Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Namkeen Papdi | Swal Papdi Ingredients: Flour - 2 Cups Oil - ¼ cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds)- 1 tsp Oil - for frying Method: 1. Mix 1/4 cup oil, salt and ajwain in the flour and mix well. 2. Using warm water(About 1/2 cup) little by little knead a little hard dough. 3. Keep the kneaded dough covered for half an hour to be set. 4. Slightly press the dough to make it smooth 5. Now make small balls of dough and press them between your palms to make them smooth and keep aside. 6. Pick a dough ball and keep the rest covered. 7. Roll the dough ball to a thin circle with a diameter of 5-6 inches 8. Using a fork make holes in the rolled circle 9. Now cut the circle to two parts using a knife 10. Now again cut perpendicularly of the previous cut to form four triangles from the circle 11. Keep the prepared triangles in a separate plate covered with muslin cloth 12. Prepare the triangles in the same way from all the dough balls and keep it in the plate 13. Put

Phale  | Rice & Urad Dal Snack Ingredients: Rice Flour - 2 cup Salt - 2 tsp Oil - 3 tbsp Urad Dal - 1/2 cup Ginger - 1 tbsp (grated) Green Chilly - 2 (finely chopped) Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander Powder - 1 tsp Fennel Powder (Saunf Powder) - 1 tsp Amchur Powder - 1 tsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp Oil for deep frying Method: 1. Rinse the dal a couple of times and then soak in enough water for 3-4 hours 2. Grind the soaked dal to a coarse paste without adding water 3. Heat 1 tbsp Oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and hing & let them sizzle 4. Now add grated ginger and green chilly 5. Saute till the raw aroma of ginger goes away 6. Lower the flame and add coriander powder, red chilli powder, fennel powder 7. Mix well 8. Add the dal paste 9. On low flame mix dal and masala 10. Add 1 tsp salt and mix 11. With frequent stirring, cook till it thickens and dries a bit 12. Let the filling cool 13. Mix 1 tsp salt in Rice f

Phiki (Saltless) Mathri | Karvachauth Mathi Ingredients: Maida (All purpose flour) - 1 cup Sooji (Semolina) - 2 tbsp Ghee - 3 tbsp Oil for frying Method: 1. Mix maida and sooji together 2. Add ghee to above and rub between your fingers till the dough turns like breadcrumbs 3. Add warm water (1/3 cup) little by little and knead a dough for 3-4 minutes 4. Cover with a muslin cloth and let it rest for 30 minutes 5. After 30 minutes divide the dough in 8 equal parts and make balls 6. Press the balls between your palms to give peda like shape 7. Now roll each ball in about 1/4 inch thick and 5-6 inch diameter 8. Poke the rolled up mathris with fork or knife so that it doesn't fluff up while frying 9. For Karva chauth one mathri is required with a hole to look at the moon. Take one mathri and using tip of the finger make a hole in the center and then roll the sides of the hole a bit from all sides 10. Heat Oil in a Kadahi 11. When it is medium hot fry the mathis 2

Namkeen Chiwda | Poha Chivda Namkeen Ingredients: Thick Poha (Flattened Rice) - 1 cup Peanuts - 1/2 cup Roasted Chana - 1/2 cup Cashew Nuts - 1/2 cup Dry Coconut Slices - 1/4 cup (Thin slices) Curry Leaves - 10-12 Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Sesame seeds - 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Hing (Asafoetida) - A pinch Oil - 1 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp Oil for deep frying Method: 1. Heat Oil for deep frying in a kadahi 2. Take a fine sieve with a handle and place half of the poha in it 3. Immerse the sieve with the poha in the medium hot oil 4. Fry till they expand and become crisp 5. Remove the fried poha on a plate lined with paper towel 6. Place the sieve on a dry plate and add the remaining poha in it 7. Again keep the sieve with the poha in hot oil and fry till they are crisp 8. Drain them in the same plate 9. Next add chana in the sieve and fry them for some seconds till they become crisp 10. Drain on anoth

Aate Ki Namkeen Mathri | Salted Wheat Mathri Ingredients: Atta ( Whole Wheat Flour) - 2 cup Sooji (Semolina) - 1/2 cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds) - 1 tsp Oil - 1/2 cup Black Pepper Corns- 20 (Coarsely grounded) Oil for frying Method: 1. In a thali mix Atta and Sooji 2. Now add salt, ajwain, black pepper in it and mix well 3. Add 1/2 cup oil in it and mix very well to get bread crumbs like texture 4. Using little water at a time knead a hard dough of this flour (About 1/2 cup water will be required) 5. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15-20 minutes 6. Slightly press the dough to make it smooth 7. If the dough becomes too hard, then you can add little water to knead it again 8. Now make small balls of dough and press them between your palms to make them smooth and keep aside 9. Heat Oil for frying in a Kadahi 10. Meanwhile roll the dough balls little thick with a diameter of 2 inches 11. Make holes 4-5 times in the mathri using fork 12. Check the oil

Singhare Ki Chaat  Ingredients: Singhare (Water Chestnut) - 1 kg Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp Green Chillies - 2 (finely chopped) Rock Salt (Sendha Namak) - 1 tsp Desi Ghee - 1 tsp Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp Roasted Peanuts - 1 tbsp Method: 1. Boil Singhara in cooker for 3-4 minutes 2. Drain, cool and peel boiled singharas 3. Chop each singhara into two pieces 4. Heat ghee in a pan 5. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter 6. Now add green chillies and fry for 10 seconds 7. Add chopped singhada to this  8. Add rock salt in it and fry on high heat for 30-40 seconds 9. Add lemon juice and take off heat 10. Immediately plate delicious and healthy Singhara Chaat. 11. Garnish it with roasted peanuts. This can also be enjoyed on a Fast (Vrat) day  सिंघाड़े की चाट  सामग्री: सिंघाड़े - १ किलो जीरा - १ छोटा चम्मच हरी मिर्च - २ (बारीक कटी हुई) सेंधा नमक - १ छोटा चम्मच देसी घी - १ छोटा चम्मच निम्बू का रस - १ बड़ा चम्मच भुनी मूंगफली - १ बड़ा चम्मच  विधि: १. सिंघाड़े को ३-४ मि

Kuttu Singhare Ki Poori Ingredients: Kuttu Ka Atta (Buckwheat flour) - 1 cup Singhare Ka Atta (Water chestnut flour) - 1 cup Arbi (Colocasia root) - 250 gm Rock Salt (Sendha Namak) - 1 tsp Peanut Oil for deep frying Method: 1. Wash and Boil Arbi for 3 whistles in Cooker 2. Peel the boiled arbi when it is cold 3. Grate the Arbi 4. Mix Kuttu Atta, Singhara Atta, Rock Salt in Arbi and knead a dough without adding water 5. If the mixture is too dry, add 1-2 tbsp water to knead a smooth dough 6. For nice result, now make a fist and just put it on whole dough. This makes the poori smooth and nice in texture 7. Take small portion from the dough and make a smooth ball by rolling it between the palms 8. Apply little oil on this ball and roll it into thin round using a rolling pin 9. Heat Oil in a kadahi and deep fry the poori by regularly flipping it from both sides till it becomes golden brown from both sides 10. Repeat the same process to make other pooris 11. Serve

Falahari Sweet Potato and Fruit Chaat Ingredients: Sweet Potato (Shakarkand) - 250 gm Pomegranate - 1 Apple - 1 Banana - 2 Black Pepper - 1 tsp Rock Salt ( Sendha Namak) - 1 tsp Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp Method: 1. Wash and Boil Sweet Potatoes in Cooker for 3 whistles 2. Let them cool and then peel them 3. Cut boiled sweet potatoes into bite size pieces 4. Take out seeds from the pomegranate 5. Cut apple into bite size pieces 6. Chop banana into pieces 7. Mix sweet potatoes, apple, banana and pomegranate seeds in a mixing bowl 8. Add Rock Salt, Black Pepper and lemon juice and mix well 9. Delicious Sweet Potato and fruit chaat is ready 10. Serve chilled फलाहारी शकरकंदी और फलों की चाट सामग्री: शकरकंद - २५० ग्राम अनार - १ सेब - १ केले - २ काली मिर्च पाउडर - १ छोटा चम्मच सेंधा नमक - १ छोटा चम्मच निम्बू का रस - १ बड़ा चम्मच विधि: १. शकरकंद को धो कर कुकर में  तीन सीटी आने तक  उबाल लीजिये   २. इसे ठंडा होने दीजिये  और फिर छील लीजिये  ३. उबली शकरकंद को छोट

Falahari Makhana Namkeen  Ingredients: Groundnut - 1 cup Almonds - 1/2 cup Makhana (Fox Nut / Lotus Seed) - 1 cup Melon Seeds - 1/2 cup Dry Coconut - 1/4 cup (Cut into thin slices) Rock Salt (Sendha Namak) - 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Desi Ghee - 2 tbsp Method: 1. Chop makhanas to 2 pieces 2. Dry roast the melon seeds by continuous stirring, till they become fluffy 3. Transfer in a bowl and keep aside 4. Put Ghee in the kadahi 5. Now fry almonds on low flame in this ghee, by stirring continuously 6. When they become fluffy remove them from ghee and keep aside 7. Fry groundnut in the same kadahi by continuously stirring 8. When it turns golden brown take it out and spread it on a paper napkin to remove excess ghee  9. Now fry the coconut pieces on low flame by stirring continuously 10. When they turn light golden remove them and keep aside 11. Now fry makhana on low flame 12. Fry them till they become light brown 13. In a mixing bowl mix roasted m

Falahar Raw Banana Cutlet for Vrat Ingredients: Raw Banana - 500 gm Potato (Medium size) - 2 Rock Salt (Sendha Namak)- 1 tsp Green Chillies - 2 (Finely chopped) Kuttu Atta (Buckwheat Flour) - 2 tbsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Method: 1.  Wash the bananas properly, cut off the edges on both ends 2. Boil the bananas in pressure cooker for 2 whistles 3. Boil the potatoes 4. Let the bananas and potato cool 5. Peel the skin from the bananas and mash them 6. Peel the skin from the potatoes and mash them 7. Mix mashed potatoes, bananas, rock salt, black pepper, green chillies and Kuttu Atta 8. Knead all the ingredients like a dough 9. Put little Oil on your hand and take little mixture in your hands, roll it into a round ball  10. Then press gently with your palms to flatten it a bit. 11. Similarly make 4-5 balls and flatten them.  12. Heat Oil in a pan 13.  Put these in hot oil at medium flame to shallow fry. 14. Fry (turn the sides regularly)till both sides