Sunday, 19 April 2026

ALOO PARATHA WITH BAINGAN CHOKHA

 


Prep Time :30 mins

 Cooking Time : 30 mins
 Serve : 3

 INGREDIENTS
 Wheat flour - 1 cup
 Finely chopped onion - 1
 Finely chopped green chilly - 2
 Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
 Coriander powder - 1 tsp
 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
 Carom seeds - 1/4 tsp
 Onion seeds - 1/4 tsp
Catch Salt - to taste
 Oil - 2 tbsp
 Butter - 50 gms

 METHOD
 Take a large bowl mix wheat flour,carom seeds,onion seeds,salt and one tsp oil to make a soft dough. Keep aside for 30 mins Heat one tbsp oil in a pan,add onion and fry till golden brown.
 Add ginger garlic paste and saute for one
mins.
 Add all spices and mix well.
 Now add boiled and mashed potato and salt and mix well
 Turn off the flame.
 Now stuffing is ready
 Divide the dough into equal parts and roll out.
 Stuff the filling in the dough and roll into balls.
 Flatter the balls into thick round shape paratha.
 Grease the pan with little clarified butter and heat on a medium flame .
 Aloo Paratha is ready to eat with baigan chokha and green chutney.

Baingan bharta 
INGREDIENTS
Bharta baingan   -   1 large
Tomato  -  1
Chopped onion  -  1
Chopped green chily  -  2
Chopped garlic cloves  -  3 - 4
Salt  - to taste
Chopped coriander leaves  -  1 tbsp

METHOD
Wash and clean the baingan
Stalk trimmed and partially slit into quarters and prick the baingan
Now keep in the microwave safe bowlMicrowave baingan for six mins and tomato for 3 mins
Cool down for some time,remove the skin of the baingan and tomato and mash it
Add green chilly,garlic cloves,coriander leaves,salt and finely chopped onion in the mashed baingan tomato and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves








EGG CURRY

 


Prep Time : 15 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve : 3

INGREDIENTS
Hard boiled eggs - 6
Chopped onion - 2
Grated ginger - 1/2 tsp
Grated garlic cloves - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Whole black pepper - 2 - 3
Cloves - 2 - 3
Green cardamom - 1
Black cardamom - 1
Roasted coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri mirch powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil- 4 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp for garnishing

METHOD
Heat one tbsp oil in a pan and place the boiled eggs and fry until dark brown and strain it.
Again heat oil in the same pan add the cumin seeds, and whole garam masala  to crackle.
Now add chopped onion and saute until pink,
Add crushed garlic,crushed ginger and cook for few seconds,add turmeric powder, red chilly powder,roasted coriander powder and kashmiri mirch powder and two tbsp water and cook for few seconds.
Add 1/2 cup of water and bring to boil,once boiled cook in a slow flame.
Add fried eggs and salt and cook in a medium flame for five mins.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.











SPRING ONION PARATHA

 




Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time  : 15 mins
Serve  : 2

INGREDIENTS
Wheat flour    -     1 cup
Finely chopped spring onion  -  1 cup
Carom seeds   -   a pinch.
Onion seeds   -    a pinch
Salt    -    to taste
Chopped green chilly  -   1
Curd   -   2 tsp
Oil   -   2 tbsp


METHOD
Wash and chop spring onion.
Spring onion are mixed in a wheat flour with salt,curd,green chilly,carom seeds,onion seeds and one tbsp oil to make a soft dough with the help of a water.
On a heated pan make paratha applying oil on both the sides.
Serve hot with sweet mango and green chutney..

 




















Saturday, 18 April 2026

POMEGRANATE AND MANGO RAITA

 


Prep Time : 10 mins 

Total Time : 10 mins 
Serve : 4

 INGREDIENTS
 Boondi - 1/2 bowl 
Pomegranate  pearls - 1/2 bowl
Hung curd - 1 cup 
Salt- a pinch
Sugar- 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp 

 METHOD 
Put the fresh curd in a muslin cloth for 3-4 hours to make a hung curd and then prepare raita out of it. 
Whisk the hung curd. 
Add roasted and crushed cumin seeds, black salt, salt, red chilly powder ,sugar and mix well.
 Now after mixing it, add boondi and pomegranate pearls and mix it well.
 Serve
 chilled boondi and pomegranate raita