Khaman Dhokla

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients
For the dhokla

• 2 cups Besan
• 1 tsp citric acid
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp soda
• 1/2 tsp salt

For the garnishing

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp Rai (mustard seeds)
• 8-10 pcs curry leaves
• 2 pcs green chilli cut from the middle of longer sides
• 3 tsp sugar
• 1 cup water

Method

• In a bowl, mix besan, citric acid, oil, salt and water to prepare a thick batter
• Keep the batter aside for 10 mins
• Now add 1 tsp soda and put 2 tbsp of hot water on top and mix well
• Now on a dhokla plate pour the batter and steam for 15 mins
• In a pan, heat oil for garnishing and put rai
• Then add other ingredients for garnishing and boil
• Garnish the dhokla with the oil preparation

Pav Bhaji

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 5

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiled vegetables (carrot, beans, cabbage)
• 1/2 cup boiled peas
• 1 cup boiled and mashed potato
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 2 tsp green chilli paste
• 2 tbsp chopped capsicum
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup tomato purée
• 4 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 3 tsp pav bhaji masala
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• salt to taste
• 10 pcs Pav (or buns)

Method

• In a pan, heat butter and put the onions
• After the onions are half fried, add garlic paste and green chilli paste
• After 2 mins, add tomato puree and heat till it becomes thick paste
• Now add peas and capsicum
• Using a hand blender, blend the vegetables
• Now add the vegetables and potato in the pan with the prepared paste
• Add salt and pav bhaji masala and mix well
• In the end put lemon juice and bhaji is ready
• Garnish the bhaji with chopped coriander
• On a non stick pan, heat the butter and bake the pav till its brown and crispy
• Serve the bhaji with pav and chopped onion

Hot and Sour Soup

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped vegetables (carrot, capsicum, beans, onion, cabbage)
• 4 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1 pc green chilli chopped
• 1" ginger chopped
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp green chilli sauce
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 2 tsp oil
• 6 cups of water
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• Salt to taste

Method

• In a pan heat oil and then put green chilli, ginger and garlic
• Next put the chopped vegetables and saute for a minute
• Now add water, chilli sauce, ketchup, vinegar, salt and pepper and keep stirring for 10 mins
• In a cup mix the cornflour in 1/2 cup water
• Put the cornflour mixture in the soup and boil for another 2-3 mins
• Serve hot with garlic bread or fried noodles

Cheese Snacker

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 12 pcs Snacks biscuit
• 4 tbsp chopped tomatoes
• 2 p cheese slice
• 2 tsp pizza sauce
• 1/4 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
• Salt to taste
• Capsicum for decoration

Method

• Chop the cheese slices in 12 pcs
• Mix the tomatoes with chilli flakes, oregano, oil and salt
• On the biscuits, spread the pizza sauce
• Now spread the tomatoes
• Garnish with capsicum and cheese

Moong Daal Chilla

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• For the filling
• 1 cup boiled corn
• 1 tbsp grated cheese
• 1 tbsp grated paneer (cottage cheese)
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
• Salt to taste

Other Ingredients

• 2 cups Moong Daal soaked in water
• 1 tsp green chilli and ginger paste
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp saunf (fennel)
• 2 tsp chopped coriander
• Salt to taste
• Butter

Method

• Churn the Moong Daal in a mixer
• Mix chilli ginger paste, red chilli powder, saunf, coriander and salt and mix well
• Mix all the ingredients for the filling and keep aside
• Now heat a non-stick tawa
• Spread the moong daal mixture on tawa and spread a little butter on top
• After a minute, spread some filling mixture and keep heating till crispy
• Serve hot with green  chutney

Masala Butter Milk

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2 cups curd
• 1 cup water
• 1 pc green chilli finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp chopped ginger
• 1/2 tsp mint powder (pudina)
• 5-6 pcs of curry leaves
• 1/2 tsp Rai (mustard seeds)
• 1 tsp oil
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• Salt to taste

Method

• In a bowl, mix curd, water, green chilli, ginger, mint and salt and churn well
• In a pan, heat oil and put mustard seeds, curry leaves
• In a glass pour the curd mixture and on top put the oil mixture
• Garnish with chopped coriander 

Katori Chat

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 250 gms Maida
• 1 tbsp Aata
• 2 cups sprouts (Moong, Moth, Chana)
• 2 tbsp chopped boiled potato
• 2 tbsp chopped onion
• 1 cup curd
• 1 tbsp Bhujia Sev
• 1 tbsp Imli Chutney (Tamarind Chutney)
• 2 tsp Chat Masala
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Method

• Mix Aata, Maida and 1 tbsp oil and prepare the dough
• Now, flatten into small round rotis
• Stick the roti onto the bottom of a steel glass
• Heat oil in a pan and put the glass with the roti in the oil
• Make sure the roti is fried from all sides and the roti will take the shape of a katori
• Do the same for other rotis
• In one tsp oil, heat the sprouts
• Now in the fried katori, put the sprouts first
• Put the potatoes and onions next and then the curd
• Then put the Imli Chutney followed by Bhujia
• Sprinkle a little chat masala from top

Curd Rice

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiled rice
• 1 cup curd
• 6-7 leaves of sweet neem
• 1 tsp Rai (mustard seeds)
• 1 pc chopped green chilli
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 1 tbsp peas
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Method

• In a pan, heat oil and put sweet neem, rai, green chilli and onion and stir till golden brown
• Now, put peas and stir for another 1 minute
• Add salt and mix well
• In a bowl, now mix curd, rice, salt and sugar and mix well
• Garnish with the prepared onion mixture

Note: You can also garnish with pomegranate 

Creamy Onion Gravy

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 10-12 pcs baby onions
• 1 tsp green chilli ginger paste
• 1 tbsp finely chopped onion
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp rai (mustard seeds)
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil

Method

• In a pan heat oil and then put mustard seeds
• After 10-15 secs and the chilli ginger paste and chopped onion
• Stir well for 2 mins
• Add the baby onions now and stir for another 2 mins
• Now add milk and salt
• When the gravy becomes thick, add sugar and garam masala and mix well
• Serve hot

Creamy Tomato Soup

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 4 pcs medium sized tomatoes
• 1 pc chopped apple
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 cup water
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Chopped coriander
• Grated cheese

Method

• Chop the tomatoes
• Boil the tomatoes, apple and garlic in 1 cup water
• After boiling, churn the mixture in a mixer
• Filter the mixture through a sieve
• Add salt and pepper and boil again
• Garnish with chopped coriander and cheese and serve hot

Cheese Potato Sticks

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiled and crushed potato
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp grated cheese
• 1 pc chopped green chilli
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Oil to fry
• Long thin wooden sticks for decoration

Method

• Mix all the ingredients except oil
• Make small oval shaped balls out of the mixture
• Deep fry the balls
• Decorate the balls with the wooden sticks as shown in the picture

Baked Stuffed Cheese Potato

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 10 pcs boiled potatoes (medium sized)
• 1 cup boiled vegetables (beans, carrot, peas)
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 2 cups white sauce
• 1 cup curd
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1 tbsp oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Peel off the potato skins and cut the potatoes into halves
• Scoop off the potato from the center and keep the leftovers as well as the chunks
• In a pan, heat the oil and saute the potato leftovers with boiled vegetables, soya sauce, chilli powder and salt
• Now on each of the bigger potato chunks, stuff the vegetable mixture
• Separately, mix the white sauce with curd, 1/4 cup cheese, sugar, salt and pepper
• Put the potatoes in a baking dish
• Pour the sauce mixture over it and top it up with the remaining cheese
• Bake it in an oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 20 mins
• Serve hot 

Shahi Toast

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 5

Ingredients

• 10 slices of bread
• 2 cups Rabri
• 1 tsp chopped pista
• 10-12 threads of Kesar
• Ghee to fry

Method

• Cut the sides of bread slices and cut it diagonally into triangles
• Deep fry the bread in Ghee
• On each slice of bread, put rabri
• Garnish with pista and kesar

Note: Instead of frying bread slices, toast the bread slices

Crouton Salad

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread
• 1/2 cup square shaped chopped carrot 
• 1/2 cup square shaped chopped capsicum
• 1/2 cup square shaped chopped tomato
• 1/2 cup square shaped chopped cucumber
• 1/2 cup square shaped chopped onion
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp schezwan sauce
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil to fry

Method

• Chop the bread in small pieces
• Fry the bread pieces till its brown
• Mix all the chopped vegetables
• Garnish with coriander

Spinach Raita

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 2 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped spinach
• 1 cup fresh curd
• 1/2 tsp chilli ginger paste
• 1 tsp chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

• Steam the spinach for 2 mins
• Filter the curd with a sieve
• Mix the chilli-ginger paste, onion, spinach, sugar, salt and pepper in curd
• Serve chilled

Stuffed Onion Paratha

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tsp finely chopped green chilly
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• 3 tsp roasted Anardana powder
• 2 cups Aata (wheat flour)
• 2 tsp ghee
• Butter
• Salt to taste

Method

• In the onion add salt and mix well
• Press the mixture and remove all the water content
• Add green chilli, coriander, anardana and salt
• Prepare a dough of Aata and salt
• Now take a small portion of dough and stuff the onion mixture
• Flatten it into roti
• In a tawa, cook the roti with butter
• Do the same for the remaining dough

Note: Serve with curd and tomato ketchup

Fried Banana Tikiya

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 4 raw bananas
• 1 pc chopped green chilly
• 1 tbsp chopped tomato
• 1 tbsp chopped onion
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp chat masala
• Oil to fry

Method

• Cut the banana into 1" thick round pieces
• Heat oil in a pan for frying
• Put the banana pieces and take it out when half fried
• Press the banana using a steel bowl or a flat container
• Put the pieces back in oil and fry till golden brown
• Now sprinkle the chopped chilly, tomatoes, onions, coriander, lemon juice and chat masala
• Serve hot

Ginger Garlic Salsa

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Serves: 4 - 6 ppl (1 bowl of salsa is prepared)

Ingredients

• 20 cloves Garlic finely chopped
• 4 pcs green chilly finely chopped
• 50 gms Ginger cut into long strips
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp Jeera
• 1 tsp salt

Method

• Mix all the ingredients properly
• Keep it refrigerated

Macaroni Salad

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: No cooking Required
Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 4 tsp Thousand Island Dressing
• 1 tsp mayonnaise
• 1/2 tsp mustard sauce
• 2-3 tsp of hung curd
• 1 cup boiled macaroni
• 1 tbsp finely chopped cucumber
• 1 tbsp finely chopped capsicum
• 1 tbsp finely chopped carrot
• 1 tbsp finely chopped tomato
• 1 tbsp finely chopped boiled potato
• 2 tbsp boiled sweet corn
• 1 tsp lime juice
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
• Salt and paper to taste

Method

• Mix all the ingredients and serve

Tricolor Poori

Preparation Time: 15 mins plus 30 mins of freezing time
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 cups spinach boiled in water
• 2 pc green chilly
• 1" ginger
• 2 tbsp Besan
• Maida (flour)
• Aata (wheat flour)
• 1 cup grated beetroot
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Before Frying

After Frying

Method

• Remove the water completely from spinach and grind it with 1 pc green chilly and 1/2" ginger
• Now, mix it with 2 tbsp besan, 4 tbsp maida, 4 tbsp aata and salt and prepare a dough
• Separately prepare a dough of beetroot, 1 pc green chilly, 1/2" ginger 5 tbsp Maida, 5 tbsp Aata and salt
• Prepare another dough of 5 tbsp Aata, 5 tbsp Maida and salt
• Now take the 1st dough and flatten into thin and big roti
• Do it for 2nd and 3rd dough as well
• On the 1st roti (spinach one), put the 3rd roti (one with only Aata and Maida)
• On top of it put the 2nd roti (one with beetroot)
• Roll the rotis together completely
• With a knife, now cut the roll into small wheels as shown
• Put the cuttings in refrigerator for half an hour
• Now, flatten the cuttings into small rotis and fry it in oil
• Serve with Cholle or Aloo Dum

Note: Instead of spinach, green color can be used as well

Mixed Vegetable

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients
For the Gravy

• 3 medium sized tomatoes
• 3 pcs green chilly
• 1" ginger
• 1/2 tsp Rai and Jeera
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric
• 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
• 1/2 tsp Red Chilli
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander
• 2 tsp tomato sauce
• 1 tsp chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Other Ingredients

• 1 cup thin and long chopped onion
• 1 cup thin and long chopped carrot
• 1 cup thin and long chopped beans
• 1/2 cup thin and long chopped capsicum
• 1 cup thin and long chopped potato
• 1 cup paneer (cottage cheese) chopped in square shape
• 2 tbsp oil to fry

Method

• Fry all the chopped vegetables in little oil and keep aside
• In a grinder, grind the tomatoes, green chilly and garlic
• In a pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and put jeera and Rai
• Put the tomato mixture and heat for 5 mins
• Put all the chopped vegetables, turmeric, red chilly, and salt
• Heat for another 5 mins
• In the end, add chilli sauce, tomato sauce and garam masala and mix well
• Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot

Paneer Stuffed Tikiya

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 pcs grated potato
• 1 cup grated Paneer (cottage cheese)
• 2 cups mashed potato
• 50 gms frozen butter
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 pc chopped green chilli
• 1 tsp chopped coriander
• 2 tbsp Tamarind Chutney
• 2 tbsp coriander Chutney
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

• Deep Fry the grated potato and keep aside
• Mix the paneer with salt and pepper and divide it into 8 pcs.
• Stuff each paneer piece with little butter
• In the mashed potato, add red chilli, coriander, green chilli and salt
• Divide the potato mixture into 8 pcs
• Flatten the potato mixture and stuff with paneer to make tikiya
• Now, heat little butter on Tawa and cook the tikiya till its crispy
• Now in a bowl, put one pc of tikiya, top it up with tamarind chutney, coriander chutney and fried potato
• Serve hot