Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

🥟✨ Namkeen Papdi | Swal Papdi Crispy, flaky, and perfectly spiced – these triangle-shaped papdis are a classic tea-time snack and a base for many Indian chaats! 🧾  Ingredients: Flour - 2 Cups Oil - ¼ cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds)- 1 tsp Oil - for frying Method: 🧂 Step 1: Prepare the Dough In a large mixing bowl, add: 1¼ cups flour (maida or whole wheat) ¼ cup oil Salt to taste ½ tsp ajwain (carom seeds) Mix everything well until the flour becomes crumbly. 💧 Step 2: Knead the Dough Gradually add warm water (about ½ cup) and knead into a slightly stiff dough . Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes . ✋ Step 3: Shape the Dough Balls After resting, knead the dough again briefly to smoothen. Divide into small lemon-sized balls. Roll each one between your palms to smoothen it. 🍽️ Step 4: Roll and Shape into Triangles Take one dough ball (keep others covered). Roll it into a thin circle (5–6 inches diameter) . Prick the sur...

Phiki (Saltless) Mathri | Karvachauth Mathi Ingredients: Maida (All purpose flour) - 1 cup Sooji (Semolina) - 2 tbsp Ghee - 3 tbsp Oil for frying Method: 1. Mix maida and sooji together 2. Add ghee to above and rub between your fingers till the dough turns like breadcrumbs 3. Add warm water (1/3 cup) little by little and knead a dough for 3-4 minutes 4. Cover with a muslin cloth and let it rest for 30 minutes 5. After 30 minutes divide the dough in 8 equal parts and make balls 6. Press the balls between your palms to give peda like shape 7. Now roll each ball in about 1/4 inch thick and 5-6 inch diameter 8. Poke the rolled up mathris with fork or knife so that it doesn't fluff up while frying 9. For Karva chauth one mathri is required with a hole to look at the moon. Take one mathri and using tip of the finger make a hole in the center and then roll the sides of the hole a bit from all sides 10. Heat Oil in a Kadahi 11. When it is medium hot fry the mathis 2...

Aate Ki Namkeen Mathri | Salted Wheat Mathri Ingredients: Atta ( Whole Wheat Flour) - 2 cup Sooji (Semolina) - 1/2 cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds) - 1 tsp Oil - 1/2 cup Black Pepper Corns- 20 (Coarsely grounded) Oil for frying Method: 1. In a thali mix Atta and Sooji 2. Now add salt, ajwain, black pepper in it and mix well 3. Add 1/2 cup oil in it and mix very well to get bread crumbs like texture 4. Using little water at a time knead a hard dough of this flour (About 1/2 cup water will be required) 5. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15-20 minutes 6. Slightly press the dough to make it smooth 7. If the dough becomes too hard, then you can add little water to knead it again 8. Now make small balls of dough and press them between your palms to make them smooth and keep aside 9. Heat Oil for frying in a Kadahi 10. Meanwhile roll the dough balls little thick with a diameter of 2 inches 11. Make holes 4-5 times in the mathri using fork 12. Check the oil...