Monday, April 6, 2009

Pakodi ki karhi

Among the most famous Indian recepies, Pakodi ki karhi is one of the best recepies. You will surely love this recepie. The good thing about this Indian food is that it is easy to prepare. Let us start with its ingredients:

250 grams besan
125 grams curd (dahi)
One-teaspoon chillies
One-teaspoon amchoor
One-teaspoon turmeric
One-teaspoon coriander (powder)
A pinch of Asafetida
Ghee or oil for frying
Salt to taste

Method for preparing Pakodi Ki Karhi:

Sieve the besan. Add salt, chillies, and water to it to form a semi-solid batter. Now put a thick pan on fire, pour in sufficient quantity of ghee or oil, drop in a little of besan­batter in piecemeal fashion, and prepare the Pakoris until deep brown. Now strain the Pakoris and keep them in a separate container.

Take the curd in a separate container and add besan to it. Then churn the solution vigorously after adding a little of turmeric to it. Then follow the procedure as detailed in the previous dish (Katron ki karhi).

So what are you thinking? Your Pakodi ki karhi recepie is ready. Go now and serve this tasty vegetarian recepie to your husband / wife / guests. To whomever you serve this food, they will surely like it.

Moong dal ki karhi

Cooking Indian food is not very tough. You will find that cooking steps of Indian recepies is most easy to follow. One of the Indian recepie we will talk about is Moong dal ki karhi. So are you ready to prepare this recepie? Ok then go now.

You will require following ingredients:

Two full cup of moong dal
250 grams curd
I tablespoon besan
One-teaspoon cumin seeds, roasted and ground
One-teaspoon turmeric powder
One-teaspoon coriander powder
A pinch of asafetida
One and a half teaspoon amchoor
Ghee or oil for frying
Salt to taste

Follow the below steps for preparing the recepie, Moong-dal ki karhi:

Soak the dal in water for about eight hours and remove the husk. Grind finely. Then add asafetida to the dal and churn it vigorously. Now heat ghee or oil in a thick pan and bring it to a boil. Now take the thin mixture of the dal and pour it piece by piece taking it on the edge of your hand and let it drop gently into the boiling ghee. Fry these pieces or 'Katra' till they turn deep brown.

Now take the well-beaten curd in a big container (Bhagona) and add double quantity of water to it. Let it boil for about 15 minutes. Then add besan to it. Continue stirring the fluid otherwise lumps of besan may be formed. When the whole solution begins to boil vigorously, add the fried pieces gently to it and again, boil it on low flame until the moong-pieces are tender. But don't boil them as much as to make them break. Remove it from the fire. Now take ghee in a big spoon and add a little of asafoetida, cumin seeds and red chillies and season with the karhi already prepared. Keep it on sim flame until the seasoning effect is well permeated in the whole karhi.

Your recepie is ready and now you can serve it hot garnished with coriander. It tastes superb with fried dry moong dal (Dhoi) and rice combination or with chane ki roti-chapatis made from the gram flour. Moong dal is considered as one of the most useful ingredients in preparing Indian food. Taste it and you will love to prepare similar kind of Indian recepies.

Green Grams karhi

Suppose you have invited some guests to your home for dinner. Then you came to know that they like Indian recepies. So do not worry, you can prepare Green grams karhi, which falls under the category of Indian foods. We will give systematic procedure for preparing this recepie.

You will require following ingredients for preparing this vegetarian recepie:

250 grams green grams
250 grams curd
125 grams Besan
One-teaspoon red chillies
One-teaspoon coriander powder
One-teaspoon amchoor
A pinch of asafetida
Ghee for frying
Salt to taste

Steps to prepare Green Grams Karhi:

Put the green grams into the pressure cooker and allow one whistle. Then grind them with the rolling pin finely or you can even squeeze with your hands. Now put ghee in a heavy pan, mix asafetida into the grams, put the ground green grams into it, and roast them until light brown. Now put the well-beaten curd, add besan to it, and chum it vigorously till the mixture is homogeneous. Now add turmeric powder to it and a little of red chillies. Then bring it to boil and add the green grams mixture. Cook on sim flame. Then follow the procedure as detailed in earlier recipes. Serve it hot with rice or chapattis made of gram flour.

As you saw, this Indian recepie is very easy to prepare then what are you waiting for. Serve this Indian food to your guests and see the difference.

Dal palak

Indian recepies are very healthy, delicious and easy to cook. You will love to taste this Indian food. Here, we are going to tell you, how to prepare Dal palak recepie. Dal palak is the well-known Indian recepie.

In order to prepare Dal palak recepie, you will require following ingredients:

Two cups moong dal, soaked in water for an hour
Two big bunches of chopped spinach
One chopped large, sized tomato
One medium sized chopped onion.
Five cloves garlic
Four small sized green chillies
One piece of ginger
Half-teaspoon turmeric powder
Half teaspoon chilli powder Salt to taste
Three teaspoons of ghee

Steps for preparing Dal palak:

Grind garlic, chillies, ginger and onion into a fine paste and mix red chillies and turmeric powder. Heat ghee, fry cumin seeds till brown, then add the paste, and fry till ghee separates. Add tomatoes and salt. Cook for 3 minutes. Then add soaked dal and 2 cups of water. Cover and boil until dal is tender. Add spinach and boil until spinach is done. Serve hot garnished with fresh coriander leaves.

You just saw this one of the Indian recepie is not hard to prepare. You will really like the taste of this Indian food. As a vegetarian, you can prepare this Dal palak vegetarian recepie at your home. Enjoy eating your food at home.

Dal chana

You may be wondering how to prepare Indian recepies at your home. However, do not worry; you are at the place where you will get all the information about the Indian food. We will give you all the easy steps for preparing Indian recepie and vegetarian recepie. Let us start with the recepie of Dal chana.

You require following ingredients for preparing this recepie, Dal chana:

250 grams dal chana
Six full cup of water
Two tablespoons ghee
Two-teaspoon salt
One-teaspoon turmeric
One-teaspoon garam masala
Two medium-sized onions chopped
Two tablespoons of broken methi (fenugreek) seeds
One and a half long piece of ginger
One teaspoon of chilli powder

Steps to prepare Dal chana:

Sort and wash the dal and let it soak it for 30 minutes or so. The water in a saucepan, and after draining the dal, add to it, together with salt, turmeric and chilli powder. Bring a boil, and then turn the flame quite low. Keeping the lid on, until the dal is tender. It may take about an hour. Mix it with a thick spoon without allowing the dal to get mashy. Place the butterfat in the frying pan, and fry the chopped onions and ginger, add herbs and garam masala just by taking it off the fire. Pour this mixture on to the dal, which should now be ready for serving. If you add a little of urad dal to it, the dish would be even tastier.

Now, your tasty dal chana is ready. You can eat this dal chana and feel the taste of the Indian food. Indian recepies are very different, healthy, delicious and easy to prepare. You can see that this dal chana vegetarian recepie is very easy to prepare and is very tasty.

Black Grams and Bari karhi

Do you want to prepare traditional Indian food for your birthday party, get together or just to spend an evening in front of your TV? Ok, then your problem is solved here. Black Grams and Bari Karhi is one of the famous Indian recepies. The following Ingredients are required for preparing this recepie:

250 grams black grams
250 grams beaten curd
125 grams besan sieved
50 grams baris
One teaspoon each cumin seeds coriander powder
One-teaspoon red chillies
One-teaspoon amchoor
A pinch of asafetida
Ghee for frying
Salt to taste

Steps for preparing this recepie:

Soak the black grams overnight and then make them tender by putting it into the pressure cooker until one or two whistles. Now roast the baris in the ghee till red brown. Now put again the grams and baris with a little of water in pressure cooker and allow one or two whistles. Now follow the procedure of making the karhi as detailed in other karhis.

Done, your Black Grams and Bari karhi got prepared. You just serve this Indian recepie to all of your guests at the party and enjoy the party or enjoy this food by watching television.

Bhindi ki karhi

We have provided some simple steps in order to prepare Bhindi ki karhi, which is one of the Indian recepies in vegetarian category.

In order to prepare this Indian recepie, bhindi ki karhi, you will require following ingredients:

250 grams Bhindi (Ladies-finger)
One teaspoon cumin seed dried and powdered
One-teaspoon turmeric powder
One-teaspoon red chilli powder
250 grams beaten curd
One teaspoon aniseed (freshly roasted and ground)
One and a half teaspoon coriander powder

Remove the head and tail of each Bhindi and rub it with a wet cloth to clean it. Then slit it lengthwise from the middle. Now mix all the spices, add a little water to make a thick paste. Then fill this paste in the slit in each Bhindi.

Now put enough ghee-clarified butter in a thick pan and fry the Bhindis lightly, and then cover it with a plate for some time. When the Bhindis turn soft, put them in a separate plate. Now beat the curd vigorously. Heat some water in a separate container and bring it to boiling point. Then add the beaten curd to it.

Take a speculate spoon and stir it frequently. Some people prefer adding a little besan to it. When the water and curd solution begins to boil vigorously, reduce the flame and allow simmering. Put Bhindis into it. When the Bhindis are fully tender and well blended with the curd, mixture seasons it with asafetida and cumin seeds, roasted in liberal quantity of ghee. Now add Salt and Chillies to it and serve it hot with Rice or Chapattis.

Although this recepie is simple to prepare, you will have to go through each steps carefully. Hope you like this bhindi ki karhi, which is one of well-known vegetarian recepies in Indian food.