Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Methi Bites Ingredients: Maida (All purpose flour) - 2 cup Oil - 1/4 cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain - 1/2 tsp Kasoori Methi - 2 tbsp Oil for frying Method : 1. Take maida in a big bowl or plate, add 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp ajawain and mix well. 2. Add 2 tbsp ksoori methi and mix 3. Add 1/4 cup oil and mix well 4. Now add little water at a time and knead a bit soft dough.  5. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes to set. 6. Take a orange size portion from the dough and press between your palms to give smoothness 7. Roll out little thick circle from it 8. Using fork make marks on the circle so that the bites don't puff while frying 9. Using knife cut squares or triangles with size of your choice, from the circle.   10. Heat oil in a kadahi to fry 11. Add rolled bites in the medium hot oil as many as can easily fry in the kadahi 12. Fry them on low medium heat till they turn golden brown from all sides 13. Take them out in a plate 14. Serve these Tasty, crunchy Methi Bite...

Moong Dal Khasta Kachori Ingredients : Maida - 2 cup Oil - 1/2 cup Salt - 1 tsp Moong dal - 1/2 cup (soaked for 2 hours) Green chilly (finely chopped) - 2  Coriander powder - 1 tsp Fennel powder - 1 tsp Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp Hing (Asafoetida) - 1/4 tsp Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp (or 1 inch piece grated) Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Oil for frying kachoris Method : 1. Take maida in a big bowl or plate, add 1/2 tsp salt and mix well. 2. Add 1/4 cup oil and mix well 3. Now add little water at a time and knead soft dough same as required for making chapatti. Don't knead the dough too much.  4. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes to set. 5. Coarsely ground the soaked moong dal.  6. Heat  1/4 cup oil in a pan  7. When oil is sufficiently hot, add cumin seeds and saute for a while.  8. After sauteing cumin seeds add hing, green chilly, coriander powder, fennel powder and saute the spices for few minutes.  9. Now ...