HOTCHULHA

Ingredients:

• Maida(all purpose) Flour – 1.5 Cup
• Sugar – 1 Cup
• Vanilla Essence – 2 teaspoons
• Eggs – 2
• Vegetable Oil – 1/2 Cup
• Water – 1/2 Cup
• Salt – 2 pinches
• Unsweetened Coca Powder – 3 Tablespoons

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put all the dry ingredients and mix them well.
3. Now put all the wet ingredients and mix them slow with hand mixer.
4. Grease the 9 inch pan and put this mix and bake it for 40 minutes.

Your Chocolate Cake is ready!

Ingredients:

• Gobi – 2 cups florets
• Onion – 1 big dice into small pieces
• Green chilies – 2 cut into small pieces
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tea spoon
• turmeric – 1/4 tea spoon
• Clove powder – 1/4 teaspoon
• Salt – to taste
• Oil as needed
• Red chili powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Cilantro – handful
• Besan – 1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Cook Gobi in 2 cups of water along with 1/4 teaspoon of salt for 10 minutes, drain and keep it aside.
2. Take a heavy bottom pan and put 6 tablespoons of oil and let it heat.
3. Put onion, green chilies and saute them for couple of minutes, Now add ginger-garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
4. Now add the gobi and fry till gobi looks golden color.
5. Add clove powder, turmeric, red chili powder, salt and mix it well.
6. Now sprinkle the Besan and mix it well.
7. Garnish it with Cilantro.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes – 2 cups – medium pieces
• Onion – 1 big – cut into big chunks
• Chanadal – 1 Tablespoon – soaked in water for an 10 minute
• Tamarind paste – 1 teaspoon
• Curry leaves – 1 stem
• Red chili powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder – 1/4 teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Tadka Seeds – 1/2 Teaspoon
• Salt 0 to taste
• Oil – 2 tablespoons

Method:

1. Take a pan and put 2 tablespoons of oil and get it to heat.
2. Put tadka seeds and curry leaves. Once they crackle, put the onion pieces and saute it for 2 minutes.
3. Add chanadal, chili powder, turmeric, salt and coriander powder and mix it well.
4. Add tomato pieces and put 1/4 cup of water.
5. Let it cook till all the water evaporates and looks like curry.

Tip: You can serve this with hot Roties or white Rice.

Ingredients:

• Frozen Corn – 2 Cups
• Corn Starch – 1 Teaspoon.
• Milk – 1 Cup
• Salt & Pepper – as needed
• Cilantro – 1 Teaspoon(shredded)
• Olive Oil – 1 Teaspoon

Method:

1. Take a pressure cooker and put corn and 3 cups of water and cook it for 3 whistles.
2. Let it cool and grind this in food processor. Put this back in cooker and add Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper and bring it to boil.
3. Mix the corn strach in milk and put this in boiling liquid and cook it for 10 minutes.
4. While serving put the cilantro and a dollop of sour cream.

Serve it hot. Serve this with a piece of left over bread.

Ingredients:

• Rice – 1 Cup
• Curry leaves – 1 Stem
• Baigan (Brinjal) – 3 medium – cut into long lengths
• Onion – 1/2 –  cut into long lengths
• Green Chillies – 8 – cut into long lengths
• Peanuts – 1/4 Cup
• Mustard Seed – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Dry Coconut – 2 Inch Pieces
• Urad Dal – 1 Teaspoon
• Chana Dal – 2 Tablespoons
• Turmeric – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Clove Powder – 1 pinch
• Salt – to Taste
• Oil – 3 Tablespoons
• Cilantro – 1 Tablespoon

Method:

1. Cook the rice in 1.5 cups of water and keep it aside.
2. Dry roast the Peanuts, Coconut, Urad dal and Chana Dal individually and grind it to Powder Form and keep it aside.
3. Take a heavy bottom pan and put 3 tablespoons of oil, when the oil is hot, put mustard Seed, Onion, Green Chillies and curry Leaves and saute it for couple of minutes.
4. Now put the Baigan pieces, salt, Turmeric Powder and clove powder and Saute on medium heat till the Baigan cooks through.
5. Mix the ground powder mix with cooked Rice and put this in Baigan pan and mix it well.
6. Garnish it with Cilantro.

This goes well with Raita.

Ingredients:

• Chicken – 1 Lb – Cut into small Pieces
• Birakaya(Chinese Okra) – 2 medium – Cut into small pieces.
• Onion – 1 medium – Cut into small pieces.
• Tomato – 1 medium – Cut into small pieces.
• Ginger-garlic Paste – 1 Tablespoon
• Turmeric – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Clove Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 3 Tablespoons
• Cilantro – Handful.

Method:

1. Take a pressure cooker and put 3 tablespoons of oil and put onions and saute for couple of minutes.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry this till the raw smell goes off.
3. Put the chicken pieces and saute it for couple minutes and put turmeric, red chilli powder, clove powder, salt, birakaya pieces and tomatoes and mix it very well and put Cilantro and add a cup of water and pressure cook this for 3 whistles.

Serve it with white Rice.

Ingredients:

• Home made Curd – 1 Cup
• Honey – 1 Tablespoon
• Salt – 1 pinch
• Blueberries – 1/4 Cup
• Sabja (takmaria) Seeds – 1/4 Teaspoon

Method:

1. Soak the Sabja Seeds in 1 Tablespoon of Water and keep it aside.
2. Crush the Blueberries with fork and keep it aside.
3. Take a glass and put curd, blueberries, salt, honey and soaked sabja Seeds. Mix this very well.
4. Your summer delight is ready. Enjoy and relax with each sip.

Ingredients:

• Small Purple Bringal (Baigan) – 6
• Cooked Garbanzo – 1/4 Cup
• Green Mango – 1/4 Cup Pieces
• Onion – 1/4 Cup  – Cut into small pieces.
• Ginger-garlic Paste – 1 Teaspoon
• Red Chilies powder – 1/2 Teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Salt – to taste
• Oil as required
• Cilantro – Handful.

Method:

1. Take the green part of the stems and make incisions and put into salted water.
2. Take a pan and put 2 tablespoons of oil and put onion and saute for couple of minutes and put the ginger-garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
3. Now put red chili powder, coriander powder, salt and Baigans and cooked garbanzo and put 1/2 cup of water and let it cook for 5 minutes.
4. Put the cut mango pieces and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.
5. When everything comes close, add cilantro.

Serve this with white rice or Roties.