How to make pindi chana at home?

Ingredients

1 cup chickpeas ( kabuli chana)

1 tea bag or 1 tbsp black tea leaves tied in a cheesecloth

21/2-inch ginger, 3/4th of it shredded finely for garnish

2-3 tbsp oil

2 onions chopped

2 tsp garlic, finely crushed

2 green chilies, sliced

3 medium sized tomatoes, chopped

2 tsp ground coriander

1 1/2 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 - 1tsp red chili powder or as per taste

Salt To Taste

1/2 tsp garam masala

finely chopped coriander leaves

Method

1 Soak Chole in water overnight or for about 6 hr.

2 Cook the chole with salt and enough water in the cooker for about 20 minutes or till fully done.

3 Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid.

4 Finely chop the remaining ginger. Heat oil and sauté onions till golden, then add garlic and chopped ginger and green chilies. Sauté for 5 minutes.

5 Add tomatoes, coriander, cumin, turmeric and chili powder and sauté over low heat until the oil separates.

6 Add chole, the reserved cooking liquid, salt and half of the coriander leaves.

7 Simmer, uncovered until the liquid has been absorbed.

8 Add a pinch of garam masala and serve pindi chana sprinkled with the remaining garam masala, coriander leaves and shredded ginger. 

How to make makhani arbi masala at home?

Ingredients

Arbi (medium size) - 250 gms

Besan (gram flour) - 2 tblsp

Oil (tel) (tel) - 3 tblsp

Ajwain - 1/2 tsp

Onion (pyaj) (chopped)- one

Green chilli (slit) (deseeded and chopped)- one

Red chilli (lal mirch) powder - 1/2 tblsp

Chopped coriander - 1 tblsp

Salt (namak) - 1/2 tsp or to taste

Lemon juice - 1/2 tblsp

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Makhani Gray

Tomatoes (tamatar) (chopped roughly) - 250 gms

Ginger (adrak) paste - 1/2 tsp

Garlic (lasan) paste - 1/2 tsp

Green chilli - one

Red chilli (lal mirch) powder - 1/2 tsp

Laung (cloves)- 2

Choti elaichi (green cardamom)- one

Salt to taste

Butter - 2 tblsp

Honey- 1 tsp

Kasoori methi - 1 tblsp

Method

1. Pressure cook the whole arbi with three cups of water to give one whistle.

2. Keep on low flame for 2-3 minutes.

3. Remove from fire. Cool and drain.

4. To prepare makhani gray, put tomatoes in a bandi, add one cup of water, ginger and garlic paste, green chilli, red chilli powder, laung and chot elaichi.

5. Boil. Cover and cook on low heat till it is reduced to a saucy consistency.

6. Remove from fire. Blend in a mixer. Strain into a clean pan. Add butter. Stir in honey. Add salt to taste. Keep on fire. Boil. Simmer on low flame for 1-2 minutes.

8. Add kasoori methi and remove from fire. Keep the makhani gray aside.

9. Peel and flatten each piece or arbi. Sprinkle some salt and red chilli powder on it. Sprinkle dry besan.

Overturn the pieces and sprinkle salt, red chilli and besan on the other side too, mix well, so as to coat lightly.

10. Heat oil on a large tawa, add half the arbi and sauté over medium heat till golden.

11. Shift the fried arbi from the center to the sides (periphery) of the tawa.

12. Add the rest of the arbi, fry and shift to the sides.

13. In the same oil, add ajwain, when it turns golden, add chopped onions, grated ginger and green chilli and sauté for three minutes. Add 1/2 tsp salt.

14. Return the arbi to the center, add red chillies and half of the coriander. Fry for a minute.

15. Add the prepared makhani gravy and fry until the arbi is coated with the gravy. Adjust seasoning.

16. Sprinkle lemon juice, garam masala and the remaining coriander. Stir and serve immediately. 

How to make kashmiri dum aloo at home?

Ingredients for dhum aloo

900gms Aloo (Potatoes)

3/4th cups water

Salt To Taste

Ghee or oil for deep-frying

1 cup ghee

1 large Onion (finely chopped)

4 tbsp tomato puree

140 ml curd

4 tbsp hot water

1 green pepper (seeds removed and sliced)

1tsp garam masala powder

Spices

4 cloves

4 bay leaves

6 black peppercorns

4 green cardamoms

1 brown cardamom

1piece cinnamon stick

Paste

1 large onion (chopped)

12 flakes garlic

2 tbsp ginger

6black peppercorns

1 tsp poppy seeds

1 tbsp coriander seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 dry red chilies

1 tsp turmeric powder

A pinch of ground mace

A pinch of ground nutmeg

Method

1. Scrape the aloo (potatoes), prick all over with a fork and soak in the water with little salt for 2 hours.

2. Dry the potatoes on a cloth and heat the ghee or oil.

3. Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown. Drain and set aside.

4. Heat the measured ghee in a flameproof pan and fry onions with all the spices until golden.

5. Grind the paste ingredients to a fairly smooth paste and stir into the onions.

6. Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree, curd and salt.

7. Add the aloo (potatoes) and hot water and stir over a low heat for 5 minutes.

8. Sprinkle the dum aloo with pepper and garam masala and cook for few minutes. 

How to make stuffed tomato at home?

Ingredients

5-6 medium size Tomatoes / Tamatar

100-150gms Paneer grated or mashed

1 Onion finely chopped

Finely chopped Coriander leaves

2 Green chili (finely chopped)

Salt, Red chili powder to taste.

Gram Masala to taste

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp grated cheese

1 tbsp oil

How to make bharwan tamatar:

1 Wash the tomatoes and set dry.

2 Cut the top of tomato (tamatar ) like a cap. Gently scoop out the centers . Keep aside the scooped portion and chop the cut tops .

3 Heat oil in a kadhai add chopped onions and green chilies till tender.

4 Now add the pulp and chopped tomato and fry for a minute and all dry masalas and fry for a minute more.

5 Add paneer ,mix well and cock for a minute.

6 Fill tomatoes with the mixture.

7 Top with grated cheese and chopped coriander.

8 Place tomatoes in a cooker container . put little butter and pressure cook for one whistle. (or you can also bake it in a hot oven at 200 degree c for 20 minutes.

9 Serve the stuffed paneer tomato hot. 

How to make sindhi kadhi?

Ingredients

Oil- 5 tblsp

Asafoetida (hing) a pinch

Green chillies - to taste

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seeds (methi) - 1 tsp

Gram flour (besan / chane ka atta) - 6 tblsp

Coriander/cumin powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder (hadli)- a pinch

Mmixed vegetables (carrots, ladyfinger, brinjal, drumsticks, bottle gourd)- 2 cups/200 gms

Tamarind (imli) pulp - 2 tblsp

Salt (namak) - to taste

Coriander leaves (dhania patta) - 2-3 sprigs

Method

1 Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida and after a few seconds, add the chopped chillies, cumin and fenugreek seeds.

2 Allow them to splutter, then add the gram flour, stirring continuously.

3 Fry it, till the flour becomes brown in colour and aromatic.

4 Add around 5-6 cups (1 lt.) of water, stirring continuously to avoid forming lumps.

5 Cook on a simmering flame for at least 15- 20 minutes and then, bring it to a boil.

6 Stir in the vegetables and the spices.

7 Add the tamarind pulp and cook further, till the vegetables become tender.

8 Add the salt and garnish with chopped coriander. 

How to make stuffed capsicum at home?

Ingredients

5-6 Capsicum (simla mirch)

2 boiled potatoes

2 tbsp boiled green peas

1 Onion finely chopped

1/4th tsp turmeric powder

Red chili powder to taste

1/4th tsp Garam masala

1/4th tsp Dry mango powder (amchur)

Salt To Taste

Oil/ghee for frying

Method

1 Wash the capsicum and boil them whole till they are tender (not too much), drain water and keep aside to cool.

2 Mash the boiled potatoes.

3 Now in a pan heat 2-tbsp oil/ghee and add chopped onion and fry till it turns golden brown.

4 Now add all spices, mashed potatoes and peas and fry for few moments.

5 With a sharp knife cut the stem of the capsicum and take out seeds from the top gently and add the stuffing in it.

6 Now take oil/ghee in a kadhai and fry the stuffed capsicums on all sides.

7 Garnish the bharawan shimla mirch (stuffed capsicum) with grated paneer, chopped coriander leaves and thinly sliced rings of tomato. Serve hot. 

How to make khajoor karanji (khajoor na ghugra) ?

Ingredients

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup ghee

2 tsp poppy seeds ground

6 green cardamoms powdered

200 gm dates (seeded and coarsely grounded)

1 cup refined flour

1/4 cup coconut desiccated

ghee for frying

salt to taste

1/2 cup sugar

Method

1. Rub 1/2 cup ghee into the flour. Mix in a pinch of salt and milk and prepare dough.

2. Smoothen and knead the dough well for 15 minutes.

3. Make small balls and keep covered.

4. Prepare a smooth mixture of poppy seeds, desiccated coconut, ground dates, green cardamom powder and sugar.

5. Make small balls of even size. Roll out maida balls into small rounds.

6. Put the date stuffing on one side, fold to look like semi circle and seal the edges.

7. Cut edges with fluted cutter. Make all the gujiyas similarly.

8. Heat up ghee in a deep frying pan and deep fry gujiyas in batches till golden brown.

9. Drain. Serve as sweet snack.