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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