Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Indian Watermelon Salad Ingredients: Watermelon cubes - 2 cups English Cucumber (cubed) - 1 Mint leaves (chopped) - 1 tbsp Feta cheese - 1/4 cup Honey - 1 tbsp Olive oil - 1 tbsp Lime juice - 1 tbsp Salt - a pinch Chat masala - 1/4 tsp Method: 1. In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lime juice, olive oil, mint leaves, pinch of salt, chat masala. 2. Set the salad dressing aside for a moment. 3. In a large bowl combine the watermelon, cucumbers 4. Top the watermelon salad with the dressing and gently toss to combine. 5. Top with the feta cheese and serve!

Cheesy Garlic Mushroom Sandwich Ingredients: Mushroom (cut into thin slices) - 200 gm Butter - 2 tbsp Onion (finely chopped) - 1 cup Garlic cloves (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp Capsicum (finely chopped) - 1 cup Salt - 1/2 tsp or as per taste Black pepper - 1/2 tsp Cheese slice - 2 Cheddar / Mozzarella cheese - 2 tbsp Bread slices - 8 Method: Heat butter in a pan or kadhai over medium heat. Add chopped onions and sauté until they turn translucent. Add garlic and sauté until aromatic and onion turns light brown. Add capsicum and cook for a minute. Add sliced mushrooms and salt; mix well. Reduce the flame and cook until the water released by the mushrooms is almost completely reduced. Add black pepper and mix well. Add a cheese slice and stir until it melts. Add cheddar or mozzarella cheese and combine thoroughly. Switch off the heat and keep the filling aside. Take a bread slice and spread 1–2 tablespoons of the prepared mushroom filling evenly. Cover it with another bread slice. Apply butte...

Arhar Methi Dal Ingredients: Arhar (Toor) Dal - 3/4 cup Methi (Fenugreek) leaves (finely chopped)- 2 cups Tomato (deseeded & chopped) - 3/4 cup Green chilli - 1-2 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - 3/4 tsp Desi Ghee - 1.5 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves - 1 sprig Hing - a pinch Garlic cloves (crushed) - 2 Dry red chilli (broken) - 2  Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp Lemon - 1 Method: 1. Wash and soak dal for 20 minutes 2. Add 1.5 cups of water, turmeric powder, tomatoes, green chilli, salt 3. Pressure cook on high flame for 1 whistle 4. Lower the flame and cook for 5-6 minutes 5. Let the pressure release on its own 6. Open the lid and mash the dal with the back of a ladle 7. In a pan heat ghee 8. When the ghee is hot add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dry red chilli 9. When they splutter, add hing, curry leaves and garlic 10. When the curry leaves turn crisp, add nicely 2-3 times washed finely chopped methi leaves 11....

Kashmiri Dum Aloo Ingredients: Baby potatoes - 500 gm Mustard Oil - 1/4 cup Cinnamon Stick - 2 Bay leaf - 2 Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Cloves - 3 Hing - 1/4 tsp Red chili powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp  Curd (beaten) - 300 gm Fennel powder - 1 tbsp Dry ginger powder - 1 tsp Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Kasuri Methi - 1 tsp Coriander leaves for garnish Method: 1. Put baby potatoes in a pan of boiling water and boil them till they are half boiled 2. Take them out and let them cool nicely 3. Peel them and make holes in each potato using fork 4. Heat mustard oil in a kadahi 5. Fry the potatoes in it till they turn golden brown 6. Take them out and keep aside 7. In the remaining oil add cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, cumin seeds, cloves 8. Add hing and saute 9. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder and saute 10. Add beaten curd and mix on low heat 11. Cook till oil separates 12. Add fennel powder, dry ginger powder, fried potatoes, salt and mix 13. Cover and cook for 5 minutes 14. Add ...

Kathiyawadi Masala Khichdi Ingredients: Rice - ½ cup Toor (Arhar) dal - ¼ cup Chilka moong dal (Green) - ¼ cup Masoor dal - 1 tbsp Peas - ¼ cup Carrot (Cube) - ¼ cup Potato (cube) - ¼ cup Turmeric powder - 1.5 tsp Peanuts - ¼ cup Salt - 1.5 tsp or as per taste Garlic cloves - 8 to 10 Ginger - 1 inch Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1.5 tbsp Ghee - 2 tbsp  Oil - 2 tbsp  Mustard seeds - ½ tsp  Curry leaves  Cumin seeds - 1 tsp  Dry Red chilli - 2  Coriander powder - 1 tsp Cumin powder - 1 tsp   Onion (finely chopped) - 2  Tomato (finely chopped) - 2 Green Coriander (chopped)  Method: 1. Wash and soak rice, toor dal, moong dal, masoor dal for 10 minutes 2. In a cooker add drained rice, toor dal, moong dal, masoor dal, peas, carrot, potato, turmeric powder, peanuts, salt 3. Mix very nicely 4. Add 4 cups of hot water and give a nice mix 5. Close the lid of the cooker and cook for 3 whistles on high flame, 5 minutes on low flame 6. In a mortar ta...

Low-Calorie Indian Carrot Soup   Ingredients: Carrots (chopped) - 500 gms Onion (chopped) - 1 cup Garlic (chopped) - 1 tbsp Ginger (chopped) - 1 tbsp Black pepper powder - 1/2 tbsp Roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tbsp Chaat masala - 1/2 tbsp  Low fat Cream - 2 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Method: 1. Add carrots, onion, garlic, ginger in a cooker 2. Pressure cook them with 3 cups of water for 2 whistles 3. Sieve the veggies and keep the stock for later use 4. Blend the veggies into a smooth puree 5. Heat a pan, add the stock, and bring it to a boil 6. To this add the veggie puree and mix well 7. Add salt, chaat masala, roasted cumin powder, black pepper powder  8. Bring to a boil 9. Switch off the flame and serve it in a bowl 10. Garnish with low fat cream on top and enjoy it hot गाजर सूप    सामग्री : गाजर (कटी हुई) - ५०० ग्राम  प्याज (कटा हुआ) - १ कप  लहसुन (कटा हुआ) - १ टेबल स्पून  अदरक (कटा हुआ) - १ टेबल स्पून काली मिर्च पाउडर  - १ टेबल स्प...