by Puja on 23 October 2008
pyaaz_ke_pakode

Ingredients:

6 onions
4 to 5 Green chillies
2 Cups besan (Gram flour)
1/2 tsp ajwain (carrom seeds)
1/2 Cup rice flour
1 tsp. Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Finely Chopped coriander Leaves – 4 tsp
Oil for frying

Method :

  1. Cut the Onions into thin slices.
  2. Mix the gram flour with salt, green chillies, ajwain, coriander leaves and rice powder in

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by Puja on 21 October 2008
aloo chop

For making Aloo chop:

5 medium potatoes boiled and mashed
1 medium onion chopped finely
1″ pc grated ginger
4 green chili chopped
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves chopped finely
salt to taste

For the batter:
4 or 5 tbsp gram flour ( besan)
1/2 tsp carrom seeds (ajwain)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
1/2 cup…

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by Puja on 20 October 2008

Ingredients:

1/2 kg green peas (peas shelled or frozen)
1/2 Kg Paneer
4 large onions, thinly sliced
4 large tomatoes, Sliced
6 cloves garlic (finely chopped and crushed)
½-inch piece ginger, finely chopped and crushed
Vegetable oil to cook
Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
Cardamom (Badi Elaichi) – 2 Nos.
4 bay leaves
1 tsp comin seeds
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Powdered Masala:

1/2…

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by Puja on 16 October 2008
dhania chutney

Ingredients :

2 bunch coriander leaves
8 garlic cloves
4 green chillies ( decrease this amount if you don’t want it too hot)
1 teaspoon any standard mango achar (Pickle) along with it masala and bit oil.
Salt to taste
water as required.

Method:

  1. Grind all the ingredients in a blender. Add water if required.
  2. Delicious with any kind of pakoras ,samosas, chawal

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by Puja on 15 October 2008

Ingredients

1/2 tsp Ajwain (Tymol Seeds)
8 Slices Bread (crustless)
1 Cup Gram Flour (Besan)
1/4th tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1/4 cup Water
1 large Onion
8 cloves Garlic (crusher)
chopped Coriander leaves
chillies -5(thinly sliced)
Vegetable or mustard oil to dip fry.

How to make bread pakora :

  1. Filter the Gram Flour and take it out in a bowl. Add water and make

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by Puja on 14 October 2008
Sabudane ki khichdi © Copyrighted image

Sabudane ki Khichadi is fast to cook and is nutritionaly good for health. Sago(Sabudana) can also be eaten on fast days.

Ingredients (Serves 4)

2 cups: sago seeds or sabudana(preferably big ones)
1/2 cup: Peanuts
1 Large: Potato
1/2 cup green peas
1-2 carrots cut into small and thin pieces
5-6: Green chillies
1 teaspoon: Cumin seeds (Jeera) or, Mustard seeds
3 tablespoon: Ghee or, Oil…

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by Puja on 13 October 2008
Dahivada

Ingredients:

For Vada:
1 Cup Urad daal without skin (black lentils)
1 teaspoon ginger
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Ingredients for Dahi :

4 cups fresh yogurt
1 teaspoon Black Salt (Kala Namak)
1 teaspoon freshly roasted and powdered cumin powder
2 teaspoons sugar
Salt and Red chilli powder to taste
Finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation:

  1. Clean, wash and soak

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by Puja on 10 October 2008
panchphoron

Tip : Panch Phoron is a classical spice mix used in tempering.
Its added to the hot oil before other ingredients, to flavour the oil,

PREPARATION TIME: 2 min

INGREDIENTS:
Fennel seeds,
Cumin seeds,
Mustard Seeds- black or brown,
Nigella seeds (Kalonji)and
Fenugreek seeds)
Method
Mix together equal amounts of the seeds and store in an airtight container…

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by Puja on 7 October 2008
Baigan bhagara

Ingredients (Serves: 6)

1 Kg: Green Brinjal( sliced into long pieces),
If unavailable, you can use the normal small brinjals.
Panchforan ( or cumin seeds) – 1/2 tsp
8 clove garlic (chopped)
Mustard oil – 6tbsp
2 Bay leaves
2 Dried red chillies
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves

Powdered masala:
½ tsp turmeric
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1…

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by Puja on 30 June 2008

A quich find solution to gastro problems:

Requirements -
1 tsp of Carom Seeds (Bishop’s weeds), know as ajwain in India
1 glass of luke warm water
1 tsp salt

If you develop a sudden gas in your stomach and start feeling as if your stomach is full, with a throbbing pain at times, just get the above ingredients and follow this procedure. Mix the Carom seeds and salt in a small bowl and empty…

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