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snacks

(148)Dudhi na Thepla

Ingredients

  • 2 cup grated bottle guard (dudhi ni chhin).
  • ½ tbsp Salt.
  • ¼ cup Sugar.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin seeds.
  • 1 tsp. Black sesame seeds.
  • ½ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • 1 tbsp. Red Chilli powder.
  • 1 tbsp. Coriander Cumin powder.
  • ¼ tsp. Asafoetida powder.
  • 1 tsp. Ginger paste.
  • ⅓ cup Curd.
  • ¼ cup Chopped Coriander leaves.
  • 3 cups wheat flour.
  • 9 tbsp. Sesame oil.

Method

  1. First rinse, peel and then grate the dudhi in a bowl. (Before you grate, check the taste of dudhi , If it is bitter to taste, then throw it away).
  2. Mix the sugar , salt and jeera very well with the grated dudhi and keep covered aside for 10 minutes. The dudhi will release its juices.
  3. After 10 minutes add all remaining spices and curd. Mix well and keep aside.
  4. In another bowl, mix wheat flour and oil . ( If dry wheat flour hold shape, it means amount of oil what we add is proper).
  5. Mix dudhi mixture with flour and knead in to dough . If your flour is dry then add one by one spoon of curd for kneading (total 4 tbsp. extra curd used).
  6. once dough is ready, add 1 tbsp. of oil to grease the dough. Keep aside for 30 minutes.
  7. After 30 mins. divide dough into 30 equal parts .With the help of rolling pin, roll each dough ball like roti and shallow fry with oil .
  8. Apply ghee and serve hot or carry with you while traveling or in offices.
  9. You can enjoy your thepla with Aam ras, Masala tea, herbal tea, tameta nu shak, kela nu shak or any pickle, murrabo, chhundo.
Dudhi ni chhin(grated bottle guard)
Marinate with salt,sugar and cumin seeds
Marinated dudhi ni chhin
All Dry spices and ginger paste with marinated dudhi ni chhin
consistency of thepla dough.
Making of Dudhi na thepla
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Pickle

(154)Amla Gunda nu Athanu

Indian Gooseberry and Gumberry Pickle

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash and wipe Amla and Gunda.
  2. Cut each amla in to lengthwise wedges and keep aside.
  3. Cut each Gunda into 4 and remove seeds and keep aside.
  4. If we measure after cutting Amla and Gunda whole content is 7 cups.
  5. In big vessel , mix amla, gunda and athana no sambhar . Also mix seeds of gunda.
  6. As mucilaginous pulp of fruit, which remains stick with seeds, having medicinal value and when pickle will season in a week time whole mucilaginous pulp will mix with pickle.
  7. Store in air tight glass jar at room temperature. After tightly fill jar with pickle, pour extra oil on the top and make sure that layer of the oil is above the pickle layer but if you are storing pickle in refrigerator then no need to add extra oil.
  8. Enjoy pickle with any of your favourite food but it taste best with steamed rice, khichadi or with plain Roti, Paratha, Bhakhri and Rotla.
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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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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
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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Quick Cooking Tips

(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
Categories
Healthy food

(135)Til Papdi

Ingredients

  • 1 cup til( Sesame seeds).
  • ¾ cup Sugar.
  • 1 tsp Ghee for greasing steel plate, wooden bhakhri press and wooden rolling pin.

Method

  • Dry roast til on medium flame and keep aside.
  • Grease back side of plate, bhakhri press and rolling pin.
  • Heat non stick pan and melt sugar on fast flame for 1 minute. and then turn flame to slow.
  • Stir continuously but slowly to give maximum heat to sugar.
  • After 3 minutes and 45 seconds you will get brown coloured sugar syrup. Immediately turn off the flame.
  • Add Sesame seeds in syrup and quickly mix it.
  • Empty mixture on back side of greased plate and quickly press with bhakhri press and then roll it into thin roti.
  • Mark thin til roti with knife into square shape pieces.
  • keep aside for 15 minutes to cool down and then separate til roti with knife from plate.
  • Separate each piece and keep. In air tight container it can be preserved for 3 months.
  • Til papdi is healthy winter food.