Crispy Golden Fried Prawns

Ingredients

1/2 kg Prawns

Oil to deep fry

For marinate

2 tsp chilli paste

2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

salt to taste

For the batter

1/2 cup gram flour

2 tsp chilli powder

2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

3 tsp cornflour

2 tsp rice flour

a pinch of cooking soda

salt to taste

Method

• Clean the Prawns and boil for 10 minutes
• Drain it and put all the prawns in a bowl,add salt,ginger-garlic paste,chilli paste and marinate for half an hour
• In another bowl,add all the ingredients under batter and mix it well and add water as required to make a semi-thick smooth paste
• Heat oil in a pan,dip the marinated prawns in the batter and deep fry it till crisp and golden brown.
• Garnish it with onion rings and lemon wedges

Sheera

Am sending this to Festive food event hosted by purva and priti

Ingredients

1 cup Medium Rava

1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup ghee

5-6 Green cardamom (grind it into powder)

a pinch of haldi

a few raisins

5-6 fried cashewnut pieces

Method

• Roast medium rava with 2 tbsp ghee till it leaves out nice aroma.
• Add 2 cups water and stir continuously till water evaporates.
• Add sugar, raisins and continue to stir for a while.
• when the sugar gets dissolved the add haldi (for colour) You can substitute it with a bit of kesar food colour.
• Add ghee and elaichi powder and stir well for 2 mins 
• Granish with Fried cashewnut pieces, raisins.

Bisi Bele Bhaat

This is one of the best Authentic recipe which i am following for years now...its one of my best recipes ...try this you will absolutely love it ...just put little boondi over it and have its such a lovely wholesome meal ...yum ...simply Awesome !!



Ingredients
1 cup Boiled Rice
1/2 cup Toor Dal
1 carrot cut into med size cubes
6-7 beans roughly chopped
2 Potato cut into cubes
a small piece of jaggary
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
lemon size tamarind mix with water
2 tsp oil
2 tbsp peanuts or Cashews ( I used cashews here but usually I use peanuts )
1 tomato finely chopped 
salt to taste
For Masala powder
1/4 tsp methi seeds
1 " cinnamon
1 sprig of curry leaves
3 cloves
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp chana dal
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp jeera 
6-7 fried red chilli(bedagi)
6-7 peppercorn
3 tbsp grated coconut
For tempering
2 tsp sambar powder
1 sprig curry leaves
Boondi for garnishing
Method.

1. Cook dal in pressure cooker adding little haldi to it.
2. Now mash the dal and mix that with the rice and keep aside.
3. Boil all the vegetables and keep aside.\
4. Take oil in a small pan  roast all the ingredients under masala powder  on a low flame and grind  it adding little water to a fine paste and keep aside.
5. Heat oil in a pan add jeera, chanadal and fry till golden brown.
6. Add tamarind mix with water,masala paste and fry for a while
7. Then add jaggary,salt and mix well
8. Add water and allow it to boil for sometime
9. After that put cooked rice & dal and all the vegetables and 1 and 1/2 cup of water and then let it boil for 10 min till semi thick consistency
10. In another pan,heat oil and add sambar powder and fry for a while then add curry leaves and fry for a min and then add this to the cooked rice & dal
11. Stir well, garnish it with boondi . Serve Hot.

Puri With Potato Bhaji

This is a simple yet tasty potato bhaji which I prepare usually during sankashti /fast which is a no onion no garlic recipe and it goes very well with chapathi or poori. 

Ingredients

For Puri 

1 cup wheat flour

1/2 tsp sugar

water and salt as required

oil to deep fry

For Potato Bhaji

4-5 Potatoes boiled

3-4 green chillies finely chopped

1 tsp jeera

1 sprig curry leaves

1/4 cup coriander leaves finely chopped

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp lemon juice

a pinch of sugar

salt to taste

2 tsp oil

Method

For potato bhaji

• Take a bowl, and mash potatoes just once and then crush it to small pieces with ur hands and mix it with salt 
• Heat oil in a pan add jeera and fry till golden brown
• Add green chillies,curry leaves,coriander leaves and stir it well
• Then add turmeric powder,sugar,and mashed potatoes
• Lastly add lemon juice and serve with puri

For making puri

• Take a bowl,add wheat flour,sugar,salt and enough water to make a semi-soft dough
• Make small balls and then roll it in small round shape.
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry till golden brown
• Serve Hot with potato Bhaji
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Rawa upma

Ingredients
1 cup Medium Rawa
2 cup water
2 tsp sugar
4 slit green chilli
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tsp urad dal
2 tsp chana dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
3 tsp oil
1 tsp ghee
3 tbsp grated cocunut
6-7 cashewnuts
salt to taste
Method

• In a pan put 1 tsp ghee and fry rawa for 2 min.keep aside
• Heat oil in another pan,put mustard seeds,chana dal,urad dal and fry till it becomes brown.
• Add green chilli,curry leaves,cashewnuts and fry for a while 
• Then add water,sugar and salt.
• when the water starts boiling ,add rawa little by little and keep stiring it so that it doesnt form any lump.
• Close the lid and cook for a min
• lastly add grated coconut and serve hot.
  

Nan Katai

Ingredients

2 cups Maida

1 cup sugar

1 cup ghee

6-7 green cardamom

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp cooking soda

Method

• Sieve maida,cooking soda and turmeric powder and keep aside
• Powder the sugar along with green cardamom and keep aside
• In a bowl add the melted ghee,sugar-cardamom powder and mix it till it becomes creamy and fluffy.
• Add vanilla essence and mix it well
• Gradually add maida little by little and mix till u get a smooth dough
• Divide the dough into small pedas and keep aside
• Pre-heat the oven at 180 c for 5 minutes and then place the pedas and bake it for 15 minutes
• Store in an air-tight container to keep it fresh till a month.

Schzewan Potato with Capsicum

Ingredients

1 Medium Sized onion (cut into cubes)

1 Medium Sized capsicum (cut into cubes)

2 Potatoes cut into wedges

Other Ingredients

1 tbsp Oil 

3 tsp cornflour

2 dry red Chilli (break into bits)

10-12 cloves of garlic (chopped roughly)

1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder

2 tsp vinegar

2 tsp sugar

2 tsp soya sauce

2 tsp tomato ketchup

1/2 tsp salt 

1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper

1 Veg  seasoning cube mixed in 1cup warm water

Method

• Take oil in a pan add red chilli bits, roughly chopped garlic and fry till garlic turns golden brown.
• Then add red chilli powder, soya sauce, vinegar, tomato ketchup and fry for 2 mins then add ground pepper, salt and mix.
• Heat 2 cups of hot water to the seasoning cube and mix till the cube dissolves and then then add 2 tbsp cornflour to it and mix.
• Add this to the above gravy and bring to a boil till the sauce thickens and the gravy becomes semi-thick.
• Heat oil add onion and fry the onion then add capsicum and fry for a while and keep aside.
• Then add the potato wedges and cook till the potato wedges gets crispy and golden brown on all the sides.
• Add this vegetables to the prepared sauce and heat for 2 mins.
• Garnish with chopped Spring greens.

Crunchy Fried Chicken

Ingredients

8 chicken drumsticks

1/2 cup curds

2 tbsp ginger-garlic-green chilli paste

1 tsp turmeric powder

a pinch of red food colour

2 tsp of tandoori masala

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp garam masala powder

3 tsp maida

salt to taste

oil to deep fry

1 cup cornflakes crushed( or grind it in a mixer)

curry leaves and onion rings for garnishing

Method

• Clean the chicken and keep aside
• Take a bowl, add ginger-garlic-green chilli paste,turmeric powder,cumin powder,coriander powder,garam masala,red food colour,maida,curds,tandoori masala,salt and mix it well.
• Add the chicken drumsticks and mix it well and marinate it for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Put crushed cornflakes in a plate 
• Heat oil in a pan, coat the chicken drumsticks in cornflakes and deep fry it till crunchy& crisp.
• Garnish it with onion rings and curry leaves and serve hot.

Carrot salad

Ingredients

3-4 carrot

4tbsp grated coconut

1 Big onion Chopped

2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped

1 -2 slit green chilli

Salt to taste

Method:

• Grate the carrot and keep aside.
• Take a bowl add grated carrot,onion, coriander leaves, and green chilli and mix well .
• Lastly add scraped coconut and serve.

Shanghai rice

Ingredients
1 cup cooked basmati rice

1/2 boiled eggless noodles
1 carrot finely chopped
3-4 beans finely chopped
1/4 cup cabbage finely chopped
1/2 cup spring onion greens 
6-7 garlic flakes sliced
2 tsp chilli paste(soak fried red chilli in water for 2 minutes and grind it to a fine paste)
2 tsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp vinegar
4 tbsp oil(2 tbsp for mixing in noodles and rice)
salt to taste
Method

• Mix salt and oil in rice as well as noodles and keep it aside
• Heat oil in pan , add chill paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.
• Then add sliced garlic and fry till golden brown 
• Add all the vegetables,soya sauce,salt and fry for few minutes
• Add vinegar, rice, noodles and mix it well
• close the lid and cook it for 10 minutes
• Serve hot with any chinese gravy.