Kulcha (Yeast Free)

Kulcha, this is something people buy from market if they make "Matar kulcha" at home, but , I decided to make myself. I know, its a bit of the work behind making bread at home but, trust me the fresh bread is no where near to the market brought bread. So, please try this recipe and lemme know how you liked it.

Here comes the Recipe

Ingredients:

1½ Cup All Purpose Flour/ Maida

½ Cup Yourt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 Tbsp Minced Garlic/Garlic Powder
1 tsp Sugar

1 tsp Salt

1 tbsp Lemon juice

½ Cup Lukewarm Water
Butter for Garnish
Chopped Coriander for Garnish

Process:

**Tools Used: Bowl, Flat Pan.

1) Take a bowl with flour in and add baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt and mix well.  Then add in curd and mix softly with hands. Then slowly add in water to just combine the flour. Don't kneed the dough and just try to make a a lump of dough.

2) Now add in lemon juice to the dough and try to mix in the dough.

3) Cover the dough and let it rest for at-least four hour. Then after you will observe the dough turns double i.e fermented. Now make equal size round balls.

4) Now roll the balls with rolling pin to make any shape you like with the help of dry flour then apply mincced garlic and coriander leaves over that.

5) Heat up the non stick pan on medium high flame. Cook naan over the pan. You will observe the naan fluff up then its the time to flip that and cook from the other side too.

Apply butter over that and Enjoy!!

Crusty Orange Cake

Crusty Orange Cake, this is such a basic and wonderful recipe with the freshness of orange and crunchy crust. This is very playful recipe ...can be mold to any of your ideas. This is just my version of making orange cake...this is perfect just to celebrate any special occasion..Hope you all would try this and enjoy as we did...

Ingredients:

1 ¼ cup of All Purpose Flour/ Maida

½  Cup Sugar

½ Cup Butter

2 Eggs

1 tsp of Vanilla

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/3 Cup Sour Cream
¼ tsp Orange Zest
1/3 Cup Orange Juice

¼ tsp of Salt

Crust:

2 tsp Vanilla Sugar
¼ tsp Orange Zest

Process:

**Tools Used: Hand Mixer, Spatula, Whisk, Bowl, CakePan.

1) Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a round pan with butter and line the bottom with butter paper.

2) In a bowl sieve the flour, Baking Powder, Salt and set aside.

3) In another bowl cream together the Butter and sugar until the mixture gets fluffy ,then add eggs one at a time and beat till the mixture gets lite and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and Sour Cream, mix well.

4) Add flour mixture into wet batter slowly.

5) Pour batter in cake tin. Mix together vanilla sugar and orange zest. Sprinkle this over the top of the cake batter. Bake for 25-30 mins.

6) After cake baked, let that cool for at least an hour.

Enjoy!

Tips:

1) Don't over mix the batter.

2) Avoid Salt if using Salted Butter.

3) Sour Cream can be replaced with Curd.

4) All the ingredients should be at room temperature.

Chili Tomato Chutney

Here's the hot and sour Chutney with the freshness of Mint and Cilantro goes well with Paranths, Samosa or any type of Snacks/Starters.

Here comes the Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Cup Cilantro

¼ Cup Mint

1 tbsp Lime Juice

1 Small Onion
1 Big Tomato
2-3 Cloves Garlic

5 Green Chilies

1 tsp Salt

Process:

1) Wash and roughly chop Cilantro, Mint, Onion, Tomato, Garlic and Green Chilies.

2) Put Cilantro, Mint, Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Green Chilies, Salt, Lime Juice in a Mixer and Grind the same till the mixture become like a paste/Coarse as per required to acquire the consistency as desired.

3) Transfer that in a serving bowl...Enjoy!

Radish Parantha

Radish Parantha, is a wonderful parantha, Its quite famous in northern India. This is one of my favorite parantha's of all time. I just hope you all would surely enjoy this one. Goes great for Breakfast.

Ingredients:

2 Cup Wheat Flour

1 tsp Oil

Water to Kneed Dough

2 tbsp Oil 

½ tsp Garam Masala
1 Radish Pealed and Grated

Cilantro Leaves Chopped
1 tsp Carom Seeds
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Chopped Green Chili
Salt and Pepper as Taste

Process:

1) Take a bowl, Add in Flours, Salt, Oil and mix well. Kneed with water to make a medium hard consistency. Let the dough rest for half an hour. 

2) In a bowl take grated Radish and add salt in there. Let it rest for 10 minutes. Then squeeze radish till all the water comes out. Then add in salt, pepper, carom seeds, Garam Masala, Coriander powder, green chili. 

3) Then take a flour ball and roll to make small parantha. Fill 1 tbsp radish filling and close all the edges. Then roll again to make parantha. Cook on both sides with little bit oil. 

Enjoy with Pickle!

Vegetable and Fruit Juice

Vegetable and Fruit Juice, I don't want to boast about this but trust me this is a health monster. Make this for your kids rather than giving them canned juice. I am sure they will love this one. I make this juice with seasonal fruits and vegetables. And you just need ordinary blender to make it at home. I hope you will also give this one a try and let me know your comments.

Ingredients:

2 Glass Juice
4 Carrots Pealed
1 Small knot Ginger Pealed
1 Stick Pealed Celery
1/2 Cup Pomegranate Seeds
1 Lemon size Beetroot Pealed
5-10 Leaves Mint
2 Oranges Pealed
1/2 Cup Berries
1/4 Cup Water
Salt as Taste

Process:

1) Put all your ingredients in blender. Blend well.

2) With help of thin strainer or thin cotton cloth strain well. Its all ready to drink. In further blogs will let you know how to use the left-out fiber in very unique and tasty ways. So no need to even throw the fiber left-out from strained juice.

Enjoy!!

Egg Chop

Egg Chop, has become one of my favorite tea time snack.They are crunchy with the sift flavorful core with the goodness of boiled egg and flavorful potato mixture. I hope you try them and let me know how you really liked them.

Ingredients:

2 Cup Boiled Mashed Potatoes
1/2 Cup Copped Roasted Peanuts

1 tsp Red Chili Powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder
2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
1 tsp chopped Green Chili
1 Cup Rice Flour/ Maida
1/2 Cup Bread Crumbs
2 Boiled Eggs
1 Beaten Egg
1 tsp Chaat Masala 

Oil for Deep Frying
1 tbsp Chopped Cilantro

Salt to taste

Process:

1)  In a Big Bowl add in mashed potatoes, green chili, salt, red chili powder, chaat masala, coriander powder, peanuts, cilantro and mix well till combined.

2) Heat the Oil in large skillet on medium high heat to fry Egg Chops. 

3) Cut boiled egg in half then coat potato mixture all around boiled egg. Then Dip the chop in beaten egg and then at last coat with bread crumbs.

4) Fry them on medium heat till that turns golden brown in color.

Enjoy...

Sweet n Spicy Shrimps

Sweet n Spicy Shrimps, is a recipe with beautiful flavors. Its has tangy sweet taste goes great as starter. Its an accidental recipe that came out great. I try to always put some variation in everyday dishes. This recipe is very simple and quite flavorful dish that fills the pallet with amazing flavors. 

Ingredients:

16 Oz Shrimps

1 tbsp Minced Ginger

1 tbsp Minced Garlic
1 tsp Soya Sauce
1 tbsp Ketchup
1 tsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Sugar
½ tsp Cornflour

1 tsp Red Chili Powder
1 tbsp Chili Sauce

Salt and Pepper as taste

Process:

1) In a bowl mix well Soya Sauce, Ketchup, Vinegar, Corn flour, Sugar, Chili Sauce and mix well.

2) In a pan, heat the oil on medium flame and once hot add Ginger and Garlic, saute till turns light brown. Then add in sauce mixture and still continuously.

3) Add in Shrimps and cook on full flame. Stir fry shrimps with sauces until shrimps cooks through. Add in Salt, Pepper and red chili powder, Mix well and serve hot.

Enjoy!