Radhika's Recipes

Naan is a type of Indian flat bread. This is very easy recipe and can be made from the ingredients easily available in your pantry. I make this naan on pan and without yeast. No tandoor, no oven and eggless, still crispy, soft and fluffy naan like restaurant.perfectly goes with any gravy,  paneer .  Mostly I try out dishesh with whole wheat instead of refined flour. And these whole wheat naan come out super soft and they remain soft.  Ingredients : Whole wheat flour  1 1/2 cup Maida 1/2 cup Baking powder  1 tsp Baking soda   1/4 tsp Garlic  2 tsp(minced)  Butter Oil Corriander Nigella seeds/sesame seeds Suger 1 tsp Water/Milk How to make : •  Sieve the both flours in a mixing bowl, along with salt,sugar, baking soda and baking powder. Mix it well.  • Add 1 tsp oil, yogurt and mix it well.  • Add little water / milk at a time and kneed the dough.  • The dough should neither be thick nor thin. It should like chap...

Vada pav (Indian burger) is very popular Indian vegetarian fast food Or snack in India.It literally means potato fritters. It consist of a potato mash patty coated with chickpea flour, then deep fried and served hot with chutney.  Ingredients : For batter- 1 cup besan (chickpea flour)  3/4 to 1 cup water 1/2 tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste Pinch of baking soda Baking and spices- 2 tsp oil 1/4 tsp Musturd seeds 1/4 tsp cumin seeds Pinch of hing/ asafoetida 1/2 tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste Oil for frying 1 tbsp cilantro/coriander 2-3 green chillies 1 pinch hing 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp lemon juice/amchur powder How to make : • In a pan, heat 2 tsp oil. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste. Saute for few seconds. Add boiled mashed potatoes. Add lemon juice and salt to taste.  • Mix it well. Let it cool down.  • Then make a small balls.  Keep aside.  • Then make a besan batter. In a bowl add besan...

Indian cottage cheese or paneer cooked in onion tomato gravy with kadai masala.kadai paneer with naan makes my day. Home cooked food is always delicious, healthy and that's why home chef's are the best.  It is mainly eaten with traditional Indian flat bread like chapati, naan , kulcha, lachha paratha and rice.  Do try this extremely flavorful and delicious recipe during this lock down period.  Ingredients : For gravy: Onion 2 large Tomato 2 small Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp Kaju/cashew 10-12 Sesame seeds 2 tbsp Fennel seeds Jeera 1 tsp Oil Salt Cream 1/4 cup Paneer Masala 2 tbsp(mix with half cup of milk)  Dry red chili 4 Kasuri methi Red chili powder Sugar 1 tsp  Other: Onion 1, 1/2 capsicum ( mediam cube,layers separated)  Paneer 200 gm How to make: • Heat oil / butter in a kadai, add chopped onion, saute till transtranslucent • Add ginger garlic, tomato, kaju/cashew sesame seeds, cumin seeds ,dry red chili ,fennel seeds and cook for...

Naan is a type of Indian flat bread. This is very easy recipe and can be made from the ingredients easily available in your pantry. I make this naan on pan and without yeast. No tandoor, no oven and eggless, still crispy, soft and fluffy naan like restaurant.perfectly goes with any gravy, paneer , chicken.  Mostly I try out dishesh with whole wheat instead of refined flour. And these whole wheat naan come out super soft and they remain soft.  Ingredients : Whole wheat flour 1 1/2 cup Maida 1/2 cup Baking powder  1 tsp Baking soda  1/4 tsp Garlic 2 tsp(minced)  Butter Oil Corriander Water/Milk How to make : • Sieve the both flours in a mixing bowl, along with salt, 1 tsp crushed garlic, baking soda and baking powder. Mix it well.  • Add oil, yogurt and mix it well.  • Add little water / milk at a time and kneed the dough.  • The dough should neither be thick nor thin. It should like chapati/ roti dough.  • Apply few drops of oil...

Manchurian is one of the popular Chinese dishes not only in China but around the world. And one of the popular Indo Chinese recipes and one of the famous Indian street food.  This spicy Indo Chinese style gravy has got everything in it, sweet, spicy, salty, crunchy, crispy.  Manchurian can be made with many vegetables and chicken.  Ingredients : Cabbage 1 1/2 cup grated Ginger Garlic paste 1 1/2 tsp Garam Masala 1/2 tsp Red chili powder 1 tsp Salt as per taste Corn flour 5 tbsp Maida 5 tbsp Onion 1 large  Capsicum 1 small  Soya sauce 2 tsp Ketchup 1 tbsp Water 1/2 cup Oil to deep fry Garlic chopped 1 tbsp How to make : • Take a bowl, add shredded Cabbage Maida, corn flour, Ginger Garlic paste, garam masala, salt, red chilli powder.  • Mix all ingredients.  • Do not add water in the mixture.once you start kneeding ,the cabbage should loose out moisture that will bind the mixture. Prepare small round balls  • Heat oil in a ...

 Chutney is a Southern Indian chutney-side-dish and condiment, a common in the Indian subcontinent. The condiment is made with coconut pulp ground with other ingredients such as green chillies ,ginger,garlic and coriander. It is served with dosa,  idli and vada. Ingredients : Coconut 1/2 scrapped Green chillies 2-3 Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp Sugar 1 tsp Corriander leaves 1/4 cup Ginger small piece Garlic 5-6 Salt to taste Chana Dal/ fried gram 1/4 cup Curd 1 tsp Tempering/ seasoning:   Oil 1 tsp Curry leaves Musturd seeds 1/4 tsp Cumin 1/4 tsp Hing/ Asafoetida   a pinch How to make: • Roast cumin seeds and dal for a minute over medium heat.  • Grind scrapped/chopped coconut, green chillies, corriander, salt, sugar, dal, cumin together. Add little water and grind smooth paste.  • Add curd makes your chutney smooth and tasty.  For tempring : • Heat oil in a small pan • Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds when they crackle add hing...

 Appe, paniyaram is an instant South Indian breakfast dish which is delicious and easy to make.  You can even pack them for your lunch along with Coconut chutney , tomato onion chutney Or any other chutney you like.  Ingredients: Suji 1 1/2 cup Curd(sour) 1/2 cup Oil Onion   1 large Curry leaves, corriander Mustard seeds Hing (asafoetida)  Salt (as per taste)  Green chili Water How to make: •• First take a rava in a bowl in this add curd, salt and mix it well.  Add sufficient water.  •• Now make a tadaka/seasoning Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and let them pop up. Add cumin seeds, curry leaves , green chilii and saute them for minute.  (If you like you can add veggies also, like Capsicum, grated carrot.  I add Only onion.)  •• Then add onion or any veges in rava batter and tadaka/seasoning.Mix it well till batter become fluffy.  •• Cover and rest the batter for 15-20 minutes.  •• After 20 minutes ad...