Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Lauki  Amritsari  Badi Curry Ingredients : Lauki (Bottlegourd) - 500 gm Amritsari Urad Badi (Wadi) - 1 Tomato puree - 1/2 cup Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander powder - 1 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Hing - 1/4 tsp Oil - 2 tbsp Method : 1. Wash and peel the Bottle gourd  2. Chop it into about 1 inch big pieces and keep them in a vessel filled with water 3. Crush Amritsari Badi into very small pieces 4. Heat 1/2 tbsp Oil in a pan and roast the crushed badi on low heat 5. Take it out in a plate and keep it aside 6. Heat 1.5 tbsp oil in a cooker on medium heat 7. Add cumin seeds and let them crackle 8. Now add hing, tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt 9. Cook stirring occassionally till spice mix starts leaving the oil 10. Add bottle gourd pieces, roasted badies and 1/2 cup water 11. Mix nicely and close the lid of the cooker 12. Cook on high flame till the first whistle 13. After first whistle, lower the flame and cook for 7-8 m...

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...