Onion Paratha

Onion paratha or pyaj paratha is often taken as a meal with a side dish any chutney or raita. Pyaj paratha is very easy to make and most important the ingredients are easily available in any indian kitchen.
Here is step by step pictorial representation of how to cook Onion paratha.

Ingredients

Onion - 2 large

Wheat flour - 3 cups

Salt to taste

Water as required

Chaat masala - 1 teaspoon

Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

How to make

First of all make dough of wheat flour, salt to taste & water.

Take out small round balls out of it & roll it into 4-5 inches.

Fill some julian cut onion, sprinkle some chaat masala, red chilli powder & a pinch of salt.

Seal it from all sides properly.

Then again roll it out as big as it can & cook it on a pre heated tawa.

Ground nut Chutney

Ground nut chutney is a must to have with any south indian dish but now-a-days it is liked with many of the other recipes too.
 Like with any dish made from sooji it is a must for me to eat.

Ground nut chutney is an instant chutney which is ready within 5 minutes or less.

Ingredients

Ground nuts - 1 cup

Coriander leaves - 2 cup

Green chilli - 4-5

Salt to taste

Lemon - 5-6

How to make

First of all wash off properly coriander leaves. Take a mixer grinder, add ground nuts, coriander leaves, green chilli & salt to taste.

Add little water & grind it fine. Then empty the jar in a bowl and squeeze out 4-5 lemons, this chutney tastes good when it is sour, but the quantity can be adjusted as per one's taste.

Enjoy!!!!

Rawa Uttapam

Instant rawa uttapam is easy to make & requires very less ingredients. No fermentation is required to cook this, no need to soak rice overnight & then grind it, leave it to ferment for some hours. Rawa Uttapam is very far from all this process. 

It just requires few minutes to get ready for cooking.

Ingredients

Semolina/ Rawa/ Sooji - 2 cups

Salt to taste

Eno fruit salt - 1 sachet

Cucumber - 1 (chopped)

Tomato - 3 (chopped)

Onion - 4 (chopped)

Green chilli - 2 (chopped)

How to make

Take a bowl and mix rawa with water & salt to taste, mix well and keep it aside for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, add 1 sachet eno fruit salt.

Mix eno fruit salt well in the rawa and one by one add chopped green chilli, cucumber, tomato & onion.

Mix all the ingredients well and put on flame a non-stick tawa.

Grease the tawa with oil & spread 1 tablespoon full of batter.

Sprinkle some more oil over the uttapam and cook it well from both the sides.

To flatten the uttapam press it slightly with a masher.

Cook it for few more time and serve.

Rawa uttapam can be served either with ground nut chutney or tomato ketchup depending upon your taste.

Mango Lassi

Mango Lassi is like a mango milkshake. It is simple yet very delicious. Made with very few ingredients plain yogurt, mango pulp, sugar & some dry fruits.

Ingredients

Mango pulp - 1 cup

Plain yogurt - 1 1/2 cup

Sugar granules - 3/4th cup

Cashew nuts & raisins - 1/2 cup

How to make

Take a mixer grinder and add mango pulp, plain yogurt, sugar cubes.

Grind the ingredients well. Serve in a serving glass. Garnish it with cashew nuts & raisins.

Aam Panna

Aam panna is a very cool & refreshing drink in summers. It is renowned for its heat resistant properties. Aam panna is prepared from ripe mangoes, mint leaves, sugar & assorted spices.
The flavor of mint leaves enhances & doubles the taste of this drink.

Ripe mangoes are a great source of vitamin C, B1 & B2. This cool & refreshing drink quenches thirst, relieves gastrointestinal disorders & prevents the loss of sodium  chloride & iron from the body due to excessive sweating.

Ingredients

Raw mangoes - 2

Sugar granules - 1 - 1/2 cup

Mint leaves - 1/2 cup (paste)

Roasted cumin seeds( sika jeera) - 1 1/2 teaspoon

How to make

Peel off the raw mangoes & cut into cubes. Put the cubes in a bowl half filled with water.

Place the bowl in microwave for 8 minutes in intervals of 2 minutes. For those who do not have microwave you can also boil raw mangoes in pressure cooker.

Now blend the boiled mangoes with hand blender. After blending it well add sugar granules, roasted cumin seeds & paste of mint leaves.

Mix it well and put it in refrigerator to cool down. Before serving just check the sugar granules have dissolved properly or not.

If not, then mix and serve.

Serve chilled, garnish it with mint leaves. 

Wood Apple Juice (Bel ka sharbat)

Wood apple or Bel is actually a herb and has other names too such as Elephant apple or monkey fruit.
The health benefits of Bel fruit includes relief from constipation, indigestion, peptic ulcer, piles & respiratory disorders.
It also boosts immune system , fights off bacterial & viral infections. It is called as wood apple because of its hard wooden shell.
Their shells are tough & the inside is brownish pulp with white seeds. It can be eaten raw or drunk as juice or made into jam.

Ingredients

Bel or wood apple - 1 unit

Water  - as required

Sugar granules - 1 cup

Ice cubes - 1 cup

How to make

Take one wood apple and break down its shell with any wooden material because if you hit with any other metal stick or something it will lose its sweetness.

Now take a container half filled with water and put the wood apple pulp in it.

Mash it up properly with hands so that the pulp gets totally mixed in water.

Now at this step the bel pulp is properly mixed with water. Strain out the juice & throw away the wood apply extract.

Add 1 cup sugar granules & put it in refrigerator for 1 hour before serving. Let it cool down properly and serve it chilled with 1 or 2 ice cubes as per one's taste.

Kurkuri Bhindi

Kurkuri Bhindi is simply deep fried sprinkled with some spices. This tangy, tasty & spicy kurkuri bhindi is the most simple recipes in this category.

Ingredients

Lady fingers - 250 grams

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder - 1/4th teaspoon

Chaat masala - 1 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala - 1/4th teaspoon

Lime juice - 1 teaspoon

How to cook

Wash off lady fingers properly & wipe them with a clean cloth. Cut all the lady fingers horizontally.

Keep aside.

Then put on flame a frying pan with sufficient oil in it. Upon heating, deep fry the lady finger pieces.

Now dish out the fried pieces.

Sprinkle specified quantities of salt, chaat masala, garam masala, red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder & lime juice.

Mix it well & serve hot.

Tangy, tasty & spicy Kurkuri Bhindi is ready to be served.

Pudina Aloo

Spearmint (pudina) leaves are very soothing and refreshing in summer's. Apart from aam panna with pudina & pudina chtuney here's Aloo ki sabzi with pudina. It is easy to cook & is very refreshing.

Ingredients

Potato - 2

Spearmint leaves - 8-10

Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Green chilli - 2 (chopped)

Black salt - 1/2 teaspoon

Dry mango powder  - 1/4th teaspoon

Black pepper - 1 pinch

Garam masala - 1/4th teaspoon

Lime juice - 1 tablespoon

How to cook

Boil the potatoes and peel out. Cut into 4 large pieces and with the help of a fork punch it from all sides.

Then deep fry the pieces. Take out & keep aside.

Now put on flame a frying pan with 1 tablespoon oil in it. Upon warming, add cumin seeds, when they began to crackle put green chilli & fried potato pieces.

Put black salt, white salt, black pepper & spearmint leaves. Saute it.

Let it cook till spearmint leaves get soft.

Pudina Aloo is now ready to be served. Garnish it with coriander leaves & serve hot.