Let's eat Awesome Khichadi

Hi,

Khichadi is an Indian cuisine, generally served to those who have bad stomach :P But people with good stomach also like it :) So what makes it different with other cuisines is its lightness. It is very light and that is why always suggested to patients with stomach issues. It is very easy to make and at the same time delicious. So let's have a look at the ingredients.

Ingredients

1/2 cup        Basmati Rice
1/2 cup        Moong Dal (Green Gram)
1/4 cup        Peas
1/4 cup        Chopped Beans
1/4 cup        Sweet Corn
1/4 cup        Chopped Carrots
1/4 cup        Chopped Onion
1/4 cup        Chopped Tomato
2 tsp            Oil / Butter / Ghee
1/2 tsp         Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
1 pc             Bay Leaf (Tez Patta)
2 pc             Dried Red Chilli
1 tsp            Ginger Garlic Paste
1/2 tsp         Garam Masala (Curry Powder)
1/2 tsp         Turmeric Powder (Haldi Powder)
Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Wash rice and dal in a bowl 3 - 4 times till it gives clear water. Add fresh water and soak it for 15 minutes.
2. Put the pressure cooker on flame, add oil. On heated oil add cumin seeds, bay leaf, red chilli, ginger garlic paste and stir well.
3. Add onion and heat till it gets light pink in color. Add beans, corn, carrots and heat for 1-2 minutes. 
4. Add turmeric powder and garam masala and heat for 2 minutes.
5. Drain rice and gram mixture and add to pressure cooker. Heat for further 2-3 minutes.
6. Add 2 cups of water and close the lid of pressure cooker. Keep it on medium flame and heat till it blows 1 whistle. 

Khichadi is ready to be served with Curd, Papad and Pickles.

Enjoy the recipe and do not forget to give your feedback!

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Stuffed Potato Chapati

Hey everyone,

No wonder stuffed potato chapati or in India you may call it as "Aloo Ka Paratha" is always a tasty and wonderful breakfast. Served hot along with sauce (chutney) tastes its best. Today lets see how we can make our stuffed potato chapati.

Ingredients
3 pc        Medium size potatoes
1 pc        Medium size onion
2 pc       Garlic
1/2 pc    Green Bell Pepper (Optional)
2 cup      All purpose wheat flour (Atta)
2 tsp       Oil
1 tsp       fenel (Saunf)
2 pc        Bay leaf
1/2 tsp    Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp    Chilli Powder
1 tsp       Cilantro leaves powder (Bareek Dhaniya Patti)
Oil for baking chapaties

Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Wash and boil potatoes. Peel the potato skins and keep it in a separate bowl.
2. Finely chop the onion, garlic and bell pepper and keep aside.
3. Put the pan on flame and add oil. On hot oil add bay leaf, fenel and finely chopped garlic.
4. Quickly add onion to it so that the rest do not burn.
5. When onions turns little pink add chopped bell pepper and crushed potatoes.
6. Mix all and bake it for 2 more minutes on flame. Now the mixture is ready.
7. In a separate bowl add flour (atta) and knead it with water to make a dough. 
8. Make 8 equal balls of this dough. Put one flat pan on flame.
9. Take one dough ball and dip it into dry flour and gradually by hand start making a shape of a cup.
10. At the center of this cup add the potato mixture and gently close the cup by squeesing it with hands. 
11. Dip again this big mixture ball in flour and slowly enlarge it to a circle of 4" diameter by using a roller (belan). Keep using the dry flour to smoothly rolling the balls.
12. Now add this to pan kept at low flame for 1 minute.
13. Tumble the chapati upside down and again bake for 1 minute.
14. To over the upper layer of the chapati add 1/2 tsp oil and evenly spread it.
15. Tumble again the chapati and oil again the other layer.
16. Bake it till it turns little brown on both the sides. 
17. Serve hot with sauce or chutney.

Stuffed Chapati is ready to eat with sauce.
Please do not forget to give me your feedback and feel free to ask me any question about the cuisine if you have any :)

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Paav Bhaaj!!! WoW

Paav Bhaaji is an Indian cuisine and tastes awesome. The good part about this cuisine is that it contains almost all the healthy vegetables. It is a rich and healthy cuisine and can be made at good occasions.

Let's have a look at its ingredients

Ingredients
5pc         Potatos
2pc         Big Onion
1pc         Green Bell Pepper
1lb          Cabbage
8-9pc     Baby Carrot/Carrot
8pc         Garlic Clove
5pc         Tomatos
1"pc       Ginger
4pc         Bay Leaf (Tez Patta)
4pc         Black Cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
1tsp        Cumin (Jeera)
1tsp        Turmeric (Haldi)
1tsp        Red Chilli Powder (Lal Mirch)
3tsp        Cilantro Powder (Baarik Dhaniya Powder) 
2tsp        Curry Powder (Garam Masala)
2tsp        Paav Bhaaji Masala
1tsp        Lemonade
2tbsp      Cooking Oil

Salt to taste
Cilantro Leaves (Dhaniya Ke Patte) for Garnishing

Procedure

1. Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker such that they can be easily crushed by  hand. Drain water and peel of the skin of potatoes. After cooling crush the potatoes with hand.
2. Finely chop Bell Pepper, Carrot and Cabbage. Place them in a separate bowl.
3. Finely chop onion and keep it aside.
4. Mince ginger and garlic to make a paste.
5. Grind tomatoes or cut them into fine pieces.
6. In a big heating pot add oil and place it to flame.
7. On heating sequentially add Bay Leaf, Black Cardamom, Cumin, Ginger Garlic Paste. Heat till it turns little brown.Stir on regular basis.
8. On this add chopped onion and heat it till the onion turns into light pink color. Keep stirring.
9. Now place tomatoes and stir it till tomatoes start leaving oil at the corner of the pot.
10. To this add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cilantro powder and salt.
11. Add chopped bell pepper, cabbage, carrot and some water to bake. Mix well everything and cover the lid of the pot. Bake till the vegetables become softer.
12. Add crushed potatoes and mix well. 
13. To this add little water as per the requirements of cuisine.
14. At last add curry powder and paav bhaaji masala in it and heat the pot again by covering the lid for few more minutes.
15. Garnish it with cilantro leaves.
16. Serve Hot with either baked bread or ban with butter.

The cuisine can be used for 3 servings.

Enjoy the cuisine and please give me your valuable feedback!

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