Ghughani

Ghughani

this is a very famous Bengali evening snack......

Ingrediets:-

2 Onion, finely chopped

4-5 clove Garlic, minced

1" Ginger, minced

1/2 ts Turmeric

2 ts Cumin powder

2 ts Coriander powder

4-5nGreen chili

3-4 Tomatoes, chopped

1/4 ts Salt

1 1/2 cup white peas (soaked overnight)
1/2 cup tamarind pulp

Recipe:-

• cook peas in a pressure cooker with salt until tender.
• Heat oil in skillet & add bay leaf & ginger, garlic & green chili.
• fry for a min.now add onion.
• Fry until richly browned, but not burnt,
• Stir often while cooking.
• Add tomatoes ,cook for 2 min.
• Add turmeric,cumin, coriander & salt mix well.
• Reduce heat, cover & cook until the tomatoes begin to disintegrate &
• a thick sauce forms.
• Stir occasionally to prevent sticking, adding a little water if necessary.
• Add cooked chick peas & some water and pressure cook for 5 min.
• Remove from heat & let stand for a few minutes.
• Now add tamrind pulp.mix well.
• Garnish with onion rings and coriander leaves.
• serve hot

chana daal chaat

 Chaat

Ingredients:-

200 grm chana daal
1 boiled potato
50 grm paneer
2 green chili (cut thinly)
1 medium onion (chopped)
1/2 tomato (chopped)
coriander leaves( chopped)
1/2 tspn kala namak (black salt)
1/4 tspn black pepper powder
1/2 tspn roasted cumin powder
1/2 tspn chaat masala
1 tblspn tamarind water
2 tspn green chutney
1/2 tspn lemon juice
1 tblpn oil

Recipe:-

• wash and soak chana daal overnight.
• remove water and put the soaked chana daal in a muslin cloth.
• bind it and leave this for overnight.
• now shallow fry chana daal .
• mix all the other ingredients together with chana daal
• chatpata chaat is ready.

Hara bhara kabab

Hara Bhara Kabab

Ingredients:-

400 grm potato(boiled)
250 grm green peas(boiled)
100 grm paneer
1 tspn cumin
100 grm boiled spinach leaves
50 grm boiled fenugreek (methi) leaves
2 tblspn bread crumbs
2 tblspn cornflour
salt to taste
oil for deep frying

Masala to grind

1/2 bunch coriander leaves
1/4 bunch mint leaves
1/2 lemon juice
1" ginger
2-3 green chili

Recipe:-

• Grind all thease (coriander,mint,ginger,green chili) in a blender.

Now...

• Mash boiled potato, green peas and paneer.
• Add all the other ingredients (cumin,boiles spinach leaves,methi,bread crumbs, corn flour,salt and ground masala) and chat masala.
• Divide the mixture into equal portions. Shape each portion into a lemon size ball and then press it in between your palms to give it a semi flat tikki shape.
• Heat oil in a Kadhai.
• Deep fry till crisp.

for serving:-

• place kaju (cashew) on the top of every kabab.
• serve hot with khajur(dates) chutney or green chutney

Tips:-

• you add can more cornstarch and bread crumbs for binding.