Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Red Chilly Banarsi Pickle Ingredients: Red Chilly - 1 kg Mustard Oil - 4 cup Lemon - 8 Salt - 1 cup Yellow / Black mustard seeds - 1 cup Fennel seeds - 1 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 cup Cumin seeds - 1/2 cup Black peppercorns - 4 tbsp Ajwain - 4 tbsp Black salt - 4 tbsp Turmeric Powder - 4 tbsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1 tsp Method: 1. Wash the red chilly and keep it in sun for 2-3 hours to dry 2. Heat a pan 3. Add fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, ajwain and black peppercorns in the pan 4. Keep stirring for 2 minutes and dry roast the masalas 5. Take out the roasted masala in a plate and let it cool 6. Add mustard oil in the pan and let it heat nicely 7. When smoke starts coming from the oil switch off the gas and let the oil cool in the pan 8. Now take out the oil in a bowl 9. Grind the masalas coarsely with salt 10. Take out the grounded masala in a plate 11. Coarsely grind the mustard seeds and mix with the masala 12. Add black salt, turmeric p...

Stuffed Karela without Onion Ingredients: Karela (Bitter gourd) - 250 gm Raw Mango - 1 Salt - 3 tsp Coriander Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder  - 1/2 tsp Saunf (Fennel Seeds) Powder - 2 tsp Sugar - 1 tsp Mustard Oil - 2 tbsp Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp Method: 1. Wash and peel the karelas 2. Don't throw the peels 3. Cut the peels into small pieces 4. Slit the karelas from one side 5. Put 1 tsp salt on peels and mix and keep aside for 1 hour 6. Put 1 tsp salt on karelas and spread evenly on karelas and keep aside for 1 hour 7. Peel the raw mango 8. Grate the mango 9. After 1 hour wash the peels nicely and remove extra water 10. Wash the karelas nicely and squeeze out extra water 11. Heat 1 tbsp oil and add cumin seeds 12. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, saunf powder 13. Stir for a while 14. Add the peels and salt and fry on low heat till peels become tender 15. Add grated mango and sugar and stir for 2 mi...