MERI RASOI

This was the staple diet in winters in my childhood. Actually we started making this only from Ganga Dusshehra and stopped it from Shivraatri . My mind found this logic in this ritual..its considered hot...gives heat, so once the winter is gone..its not good to eat ..may be. Ingredients: 1cup Urad cchilka (black urad ) 1 and half cup rice. 4 cup water. 1tsp. turmeric 1+1/2 tsp. salt or to taste. green chutney, curd papad Radish ..cut into long pieces and sprinkle salt and lemon juice on them. Desi ghee Put daal , rice, water, turmeric and salt together in a cooker and put it on the gas. After one whistle slow the the fire. keep it for 3 minutes and switch off. let it cool for 5 minutes. Now open it , and serve it hot with dollops of ghee and accompaniments. I love it with radish and curd. My dad always used to like it after a little shallow frying...for this take a fry pan, put some ghee and add khichdi , and shallow fry it, till its a little crisp. Its like Indian fast food...co

laddoo with wheat flour.... This was the most favourite dish of my children, when they used to go to the hostel, they always wanted to take it with them. so I learnt making it INGREDIENTS; Besan ...3 cups Desi ghee..3/4 cup Sugar..2 cups(grind it finely), this is the general choice, I put 1 and 1/2 cup, as i like a little less. Cardamom powder.1 tbsp. 2 tbsp.. cashewnuts 2 tbsp almonds for garnishing..... 4 big cardamom-grind them 2 tbsp. coconut powder. Take a saucepan, and put besan and Ghee and roast on medium fire, stirring all the time. When it is done it leaves the ghee., then add chopped almond and cashew nuts . While you are roasting..its sort of solid mass, but when its roasted..it starts becoming a little liquid and give an aroma. Now add cardamom powder and take it off the heat. let it cool for a 3-4 minutes. now add sugar and make balls. While making the balls take some stuff and rub it between two hands, then round them. spread cardamom and coconut powder in a plate. Pu

Kadhi ..... has a very auspicious connotations for us...when we bring a bride home, we prepare kadhi , when when a newborn is 6 days old, we celebrate by making kadhi ( cchathi ) and even on Rakshabandhan we enjoy it. Ingredients: Moong dal 1 cup soaked in water for 3-4 hrs , then grind it. 1 cup sour curd oil for frying salt to taste. 1tsp turmeric 1tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 2 tbsp. desi ghee or butter 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder Take the ground moong daal , and for testing put a drop of it in a cup of water, if it floats, then its Ok , otherwise churn it a little. Keep 1/4 cup daal aside. Now fry small balls from the rest of the dal and put them in water. Now in a bowl mix curd and that 1/4 cup dal thoroughly and then add 1glass water. Take a kadhai or sauce pan and put 1 Tbsp oil, when it gets hot, add asafoetida and cumin seed and chilli powder and turmeric and then slow the fire and add daal and curd mix stirring continuously., then add one more glass o

This one is like fast food, prepare in a haste and enjoy with leisure:), and no oil is used, so healthy also, my sis prepared it for me and I really relished it so much that I am sharing it with you, try it once and tell me how did it go? 4 bread slices 1/2 cup milk 1/2 tsp sugar 1 tablespoon raisins 1 tablespoon chironji 1 tbsp. coconut grated-optional 1tbsp. green coriander leaves chopped 1 tsp ginger finely chopped. salt & pepper to taste 1tsp. cumin powder or Chaat masala 1 cup fresh curd..sieved to make it smooth Cut of the crust from bread slices. add sugar in the milk. Mix coriander ,ginger, chironji ,raisins in a plate........fillingTake a slice in hand, dab it with the milk and then put one tsp filling and close the ends by hand pressing it firmly. Put dahibaras in a plate and pour the curd over them. You may put a little ( half tsp ) sugar in the curd. after 2-3 minutes...sprinkle salt, pepper and cumin powder..........ready to be e aten :),Its a healthy and tasty dis