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Shahi paneer

 
DESCRIPTION:      Shahi paneer is a preparation of paneer in a thick gravy made up of cream, tomatoes and spices from the Indian subcontinent. Shahi paneer has a sweeter taste when compared to Paneer Butter Masala.      It is mainly eaten with roti, naan, rice, other breads. Paneer is the word for cottage cheese, and shahi is the term for royal (in reference to the Imperial Court).      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 5 mins   Cooking time: 30 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -1 ½ cup panner cubes 250 grams   -½ cup thick yogurt   -¾ to 1 tsp ginger garlic paste   -¼ tsp. red chili powder   -⅛ tsp turmeric   -¾ tsp. gram masala   -Pinch of saffron    -Salt to taste   -2 tbsp. Ghee or oil   -Kewra water few drops.   -¾ cup water   -1 chopped tomato       SPICES      -2 to 3 cloves   -1 to 2 one inch cinnamon stick      FOR SHAHI PASTE      -12 whole cashewnuts   -8 almonds   -1 cup cubed onions   -2 green cardamoms   -1 green chili slit       STEPS:      1. Fry paneer lightly in 1 tbsp. ghee and set aside to a plate.   2. For…
Score: 1.0

Papdi Chaat

 
DESCRIPTION:      Papdi chaat or papri chaat, paapri chaat is a popular traditional fast food and street food from the Indian subcontinent, notably in North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Many various additional dishes throughout India are also referred to as papri chaat. Some restaurants in the United States serve the traditional version of the dish.      Papri chaat is traditionally prepared using crisp fried dough wafers known as papri, along with boiled chick peas, boiled potatoes, yogurt and tamarind chutney and topped with chaat masala and sev. The papri are typically prepared with refined white flour and ghee or oil. Mint, cilantro and spices may also be used. The dish has sweet, sour, tangy and spicy flavors and a creamy and crunchy texture.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 15 mins   Cooking time: 15 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -15 papdi / puri    -1 medium to large potato boiled or       steamed & chopped   -½ cup moong sprouts or kabuli chana   -½ cup thick fresh curd/ dahi / yogurt  …
Score: 1.0

Bread pakora

 
DESCRIPTION:      Bread pakora is an Indian fried snack (fritter). It is also known as bread bhaji . A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients.      The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in spicy gram flour batter and frying them. It can also including a stuffing such as mashed potatoes. It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 15 mins   Cooking time: 15 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -6 slices of bread      FOR THE STUFFING      -1 ½ cups cubed potatoes    -Handful of green peas    -1 tbsp oil   -1 sprig curry leaves   -½ tsp mustard   -Pinch of hing   -2 green chilies chopped   -½ tsp ginger paste   -Few coriander leaves   -½ tsp red chili powder   -½ tsp garam masala   -Generous pinch of turmeric   -Salt as needed      FOR THE PAKORA BATTER      -¾ cup besan    -2 to 3 tbsps rice flour   -½ tsp red chili powder   -pinch of turmeric/ haldi   -Salt as needed   -½ to ¾ tsp…
Score: 1.0

Besan laddu

 
DESCRIPTION:      Laddu or laddoo are ball-shaped sweets popular in the Indian Subcontinent. Laddus are made of flour, minced dough and sugar with other ingredients that vary by recipe. They are often served at festive or religious occasions.      Besan laddu is a popular Indian sweet dish made of (chickpea flour or gram flour), sugar and ghee. Besan is roasted in ghee till golden brown appearance with nutty fragrance. Then sugar is added to it. Pistachio pieces are also mixed in this mixture optionally. Sweet balls are then made from this mixture. It has a long shelf life. It is often served at festivals, family events and religious occasions in India.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 5 mins   Cooking time: 35 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -2 cups besan / chick pea flour   -1 ¼ cup sugar   -3 to 4 green cardamoms/ elaichi   -1 to ½ cup ghee    -¼ cup Cashews chopped   -½ cup raisins      STEPS:      1. Add 1 ¼ cup sugar, 3 to 4 cardamoms and little sugar to a blender jar and make a fine powder. Set…
Score: 1.0

Gajar ka halwa

 
DESCRIPTION:      Gajar ka halwa also known as gajrela or gajorer halwa, is a sweet dessert pudding originating from the Indian subcontinent, associated mainly with North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It is made by placing grated carrot in a pot containing a specific amount of water, milk and sugar and then cooking while stirring regularly. It is often served with a garnish of almonds and pistachios. The nuts and other items used are first sautéed in ghee, a South Asian clarified butter.      The dessert is a favourite all over Northern India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It is traditionally eaten during all of the festivals in India, mainly on the occasion of Diwali, Holi, Eid al-Fitr and Raksha Bandhan. It is served hot during the winter.      Nowadays, gajar ka halwa is a popular worldwide dessert with many variations such as red velvet halwa, carrot and beetroot halwa, and cheesy carrot halwa.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 10 mins   Cooking time: 30 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -½ kg…
Score: 1.0

Malpua

 
DESCRIPTION:      Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert or a snack, popular in India and Bangladesh. It is a very popular dish of Odisha and is also served to Lord Jagannath of Puri in his Sakala Dhupa (morning food served to the lord). Apart from other dishes like Pheni, Rabidi, Kheera sara and other cheese or chhena based items malpua is one of the most popular buyouts in the streets of Puri in Odisha. Malpuas are also prepared in Odia homes during Raja sankranti.      HISTORY:      Barley was the most prolific grain eaten by the arya of the Vedic period. One preparation was a sweet cake called apūpa, where barley flour was either fried in ghee or boiled in water, and then dipped in honey. Malpua preserves both the name and the essentials of this preparation.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 25 mins   Cooking time: 25 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -1 ¼ cup maida / plain flour    -2 green cardamoms   -1 tsp fennel/ saunf crushed   -½ cup milk   -¼ cup water + more water if needed   -Ghee or oil…
Score: 1.0

Whole Wheat Ladoo(Atta ladoo)

 
DESCRIPTION:      Laddu or laddoo are ball-shaped sweets popular in the Indian Subcontinent. Laddus are made of flour, minced dough and sugar with other ingredients that vary by recipe. They are often served at festive or religious occasions.      Common flours used for laddu include gram flour (chickpea flour), wheat semolina and ground coconut. These are combined with sugar and other flavorings, cooked in ghee and molded into a ball shape. Some laddu recipes are prepared using Ayurvedic medicinal ingredients, including methi laddu, multigrain and resin laddu. Nuts such as pistachios and almonds are commonly stuffed into laddus.      Whole wheat ladoo as the name suggests are made from whole wheat ( Atta ).       PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 5 mins   Cooking time: 10 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -2 cups atta / whole wheat flour   -¾ to 1 cup sugar    -¼ cup solid ghee    -½ cup desiccated coconut    -¼ tsp cardamom powder or 3 elaichi   -½ cup raisins​   -½ cup cashews       STEPS:      1. Heat ¼ cup…
Score: 1.0

Suji Halva

 
DESCRIPTION:        Halva is any of various dense, sweet confections served across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Malta and the Jewish diaspora.      Suji halva is slightly gelatinous and made from grain flour, typically semolina (suji- India). The primary ingredients are clarified butter (ghee), flour, and sugar.      Halva can be kept at room temperature with little risk of spoilage. However, during hot summer months, it is better kept refrigerated, as it can turn runny after several days.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 15 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -½ cup suji / rava / semolina   -½ cup sugar    -3 to 4 tbsp ghee   -1 ¼ cup water   -2 generous pinches of green cardamom -powder / elaichi   -8 to 10 cashew nuts   -8 to 10 raisins      STEPS:      1. Add half cup sugar to a pot.   2. Add 1 ¼ cup water to the pot. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Heat it up.   3. While…
Score: 1.03

Kalakand

 
DESCRIPTION:      Kalakand is an Indian sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk and paneer. The dish originated in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. This sweet item is most popular in India and it's sub-continents but few said it is rooted to Arabic cosine. Kalakand is a rich milk cake and one of the famous Indian desserts. The traditional process of making Kalakand takes long time. But now a days there are many quick recipes available and can be prepared in 10-15 minutes. The color of Kalakand is milky-white, most popular North and East India. The fried version of Kalakand is popular in West India which is also known as Ajmeri Kalakand.      Kalakand can be made off different type of flavors, like vanilla, Rose-water, saffron, etc. Kalakand is available in different sweet shops in India and the subcontinent of Indian during festivals and celebrations, such as Holi, Diwali, Navratri and Eid.      PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 8 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -1 can (392 gms)…
Score: 1.0

Paneer makhani

 
DESCRIPTION:      Paneer makhani /Paneer butter masala is a slightly sweet creamy dish of Paneer, in which the gravy is prepared usually with butter, tomatoes, cashews or cream. Masalas such as red chilly powder and garam masala are also used to prepare this gravy. A survey found that Paneer Butter Masala was one of the top 5 food ordered at night in India.       PREPERATION:      Preperation time: 5 mins   Cooking time: 25 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -8 to 10 cashews    -2 heaped cups tomatoes    -200 grams paneer    -1 tbsp. butter    -2 green cardamoms / elaichi   -1 small cinnamon stick   -2 cloves   -1 green chili slit    -1 tsp ginger garlic paste   -¾ to 1 ¼ tsp red chilli powder    -salt as needed   -½ tsp sugar   -1 tsp garam masala    -¼ tsp kasuri methi    -¼ cup cream       STEPS:      1. Add 2 heaped cups of tomatoes and 8     to 10 cashews ( soak in hot water for     5 mins ) in a blender jar and make     smooth puree.   2. In a pan add butter and heat it. Add    slit chilli, 2 cardamoms, 2 cloves and 1  …
Score: 1.0

Kheer

 
DESCRIPTION:      Kheer is a rice pudding from the cuisine of the Indian Subcontinent, made by boiling rice, broken wheat, tapioca, or vermicelli with milk and sugar; it is flavoured with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios or almonds. It is typically served during a meal or as a dessert. It is also known in some regions as payesh, payasam, payasa, phirni, gil-e-firdaus and fereni.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 10 mins   Cooking time: 45 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -1 liter full fat milk   -¼ cup rice ( any )   ⅓-½ half sugar    -2 to 3 green cardamoms powdered   -¼ cup blanched and chopped badam and     pista      STEPS:      1. Wash and soak rice for about 60 - 30 mins. Drain and keep aside.   2. Blanch the nuts in hot water and peel off their skin. Chop them and keep aside.   3. Take a heavy bottom pan and add milk in it. Bring the milk to boil on medium flame.   4. Add drained rice when the milk comes to boil.   5. Keep stirring on low to medium flame to prevent burning.   6. Cook…
Score: 1.0

Peda

 
DESCRIPTION:      Peda is a sweet from the Indian subcontinent, usually prepared in thick, semi-soft pieces. The main ingredients are khoa, sugar and traditional flavorings, including cardamom seeds, pistachio nuts and saffron. The colour varies from a creamy white to a caramel colour. The word peda is also generically used to mean a blob of any doughy substance, such as flour or khoa. Variant spellings and names for the dessert include pedha, penda (in Gujarati) and pera.      Pedas originated in the city of Mathura in present-day Uttar Pradesh. The Mathura Peda is the characteristic variety from the city.       As with laddoos, pedas are sometimes used as prasadam in religious services.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 15 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -½ tin condensed milk   -1 ½ cups crumbled khoya/ mawa    -Fat pinch of cardamom powder   -Few strands of Saffron soaked in milk    -1 tsp. ghee or coconut oil   -Few pistachios chopped for garnish      STEPS:      1. Add khoya,…
Score: 1.0

Rabri

 
DESCRIPTION:      Rabri is a sweet, condensed-milk-based dish made by boiling the milk on low heat for a long time until it becomes dense and changes its color to pinkish. Sugar, spices and nuts are added to it to give it flavor. It is chilled and served as dessert. Rabri is the main ingredient in several desserts, such as rasabali, chhena kheeri, and khira sagara.      Rabri is usually eaten at lunch. It is mostly made in north, central and western India. Flour of pearl millet (bajri) is mixed with buttermilk to make a thick sauce which is kept in the sun to ferment.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 1 hr      INGREDIENTS:      -4 cups full fat milk   -3 tbsps sugar   -¼ tsp elaichi or cardamom powder   -6 to 8 strands of saffron or kesar   -¼ cup almonds and pistachios      STEPS:      1. Take a heavy bottom pot. Pour milk in it and heat it up.   2. Stick the layer of cream formed over the milk on the sides of the pot.   3. Stir the milk at the bottom to prevent the fats…
Score: 1.0

Rasgulla

 
Rasgulla is a syrupy dessert popular in the Indian subcontinent and regions with South Asian diaspora. It is made from ball shaped dumplings of chhena (an Indian cottage cheese) and semolina dough, cooked in light syrup made of sugar. This is done until the syrup permeates the dumplings. The dish originated in East India; in the past the present-day states of Odisha and West Bengal have variously claimed to be the birthplace of the dish.       To prepare rasgulla, the cheese (chhena) mixture is formed into small balls. These balls are then simmered in a sugar syrup. It can also be prepared using a pressure cooker or an oven. While serving add a drop of rose water to enhance the flavor and taste.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 20 mins   Cooking time: 15 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -1 liter whole milk   -½ cup curd / whisked yogurt    -1 liter ice cold water    -1½ cups sugar    -2¼ cups water   -¼ tsp. cardamom powder   -½ tsp. rose water    -Few saffron stands for garnishing      STEPS:      1.…
Score: 1.0

Ras malai

 
Ras malai or rossomalai is a dessert originating from the Indian subcontinent. The name ras malai comes from two words in Hindi: ras, meaning "juice", and malai, meaning "cream". It has been described as "a rich cheesecake without a crust". The sweet is of Bengali origin; according to K.C. Das Grandsons, it was invented by K.C. Das.      Ras malai consists of sugary white cream, or yellow-coloured (flattened) balls of chhana soaked in malai (clotted cream) flavoured with cardamom. It is cooked in sugar syrup and milk with saffron, pistachios and kheer as stuffing. Homemade ras malai is usually made from powdered milk, all-purpose flour, baking powder and oil, which are kneaded to form a dough, moulded into balls, and dropped into simmering milk cream.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 10 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -12 rasgullas   -1 tin milk maid condensed milk    -2 cups milk   -⅛ Tsp. Green cardamom powder /     elaichi   -Few saffron strands   -Chopped Pistachios and…
Score: 1.0

Sandesh

 
DESCRIPTION:      Sandesh is a Bengali dessert created with milk and sugar. Some recipes of Sandesh call for the use of chhena or paneer (which is made by curdling the milk and separating the whey from it) instead of milk itself. Some people in the region of Dhaka call it pranahara (literally, heart 'stealer') which is a softer kind of sandesh, made with mawa and the essence of curd.      PREPERATION      Preperation time: 2 mins   Cooking time: 10 mins      INGREDIENTS:      -½ cup paneer( Indian cottage cheese )   -2 ½ tbsp. Powdered sugar   -Pinch of cardamom powder    -few chopped Pista for garnishing      STEPS:      1. Take a heavy bottom pot, add milk in it and bring it to boil.   2. When the milk is about to spill out of the pan add curd in it and stir. The milk will get curdled well within 2 to 3 mins. Now switch off the gas and keep it aside for 2 mins.( Add more curd if milk doesn't curdle well )   3. Pour ice cold water to stop the cheese from further cooking.    4. Let it rest for 2 to 3 mins.…
Score: 1.0

BHELPURI

 
Bhelpuri is a savoury snack, and is also a type of chaat. It is made of puffed rice, vegetables and a tangy tamarind sauce. Bhel is often identified with the beaches of Mumbai, such as Girguam or Juhu. Bhelpuri is thought to have originated within the Gucafes and street food stalls of Mumbai, and the recipe has spread to most parts of India where it has been modified to suit local food availability. It is also said to be originated from Bhadang, a spicy namkeen from Western Maharashtra. Dry Bhel is made from Bhadang, The Kolkata variant of Bhelpuri is called Jhalmuri. A native Mysore variant of Bhelpuri is known as Churumuri or Churmuri in Bangalore.      PREPERATION:      Bhelpuri is made from puffed rice and Sev mixed with potatoes, onions, Chat masala and chutney and mixture, as the base of the snack. Bhelpuri has a balance of sweet, salty, tart and spicy flavors, with different textures as well, including crispy and crunchy from the puffed rice and fried sev. Other commonly used…
Score: 1.19

CHIKKI

 
Chikki is a traditional Indian sweet generally made from groundnuts and jaggery. There are several different varieties of chikki in addition to the most common groundnut chikki. Each variety of chikki is named depending upon the ingredients used, which include puffed or roasted Bengal gram, sesame, puffed rice, beaten rice, or Khobara.      PREPERATION:      The preparation of chikkis is very simple and consists of first preparing the hot jaggery syrup with a minimum of water, adding nuts to the syrup to coat them and then transferring the nuts to a wooden mould, then rolling them to a thickness of about 6–8 mm using a wooden roller/and we also place in to the any steel plate for cooling, cutting into slabs and packing. In homes, smaller quantities are hand rolled with wooden rollers.      Some chikkis are made using a combination of these ingredients. Special chikkis are made out of cashews, almonds, and pistachios. Though jaggery is the usual sweetener material, sugar is used as the base…
Score: 1.19

PANIPURI

 
Panipuri is a common street snack in several regions of the Indian subcontinent. In East India, it is misidentified with Phuchhka which is very different from Panipuri. The Puchhka differs greatly in terms of content and taste. Puchkas use a mixture of boiled gram and mashed potatoes as the filling and is tangy rather than sweetish while the water is sour and spicy. Puchkas are also slightly bigger in size and the puris are darker in colour. In North India, it is called Golgappa, In madhaya pradesh It is called Fulki, In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana its is called as Pani Puri While in Odisha it is known as GupChup . It consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of flavored water, tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas.      Panipuri has various names, depending on the region. In Haryana it is called Paani ke Patashe; in Madhya Pradesh Fulki; in Uttar Pradesh Golgappa, in West Bengal, Bangladesh and Bihar Nepal, Puchka; in parts of…
Score: 1.0