Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Mangodi Kadhi Ingredients : Gram Flour (Besan) - 1/2 cup Moong Dal Mangodi - 1/2 cup Curd - 1.5 cup Oil - 1 tbsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds - 3/4 tsp  Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Green Chillies (finely chopped) -  2 Ginger (finely chopped) - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Red Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp Salt - 1.5 tsp or as per taste Desi Ghee - 2 tbsp Method : 1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan or kadahi 2. Put moong dal mangodi in it and fry till it turns light brown 3. Take out fried mangodi in a plate 4. Transfer curd in a blender 5. Add gram flour in it and blend it to get a homogeneneous mixture 6. Take this mixture in a large bowl and add 6 cups of water to it 7. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadahi or pan 8. Add fenugreek seeds, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds and hing 9. After fenugreek and cumin seeds are roasted add turmeric powder, green chillies and ginger 10. Saute for a while 11. Add fried mangodis, 1/2 tsp salt and 1 cup water in these spices and cover  12. As soon as the wa...

Dry Green Peas Curry Ingredients : Dry Green Peas - 1.5 cup Ginger (grated) - 1 tbsp Bay leaf - 2 Cinnamon Stick - 1 (1 inch) Whole dry red chilli - 2 (broken into 2 parts) Cloves - 4 Green Cardamom - 2 Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Coriander powder - 2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Amchur powder - 2 tsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Mustard Oil - 3 tbsp Green coriander (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp Method : 1. Wash and soak dry green peas in sufficient water for 6-8 hours or overnight 2. Transfer the peas with the soaked water in a cooker 3. If required add little more water in it 4. Close the lid of the cooker and cook on high flame for 4-5 whistles 5. Let the pressure of cooker release on its own 6. Heat mustard oil in a pan or kadahi 7. When oil is nicely hot lower the flame and add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cardamom, cloves 8. Now add whole red chillies, cumin seeds, hing and cook for few seconds 9. Add coriander powder, kashmi...

Bottle Gourd Kofte | Lauki Ke Kofte Ingredients (Koftas): Lauki (Bottle Gourd) - 500 gram  Besan - 1/2 cup Green chilly - 2 (Finely chopped) Ginger - 1/2" piece (Finely grated) Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp Green coriander - 1 tbsp (Finely chopped) Salt - 1/2 tsp Oil for frying Method (Koftas): 1. Peel, wash and grate the Lauki 2. In a bowl nicely mix grated lauki, green chilly, ginger, red chilli powder, green coriander, besan and salt 3.  Heat Oil in a Kadahi   4.  Take about 1 tbsp mixture in your fingers and put it in Kadahi. Put 5-6 koftas at a time in a Kadahi. 5.  Keep flipping till it becomes brown 6.  Keep the fried koftas in a plate.  Prepare all the koftas the same way Ingredients (For Curry): Tomato - 2 Green chilly - 2 Ginger - 1" piece Curd - 1/2 cup Cream - 1/2 cup Oil - 2 tbsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Coriander powder - 1 tsp G...