Boondi raita
Ingredients:
- Boondhi – 1/2 cup
- Yogurt – 2 cups (beaten/ whisked)
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Chat masala- 1/2 tsp
- Fresh coriander leaves- 1 tbsp
Procedure:
- In a mixing bowl,
Phirni
Ingredients:
- Rice rava/ ground rice 1/4 cup
- Milk 2 1/2 cups
- sugar 1/2 cup
- cardamom pods (crushed) 2 pods
- saffron strands a few strands (optional)
- almonds 1 tbsp (broken)
- cashew nuts 1 tbsp (broken)
- pistachios 1 tbsp (broken)
- raisins 1 tbsp
- ghee 2 tbsp
Procedure:
- In a medium sized saucepan,
Aloo chat
Ingredients:
- new potatoes/ baby potatoes- 1 1/2 cups
- oil- 1 tbsp + 3 tsp
- chilli powder- 1 tsp
- cumin powder- 1 tbsp
- coriander powder- 1 tbsp
- turmeric powder- 1 tsp
- chat masala –
Carrot and ginger soup
Aubergine and flat beans curry
Mogo / Cassava/ Tapioca chips
Mirchi ka saalan
How to prepare Mirchi ka saalan ?
Ingredients:
- 10 -12 green banana chillies/ bhaji mirchi (not the hot variety)
- tamarind – half a lemon sized ball (soaked in 1/2 cup of water)
- 1/2 tsp -mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp -cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp -carom seeds
- 1/2 tsp -chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp -turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp -garam masala powder
- a pinch of asafoetida
- 7-9 curry leaves
- 3 tbsp -oil
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp -chopped coriander leaves
- 1/4 cup of roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup of grated coconut (fresh or dessicated)
- 1 1/2 tbsp of sesame seeds
- 1 tsp of grated ginger
Procedure:
- To make the gravy,
Bhelpuri
Ingredients:
- Puffed rice/ marmaralu/ murmura- 2 cups
- Roast peanuts- 2 tbsp
- Mint and coriander chutney – 2 tbsp (refer to chutneys segment for recipe)
- Tamarind and dates chutney –