Navaratri Special - Kalakand

Recipe By Naiya Sheth: The Navratri festival is celebrated across the country to honour Goddess Durga. In Gujarat, the Navratri is one of the main festivals, West Bengal, Eastern India and some parts of North India celebrates Durga Puja during these days.Actually Navratri kicks start the festival season in India, which ends after diwali.

The word Navratra means:


N-Nav chetna A-Akhand jyoti V-Vighna nashak R-Ratjageshwari A-Anand dayi T-Trikal darshi R-Rakshan karti A-Anand mayi MaaNav Durga bless u.
The idea behind Navaratri is the time for cleansing our own evil characteristics like hatred, jealousy, ignorance, anger, greed, violence, etc inside and outside of us. It is important to understand that each of the negative human qualities exists in the form of demons, externally in the invisible sphere. So for the special festival of navratri here it's a home made recipe for Kalakand.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 10 minutes

Ingredients to make Kalakand:

400 gram condensed milk
2 1/2 table spoon milk powde
500 gram paneer
1/4 tea spoon cardamom powder
1 pinch saffron

For garnishing: 


Chopped almonds
Chopped Pistachio

Method to make Kalakand:

• Mash paneer coarsely and mix in milk powder and condensed milk.
• Heat the mixture in a non stick pan at medium flame. Stir continually.
• When mixture becomes thick and starts leaving the sides of the pan. Remove from flame.
• Spread into a greased plate.
• Sprinkle cardamom powder, almonds,pistachio and saffron over it.
• Let Kalakand cool and than cut in required size and shape.

How to make Gujarati Kadhi

Learn how to make Gujarati Kadhi in microwave. In gujarat kadhi is an another option to dal. Kadhi is served with khichdi, rice or pulav. Normally it's a very long process to make kadhi on fire, but here it's home made recipe for kadhi in microwave. So no need to monitor it continually. 

Preparation time - 3 minutes
Cooking time - 7 minutes
Serves - 4 persons

Ingredients to make Gujarati Kadhi:


1 cup sour curd (medium sour)
2 table spoon gram flour - chana flour 
1 tea spoon ginger paste
2 tea spoon green chilly - finely chopped
3 cups water

Salt to taste
4 to 5 table spoon sugar
1 small piece cinnamon 
2 pieces cloves
2 tea spoon ghee
8 to 10 curry leaves
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 pinch asafoetida



For garnishing:


Fresh coriander leaves

Method to make Gujarati Kadhi:

• First of all in a big microwave proof bowl mix whipped curd, gram flour,green chilly, ginger paste and water. Mix properly. Blend if needed.
• Now add salt and sugar to it. 
• Cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI. Stir in between after 2 minutes.
• Transfer in microwave proof serving bowl. 
• In another pan heat ghee on fire. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to it. When they crackles add asafoetida, curry leaves, dry red chilly, cloves and cinnamon.
• Pour it to the kadhi.
• Again cook for 3 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Piping hot Gujarati Kadhi is ready to serve. Serve it with pulav, khichdi or rice.

Tips:

• Cooking timing may differ as per the microwave.
• You can change cooking time as the required thickness of kadhi.

How to make Masala Khichdi

Learn how to make Masala Khichdi in microwave.


Khichdi is a special recipe of Indian - Gujarati cuisine.
Normally we are making it by pressure cooking. But here it's a recipe of masala khichdi in microwave. Which is full of vegetable, means full of vitamins. But over all this is a tasty and healthy recipe which is good to digest.

Preparation time - 10 minutes 
Cooking time - 18 minutes
Serves - 8 persons


Ingredients to make Masala Khichdi:


1 cup washed and soaked basmati rice
1/4 cup mung dal - yellow
2 table spoon chana dal - gram dal
1/2 table spoon ghee
1/2 table spoon oil
Salt to taste
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
3 to 4 green chilly - crushed
1/4 tea spoon ginger paste
1/2 tea spoon garlic paste
1 big onion - chopped
1 small potato - chopped
1 small carrot - chopped
1/4 cup green peas
1 table spoon garam masalo
8 to 10 curry leaves
3 to 4 cups water 
3 to 4 whole dry red chilly
1/2 tea spoon mustard seeds
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1/4 tea spoon asafoetida


For Garnishing:


Finely chopped coriander


To serve with:


Roasted Papad
Gujarati kadhi
Masala curd

Method to make Masala Khichdi:

• In a microwave proof big bowl mix ghee, oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, dry  masala, green chilly, curry leaves, dry red chilly, onion, garlic, ginger, vegetables and asafoetida. Cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add soaked rice and again cook for 2 minutes.
• Add water and salt and cover half the bowl. Cook for 8 minutes at MICRO HI. Stir.
• Again cook for 4 minutes at MICRO MED. Stir.
• At last cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. And stand for 2 minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Piping hot Masala Khichdi is ready to serve. Serve it with Gujarati Kadhi or Masala curd and papad.

How to make Jeera Rice

Learn how to make Jeera Rice in microwave.


Another kind of rice recipe in Indian cuisine. Jeera rice can be served with curry, dal fry or dal makhani. Here it's a home made recipe for jeera rice in micro wave.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 13 minutes
Serves - 6 persons

Ingredients to make Jeera Rice:


1 cup washed and 20 minutes soaked -
Basmati rice
1 piece cinnamon
2 pieces cloves
1 tea spoon ghee
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
4 to 5 cup water
Salt to taste (opt.)


Method to make Jeera rice: 

• In a big microwave safe bowl mix ghee, rice, clove, cinnamon and cumin seeds. 
• Cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
• Add salt and water. Cover half of the bowl and than cook for 7 minutes at MICRO HI. Stir.
• Cook for 3 minutes at MICRO MED. stir.
• Again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. Stand for 2 minutes. 
• Hot and quick Jeera rice is ready to serve with dal fry or dal makhani.

Jain style bharwa bhindi

Recipe By : Kalyani

Ingredients to make Jain style Bharwa Bhindi: 

Bhindi / Lady's finger - 150 gms
Oil - 5 - 6 tsp
Salt to taste
Jaggery / Sugar - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Kasuri Methi - crushed - 1 TBSP
Tempering : cumin seeds, curry leaves,
mustard seeds

Garnish - green Coriander , grated coconut + nylon sev (opt)

Dry masala powders (each about 2 TBSP, except turmeric & chilli powder):

Cumin Powder
Coriander Powder
Amchur / Dry Mango Powder
Turmeric - 1/2 TBSP
Chilli powder - 1 TBSP

Method to make Jain style Bharwa Bhindi

1. Wash and pat dry the lady's finger. Trim the top (caps) of the bhindi and make a long slit (not cutting through the whole) along the lady's finger.
Dry Spice mixture

2. Mix salt along with the dry masala powders. Add 2 TBSP of Oil + 1 tsp of water to this masala mixture, and mix well to a slurry like mixture. 

3. Stuff this wet-dry mixture into each slit lady's finger and leave for 5 mins. Add kasuri methi at this stage or later. Ensure the spice mixture is not runny
In a non stick pan / kadai, heat oil and splutter the tempering - cumin, mustard seeds and curry leaves.
If you are left with any leftover masala (from the stuffing mixture), add to the sabji now and mix well.

4. Add the stuffed bhindis and lightly toss them . Cook them uncovered on medium-low flame for 10 mins (keep tossing them from time to time to cook on all sides).

5. Once the bhindis look slightly seared and brown, add jaggery, kasuri methi and coriander leaves and toss them again, taking care not to break them as they would be tender.

6. Garnish with grated coconut and nylon sev and serve hot with Rotis and Dal ! yumm !

sambhar

Learn how to make Sambhar. In south Indian recipes Sambhar is very essential. So, for that it's a hot and delicious recipe for home made Sambhar.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 30minutes



Ingredients to make Sambhar:

1 cup toovar dal
1 table spoon mung dal
200 gms bottle gourd - pieces
6 to 8 drumsticks - pieces (opt.)
1 tea spoon mustard seeds
1 tea spoon fenugreek seeds
6 to 7 curry leaves
1 pinch asafoetida
2 table spoon sambhar masala
2 small onions - finely chopped
2 table spoon tamarind powder
1 table spoon chopped coriander
1big tomato - finely chopped
1 tea spoon onion garlic paste
2 table spoon oil
2 to 3 whole dry red chilly
salt to taste

Method to make Sambhar:

• Wash the dal thoroughly and add 4 cups of water.
• Pressure cook the dal until soft. Blend the cooked dal in a mixer. Cook drum sick, half of the onion and bottle gourd with dal.
• Soak the tamarind in a little water and keep aside for 30 minutes. Rub the tamarind by hand and strain. Add to the dal mixture.
• Heat the oil in another pan and fry the mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds until they begin to crackle. Add the curry leaves and whole red chilly and fry for 1/2 minutes.
• Add chopped onion and garlic paste to it fry for 2 minutes. Add chopped tomato to it and fry till tomato is soft. Add sambhar masala and all dry masala to it. Fry for 1 minute.
• Add the mixture to dal and let it come to boil. Add paste and boil for at least 5 to 7 minutes.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.

How to make Dal Makhani

Learn how to make Dal Makhani. In Indian cuisine dals are very important to end with. Here it,s a home made recipe for punjabi dal - dal makhani. It can be served with jeera rice.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 30 minutes
Serves - 4 persons

Ingredients to make Dal Makhani:

3/4 cup whole urad - whole black lentil
2 table spoon rajma - kidney beans
2 table spoon butter 
1 tea spoon cumin seeds
2 to 3 green chilly crushed
1 pinch cinnamon powder 
1 pinch clove powder 
1 big onion - finely chopped
2 big tomato's puree
1/2 tea spoon ginger garlic paste
1 1/2 tea spoon red chilly powder
1 tea spoon turmeric powder
1/2 cup fresh cream (can take low fat cream)
Salt to taste


For garnishing: 


Fresh coriander - finely chopped


To serve with:


Jeera rice

Method to make Dal Makhani:

• wash and soak the whole urad and rajma overnight or at least 6 to 7 hour in warm water.
• Drain soaked water and add 2 cups of water and salt and pressure cook for 20-25 minutes till the dals are overcooked.
• Let it come at room temperature.
• Mash dals roughly and keep a side.
• Heat the butter in a deep pan and add the cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds crackle, add the green chillies, cinnamon, cloves, onions and ginger-garlic paste and saut� till the onions turn golden brown or light brown in colour. (in stead of butter you can take oil also.)
• Add the red chilli powder, turmeric powder and tomato puree and cook at a medium flame till the mixture leaves oil.
• Add mashed dals and salt to taste. Add water if required. Cook for 15 minutes at slow flame or till boiling. Add cream and mix well.
• Garnish with chopped coriander. Hot and spicy Dal Makhani is ready to serve. (can be garnished with cream also.)
• Serve it with jeera rice.

How to make Date Cake

Learn how to make Date cake. This is a home made recipe for tea time cake. A rich Date cake made in microwave in just 3 minutes. So, enjoy goodness of dates in the form of cake. By adding nuts to it we can add more health in the morning.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 3 minutes
Serves 8 to 10 persons


Ingredients to make Date Cake:


140 gram self rising flour
60 gram margarine
1/4 tea spoon vanilla essence (opt.)
200 gram chopped dates
25 gram cashew
25 gram walnut
2 table spoon caster sugar (opt.)
1/2 can condensed milk
1 tea spoon baking soda
1/4 tea spoon soda bi carb
1/2 cup water

Method to make Date cake:

• Sift flour and baking soda 2 to 3 times.
• Soak chopped dates in 1/2 cup water with soda bi carb.
• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. If needed add water.
• Pour the mixture in a silicone cup cake mold or paper cup.
• Place on a turn table and cook for 3 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Yummy and healthy Date Cake is ready to serve.

Tips:

• For more healthy version you should use black dates.
• As it is a break fast cake don't need to do icing on it. But can be garnished with nuts.

How to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup

Learn how to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup.


If you are bored from same tomato soup. Here it's a recipe for home made corn tomato soup with the richness of cheese.Cheese corn tomato soup is creamy but tasty. Another good thing of this soup is that it is made in microwave. So quick and delicious.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 5 minutes
Serves - 4 persons


Ingredients to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup:


1/2 cup tomato pure
1/4 cup sweet corn - cream style caned
2 table spoon corn flour
1/4 cup grated cheese
Salt to taste
1/2 tea spoon black pepper powder
2 cup water


For garnishing:


cheese
Coriander 


Method to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup:

• In a microwave proof bowl mix tomato pure, sweet corn, corn flour, Salt, black pepper powder and water.
• Cook for 5 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add grated cheese and mix properly.
• Garnish with cheese and coriander.
• Hot and creamy Cheese Corn Tomato Soup is ready to serve.

How to make Sweet Corn Soup

Learn how to make Sweet Corn Soup.


This is a Chinese soup recipe made in microwave. The home made recipe for Sweet Corn soup is very healthy, delicious and of course quick.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 8 minutes
Serves - 4


Ingredients to make Sweet Corn Soup:


1 cup boiled sweet corn or caned sweet corn
2 table spoon corn flour
1/2 cup boiled vegetables 
(carrot, french beans, corn etc.)
1/4 tea spoon aaji no motto (m.s.g.) (opt.)
1 table spoon vinegar
Salt to taste
4 cups vegetable stock 
1/4 tea spoon black pepper powder


For garnishing:


Boiled sweet corn


To serve with:


Chilly vinegar
Chilly sauce
Soy sauce

Method to make Sweet Corn Soup:

• Mix sweet corn, corn flour and water in a microwave proof bowl. Cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add other vegetables and spices and again cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Garnish with boiled sweet corns.
• Hot and tempting sweet corn soup is ready to serve.
• Serve it with chilly sauce, chilly vinegar and soy sauce.

For vegetable stock:

• Add all the vegetable in a big microwave proof bowl and add water to it.
• Cook for 5 to 6 minutes at MICRO HI.
• crush and strain it.

How to make Pav Bhaji

Recipe by Naiya Sheth : Learn how to make Pav Bhaji. Youngsters likes fast food so very much. So here it's a home made recipe for very famous fast food - Pav Bhaji. It contains lots of vegetables. But in this recipe we are going to make it in microwave. Means a healthy, tasty and quick fast food.

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Cooking time - 40 minutes

Serves - 4 persons

Ingredients to make Pav Bhaji:

3 finely chopped onion

6 blanched and chopped tomatoes

3 potatoes

2 peeled and chopped carrots 

1/2 cup green peas

1 1/2 cup chopped cauliflower

3/4 cup chopped cabbage

6 table spoon oil or butter

1 tea spoon ginger paste

1 tea spoon garlic paste

2 table spoon pavbhaji masala

1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder

1 tea spoon red chilly powder

1/2 chopped capsicum 

Salt to taste

For garnishing:

Chopped coriander

Fried cashew

Chopped spring onion

To serve with:

Butter pav

Chopped onion

Lemon slices

Method to make Pav Bhaji:

• Wash potatoes. Put in a plastic bag and microwave for 5 minutes. Peel and mash coarsely.
• In a deep microproof bowl, put carrots, peas, cauliflower and cabbage. Add � cup water. Mix and microwave for 8 minutes. Let it cool. Mash roughly.
• In a microwave dish add butter , onions, ginger-garlic paste, 2 tbsp pav bhaji masala and turmeric powder. Mix well. Microwave for 4 minutes.
• Add blanched and chopped tomatoes and roughly mashed vegetables. Mix well. Add 2tbsp butter, salt to taste. Cover and microwave for 10 minutes. Stir once in between.
• Add 1 cup water. Mix and microwave for 5 minutes.
• Add 1 tsp pav bhaji masala, and 1 table spoon butter.
• Garnish with chopped coriander, spring onion and cashew.
• Hot and delicious Pav Bhaji is ready to serve.
• Serve it with butter pav, onion and lemon slices.

Tips:

• Refer microwave cooking tips for the process of blanching tomatoes.

How to make Coffee Cake

Learn how to make Coffee Cake. Coffee is another delicious flavor after chocolate. So here it's a home made recipe for delicious coffee cake.

This recipe can be served with rich chocolate sauce as well as condensed milk also. And of course vanilla ice cream is always in. And above all it is made in microwave so easy and quick also.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 4 minutes
Serves - 6 persons

Ingredients to make Coffee cake:


140 gram refined flour
1 tea spoon baking soda
1/2 tea spoon soda-bi-carb
200 grams condensed milk
1 table spoon instant coffee powder
1/4 tea spoon cinnamon powder (opt.)
60 grams margarine
1/2 cup water


For garnishing:  


Chocolate sauce
Condensed milk


To serve with:


Vanilla ice cream

Method to make Coffee Cake:

• Sift refined flour, baking soda and soda bi carb together for 2 to 3 times.
• In other bowl mix other ingredients and add flour mixture slowly. 
• Place a small microwave proof tumbler at the center of greased cake bowl. Pour cake mixture around the tumbler and cook for 4 minutes at MICRO MED.
• After that remove from microwave and keep a side till come at room temp.
• At the time of serving spread chocolate sauce or condensed milk over Coffee Cake.
• You can serve it with vanilla ice cream also.

Chocolate Sauce:

Ingredients to make Chocolate sauce:

1 cup milk
1 1/2 - 2 table spoon cocoa powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 table spoon corn flour
1/4 tea spoon vanilla essence 


Method to make Chocolate sauce:

• Mix all the ingredients in a big microwave proof bowl and cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Stir well and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Let it come at room temp. add vanilla essence and mix properly.

Tips:

• If you want to store chocolate sauce for a long time add water in stead of milk.

How to make Paneer Biriyani

Learn how to make Paneer Biriyani.


Paneer is a good source of calcium. Here is a home made recipe for special Mughlai recipe - Paneer Biriyani. This recipe is made in microwave so, good in taste and good for health also. 

Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 17 minutes
Serves - 6 persons


Ingredients to make Paneer Biriyani: 


for biriyani:


1 cup basmati rice - long grain rice
200 gram paneer pieces
10 - 15 cashew nut 
1 table spoon curd
1/2 tea spoon lemon juice
1/2 tea spoon garam masalo
1 table spoon freshly cut mint leaves
2 cups water
Salt to taste


For tadka:


1 table spoon ghee
1 table spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 1/2 table spoon biriyani masalo


For paste:


1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tea spoon ginger paste
4 to 5 whole dry red chilies
1/2 cup tomato
1 table spoon crushed garlic


Crush all the ingredients and make fine paste.


For garnishing:


Fried onion
Roasted cashew
Fried raisin

Method to make Paneer Biriyani: 

• Wash rice and soak them. Keep a side for at least 15 minutes.
• Mean while mix paneer, curd, salt, lemon juice and other spices in a mixing bowl. Keep a side for at least 30 minutes.
• Mix all the ingredients of tadka in a big microwave proof bowl and cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
• Add  paste to it and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add rice and paneer and cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add water and salt and stir properly.
• Cover half the bowl and cook for 7 minutes at MICRO HI. Than for 3 minutes at MICRO MED.
• And at last cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. Give standing time of 2 to 4 minutes.
• Hot and delicious Paneer Biriyani is ready to serve.
• Garnish with fried onion, roasted cashew, coriander leaves and fried raisin. 
• You can serve this with whipped curd.

How to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy

Learn how to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy. In Indian cuisine vegetables with gravy is in. So here it's a home made recipe for stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy. It is a low oil and medium spicy recipe. And above all it is made in microwave so healthy and quick also.


Preparation time - 20 minutes
Cooking time - 12 minutes
Serves - 4 persons



Ingredients to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy:


For stuffed capsicum:


3 green capsicum
1/2 cup boiled and mashed potato
1/4 cup boiled green peas
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
1/2 tea spoon crushed green chilly
1/2 tea spoon crushed ginger
1 table spoon chopped fresh coriander
1/4 tea spoon black pepper powder
Salt to taste

For stuffed tomato: 


3 big tomatoes
1 cup grated paneer - cottage cheese
1 tea spoon crushed green chilly
1 tea spoon chaat masala
1 table spoon freshly cut mint leaves
Salt to taste


For gravy:


2 cups tomato pure
1 cup coconut milk
1 tea spoon sugar (opt.)
1 tea spoon red chilly powder
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
4 to 5 cloves
3 to 4 whole dry red chilies
Salt to taste
1 table spoon oil

Method to make Stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy:


for capsicum:

• Wash capsicum and put them on plate and cook for 3 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Cut capsicum from upper side and make them seedless.
• Mix all the ingredients of stuffing in a bowl and fill it properly in the capsicums.
• Keep a side.

For tomatoes:

• Repeat the same process for tomatoes, and make them seed less.
• Mix all the ingredients of tomato's stuffing in a bowl and stuff it in tomatoes properly.
• Keep a side.

For Gravy:

• Mix oil,cumin seeds, cloves, whole red chilly in a microwave proof flat dish and cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
• Add all the ingredients of gravy in that bowl and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add stuffed capsicums and tomatoes in it and cook for 5 to 6 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Garnish with finely chopped coriander.
• Hot and low cal Stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy is ready to serve.

Tips:

• For making coconut milk crush fresh grated coconut with little water properly and than pass it through muslin cloth. (strain it.)
• This vegetable can be made with only tomato or only capsicum also.

How to make Vegetable Jalfrezi

Learn how to make Vegetable Jalfrezi. This home made recipe is a perfect blend of Indian spices and fresh vegetables. Vegetable Jalfrezi is made from lots of fresh - available vegetables. For more health and connivance and health it's an honest try o make it in microwave. It is a recipe with sweet and spicy taste.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 8 minutes
Serves - 4 persons
Ingredients to make Vegetable Jalfrezi: 


1 cup boiled vegetables
(green peas, carrot, french beans, potatoes etc.)
1 finely chopped onion
1 finely chopped tomato - blanched
1 tea spoon green chilly paste
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 tea spoon oil or butter
2 table spoon fresh cream
1 tea spoon red chilly powder
1 tea spoon sugar
1 tea spoon sliced ginger


For garnishing:


Freshly cut coriander

Method to make Vegetable Jalfrezi:

• Mix oil, onion, tomato and chilly, garlic in a big microwave proof bowl. Cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Add other ingredients with 1/2 cup water and cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
• Garnish with coriander .
• Hot and delicious Vegetable Jalfrezi is ready to serve.

How to make Punjabi Chhole

Learn how to make Punjabi Chhole. This is one of the best Indian food. It can be served for dinner. A home made recipe of punjabi chhole is here. It can be served with bhature - a big size puri or paratha also.

Preparation time - 20 minutes
Cooking time - 30 minutes
Serves - 4

Ingredients to make Chhole:


1 cup kabuli chana - white chickpeas
(soaked overnight or at least for 6 - 7 hours)
1 tea bag
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 onion finely chopped
1 tea spoon ginger paste
1/2 tea spoon garlic paste
2 tea spoon chhole masala
2 tea spoon red chilly powder
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
2 tea spoon dry mango powder
1 tea spoon coriander powder
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
Salt to taste
2 table spoon oil


For garnishing:


chopped coriander
Onion rings


To serve with:


Fried green chilly
Sliced onion 

Method to make Punjabi chhole:

• Pressure cook kabuli chana - white chickpeas with the tea bag and salt for 3 whistles until they are soft. Discard tea bag.
• Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds. When seeds crackle, add onion, ginger and garlic. Fry till onion is golden brown.
• Add chhole masala, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, dry mango powder, coriander powder and cumin seeds powder saute for 1 minute.
• Add boiled chana and 1 cup water and mix well. Add salt as required.
• Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Garnish with onion rings and coriander.
• Hot and delicious Punjabi chhole is ready to serve.
• You can serve this with kulcha, naan, paratha, kulcha or bhature.
• Serve with fried green chilly and sliced onion.

Tips:

• Chhole masala is readily available at grocery stores.
• If you don't want to fry green chilly take them in a small microwave proof bowl and add a pinch of salt and 1/4 tea spoon of oil and cook for 30 seconds. It will give same taste as fried one.

How to make Bhatura

Recipe by Naiya Sheth : Learn how to make Bhature. In Indian cuisine bhature is served with punjabi chhole. Here it's a easy and quick recipe for bhature.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time 5 minutes


Ingredients to make Bhature:


1 cup refined flour
1 cup boiled and grated potato
2 to 3 tea spoon oil
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method to make Bhature:

• Mix all the ingredients of bhature and make dough from it. Don't need to add water.
• Knead it properly and make smooth. Cover it with a wet muslin cloth and keep a side for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Divide dough in equal parts and roll it.
• Heat oil and deep fry bhatura in it till both sides are golden brown.
• Repeat the process for rest.
• Serve hot Bhatura with Punjabi Chhole.

Tips:

• If you want to make it healthy you may use combination of whole wheat flour, refined flour and soy flour.
• If required press bhatura with frying spoon at the center while frying.