Tornado Potatoes
Ingredients
2-3 large oval shaped potatoes
Skewer sticks
Spiral cutting machine
Salt and pepper
Oil to fry
Method
1) Peel off the potatoes
2) Insert the skewer stick in the potato and attach it to the machine
3) Cut it in tornado shape till edge
4) Deep fry the stick in oil till it turns brown and crispy
5) Sprinkle salt and pepper for taste
6) Serve it with Mayo or any kind of dip
Quinoa Upma with nuts and veges
Ingredients
1 cup soaked quinoa
1/2 cups nuts
1 cup chopped vegetables (Carrots, peas, beans)
1 medium onion
1 tspn garlic paste
1/2 tspn ginger paste
1 tspn pepper powder
1 tspn salt
1 tbspn butter
1/2 tspn mustard seeds
1/2 tspn cumin seeds
4 cups water
Method
1) In a pan add butter and add the cumin and mustard seeds and let them splutter
2) Add chopped onions, garlic, ginger
3) sauté well and then add quinoa, water, vegetables and salt
4) Let it cook with a covered lid for around 15-20 min
5) Sere it hot and garnish it with pepper powder and some chat masala
Smoked Malai paneer
Grilled on traditional sigdi and coal..
Smells as if old days are flashing from the earthy smokey vapour
Ingredients
For marination
1 cup hung curd
1/2 cup fresh cream
1 tspn salt
1 tspn black pepper powder
1 tspn kasuri methi
1 tspn mint powder
1 tspn white pepper powder
1 tbspn oil
6-8 cubes of paneer
Method
1) In a bowl mix all the ingredients of marination and then add the paneer cubes to it
2) Leave it for around 5-6 hours
3) Then grill the paneer on hot coal over sigdi or may be you can grill it in oven too
4) Don't make it black.. Make sure it is just grilled for 5-7 minutes
5) Serve it with green chutney and sprinkle some chat masala over it
Baby Corn Fritters
Ingredients
5-6 baby corns(cut vertically into half)
for Slurry
1/2 cup Maida
2 tbspn corn flour
1 tspn salt
1 tspn paprika
1 tspn garlic powder
1 tbspn curd
1 tspn oil
pinch of soda
water as need to make the slurry
Method
1) First cut the baby corns into half, vertically
2) Make the slurry by mixing all the ingredients
3) Dip the corn in the slurry and fry it at medium flame till it turns brown
4) Sprinkle some chat masala on it
5) Serve hot with tea or chutney or any other dip
Kaju Katli
(Cashew nut burfi)
Ingredients
1 cup Cashew nuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 tspn cardamom powder
saffron strands
1 tspn Ghee (Clarified butter)
Method
1) Grind the cashew nuts to fine powder
2) In a pan add sugar and water and boil till it forms one thread
3) Add the cashew powder to it and also the cardamom powder
4) Stir it well for 5 minutes on medium flame till the mixture turns thick and starts releasing from sides
5) Finally add ghee
6) Transfer the mixture to a butter paper
7) Apply ghee in you palm and mix the dough well
8) Using a rolling pin flatten the dough
9) Cut it into diamond shape and garnish with saffron strands
Tandoori Paneer Tikka (With veges)
Ingredients
100 Paneer (Cottage Cheese cut in cubes)
1 capsicum
1 Tomato
1 cup Hung Curd
2 tbspn Besan (Gram Flour)
1 tspn Kasuri methi
1tspn dried Mint powder
1 tspn Amchur powder
1 tspn salt
1 tspn Garam masala
1tspn oil
1 tspn Chat masala
1 Onion
Method
1) In a bowl mix the curd and other spices along with flour to make the marination
2) Add the Paneer cubes and big pieces of Capsicum and Tomato and let it rest in Fridge for around 5-6 hours
3) Preheat the oven
4) In a skewer, add the marinated paneer and veges
5) Cook the tikkas for 20 minutes at 250C
6) Serve it hot with Green chutney and chopped onions
Khichu
Ingredients
1 cup Rice flour
3 cups Water
1 tbspn Green chilly paste
1 tspn Cummin seeds
2 tbspn oil for topping
1 tspn salt
Method
1) In a pan add 3 cups water and add chillies, cumin seeds and salt and let them boil till 5 min
2) To that start adding Rice flour slowly and gradually to avoid any lumps
3) Try to mix it with a rolling pin tip instead of a ladle
4) Cover the vessel and let it cook for about 5-7 minutes
5) Turn off the stove and again mix it with Rolling Pin Tip thoroughly
6) Serve it hot with Raw oil on top and Pickle powder (Methiyo masalo)
Pyaaz Kachori (Onion Kachoris)
Ingredients
2 onions
1 boiled potatoe
1 cup Maida (All purpose flour)
1/2 cup water
2 tbpsn oil for making dough
1 tspn half crushed Corriander seeds
1/2 tspn Asafetida (Hing)
1 tspn salt
1 tspn Garam Masala
1tspn Amchur Powder
Method
1) In a pan , heat 1 tbspn oil and add coriander seeds and Hing to it
2) Add chopped onions and sauté them till translucent
3) Add garam masala, salt, amchur powder
4) Add mashed potatoe to ti
5) Turn off the stove
6) On the other side, make a soft dough by mixing flour, salt, 2 tbspn oil and 1/2 cup water
7) Make small balls and roll them into circles
8) Add one tbspn stuffing of onion on it and seal the side and flatter them to make the shape of Pattice
9) Deep fry the Kachoris till they turn brown at medium flame
10) Serve them hot with Sweet chutney and Green chutneys
Bisibelle Bhaat
Ingredients
1 cup rice
1/2 cup Lentils (Tuvar Daal)
1 cup chopped carrots, Green Peas, French beans
1 onion
1 tomato
Curry leaves
2-3 Red chillies
1 tspn Asafetida (Hing)
1/2 tspn Methi
1 tspn Turmeric powder
1 tspn Red Chilly paste
2 tbspn Ghee (Clarified Butter)
1/2 cup tamarind water
1 tspn Bissibelle Bhat Powder
Method
1) Soak the rice and daal separately for 15-20 min
2) In a pan , add ghee and then heat it
3) Add Cumin and Mustard seeds and let them splutter
4) Add Methi(Fenugreek seeds)
5 ) Add Curry leaves and Hing
6) Add Chopped onions and tomatoes
7) Add all the chopped vegetables
8) Add the Lentils -daal to it
9) Add 1/2 cup tamarind water and salt to taste
10) Simmer it and let it cook for 5 minutes
11) Later add the rice
12) Add 4 cups of water
13) Let this cook for about 15-20 minutes till we see that all the mixture is cooked well
14) Turn off the stove and serve it hot with lot of ghee on top and some dry snacks
Instant Gulab jamun
Ingredients
1) 1 cup Milk powder
2) 2 tbspn Maida
3) 1 tbspn Semolina
4) 1 tbspn ghee
5) 1 tspn lemon juice
6) 1.2 cup milk
7) Pinch of b
7) Ghee for frying
8) For sugar syrup, 1 cup sugar , 1 cup water, 1 tspn cardamom powder
Method
1) In a bowl mix the flours and milk and make soft dough
2) Make small balls, Marble sized
3) Deep fry them in ghee till they turn brown
4) Simultenously in a pan add sugar and water and boil them till it dissolves and add the cardamom powder
5) Add the fried balls immediately to the hot sugar syrup
6) Let it rest for one hour till the balls soak all the syrup and double in size
Open vegetable Burger
Ingredients
1) 1 cup boiled mashed potatoes
2) 1/2 cup boiled green peas
3) 1/2 cup boiled carrots
4) 1/2 cup boiled beans
5) one medium onion
6) 1 tspn garlic paste
7) 1 tspn chili paste
8) 1 tspn ginger paste
9) 1 tspn garam masala
10) 1 tbspn of finely chopped coriander
11) salt to taste
12) 1/2 cup bread crumbs
13) 2 tbspn Maida
14) Tomatos, Lettuce, cheese and bread for dressing
Method
1) For burger tikki, first sauté the onions and garlic in a pan
2) To that add the corrainder and all spices
3) Finally add the boiled vegetables and mix them thoroughly
4) Make small flat tikkis
5) Dip in Maida slury
6) Coat it with bread crumbs
7) Keep it in fridge for 30 min
8) Deep fry them till they turn brown
9) Serve them with bread, tomato lettuce and cheese slice
Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
500 gm Broccoli
1 medium onion
2 cloves of garlic
salt
1 tbspn butter
1 tbspn cream
Method
1) In a pan heat the butter and add the chopped onions and garlic
2) Saute them for 2-3 min
3) Add Brocolli pieces and then add 2 glasses of water and salt
4) Cover the pan and let it cook for about 5-10 min
5) Once done, blend it and make the soup
6) Finally add cream on top of it
Smiley potatoes
(Maccain style)
Ingredients
2 boiled potatoes
4 tbspn corn flour
1 tspn salt
1 tspn pepper powder
Oil to fry
Method
1) Mix the boiled potatoes with the corn flour and salt thoroughly to make a smooth soft dough
2) Now make small medals from that dough and make eyes using the straws and smile using a spoon
3) Deep fry the medalions till they turn light brown and crispy
4) Serve it hot with Tomato ketchup
Litti Chokha
Ingredients
For litti
1 cup wheat flour
1 tspn Carom seeds
1 tbspn oil
1 tbspn curd
1/2 cup water
1/2 tspn baking powder
For filling
1 cup sattu (Gram seeds flour)
1 tspn green chilies
1/2 tspn ginger paste
1 tbpsn Mustard oil
1 tbspn Cummin, Corriander and fennel seeds powder
1 tspn salt
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander
For Chokha
1 big Eggplant smoked on Gas stove
1 big sized boiled potatoe
1 tspn green chilies
1 tspn ginger paste
1 tspn lemon juice
1/2 cup finely chopped coriander
2 tbspn Ghee for roasting the litti
Method
1) Mix the litti contents and make a soft dough and rest it for 30 min
2) Mix the filling ingredients
3) Make a medium sized ball from dough and flatten it. Fill it with 1 spoon filling and seal it with edges to form a round shaped littli
4) Bake the little for 10 min at 250C
5) Once done roast the littis on the pan with ghee
6) For chokha mix all the vegetables including the smoked eggplant
7) Serve hot
Wheat Focaccia
Ingredients
1 cup wheat flour
1 tbspn maida
1 tspn salt
1/2 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn baking soda
1 tbspn curd
2 tbspn Olive oil
1 tspn Rosemarry
1/2 cup of chopped vegetables
1/2 cup water
Method
1) In luke warm water, add the baking powder and soda and then slowly add the flour to it
2) Lastly add the olive oil and salt and curd
3) Make a very light dough and let it rest for 30 min
4) Then give a shape to the dough and make lots of dimples on the dough top
5) Drizzle some olive oil on it and spread the chopped veges and Rosemarry
6) Bake the bread in the preheated over for about 15min at 250C
7) You can garnish it with cheese