One of our kitchen Maharaj(cook) used to bring this powder in my in laws home. His samosas, paranthas, vadas and kachoris were amazingly crispy. I thought it is a maida or cornflour. But one fine day his wife Usha Aunty(Misrani- cook) told me to how to make it with few strict tips and also to how to use it as well.
Ingredients –
1 Cup Sabudana (sago seeds)
1 Cup Poha (Chivda-flattened rice)
1/2 Cup rice flour
1/2 Cup corn flour
Method-
2 Tbsps of baking soda (khaney ka soda- soda by carb)
1- Mix all dry ingredients in a big bowl, cover it with ultra clean cotton cloth and keep in sun light for 2-3 hours. (A must thing to do).
2- Now let it cool down.
3- Put in mixi zar and sprinkle baking soda over it. (Sprinkle it, please do not put just like that).
5- Store in a box and keep it in a cool and dry place.
4- Grind it very well. Sieve 2-3 times in a very ultra thin sieve.
6- Because there is no salt so you can use it in jalebis and shakkarpare mix as well for crispiness.
7- It is not a rising powder. It is for stiffening and crispiness only.
How to use it –
Be cautious. Use only 4-6 tbsps if you are making kachoris, paranthas or samosas along with little extra oil for four people. Increases or decrease according to the ingredients. If you are making six samosas only 2-4 tbsps of this powder is good enough.
Will not take much of your time. Just a simple way to give a recipe which will make you a rocking star in family. My humble thanks to my FaceBook friend and renowned chef Mr. Bharat Khemani ji for this recipe and being around for two hours online when I was in the kitchen. Earth is beautiful because such people become your virtual family.
Please do try and let me know how was it?
For bhature –
1- 6 Cups of maida (all purpose flour)
2- 2 Cups of semolina (suji any kind of)
3- 4 Cups of thick curd
4- 1 Cup of desi ghee(Yes 1 Cup)
5- 1/2 cup of refind oil
6- 2 Tbsps of ajwain(carom seeds)
7- 2 Tbsps of kasuri methi
8- 2 Tbsps of salt
9- 1 Tbsps of Sugar
10- 1 Cup water
11- 1 Tsp baking soda
12- 2 Tbsp Baking powder
Method –
1- Mix curd, desi ghee, refind oil, sugar, salt, baking soda and baking together and whisk well.
2- Mix in suji first and whisk well.
3- Now add maida and start kneading. Mix in little water if required. Dough has to be very tight.
4- Knead it very well for 10-15 minutes. Cover with lukewarm water dipped cloth and cover with lid.
5- When you make bhaturas, please grease your palms, use fresh oil with little desi ghee in it and try to make thin layer of bhatura for crispy ones and thick layer of the dough for the soft ones.
For chhole –
1- Soaked 8 cups of chhole overnight.
2- Washed them very well in the morning.
3- Kept them in heavy bottom big 5 ltr capasity cooker with equal qty water.
4- Now add salt according to taste and 1 tbsps each of haldi(turmeric powder, cloves powder, garlic powder, hari elaichi (green cardamom) powder, black pepper powder, ginger powder, anardana powder, javitri powder, methidana powder, saunf powder, cinnamon powder and few leaves of tej patta.
5- Now add 2 cups of blackened tea decotion(made with 6 tbsps of tea leaves with 2 cups of water).
6- Add 1 cup of raw palak puree as well.
7- A big chunk of tamarind and few big thick cloves of garlic.
8- If you have readymade garam masala and biryani powder/dal makhani powder you can add that as well.
9- Mix well and boiled on high for one whistle and later on lower the flame and take 6-7 whistles.
10- Strain the chanas in a big bowl.
11- Add the chana to a big heavy bottom pan. Turn on the flame to high first than lower the flame. Now sprinkle 1 cup of grated fresh ginger and chopped green chillies over the chana and mix well. Add 8-10 tbsps of chana masala over it. Mix well.
12- Take desi ghee and refind oil mix approx two cups in a non stick pan. Add two big grated onions and fry until golden dark brown and now add 1 big grated tomato to it and fry well.
13- Pour oil ghee mix over the chanas. Fry very well for 5-10 minutes on high. Keep frying for 8-10 minutes. Now start adding chana water to it and keep smashing few of chanas with laddle.
14- Add all water and keep frying. After 10 minutes close the flame and serve with piping hot bhaturas.
For tawar(bura making) It is important because bura contains air bubbles which helps in making sweet more bindable and stay dry.
1 Cup sugar
4 Tbsps water
1 Tsp desi ghee
1 Tbsp green cardamom powder
Method – In a non stick pan dilute sugar n water. Keep stirring for 6-8 minutes on high.
Let it thicken and add desi ghee. It will be foamy means air bubbles are forming in the sugar syrup.It will start drying from the sides. Close the flame and keep stirring for 3-4 minutes. Leave it.
After 1/2 hour it will be a big white lump. Scrap it, break in small pcs, add green cardamom powder and grind it in a mixi pot.
2 Cups of mawa(khoa) I took Amul khoa.
1/4 Cup of fresh cottage cheese(paneer)
(From 4 cups of full fat milk you can get 1/4 cup solid paneer(cheese).
Method – In a non stick pan start frying mawa(khoa) and paneer together on very low flame.
This mix will become liquid, keep mixing, now it will paste and light brown n thick. Let it be like semi thick dough n mild brown.
Close the flame and take this fried mawa paneer mix into a big plate and cool it.
After cooking it well, crumble with fingers and mix in powdered tawar/bura. (Keep aside around 4-8 tbsps of powdered tawar/bura for coating).Keep mixing, now you will be having a powder granules kind of mixture. Add 4-6 tbsp chilled milk and start making pedas. After making all pedas, coat them with tawar/bura and immediately transfer to fridge.
यह बेहद स्वादिष्ट आलू की सब्ज़ी है। मैंने यह बनारस की एक धर्मशाला में सुबह के नाश्ते में खाई थी। वहाँ इसमें प्याज़ लहसुन नहीं डाला था। परंतु मैंने डाला है और स्वाद दोगुना हो गया है।
४ लोगोंके लायक़ सब्ज़ी बनाने के लिए –
सामग्री –
१- ६ छोटे मध्यम आलू उबले हुए।(इनको हाथ से दबाके हल्के भूरे होने तक तल लें)
२- दो बड़े टमाटर धुले और घिसे हुए।(पीसे नहीं)
३- नमक, धनिया पाउडर, लाल मिर्च पाउडर, हल्दी पाउडर, सोंठ पाउडर, काली इलाइची पाउडर, हरी इलाइची पाउडर, एक छोटा टुकड़ा दालचीनी का।
४- दो बड़ी लाल प्याज़ छीली और घिसी हुई।
५- ४-६ हरी मिर्च बारीक कतरी हुईं,
६- १ बड़ा टुकड़ा अदरक घिसा हुआ,
७- ४ बड़ी लहसुन की कली घिसी हुईं
८- ६ चम्मच बेसन देसी घी में तल के हल्का भूरा किया हुआ
९- १ कप गाढ़ा दही
१०- ४-६ कप पानी
११- १ कप रिफ़ैंड तेल और देसी घी का मिक्स
विधि –
१- तले हुए बेसन को एक कप दही में फेंट ले अच्छे से और ४-६ कप पानी मिला दें।
२- एक भारी पेंदे के बर्तन में सारा तेल घी का मिक्स डाल दें,
३- इसमें सबसे पहले प्याज़, अदरक, हरी मिर्च तल लें खूब अच्छे से, अब मसाले नमक डाल के मिलाएँ फिर बने थोड़ी देर, अब घिसे हुए टमाटर और लहसुन डाल के मिलाएँ।
४- उबले हुए व तले हुए आलू डाल दें। मिला लें।
५- अब भुने हुए बेसन और दही का मिक्स डाल के फिर मिलाएँ।
६- कुकर है तो एक सीटी लगा लें नहीं तो धीमी आँच पर १५-२० मिनट पका लें।
७- खूब सारा हर धनिया बारीक काट के बुरक दें सर्व करने से पहले।
Yes! Everybody do make mistakes but Oprah actually felt so overwhelmed that she totally forgot (I have doubts) to do in advance.
1- Saying NO – come on Oprah! You are a celebrity TV show host. How come you had no sense of diplomatic responsibilities towards the head of common wealth countries.
2- Why not a single question about Meghan n Harry’s past? Like their affairs, marriage n divorce?
3- Why you had no courage to advise them or ask them that why they spent shamelessly millions for their wedding from the common tax payers pocket?
4- You shoot this episode like a cheap gossip monger who is interested into filth and nothing else? No cross question even. Did they paid you?Than why no fact checks? They were speaking anything and you on the other hand ready to digest it? Common people know more about Meghan than your idiotic PR team? They had no sense that what kind of such low grade episode they are making/shooting and will affect your reputation worldwide?
5- Why as a senior host you advised them openly to stay calm, adjust and try to mingle back with family and babies?
Watched this episode two times and seriously felt that so many things are not digestible at all. Looks like a paid promotional thing to me.
Harry is being criticized many ways by the social media and public for his wife’s narcissism and continuous open misbehavior. Looks like he is holding a bucket of fire crackers as a wife.
1- Background check – He is a young generation guy. He could have taken some background check up services on hire before getting married to Meghan Markle. Your country take a long time to provide visa and you got married to a porn actor with millions of nudes on internet? Are you serious. You dated Chelsea, you have such a graceful sister in law and you settled down for Meghan Markle a divorcee(second hand) person?
2- Why you wasted tax payers money for a dream wedding? Why you allowed tiara fight and kids fitting issues? You could have straight away told your fiancé that you can walk out of the wedding if she misbehaves with any single staff or family member. But you behaved like a dumb person all the time?
3- Your sister is getting married and your newly married wife is behaving like 9 months pregnant and you again allowed that cheap drama? Why Harry why? You could have been strict and advised Meghan to go slow, avoid media and not to push jackets behind as well.
4- Your wife is pushing jackets back to show off the baby bump. Videos surfacing one by one. Instead of scolding her tightly you are busy in forcing the palace to close such account on social media. Why?
5- You are moving out of England. Ok? Go! Why you are clicking pics in the jungles and sending them to media like paparazzi is attacking your wife? Even if she is asking you to do such things you could have said no.
6- We thought you will be working and earning and being busy. But no. You are in a rented home, playing with dirty chickens and crying for money from you daddy. Hell! What are you teaching to your kid? Become a royal beggar. Why can’t you work hard and make your own world?
7- You guys are vomiting and shitting on Oprah’s show to show your manners that UK tac payers are idiots who paid this much heavy money so that you both become so thankless one day?
8- 12-14 Lies were caught on Oprah’s show. Did you had courage to say sorry to the world? Why not?
Special thanks to Mrs. Chhama Shrivastav (Bareilly). She is my childhood friend.
Peethe ke aloo is a hidden gem recipe from North Indians Kayaathas kitchens. You won’t be able to find this yum recipe any where else in India for sure.
If you feel making a dish from potatoes is a very easy task, this recipe is going to change your perspective for sure. I am scaring you a bit. Lols.
Let us start –
FIRST STEP –
1 Cup white rice soaked for 2-3 hours
2 Medium sized red onions peeled and sliced
4-6 Big cloves of garlic peeled
Grind these all to a fine paste and keep aside.
SECOND STEP-
8 Medium sized boiled potatoes unpeeled and mashed
1 Table spoon turmeric powder
4 Table spoons of dry coriander powder
2 Table spoons of red chili powder
Salt according to taste
1 Table spoon dry ginger powder
1/2 cup of green chilies and green coriander leaves
THIRD STEP –
Take a big heavy bottom kadahi/pan, put 2 Cups of refind oil in it. Yes 2 cups.
Heat the pan on low flame, let oil get warm and hot.
In a big plate mash the potatoes and sprinkle all dry ingredients over them and sprinkle green chilies and coriander as well.
Now sprinkle that wet rice, onion and garlic mix paste over it too.
FOURTH STEP –
1- Take two table spoons of dry methidana (fenugreek) powder in the hot oil in pan. mix well for 1-2 minutes on low flame.
2- Pour the mashed potatoes with spices and rice paste in to the pan.
3- Take two spatulas in your hand and start mixing the potatoes in the pan.
4- Now here starts the best hard work. You need to mix and fry this potatoes mix for 10-15 minutes in the pan continuously on low flame.
