Prabha Ki Rasoi - Recipes in Hindi and English

Tomato Basil Soup Ingredients: Long tomatoes - 1 kg Extra virgin oil - 1/4 cup Salt Black pepper Onion (chopped) - 1/2 cup Carrots (chopped) - 1/2 cup Garlic cloves (chopped) - 4 Water - 3 cups Sugar - 1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar - 1 tbsp Basil leaves - 1 cup Ajwain / Thyme leaves - 1 tsp Method: 1. Preheat oven at 180 C and line a baking tray with parchment paper 2. Cut the tomatoes into halves, lengthwise 3. Place the tomatoes on the baking tray with cut sides up 4. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and sprinkle with salt and black pepper 5. Roast for 1 hour or until edges just start to shrivel and insides are still juicy 6. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pot over medium heat 7. Add chopped garlic, onion, carrot, salt and give a mix 8. Cover and cook until veggies are soft 9. Keep stirring in between for even cooking 10. Add the roasted tomatoes 11. Add 3 cups of water, vinegar, sugar, oregano, thyme / ajwain leaves 12. Simmer for 10 minutes 13. Let it cool slightly 14. Pour the soup into a blende...

Namkeen Chiwda | Poha Chivda Namkeen Ingredients: Thick Poha (Flattened Rice) - 1 cup Peanuts - 1/2 cup Roasted Chana - 1/2 cup Cashew Nuts - 1/2 cup Dry Coconut Slices - 1/4 cup (Thin slices) Curry Leaves - 10-12 Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Sesame seeds - 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Hing (Asafoetida) - A pinch Oil - 1 tbsp Salt - 1 tsp Oil for deep frying Method: 1. Heat Oil for deep frying in a kadahi 2. Take a fine sieve with a handle and place half of the poha in it 3. Immerse the sieve with the poha in the medium hot oil 4. Fry till they expand and become crisp 5. Remove the fried poha on a plate lined with paper towel 6. Place the sieve on a dry plate and add the remaining poha in it 7. Again keep the sieve with the poha in hot oil and fry till they are crisp 8. Drain them in the same plate 9. Next add chana in the sieve and fry them for some seconds till they become crisp 10. Drain on anoth...