A PINCH OF HING

Ingredients:   Whole wheat flour 2 cups Salt 2 pinch Extra flour for rolling                       Preparation:     Add the salt to the wheat flour. Make a small hole in the middle of the  flour and pour 1 cup of water and start kneading . Knead to  make a soft dough.  Cover with a moist cloth and keep aside  for 15 to 20 minutes. Divide it into equal size balls, about  1 1/2 inches in diameter. Flatten the balls with a rolling pin into round discs approximately 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Heat the "tava" . Now put the roti on a hot tawa. first cook one side. it should be less than half cooked or  one-fourth cooked turn and cook the other side. this should be  a little bit more cooked than the first side. now small bubbles  start forming on the roti that means it is getting cooked.O nce the bubbl...

Ingredients : 250 gm prawns 1/2 cup sliced onions 1/2 tsp masala powder    1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 3 tsp pepper powder 1/2 tsp coriander powder 1 tbsp chopped garlic salt to taste oil Preparations: Clean prawns, remove legs, leaving heads, shells and tails intact. Drain. Put prawns in a bowl.Add turmeric powder,ginger garlic paste,peeper and salt toss with fingers gently, be careful of the sharp pointed shell on the head, mashing the spices with fingers as you mix. Cover and leave in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. separately Saute chopped garlic until brown and fragrant. Remove and set aside. Heat oil in a kadhai Add Sliced onions and saute a while. Add prawns. Saute a while. Add pepper powder, coriander powder and salt to taste. Do not over fry the prawns will be tough.Remove from flame again add  pepper powder stir nicely Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and the fried garlic. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Ingredients: 500 gm Mutton 150 gm Onion 20 gm Black Pepper Powder 5 gm Shah Mirch 5 gm Red Chilly Powder 1 tsp Ghee 1 tbsp Garam Masala 150 mg Oil Preparation: Marinate the mutton with turmeric oil, red chilly powder, black pepper and shah mirch and salt. Keep aside for 15 min Boil the mutton in a pressure cooker. Keep the mutton stock aside for later use. Fry the mutton for 5 min in oil and then put the chopped onions and fry till the color is black. Add salt to taste and fry till the oil starts coming out, add garam masala and fry again. Stir constantly, so that it does not burn. Add the mutton stock that was kept aside earlier and boil till the gravy thickens. Garnish with chopped coriander and whole green chilly. Serve hot with naan or tandoori rotis.

Ingredients: Cauliflower - 1 flower Maida - 3 tbsp Corn flour - 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp fried zeera powder -1 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Tomato sauce - 3 tsp Chilli sauce - 2 tsp Soy sauce - 2 tsp Garlic - 2 cloves (finely chopped) Onion - 1/2 (finely chopped) Spring onion - 1/4 cup hunged cured _ 1 tbsp red color _ 1/4 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp Oil - for deep frying Preparations: Cut the cauliflower into big size florets. Boil some water and put the florets. Also add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp salt and cover it with the lid. Keep aside for about 5 mins and then strain the florets and rinse it in chill water. In a bowl, take maida,corn flour, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder,red color,hunged cured,fried zeera powder,water and salt.Mix everything well to get smooth and lump free batter like pakora batter. Heat oil in a pan to deep fry, when oil is hot take a cauliflower floret, hold the long stem and dip completely in prepared batter and drop it into hot oil...

Ingredients(spices) 1 tsp Mace Powder 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon 1 tsp freshly Ground Black Pepper 1 tsp Ground Cardamom 1 tsp Ground Fenugreek 1 tsp Ground Cloves 1 tsp Garlic Powder 1 tsp Ground Ginger 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Garam Masala 1 tsp Chat Marsala 1 tsp Ground Mild Paprika 2 Tbsp Ground Coriander 1 Tbsp Ground Cumin Half Tbsp Ground Red Chili Powder Half tsp Ground Nutmeg Half tsp Ground Turmeric 2 tsp Red Food Coloring Ingredients: 2kg Chicken Thyies (skin removed) Lime/Lemon Juice 2 Tbsp Sunflower Oil 6 Large Tbsp Yoghurt 2 sliced potatoes    Preparations(1): Mix all Ingredients together and store in an airtight container until ready to use This Spice Mix can be kept for up to 6 months (or longer), provided it is kept tightly sealed in an airtight container Preparations(2) Remove the skin from the Chicken Thighs, and cut slits into the thickest part of the meat on both sides In a small bowl, mix up the Juice of Half a Lemon/Lime with 1 Tablespoon of the Tandoo...

(Drumstick fry) Ingredients: Drumsticks : 3-4 Potato : 2 Turmeric powder :1 teaspoon Curry powder : 1 teaspoon Red chili powder : 1 teaspoon Refined Oil : 1 tablespoon Water : 1 small cup salt to taste Preparations: Peel the potatoes and drumstick and cut it into equal sizes. Boil it with 1 small cup water ,with turmeric powder and salt till it get tender. Take a non-stick pan , heat oil, add mustard seeds and boiled potatoes and drumsticks. Add curry powder and chili powder and fry it in high heat until drumsticks and potatoes may change their color. Serve as side dish with rice.

Ingredients:      2 cup Assorted veggies (diced) 2Onion (finely chopped) 2Tomato (finely chopped or crushed) 2 tsp Ginger garlic crushed 2 Green chilli 1 tsp Dry mint leaves 2 tbsp  Coriander leaves (finely chopped) 1 Bay leaf 4 Cloves 2 Cinnamon stick (small) 2 Cardamon ½ tsp Cumin seeds ¼ tsp Turmeric powder ½ tsp Red chilli powder 2 tsp Coriander powder 2 cup Basmati rice 6 tbsp Desi Ghee 3½ cup Water ½ cup Curd 4/5 fresh pudina leaves 1 tsp biryani oil Salt to taste Preparations: Take a biryani handi, heat  ghee , add all dry spices bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon and cumin seeds . Toast them for a while, then add slit green chillies, dry mint leaves and finely chopped coriander leaves. Fry them until they turn crisp. Now add chopped onions, fry till golden, followed by crushed ginger garlic. Saute for couple of minutes, then add chopped tomatoes along with turmeric, chilli powder and coriander/dhania powder. Let the tomatoes c...

Ingredients: 4 -eggs 4tblsp- milk Tomato sauce softened cream cheese salt to taste Preparation: Lay out slices of bread. Spread half the slices with tomato sauce and the other half with softened cream cheese. Fold each slice with cream cheese over the slices with tomato sauce. In a shallow dish add 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons milk, and salt and whisk until well blended. In a large skillet, heat 2 Tablespoons of oil over medium heat.  Place a sandwich into the egg mixture and turn to coat both sides. Cook the stuffed French toast sandwiches until the egg is done and the bread is golden brown.  Repeat until all the French Toast is cooked. After the toast is done, remove from heat and place on a serving plate with tomato sauce.

Ingredients: 2 cups beans thoroughly washed and cut  1 pinch turmeric powder   1 pinch chilli powder 1 pinch masala powder Salt to taste mustard oil for frying Preparations: Heat a fry pan on medium heat and put 1 spoonful  of oil  Add turmeric powder,chilly powder, masala powder and mix it nicely Then add 2 cups of cutting beans and salt stir it and cover the pan and leave it for medium-low flame until beans is cooked perfectly.Serve with roti or steamed rice.

Ingredients: pomogranet-2 Water-2 cups Sugar-1 cups Cardamoms powdered-1 tsp Preparations: In a juicer blend the pomegranate seeds and stain the juice. Now add sugar cardamom powder,ice cubes and water with pomegranate juice to make a cool sharbat . Delicious pomegranate sharbat is ready, serve this chilled with pudina leaves.

Ingredients: 2 cups dry lima Beans (simba manji) (soaked and boiled) 2 tablespoon tamarind pulp 2 dried Red Chillies 2 1/2 cups Water 4 tablespoon Mustard Seeds 1 tea spoon zeera 1 garlic 1 tomato Salt, to taste Seasoning: 4 tbsp Oil 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp funnel seeds 2 dried Red Chillies 1 small onion Preparations: Grind the dried red chilli, tomato,mustard seeds,garlic and zeera. Keep this mixer aside.Heat a pan add oil and add 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds, 1/4 tsp Cumin Seeds,1/4 tsp saunf,2 dried Red Chillies, the sliced onion fry till light brown add ground mustard mixture;add turmeric pdr. stir nicely and  Cook until the raw smell of the mustard disappears then add little water when one boil will come then add the boiled lima beans and salt.           Mix well and remove from heat.Garnish with coriander leaves. serve with rice as a side dish.