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Sago with vegetables ( Sabudana khichdi )

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Sago with vegetables Ingredients for 2 people- Sago (Sabudana) - 3 Handful Salt to taste (Rock salt if made for fasting) Onion - 1/2 (chopped) Carrot - 1 (chopped) Green Bell Pepper - 1/2 (chopped) ( not for babies) Peanuts - 1 handful Olive Oil - 1 tsp   Directions -  Soak Sago for 2 hours. Soaked Sago In a pan, add Olive oil and before heating add chopped onions, carrot and bell pepper with salt. Fry it for 15 minutes, until the vegetables are properly cooked. Add Peanuts, mix them so that the peanuts are evenly spread. Vegetables frying Drain the water of Sago and add Sago to the pan, fry them for another 5 minutes at high flame. Sago mixed Serve it hot.

Nimki

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Everybody's childhood memories are the special ones. My mom is a great cook, and she has a perfect hand in traditional foods..... Few of these Snacks, are following from generations.... My grandmother's mother use to cook for her child, then my grandmother use to cook for my mother, and then my mother use to cook for we siblings..... I am continuing the tradition, and making these snacks for my kiddo. Nimki was use to be one of the important snacks in the festivals.... Well, I am trying to continue this tradition and making traditional sweets in festivals.... Now, I know how my mother use to feels and the amount of satisfaction she gets when she see her kiddo's face beaming with happiness, after eating these Snacks. My mom has some specialty foods and Nimki is one of them..... I do not know, whether I will ever be able to reach that amount of perfection...... But, yes my Kiddo was happy to eat this Snack.... When we were growing up, my mom use to make Nimki as our...

Green Chick Peas Stew ( Hara chana ke choley)

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Ingredients for 2 people-  Green Chick Peas Stew Green Chick Peas ( Hara Chana ke choley)- 2 handful Onion - 1/4 (diced) Garlic -3 cloves Ginger paste - 1tsp Tomato Paste - 1 tsp Salt to taste Tumeric Powder - 1tsp Red Chill Powder - 1tsp Coriander Powder - 1tsp Cumin Powder - 1tsp Cilantro - 1/2 small  cup (chopped) Oil - 1tsp Directions -  Green Chana Soaked Green Chana Boiled Green Chana Soak Green Chick Peas overnight. Boil it for 10 minutes in a pressure cooker. Boiling curry In a pan, heat Oil with a paste of garlic and onion, fry it. Add ginger paste and tomato paste to the pan, fry it for 5 minutes. Add salt, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder in a pan, fry it till it turns brown in color and starts leaving oil in a pan. Add a glass of water in a pan, let it boil. Add boiled green chick peas in the pan.  Reduce the flame to medium and let it get cooked for 15-20 mi...

Tomato Egg Curry

Ingredients  for 2 people-  Egg - 4 (No.) Tomato - 2 (medium- grinded) Garlic - 4-5 cloves Ginger Paste - 1tsp Salt to taste Turmeric Powder - 1tsp Cumin Powder - 1tsp Green Chilli - 2 (chopped) Coriander Powder - 1tsp Oil - 1tsp Cilantro - 1/2 Cup (chopped) Directions -  In an empty broad pan, add Oil and heat it. Add chopped garlic and fry it till it turns brown in color. Add grinded tomato in a pan. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and coriander powder with a cup of water, mix it and stir it. On a medium flame, break egg in a pan. Let it cook and don't touch for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn the egg and cook on other side. Transfer curry in a serving bowl, carefully, as the egg might can break. Garnish curry with chopped cilantro.

Malpua

Ingredients- All Purpose flour (Maida) - 2 small cups Milk - 2 big cups Sugar - 4-5 tbsp Banana - 1 (mashed) Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp Coconut powder - 2 tsp Cashews - 1/2 cup(chopped) Raisins - 1/2 cup Almonds - 1/2 cup ( chopped) Cooking Oil/ Ghee - 1-2 bowl (for frying) Directions -  In a bowl, mix 1 cup of milk with mashed banana. Add Sugar, cardamom powder and mix it. Now, slowly add all purpose flour, stirring at the same time. Now, add milk as required to make it a smooth batter ( same as batter of cake). Mix so that no lumps are left. Add coconut powder, cashews, almonds and raisins simultaneously in a batter. With a big serving spoon, add a spoon of better in a heated oil. Reduce the flame and on medium flame cook it for 5-7 minutes. Turn it over and cook it on another side. Enjoy your Malpua hot.

Thekua (Sweet All Purpose flour pressed balls)

Ingredients - Wheat flour - 2 Big cups Sugar - 1 small cup Oil - 1 + 1 bowl Baking Soda - 1tsp Directions -  Take Wheat flour in a bowl. Add Baking soda and 1 bowl of Oil and mix it. Make it a point the oil is equally spread all over the flour. Add Sugar and again mix it, spreading all over the flour. Now, slowly add hot water to mix the flour, make a little hard dough. Divide the dough in equal parts. Take 1 part, by both palms make small balls and press it. Heat Oil in a pan, on medium flame, one by one add pressed balls to the pan and deep fry it, till it turns light brown in color. Enjoy your dessert hot or cold. These Thekua's can stay for 15-20 days in a room temperature.

Rice flakes fried

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Rice Flakes fried Ingredients - Rice flakes - 3 handful Salt to taste Haldiram bhujia - 4 tbsp Onions - 1/2 cup ( chopped) Tomato - 1/2 cup (chopped) Green chilli - 1 (chopped) Olive Oil - 1tsp Directions -  Raw Rice Flakes Take rice flakes in a heated empty pan. Fry it for 10 minutes, by continuosly stirring it. Now, add Olive Oil in the pan above the rice flakes. Keep on frying it for another 10 minutes, till the rice flakes turn brown in color. Add salt according to the taste. Transfer the fried rice flakes to the serving dish. Add bhujia, in the centre on the rice flakes. Now, sprinkle chopped onions, tomato and green chilli. Serve it hot.