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(155)Curd

Ingredients

  • ½ lit. whole fat milk.
  • ¼ tsp. leftover curd ( jaman or starter).

Method

  1. In 1 liter size stainless steel vessel first pour 1 spoon of water ( so milk will not stick while heating) and then pour milk.
  2. Boil the milk.
  3. After 15 to 20 minutes of boiling or when you can hold vessel with your naked hand takeout 1 serving spoon milk and mix curd in that milk with your fingers.
  4. Pour this starter (curd mix milk) in remaining milk.
  5. Take another 1 liter size vessel and pour curd mix milk into it from some distance to cause frothing . Repeat the process till you get froth upto the rim of vessel.
  6. After 5 minutes ( so froth will settle little) close the lid of vessel.
  7. Keep this vessel in close area for 4 hours. ( microwave or oven is ideal place)
  8. After 4 hours curd is ready . Sometimes in Winter it may take 30 to 60 minutes more.
  9. As soon as your curd is set , keep the curd container in refrigerator.
  10. Enjoy chilled curd with your food
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Breakfast Healthy food

(153)Mix Dal Appe

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Yellow Moongdal.
  • ¼ cup Green Moongdal.
  • ¼ cup Tur dal.
  • ¼ cup Udad dal.
  • ¼ cup Masoor dal.
  • 2 cup Rice.
  • ¼ cup Curd.
  • 1 tbsp. Ginger paste.
  • 1 tsp. Green chilli paste.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. Soda bi carb.
  • 2½ tsp. Salt.
  • ¼ cup chopped Coriander leaves.
  • Oil and Sesame seeds for making appe.

Method

  1. Wash and soak all dals and rice for 8 hours.
  2. Drain excess water and grind whole content into coarse paste.
  3. Mix all spices, curd, soda and coriander leaves.
  4. Adjust the consistency by adding water. Taste the batter before any further process.
  5. Keep aside for 5-6 hours for fermentation.
  6. Heat and pour ¼ spoon oil and pinch of Sesame seeds in Appe vessel and fill the cavity with batter and close the lid.
  7. Cook for 5 minutes on slow flame. Flip and cook another side for 5 minutes.
  8. Enjoy your steaming hot appe with Amla murabba or Tomato sauce or Gol keri pickle or as you wish.
consistency of batter
Mix Dal Appe
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Healthy food

(152)Palakh Paneer Oats Puri

Ingredients

  • 1 cup leftover palak paneer vegetable.
  • 1 cup Oats.
  • ½ tsp. Salt.
  • ¼ cup Curd.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • water as require.
  • Oil for shallow frying.

Method

  1. Grind left over palak paneer into smooth paste.
  2. Grind Oats into coarse powder.
  3. Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl.
  4. Adjust the consistency of batter by adding water.
  5. Heat nonstick tawa. Apply oil and pour batter to make small puris.
  6. Shallow fry till golden brown.
  7. Enjoy hot puries with fresh tomato chutney.
Equal amount of Oats and Palak Paneer sabji
Batter of puri
Consistency of batter
Puri in nonstick tawa
Palak Paneer Oats Puri
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Healthy food

(151)Oats Coconut Appe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup leftover rice or khichadi.
  • 1 cup Oats ( grind into coarse powder)
  • ¼ cup Chickpea flour (Besan).
  • ¼ cup Curd.
  • ¼ cup paste of fresh tender coconut.
  • ¼ cup fresh chopped coriander leaves.
  • ½ cup water.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. Soda bi carb.
  • 1 tbsp. Sesame Oil.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.

Method

  1. Mix leftover rice or khichadi with all the ingredients.
  2. Adjust the consistency of batter by adding water.
  3. Heat Appe vessel and pour ¼ tsp oil in each cavity of Appe vessel.
  4. Pour 1 tbsp of batter in each cavity, close the lid
  5. Roast both side golden brown on slow flame.
  6. Enjoy hot spicy appe with coconut chutney or Spicy Green chutney and Red chutney or as you wish.
Leftover rice mix with Oats flour and Chickpea flour.
Consistency of Appe batter
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Healthy food

(150)Green peppercorn Pickle

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash green pepper thoroughly 2-3 times .
  2. Pluck green pepper from its stalk and again wash for one time and then spread for 15- 20 minutes on clean kitchen towel under fan.
  3. In a mixing bowl mix green pepper with salt, lemon juice and peels of lemon remaining after squeezing lemon.
  4. Keep aside for 4-5 days and every day stir properly for two times a day.
  5. After 5 days pepper pickle is ready to use.
  6. You can also use peppercorn pickle as one of the ingredients for making mix pickle. Seasoned lemon peels and peppercorns have medicinal use as it is good for digestion.
Peppercorns Pickle
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Healthy food

(147)Vegetable Poha

Ingredients

  • 2 cups thick poha
  • 1 green chili (chopped)
  • ½ cup chopped carrot
  • ½ cup chopped potato
  • ¼ cup sweet green peas
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup chopped tomatoes.
  • 1 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Salt
  • ¼ cup finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.

Method

  1. Wash thoroughly poha.
  2. Soak in 1½ cup water for 10 minutes
  3. After 10 minutes check poha ,if it turns soft then transfer into sieve other wise sprinkle little water.
  4. Wash and chop all needed vegetable and keep aside.
  5. Heat oil in nonstick pan . Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound.
  6. Add Asafoetida powder, green chilli and curry leaves. Give one quick stir and add onions .
  7. Cook till translucent then add Potatoes, Carrots and Green peas to cook on medium flame. Stir in between. Once all the vegetable becomes tender add tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes.
  8. After 2 minutes add salt, sugar and turmeric powder . Stir continuously.
  9. Add soaked poha and mix thoroughly .
  10. Serve hot after adding lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and besan sev or farshan mixture( Bhusu).
White thick poha
Ingredients of vegetable poha
Vegetable Poha
Vegetable Poha garnished with sev.
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Healthy food

(145)Chana daal Puranpoli (Microwave recipe)

Ingredients for Puran

  • 2 cups Chanadal.
  • 3 cups water.
  • 2½ cup Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. cardamom powder.

Method

  1. Wash Chanadal thoroughly for 2 times.
  2. Add 3 cups water and keep aside for 2 hours  to soak.
  3. After 2 hours pressure cook chanadal upto 6 whistles.
  4. Once pressure releases from the cooker, open the lid and drain excess water from the boiled chanadal.
  5. In food processor crush channa dal and sieve with 1 mm sieve.
  6. Mix sugar and cardamom powder thoroughly with sieved dal and transfer whole content into microwave pan.
  7. Cook the above content for 15 minutes but after every 3 minutes take out the pan stir thoroughly and again cook.
  8. After 15 minutes spread 1 table spoon of puran on plate and wait for 10 minutes to cool down.
  9. After 10 minutes, dip your fingers in ghee and then scrape puran from plate. If puran doesn’t stick to your fingers then it is ready otherwise microwave for one more minute and repeat the testing procedure.( see the video )
  10. Once your are satisfied after test ,keep aside for 6-7 hours to cool down or If you want to make puranpoli immediately then spread whole puran in big plate to cool and then start making puranpoli.

Ingredients for Poli

  • 2 cups wheat flour.
  • 1½ cups water.
  • 4 tbsp. Oil

Method

  1. Knead roti dough ( see the video for consistency)
  2. Make table tennis size ball from dough.
  3. With the help of rolling pin roll small 4 inch size roti.
  4. Stuff golf ball sized puran and again roll in ½ cm. thick poli( roti).
  5. Roast like paratha .
  6. Apply ghee on both the sides . (see video)
  7. Serve hot or cold as you wish both tastes delicious.
Boiled channa daal
Sieve direct Chanadal .
Crushed and sieved dal.
Mix with Sugar
Test whether puran is ready or not
consistency of poli dough.
making of puranpoli
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Healthy food

(140)Kobi Dadam Dana ni Salad

Ingredients

  • 250 gms Cabbage (Kobi)
  • 1 medium size Pomogranate. (Dadam)
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice.
  • 1 tsp. Chaat masala.
  • 1 finely chopped green chilli( optional)

Method

  1. Shred washed cabbage with potato slicer.
  2. Remove seeds from Pomogranate and keep aside.
  3. Finely chop washed coriander and green chilli .
  4. In mixing bowl mix shredded cabbage with seeds of Pomogranate. Add coriander and green chilli, lemon juice and chat masala
  5. Cabbage Pomogranate Salad is ready to serve.
  6. Serve with fulka roti, bhakhri, puri, kulcha, thepla, khakhra or as you wish.
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Healthy food

(139)Moong dal Puran poli.

Ingredients for Puran

  • 2 cups yellow moong dal.
  • 3 cups sugar.
  • 6 cardamom powder.
  • 2 tbsp. ghee.

Method

  1. Wash yellow moong dal twice.
  2. Add 1½ cup water and pressure cook till 3 whistles.
  3. After 10 to 15 minutes when pressure release open the lid of the cooker. You will get dry cooked moongdal.
  4. Grind moongdal in pulse mode.
  5. Sieve the whole content.
  6. Add sugar in sieved portion.
  7. Mix thoroughly and cook in slow flame for 5-10 minutes.
  8. You will get thick lump of moongdal puran .
  9. For confirming that the puran is ready or not. Keep spatula in the center of the puran while cooking and if it remains standing still then puran is ready. If not then again cook for 1-2 minutes.
  10. Switch off the flame and add Cardamom powder and ghee in puran.
  11. Mix thoroughly and keep aside for cooling.
  12. Make Golf ball size balls from puran.

Ingredients for Poli (Roti)

  • 2 cups wheat flour
  • 4 tbsp. oil.
  • 1½ cups water.

Method for Poli

  1. Knead roti dough ( see the video for consistency)
  2. Make table tennis size ball from dough.
  3. With the help of rolling pin roll small 4 inch size roti.
  4. Stuff golf ball sized puran and again roll in ½ cm. thick poli( roti).
  5. Roast like paratha . Apply ghee on both the sides . (see video)
  6. Serve hot or cold as you wish both taste delicious.
confirmatory test for Puran by spatula stands still in centre.
Moongdal puran
Wheat dough consistency
Making of Puran Poli
Moongdal Puranpoli
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Healthy food

(138)Instant Poha

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white thick poha
  • ⅛ cup Peanuts.
  • ⅛ cup Daria dal.
  • 1 red chilli powder
  • ¼ tsp. turmeric powder.
  • 1½ tsp. fresh lemon juice.
  • 1½ tbsp. oil for tempering.
  • ⅛ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ⅛ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. salt .

Method

  1. Heat oil in sauce pan.
  2. Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound.
  3. Add Asafoetida powder, red whole chilli and curry leaves. Saute till it turns crispy.
  4. Add peanuts and Daria dal. Saute it at low flame. Stir continuously till it turns crispy.
  5. Add turmeric powder and mix quickly. Add poha and lemon juice in it.Stir continuously till poha turns crispy.
  6. Crispy poha chivda is ready. This chivda you can enjoy with your evening tea. But for breakfast you need some filling items. So when you are away from home same poha chivda you can use as instant poha.
  7. For instant poha in microwave: Take 1 cup (or as you required ) chivda in medium size bowl. Fill water till chivda submerges. Microwave for 2-3 minutes. Enjoy home made poha in your breakfast.
  8. For instant poha without microwave: You can add boiling water till chivda gets submerges and close the bowl for 3 minutes and after that your poha is ready.
  9. Enjoy instant poha as dry snacks as well as in breakfast when you are away from home and want to eat some home made item.
Ingredients for instant Poha
Chivda
Instant poha