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Steamed food

(162)Rava Dhokla

Suji Dhokla

ingredients

  1. 2 cups Rava ( Suji).
  2. 1 cup curd.
  3. 2 cup water
  4. 1 sachet Eno or ½ tsp. Soda
  5. 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  6. 1 tsp. Green chili paste.
  7. 1 tsp. Salt.
  8. Optional items like 1 cup Sweet Corn or 1 cup grated Carrot or 1 cup grated bottle gourd or 1 cup crushed Green peas or 1 cup mix vegetables ( Peas, carrots, corn and bottle guard).

Tempering ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.

Method

  1. With the help of chopper , chop all vegetables.
  2. Mix chopped vegetables with salt and Ginger chili paste.
  3. In big mixing bowl mix rava with vegetable mixture.
  4. Add curd , water in rava mixture and make batter without lumps. Taste the batter before any further process.
  5. Add soda or eno and mix thoroughly.
  6. Grease thali with oil and pour batter.
    Fill ¾ thali with batter.
  7. Steam dhokla thali for 20 minutes.
  8. Remove thali from steamer and keep aside for 1 minute to release steam from dhokla.
  9. Cut dhokla into desire shape.
  10. For tempering heat oil in pan or vaghar vessel.
  11. Add mustard seeds, wait for crackling sound.
  12. Add Sesame seeds, Curry leaves and Coriander leaves .
    Pour temper oil on dhokla thali and spread evenly on dhokla.
  13. Serve hot dhokla with Garlic Chutney, Green Chutney, Sweet Chutney and a glass of chilled Chaas..
Plain Rava Dhokla

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Healthy food

(224)Celery na Bhajiya

Ingredients

  • 250 gms. Celery.
  • 1 cup Chana dal  flour.
  • ½ cup Rice flour.
  • 2- 3 Finely chopped Green Chillies.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  •   Pinch of Soda bi carb.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 ½ cup+ 1 tbsp. Water.
  • Oil for frying.

Method

  1. Pluck all the leaves from Celery.
  2. Wash stalks as well as leaves thoroughly and spread leaves on kitchen nepkin .
  3. Finely chopped tender stalks and ½ cup leaves and keep aside. Remaining leaves keep aside.
  4. In a mixing bowl mix both the flours, spices and soda and make a smooth batter with the help of water. Adjust the consistency by adding more water ( see video).
  5. Add finely chopped leaves and stalks . Mix thoroughly.
  6. Heat oil in kadhai on a fast flame.
  7. Once oil heat check it by dropping 2- 3 drops of batter . If drops come immediately on the surface of the oil  it means oil is ready for frying bhajia but if drops sit at the bottom it means still you have to heat the oil.
  8. Dip 2-3 leaves at a time in batter and then drop it in oil. Fry till golden brown. Repeat the process till frying is completed. Sprinkle chat masala on bhajia.
  9. Serve hot Celery bhajia with Sweet chutney and Green chutney. Tomato ketchup
Celery
Consistency of the batter
Making of Celery na bhajia.
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Healthy food

(163)Moongdal stuff Paratha.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup yellow Moong dal.
  • 1 cup water.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.
  • Tempering Ingredients
  • 1 tsp. Oil
  • ⅓ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 tsp. White sesame seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin Coriander powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Dry Mango powder.
  • 1 tsp. Garam masala.
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped Curry leaves.
  • ¼ cup finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • Ingredients for making paratha
  • 2 cup wheat flour.
  • 3 tbsp. Oil.
  • ½ tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. White Sesame seeds.
  • Water- 1-2 tsp. less in 1 cup.

Method

  1. Wash thoroughly Moong dal and soak in 1 cup water and salt for ½ an hour. Use same vessel and no need to add extra water for cooking.
  2. Pressure cook upto 2 whistles.
  3. Heat Oil in nonstick pan for tempering.
  4. Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound and then add all remaining spices in oil.
  5. Blend and soute all spices for 1 minutes under slow flame.
  6. Add cooked moong dal and again soute for 1 minute.
  7. Mix sugar thoroughly with moongdal stuff and switch off the flame .Taste the dish before further process.
  8. Transfer moongdal stuffing in big plate to cool down.
  9. Knead paratha dough, keep aside for 10 minutes.
  10. Take out dough ball ( half size of the tennis ball) and roll out in to 4 inches size roti. place moongdal ball over roti. Fold roti into kachori style and again make round ball of dough. Gently press and again roll into ½ cm. thick Stuffed Roti.
  11. Heat nonstick tava, roast stuff roti with applying ghee on both the side. Roast till you will get golden brown spots.(when we knead dough by adding more oil as moin and roast roti with ghee or oil on tawa and not on flame we call it Parathas).
  12. Enjoy Moongdal stuff paratha with boondi raita, Aam ras, Sweet Chutney , Green chutney, Methambo, Golkeri, Amla murabba
All spices blend with oil
Moongdal mix with spices.
Moongdal stuff paratha
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Healthy food

(157)Besan Chila

Eggless Omlette

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Besan( Bengal gram dal flour).
  • ¾ cup water.
  • ½ cup finely chopped vegetables (Onions, tomatoes, coriander).
  • 1 tsp. ginger chilli paste.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 ¼ tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. backing Powder.

Method

  1. Finely chop coriander leaves , tomatoes, onions and keep aside.
  2. In big mixing bowl mix chopped veges and besan.
  3. Mix all spices and adjust the consistency by adding water. Taste the batter before any further process.
  4. Keep aside for 10 minutes .
  5. Heat nonstick tawa, pour ¾ cup batter and spread evenly ¼ cms. thick in circular motion.
  6. Pour melted butter at the periphery and ½ tsp. butter at the top of chila.
  7. Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes or till it is golden brown.
  8. Flip the side of r1 chila, close the lid and again cook for 2 minutes.
  9. Enjoy besan chila or eggless Omlette with bread , tomato sauce, green chutney or with Golkeri or amla murabba or as you wish
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Healthy food

(156)Vegetable Handvo

Ingredients

  • ½ cup chopped Sweet Corn.
  • ½ cup chopped Carrot.
  • ½ cup chopped Bottle guard.
  • ½ cup finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 1 tbsp. Ginger paste.
  • 1 tbsp green chilli paste ( optional).
  • 1 tbsp. Garlic paste (optional).
  • 1 cup Bengal gram dal.
  • 1 cup Moong dal.
  • 1 cup Udad dal.
  • 2 cup Rice flour.
  • 1 cup Suji.
  • 1 cup curd.
  • 1 pkt. Eno.
  • 4 tbsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • 4 tbsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tbsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ½ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 4 tbsp. white sesame seeds.
  • Tempering ingredients Sesame oil, Mustard seeds, White Sesame seeds.

Method

  1. In big vessel mix all dal and wash thoroughly for 2 times.
  2. Soak all dals for 8-10 hours
  3. Grind dal in to coarse batter.
  4. In dal batter mix rice flour and suji
  5. Keep aside 10-12 hours for fermentation.
  6. In vegetable chopper, fine chop all veges.
  7. Add all green and dry spices, curd, eno and coriander leaves.
  8. Mix thoroughly and adjust the consistency by adding water. Taste the batter before any further process.
  9. Heat 2 tbsp.oil in nonstick frying pan . Add mustard seeds and wait for crackling sound for adding sesame seeds.
  10. Pour 3 cup of Handvo batter and cook on slow flame for 10 minutes. Hold handle of frying pan tightly and give gentle jerk to pan . If whole cake of Handvo separate from sides of the pan then slightly lift and see underneath, If golden brown layer is formed. If yes then swich off the flame and allow to set for 10 minutes else cook again for 5 more minutes.
  11. After 10 minutes flip the layer , add 1 tbsp oil at the periphery and cook for 10 minutes on slow flame.
  12. Repeat the cooking process till batter last.
  13. Enjoy your hot , spicy Handvo with Green chutney, Red chutney, Schezwan sauce and glass of masala buttermilk ( chass).
Finely chopped vegetables
Cooked layer separate from frying pan
How to flip Handvo
Categories
Fried Foods Indian bread

(129)Locha Puri.

Masala Puri

Ingredients

  • 3 cups wheat flour.
  • 1 cup water.
  • 3 tbsp. Sesame seeds oil.
  • ½ tbsp. Salt.
  • 1 tbsp. White Sesame seeds.
  • ½ tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Carom seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Chili powder.
  • ½ tsp. Coriander- Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ⅛ tsp Asafoetida powder.

Method

  1. Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly.
  2. Add water and make a dough.
  3. Keep aside for 10 minutes .
  4. After 10 minutes with 1 tsp. of oil knead dough for 2 minutes continuous will make dough more soft.
  5. Take 2 cms. diameter ball size dough and roll into round flat puri.
  6. Deep fry each puri and serve hot with chilled Shrikhand, Basundi, Dudhpak, Kheer, Aamras and any vegetable but likely with aloo bhaji.
Spices for masala puri
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Healthy food Steamed food

(127)Patra

Ingredients

  • 20 medium size patra na paan( Colocasia leaves)
  • 3 cups tightly filled flour( 2 cups besan,  ½ cup rice flour and ½ cup jowar flour.)
  • 2 tbsp. Imli paste( Tamarind paste)
  • 1 cup jaggery powder.
  • 3 tbsp. red chili powder.
  • ½ tsp. Asofoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. turmeric powder.
  • 6 tbsp Coriander-Cumin powder.
  • 1½ tbsp. salt.
  • ½ tsp. Garam masala.
  • ⅛ tsp. Soda.
  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • 500 ml water for making batter.

Tempering ingredients

  • 6 tbsp. Til oil.
  • 1 tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • 1 tbsp. white sesame seeds.
  • 10-15 curry leaves.
  • 4-5 finely chopped green chilies.
  • 2 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves for garnish.
  • 2 tbsp. grated fresh coconut for garnish.

Method

  • Cut stalk and thick mid rib of each leaf.
  • Wash thoroughly  and wipe each leaf.
  • In sauce pan add besan flour .
  • Add all other ingredients and prepare thick besan paste.
  • For the exact consistency see the video.
  • On back side of the big dinner plate place one leaf with back side on top.
  • Apply thick besan paste with help of hand and fold as shown in video.
  • Place each roll in stand and cook patra upto 4 whistles.
  • After cooling down completely,  cut each roll into ¾ inch size patra.
  • Prepare ingredients for tempering
  • Heat oil in big nonstick pan and add Mustard seeds.
  • After crackling sound add curry leaves ,sesame seeds and patra pieces . Turn gas flame to slow flame.
  • Stir occasionally. Turn off flame once all patra are  roasted and golden in colour.
  • Serve hot with Sweet chutney and Green chutney and enjoy with Aamras or Shrikhand .
Washed,wiped leaves.
Tightly filled besan cup
Besan flour with all spices
Tamarind and jaggary liquid
Consistency of ba7tter
Raw patra roll
Steamed Patra roll
Patra roll cut into disc
Making of patra roll

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Fried Foods Healthy junk fóod

(124) Kanda na Bhajiya

Ingredients

  • 4 medium size Onions.
  • ¼ cup rice flour.
  • 1- 2 cups besan depends on the quality of onion.If onion is fresh and juicy then require more besan compare to old and desiccated onion.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Red chili powder.
  • 1 tsp. Coriander-Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 2 tbsp. Finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • 2 Green chilies finely chopped (optional)
  • ½ tsp. whole coriander seeds.
  • Groundnut oil for frying.

Method

  1. Cut onions into long slices.
  2. Marinate cut onion with salt . Knead onion for 1 minute . Keep aside for 10 minutes. Water release from onion.
  3. Coarse ground coriander seeds with the help of your two palms.
  4. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly with onions.
  5. Add besan as well as rice flour and mix lightly in onions with the help of your fingers.
  6. Heat oil in kadhai for frying.
  7. Fry kanda bhaji in oil.
  8. Serve kanda bhaji with 2 slices of bread or with pav and Green Chutney,Red Chutney, Garlic Chutney.
Kanda mixed with besan and masala
Making of kanda bhaji.
Kanda bhaji.
Categories
Steamed food

(121) Moongdal Dhokla

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Green Moongdal.
  • 2 inch Ginger piece finely chopped or 1 tsp. Ginger paste
  • 2 Green chilis finely chopped or 1 tsp. green chili paste.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Soda.
  • 1 tsp. Turmeric powder (optional).

Ingredients for tempering

  • 1 tbsp. Til oil
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 4-5 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped coriander leaves.

Method

  1. Wash twice and soaked for 10-12 hours.
  2. Drain water and grind into smooth paste.
  3. Add 1-2 spoon water for required consistency.
  4. Add salt,ginger, green chili and Turmeric powder if you want yellow colour.
  5. Add soda and mix thoroughly.
  6. Greese thali and pour batter.
  7. Fill ¾ thali with batter.
  8. Steam dhokla thali for 10 minutes.
  9. Remove thali from steamer and keep aside for 1 minute to release steam from dhokla.
  10. Cut dhokla into desire shape.
  11. For tempering heat oil in pan or vaghar vessel.
  12. Add mustard seeds, wait for crackling sound.
  13. Add Sesame seeds, Curry leaves and Coriander leaves .
  14. Pour temper oil on dhokla thali and spread evenly on dhokla.
  15. Serve hot dhokla with Garlic Chutney, Green Chutney, Sweet Chutney and a glass of chilled Chaas.
soaked Moongdal.
Consistency of dhokla batter
Fill ¾ plate with batter.
Steamer setup for dhokla thali
Moongdal Dhokla
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Steamed food

(115) Besan Dhokla.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Channa dal grind into fine powder or readymade 2 cups Channa flour commonly known as besan or you can take coarse flour also.
  • 2 cups water.
  • 1 cup curd.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. Soda or 1 Eno sachet
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  • 1 tsp. Green chili paste.
  • ½ tsp red chili powder for sprinkling over besan dhokla .

Ingredients for tempering

  • 2 tbsp. Til oil.
  • ¼ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 8-10 Curry leaves.
  • 1 tsp. Sesame seeds.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing.
  • 1 tbsp. grated coconut for garnishing.

Method

  1. In big sauce pan take flour and add water little by little and stir continuously. So no lumps will form.
  2. Add curd ,salt and ginger chili paste. Mix thoroughly.
  3. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
  4. Boil water in steamer.
  5. After 10 minutes grease thali and pour dhokla batter upto ¾ height of thali.
  6. Sprinkle red chili powder on batter and steamed for 20 minutes in steamer.
  7. After 20 minutes remove besan dhokla thali and wait for 1 minute to escape steam .
  8. Apply little oil on dhokla and cut it into desire shape.
  9. Heat oil for tempering. Add mustard seeds. After crackling sound add Asaphoitida powder, Curry leaves and pour it on dhokla thali.
  10. Remove dhokla from thali to plate and garnish with coriander leaves and grated coconut.
  11. Serve hot with Green chutney, Garlic chutney and a glass of Chhaas or masala tea or as you desire.