1.5 lb or 350 g strong white flour
5 tablespoons yogurt
5 tablespoons warm water
½ teaspoon active dry yeast
½ teaspoon active dry yeast
½ teaspoon salt
pinch of sugar
ghee or butter
Plain Lassi (Yogurt Smoothie or Shake)
Ingredients
2 cups yogurt
1 cup water
8 tablespoon sugar (or according to your choice
Poori (Fried Flour Flat Breads)
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup lukewarm water
1 pinch of salt
Oil for deep frying
Plain
Dosa (Plain Rice Dosa)
Ingredients
1½ cups rice
½ cup urad dal
salt to taste
oil
Dal
Fry (Spicy Fried Lentil Soup)
Ingredients
1/4 cup red lentils
1/4 cup yellow moong dal (Whole green gram )
1/8 cup masoor dal (red gram )
1/8 cup channa dal (chickpeas )
1/4 teaspoon
Garam masala powder
3/4 cup onion (finely chopped)
1/3 cup tomatoes (chopped)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
4 tablespoon ghee
salt to taste
Palak
paneer (Spinach curry with Cheese)
Ingredients
1 lb paneer pieces (cottage cheese)
2 lb spinach *(see tip for quick recipe)
3 tablespoon onion (chopped)
2 tablespoon tomato (chopped)
2 tablespoon any cream (alternate: sour cream)
2 teaspoon
garam
masala powder
1 teaspoon
cumin
powder
½ teaspoon
turmeric
powder
2 tablespoon ghee or oil
Salt to taste
Matar
Paneer (Green Peas and Cheese Curry)
Ingredients
8 oz. Paneer or extra firm Tofu
12 oz or 1.5 cup green peas or Matar (fresh or frozen)
½ cup yogurt (beaten)
½ cup tomatoes (chopped)
½ cup onions
2-3 green chilly (finely chopped, adjust quantity according to preference)
2 teaspoons cilantro or coriander (chopped)
2 – 3 tablespoon ghee or vegetable oil
GoBI
Aloo (Cauliflower Curry)
Ingredients
1 head cauliflower, chopped
3 potatoes, cubed
1 chili chopped
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup peas
2 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon ghee or butter
2 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon
cumin
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups plain yoghurt
2 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon chili powder (adjust according to taste)
½ teaspoon
garam
masala
1 teaspoon ginger paste (optional)
salt to taste
Samosa
(Potato Stuffed Pastry)
Ingredients
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoon oil
6 tablespoon water ...