Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

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 ...

Matar Kachori Ingredients : All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cup Oil - 3 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp Green peas - 1 cup Red chillli powder - 1/4 tsp Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp Green Chilli (finely chopped) - 1/2 tsp Ginger (Finely chopped) - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Gram flour - 1 tbsp Oil for frying Method : 1.  Add 1/2 tsp salt to all purpose flour and mix well 2. Add 2 tbsp Oil and mix and rub nicely in the flour 3. Make a tight dough by adding little water at a time 4. Wrap the dough in a clean dry cloth for 15 minutes 5. Boil peas in a sauce pan 6. When nicely soft, strain them with a strainer 7. When little cool, mash them with a masher 8. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan 9. Add cumin seeds and let them change the colour 10. Now add ginger and green chillies and fry them for a while 11. Add gram flour and roast it till its rawness is over 12. Add mashed green peas, coriander powder, red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp salt 13. Add amchur powder and mix nicely 14. Fry the ...

Khasta Kachori Ingredients: Urad Dal (Split and dehusked black gram lentils) - 1 cup Ajwain (Carom Seeds) - 1 tsp All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 500 gm Oil - 1 cup Hing (asafoetida) - 1/2 tsp Salt - 2 tsp Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp Saunf (Fennel seed) Powder - 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp Baking Soda - a pinch Oil for frying Method: 1. Wash and Soak Urad Dal for 5- 6 hours 2. Remove Dal from water and grind coarsely using minimum water 3. Heat 3 tbsp oil and add hing 4. Add ground Dal and cook till it looses its moisture and becomes crispy and golden brown 5. Add 1 tsp salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder, saunf powder, baking soda and mix well 6. Remove from fire and keep it aside 7. Add 1 tsp salt and ajwain in Flour and mix well 8. Add 3/4 cup oil in it and rub well 9. Using warm water (About 1 cup) little by little, knead a bit hard dough 10. Cover the dough with a muslin cloth for about 30 minutes 11. Take small portions from the dough and pr...

Aloo Sabji (For Poori /Kachori) Ingredients: Potato - 500 gm (Boiled) Coriander Seeds - 2 tsp Cumin seeds - 2 tsp Ajwain ( Carom Seeds) - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Amchur Powder - 1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp Hing ( Asafoetida)  - a pinch Ginger Powder - 1/2 tsp Oil - 2 tbsp Whole Red Chillies - 2 (Broken in 2 pieces) Tomato - 1 (Grated) Kasoori Methi - 1 tsp Coriander Leaves - 1 tbsp Method: 1. Dry roast coriander seeds, 1 tsp cumin seeds and ajwain in a pan 2. Coarsely Crush the roasted masalas 3. Add turmeric powder, amchur powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, hing, ginger powder in the crushed masala and mix well 4. Heat Oil and add 1 tsp cumin seeds 5. When cumin seeds splutter, add whole red chillies and fry for 30 seconds 6. Now add tomato and fry for a minute 7. Add salt and mix well 8. Add the spice mix and mix well 9. Fry till oil separates 10. Break potatoes in uneven pieces 11. A...