Kurkri Bhindi Evening Snacks

Ingredients

• 1/2 Kg fresh okra/Bhindi, split

• 6 tbsp gram flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups cold water
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper/Black Pepper
• 1 onion cutted in long length
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ajwain
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 chillies finely chopped
• Oil for deep frying
• 1/2 tsp of chat masala to sprinkle

Method:

1. Heat oil

2. Mix gram flour and corn starch together.

3. Gradually add cold water  whisking continuously until you get a pancake batter-like consistency.

4. Mix spices and additional flour together and coat split okra, onioin in mix.

5. Add spiced okra to tempura batter and slowly place okra into hot oil. Let fry for 2-3 minutes then remove and drained.

6. Sprinkle Chat masala and serve it with hot tea in evening snacks.

6 things we should consume in summer

Mint:
Mint is one of the ultimate summer herbs because of the cooling and cleansing feeling it gives. But, mint has also been found to relieve tons of common health problems, such as IBS, hiccups and cramps.

Cumin:
This spice aids in detoxification, remedying gas and bloating, to help keep you svelte during the summer months. Plus, when consumed, the spice has a cooling and soothing effect on the body.

Cinnamon:
Although usually associated with winter, cinnamon can be a perfect summer spice. Use it in an iced summer drink or with crisp in-season apples.
Cinnamon is also a super-spice for weight loss; it lowers your blood sugar and helps your body use sugar more effectively.

Saffron:
Not only is saffron a beautiful flower, but as a spice, it has tons of health benefits. This spice aids in digestion by improving circulation to your digestive organs, while also coating the stomach and colon to help relieve gas and acidity. Some studies show that saffron may even contain antidepressant and anticancer properties.

Fennel Seeds:
Fennel seed is another great digesting aid that also relieves cramps, gas and bloating. 
This seed will make your smile shine —it promotes good oral hygiene and can remedy bad breath.
Try drinking your fennel seed; drinking a cup before eating can help suppress your appetite and keep you slim.

Coriander
Coriander is one of the healthiest herbs you can eat because of its anti-oxidant properties that are beneficial to the liver.It also contains 30% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C, all while having a cooling effect and tasting great.

Palak Kadhi

Ingredients:

1. 150 grams spinach leaves chopped
2. Gram Flour- 3 tsp
3. Curd- 1 cup
4. Ghee/Oil- 2 tsp
5. Cumin seeds- 2 tsp
6. Asafoetida- 1 tsp
7. Green chilli- 1 chopped
8. Red Dried chilli- 1 (whole)
9. Cardamom- 1
10. Cloves- 2
11. Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
12. Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
13. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
14. Salt- 1 tsp (as per taste)

Method:

1. In a fry pan, add ghee and as the ghee heats up add asafoetida, cumin seeds.
2. When the seeds starts to crackle, add chopped green chillies and whole dried red chilli.
3. Now add Chopped spinach leaves and cook on slow flame for 5 minutes.
   
   
   
4. In the mean while, a jar add curd, gram flour and 1 cup water, Mix it well.
5. In the jar add coriander powder, garam masala, a little salt, cardamom, cloves, turmeric powder and again mix it well.
   
6. Add the gram flour-curd mixture to pan of spinach leaves.
7. Mix it well and cook it for next 10 minutes on medium flame and again next 10 minutes on slow flame.
8. Here is Palak Kadhi Ready to serve with Rice, Roti.

Almond Chocolate Drink/ बादाम चॉकलेट ड्रिंक

Here is a drink for summer, my friends who is thinking to lose weight in summers and thinking for what to start with.

So drinking this smoothie in your breakfast or snack time gives you energy and even helps to stop your starving as its heavy and healthy drink with no calories and helps in boosting metabolism 

Serves- 2 cups
Ingredients:

1. 1 1/2 cup of milk
2. 3 tbsp of almond butter
3. 12-15 raisins
4. 1 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder
5. 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
6. 1/2 cup ice

आवश्यक सामग्री 

1. 1 1/2 कप दूध 
2. 3 बड़ी चमच्च बादाम बटर 
3. 12-15 किशमिश 
4. 1 बड़ी चमच्च फीकी कोको पाउडर 
5. 1/2 छोटी चमच्च वैनिला एक्सट्रेक्ट 
6. 1/2 कप बर्फ 

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients and blend it to smooth.
2. Serve this healthy drink 

1. ऊपर बताई हुई सारी सामग्री मिक्स करे और ब्लेंड करे और सेहतमंद ड्रिंक तैयार है 

Musk Melon Seeds

1. Helps in Getting rid from Intestinal Worms
2. Helps in relieving Mind tension
3. Helps in keeping Mind cool
4. Helps in curing cough
5. Helps in curing indigestion
6. Helps in Weight Loss
7. These seeds are good source of Vitamin A,C
8. Excellent source of protein
9. Keeps Heart Healthy
10. Promotes Heart & Hair Growth
11. Prevents from Diabetes
12. Fight from summer Cold

Simple Lauki ki Sabzi

Ingredients:

1. Lauki- 1 peeled and chopped in mid size
2. Cumin seeds- 2 tsp
3. Asfotedia- ½ tsp
4. turmeric powder- 1 tsp
5. Salt- ½ tsp
6. Lemon juice of ½ lemon
7. Oil- 1 tsp

Method:

1. In a cooker, add oil and keep it on medium flame.
2. As the oil heats up add asfotedia, cumin seeds and when th seeds starts to crackle  add mid-size chopped lauki to it
3. Mix it then add turmeric powder and salt.
4. Mix it again and add ¼ cup of water, cover the lid of cooker and cook it till 2 whistles of cooker at medium flame.
5. As the pressure of cooker releases squeeze lemon and mix well
6. Serve the sabzi with Chappati, Roti

Vegetable Raita

Ingredients:

1. ½ onion chopped
2. 1 medium tomato chopped
3. 1 green chille chopped
4. ½ cucumber chopped
5. ¼ green pepper chopped
6. ¼ cup of coriander leaves chopped
7. Curd- 250 grams
8. ½ tsp of sugar
9. Salt made at home as per taste

Method:

1. Whisk curd by add 100ml of water
2. Now add the ingredients stated above and mix very well
3. Now cool it in refrigerator or add ice cubes

Home made Salt

Ingredients:

1. 1 bowl of White Salt
2. 2 tablespn of Senda Salt
3. 1 tbspn of Black Salt
4. 1 tbspn of black pepper powder
5. 
   

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients well and here the salt is ready to sprinkle on raita, fruits, salads etc

Cold Coffee

Ingredients:

1. 2 glass of milk
2. 2 tablespoon of sugar
3. 1 tablespn of coffee powder
4. Ice cubes

Method:

1. In a blender, mix all the ingredients except ice-cubes and blend it for around 5 minutes
2. Now add ace cubes to the mixture and serve it cool

Palak Corns

Ingredients

1. 1 bunch of Spinach
2. 1 onion blended in smooth paste
3. 2 tomato blended in smooth paste
4. 2 chilies blended in smooth paste
5. 1 inch of ginger blended in smooth paste
6. Frozen Corns- 1 1/2 cups
7. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
8. Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
9. Coriander powder- 1 tsp
10. Chili Powder- 1/4 tsp
11. Salt- 1 tsp
12. Garam Masala- 1/2 tsp
13. Butter/ Ghee/Oil- 20 grams

Method:

1. Wash leaves of spinach and put the leaves in cooker, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder and cook it till 2 whistle with medium flame.
2. After the spinach leaves cools down, blend the leaves to smooth paste. 
   
3. Now In a fry pan, add butter, as the butter warms up add cumin seeds, when the seeds starts to crackle add green chilli paste, ginger paste and saute for 2 minutes, then add paste of onion.
4. Cook the mixture for 5 minute on medium flame then add tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt and corns and cook it for next 10 minutes at medium flame with covered lid.
5. You will notice the colour of mixture changed to little dark brown then add the blended spinach and mix well.
6. Now add garam masala, and cook it for next 7-8 minutes on medium flame with covered lid.
7. Here your yummy Palak Corns is ready to be served with bread, naan, Roti, Chappati. 

Suji Ka Halwa/sweets

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup of Rava/Suji
2. 2 tblspn of Desi Ghee
3. 4 tblspn of brown/white sugar
4. 1 1/2 cup of water

Method:

1. Take a kadhai add rava and place it on medium flame.
2. Roast Rava till its colour changes to dark golden brown
3. Add Desi ghee to it, turn the gas to low flame and roast it for next 5 minutes
4. Now add water to it cook it on medium flame till the water evaporates.
5. Here is the yummmy halwa ready.

Lauki(Bottle Gouad, Dhudhi) ke kofte

Ingredients:

For making Kofte

1. 1 Medium size bottle guard (doodhi, lauki)
2. ¾ cup gram flour
3. ½ tsp salt
4. Oil for deep frying

For making gravy

1. 2 medium size onion grinded in smooth paste
2. 2 medium size tomato grinded in smooth paste
3. 2 green chillies chopped
4. 1 tsp of cumin seeds
5. ½ tsp of coriander powder
6. 1 tsp of turmeric powder
7. ½ tsp of garam masala
8. ½ cup of milk
9. 2 tbsp of cashew-nut powder
10. 2 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
11. 2 tsp of oil

Method:

1. Grate the guard n add gram flour, salt and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
   
2. Now grind Onion, tomato separately.
3. Now take a Kadhai, or fry pan for making kofte of step 1 batter.
4. Heat the oil, as the Oil warms up start dipping each spoon full of batter in oil and fry it till it turns to golden brown in colour.
   
5. Keep the fried kofte on soaking tissue paper, do the same with the rest of the batter.
6. Now take a separate pan add 2 tsp of oil, as the oil heats up add cumin seeds and when the seeds starts to crackle add chopped green chillies.
7. As the colour of chillies start to change add paste of onion cook onion on low flame for 10 minutes.
8. When the colour of onion starts to change little golden add cashew-nut powder, tomato paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder and again let it cook for next 10 minutes on low flame with closed lid.
9. Now add milk, salt, garam masala and stir well, add fried koftes to the gravy and sprinkle coriander leaves.
10. Here is yummy koftes ready to serve.

Mooong Lentils Sandwich

 Ingredients: 

1. White / Brown Bread- 4 slices 
2. Moong dal - 1 small bowl 
3. Roasted peanuts (without skin)- 50 grams
4. Green Chutney

Method: 

1. Soak the dal overnight, this will help you grind it easily 
2. Drain the water; grind the dal into a fine paste and mix salt as per taste
3. Grind all the ingredients of the green chutney and grind into a fine paste 
4. Take a slice of bread, spread the chutney and then the ground dal Break the peanuts into halves and crush them by pressing them between two sheets of paper 
5. Then sprinkle them over the spread 
6. Spread some butter in a pan and grill the sandwich for a while 
7. Your healthy Moong Dal Sandwich is ready

Healthy Beetroot Drink

Ingredients:

1. Carrot-4
2. Beetroot-1
3. Tomato-1
4. Juice of half lime
5. Ginger 25"inch
6. Salt to Taste

Method:

1. Wash all the vegetable nicely and extract juice of all the vegetable with the help of mixer 
2. Sprinkle some salt and juice is ready to serve.

Reddish Stuffed Paratha

Time taken- 15 minutes

Ingredients will make around 4 parathas.

Ingredients:

1. Reddish- 3
2. Chopped green chilli- 2
3. Wheat flour-3 cups
4. Garam masala- ½ tsp
5. Coriander Powder- ½ tsp
6. Salt – 1 tsp
7. Ghee or butter for making paratha
8. Reddish leaves

Method

1. Crush Reddish with the crush machine as given in image and mix ½ tsp of salt and keep it aside
2. Cut reddish leaves, green chillies.
3. Now drain all the juice of reddish from the crushed salt mix reddish and use this water while making dough used for making paratha, if less than can use water
4. Mix garam masala, coriander powder, salt, chopped reddish leaves, green chilled to white reddish, here your reddish stuff is ready to be filled while making paratha
5. Now make a roll out of dough, apply some ghee or butter and fill around 1-1 ½ spoon of stuffing and now roll it again
6. Cook this paratha on medium flame till both side of paratha turns to golden colour.
7. You can serve this paratha with curd or pickle.

Coriander Dhokli, Coriander Wadi or Kothambir Wadi

Ingredient

1. Gram flour- 1 cup
2. Wheat flour- ½ cup
3. Selamoni or Rava- ½ cup
4. Chopped coriander leaves- 1 cup
5. Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
6. Oil- 2 tsp
7. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
8. Ginger & garlic paste- 1 tbsp
9. Tamarind chutney- 5 tsp
10. All purpose flour- 2 tsp
11. Roasted sesame seeds- ½ cup
12. Fruit salt or Eno- ½ tsp
13. Juice of ½ lime
14. Salt to taste
15. Oil for frying

Method:

1. In a bowl mix Selomani, wheat flour, Gram flour, turmeric powder, roasted sesame seeds, lime juice, salt & add water enough that there is no lumps and and its in a semi liquid form.
2. Now in a fry pan add 1 tsp of oil, as the oil warms up add cumin seeds and as the seeds starts to crackle add ginger-garlic paste and mix well and let it cool down then add it to the bowl mixture prepared
3. Grease a wide vessel which can be steamed
4. Add fruit salt to the mixture and shift mixture to greased vessel
   
5. Now steam this mixture for around 15 minutes, and check with a knife whether poking the batter that it comes out clearly then the batter is steamed enough and can be put aside for cooling
   
6. After cooling, cut the steamed dough in equal pieces and fry them on medium flame.
   
7. As the colour changes to golden red, remove them and serve yummy kothambir wadi with green chutney

South Indian Masala Appa

Ingredients:

1. Rava- 2 cups
2. Curd- 3/4 cup
3. Curry leaves- 10
4. Mustard seeds- 1tsp
5. Chat Masala- 1 tsp
6. Coconut Oil- 2 tsp
7. Eno- 1/4 tsp
8. Salt- 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. In a bowl add rava, curd, 1/2 cup of water, salt and mix well 
2. Now place the appa maker on slow flame and put one drop of oil in each circle.
3. Put the rava mixture in each circle of appa maker and cover the vessel with a lid.
4. Cook each side for 3-4 minutes so that each side turns to golden colour
5. Do the same process with the rest of mixture
6. Now in a fry pan add oil, as the oil warms up, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, as the mustard seeds crackle add appas and mix well then add chat masala and mix well here is the yummy Appa ready to serve with green chutney or peanut chutney

All ingredients are available at localbanya.com

Mumbai Road Side Sandwich

Ingredients

1. Bread- 1 packet (broad size)
2. 1 tomato  sliced
3. 1 cucumber- sliced
4. 1 Onion- Sliced
5. 1 Boiled Potato- sliced
6. 1 Boiled Betroot- sliced
7. Amul Butter- 100 grams slab on room temperature
8. Green chutney 
9. Tomato Ketchup
10. Salt to taste

Method

1. Slice all the vegetable.
2. Spread Butter on bread slice and second layer of green chutney on 2 slices
3. Now start keeping each slice of vegetable on bread layer wise.(tomato, cucumber, onion, potato, betroot)
4. Sprinkle salt after each layer of vegetable
5. Now cover the second layer of bread (butter and chutney applied) on top
6. Cut this sandwich in pieces, spread ketchup and here is your road side mumbai style sandwich ready to serve

Dosa Podi Masala

Time taken 15 minutes

Serving- cool and store in air tight container

Ingredients

1. Arhar daal-1/4 cup
2. Chana Daal-1/4 cup
3. Coriander seeds-1/3 cup
4. Sesame seeds- ½ cup
5. Red Dried chillies- 20-25

Method:

1. Roast all the ingredients one by one so that moisture leaves the ingredients
2. As all the ingredients cools down, grind them and your podi masala is ready which you can spinkle on Dosa, curry, dry vegetable.

Makai Poha Namkeen

Time taken- 15 minutes

Servings: cool and store in a air tight container

Ingredients:

1. Makai Poha -1 cup
2. Chat masala- ½ tsp
3. Oil for frying

Method:

1. Heat Oil at medium flame and as the oil warms ups add Makai poha, as you will put Makai poha in oil it will increase the size to double
2. Now remove them and place them on absorbent paper to soak extra oil
3. Now add Chat masala and mix well, now you can store this namkeen for 15 days.