Aloo pakoda/onion pakoda/capsicum pakoda.

Pakode ,the name itself is so tempting and mouth watering.The rain and teatime is always accompanied by hot pakodas and everyone loves to have it .The hot pakodas are served with lip smacking and spicy chutney that enhances the taste of simple pakodas.In every Indian houses every single lady know how to prepare it as it is quite easy recipe.Onion pakodas are world famous and these days so many varieties of pakodas are made using varieties of vegetables like cauliflower , capsicum , brinjal ,potato ,spinach , methi and the list continues.Below are some of those.

Ingredients:
Besan(gram flour)- 2 cups
Potato medium sized -2 cut into round shape
Onion - 2 big sized -sliced
Capsicum - 1 big -cut into rings
Ajwain(carom seeds)-1 teaspoon
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste 
water 1/2 cup
Oil for deep frying

Method:
1.Mix besan , water , salt , red chili powder and carom seeds and make a mixture.
2.Heat oil for deep fry.dip potato slices in besan mixture and fry from both the sides till golden brown.
3.Dip the capsicum rings in besan and fry from both the sides.
4.Mix onion slices in the besan mixture and in lemon size ball fry from both the sides.
5.Serve hot with green chutney.








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Kalakand -festive sweets.

Kalakand is one of the famous sweet .When my father introduced me this sweet I was a kid and I loved every single bite of it.Earlier it was available only in shops but as these days the shops are not using good things and mixing some other ingredients in the sweets in festival time we prefer it try it home itself.Internet is the best place to fetch the best sweet dish recipes and dry at our side.I too did the same and here comes the outcome.

Preparation Time -2 hours
Cooking time - 30 mins
Makes -10-12 pieces

Ingredients:
Fresh grated paneer - 150 grams
Condensed milk - 150 ml
Mawa/Khoya - 100 grams
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
pista for garnishing

Method of Preparation:
1.Heat mawa in a pan and fry by stirring continuously for 10 minutes in low flame.
2.Add crushed paneer, mix properly and fry for 2 minutes .
3.Add condensed milk ,cardamom powder and fry by stirring continuously till the mixture got thicken.
5.Grease the tin with little ghee and spread the mixture finely .
6.Garnish with chopped pista and refrigerate for 2 hours.
 



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Mawa Peda

Peda is one of my favorite sweets. As a child it was my most preferable sweets as it was easily available and price was also very low.Only in one rupee i was getting one piece of it so it was a pocket friendly food for me. It is the sweets loved by all my family members.So, as this Diwali I tried to make all the sweets by my own , I want to give the best try to it and it came out excellent.So the presentation also done by me so differently.
Preparation Time :20 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
Makes 10-12 pedas

Ingredients:
Mawa - 180 grams
Powdered Sugar - 100 grams
Ghee - 1 tbsp
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Cherry and pista for garnishing

 Preparations:
1.Heat Ghee in a pan ,add mawa and fry for 20 minutes in low flame.
2.Place the mawa mixture in a plate , add sugar , cardamom powder and knead it properly.
3. Shape as pedas and garnish with cherry and pista.




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Restaurant Style Paneer Curry.

Exotic vegetarian delicacies are never complete without paneer.There are so many varieties of dishes cooked with paneer and we people always love the restaurant style curries as they are quite different from the dishes prepared in our homes. We think that the curries prepared in restaurants are very difficult to prepare but its never true . The only difference is that those dishes are cooked by trained chefs and we people are not experts like them .But as we all know practice makes a man perfect we can practice like they do and make great dishes like them .
   This is my first try to a restaurant style paneer dish.It came out very tasty and mouth watering.It tasted excellent with roti.
Preparation Time:2 hours
Cooking Time - 1 hour
Serves- 4

Ingredients:
Paneer - 200 grams (cut into slices)
Capsicum - 1 medium (chopped)
Onion paste -4 tbsp
tomato puree - 1/2 cup
curd - 1/4 cup
jeera powder - 2 tsp
coriander powder- 2 tsp
dry ginger powder - 1 tsp
garlic powder - 1 tsp
amchur powder - 1/2 tsp
red chili powder - 2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1tsp
Milk - 2tbsp
butter- 2 tbsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Preparations:
1.Marinate paneer slices with curd ,  1/2 tsp dry ginger powder , 1/2 tsp garlic powder , 1 tsp jeera powder , 1 tsp red chili powder , salt to taste and refrigerate for 2 hours.
2.Microwave the paneer pieces in 400deg F for 20 minutes.
3.Heat butter in a pan , add onion paste and fry for 15 minutes in low flame.
4.Add tomato puree and fry for more 10 minutes.
5.Add red chili powder , turmeric powder , jeera powder , coriander powder , dry ginger powder , garlic powder , amchur powder and cook for 5 minutes.
6.Add salt to taste .Add chopped capsicum and cooked paneer slices along with the leftover marinated paneer masala.Cook for 10 minutes.
7.Serve hot with plain rice or roti.


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Mushroom capsicum paratha.

paratha
Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Makes - 6-8 paratha

Ingredients:
Wheat flour(atta) - 200 grams
2 medium sized onions - finely chopped
1 medium sized capsicum - finely chopped
musroom keema - 4 tbsp
red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
jeera powder - 1 tsp
dhania powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Oil for making parathas.
jeera - 1 tsp
salt to taste
water for kneading

Preparations:
1.Heat 1/2 tbsp oil in a pan ,add jeera to splutter , add chopped onion , capsicum , mushroom ,red chili powder , turmeric powder , cumin powder , coriander powder , salt to taste and fry for 5 minutes.


2. Knead the atta with water , red chili powder and salt.
3.Make small balls ,make two rotis and stuff the masala in between both and fry it in a tawa till it is cooked.

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Moong Dal Ladoo- Diwali Sweets.

Preparation time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Makes -8-10 ladoos

Ingredients:
Moong dal- 1 cup
Besan : 1/2 cup
Desi ghee- 1/2 cup
powdered sugar- 1/2 cup
green cardamom powder- 1/2 teaspoon

Preparation:
1.Dry roast moong dal till golden brown ,dont burn it.Grind the roasted moong dal into a smooth powder.
2.Dry roast besan for 1o minutes.
3.Mix powdered moong dal , besan  , ghee ,powdered sugar and cardamom powder properly .
4.With the help of soft hand shape it as ladoo.
5.Garnish with almonds.

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Sukhe Kale Chane ki subji.


Kala chana is one of the preferable chana in every indian houses.As it is easily digestible by almost everyone ,it is prepared at least once in a week .So many varieties of curries and dry preparations are made using it.This time it is going to be a dry curry made with lots of spices and very tasty.This is a tried and tasted recipe more than 100 times in my home as we people are a great fan of black chana curries.It is best accompanied with roti and raita.


Check the recipe below and never forget to try it in your kitchen.

Preparation Time - 20 minutes (excluding soaking time)
Cooking time - 30 minutes
Serves -4

Ingredients:
Black chana - 150 grams(soaked overnight and pressure cooked for 15 minutes)
Onion - 1 big(chopped)
Tomato puree - 5 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
turmeric(haldi) powder- 1/2 tsp
red chili powder- 1/2 tsp
curry powder - 2 tsp
roasted jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
oil- 1 tbsp
salt to taste

Preparation:
1.Heat oil in a pan ,fry chopped onion till golden brown.
2.Add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes.
3.Add turmeric powder , red chili powder , curry powder , roasted jeera powder salt to taste and fry for 1 minute.
4.Add tomato puree and mix it properly and fry for 10 minutes .add boiled chana mix properly and cook for 3 minutes.
5.Serve hot with roti.

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