Strawberry Smoothie

Makes/Serves:  2 Glasses

Ingredients:

•          2 cups chopped Strawberries

•          1 small lemon juice

•          2tbsp Sugar

•          1/4 cup Rooh Afsa sharbat

•          1pinch of Salt.

•          4 cup water

•          7 to 8 ice cube

Method:

Place all of the ingredients in the blender. Blend until frothy, it will  take about two minutes. Pour into a glass, add ice cube and Serve right away.

Concord Grapes-Lemon Smoothie

Makes/Serves:  2 Glasses

Ingredients:

•          2 cups Concord grapes

•          1 small lemon juice

•          1/2 cup mint leaves

•          2tbsp suger

•          1pinch of salt.

•          4 cup water

•          7 to 8 ice cube

Method:

•          Place all of the ingredients  in the blender. Blend until frothy,  It will take about two mins.

•          Pour into a glass, add ice cube and garnish with mint leaves. Serve right away.

Kaddu Ka Murabba

Kaddu ka murabba is prepared and preserved in a sugar syrup flavored with cinnamon cloves and cardamoms.It can be served as sweet.

Kachori

Kachori is a crispy, delicious, spicy, fried puff pastry. Kachoris are great as an appetize or snack

Makes/Serves:  6 to 8 pieces

Egg Pudding

Egg Pudding is healthy for kids which is made of Milk and Eggs and  is very easy to make .Also it can be served as dessert.

Makes/Serves:  

Ingredients:

For batter

•          2 cup Milk 

•          3 tbsp Sugar 

•          3Eggs  

•           1tsp Vanilla essence (or cardamom powder)

For caramel

•           2tbsp Sugar

•          1tsp water

Method:

•           Beat together eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl until sugar dissolves. 
Stain the egg mixture to another bowl and keep it aside.

•          Take a small pan and put it on stove on medium heat, and add 2tbsp sugar with 1tsp of water for caramel. Let it cook gently until the sugar melts and turn golden.

•          
Pour them to a baking mold or baking dish. Then refrigerate the mold for 5 to 10 min.


•           Now Pour the egg mixture on the golden caramel mold.


•          In a large baking dish, pour 1-2 inches of water and place the mold in it.


•          Put the pudding dish, in a pre heated oven at 350 f for 45 minutes. 


•          Take it out of the oven and let it cool at room temperature.

•           Carefully run a butter knife around the egg pudding, place a platter over the pudding mold and carefully turn it upside down. 

•          You can chill it in the refrigerator before serving or serve warm. 


Recipe Credit:  From my Ma’s Rasoi

Cook Tip:  Staining the egg mixture is very important because it gives the smoothness. You can also steam it instead of baking it will take about 20 to 25 min.

Momo

Momo is one of Nepal’s most popular dishes, which can be serve as snack or as mains dish. It’s a dumpling filled with meat or vegetables as well. Momos is the one of popular street food in north of India. It can be served with soya sauce and chili sauce.

Makes/Serves:  15 to 20 pieces

Capsicum Pokora

Ingredients:

•          1 Capsicum (cut in slice and de seed it)

•          1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

•          1/2 tspTurmeric powder

•          1/2tsp Red chilli powder

•           1/2tsp Cumin powder

•          1/2tsp Coriander powder

•          1/2 Black pepper powder

•          1tbsp kasuri methi powder

•          1/2Garam masala powder

•          1cup Gram Flour

•          1/2 cup Corn flour

•           oil for deep fry

•          Salt to taste

Murg Rezala

Murg Rezala  is an authentic Bengali Chicken Curry in white gravy. This dish highly influenced by Mughlai cuisine. Goes very well with roti and rice.

Makes/Serves:  6 to 8 servings

Maida Ka Halwa

Maida Halwa is a delicious Indian dish served as a Dessert.

Bhindi Masala

Bhindi Masala is a semi dry and lightly spiced north Indian dish made with Bhindi or okra. It can be served with roti or rice.

Bread Dahi Vada

Dahi Vadais a popular snack Dahi Vada recipe has many variations. This Dahi Vada is my variation. You can make it at home with simple easy steps. No extra ordinary ingredients required. You can enjoy this recipe in Ramadan for Iftar as well as on Eid and other occasions.

Baked Salmon

Salmon are rich in Heart healthy Omega-3 acids. American Heart Association recommends a daily serving of Salmon to be heart healthy.

Papdi Chaat

The Chaat that goes well at any time of the day, month and year. If it’s rainy/Monsoon the combination is heavenly.

Soji Dhokla

Dhokla is a snack from Gujarat and is popular all over the country. It has many variations, Soji Dhokla is one of them.  It goes well with Tamarind and Mint-coriander Chutneys.

Kurkure Mirchi

Kurkure Mirchi is a side snack that goes well with Dal-Rice or Roti just like the Bengali Kurkure Aalo Bhaji

Paneer Tikki

Paneer Tikki is a quick and easy snack for kids. It can be serve with any sauce.

Watermelon-Lemon Smoothie

A smoothie (occasionally spelled smoothee or smoothy) is a thick beverage made from blended raw fruit and/or vegetables, often with other ingredients such as water, ice, dairy products or sweeteners.

Thur (Mocha or Banana Flower) ke Kabab

The banana flower is a large, dark purple-red blossom that grows from the end of a bunch of bananas. Banana flowers are considered as Rich Source Of Vitamins And Mineral. 

Chickpeas in Butternut Squash Gravy

This recipe I use when Butternut Squash is found in abundance in Winter, goes very well with Rice and Naan . 

Butter Paneer

Butter Paneer masala is one of the most famous Indian paneer dish .It is very easy and quick to make and can be served with rice ,roti etc.

Besan ke Dahi Vada

Dahi Vada is a popular snack of the region. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh people are eagerly eating this snack.  Dahi Vada recipe has many variations. Besan ke dahi vada is also a variation of regular Dahi Vada. You can make it at home with simple easy steps. No extra ordinary ingredients required. You can enjoy this recipe in Ramadan for Iftar as well as on Eid and other occasions.

Chicken Masala or Chicken Bhuna

No need for an introduction, this Chicken dish has different variety across India, this is my personal favorite without much gravy.

Vegetable Cheese Cake

Vegetable cheese cake is very good for picky-eating kids and healthy too. It has lots of vitamin and protein.

Vegetable Pulao

 Pulao is  a variation of rice, goes  well with any vegetables and curry.

Mango – Pineapple Chutney

Chutney/chatney/chatni, is the family of condiments associated with Indian cuisine made from a mix of variety of spices, vegetables, or fruit. The word "chutney" derives from the Sanskrit word can meaning to lick and these one surely goes with the name! Try it to get a finger licking experience .This one colloquially called Aam-Anarash er Chatni (Mango-Pineapple Chutney), is a hit during hotter summer days, simple to prepare and tastes brilliant with a sweet and sour taste. 

Kalakand, The Milk Halwa

Kalakand, or qalaqand or "kalakanu" also known as sandesh is a popular Indian sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk and cottage cheese.Kalakand is made in Indian subcontinent during different festivals and celebrations such as Holi, Diwali, Navratri and Eid.

Kala Chana Masala

Kala Chana is the black chickpea, simple and very easy to make and yet flavorful and goes well with Roti or any stuffing.

Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin cake is nothing but a cake .we can have it for breakfast or snack.

Elo-Jello

Elogelo is popular snack in my native in  Assam. It’s religiously made on many festivals like Eid , Sankranti and Bihu etc.

Pob, The Coconut Samosa

Sweet coconut samosa  widely known as pob, is very popular in assam. It is made  on many festivals like Eid, Sankranti and Bihu etc.

Suji Ka Halwa

Suji Ka Halwa is a very popular sweet dish all over India and is made on religious occasions. Easy to make and so delicious

Gulab Jamun

Gulab Jamun is a milk-solids-based dessert is widely known as lal mohan, popular in countries of South Asia such as India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Makes/Serves: 10 to 12 small balls

Ingredients:

•          1 cup Milk Powder 

•          3tbsp Maida (All purpose flour)

•          1/4tsp Baking Soda

•          1tsp Ghee

•          Salt a pinch

•          2tbsp Yogurt

•          Oil or Ghee for Deep frying (or mix both of them)

•          2tsp Lemon Juice

•          For Syrup:

•          1.5 cup Sugar 

•         2 cup Water 

•          Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp 

•          Few drops of Rose Water 

•          Saffron a big pinch