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(255) Curry Leaves Dry Chutney

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh Curry leaves.
  • ½ cup Peanuts.
  • ⅓ cup White sesame seeds.
  • 1 tbsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Dry Mango powder (Aamchur).
  • ½ tsp. Mustard seeds.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 6-8 whole Dry Green chillies.
  • 1 tbsp. Oil.

Method

  1. Pluck curry leaves from the stalks. Wash and dry for 10 to 15 minutes on the kitchen towel.
  2. Heat oil in nonstick kadhai and add Mustard seeds in it. Wait for the crackling sound and then add Asafoetida powder and dry green chillies. Stir and now add Sesame seeds and Peanuts. Saute for 1 minute and add Curry leaves. Saute on medium flame and stir continuously till all leaves turn crispy.
  3. Switch off the flame and add Dry Mango powder.
  4. When cool completely, grind in a grinder and make a coarse powder.
  5. Serve Curry leaves chutney with Rice, Idli, Dosa or as you wish.
Dry Chutney

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Healthy food

(250)Amaranths Chila.

Rajgira Chila

Farali Chila

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Amaranthus (Rajgira).
  • 1 cup curd.
  • ½ cup water.
  • 2-3 green chillies (thinly sliced)
  • 1 tsp salt.

Method

  1. Grind Amaranths seeds in a mixture grinder.
  2. Add hot water in 1 cup of coarse flour of Amaranths and curd. Now mix evenly and make lump free batter.
  3. Add salt and green chillies in it and make each chila with ⅓ cup of batter.
  4. Drizzle ghee on the side and cook on a slow flame.
  5. Serve hot with Dahi ni chutney
Rajgira

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snacks

(243)Limbu Mari ni sev

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Besan.
  • 1 tbsp. white pepper or Black pepper powder.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 3 tbsp. Lemon juice.
  • 1 tbsp. warm oil.
  • Oil for frying.

Method

  1. Sieve all dry ingredients together in a big mixing bowl.
  2. Add lemon juice and oil and mix it thoroughly.
  3. Add a water spoon by spoon and make dough thicker than paste.
  4. Heat oil for frying.
  5. With the help of a sev machine extrude sev and deep fry.
  6. Serve with Ponk, Chila, Bhel, Sev Puri or as you wish.

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(245)Ponk Chila.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mix dal coarse flour or batter.
  • 1 ½ cup water or buttermilk.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • ½ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Red chilli powder.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped Coriander leaves ( optional)
  • 2 Green chillies (optional)
  • 1 cup Ponk( tender jowar grains)
  • 1 cup limbu mari ni sev.

Method

  1. Mix all spices and mix dal flour or batter in a sauce pan.
  2. Adjust the consistency by adding water.
  3. Heat non stick tawa and spread 4 to 5 small chilas and sprinkle ponk on it.
  4. Roast in Ghee, Butter or Oil on both sides
  5. Serve hot chila with limbu mari ni sev and enjoy with coconut chutney.
Consistency of the batter
Jowar Ponk
Mix dal chila sprinkle with Jowar ponk.

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(241)Mix Dal flour OR batter

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Masoor dal.
  • 1 cup Moong dal.
  • 1 cup Chana dal.
  • 1 cup Tur dal.
  • ½ cup Udad dal.
  • ½ cup Rice.

Method

  1. Mix all dals and make coarse flour in a flour mill.
  2. OR Mix all dal in a big sauce pan .
  3. Wash thoroughly for 2 times and soak for 8-10 hours.
  4. Drain all water and add dal, finely cut 2 inches ginger, 2-3 green chillies, ½ cup Coriander leaves and salt. Grind it in a mixture grinder and make smooth batter without water.
  5. Enjoy Chila, Dhokla, Uttapam, Idli and Dosa from this batter. For chila, dosa and uttapam, you have to add some water to meet the consistency. Whereas the flour can  be used for making Thepla, Puri, Paratha, Muthiya and also for Chila, Dosa, Idli and Dhokla.

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Healthy food

(254)Oats Chila

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oats coarse flour.
  • ⅓ cup Udad flour.
  • ¼ cup Barley flour or Wheat or Chana flour.
  • 1 Onion.
  • 1 Tomato.
  • 1 tsp Salt.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Black pepper powder OR 1 tsp. Green chillies paste.
  • 2 cups of water.
  • Chat masala or Milagai podi

Method

  1. Grind Oats into coarse flour.
  2. In a saucepan mix all dry ingredients together. Either you make a paste of onion and tomato and mix in flour or finely chopped and keep aside .
  3. Make a thick batter ( see video) and keep aside for 10 minutes to set.
  4. After 10 minutes check the consistency of batter and if ok then start making chilas otherwise add water spoon by spoon and make desired consistency.
  5. Pour batter on non stick tawa and spread evenly in a circular manner. Drizzle ghee and cook on a slow flame for 4-5 minutes. Flip the side and now spread chopped onion, tomato and coriander evenly over it and sprinkle chat masala. Cook this side on a slow flame till it turns light golden brown. Generally it takes 4-5 minutes.
  6. Serve hot with Coconut chutney
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Healthy food

(198)Tomato ketchup

Ingredients

  • 1 kg Red Tomatoes.
  • 1 tbsp. Oil.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 6 whole Clove.
  • 6 whole Black pepper.
  • 1 Onion( optional).
  • 3 Garlic pods (optional).
  • 1½ tsp. Salt.
  • 3 tbsp. Sugar.
  • 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder.

Method

  1. Wash and cut each tomatoes into roughly 8 parts.
  2. Peel onion, wash and cut into roughly 8 parts.
  3. Cut Garlic pods into 2-4 parts.
  4. Heat oil in nonstick sauce pan.
  5. Soute Clove, Cinnamon stick and pepper corns for 30 seconds and add onion pieces, garlic and tomato pieces.
  6. Cook for 15 minutes on slow flame.
  7. Switch off the flame and once whole content has cooled down, grind into fine puree.
  8. Strain the puree and again heat to reduce water to get saucy consistency .Stir continuously otherwise it will stick to bottom of the pan.
  9. Store into air tight jar for 3-4 weeks in refrigerator.
  10. And if you want to store more, make cubes and store these cubes in deep freezer for 3-4 months.
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(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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(146) Mixed Herbs Butter.

Ingredients

  • 100 gms. Amul butter.
  • 1tbsp.finely chopped fresh Parsley.
  • 1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh Basil.
  • ¼ tsp. Oregano powder.
  • ½ tsp. Chilli flakes ( optional)
  • 4 Garlic pods or 1 tbsp. green garlic paste.

Method

  1. Pluck leaves of Parsely from stalks.
  2. Wash leaves and finely chop. Keep aside.
  3. With the help of rolling pin crush Garlic pods into smooth paste. Keep aside.
  4. Bring butter to room temperature .
  5. In mixing bowl, mix all ingredients- butter, Parsely leaves, Oregano powder, Chilli flakes and Garlic paste.
  6. Mix well and refrigerate.
  7. It remains fresh for 6 months in freezer.
  8. Apply this butter on bread, bhakhri, roti, paratha, kulcha, chila, Idli, Dosa or as you wish.
Mixed Herbs Butter
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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.