INDIAN BREAKFAST

CHANNA BHATURA


Ingredients

 FOR CHANNA   

1 cup kabuli channa soaked overnight
1 large tomato
2 large onions
1 1/2 tbsp. chopped coriander
1 tsp. ginger grated
1 tsp. garlic crushed
1 lemon (juice extracted)
2 tbsp. oil, 1 tbsp. ghee
1 tsp. tea leaves (tied into a pouch in a
small piece of clean muslin cloth)
4 green chillies slit
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cumin seeds

Dry masalas :-1 tsp. red chilli powder
1/2 tsp. each cinnamon - clove powder,
turmeric powder
1/4 tsp. each garam masala, pepper
powder
salt to taste

For Bhatura                                  

2 cups plain flour (maida) 2 tbsp. curds
2 tbsp. butter or oil
1/2 tsp. soda bicarb
salt to taste
Milk to knead dough
oil to deep fry

Method:
Sieve together flour, salt and soda.
Add and mix in curds and oil.
Add enough milk to knead into a soft pliable dough.
Cover with a wet cloth.
Keep aside for 5-6 hours. Make sure the cloth does not dry up, or wet again.
Knead dough again. Take fistful of dough. Roll into 1/4" thick 5" diameter round. Fry in hot oil. Turning only once. Till very light golden in colour. Repeat for all. Serve hot with hot channa and slices of onions and lemon.

Method for Channa
Put the soaked, washed channa in a cooked with enough water, teapouch and bay leaves.
Pressure cook till done. (approx. 6-7 whistles).
Cool about 5 tbsp. channa for grinding.
In a mixie, blend together 1/2 tomato, 1 onion, cooled channa and 1/2 tbsp. coriander. Keep aside.
Chop remaining tomatoes and onions fine.
Heat oil in a large skillet.
Add cumin seeds to splutter.
Add ginger-garlic and fry for a minute.
Add chopped tomatoes, onion and fry till tender.
Add channa-paste, fry further 3-4 minutes.
Add all dry masala except cinnamon-clove powder.
Stir and fry till oil separates. Add drained channa and 2 cup water which was drained from channa.
Stir and bring to boil.
Simmer for 7-8 minutes till gravy thickens.
Take in serving dish.
Heat ghee in a small sauce pan.
Add the chillies and cinnamon-clove powder.
Add chopped coriander and pour hot over the channa.
Squeeze lemon over channa.
Stir in seasoning gently.








DHOKLA

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
2 tsp semolina (suji)
2 tsp eno powder
1/2 tsp sugar
1 lemon (nimbu)
2 green chilly (hari mirch)
8-10 curry leaves (kadi patta)
1 tsp mustard seeds (raai)
1/4 tsp salt (namak)
1 cup water
1 tbsp oil

How to make instant dhokla:

• Mix gram flour, semolina and 1 cup water.
• Grease a container.
• Heat water in a pressure cooker and place sieve (jaali) on it.
• Now add eno powder.
• Immediately pour this mixture in the greased container.
• Place it on jaali and cover the cooker.
• Remove the whistle of the cooker.
• Let it cook at high flame for 15 minutes.
• Then take out the dhoklas out of the container and cut into pieces once it is cooled.
• Heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds. Then put curry leaves.
• Finely chop green chilies.
• Pour this on dhoklas.
• Put 2 cup water, sugar and lemon juice in a container and put all dhoklas in it.
• After 5 minutes take out extra water.
• Garnish with finely chopped dhania patti.
• Serve with some chutney.

ALOO POHA 

Ingredients:

2 cups Poha (Beaten Rice)
1 Potatoes
1 Onions
2 Green Chillies
1 tsp Chana dal
1 tsp Urad dal
1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 sprig Curry leaves
2 tsp Peanuts
4 tblsp Oil
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 Lemon
Few Corainder leaves
Salt to taste

How to make aloo poha :

• Soak the poha in water. Wash and drain all the water.
• Add some salt , turmeric powder , keep aside.
• Peel and cut the potatoes into small cubes, chop the onions, chillies, corainder leaves.
• Heat oil and put chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, peanuts, curry leaves and fry until they crackle.
• Add potatoes , saute for few minutes, then add chopped onions, chillies.
• Cook till they are done. Add the poha, corainder leaves and stir.
• Keep it on slow flame for 5- 7 minutes.
• Let it cool for sometime and add then lemon juice.
• Serve with mint chutney or sauce.

ALOO / MOOLI/ GOBHI  PRANTHA

Ingredients 

Stuffing:

• 2 boiled Potatoes( for aloo prantha)
• 2 grated radish ( for mooli prantha)
• 1 cauliflower grated ( for gobhi prantha) 
• 1 small finely chopped Onion (optional for raddish prantha) 
• Coriander leaves finely chopped 
• Small piece of Ginger (very finely chopped or grated) 
• 1 or 2 green Chilies (finely chopped) 
• Salt Red Chili powder and Garam masala as per taste
• Butter

Preparation of  paratha :

• For the cover make dough out of whole-wheat flour (atta), as you would do for any parantha/roti.
• Mash the potatoes( for aloo prantha) 
• Add all the stuffing items to (mashed potatoes/ grated cauliflower/grated radish) and mix it properly.
• Make two medium size chapati, add the filling to the one chapati and cover it with the second one.
• Now roll it slightly. Put it in a pre-heated oven at 450-degree. Cover top oven grill with aluminum foil & Place Paratha over it for easy baking.
• When top side is done change the side and keep a check (till properly baked)
• Spread butter over it. Serve  paratha hot with yogurt (curd).

ALOO PURI 

INGREDIENTS-

For Aloo:               

500 gm potato
Oil
1 tsp salt
1/4th tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp red chilly powder
8-10 cashewnuts
5-6 currants
1 tsp sesame seeds
2-3 curry leaves
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/4th tsp asafetida

For Puri:

2 cups all purpose flour (maida)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup yogurt
vegetable oil for deep fry

METHOD -

• For the aloo             
• Peel potatoes and cut lengthwise.
• Deep fry potatoes.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seeds,asafetida,curry leaves,sesame seeds,cashewnuts to the oil and mix.
• Then add potatoes to it and keep aside.
• Add red chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder,salt and currants and mix.
• It’s ready to serve.

• For the puri     

                                    

• Place the flour in mixing bowl with the salt.
• Make a well in the middle of the flour and gradually stir in yogurt, mix well to form a supple dough.
• Add water if needed.
• Knead the dough for 7-10 minutes until it is soft.
• Leave it for 20 minutes to get more soft.
• Make balls out of this dough.
• Roll out each piece on the well floured surface into a big circle (usually it will be bigger than a normal poori)
• Heat oil in a Kadhai or wok (frying pan).
• Deep-fry the pooris in hot oil for a minute, turn the side and fry till it is puffed and golden in colour.
• Serve hot with aloo