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

Shahi Kheer

This is an Indian sweet recipe

Ingredients

½ cup moong dhuli daal
½ cup cottage cheese or paneer
2 cup milk
4 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp clarified butter or Desi Ghee
Dry fruits for garnishing

Recipe

Soak Daal in water for 3-4 hours
Now make a paste of the daal in the mixer
Take ghee in a pan and cook the paste until golden brown
Now add milk to it and stir it for a while
Add mashed cottage cheese to it
Add sugar and mix well until it thickens
Garnish it with dry fruits and serve it either hot or cold

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Palak Paneer Parantha

This is a nutritious Punjabi breakfast

Ingredients

½ cup chopped spinach
½ cup cottage cheese or paneer
1-2 green chillies
1 cup flour or atta
½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp red chilly powder
¼ tsp pomegranate powder or anardana
Oil for frying

Recipe

Take a bowl and add spinach, cottage cheese, flour, chopped green chillies, spices and make dough out of it
Now make small patties of it and flatten it into round shape
Fry it on a tawa or heavy bottom pan
When it gets crispy and brown from both sides take it off the pan and place on a plate
Pour generous quantities of butter over and serve it hot with curd

Mango Dessert

This is a mango dessert prepared from Mango fruit found in abundance in Asia

Ingredients

1 cup full cream milk
½ cup cream
½ cup chopped alphonso mango
¼ tbsp cinnamon powder
2 tbsp sugar

Recipe

Take a pan, pour milk in it and boil until it thickens
Add cream and sugar and mix it well
Now add chopped mangoes
Its turn to add cinnamon powder
Now add mint leaves to it
Take serving glass, pour the mixture and keep it in the freezer
Serve cold

Bengali Asla

This is a Bengali sweet dish

Ingredients

1 cup milk
2 tbsp custard powder
4 pieces Rasgulla (Bengali sweet)
Yellow food grade color
Sugar to taste
Dry fruit of your choice for garnishing

Recipe

Boil milk in a pan and add sugar to it
Take 2 tbsp boiled milk, add custard powder to it and yellow food grade color and stir well
Add this mixture to boiled milk and make custard
Squeeze the sugary syrup from the rasagulla, cut it into two pieces and place them in a serving dish
Pour custard over it, garnish it with dry fruits and allow it to refrigerate
Serve cold

Fried Rice

This is a Chinese dish which is quite popular worldwide

Ingredients

1 cup parboiled rice
½ cup capsicum chopped
½ cup carrot chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp soya sauce
½ tsp chilli sauce
½ tsp vinegar
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste
Red Chilli powder as per taste

Recipe

Take oil in pan and add ginger garlic paste to it
Add chopped vegetables to it and sauté it
Now add salt, red chilly powder, chilli sauce, soya sauce and stir for a while
Add parboiled rice to it and cook for a while
Serve hot with chilly chicken or chilly paneer

This is a Punjabi recipe prepared in a different manner from the usual Saag eaten in Punjab and other parts of North India

Ingredients

1 Cup Palak or Spinach puree
½ cup tomato puree
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
2 tbsp chopped onion
2 tbsp Achaar or pickle masala (pickle of your choice)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp Garam Masala
½ tsp Dhania powder
½ tsp red chilly powder
Salt to taste

Recipe

Wash spinach, blanch in water and grind to make a fine paste
Take oil in pan, saute onion in it, add ginger garlic paste and other spices to it
Add tomato puree to it and stir for a while
Now add spinach paste to it and again stir for a while
Add roasted peanuts to it
Now it’s the turn for adding pickle masala to it
Garnish it with cream and serve with bread of your choice

Papri Chaat

This is a light Indian Snack

Ingredients

1 cup mixture of Maida or refined flour and Sooji or Semolina (¾ portions Maida and ¼ portions Sooji)
2 Boiled Potatoes
1 tsp Zeera or cumin powder
2 tbsp Mint Chutney
2 tbsp Tamarind or Imli Chutney
½ cup Dahi or Curd
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Recipe

Add 2 tbsp oil to the flour mixture and make dough out of it
Keep aside for half hour
Make small patties and flatten it
Also make small cuts on them using a knife
Deep fry in hot oil
After frying allow the Papri or flatten patty to cool
Add chopped potatoes, salt, red chilly powder, cumin powder, mint and tamarind chutney and serve it

Chana Daal Cutlets

This is an Indian snack which is nutritious due to its high protein content

Ingredients

1 cup Chana Dal
1 Onion
1 Green Chilly
2 pcs Bread
½ tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp Chaat Masala
½ tsp Zeera or Cumin powder
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Recipe

Boil Chana Daal and allow it to cool down
Now add chopped onion, ginger garlic paste spices to it
Soak bread pieces in water and add to the above mixture
Make patty and deep fry in oil
Serve hot with mint chutney or sauce of your choice

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