Tomato Soup

Ingredients

5-6 tomatoes
1 tsp butter
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp corn flour
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp back pepper powder
Salt to taste

Recipe

Boil tomatoes and form a puree of it
In a pan take butter, add ginger garlic paste to it and then add tomato puree to it
Now add sugar, salt, black pepper and corn flour mixed in water
Mix well till it achieves soup like consistency
Now serve in a soup bowl and top it with cream

Onion Pickle

Ingredients

250 gm small onion
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp powdered rai
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp onion seeds or kalaunji
2 tsp crushed saunf or fennel seeds
½ cup vinegar
1 cup oil

Recipe

First peel off the onions and make four cuts on it without cutting it into four pieces
In a bowl take the onions, add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, rai and mix well
Now add 1 tsp sugar, kalaunji, saunf and ½ cup vinegar
Now heat oil in a pan and then allow it to cool
Now add this oil to the onion mixture
Now put the onion pickle in jar and keep it in sunlight for 2-3 days
Your onion pickle is ready to eat
Keep in mind that it would last for just 3-4 months

Nariyal Besan Burfi

Ingredients

½ cup grated coconut
½ cup milk
½ cup besan or gram flour
½ cup ghee or clarified butter
½ cup sugar

Recipe

In a bowl take grated coconut, add milk to it, followed by gram flour, ghee and sugar
Mix them well
Take a pan and pour the mixture in it
Now cook it on low flame for 20-25 minutes stirring it all the time
When the mixture starts leaving ghee on the sides, take a greased plate and pour the mixture in it
Allow it to cool and sprinkle it with cardamom powder and dry fruit of your choice
Cut it into pieces of your choice
Nariyal Besan Burfi is ready

Hara Bhara Paushtik Parantha

Ingredients

½ cup flour
1 tsp besan or gram flour
3-4 tsp boiled and mashed potatoes
2 tsp chopped palak or spinach
½ tsp dhania or coriander
¼ tsp garam masala
¼ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp oil
Salt to taste

Recipe

In a bowl take flour, gram flour and then put chopped spinach, spices, ginger garlic paste and oil and then sieve it with lukewarm water.
Make dough out of it
Now make equal balls
Flatten it and cook on a heavy tawa
Use oil to shallow fry it
Your Hara Bhara Paushtik Parantha is ready
Serve it with curd and pickles

Gajar Ka Halwa

Ingredients

1 kg carrots
250 gm khoya or mawa
3-4 tbsp desi ghee or clarified butter
Sugar as per your taste
Chopped dry fruits including cashew nut, pistachio, almonds, raisins etc

Recipe

Wash and grate carrots
In a heavy pan put grated carrots and sugar and cook it without a lid
When cooked, add clarified butter to it and cook for some more time
Now add mawa to it
Mix well and add dry fruits to it
Serve hot

Shahenshahi Aloo

Ingredients

2 nos boiled and finely chopped potatoes
2 nos laung or cloves
2 tbsp curd
1/ 2 cup Phool Makhana
2 tsp chopped mint leaves
2 tsp finely chopped onions
2 tsp chopped tomatoes
1 tsp green coriander
1 tsp cashenut
1 tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp garam masala
1 tbsp cream
Salt to taste

Recipe

In a pan take one tbsp ghee or oil
Add cloves to it and then add potatoes
Now add rest of the ingredients to it
Add ½ cup water and cook on low flame for 5 to 7 minutes
Serve it hot with chapatti or bread of your choice

Veg Munchow Soup

Ingredients

2 tsbp chopped capsicum
2 tbsp chopped cabbage
2 tbsp beans
2 tbsp chopped carrots
½ tsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp oil
½ tsp black pepper powder
¼ tsp chilli sauce
1 tsp soya sauce
11/2 tbsp corn flour
1 cup fried noodles
1 tbsp vinegar
Salt to taste

Recipe

In a pan take some oil and sauté chopped garlic in it
Now add all the vegetables to it
Add 11/2 cup water to it and then add salt, pepper, chilli sauce, soya sauce and vinegar to it and cook it
Now take corn flour soaked in water and add to it
Again cook for some time
Now add fried noodles to it and serve piping hot

Navratna Korma

Ingredients

2 tbsp desi ghee or clarified butter
2 nos laung or cloves
2 tbsp cashew nut paste
1 tbsp khoya or mawa
1 tbsp boiled cauliflower, carrot and peas
1 tbsp cashewnut
1 tbsp kishmish
½ tsp white pepper powder
½ tsp kasuri methi
¾ cup cream

Recipe

In a pan take ghee and add cloves and cashew nut paste to it and cook for a while
Now add khoya to it
Now add boiled vegetables to it followed by dry fruits
Now is the turn to add salt, white pepper powder, kasuri methi and cook it
Finally add cream to it and garnish it with coriander leaves
Serve hot with parantha or rice of your choice

Hara Bhara Kebab

Ingredients

2 nos boiled and mashed potato
100 gm paneer or cottage cheese
2 tbsp boiled carrots
2 tbsp boiled beans
2 tbsp grated cauliflower
1 tsp green chilli
1 tsp chopped coriander
2-3 tsp mint-spinach paste (equal quantities of both ingredients using blanched spinach)
½ tsp black pepper
Bread crumbs

Recipe

In a bowl mash potatoes and add cottage cheese, vegetables and rest of the ingredients
Now make balls of it giving it shape of a kebab
Deep fry in oil and serve hot with mint chutney

Crispy Noodle Balls

Ingredients

1 cup boiled noodles
¼ tsp black pepper
½ tsp chopped garlic
1 tsp soya sauce
1 tsp tomato sauce
½ tsp chilli sauce
2-3 tsp maida or refined flour
1 ½ tsp cornflour
Salt to taste

Recipe

In a bowl take boiled noodles
To it add all the ingredients stated above
Now make round balls of it and deep fry
Serve hot

Nand Bhature Wala Sadar Bazar Old Delhi

Few days back I was in Sadar Bazar, Old Delhi for some work of mine and as it was lunch time my hunger pangs drew me closer to Nand Bhature Wala or Nand Di Hatti, I decided to eat its Cholle Bhature (the first shop or corner shop) which he claims to prepare in Pure Desi Ghee.

As a kid I used to frequently make trips to Sadar Bazar with my father and we used to make a point to have Chole Bhature at Nand Di Hatti. At that time the shop had not been demarcated into two (family division) and the quality of the cholle and the bhature used to be excellent.

This time I was thoroughly disappointed with the stuff being prepared and served. The Rawalpindi Chhole which he prepares were too salty and cold (High BP patients beware) so the taste was complety lost. Eating the chhole I was remembering the good old days when they were prepared in pure Rawalpindi style and one could feel the taste on their tongue even hours after consuming them.

The Bhatura were oily and were being reheated. (Earlier they used to heat them just once). Though they still managed to keep their golden hue on the outside but they were not as soft, fluffy and subtle as they used to be. The Bhatura had a normal coating of normal spices such as red chilly, saunf etc (forget if you were expecting a coating of paneer or potatoes inside) and was accompanied with mass produced pickle.



At 40 rupees a plate and 20 for half plate I don’t think it’s a steal and I feel it’s the brand name which seems to be selling which the earlier generation toiled to earn it.

My verdict: The food quality doesn’t justify the price and brand name

Location:

29, Pan Mandi, Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi, Delhi 110006

Very near to Tolliye (Towel) Wali Gali

If you catch a metro then drop down at Tis Hazari and take a cycle rickshaw to reach their shop


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Price: 40 rupees for full plate (two pieces of Bhatura)
20 rupees for half plate (One piece of Bhatura)

Timings: 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM

Vegetable Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients

½ cup American Corn
1 cup mixed vegetables including beans, capsicum and cauliflower
½ cup cabbage
¼ tsp sugar
¼ tsp chilli sauce
½ tsp corn flour
½ tsp white pepper powder
1 tsp vinegar
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take 2 cups of water, add ¼ tsp powder sugar and add all vegetables to it
Cook for at least five minutes
Separate the vegetables from the stock
Now to the stock add corn flour mixed in cold water and boil it for five minutes
Now add white pepper powder, chilli sauce and salt to taste
Further add vinegar and corn to it
Serve hot

Spicy Cottage Cheese with Green Chutney

Ingredients

7-8 cubes of cottage cheese or Paneer
4 tsp spinach or palak
4 tsp pudina or mint leaves
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
3 tsp cream
2 tsp dahi or curd
2 tsp bread crumbs
1 tsp red chilly powder
Salt to taste

Recipe

Blanch spinach and add mint leaves to it and form a paste
Now take a bowl, add paneer cubes to it, red chilly powder, salt, ginger garlic paste and spinach – mint paste
Mix it well and refrigerate for at least five minutes
Roll the paneer pieces in bread crumbs
Take a non stick pan and add 2 tsp curd to it
Now pour the paneer pieces on the pan and cook it for few minutes
Serve hot with chutney or sauce of your choice

Guava Chutney/ Amrood ki Chutney

Ingredients

1 Guava or Amrood
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp dhania or coriander
1 green chilly
½ tsp zeera or cumin seeds
1 small piece gur or jaggery
Little bit of water


Recipe

Cut guava into pieces
Put it into mixer with rest of the ingredients and blend it until a smooth paste is formed
Your guava chutney is ready
Serve it with snacks

Vegetable Croton Snack

Ingredients

1 potato
2 tsp cabbage
2 tsp boiled peas
2 tsp cauliflower
1 tsp dhania
1 piece boiled carrot
½ tsp chat masala
½ tsp red chilly powder
2 tsp cornflour
2 tsp bread crumbs
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take all these ingredients in a bowl except oil
Mix well and form balls out of it
Now again coat these balls in bread crumbs and fry

Peanut Chikki

Ingredients

1 cup peanut
1 cup gur or palm sugar
1 tbsp desi ghee or clarified butter

Recipe

Take a pan and pour ghee in it
Now add gur to it and melt it
When it gets melted, add ½ cup water to it
Make syrup of one taar
When it’s done turn off the gas knob
Now add peanut to it, stir well and keep it aside for few minutes
Take a plate, put butter paper on it, pour the mixture and allow it to cool
Cut it and serve it
Your peanut chikki is ready

Cabbage and Apple Salad

Ingredients

1 sliced apple in length
2 tbsp chopped capsicum
2 tbsp chopped tomatoes
½ cup chopped cabbage
2 tbsp chopped tomatoes lengthwise
1 tsp honey
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp olive oil
½ tsp white pepper powder
Salt to taste

Recipe

Put all the ingredients to it and add honey, olive oil, vinegar, salt and white pepper powder

Your Cabbage and Apple Salad is ready to serve

Motia Palak

Ingredients

1 cup palak or spinach paste
½ cup American Corn
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp zeera or cumin seeds
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
2 tsp finely chopped onions
½ tsp chopped green chillies
2-3 tsp chopped tomatoes
2 tsp tomato puree
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp dhania powder
½ tsp kasuri methi
Salt to taste
1 tsp butter
1 tsp cream

Recipe

Pour oil in pan, then add zeera, chopped onions, ginger garlic paste, chopped green chillies and then sauté it
Now add chopped tomatoes and also add palak paste to it
Add red chilly powder, dhania powder and American Corn to it
Now add water and stir for a while
Now add tomato puree, garam masala, kasuri methi and salt to it.
Now is the turn to add butter and add cream
Add salt as per your taste and serve hot

Chicken Pepper Fry

Ingredients

4-5 pcs Chicken
½ cup chopped onion
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp rai

For the paste

3-4 pcs Laung or Cloves
1 small pc Dalchini or Cinnamon
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp red chilly
½ tsp black pepper powder
Salt to taste
2 tsp oil

Grind them together and form a paste

Recipe

In a pan boil the pieces of chicken until cooked
Strain excess water
Now in the pan add oil, rai, chopped onion and then put the paste formed
Now add chicken to it and mix well
Now sprinkle salt and black pepper powder to it
Serve hot as a snack

Magaz Masala or Goat Brain Masala

Ingredients

1 pc Magaz or Goat Brain
½ cup chopped onion
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
3-4 tbsp tomato puree
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tbsp cream
2 tbsp oil

Recipe

In a pan pour oil and saute onion in it
Now add ginger garlic paste to it
Now add tomato puree to it
Put magaz or goat brain in it.
Stir gently and add all spices to it
Now add some water and allow it to cook
Garnish it with cream and coriander
Serve hot

Fruit Kheer

Ingredients

½ cup chopped papaya
½ cup chopped apples
½ cup chopped banana
3-4 tbsp pomegranate seeds
Dryfruits
½ tsp cardamom powder
1 cup milk
2 tbsp condensed milk

Recipe

Heat milk in a pan and add condensed milk to it
Now allow it to cool
In a bowl added all the fruits, dry fruits and cardamom powder
Now add the milk to it
Refrigerate it and serve it cold

Paneer Kadahi Wala

Ingredients

1 cup paneer or cottage cheese
½ cup chopped onion lengthwise
½ cup chopped capsicum
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp haldi or turmeric powder
½ tsp dhania or coriander
½ cup tomato puree
½ cup chopped tomato
1 tbsp cooking oil
2-3 tbsp cream
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take oil in pan, add chopped onions to it, then put ginger garlic paste to it and stir well
Now add red chilly powder, garam masala, dhania powder and cook for 1-2 minutes
Now add tomato puree to it and then add chopped tomatoes to it
Now add chopped capsicum and cream to it and cook
Now add salt as per taste and finally put paneer in it

Please note:

Put paneer in lukewarm water for a while and then chop it into pieces so that it does not break apart

Mysore Bonda

Ingredients

1 cup urad dal
2 tsp grated fresh coconut
2 tsp chopped coriander
2 tsp chopped tomatoes
2 tsp chopped green chillies
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp red chilly powder
¼ tsp clove
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Recipe

Cook urad dal in water and salt
Make a thick paste of dal in the grinder
Now add salt, clove, green chillies, red chilly powder, coconut, tomatoes and mix well
Now make equal round balls of it and deep fry in oil
Serve it hot with chutney or sauce of your choice

Basundi

Ingredients

1 bowl milk
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp cashew nut
½ cup mawa or khoya
2 tsp pistachio
4-5 strands of saffron or kesar soaked in milk
Elaichi or Cardamom powder

Recipe

Take milk in a pan and boil it
Pour sugar in it and put sugar in it
Now put mawa in it and stir well
Turn off the gas and add saffron and elaichi powder to it
Now add pistachio and cashew nut to it and serve it cold

Green Pumpkin Halwa

Ingredients

1 cup peeled and grated pumpkin
4 tsp sugar
1 tbsp clarified butter or design ghee
Dryfruits of your choice

Recipe

Pour the pumpkin in a pan, put sugar in it, cover the pan it with a lid and allow it to cook on slow fire
When it cooks, put clarified butter in it and cook it further
Now put melon seeds and dry fruit it and serve hot
If you want to make it richer you could add mawa to it

P.S.: Although the way of preparing yellow and green pumpkin halwa is same but the end product differs in taste

Sabudana Balls

Ingredients

1 cup sabudana or tapioca pearls
½ cup roasted peanuts
½ cup phoolmakhana or popped lotus seeds
½ cup boiled and mashed potatoes
Salt to taste
1 tsp clarified butter or desi ghee
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp chopped green chilly
Oil for frying

Recipe

Soak sabudana in water for an hour
Now strain water from it
Saute phoolmakhana in ghee and grind to make a paste
Also grind peanuts and make a paste of it
Take boiled potatoes and add peanuts and phoolmakhana paste to it
Now add spices to it and green chilly and make balls of it
Coat these balls with sabudana and deep fry them
Serve them hot with mint chutney

Nariyal ke Ladoo or Coconut Laddu

Ingredients

½ cup fresh grated coconut
½ cup mawa or khoya
½ cup nariyal ka burada
½ tsp elaichi or cardamom powder
1 cup grained sugar

Recipe

In a pan pour grained sugar in it and melt it
To it add the freshly grated coconut
Then add mawa and stir it well
Now add nariyal ka burada to it
Now turn off the gas, allow the mixture to cool and create equal round balls of it
Your Nariyal ka Laddu is ready

Sabudana Kheer

Ingredients

1 cup milk
½ cup soaked sabudana or tapioca pearls
3-4 tsp sugar
Dryfruits of your choice

Recipe

Soak sabudana for 1-2 hours
Take milk in pan and add sabudana to it and boil it so that it cooks well
Now add sugar to it
Add dry fruit of your choice and serve hot

Falahari Namkeen

Ingredients

½ cup phool makhana or popped lotus seeds
½ cup fried peanuts or moongphali
1 potato
2 tbsp banana wafers
2 tbsp desi ghee or clarified butter
2 tbsp almonds, cashew nut and raisins each
Sendha Namak as per taste
Black Pepper as per taste
Oil for frying

Recipe

Peel potato and shred it and add sendha namak and black pepper to it
Now press it with both hands and deep fry it
Take desi ghee in pan
Now add cashew nut and almond in it and sauté it
After that sauté phulmakhana in it
Take a plate and place fried potato shreds to it
Now on it place fried peanuts, phool makhana, banana wafers, dry fruits to it
Sprinkle it with spices stated above and serve it as a Navratri snack

Yellow Pumpkin Halwa

Ingredients

1 cup peeled and grated pumpkin
1 tbsp design ghee or clarified butter
4 tsp sugar
Dryfruits for garnishing including cashewnut, melon seeds, pistachio etc

Recipe

Pour the pumpkin in a pan, put sugar in it, cover the pan it with a lid and allow it to cook on slow fire
When it cooks, put clarified butter in it and cook it further
Now put melon seeds and dry fruit it and serve hot
If you want to make it richer you could add mawa or khoya to it

The Navratri Special Food Recipes

Navratri or Navaratri is an important Hindu festival where Nava means Nine and Ratri implies nights. Nine forms of Shakti or Devi is worshipped during these nine nights and ten days. Fast is observed during these days and special Navratri food is prepared as per the rituals of the fast. This week I will be bringing to you some of the Navratri delicacies which are prepared during these days of purity.

Coconut Pancake

Ingredients

4-5 tbsp refined flour
½ cup milk
1 tbsp honey
4-5 tbsp grained sugar
3 tbsp powder sugar
4-5 tbsp grated fresh coconut
Pinch of baking soda

Recipe

In the refined flour add grained sugar, milk, honey and mix well
Now to this mixture add baking soda
Pour oil on non stick pan and make pancakes of this mixture
When pancake is made, put grated coconut and powder sugar over it
Your coconut pancake is ready

Boondi ki Sabzi

Ingredients½ cup Boondi

1 onion
1 tomato
1 piece ginger
1-2 green chilly
1 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp cumin seeds or zeera
½ tsp turmeric powder or haldi
½ tsp salt
½ tsp garam masala
1 cup water

Recipe

Grind onions, tomato, ginger and green chilly and form a paste
Pour 2 tbsp oil in pan and sauté it till it leaves oil at it ends
Now add all the spices to it
Pour 1 cup water and boil it until it forms gravy like consistency
Now turn off the gas and add Boondi to it
Serve boondi ki subzi hot with chapatti

Green Pea Tikki

Ingredients

1 cup boiled peas
2 tbsp roasted gram flour powder
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
1 tbsp coriander and mint leaves
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp cumin seeds or jeera
1 tbsp oil
½ tsp chat masala
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder to taste

Recipe

Take oil in pan and add ginger garlic paste and cumin seeds
Now add boiled peas, coriander-mint leaves, salt, chilly powder
and chat masala to it
Allow it to cool and make a paste of it in the grinder
Now add gram flour and corn flour to the paste and make small patties from it
Shallow fry them and serve with chutney or sauce of your choice

Rice Flour Halwa

Ingredients

3 tbsp rice flour
2 tbsp clarified butter or ghee
3 tbsp sugar
Dry fruits of your choice
½ cup milk
½ cup cream

Recipe

Take a pan and cook rice flour in it till golden brown
Now put milk, sugar, cream and mix well
When it thickens, put dry fruits in it and serve hot

Bread Pizza

Ingredients

2 pc White or Brown Bread
1 chopped onion
1 chopped capsicum
1 chopped tomato deseeded
1 tsp salted butter
½ tsp black pepper
3-4 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take butter in pan, add onion and capsicum and sauté
Now add tomato to it and add salt and black pepper to it
Spread butter on the bread and put the mixture prepared over it
Now generously sprinkle cheese on top and grill it in an oven

Bhelpuri

Ingredients
1/2 cup murmure or roasted rice puffs
4 tbsp roasted peanuts
4 tbsp sev
4 tbsp papri
4 tbsp potato chips
1 tsp chaat masala
Salt to taste
1-2 chopped green chilly
1 chopped onion
1 chopped boiled potato
Mint chutney
Tamarind or imli chutney

Recipe

First saute rice puffs in a heated pan with ghee and turmeric powder so that it becomes crisp
Take out the rice puffs and allow it to cool
Now add all the above ingredients to the rice puff and mix well
Put mint and tamarind chutney as per your taste
Put the mixture in a plate and sprinkle it with chat masala, sev and coriander leaves
Your Mumbaiya Bhelpuri is ready to be eaten

Gostava Potato

Ingredients

½ cup boiled potato
1 cup thick buttermilk
1 tbsp oil
2 dried red chillies
1 pc bay leaf
3-4 laung or clove
1 pc cinnamon
1 tsp dhania powder
1 tsp garam masala
½ tsp zeera or cumin seeds
½ tsp white pepper
½ tsp whole coriander
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take oil in a pan and shallow fry red chilly in it
Now add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds to it
Now add thick buttermilk to it
Stir it well and add coriander powder, white pepper, whole coriander and salt to it
Now add chopped potatoes to it and cook it till the mixture thickens
Garnish it with dried red chillies

Chocolate Coffee Shake

Ingredients

1 cup milk
2 tbsp grated chocolate
1 tbsp coffee powder
2 tbsp fresh cream

Recipe

Melt chocolate in an oven and add it to the milk
Now add coffee powder to it and shake in a mixer
Pour the mixture in a glass and put fresh cream and grated chocolate over it

Banana Split

Ingredients

2 sliced bananas
2 tbsp roasted almond and cashewnut
4 tbsp chocolate sauce
5 tbsp vanilla ice cream
4 tbsp fresh cream

Recipe

Put the sliced bananas in a plate
Pour fresh cream over it
Now its turn to pour chocolate sauce over it
Now put roasted nuts over it
Now add ice cream on the top
Again put cream over it
Now again put nuts over it
Sprinkle it with some grated chocolate and serve it

Gulabjamun

Ingredients

200 gm Mawa or Khoya
50 gm Paneer or cottage cheese
4 tbsp Maida or refined flour
Pinch of Soda Bicarbonate
Sugar Syrup
Dryfruits for filling
Oil or Desi Ghee for frying

Recipe

Mix cottage cheese and Mawa together
Now put soda bicarbonate in refined flour and sieve it
Add this to the mixture of Mawa and Cottage Cheese ensuring no lumps remain
Make equal balls of them and fill them with dryfruits of your choice
Now heat ghee in a pan and ensure gas is on sim
Now fry these balls until golden brown
Take them out of the pan on a plate and dip them in the sugar syrup
Serve them hot

Badami Paneer or Almond Cottage Cheese in Gravy

Ingredients

200 gm Paneer or Cottage Cheese
½ cup cashewnut, almond and melon seeds paste
½ cup milk, curd and cream mixture
2 tbsp white or salted butter
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
Black Pepper to taste

Recipe

Take butter in pan, add ginger garlic paste to it
Saute it and add the cashewnut paste to it
Put some water and cook it for a while
Now add cottage cheese cubes and mixture of milk
Further add salt and black pepper to it
Serve hot with parantha or naan

Phirni

This is a famous sweet dish of Jammu and Kashmir

Ingredients

1 cup milk
½ cup water
4 tsp rice powder
1 tsp cardamom powder
4 tsp sugar
1-2 threads kesar or saffron
Dryfruits

Recipe

Take a pan, add ½ cup water and 1 cup milk and boil it
When it boils, add rice powder to it and mix it well
Now add cardamom powder, dry fruit, saffron and sugar to it
Allow it to thicken and pour in bowls. You can even put them in mitti kulhars.
Garnish it with dryfruits and allow it to cool in refrigerator for an hour

Beetroot Halwa or Chakunder Halwa

Ingredients

1 cup grated beetroot (peel beetroot and then grate it)
1 tsp cardamom powder
4 tsp sugar
½ cup Mawa or Khoya or Indian milk food
2 cup milk
Dryfruits

Recipe

Take a pan, add milk to it and boil it
Now add grated beetroot to it and cook it
To it add cardamom powder and sugar and cook it
After it cooks, add mawa and mix it well
Now garnish it with dryfruits and serve hot

Sweet Coconut Puri or Meethi Narial Puri

Ingredients

1 cup flour or atta
¼ cup fresh grated coconut or narial
½ cup sugar grinded with 2 small green cardamoms
¼ cup Coconut powder
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take the flour, add 4 tsp sugar and 2 tsp oil to it, bit of water to create a dough
Now create equal balls of this dough, flatten it and spread grounded sugar and fresh grated coconut over it
Now fold it and flatten it again giving it a round shape
Now apply ghee to it and also apply coconut powder on both sides
Deep fry it
Soak out the oil out of it and serve hot

Cucumber Soup with Cottage Cheese Balls

Ingredients

For Cucumber Soup

1 cup cucumber juice
1 tsp chopped onion
½ tsp black pepper powder
1/1/2 cornflour
Salt to taste

For Cottage Cheese Balls

½ cup cottage cheese or paneer
¼ tsp black pepper
1/1/2 tsp corn flour
Salt to taste

Recipe

For Cheese Balls

Mix all the ingredients together, make small balls of equal sizes and deep fry them


For Cucumber Soup

Take a pan and put 1 tsp ghee or clarified butter in it
Now add 1 tsp chopped onion and sauté it
Now its turn to add cucumber juice, salt and pepper to it
When it starts to boil add 1 tsp cornflour to it
Place it in a soup bowl, add cheese balls to it and serve hot

Paneer Pudina Kebab

This is a vegetarian kebab recipe

Ingredients

1 cup Paneer or cottage cheese
¼ cup chopped pudina or mint leaves
2-3 tsp dry fruit
1 tsp white pepper
½ tsp chat masala
2 tsp corn flour
Salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying

Recipe

Take a bowl and mash cottage cheese in it
Add chopped mint leaves to it, salt, white pepper powder and cornflour
Now make equal balls of the mixture, stuff it with dry fruit, flatten it to make patty out of it and shallow fry
Serve hot with pudina or mint chutney

Shahajani Pulao

This is a popular rice recipe of India

Ingredients

1 cup raw rice
½ cup curd
2 cup water
1 chopped onion
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp zeera or cumin seeds
3-4 nos laung or cloves
1 pc dalchini or cinnamon
2 nos small green cardamom
Dryfruits for garnishing
Salt to taste
2 tsp Ghee or clarified butter

Recipe

Take ghee in a pan, add zeera, cashew nut, walnut and onion until golden brown
Now add rice, curd, salt, turmeric, water and cook it
When rice cooks take an empty round bowl and place it in it
Now take it out of the bowl after it takes it shape and garnish with dry fruit and fried onion pieces

Malabari Chutney

Ingredients
½ cup Chana Daal
½ cup green coconut
½ cup roasted peanuts
1 green chilly
rock salt as per taste
1 tsp rai
1 pc adrak or ginger
4 tsp tamarind water

Recipe
Soak chana daal for 2-3 hours in water and then roast it
Take a jar ad add to it roasted chana daal, roasted peanut, coconut,
chilly, ginger and rock salt
Also add tamarind water along with normal water and churn it to form a paste
Now take a pan, add mustard oil, heat it and add rai until it crackles
Now pour it over the paste
Garnish it with pieces of coconut and serve it with any Malabari
cuisine or food of your choice

Karele ka Parantha or Bitter Gourd Flatbread

Ingredients
½ cup deseeded karela or bitter gourd
1/4 cup makki ka atta or flour of corn
¼ cup wheat flour
¼ cup besan or gram flour
1 tsp saunf or fennel seeds
¼ tsp kasuri methi
3-4 tsp curd
3-4 tsp chopped onions
Milk
Salt to taste
¼ tsp red chilly powder
Ghee

Recipe
Add curd and salt to the karela and keep aside for an hour so that the
bitterness goes away
After an hour wash the karela and add atta, besan, makki ka atta,
saunf, kasuri methi, chopped onions, salt, 1 tsp ghee and add few tsp
of milk to create a dough
Flatten it into round shape and shallow fry in ghee
Serve hot with curd or pickle of your choice

Masala Arbi or Spicy Colocasia

Ingredients
250 gm arbi or colocasia
1 tsp ajwain or carom seeds
2 tsp ginger julians
1-2 red chillies
1 tsp dhania or coriander seeds
1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp besan or gram flour
Oil for frying

Recipe
Boil arbi, peel it and deep fry in oil
Roast besan in pan
Now take another pan, add 2 tsp oil, add ajwain, garam
masala, salt, besan and ginger julians
Now add arbi to it, mix it well and sprinkle it with amchur
Serve hot with chapatti

Arbi ke pakode

Root vegetable deep fried in flour batter

Ingredients

5-7 arbi or root vegetable
½ cup refined flour or maida
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp chaat masala
Pinch of red food grade color
Oil for frying

Recipe

Boil arbi and peel it
Take refined flour, add food grade color, spices and ginger garlic paste to it
Add water and make a thick batter of it
Now coat the arbi in the batter one by one deep fry the pieces in oil
Half fry it and take them out of the pan
Allow it to cool, now press it with your hands one by one and again fry it in the pan
Serve hot with ketchup or chutney of your choice

Daal Pinokee

This is an Indian food recipe
Ingredients

½ cup boiled arhar dal
½ cup boiled urad sabut dal
½ cup tomato puree
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp red chilly powder
2 tbsp Desi Ghee
2 tbsp curd
2 tbsp cream
½ cup milk
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take ghee in pan, add both kinds of daal to it and sauté it
Add ginger garlic paste and spices to it
Now add tomato puree to it
Mix it well and add mixture of curd, cream and milk to it
Finally add honey to it
Garnish with cream and coriander leaves
Serve hot with chapatti or rice

Lemon Rice

This is a tangy rice recipe with an Indian touch

Ingredients

1 cup boiled rice
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp raw chana daal
3-4 tbsp chopped onion
4-5 pieces clove
1 piece dalchini or cinnamon
½ tsp rai or mustard seeds
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp garam masala
2 dried red chilly
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take a pan and put two tbsp oil or desi ghee in it
Put mustard seeds, clove and cinnamon in it, allow it to crackle and then add red chilly to it
Now add daal to it and sauté it
Now its turn to add onions and sauté it again
Add rice to it
Add salt, turmeric, garam masala to it
Finally pour lemon juice over it and serve hot

Koochi Dhobli

This is a South Indian snack

Ingredients

3-4 boiled potatoes
2 bun or pav
Imli or tamarind chutney
Dhania chutney
2 tbsp chopped onions
2 tbsp Bhujia or Indian snack
2 tbsp oil
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp dhania powder
Whole spices including 1 small piece dalchini or cinnamon, 5-6 clove, 3-4 tsp dhaniaor coriander seeds and 1 tsp zeera or cumin seeds

Recipe

Heat the whole spices in pan for a while and then grind it
Take oil in pan, add chopped onions to it and sauté
Add mashed potatoes to it
Now add salt, chilli powder and the grounded spices to it
Add 2 tsp imli chutney to it
Cut the bun in two pieces and heat them on a pan using some butter or oil
Spread mint chutney on it and add the above mixture to it
Add chopped onions and Bhujia to it and serve it hot with chutney or sauce of your choice

Paneer Handi Lajawab

Ingredients

200 gm cottage cheese or paneer
2 chopped onions
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 chopped tomatoes
½ cup tomato puree
2 green chilies
5-6 dhania or coriander leaves sticks
¼ tsp turmeric or haldi
¼ cup of sauté cashewnuts and almonds grounded
¼ tsp chandan or sandalwood powder
½ cup cream
2 tbsp oil

Recipe

Take pan and put oil in it
Add onions to it, sauté it and ginger garlic paste to it
Add all spices to it
Now add chopped tomatoes to it
Add coriander leave sticks to it
Now allow this mixture to cool
Add water to it and make a paste
Add the grounded nuts to it
Add sliced cottage cheese to it
Now its turn to add ¼ tsp sandalwood powder to it
Add cream to it and serve hot with chapatti, parantha or naan

Maida Pakoda

Ingredients

1 cup Maida or refined flour
1 chopped onion
Pinch of baking soda
Salt to taste
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp red chilli powder
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take refined flour, add chopped onion, spices, baking soda
Now add water to it and make a thick mixture
Heat oil in frying pan
Make small patties with your hand from the mixture and deep fry it in the pan until golden brown
Serve hot with ketchup or sauce of your choice

Paneer Patties

Ingredients

4 slices of white bread
2 slices of cottage cheese or paneer
1 ring sliced onion
2 ring sliced tomato
Chat masala as per taste

Recipe

Take a bread piece and put cottage cheese slice and tomato and onion rings to it
Sprinkle chaat masala to it
Now put the other piece of bread on top of it
Apply some oil or ghee on top of it and grill it in sandwich maker
Take out when light golden brown
Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chilli sauce
Perform the same steps for other pieces of bread slices

Makhane ka Halwa

Ingredients

1 cup grounded makhana or Euryale ferox or fox nut
1 cup sugar syrup

Recipe

Saute makhana in 2 tbsp ghee
After it cool downs grind it
Take 3 tbsp ghee and add the grounded makhana to it and sauté till it gets light golden brown hue
Now add sugar syrup to it and keep stirring it till it thickens
Garnish it with makhana and dry fruits
Serve hot

Bread Roll

Ingredients

4 slice white bread
3 boiled potatoes
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp red chilli powder
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take 2 tsp oil in a pan, add zeera, salt, garam, masala
Now add mashed potatoes to it
Then add green coriander to it
Soak bread in water and then squeeze out the water out of it
Stuff it with potato mixture
Now make a roll with your hands
Deep fry and serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney

Paneer Poori with Aloo Sabzi

Ingredients

For Paneer Poori

½ cup cottage cheese or paneer
1 cup flour or atta
1 tsp zeera or cumin powder
Oil for frying

For Aloo Sabzi

3-4 boiled potatoes
½ cup curd
1 tsp zeera or cumin seeds
½ tsp red chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric or haldi powder
1 tsp dhania or coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala
¼ tsp ajwain or carom seeds
Pinch of asafoetida or Heeng
2 tbsp Oil or Ghee

Recipe

Aloo Sabzi Recipe

Take a pan, add oil to it and when it heats up add asafoetida to it
Now add cumin seeds and ajwain to it
Add ½ cup beaten curd and rest of the spices to it
Mash boiled potatoes with hand and add it to the mixture above
Add one cup water to it and boil until it thickens
Add kasuri methi or fenugreek and green coriander to it from the top

Paneer Poori Recipe

Take flour, add zeera, paneer, pinch of salt to it
Add water to it and form dough
Now make equal patty of the dough, flatten it into round shape
Deep fry in oil until golden brown
Serve hot with Aloo Subzi, fresh onion, pickle and mint chutney

Bread Rose

Bread Rose

Ingredients

4 slices of white bread
1 cup sugar syrup
¼ tsp rose syrup
Crushed cashew nut and almonds
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take ¾ cup water and add 4 tbsp sugar to it and make syrup
To the sugar syrup add few drops of rose water and allow it to cool
Cut bread slice into two and deep fry it until golden brown
Dip these slices in sugar syrup
Now coat these bread peaces in crushed almonds and cashew nuts
Put them in a plate and decorate it with rose petals

Egg Curry

Egg Curry

Ingredients

2 full boiled eggs
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 onions grounded into paste
¼ cup tomato puree
½ tsp red chilly powder
½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala
½ tsp Zeera or cumin seeds
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Recipe

Take oil in a pan and add cumin seeds to it
Now add onion to it
Take ginger garlic paste, add oil spices to it, add few drops of water and oil to it, mix well and form a paste
After the onion turns golden brown add this paste to it
Now it’s the turn to add tomato puree
Add water to it and form thick gravy
Cut boiled eggs into pieces and place them in a serving dish.
Pour prepared gravy over it and serve it hot