Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

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: 🥣 Step 1: Prepare the Urad Dal Filling Rinse and Soak Rinse urad dal a couple of times and soak it in enough water for 3–4 hours . Grind the Dal Drain the water and grind the soaked dal into a coarse paste without adding extra water. Cook the Masala Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and a pinch of hing (asafoetida) ; let them sizzle. Add Aromatics Add grated ginger and chopped green chilies . Sauté until the raw aroma disappears . Add Spices Lower the heat and add: Coriander powder Red chili powder Fennel (saunf) powder Mix and Add Dal Paste Stir the spice...

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  विध...

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. Boil the Sweet Potatoes Wash the sweet potatoes thoroughly and pressure cook them for 3 whistles until soft. ❄️🔪 2. Cool & Peel Let the boiled sweet potatoes cool completely. Then peel off the skin . 🥄🍠 3. Chop into Bite-Size Pieces Cut the peeled sweet potatoes into bite-sized cubes . 🍎🍌 4. Prepare the Fruits Deseed the pomegranate. Chop the apple into small pieces. Slice the banana into rounds or small chunks. 🥣🍇 5. Mix Everything Together In a large mixing bowl, combine: Chopped sweet potatoes Apple pieces Banana slices Pomegranate seeds 🧂🍋 6. Add Spices & Lemon Juice Sprinkle with rock salt , black pepper , and squeeze in fresh lemon juice . Toss everything gently to coat the fr...

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 ...

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. Fr...

Makhana Kheer For Vrat | Foxnut Pudding For Fast Ingredients: Makhana (Fox nut) - 2 cup Milk - 1 litre Almonds - 1/2 cup Pistachios - 1 tbsp Chironji (Charoli Seeds) - 1 tbsp Green Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp Sugar - 1/2 cup Desi Ghee - 2 tbsp Method: 1. Soak Almonds and Pistachios in hot water for 10 minutes 2. After 10 minutes peel the almonds and pistachios 3. Finely chop the almonds and pistachios 4. Heat Ghee in a Kadahi 5. Fry makhana in this ghee by continuous stirring 6. Fry till it becomes light brown 7. Now add milk in this kadahi and let it boil 8. When it starts boiling, lower heat and let it cook 9. Add cardamom powder and mix well 10. After 5 minutes add chopped almonds and chopped pistachios 11. Cook till it becomes thick and then add sugar and chirongi 12. Cook for 2 minutes 13. The healthy and delicious Kheer is ready 14. Serve it hot or chilled. This is a perfect sweet dish for any Fast (Vrat) day. व्रत की मखाना खीर सामग्री: मखाना - २ ...