside. Roast coriander, methi (fenugreek) and chilly in a kadai . Put mango pieces, roasted coriander, methi, chilly, salt and sugar in a grinder jar, grind well. Take out in a bowl and mix mustard oil in it. Can have in all meals and breakfast.  NB: Can use green chilly depends on taste...

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Aloo Baigan Seem (Potato Egg Plant Snow Peas)

Aloo Baigan SeemPreparation Time - 10 minutes Cooking Time - 30 minutes Ingredients : baigan(egg plant ) - 250gms. adauri (bari ) - 10 to 15 potato - 100 gms seem(सीम) ( snow peas )- 50 gms. tomato - 2 medium size mustard seeds - 2 table spoon garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon  green chilly - 4-5 cloves turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon coriander leaves - 2 table spoon (chopped) methi (fenugreek)- 1/4 teaspoon bay leaves - 2 cooking oil - 2 table spoon  salt - to taste Method : Grind mustard seed garlic and green chilli with water to a fine paste. Wash and cut tomato.Cut baigan in 2 inch pieces and put it in water. Cut potatoes seem...

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Veg Biryani (Zeero Oil)

Veg Biryani Preparation Time : 20 minutes Cooking Time : 1 hour Ingredients :  Rice - 250 gms. Paneer(cottage cheese) - 100 gms Cauliflower - 8-10 medium florets Carrot - 2 medium size Peas - 1/2 cup (shelled) Capsicum - 1 medium size Curd - 4 cups Cloves - 5-6 Cardamom - 8 Cinnamon - 4 inches(cut into small pieces) Cumin Powder - 1/2 tea spoon Garam Masala - 1 teaspoon Tumeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon Salt - as per taste Kesar - 1 pinch Method :  Cut paneer in 1 inch. Wash cauliflower florets, wash and cut capsicum, carrot in 1-1 1/2 inches pieces, wash peas and keep aside. Take a bowl put curd, all the cut vegetables, paneer...

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Mughlai Paratha

Mughlai Paratha  Preparation Time : 20 minutes Cooking Time : 30 minutes  Ingredients : Flour (whole wheat) - 250 gms. Eggs - 4 Cooking Oil - Salt - to taste Beat the eggs in a bowl and keep aside Take Flour in a bowl, add 1 table spoon oil  mix with hand properly. Mix half the eggs and salt, mix again. Pour water and knead the flour. Devide in 8-10 equal portions and make peda .  Roll all the pedas one by one in 5 inches diameter put 1/2 teaspoon egg and spread, fold it in rectangular shape and again roll it. Heat tava put the paratha on, turn it after 2 minutes put oil turn it again, cook till it is...

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Til Ka Laddoo (Tilva)

Til Ka Laddoo Preparation Time Cooking Time : 1 hr. Ingredients : Til (sesame seed) - 500 gms.Gur - 500 gms  Method : Place kadai on gas, put til (sesame seed) in the kadai, roast on low heat till golden brown and keep aside. Place kadai on gas, put 1 cup water and gur in it and prepare the syrup till 3 string on low heat. Now put the roasted sesame seeds and mix well. Take water on your palm and make the laddoos. &nbs...

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