AmazingRasoi: 2012

Litti Chokha

When you think of Bihari cuisine, litti is the first dish which comes to mind. It’s a traditional Bihari dish which has got a global recognition It is a roasted dough ball with a spicy filling made of sattu. It is mainly served with chokha made out of potato, brinjal and tomato. The basic ingredient of litti is sattu.

I have been thinking about making cookies for about a week, I wanted to make something special, something different and unusual. It was so much fun to make those neat little checkerboards cookies. They taste so good, so yummy that kids simply go crazy over them.

As Christmas is nearing I thought of making something which is loved by all children; the only thing came in my mind is "CAKE". Since there are not much ingredients available at home, so thought of making a basic cupcake. This recipe calls a very few ingredient mostly available and simple to prepare. My kid loved it and this means a lot to me..

Samosa !!! Samosa is everyone's favorite. Yesterday only I made these delicious samosas and in my family everyone loved it. Earlier I don't use to add garlic in potato filling but when I came to know that my Father-in law likes garlic flavor in the filling so I thought to give it a try. This time I added garlic and I also loved that test. It's depends on your choice to select filling according to your taste, there is no hard and fast rule..

Chocolate Cookies are everyone's favorite. Since my boy loves cookies so I usually prepare it at home. As Christmas is nearing so I thought to share this recipe with you guys. This recipe requires very few ingredients and easy to prepare. The chocolaty flavor and crunchiness of cookies are awesome. Can prepare and store in air tight container for weeks.

Muffin is something which is loved by everybody. First time I had home made muffin at my co-sister's place, from that time only I wanted to give a try. Few weeks later, I got the recipe with a simple ingredients. Luckily I was having all ingredients at home so I thought to give it a try. Since I was making muffin for first time so I was bit scared, but it turn out perfect without any flaws !!!! After tasting the muffin, Avi, my better half said only one word... and that was " WOW". That three letter word was enough to tell how muffin tastes !!!!

Few weeks back it was raining heavily so we couldn't go anywhere. Since I was getting bored so thought to try something new, something tasty, something ...... When I made bread cup pizza for first time, then only one question came in mind " Can I make pizza cup using pizza dough?????" Today I got the answer .... YES YES YES..... I was really very happy to see the result :)

Paneer tikka is one of the starter which everybody loves. It is a perfect party starter and quite easy to prepare. You can prepare this tikka on gas/stove top also, the only difference is that, the smoky flavor will not come. The smoky flavor in tikka makes them best and almost similar to the one which we get in restaurants.

Stuffed Tandoori Aloo is another starter dish for Aloo lovers with rich tandoori flavors. Initially I was little reluctant in trying this, but I tried this Diwali and it came out really great. Everyone loved it !

Looking for something different... other than the regular ones... Try Stuffed Potato Ball. It's a tasty tea time snacks item prepared using boiled potato and paneer, where paneer is used as stuffing.

When I was looking for the recipe which can be prepared in less time but taste good then I came across a recipe called Bread Cup Pizza. This is really innovative and tasty and above all can be made in 15-20 mins.

Gulab jamun is popular Indian Sweet. I bookmarked this recipe long back, but didn't get time to prepare it. As Diwali is nearing, so I thought this is the best time to try my hand. I tried this morning and the result was simply awesome. This recipe is really easy to make, especially for those who wants to try hand in making sweets !!!

Sandesh is a simple yet tasty dessert which is prepared using paneer. Sandesh is a specialty from Bengal. I wanted to try it from long time, so thought that Diwali is the best time as this is the festival of lights and sweets. I referred the recipe from sharmispassions.com blog.

Kalakand is a milk based dessert where milk and paneer are cooked together. Personally I love kalakand a lot. First time when I tried this recipe, it was big hit among my friends. This is must for this Diwali.

My mother in law's Dahi Vada is very famous among friend's and family. Her Dahi Vada is so soft that it just get dissolve in mouth. Taste is so tempting and delicious. Whenever she visit our place we ask her to prepare some of her best recipes and dahi vada is among one of them.

Dhuska is a festival dish in Bihar/Jharkhand. At my home mostly in Durga Puja and Holi my Mom use to prepare. This recipe is specially for all those who miss their mom's Dhuska. Hey guys, this is really very easy to prepare and tasty to eat. Dhuska with the "aloo ki sabzi" is inviting and mouth watering combination.

Yesterday my friend called and asked me to share the recipe of Gajar Halwa, which she had when she last visited my place, as she wanted to surprise her husband who loves it a lot. Actually Gajar Halwa is a dessert which is prepared cooking gajar/carrot and milk together. Even everybody at my home loves gajar halwa, so I thought why not to share this recipe with you guys....

Few month back when I was looking for some breakfast recipes I come across rava idli recipe. As i love idli, I thought to give a try. When I prepare it, I was completely in love with Rava Idli. Now it is one of the breakfast item at my home.

Poori is famous North Indian Breakfast, which is mainly served with aloo/potato gravy or chole. There are many version of poori, i.e stuffed poori, kachori.

Veg Upma is simplest breakfast option. Upma is prepared using rava and few veggies. It is well known South Indian breakfast.

First time I had Dhokla at my friend's place and liked it a lot. Then next week only I tried, and it came out perfect. Even my husband loved it.

Chilli potato is an Indo-Chinese recipe. It is mainly served as appetizer. It tastes awesome. It is prepared with potato, capsicum and onion.

Baby corn manchurian is an Indo-Chinese recipe. Like many Indians I am a huge fan of Chinese food. It is mainly served as appetizer and tastes awesome. First time when i prepared it at home, everybody loved it.

Tehri is the simplest rice preparation. It can be prepared in no time. It is healthy as it is prepared with lots of veggies.

Veg hakka noodles is an Indo-Chinese recipe. Truly speaking have not came across to anybody who does not like Chinese, i.e Indian-Chinese.

Paratha is something which can be served anytime, i.e breakfast, lunch or dinner. Very easy to prepare and can be served with any curry or simply with curd. It is prepared with wheat flour.

Aloo Matar is easy to prepare. It goes well with any thing. In this recipe, boiled potato and green peas are cooked in tomato gravy with few spices.

Bread pizza is innovative and inviting recipe. It's kids' favorite snacks/breakfast item. It can be prepared with less effort and time but test delicious.

Rava dosa is my son's favorite Whenever I prepare rava dosa at home, he use to come with his plate and say " mumma... chutney dosa". Now a days i prepare rava dasa once or twice a week.

Palak Pakoda is nutritious, crunchy and crisp tea time snack. It is delicious and easy to make. It is made my mixing chopped palak and gram flour.

My son loves cake a lot, so i thought of preparing it at home and was looking for recipe. I tried many version but i like the one which i am sharing here. It is from Nita Mehta's basic eggless vanilla cake. This cake recipe is very easy to prepare.

My boy likes Orange juice, so I started preparing orange juice at home. Orange juice is healthy and contains vitamin C.

Aloo tikki is North Indian snack made of boiled potato and spices.It is very easy to prepare. When I was kid, I use to ask my mother to prepare it every other day. Aloo tikki is usually served with chutney.

Sanudana Kheer is a dessert, where sabudana is cooked with milk and sugar. It has rich creamy texture and flavored with cardamom and nuts. It is specially prepared for fast or puja. It is healthy and good for kids. I mostly prepare it for my boy.

Malai Kofta is a delicious recipe where kofta is dipped/served in rich and creamy gravy. It is a North Indian specialty.

Carrot Juice is very healthy. It is very good for kids. Carrot juice has uniquely sweet flavor and not only a good source of vitamin A but also very high in vitamin B complex.

Spinach rice is healthy rice recipe. It is prepared by adding spinach and few spices along with rice. Spinach rice goes well with raita.

Papdi chaat is something which i can eat anytime. I like papdi chaat more than any other chaats. It is prepared with crisp papdi topped with boiled potato, chutney, curd/yogurt and sev.

Chole/Chana Masala is popular Punjabi dish. It is semi dry dish, where chole are coated with gravy which is moderately spicy. Chole bhature and chole kulcha is very famous. Personally I love chole a lot.

Paneer Butter Masala is well known and delicious North Indian Paneer Preparation, where paneer is cooked in tomato based gravy. Whenever we go out we order paneer butter masala.

Corn Peas Pulao is a rice preparation where corn and peas are cooked with rice. It is simple, delicious and takes less time.

Veg Pulao is a rice preparation which is loved by all rice lovers including me :). It is very tasty and contains lots of veggies.

Aloo Tikki Chat is my brother's favorite. Whenever he comes to my place he'll ask me to prepare it, He can have chat at any time. Aloo Tikki Chat is a mouthwatering recipe.

Ragda Patties is a popular snack of Maharashtra. Its the combination of ragda (white peas chole) and patties(Aloo tikki)and garnished with chutney , onion, sev.

Earlier I use to make pizza at home using store bought pizza base, but last week I thought to prepare it from scratch. So was searching for the dough recipe to prepare base and found one here, and it really came out well. The softness of the base and the test of pizza was awesome.

Methi Paratha is prepared using methi leaves where methi leaves are chopped and mixed with wheat flour.

Palak Paneer is a North Indian dish prepared with spinach and paneer. Paneer cubes are cooked in a onion tomato and spinach based gravy which is not very spicy.This dish is mainly served with roti, naan or rice preparation.

Dal Tadka is North Indian dal recipe, where dal is flavored with garlic. onion and few other spices.
Like other kids my son also don't like plain dal, so to feed him dal I usually prepare dal tadka.

Mushroom Masala is simple yet mouthwatering. It is a dry side dish and goes well with roti , paratha. Whoever likes mushroom, will surely love this recipe.

Hara Bhara Kabab is a veg kabab, which is mainly served as appetizer. It is prepared with boiled potato, spinach and green peas. This kabab is healthy and mouth watering.

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