Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Lobia Curry Ingredients: Lobia / Cowpea / Black-eyed peas - 1 cup Salt to taste Oil - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Ginger (grated) - 1 tbsp Green chilies (finely chopped) - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 2 tsp Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Amchur powder - 1.5 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Green coriander (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp Method: 1.    Soak the lobia for 3 to 4 hours. 2. Wash the soaked lobia and add them to the Pressure cooker. 3. Add 2 cups of water, 3/4 tsp salt and cook for 2-3 whistles  4. Let the pressure release on its own and then keep the lobia aside 5. Heat oil in a kadahi 6. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter 7. Add grated ginger and finely chopped green chilies and saute till the rawness of ginger goes away 8. Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and saute for a while 9. Add boiled lobia with the water and give a nice mix 10. Add 2 cups of water and stir 11. Let the lobia cook for 3-4 minutes 12. Add amchur powder, garam masala powder and give a nice m...

Safed Matar Ki Sabji  Ingredients : Safed Matar - 1 cup Salt - 1 tsp Oil - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp  Hing - 1/4 tsp Coriander powder - 1.5 tsp Ginger (grated) - 1 tsp Green Chillies (finely chopped) - 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Amchur powder - 1 tsp Chat masala powder - 1/2 tsp Method : 1. Wash and Soak Safed matar for 3-4 hours 2. Remove from water and transfer soaked matar in a cooker 3. Add 1 cup water and 1 tsp salt in it 4. Close the lid of the cooker and cook for 1 whistle on high flame 5. Lower the flame and cook for 5 minutes more 6. Switch off the gas 7. Let the pressure of cooker release on its own 8. Open the lid and check that matar has become nicely soft 9. Heat oil in a pan or kadahi 10. Add cumin seeds and let them crackle 11. Lower the flame and add hing, coriander powder, grated ginger, green chillies, red chilli powder, garam masala powder 12. Mix nicely 13. Add 1/2 cup water in the spices and saute till the oil sepa...

Malai Paneer Korma Ingredients: Paneer Cubes - 2 cups Onion (roughly chopped) - 6 Garlic Cloves - 7 Ginger (roughly chopped) - 1/2 inch piece Green Chilli - 2 Black Cardamom - 1 Green Cardamom - 3 Shahi Jeera - 1/4 tsp Cashew nuts - 1/2 cup Black Peppercorns - 6 Curd - 1 cup Desi Ghee - 4 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp or as per taste Milk - 1 cup Nutmeg powder - a pinch Cardamom powder - a pinch Crushed black pepper - a pinch Method: 1. Heat a deep pan and add 2 cup water in the pan. 2. Add onion, garlic cloves, ginger, 2 chillies, black cardamom, green cardamom, shahi jeera, cashew, black peppercorns in the water 3. Cover the pan and let it cook for 30 minutes 4. After 30 minutes remove it from fire and sieve it to remove the excess water 5. Spread the boiled content in a plate and let it cool 6. Remove the black cardamom and green chillies from it 7. Grind the onions mixture with curd to make a smooth paste 8. Heat ghee in a pan 9. Add the onion paste in it and let it...

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...