Dal Bati - Rajasthani Dish!!!!!

Ingredients:
To make Bati

2 cups slightly coarse wheat flour
1+2 tbsp ghee
1 tsp ajwain seeds(oregano)
1 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste
1 cup water

To make Dal

1 cup toor dal
1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
1 medium sized tomato finely chopped
8-10 curry leaves
3-4 green chillies splited in between
1/2" piece ginger crushed
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp dhania powder
1/2 tsp mustard and cumin seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
salt to taste
2 tbsp ghee
3-4 cups water

Method

Bati

  1. Mix all ingredients (take 1 tbsp ghee only) and make very stiffddough.

  2. Cover and keep for an hour.

  3. Kneed till amooth and round.

  4. Make small balls from dough say of the size of tennis balls.

  5. Place these balls called batis in the oven for 8-10 minutes tohhalf-bake.

  6. Remove from oven, take a kadai pour remaining 2 tbsp ghee.

  7. Then in that ghee add those half-baked batis and cover.

  8. Keep flame low and cook for 8-10 minutes, in between change the sides of batis, till light brown in color.

Dal

  1. Wash and pressure cook dal in 2 cups of water.

  2. Cool,beat dal with whipper adding some more water and keep aside.

  3. Heat ghee in a suacepan and add the seeds.

  4. Also add crushed ginger,curry leaves,green chillies,chopped tomato,asafeotida and stir for a minute.

  5. Now add red chilli powder,turmeric powder,dhania powder and some water.

  6. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes,add salt.

  7. Add beaten dal.

  8. check taste for salt and spiceness.

  9. Garnish with chopped coriander.

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Panjabi Samosa


Serves: 4 Cooking time (approx.): 20 minutes + to deep fry Style: Indian Vegetarian

For the samosa stuffing:
½ cup(s) shelled green peas
2 tablespoon(s) oil
1 teaspoon(s) cumin seeds
2 green chillies chopped fine
1 teaspoon(s) finely chopped ginger
2 large potato(es) peeled and cubed
½ teaspoon(s) red chilli powder
salt to taste
½ teaspoon(s) dry mango powder (amchoor) or lemon juice
½ teaspoon(s) garam masala (hot spice mix)
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

For the samosa pastry shell:
1 cup(s) plain flour (maida)
½ teaspoon(s) baking soda


½ teaspoon(s) baking powder
½ teaspoon(s) carom seeds (optional)
3 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter) / oil
salt to taste
water as required for kneading
oil to deep fry


  1. Cook the peas in boiling salted water for about 10 minute(s) or till soft. Refresh in cold water and drain well.
  2. Heat the oil in a pan. Toss in the cumin seeds and let them crackle. Add the green chillies and ginger. Fry briefly. Add the potato cubes and mix well. Add the red chilli powder, salt, dry mango powder and garam masala powder. Toss well. Sprinkle some water. Cover and cook on low-medium heat for about 10 minutes or till the potatoes are cooked. Mix in the cooked green peas and put off the heat. Let cool. Mix in the coriander leaves.
  3. To make the samosa pastry shell, sieve together the plain flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix in the carom seeds and ghee / oil. Add water little by little whilst mixing with fingers to make a stiff dough, the consistency of a shortcrust pastry. Keep covered with a damp cloth for about 15 minutes.
  4. Divide the dough into 16 equal balls. Apply a little dry flour to each ball when rolling into a circle of 4" diameter. Cut each circle into two and lightly dampen the edges of each semicircle with water. Shape each semicircle onto a cone by pressing the cut edges together. Place a spoonful of the potato-pea filling into the cone and seal the edges well (apply some water on the edges if they do not seal well). Repeat this procedure with the rest of the balls. Deep fry in medium-hot oil in batches on medium flame till crisp and golden brown. Remove onto a paper towel.

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Indian Pasta Salad

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2cup water
  • 1/3cup toasted cashew pieces
  • 1/4cup lemon juice
  • 2tablespoons ghee
  • 1tablespoons mustard seeds
  • 1/2 to 1tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/4 tsp asafoetida
  • 3 tomatoes,seeded and diced
  • 10 ounces thin vermicelli
  • 8 ounces thin green beans,stemmed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
Method
  • Place the water, half of nuts, and the lemon juice in a blender; process until smooth.
  • Heat ghee add mustard seeds.
  • When they crackle add asafoetida.
  • Then add tomatoes, chilli powder and cashew puree; remove from heat.
  • Bring a large pot of salted water to boil; add the green beans.
  • When the beans are just shy of cooked, stir in the vermicelli.
  • Cook until the pasta is tender but firm.
  • Drain well and add the pasta to the ingredients in the saucepan.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Stir in the remaining cilantro and garnish with the remaining cashews.

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Rasgulla Recipe!!!!!


Rasgulla is a very popular Bengali Sweet dish. Here is Rasgulla recipe.
Ingredients:

  • Milk - 1/2 litre
  • Refined flour (maida) - 2 tsp
  • Citric acid dissolved in water or lemon juice - 1/4 tsp dissolved in 1/2 cup water or lemon juice 2-3 tbsp.
  • Sugar- 1 cup
  • Water- 1 cup
  • Rose essence or cardamom powder - 2-3 drops or 1/4 tsp
Method:
  • Heat milk in a pan and bring it to boil. Remove from heat.
  • Add citric acid or lemon juice.
  • Stir slowly and gently until white curd forms on the surface and separates from whey.
  • On straining this milk, the curd that is obtained is called "chenna". Wash chenna well under cold running water and twist the cloth that was used for straining to extract water.
  • Knead chenna to make a smooth dough. Add flour and knead again.
  • Make small balls of equal size (6-7) of the dough and keep aside.
  • Next make sugar syrup. Mix sugar and water in a saucepan and bring it to boil.
  • Add chenna balls to the syrup and cook for 15 minutes with lid partially covered. Chenna dumplings will puff up.
  • On cooling, add rose essence.
  • Refrigerate and serve chilled.

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Basundi Recipe!!!!!


Ingredients:


2 litres Milk 2 tblsp Lemon Juice 1 cup Sugar 8 crushed Cardamoms 5 chopped Almond (Badam) 10 roughly chopped Charioli nuts

How to make basundi:
  • Boil the milk in a kadai.
  • Keep stirring constantly and reduce it till it becomes thick and the quantity of the milk is approximately half a litre. remove from the flame and keep aside.
  • D the lemon juice to the milk and stir the mixture so that it becomes granular in consistency.
  • Return to a medium flame.
  • Add the sugar and cook for another 10 minutes. stir the mixture occasionally.remove from the fire.
  • Transfer to a bowl and add the cardamoms and the nuts.mix thoroughly.
  • Serve hot or cold.




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Bombay Ice Halwa Recipe!!!






Ingredients:

1 cup fine white semolina
1 cup ghee (clarified butter)
4 cups sugar
4 cup cold milk
15 almonds thinly slivered
15 pistachios thinly slivered
1/2 tsp. cardamom granules crushed coarsely
3-4 pinches saffron strands crushed
1 tsp.rose water
2 large clean thick plastic sheets (approx.2 sq. feet each)
A few feet length of grease proof paper.

Method:

Mix almonds, pistas, cardamom, saffron, keep aside.
Grease both sheets on one side, keep aside.
Mix semolina, ghee, sugar, milk in a large heavy pan.
Place on stove on high heat, bring to a boil while stirring continuously.
Reduce heat, stirring continuously, till a very soft dough is formed.
Take off heat, add rose water and 2 tbsp. ghee.
Temper by kneading with a spatula till smooth.
Place flattened lump in the centre of one sheet, greased side up.
Cover with second, greased side down.
Roll as thinly as possible with a large rolling pin.
Before almost done, sprinkle mixed topping evenly over halwa.
Finish rolling, carefully peel off top sheet.
Mark pieces as desired, with a pizza cutter, while still soft.
Cut similar pieces from grease proof paper. Keep aside.
When halwa is cool and stiff enough to handle, carefully lift pieces.
Pile interleaved with greaseproof paper, between each slice.
Store in airtight container.

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Gulab Jamun Recipe



Gulab Jamuns

Ingredients

    For Jamuns
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup Bisquick
  • 1 cup cream
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 teaspoon cardamon
  • Ghee for deep frying
  • 2 cups dry powdered milk
    For Syrup
  • 1/2 tablespoon rose water
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
Method
  • Combine all the ingredients for the syrup except rose water in a heavy sauscepan and boil together to make a thick, sugary syrup. The rose water will be added when the gulabs are in the saucepan. Always keep the syrup warm.
  • Sift together the dry ingredients for the jamuns. This includes the flour, Bisquick, dry powdered milk, baking powder, baking soda, ground cardomom.
  • Warm up the cream and melt the butter. Combine the two and then slowly pour this into the dry mixture while kneading the dough very slowly with hands. Turn out onto a lightly foured surface and knead until elastic and very smooth.
  • Break off little pieces about the size of a quarter. Roll pieces into smooth little balls.
  • Heat the ghee until hot. Drop a very small piece of dough in and when it rises to the top, the oil is ready. Watch the temperature carefully since these little balls will burn easily.
  • Drop a few balls in at a time. Fry until a even dark golden brown. Remove and immedietly drop into warm syrup. Let them soak the syrup until all are finished. Put gulab jamuns and syrup in a serving dish and sprinke the rose water.
  • Shredded cocunut may also be added for garnish.

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