naan....indian baked flat bread

Naan

Naan Recipe

Ingredients:-

4 cups refined flour

1 tspn Baking powder

2 teaspoons Sugar

1 1/2 cups Milk

2 tbspn Yogurt 2 tablespoons

2 tbspn Fresh coriander leaves( chopped)

2 tbspn Oil 2 tablespoons

6 tbspn Butter 6 tablespoons

Salt to taste

water as required

Method:-

Sieve flour with baking powder and salt.

Add sugar, milk, yogurt,chopped coriander leaves to the flour mixture and mix. Add water as required and Knead for 6 to 8 minutes on a lightly floured surface, or until smooth.

Place dough in a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and set aside for at least an hour, until the dough has doubled in volume.

Punch dough with your hands to make it soft and pliable.

Divide dough into twelve to sixteen equal portions, cover and let it rest for an hour more.

Now preheat oven to 250°C.

Melt butter. Flatten each dough ball between your palms, apply melted butter and dust with flour. Roll into a ball again and keep it covered for fifteen minutes.

Roll each dough ball on a floured surface into ur desired shape.

Cook in the preheated oven under the broiler for 10-12 minutes or until brown spots appear on the surface. Remove and serve hot drizzled with melted butter and your favorite curry.

Tip:-

If u eat egg then u can add it while kneading the dough.it will enhance the taste and dough will rise well also.

Aaloo Gobhi Sookhi

Aaloo Gobhi Sookhi Sabji

Ingredients:-

2 medium size potato
1/2 cauliflower
1 tspn cumin
2 green chili
2 tspn coriander powder
1 tspn garam masala
1 tspn red chili powder
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
salt to taste
1 tblspn oil.
1 tomato (sliced)
coriander leaves (chopped finely)

Recipe:-

• Cut potato and cauliflower into medium size pieces .
• Heat oil in a kadhai, add green chili and cumin.
• When cumin splutter add potato and cauliflower.
• add salt and turmeric.stir well.
• Cover the pan and let it cook for few min.
• Now add all the masala(coriander,red chili and garam masala)
• Mix all the masala .
• Let it cook on a medium heat .
• at the end add sliced tomato.and cover the pan for 2 min.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve with chapati or rice and daal.

Aaloo methi

Recipe for Aaloo methi

Ingredients:-

3-4 medium size potato
1 bunch methi leaves
(washes ,finely chopped)
1/2 medium size onion (chopped)
1 tspn cumin
2 green chili
1 tspn coriander powder
1 tspn garam masala
1/2 tspn red chili powder
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
salt to taste
1 tblspn oil.

Recipe:-

• Half boil potatoes and peel the skin off. Cut potato into medium size pieces .
• Heat oil in a kadhai, add green chili and cumin.
• When cumin splutter add potato.
• Add salt and turmeric cover the pan let it cook for 5 min.
• Potato will be golden brown.
• Now add chopped onion and methi leaves.
• Stir well.
• Add all the masala(coriander,red chili and garam masala)
• Let it cook on a medium heat until potato is done.
• Serve with chapati or rice and daal.

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Chole recipe

For chhole you will need 1 1/2 cup chole(chick pea or kabuli chana) soaked overnight.
Now pressure cook chhole on medium heat for 30-35 min. using salt ,tea bag and dry aamla.

For gravy you will need...

Onion paste

2 onions (grind separately)

Masala for chola

1/4th onion

1/2 tomato

3to 4 cloves of garlic

1" ginger

2 dry red chiili 2

2- 3 green chili
cilantro leaves ( v little)

1/2 tspn cumin seeds

3-4 cloves

1/2 " cinnamon stick

4 -5 black pepper

1 tspn haldi

1/2 tspn chiili powder

1 tblspn coriander powder

1 tblspn garam masala

2 tblspn oil
salt to taste
tamrind water (according your taste)

Recipe:-

• grind all thease together to a thick paste.
• put oil in a kadhai or pressure cooker(i prefer pressure cooker).
• Add bay leaves then add onion paste,fry untill oil starts separating.
• now add masala for chhola and fry on a medium heat until oil starts separating from masala.
• this will take some time (have patience).
• Add chhola(chick pea) to masala, mix well.
• add chhola water and cover the lid of pressure cooker.
• Let it cook for another 10 min. on a low medium heat.

open the cooker you will feel the aroma of spices.
add tamrind water according to your taste.
Now chhole is ready to serve


Take out in a seving bowl
Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and Enjoy with Bhatura or paratha.

Side dishes can be salad ,raita and green chutney.

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.

matar paneer in khus -khus(poppy seeds)

Matar Paneer in khus -khus(poppy seeds)

This is yet another simple and tasty recipe...fried paneer and mater (peas) in poppy seeds gravy.

Ingredients

200 grm paneer
50 grm matar(peas)
1/2 cup poppy seeds
(soaked in water for 1/2 hr.)
1/2 onion chopped
2 green chili
1/2" ginger
1/2 tspn red chili powder
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn dhaniya powder
1/4 tspn garam masala powder
salt to taste
oil for frying
1 cup water

for garnishing:-

fresh coriander leaves (chopped)

Recipe:-

• cut paneer in 1" thick slices...shallow fry them and keep aside.
• boil peas in a vessal for 3-4 min,drain water and keep aside.
• Now grind turmeric,red chili,dhaniya, gram masala powder, soaked poppy seeds, green chili, ginger and salt. this will make a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pan and cumin and chopped onion and fry till onion became translucent.
• Add poppy seeds paste and fry for 5 min ( stir continuously).
• Add 1 cup of water bring to a boil then add paneer and peas.
• reduce heat and simmer until gravy thickens.
• remove from heat.
• garnish with coriander leaves.
• serve hot with chapati or rice.