Sooji Handva

Ingredients: 1 cup Semolina 1 cup Yoghurt 2 cups Grated Bottle Gourd (Lauki) 1 Green chili 2 tbsp Oil 2 tsp Cumin seeds 2 tsp Mustard seeds 2 tbsp chopped coriander Salt to taste Method: Mix semolina, yoghurt and almost 3/4 cup of water in a bowl and keep it for half an hour. Now…

Onion Bhajia

Ingredients: 2 medium sized onions 1/2 cup Gram Flour 1 tsp red chili powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Raw mango (Amchur) powder 1/4 tsp Carom seeds (Ajwain) Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Method: Heat oil in a pan. Cut onion into half and make slices. Put all other ingredients in a…

First Victory in a food contest

Won second prize in an online contest…. The requirement was to share two such recipes where maximum ingredients should be same. Here is the winning post….. https://www.facebook.com/groups/chefatlarge/permalink/1115440148544626/?__mref=message

Rabri Malpua

Ingredients: 1 ltr Milk 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour/Maida Ghee for deep frying 1/2 cup sugar Few saffron strands 1/2 tsp cardamom powder 7-8 Pistachio 7-8 Almonds Water Method: Boil milk in a pan on low flame till it reduces to one third. Once it cools down, add all purpose flour and…

Rabri Kulfi

Ingredients: 2 ltr full fat Milk 1/3 cup Sugar 10-12 Pistachios 8-10 Almonds 5-6 cardamom Saffron strands Method: Finely chop pistachios and almonds. Heat milk in a non stick pan and boil till it reduces to 1/3 of the quantity. Now add sugar and boil for 2-3 more minutes (to melt sugar). Add chopped dry…

Lassi

Ingredients: 250ml Yoghurt 4 tsp Powdered Sugar 1 tbsp Warm milk 2-3 Pistachios 2-3 Almonds 4-5 Raisins Few saffron strands Pinch of Cardamom powder Method: Soak raisins and saffron in hot milk for 15 minutes. In a bowl, whisk yoghurt and powdered sugar till sugar melts completely. Then add saffron-raisins milk mixture and mix well….

Kairi Choonda/Raw Mangoes Choonda

Ingredients: 2 big sized Raw Mangoes 1 1/2 cup Sugar 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder Few strands of Saffron Method: Wash the raw mangoes and wipe it. Peel them and shred/chop into small thin pieces or can also be grated. In a pan, mix shredded mangoes and sugar. Put the pan on low-medium flame and cook…

Vegetable Grilled Sandwich

Ingredients: 4 Bread slices 8 slices of Tomato 8 slices of Cucumber 8 slices of Onion 2 Cheese Slices 2 tbsp Butter 1tsp Chaat Masala Pinch of Black pepper Salt to taste 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce 2 tbsp Green chutney (Mint Coriander Chutney) Method: Season the cucumber, tomato and onion slices with black pepper and…