Month: June 2018

Rava / Semolina / Suji Ki Roti (सूजी की रोटी ) –Suji Ki Chapati / Fulka–Breakfast / Healthy / Sajjige Roti / Tiffin

Ingredients –

  • Sooji (Rava or semolina) – 1 cup
  • Water – 2 cups
  • Vegetable Oil – 1 tsp.
  • A pinch of Kalonji / Fennel Seeds (optional)
  • Salt to taste
  • Rice or Wheat flour for dusting

Method –

  1. Add water into the pan on medium heat, let it boil.
  2. When it start boil add salt to taste, vegetable oil, Kalonji and Sooji to the water while continuously stirring to avoid lumps.
  3. When the water and sooji are well mix, switch off the heat, cover and let it rest till cool.
  4. When sooji dough cools down but a little more than warm, knead it like dough with lightly oiled hands.
  5. If dough is sticking on your palm you can grease your palm with oil or water.
  6. Divide into equally portions and roll them into chapati shaped with the use of Rice flour or wheat Flour for dusting.
  7. Heat the Tawa or Pan on medium heat.
  8. Cook the rotis on a tava on one side for about 2 minutes or wait for the small air bubbles.
  9. Flip and cook other side for another 2-3 minutes.
  10. Take it out, Increase the heat and allow the roti to puff directly on the heat.
  11. Remove and do the same process for reaming dough.
  12. Serve with any kind of vegetable curry, Dal and Pickles.

Kala Jamun (काला जामुन)- Khoya Gulab Jamun–Black Jaam–Stuffed Khoya Gulab Jamun–Sweets

Ingredients –

  • Khoya or Mawa (crumbled) – 2 cups
  • Paneer / Cottage Cheese (crumbled) – 1 cup
  • All purpose flour / Maida – 1 tbsp.
  • Semolina / Suji – 1 tbsp.
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp.
  • Vegetable oil / Ghee for frying.

For sugar syrup

  • Sugar – 2 cups (as per your taste)
  • Cardamom powder or Kewra essence – 1/2 tsp.

For stuffing –

  • Mawa / Khoya Dough – 2 tbsp
  • Sugar – 1 tsp (as per your taste)
  • Chopped Pistachios (Pista), cashew, etc.
  • Pistachios (Pista) for garnishing
  • Food color (Yellow) as per your choice
  • Milk for prepare the soft dough

Method –

  1. Mash the khoya with your palm until it becomes soft and smooth.
  2. Mix Paneer, Semolina, Maida and Baking Powder.
  3. Now mix everything well and knead until it becomes soft.
  4. With help of Milk, prepare soft dough.
  5. Soft and smooth dough is ready, keep it aside for 20 minutes.
  6. You can use this dough for Khoya Gulab Jamun and Langcha Sweets.
  7. Add Sugar and 1 1/2 cups of water into the kadhai / Pan on medium heat.
  8. Mix well and let the Sugar dissolve in the water completely.
  9. Keep the syrup gooey in texture, don’t make it too thin.
  10. Once Sugar chasni is boiled, turn off the heat.
  11. Add Kewra essence into the Sugar syrup and mix well.
  12. For stuffing, take a bowl and add all the stuffing ingredients and mix well.
  13. After 20 minutes, knead the Dough once again.
  14. Take small amount of dough, roll the dough into round shape.
  15. If dough is sticking on your palm you can grease your palm with oil.
  16. Now flatten the balls in you palm, fill with little stuffing.
  17. Close it evenly by rolling the ball in your hand.
  18. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
  19. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan/kadhai to medium to low heat.
  20. Fry  the Kala Jamun balls in the heated oil.
  21. Keep stirring until it turns dark in color. 
  22. Once ready, transfer into a kitchen or absorbent tissue.
  23. Fry all the kala jamun in the same way.
  24. Leave fried kala Jamun for 25 – 30 minutes in warm sugar chasni.
  25. After 30 minutes, take out all the kala Jamun into a bowl.
  26. Kala Jamun is ready, you can garnish with Pista powder, coconut powder, etc.

Carrot Laddu / Ladoo (गाजर के लडू) –How To Make Carrot Ladoo–Festival Recipe -Truffles

Ingredients –

  • Carrot – 3 cups (Wash, peel and grate)
  • Sugar – 1 cup (as per your taste)
  • Muskmelon seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Ghee / Butter – 1 tbsp.
  • Kewra essence / Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Method –

  1. Mix grated carrot and sugar in the bowl.
  2. Keep it side for 30 minutes.
  3. After 30 minutes, heat a pan / khadai on medium heat.
  4. Add carrot mixture and mix well.
  5. Sauté until carrots are little soft and it will ooze out some water and get dried.
  6. When the mixture  gets thick in consistency, the color gets brown in color and it emits good aroma.
  7. Cook it until the mixture gets thick and starts to roll like a ball.
  8. Add muskmelon seeds, mix well and cook on low heat.
  9. Turn off the heat, add Kewra essence and mix well.
  10. Cool the mixture but not make it really cold. Cool it little so that you can handle by hand.
  11. Just apply ghee/oil in your hand, make round balls by taking that mixture in your hand.
  12. Carrot ladoo are ready to serve.
  13. You can store them in airtight container Refrigerate and use up to 7 days.

Stuffed Brinjal Curry (बैगन की सब्जी) – How To Make Dry Baingan – Andhra Style – Gutti Vankaya Fry

Ingredients –

  • Brinjal (Baingan) / Eggplant – 4 medium size
  • Salt to taste
  • Vegetable oil / Mustard oil – 2 tbsp.
  • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Whole roasted coriander seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Whole cumin seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • A pinch of Turmeric powder
  • Roasted Peanuts (roasted and remove the skin) – 2 tbsp.
  • Lemon juice or tamarind – 1 tbsp.
  • Dry / Fresh coconut – 1 tbsp.
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig (optional )
  • Chopped tomatoes – 1 cup
  • Chopped finely onions – 1 cup
  • Whole Kashmiri Red chili (as per your taste)
  • Finely chopped Coriander leaves
  • Cinnamon stick – 1 inch
  • Green cardamom – 2
  • A pinch of asafetida

Method –

  1. Heat a pan on low heat.
  2. Roast dry coconut until slightly golden.
  3. Keep stirring time to time.
  4. Add whole cumin seeds, sesame seeds and sauté it.
  5. Cook  for 2 minutes then let it cool down.
  6. Later transfer it into the blender along with roasted cumin seeds and roasted coriander seeds.
  7. Make a fine powder.
  8. Stuffing powder is ready.
  9. Add lemon juice and salt to taste into the stuffing powder.
  10. Keep it aside.
  11. Slit cut the brinjals halfway into four.
  12. Stuff the brinjals with the ground stuffing powder.
  13. Heat  mustard oil into the other pan on medium heat.
  14. Add chopped onions, cook till they turns soft and tender.
  15. Add curry leaves (optional).
  16. Add chopped tomatoes, cinnamon stick, salt to taste, turmeric powder, green cardamom and  garam masala.
  17. Mix well, cover and cook for till tomatoes turn mushy.
  18. Add a  pinch of asafetida and mix.
  19. Now Place the stuffed brinjal into the pan..
  20. Add the remaining ground paste to it and cook covered in low heat .
  21. After few minutes turn the brinjals carefully and cook again on low or medium heat until brinjals are soft.
  22. Once the curry is ready, transfer it to a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
  23. This delicious main dish recipe goes well with roti and steamed rice.