saabudaana khichdi/ sago Khichdi

noopur's Kitchen

Saabudaana khichdi or saago khichdi is basically a Maharashtraian dish but is very popular one and can be eaten during fasts or any normal day light on stomach this dish scores high not only for simple preparation but also for good taste.

• Ingredients: for 4 people

1. sago/Saabudaana- 200 grms.
2. Potato -1 .
3. groundnut- handful.
4. chillies- 2 to 3
5. Coriander/ parshley leaves.
6. Lemon half.
7. Tomato- 1.
8. Refined Oil- 2 table spoon.
9. Salt as per taste.

• Recipe:

Soak Saabudana in water for about 1 hr now drain it and kept aside for another half an hour. Take a pan roast groundnuts and crush them  and keep aside . Cut Potato into small cubes and tomatoes and chop tomatoes and chilies finely.

Now take a pan add oil and put on flame. add cumin seeds and chillies into it and then cubed potato. once potatoes are bit fried add the tomato and stir for a while now add saabudana and crushed groundnuts into it stir well for some time and add salt and coriander mix well and at the end decorate it with coriander leaves and squeeze the lemon on it. 

 Do remember to eat it hot as it tastes best when Hot.

Happy Cooking,

Noopur.

falhaari aaloo/ Vrat ke aaloo

Falhaari aaloo or a nice and easy dish to be made during fasts. 

• Ingredients:

1. Potatoes- 3-4 par boiled.
2. Groundnuts (a handful)
3. green chillies.
4. Tomato- 1 big.
5. coriander.
6. rock salt (sendha namak).
7. cumin seeds
8. Refined Oil -2 table spoon.

• Recipe :

Cut the par boiled potatoes into circles. Roast groundnuts by heating them in a pan without oil . Now crush them roughly and keep aside.Now heat a wok and add oil into it. Add cumin seeds and slitted chilies. saute for a while and then add chopped tomatoes and potatoes. stir for a while. Now add salt, crushed groundnut  and stir for some more time and towards the end add chopped coriander into it.

Your falhaari Aaloos are ready squeeze some lemon on it and enjoy .

Happy fasting.

Noopur.

moong dal cheela

A Light and low calorie , healthy breakfast moong ka cheela. Easy to make and great to taste.

• Ingredients:

1. Moong Dal/split yellow lentil (soaked over night).
2. Onion -1 .
3. Green chillies.
4. Coriander/parshley leaves.
5. salt.
6. refined

• Recipe:

Grind over soaked moong dal till it form a smooth paste. Now add finely chopped onion, chilies and coriander to the paste . Now mix salt. Check the thickness of batter its consistency should be same as that of a dosa batter.

Now heat a Non stick tava , once its hot sprinkle some water on it and now take the mixture with the help of a scoop and spread it on the tava in a circular motion add some refined on the cheela and let it cook once it change color reverse it so that it can get cooked from both side. Your cheela is now ready to eat.

Happy eating,

Noopur.

Upma

A light and healthy South Indian breakfast 'Upma'. Good for your stomach and good for your taste bud , try it its so easy to make and specially good for the health conscious people .

• Ingredients:

1. Sooji (Rava).- 100 grms.
2. Onion.-1 
3. Chilly.-1
4. Tomato.-1/2.
5. Coriander.- 
6. Carrot.- 
7. Lemon-1 table spoon.
8. Water.
9. Refiend Oil.-2 spoon.
10. Mustard seeds- 1 t spoon.
11. jeera -1 t spoon.
12. moong dal / urad dal- 1t spoon.
13. curry leaves - few.

• Recipe:

Take refined in a pan and put on the flame. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds,dal and curry leaves after 30 minutes stir and add all the vegetables(finely chopped) except coriander . Saute well and then add 2 glass of water approx 350 ml of water and let it boil when its boiled add salt, stir and now add about 1 bowl of suji . do remember to put suji slowly in water and keep stiring while pouring it in boiling water so that no lumps are formed let it boil for about two minutes . keep steering time to time . By the end add coriander and lemon juice. Savor it hot .

Happy eating.

Noopur

Jhaarmuri

As is Bhelpuri to Mumbai, Jhaarmuri is to Kolkata. Crunchy, tangy and light and takes just 2 mins to make. Try it and savor the the teekha chatpata taste which will remain on your taste bud even after its finished in your plate .

• Ingredients:

1. Puffed rice (Murmure/ laai/Moori).
2. Groundnut.
3. Roasted Grams.
4. Onion.
5. Chilly.
6. Coriander.
7.  Mustard Oil (better to take pickle oil).
8. Chaat masala.
9. Salt.
10. dry coconut cut into small pieces (4-6 pieces).
11. Besan Sev.

• Recipe:

Roast Ground nuts . chop onion, chilies, and coriander finely now mix all this into murmure , Now add roasted grams ,coconut pieces, sev,Oil,salt, chaat masala. Mix every thing well and your tasty tasty Jhaarmuri is ready to eat.

Happy eating,
Noopur.  

besan Kadhi

A very famous north Indian main course dish best accompanied with rice.

• Ingredients: for 4 people:

1.  Besan (gram flour)- 150 grms
2. Curd : 200grms
3. Milk : 1 bowl.
4. Heeng (asafoetida): 2 pinch.
5. fenugreek seeds 1 t spoon.
6. Red C\dried chillies-2-3
7. Turmeric: 1 t spoon
8. Salt as per taste.
9. Refiend Oil- for deep frying.
10. Red chilli powder 1 t spoon.
11. desi ghee 1 table spoon.
12. mustard seed 1 t spoon.
13. Onion half - finely chopped.

• Recipe:

Mix besan and water well .Mix it till it forms a smooth consistency. Now add salt to it. Add a pan and pour refined oil to deep fry.

now drop this mixture with the help of your hand or spoon into the refined  so that they form a ball like shape after being dropped into the hot oil. Take out once its fried make sure not to fry too much that it changes its color. take them out with the help of a scoop and keep them aside. this will will be called as badi.

Now it's time to make Kadhi . For this take some besan lets say about 4 table spoon mix it with curd and grind it to get a smooth finish.

Now heat a wok and add some refined oil into it. Add fenugreek seeds, Turmeric and asafoetida into it. saute it and now add the curd mixture into it keep stirring after few minutes add the milk and let it get boiled . Now its time to add salt into it. Mix well and add besan vadi we made in the starting.(P.S. if you feel the kadhi is too thick add some hot water into it and mix well.)

The kadhi is done now its time to put tadka. take some ghee in a vessel and put on flame now add finely chopped onions,mustard seeds, dried red chillies and pinch of red chilli powder once the cracking sound start switch off the flame and pour this tadka over the kadhi . Now enjoy it with hot rice.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur

Gujhia (karanji)

 A popular and most popular sweet dish of Holi - 'Gujhia'. The dish needs very careful preparation otherwise it breaks while making and can spoil other gujhia's.

• Ingredients : for 25-30 pieces.

1. Maava (Khoa)- 300 grms.
2. Sugar -200 grms.
3. dryfruits.
4. Grated coconut.
5. Refined flour (maida)- 750 grms.
6. refined Oil (1 bowl) for kneading flour.
7. luke warm water for kneading.
8. refined oil for frying.

• Recipe:

First heat a kadhai and put khoa in it and roast it till it change it color from white to brown. Do remember that the flame should be on medium and keep steering so that the khoa don't burn.

Now switch off the flame and add sugar,grated coconut,and dry fruits in khoa and mix it well.

This pic shows the color of khoa . 
Now our filling is ready the next step is to knead mm               ghgida.Mix the maida and refined oil well now knead this mixture with some lukewarm water.Now make balls as big as to make poori now make pooris and take sancha made for gujhia ,put the fillings and close it (stick it with a mixture of flour and water 1:2).

Make gujhias in the same way and don't forget to cover it with a wet cloth so that it don't dry.
 Now heat oil in a wok and deep fry this gujhia to get golden and crispy yumm gujhias.

Happpy Eating,
Noopur.