Recipe of Dahi Puchka / Dahi puri

Puchka or pani puri or gol goppa is very popular street food in various part of India.  Here I am talking about Kolkata style pani puri which is known as puchka in Bengal.  It is the all time favorite spicy, tangy, delicious and loved by all ages people.

Dahi Puchka

Ingredients:

• Puri - 20 pieces
• Potato - 2 large potatoes
• Black peas - 2 tablespoon
• Roasted cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
• Chili powder - 1 teaspoon
• Green chili
• Black salt
• Tamarind - a lemon size ball of riped tamarind
• Chaat masala - 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Sugar
• Mint leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Curd / yogurt - 1/2 cup curd
• 1 Cup of sev bhujia

How to prepare:

Filling / Potato mixture:

• Boil potato and black peas, peel skin of potatoes and mash it.
• Add boiled peas in it,  black salt and salt to taste, red chili powder, chopped green chili, 1/3 portion of chat masala.
• Chop mint and coriander leaves and keep it separately which would require for garnishing.

Curd / Yogurt:

• Add little black salt, chat masala, chili powder mix it nicely.

Water :

• Soak tamarind ball in water for 10 minuter and when it is softened take out the excess water and squeeze tamarind with hand to make the pulpe out of it, do this procedure twice and there would be enough pulpe. then mix little water and strain the whole thick paste. tamarind pulp is ready to use.
• Take a dip pan and add tamarind pulp, black salt, salt to taste, sugar to get the sweet taste, roasted cumin powder, chili powder, chat masala and 1 glass of water, then stir  and mix it.
• Add chopped mint leaves and stir to mix it.
• Add ice cubes into the water to get a tangy and chilled feeling.
• Water is ready to use / serve now.

Dahi puchka the main item:

• Take crispy puris, tap and make a small whole in top of the puri so filling could be put inside
• Take a small portion of potato mixture add in it
• Then add half spoon of thick sweet, spicy and tangy water on the mixture
• Put 1/2 teaspoon of yogurt on it,  then top it with sev bhujia.
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves on top of yogurt to complete the preparation.
• The most loved street food in Kolkata is ready to serve at the comfort of the home.
• Our Dahi puchka / Dahi puri is ready to eat.

Recipe of Dal Bora / Wada

Red split lentil is known as Masoor dal in India.  I am going to share  recipe of snacks made out of the red lentils / masoor dal. 

Dal Bora/ Wada

Ingredients:

• One cup of masoor dal
• Onion - 1 medium sized
• Green Chili - 1 or 2
• Cooking Oil 
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of turmeric powder

How to prepare:

• Soak dal for minimum 30 minutes.  Then grind it and make paste of it.
• Cut Onion very finely and green chili.  Add it in the paste and mix it nicely.
• Add salt to taste.
• Now heat a pan then pour 5/6 tablespoon oil in it and heat the oil.
• Take small portion of the mixture in hand and put on the heated oil to fry.
• Keep the fire in low flame and let it cook from inside.
• Once it is cooked take it out of oil and put on a plate on a tissue paper so that the extra oil get soaked in the tissue paper,
• Now it is ready to serve hot with tea or just to eat as starter or as side dish with main course.

Nutrients Value:

It is a source of protein for people with vegetarian diet.  It is also rich in Vitamins and minerals.  

Recipe of Beguni / Brinjal Fry

In India eggplant is known as brinjal.  In Hindi it is called "baingan" and in Bengali it is called "begun", Here I have a recipe of Brinjal which can be eaten as snacks or side dish with main course like rice.  This snacks is called "beguni".

Beguni

Ingredients:

• Brinjal / aubergine / eggplant 
• Besan / Gram flour
• Kalonji
• cooking oil
• salt to taste

How to prepare:

• Take a brinjal and slice it in round way and then make a round piece in to two.
• take 4/5 tablespoon of besan and mix it with little water, salt to taste and kalonji and a pinch of turmeric powder.  Thickness of the batter should be little more liquid than paste.
• Keep pan on fire and heat 5 /6 tablespoon of oil.
• Take a slice of brinjal and dip in the mixture in both the side and then put it on pan to fry.
• Keep the flame in medium.
• Once the colour is changed to golden brown turn it and let the other side cook.
• Make sure it does not get burnt and remove from oil once it is cooked.
• It is ready to serve hot with hot drinks or with puff rice it just tastes so well.

Nutritious value of brinjal:

Brinjal or eggplant or aubergine is eaten all over the world.  It is very nutritious vegetable.  It is low in calorie but high in fiber and research shows that it is effective in controlling high cholesterol.  It contains low minerals except manganese in good quantity and essential vitamin B-complex.

Recipe of Egg Fry / Simple Omelette

Talking about a very simple recipe made out of egg.  We can start our day with this menu as our breakfast.  It's full of protein and tasty.  I have seen people love this item very much to have for their all three meals in a day and even for a small meal too.  And this is a a very simple way to make it.

Adding simple recipe for a first time cook.  Friends  who are great cooks please understand this is made for people who are totally new in cooking anything for themselves.

Egg Omelette

Ingredients:

• Two eggs
• Onion
• Green Chili
• Salt
• Cooking oil 

How to make:

• Take a medium sized onion, peel and slice it finely then keep aside.
• Take Two green chillies slice it finely keep with onion
• Put those onion in a bowl add half tea spoon of salt and smash the onion with your fingers as much you can add chilli after that.
• Take two eggs and break on the onion then beat it nicely so the white part of it mixes properly with yoke.

  

  Egg with all ingredients

• Put a pan on fire heat it up and pour two tablespoons of oil and heat it up.
• Pour the mixture on pan and spread the mixture on the pan by rolling the pan on the fire either clockwise or anticlockwise
• let it cook in medium flame.
• Once it is cooked then turn it over to cook other side.
• After both the side is cooked take it out on the serving plate.
• It is ready to eat.  

Our breakfast or small meal or snacks which ever way you want it to be, it would just be perfect for all those labels.  I hope you find it very easy and simple way to make an egg omelette to make by yourself.  

Omelette is a word which originated from French.  But now it made it's way to be used with same name in many different languages and countries.

Recipe of Fried Soupy Noodles

When I think about breakfast or small meal or snacks, instant noodles comes in my mind.  We are so much attached to instant noodles which is known as 2 minutes noodles.  As it is cooked very easily and handy while we are very hungry.

I have my own special way of making this instant noodle more healthier, tastier and mouth watery.  

Fried Soupy Noodles

Ingredients: 

• 1 packet of 2 minutes noodle (it has 2 portion in it)
• 1 Onion 
• 1 Tomato
• 1 Egg
• Capsicum (if you have)
• Sweet corn  (if you have)
• Carrot  (if you have)
• Peas  (if you have)

         

How to make:

• Chop the onion, tomato and capsicum, carrot into small pieces  keep it aside.
• Boil 2 mugs of water add noodle into it with the taste maker.
• Cook it till it is cooked and don't drain the remaining water.
• Take another pan and heat oil in it add Onion into it fry it  for 1 minute in medium flame
• Add capsicum, sweetcorn, carrot, peas into it and cook for 2 minutes
• Add half teaspoon of soya sauce and chili sauce into it.
• Make space in between the pan and put little oil in it wait for few seconds for oil to heat it.
• break the egg and place it in middle of the pan on oil.  
• Scramble the egg and mix it with vegetable
• Now add the cooked noodles into the pan and don't throw the water but add into it.
• mix everything in the pan with noodles and vegetables nicely.
• It is ready to serve hot.

Enjoy this small meal and be confident of cooking with your own style.