Rajeshree Gandhi's Kitchen blog

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

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.

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.