Black chana masala

Yummy and tasty chana masala, try once and relish this north indian dish which is so chatpata and masaledar . The dish is so easy to make yet so flavorful.

• Ingredients:

1. Black gram(soaked overnight) -250 grms.
2. Onions-4 to 5 .
3. green chilly- 3 to 4.
4. Garam masala- 2 table spoon.
5. Red chilly powder- 1 table spoon.
6. Dhania Powder- 1 & 1/2 table spoon.
7. refined Oil-2 to 3 tabel spoon.
8. Salt.
9. Coriander leaves.

• Recipe.

Soak black grams overnight or for upto 5-6 hrs. Chop onions into long pieces Now heat a pressure cooker and add refined oil into it once heated add the chopped onions to it. Stir till it become translucent, now add chilies slitted into half , now add all the masalas listed above.saute well and let it fry for some time on sim flame so that the masalas fry well and u can see oil above the masala. Now add black gram and salt to it. Stir for 3-4 minutes. Now add water to it. The level of water should be so that its atleast  half inch above the black grams. Now close the lid and let it get 10-11 whistles.Open the cooker and check whether the grams are properly cooked and the water is dried if not can put on 1-2 more whistles. Now chop coriander leaves and put on it and enjoy your black chana masala with poori, paratha or roti . In my case i can eat 2 bowls of it without any other thing as it in itself is so fulfulling and tasty.

  Happy Cooking,

Noopur.

mango coriander chutney/ dhaniye kairy ki chutney

Khatta Meetha Aam Pannna

Summers came and with it came the king of fruits 'Mangoes'. Mangoes have so many health benefits. Here i go on with aam panna which helps to fight hot summers.

• Ingredients: for 1 litre

1. Green mangoes 3.
2. Sugar - 5-6 table spoon .
3. Black Salt- 2 table spoon.
4. Red chilli paste- 1 table spoon.
5. Dhania Powder-1 table spoon.
6. Roasted Cumin seed Powder- 2 table spoon.
7. water.
8. Ice.

• Recipe:

Take a pressure cooker and boil mangoes for upto 3-4 whistles. Now peel them and take out their pulp and grind them along with salt,sugar and some water.

 

Add water as per the thickness you want for the panna. Now take it in a jar and add dhania powder, cumin seed powder, red chilly powder and ice . Now serve chilled it in the glasses .

Note:To make cumin seed powder heat a pan/ tava once heated put cumin seeds and saute once it changes color switch off the flame and grind it to make powder. 

Happy Summers,
Noopur

Fish Curry

Fish curry, wow spicy and tangy , and those who love eating fish should not miss this simply prepared but tasty fish curry. It takes just 10-12 minutes and its ready to be served.

•  Ingredients:

1. Fish - 1kg or so .
2. Mustard seeds- 2table spoon.
3. turmeric- 1 table spoon.
4. Onion -1 small.
5. Ginger garlic paste- 2 table spoon.
6. Dhania Powder- 2 table spoon.
7. Red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
8. salt as per taste.
9. fenugreek seeds- 1 t spoon.
10. Amchur powder- 1 table spoon.
11. Mustard Oil- 2 table spoon.

• Recipe:

Wash fish and keep it aside . Now cut onions and grind , add mustard seeds, ginger garlic paste  dhania powder and some water and grind again and make a thick but smooth paste.

now take a wok add some oil say about 2 table spoon heat it and pour your fish into it stir for a while and take out the fish and keep aside. Now put some fenugreek seeds into the oil once it start changinging the color put the grinded masala into into and saute till the oil comes over the masala , now add red chilly paste and add water for the curry , wait for some time when the curry starts to boil put amchur powder to it and stir well. Now add fried fish to it let it cook for 5 minutes and then put off the flame. Chop coriander finely and top it on the curry. Your fish curry is ready within 15 minutes.
Enjoy this hot with Rice or chapati.

Happy Cooking.
Noopur

Fish Tikka

Yummy creamy and crunchy fish pakoras. Easy and fast to make and really delicious.

• Ingredients:

1. fish stomach (i prefer rohu, take any big fish of ur choice):1Kg .
2. gram flour (besan)- 100 grms.
3. mustard seeds- 1tspoon
4. red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
5. Onion - half medium sized.
6. ginger garlic paste - 1 table spoon.
7. turmeric - 1 table spoon.
8. Amchur powder- 1 table spoon.
9. salt - as per taste.
10. dhania powder- 1 table spoon.
11. Mustard Oil /Refined oil- for shallow frying.

• Recipe:

Get the fish cut horizontaly. Do remember that for fish Tikka we use only stomach part not the tail and head of the fish .

Now wash the fish properly and keep aside. Cut onion and grind now add mustard seeds, dhania powder and ginger garlic paste and grind again with little water to form a smooth paste.

Now take Besan , add the grinded mixture into it, now add salt,turmeric, chilly powder and amchur powder to it. Add some water to it and form a thick paste .Heat a fry pan and put some mustard oil for shallow frying. Now wrap fish pieces into this and put them on heated tava or frying pan for frying , fry it well on both side and your fish tikka is reeady to eat.

happy Cooking,

Noopur.

chicken Kolhapuri

This spicy tangy Maharashtraian dish is not going to leave your taste bud even after its finished  and the only thought that comes is wow its sooooo goood. Try this teekhi maslaedar murgi and see it finishing in minutes.

• Ingredients: for 2-3 people
•  For marination

1. Chicken - 500 grms
2. Red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
3. Turmeric- 1 table spoon.
4. Ginger garlic paste- 1 table spoon.
5. lemon Juice- of one lemon.

• For roasted masala :

1. Half dried Coconut.
2. 4-5 dried red chilies.
3. sesame seed- 1 table  spoon.
4. khaskhas/ Poppy seeds- 2table spoon.
5. 2-3 Big cardemom.
6.  1-Mace (javitri)
7. Cloves-6-8.
8. black pepper- 8-10.
9. Bay leaves/ tez patta-2.
10. cinnamon- 1 medium .

• For Curry

1. 3 big onions - finely chopped.
2. Ginger garlic paste- 1 table spoon.
3.  tomato puree of 2 medium sized tomatoes.
4. refined- 2 to 3 table spoon.

• Recipe :

First thing first. Mix all the ingredients given for marination and marinate chicken with it. keep it in refrigerator  for 1 hr.

Now Roast all the spices given above . for this take a pan , put in on flame and put all the spices given above except the coconut. saute them for a while then add coconut and saute for 1 more minute. Now put them in a mixer jar and grind into a paste.

Now take a pan , pour oil , once heated add chopped onion , let the onion get the transparent look. Now grind this onion . Now put the grinded onion back into the pan and add ginger garlic paste to it, once the raw smell goes add the roasted paste to it and saute for two minutes, add tomato puree and fry to 2-3 more minutes now add the marinated chicken and mix well and let it fry for  about 5 minutes so that all the spices mix well with the chicken now add some lukewarm water into it . Close the lid and let it  get cooked for some time . keep stirring from time to time and poke chicken to check if its done.  Once cooked  add finely chopped coriander leaves to it and enjoy it hot with roti or naan .

happy cooking,
Noopur.

fare/ peetha

This Yummm and healthy north indian snack is so delicious and great in taste that whenever i make it every one asks for the recipe for the sure. This recipe is quiet famous in eastern parts of Up and in Bihar . 

• Ingredients: for 4 people

1. Flour- 4 cups.
2. Gram Lentil ( chana dal)- 2 cup.
3. onion- 1 medium.
4. chilly- 2.
5. garlic- 6-8 cloves.
6. Salt.
7. Refined oil -3-4 table spoon.
8. Mustard oil- 1 t spoon.
9. Curry leaves- 8-10.

• Recipe:

Soak gram lentil for over night and grind it into fine paste.do remember that the paste have to be very thick that means try to add very nominal water while grinding. Now grind green chilies and garlic and chop onion very finely add into the grind-ed mixture , now add the salt to it.

Kneat flour well and make 8-10 bolls.Now make  round poories like shape with the help of a roller now fill the mixture into half of the part and fold it to make gujhia like shape.make similar gujhia shapes with the kneaded flour.

Now put them on steam . Once steamed cut them into about half centimeter thick peices. Now take about 2 spoon oil in afrying pan add mustard oil and curry leaves to it now put these pieces and saute them till they become bit golden from both the side. Enjoy it with green chutney or sauce of your choice.

happy Snacking,

Noopur.

dark chocolate cake

Here is my first baked recipe for you all , the one that i can eat the whole in one go. its so yummy, soft and delicious that i promise u will make it again and again.

• Ingredients:

1.  All purpose flour (maida)- 1/2 cup
2. dark Chocolate slab -1/2 cup
3. sugar -1 cup (castored)
4. baking soda- 2 pinch
5. eggs- 4
6. butter-1 /2 cup
7. refined oil/ cream 1/2 cup.

• Recipe:

take a pan add water and put to boil now put one more vessel above it and add butter and chocolate slab into it and let it melt.

Now in a vessel break eggs and whisk , add flour , sugar, refined and whisk more by the end add the mixture of chocolate and butter to it whisk more do remember to whisk it with light hand till it form lather. now take the mold in which the cake has to to be baked . Brush the mold with refined and then powder it with flour. Now add baking soda into the mixture mix and pour the mixture into mold.

 

Preheat oven at 180 degrees.Now put the mold into it for 30 minutes. To check whether the cake is done poke a knife or stick into it if the knife comes out clean it means the cake is ready. let it cool for 30 minutes and then take it out on a plate.The cake is ready to eat now enjoy the yumm delicious cake.

Happy Baking,
Noopur

Corn Vada

Yummy and crispy corn vadas are a south Indian delicacy , which is so mouth watering that you will not know when u end up eating more then your stomach. Try this lip smacking sweet and tangy crispy vadas and get pat on your back .

• Ingredients: for 10-12 vadas.

1. Corn kernels (bhutte ke daane). 200 grms.
2. Onion -1 big.
3. Green chilies-3-4.
4. Coriander leaves.
5. garlic.- 5 to 6 depodded cloves
6. salt.
7. Corn flour -  1/4 cup.
8. ginger.- 2 inch piece
9.  red chilli powder- 1 table spoon
10. garam Masala- 1 table spoon.
11.  refined Oil ( for deep frying).

• Recipe:

Grind Corn kernels into fine paste . take out excess water . Now chop ginger, garlic, onions, Chilies and coriander very finely.

 Add all this into the mixture, now add garam masala , cornflour, red chili and salt too . Mix well . take a wok add oil and put on flame. Once the oil is heated enough make round bolls and flatten them with hands to make tikki shape and fry them on both side to get golden color.

Tip: If u feel the mixture is wet and u r not able to make tikkies u can increase the amount of cornflour for binding.

Now savor this hot vadas with tomato chutney or sauce or prepare them for your guests to get applauds.

happy cooking,

Noopur

Kids tiffin-Veg pasta

Some times we dont know what to put new daily in kids tiffin so here i'm writing down a simple but tasty recipe for kids tiffin.

• Ingredients: for 2 people

1. raw pasta/ macroni- 100 grms.
2. Onion - 1 medium.
3. 1/2 cup shredded cabbage.
4. chilli-1 to2 
5. tomato -1 .
6. soya sauce - 1 t spoon.
7. tomato sauce - 1 tablespoon.

• Recipe:

Take water in a vessel and put it to boil. once it starts boiling add pasta into it. boil it for 5 minutes now put off the flame and drain the excess water .

Chop Onion, and chillies (optional). Grind tomatoes and make puree. Now take a wok heat some oil add onion, chillies, shredded cabage saute on high flame now add salt and tomato puree, stir for a while and add soya sauce and tomato sauce , now add boiled pasta and stir well saute and let it cook for some time. Tangy pasta is ready . In the end u can add oregano to it to give it extra flavor.

Happy Cooking,

Noopur

singhara pakoras/

Specially made during vrats these singhara pakoras are easy and fast to make and great to taste.

• Ingredients:

1. Singhara flour/ water caltrop flour.
2. potatoes-2 to 3
3. chilies-2to 3
4. coriander/ parshley leaves.
5. Rock salt.
6. Refined Oil ( to deep fry).

• Recipe:

cut potatoes into thick cubes. Grind chilies and fine chop coriander leaves. Now take flour mix water and make thick batter now add potatoes, coriander and chilies , now add rock salt to it. Take  a wok put oil for deep frying and put on flame once heated up put the mixture and deep fry. Serve them with green chutney and enjoy.

happy Fasting.

Noopur.

saabudaana Tikki/ saabudana vada

Yumm and crisp saabudana tikki/ vada scores every points for a nice snack except only if you are not counting calories .
I just love their crunchy outside and soft inside. Just delicious. Atleast they score for try once thats what i say

• Ingredients: For 10-12 pieces:

1. Sago/ saabudana-100 grms.
2. potaoes- 2 medium
3. Chillies-2-4.
4. coriander leaves.
5. Groundnut.
6. Chaat masala.
7. salt.
8. Refined Oil for ( shalow fry).

• Recipe:

Soak sago for an hour and drain it . kept aside for some time say about half an four to drain it completely. Roast Groundnut crush and crush them.
Boil Potatoes well, peel and mash them. now add finely chopped coriander, green chilies, chaat masal, salt, crushed groundnuts and sago in it .
Make small ball  and then flatten then a bit to give them round tikki shape. do the same with rest of the mixture.

Now heat Oil in a wok ( i prefer shalow fry , u can go for deep fry too). put these saabudana tikki's into the wok and fry from bot the side till u get a golden color on both the side.

Now enjoy this saabudana tikkies/ vada with green chutney or sauce add them with your tea or into your next party menu and enjoy.

Happy Eating
Noopur

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.