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Alu Dried

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Ingredients: 6 : After Boiling Potatoes Chopped into small cubes. 4 Long : Green Chilies Slit and halved. 1 Tbsp : Coriander Seeds. 4 : Red Chilies. 1/2 Tbsp : Tbsp Kasoori Methi. 1 String : Curry Leaves. 1 tsp : Turmeric Powder. 1 Tbsp : Jeera Seeds. 2 Tbsp : Oil. Salt : According to taste. Method of preparation : Take boil potatoes (potatoes must not be too much boiled). Take a pan and heat oil in it and add jeera seeds and curry leaves and when jeera starts popping up and the slit long green chilies and saute for few min. Add the boiled potatoes and salt and cover the pan and cook in low flame for few mins. In Mixer mix red chillies, coriander seeds , turmeric powder dont add water to it. Add the masalas and kasoori methi to the alu mirch and saute it for few min it will give nice flavour.

Uzhunnu Vada

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Ingredients:- Urad dal soaked in water for 2 hours : 2 cups. Finely chopped onions - 10. Green chillies chopped : 3. Chopped Ginger : 1 tsp. pepper: 1 tsp. Baking Soda : 1/4 tsp. Salt : according to taste. Oil : according to taste. Method of preparation :- Mix urad dal and salt togetherin a mixture with adding very little water,into a coarse paste. Now add onions,ginger,pepper and baking soda into the ground paste and mix them together. With a light hands make a ball (with the help of water) with the paste. Flatten it and make a hole in the center like a doughnut.In between wet your hands with water,when ever needed. Drop the vadas into hot oil and deep fry till golden brown in color. Serve with chutney.

Palak paneer

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Ingredients : 2 Cups Paneer cut in slices( shape as desired). 3 Cups cooked and pureed Palak. 1 Cup sliced Onions. 1Teaspoon Chopped Ginger. 1 Cup Chopped Tomatoes. 1 Cinnamon stick. 1 Bay leaf. 1 Teaspoon Turmeric. 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds. 1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder. 2 Tablespoons Butter. 1 teaspoon Vegetable oil. Salt to taste. Method of preparation: Soak the paneer in hot salt water for half an hour. This makes the paneer soft and squeeze. Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds, chopped ginger and sliced onions. Sauté until onions turn into golden brown colour. Add cinnamon stick, tomatoes, turmeric powder, cumin powder, spinach and butter. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add the panner cubes.

Nankhatai

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Ingredients: 1/4 kg Margarine. 1/4 kg Ghee. 5 Cups of White flour. 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar. 2 Eggs. 2 Tsps Baking Powder. 2 Tbsps Sooji 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder. Method of preparation: Preheat oven . Mix all the ingredients( except flour) in a cake mixer untill it gets smooth. Use strainer for separating lumps from the powdered material of the flour in dish and pour the mixture in it, knead well to make a smooth dough. Make small balls of the dough and flatten slightly with palm. Decorate with a piece of almond or cashew nuts. Bake in a moderate heat untill golden brown.

Besan Ke Laddu

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Ingredients: 2 Cup Besan. 2 Cup sugar. 1 Cup Ghee. 2 Tsp Cashew nutes(in pieces). 2 Tsp Raisins. 1 tsp cardamom powder. Food color(yellow). Silver paper for finishing. Methods of preparation: Take a bowl and put besan in it adding little amount of water in it make a thick dough of it. Divide a dough in to small pieces from 10-15 make a 'puri' of them. Heat the frying pan with a ghee & fry all the puri. Heat another pan and make sugar chashni through it by adding 2 cup sugar with 1 cup water and let in remain in the pan boiling untill the chashni is prepared. When this sugar chashni achieve single string consistency, add few drops of food color & cardamom powder in it & remove it from fire. When the puri are not hot then grind all puri in a grinder it will result in a smooth flour. In the sugar chashni add this flour, cashew nuts, raisins & mix them well. Keep this mixture aside for an hour. Make laddu of this mixture as desire and in the end cover it with s...

Laccha parantha

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Ingredients : 3 cup : Whole wheat flour 1¾ cup : Water. to taste : Salt. 1 tbsp : Ghee. 1 pinch : Baking soda. 6 stks : mint leaves 2 tsp : Garam masala powder ¼ cup : Ghee. Method to prepare : Chop the fresh mint leaves. In a cup take garam masala . Heat water in microwave for a minute that it should be warm. Combine whole wheat flour with salt and baking soda, add water slowly to make a dough. A soft dough knead for about 15 minutes cover and for half an hour. Divide the dough into equal balls. Take one portion, dusting flour, roll out into a circular disc. The thickness should be very thin Spread a spoon ghee over the topmost layer. Sprinkle some chopped mint leaves and garam masala powder and make a fold. Start rolling from one corner and seal the other end underneath the dough bud. Dust the board with little flour and roll out the dough bud. Roll out only one side, do not flip and roll. Press gently to roll without affecting the layers, too much rolling will spoil t...

Pakoras

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Ingredients: 1 cup : Gram flour. ½ cup : Rice flour. 1¼ tsp : Salt. 4 tbsp : Ghee. ¼ cup : Water. 2 : Onion (chopped). 2 : Green chili ( chopped) . 5 clove : Garlic (crushed). 1 tbsp : Ginger (crushed). 1 tsp : Cumin seeds. ¼ tsp : Turmeric powder. ¼ tsp : Red chili powder. 3 cup : Oil (for deep frying). Curry leaves. Method of preparation: Combine gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt and mix it well. Add this to the flour. To this, add onions, chopped chilies, curry leaves, crushed ginger and garlic. Mix well to coat the flour mixture on all sides. Extra water if needed add Slowly to your knead and form a stiff dough. It should look like a thick mass, but it should not stick. Meanwhile heat oil in a kada. When its ready to fry, fry till it turns golden brown on all the sides. First we have to take out the fried slices when it is cool then again dip in the oil and have a deep fry in this way pakoras taste good and are fried well. Drain excess fat in a pape...