Indian Snack Recipe - Bread Dhokla

Bread Dhokla


Ingredients :


7-8 slices of bread
2 tbsp. grated coconut
1 tbsp. chopped green chilies
1/4 tsp. chopped ginger
1 cup thick yogurt
1/2 tsp. Chili powder
1/2 tsp. Amchur (mango powder) powder
A few mustard seeds and curry leaves
Oil for shallow frying
Salt according to taste




Method :


1. Remove the edges of the bread slices, cut each into 4 squares.
2. Mix together the yogurt, chopped green chilies, ginger and salt. 
3. Apply this mixture on each square. Join two squares to form a tiny sandwich.
4. Heat oil in a frying pan, add the mustard seeds and curry leaves.
5. When they splutter, place the sandwiches in pan and fry on both sides.
6. Serve hot with Tomato sauce or hot chili sauce




Source : Hanford for ELXL.net 

Indian Raita Recipe - Mix Fruit Raita

MIX FRUIT RAITA Recipe

Ingredients :

2 cups Curd (yogurt)

3 Bananas

1 small Pineapple

2 Apples

1 Ripe Mango

1 cup Pomegranate seeds

Chopped coriander leaves

Sugar to taste

Salt to taste

Black pepper powder to taste

Method :

Stir the curd with hand mixer (Mathni) properly and mix salt, sugar, and curd is thick add little milk or water.

Cup all fruits in small cubes and add to the curd.

Garnish the fruit raita with chopped coriander and pomegranate.

Source : Indian Food Forever

Indian Salad Recipe - VEGETABLE YOGURT SALAD

VEGETABLE YOGURT SALAD RECIPE



Ingredients :


2 tomato (tamatar) (chopped) 
1/4 cucumber (kheera) (chopped) 
1 spring Onion (Pyaj) (chopped) 
1/2 raddish (chopped) 
1 cup yoghurt a pinch of salt (namak) 
1 dry red chilli (lal mirch) (chopped)




Method :


Mix all ingredients in a bowl.




Source : Indian Food Forever

Indian Non-Veg Recipe - Chicken Saagwali

Chicken Saagwali

Preparation time : - 25 minutes     

Serves : - 2

Ingredients : 


500 grams chicken, 
1 big tomato, 
1 big onion, 
1 teaspoon ginger paste, 
1 teaspoon garlic paste, 
2 tablespoons thick curd, 
½ teaspoon garam masala (hot spice mix), 
 ½ inch cinnamon, 
2 green cardamoms, 
1 big bay leaf, 
3 green chillies, 
500 grams spinach, 
1 tablespoon oil and 
salt to taste.

Method :

Assort the spinach leaves and discard all the hard stems and retain only the leafy parts. 
Boil it in a little water with salt. 
Then let it cool and make a puree of it and set it aside. 
Finely chop the green chillies, tomato and onion each separately and set it aside. 
Take a frying pan and pour the oil and bring to heat. 
When the oil is nice and hot add the bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon and sauté briefly. 
Now put the onions and sauté till golden brown. 
Add the ginger garlic paste and sauté till the raw smell leaves and then add the tomatoes. 
Mix it all up and sauté till the oil begins to leave the edges of the pan. 
Put the chicken pieces and add salt to taste. 
Mix well and simmer and cook for five minutes. 
Pour in the spinach puree and cook for another ten minutes or till the chicken is done. 
Garnish with butter flakes and serve hot.




Source : Best Indian Cooking

Indian Sweet Recipe - Carrot Halwa

Carrot Halwa

 Ingredients :

1 kg juicy orange carrots

1 1/2 litre milk

400-500 gm sugar

elaichi powder (cardomon)

saffron few flakes

few drops orange colour (optional)

1 tbsp ghee

Method :

Peel and grate carrots

Put milk and carrots in a heavy saucepan. 

Boil till thick, stirring occassionally. 

Once it starts thickening, stir continuously. 

Add sugar and cook further till thickens. 

Add ghee, elaichi, saffron and colour. 

Stir on low heat till the mixture collects in a soft ball or the ghee oozes out. 

Serve hot, decorated with a chopped almond or pista.

Source : DSDG