Khasta kachori

Originally from North India Khasta Kachori is a yummy spicy snacks. Make it this holi and welcome your guests with this mouth watering delicacy.

• Ingredients: for 10-12 kachoris.

1. 2 cup flour.
2. half bowl rice flour.
3.  Water for kneading.
4. Half cup Moong dal .(soaked for 3-4 hrs)
5. Half cup Urad dal.(soaked for 3-4 hrs)
6. 2 table spoon besan.(gram flour).
7. Asfoetida (heeng) as per taste.
8. green chillies 2-3 grinded.
9. small ginger piece finely grated.
10. 2-3  dried red chillies(broken into small pieces.
11. corriander powder 1/2 t spoon.
12. garam masala 1 t spoon.
13. fennel powder (saunf) 1t spoon.
14. Salt as per taste.
15. Oil to fry.

• Recipe:

Make a dough of  wheat flour,rice  flour, 2-3 table spoon of oil and some salt. kneat well  cover with a moist cloth and keep aside for about half an hour.

Now take soaked dal (moong and urad) drain out all the water from it.

Now take a frying pan put some oil into it and put it on flame. nOw add cumin seeds and asafoetida. once the cumin seeds change color add grated ginger finely broken red chillies, grinded green chillies, fennel powder, corriander powder and garam masala and besan to it. saute it well on medium flame for 2-3 minutes. This will act as the filling for the kachoris.

Now take kneaded dough divide them into equal size balls and make thick poories  and stuff eachpoori with this filling and pack it like pockets and roll them a bit  and deep fry them well.

Your Hot kachoris are ready to serve . u can serve them like this or 

Top them with finely chopped corriander,besan sev, dahi and Imli chutney (recipe is there in dahi papdi section). 

chilli chicken

A Nice & easy Chinese dish 'chilli Chicken'. Its a savior dish for those who don't have much time and patience to make and guests are on the way 

• Ingredients: for 4 people.

1. Boneless chicken 300 grms.
2. One cup Corn flour.
3. One egg slightly beaten. 
4. Onion 2 Big.(cut into big cubed slices).
5. green Chilli 3-4.(you can remove the seeds if they r too hot).
6. Soya sauce 1/2 table spoon.
7.  Vinegar 1/2 table spoon.
8. 1/2 table spoon ginger garlic paste.
9. 1/2 table spoon red chilli sauce.
10. 1/2 table spoon tomato sauce.
11. salt.

•  Recipe.

Mix half of the cornflour in slightly beaten egg and mix now add ginger garlic paste and salt into it , mix thoroughly and marinate the chicken pieces with this mixture and keep aside for about half an hour.

Now deep fry these pieces and keep them aside.

Its time to make the sauce. Take little oil in a wok and add onion into it once the onion become translucent add slitted chilies into it , saute for a minute and take it out. Now add the remaining cornflour and water in a ratio of 1:1 . and put it in the heated wok stir it for a while and then add all the sauces  and salt into it ,next add the fried chili onion mix and immediately add the fried chicken pieces into it. saute for just 2 minutes so that all the things mix into each other properly and your Chilli chicken is ready to eat.

Happy cooking ,

Noopur.

Honey chilli Potatoes

Quick & easy to make honey chilli potatoes are a hit among kids as well as adults.Takes not more then 12-15 minutes to make but gets finished in 2 minutes :)

• Ingredients: for 4 people.

1. Potatoes 200 grms.
2. 1 tsp red chilli paste or chilli sauce.
3. 1/2 tsp vinegar.
4. 1 tsp soya sauce.
5. 1 tsp honey.
6. 2 tsp cornflour mixed in 2tsp water.
7. 1/2 tsp salt
8. 1/2 tsp pepper powder.

• Recipe:

Cut potatoes into long pieces like french fries or like wedges and deep fry them until golden yellow and keep aside. Now combine all the other ingredients for the sauce and cook on medium flame till the sauce thickens . Now shut the flame , and just before serving pour this sauce over the fried potatoes and toss well. Now serve and get the pats.

Happy Cooking,

Noopur. 

Murg masala jaekewala (chicken gravy)

One of my most popular recipe among my non vegetarian friends and family members. Who ever has eaten it loved it , so here goes my variant of chicken curry bit different but quiet yummm.

• Ingredients:( for 4 people)

1. Chicken 1 Kg.
2. onion Half kg.
3. Ginger garlic paste 2 table spoon
4. Black pepper powder 2 table spoon.
5. Curd half bowl.
6. khada masalas( bay leaves, black cardamom, cinnamon, cloves,black pepper,dried red chillies ) in small quanties.
7. Chicken Masala 3 table spoon.
8. dhania powder 1 table spoon.
9. cream: half bowl.
10. corriander leaves(finelly grated) .
11. green chillies (slited from middle).
12. Salt as per taste.
13. Mustard oil  for cooking.

• Recipe:

Marinate chicken with curd, pepper powder, 1 table spoon ginger garlic paste & 1 lemon .

Tips: dont add salt for marination as it takes out the juice from the chicken.

Cut the onions into big slices  take some oil and add all the khada masala into it . cover & let it shallow fry for 2-3 minutes .

Now grind this paste. next step is to add oil again in the vessel and add this fried onion paste & 2 table spoon of ginger garlic paste. Saute it for some time & now add  chicken masala, red chilli powder & dhania powder to it. after its fried well  add cream to the mixture and mix it well with the paste , now after 3-5 minutes add salt and chicken in the vessel and saute it well and cover the vessel with a lid and keep on steering from time to time so that the chicken dont burn. once the chicken is cooked well add some water and let it simmer for some more time. dont add much water as this chicken taste good with thick curry. Garnish with some kasuri methi and corriander leaves.Now enjoy this yummy murg masala jaekewala with roti or rice.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur.