Punjabi Chole Masala | Chana Masala For Batura,Puri & Roti | Chickpeas Curry | Poori Chola

Preparation Time: 60 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 2 cups White Chickpeas | White Chana | Chole
• 1 big Potato
• 2 Onions finely chopped
• 2 Tomatoes finely chopped
• 1 table spoon Cumin seeds
• 1 table spoon Chole masala
• 1 table spoon Red chilly powder
• ½ table spoon Chaat masala
• ¼ table spoon Turmeric powder
• A bunch of chopped coriander leaves
• Salt as per taste

 Method:

• Clean, wash and soak chole (chick peas) for over night or atleast 5 to 6 hours in water.

• Wash , peal and cut the potatoes into small cubes as shown in picture. 
• In a pressure cooker,add the soaked chana,enough water to cook it at medium pressure for 4-5 whistles.

• Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan, add cumin seeds.
• When it starts spluttering, add finely chopped onion. Fry it till it turns brownish.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and stir it for a second.

• Add finely chopped tomatoes and sauté till it becomes soft.
• When oil starts separating from tomato mixture, add all the dry masala one by one.

• Add Chole masala, Red chilli powder, Chaat masala, Turmeric powder, salt and sauté for 5 minutes on low flame.
• Now add the drained chole(Keep the access water aside), little reserved water and mix well. Let it cook on low flame for 2 minutes.

• Add more reserved water to get the required consistency and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add salt if needed.

• Switch off the flame when the gravy is a bit thickish.The chana will keep absorbing the gravy as it cools down.
• Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves.

• Chana Masala / Chole Masala is ready to serve with puri or batura or Roti.

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Quick And Easy To Make Snacks Recipe : Bread Upma | Bread Usli | Konkani Style Breakfast Bread Upkari

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 10 Bread slices (brown or white, I have used brown bread here)
• 1 big Onion finely chopped
• 1 big Tomato finely chopped
• 1 tea spoon Chana dal (bengal gram dal)
• 1 tea spoon Urad dal
• 1 tea spoon Mustard
• 1 strand Curry leaves
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• 2 Green chillies slit into 2 pieces
• Salt as per taste
• 1.5 tea spoon Pav bhaji masala
• 1 tea spoon Oil
• A small bunch of Coriander leaves

Method:

• Cut each bread slice into small cubes and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai.
• Add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves and green chillies one by one.

• When mustard seeds start spluttering, add onion and fry till it becomes light brown.
• Now add tomatoes and fry it.
• Once it becomes soft, add turmeric powder, pav bhaji masala and salt.

• Mix it well, and let it cook for 3 minutes.
• Now add bread cubes and mix well.
• Add very little water, if needed, so that bread cubes wont stay dry.
• Close the lid, and let it cook for 2 more minutes.

• Finely add finely chopped coriander leaves.
• Tasty and healthy bread upma is ready to eat.

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Konkani Randap : Jeer-Mirya Kadi | Jeera-Pepper Kadhi

It is another delicious and healthy dish from konkanis. As we use pepper and jeera, both are very good for digestion. This kadi goes great with white rice and any other side dish.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 1 cup grated coconut
• Pinch of turmeric powder
• 2 table spoon jeera
• 4-5 pepper seeds
• 2-3 red chillie
• 1 or 2 pieces of small tamarind
• 1 table spoon mustard seeds
• 1 strand curry leaves
• Salt as per taste 

 Method:

• Heat oil in a vessel. Fry jeera, pepper seeds and red chillies in it.
• Grind jeera, pepper seeds, red chillies, grated coconut, turmeric powder and tamarind together to get a fine paste.
• Heat oil in a vessel, fry mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add the ground masala and water to get a rasam consistency.
• Boil the kadi for 10 minutes.
• Searve hot with white rice.

 PS:  A seasoning of 6 to 7 garlic pods give a great aroma to the kadi.

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Mooli Paratha | Punjabi Muli ka Paratha | Radish Parantha Recipe

Here is a quick and healthy Mooli Paratha recipe.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 big Radish grated
• 2 cups Wheet Flour
• 1 medium Onion finely chopped
• 1 small bunch Coriander leaves
• 1 table spoon Red chilli powder
• ½ table spoon Garam masala powder
• ¼ table spoon Turmeric powder
• ½ table spoon Jeera powder
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Add water, salt to wheat flour. knead it to make a soft dough.(similar to chapathi dough but not very soft). Apply oil to the dough and keep for around 1hr.

• Peel off the skin and grate radish.

• Now heat oil in a non stick tawa.

• Add onion let it slightly brown. Then add radish fry it for sometime. Now add all the spice powders along with salt.

• Now sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well. Keep it aside to cool down a little.
• Take small balls out of the dough. Roll it in circular shape like a puri.
• Take a ball(ping pong ball sized) of radish stuffing, keep it on the puri and close the puri over stuffing.

• Press the resulting dough gently and dust it with flour. Flatten to the size of roti. The pictures for the below steps are exactly same as Alu Paratha Recipe. The only difference is stuffing.
• Place it on hot tava. When it gets little brown, apply oil or ghee.
• Turn it and again apply oil or ghee on other side.
• Keep turning simultaneously until it gets golden brown.
• Tasty Radish Parathas are ready!!!  

• Serve it with curd or dhaniya chutni (coriander chutney)or butter or pickle.

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Kannadiga Recipes : Nimbe Hannina Chitranna | Lemon Rice

 Chitranna is a favorite rice base dish of karnataka especially from Bengaluru and Mysore side. There are many varieties in Chitranna like Mavinakai Chitranna(Raw Mango Rice), Nimbe Hannina Chitranna (simply called Chitranna or Lemon Rice), Sabbasige Soppu Chitranna(Dill leaves Lemon Rice). Among all,  Nimbe Hannina Chitranna is very easy to make recipe yet liked by every one. Here it goes.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked Rice
• 1-2 table spoon Peanuts
• ½  tea spoon Mustard seeds
• 1 tea spoon Urad dal
• 1 tea spoon Chana dal
• 2-3 Green chillies cut into 2 halves
• ½  tea spoon Turmeric powder
• 2-3 table spoon Lemon juice
• A small bunch chopped Coriander leaves
• 1-2 table spoon Oil/ghee
• 1 strand of Curry leaves
• Salt as per taste

Method:

• Heat oil/ghee in a pan.

• When heated up add mustard, when it pops up add chana dal, urid dal, peanuts, curry leaves,green chillies. Fry a bit untill peanuts are fried. 

• Now add termeric, salt.
• When the mix cools down a bit, add cooked rice and mix well.

• At last add chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice. Mix well. Serve hot with curd or raita or just as it is.

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