Aloo ka Chokha is synonymous with Bihar. It is a savoury Bharta made in two ways and goes well with most signature dishes of the state like Khichri and Litti. Aloo ka chokha along with rice, lentil and pickle is a common favourite of the locals.
Fried Chokha
Ingredients:
4 medium sized potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
1 medium sized chopped onion
2 tsp chopped garlic
3 whole red chillies
1 tsp cilantro leaves
4 tsp mustard oil
Salt to taste
Procedure:
A spicy dish, Chilli Mushroom goes best with fried rice and steamed noodles.
Ingredients:
• 500 gm Button Mushrooms
• 200 gms Capsicum
• 2 medium sized Onions
• 2 inches Ginger
• 6 flakes Garlic
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Chili Powder
• 2 tsp Dark Soya Sauce
• 2 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tbsp Corn Flour
• 1 cup Water
Procedure:
• Cut mushrooms into halves.
• Cut capsicums into halves, remove the seeds and cut into thin strips.
• Grind onion, ginger and garlic to a paste.
• Heat 5 tbsp of oil. Fry the ground paste.
Chicago, June 08: A 90-year-old suburban Chicago woman who dropped out of school to help her family during the Great Depression now has her high school diploma.
Eleanor Benz left Chicago Public Schools’ Lake View High in 1936 during her senior year to take a job. Over the following decades she moved to the suburb of Gurnee and had 15 children, 54 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
Ghawhati, June 07: Fed up with the prolonged dry spell in the region, villagers in Assam married off frogs in a unique custom to please the rain god, asking for an early monsoon.
Residents of the entire Chipoha village turned out to witness the unconventional marriage ceremony of the two frogs, caught by the villagers themselves.
The frogs were decked up with fine clothes. The female frog was even gifted a necklace by the village women for the marriage, which was conducted by a priest according to traditional Hindu rituals.
Kentucky, June 06: An American pastor has invited his parishioners to bring their guns to church to celebrate the US Independence Day (July 4), in a show of support for the right to bear arms.
Gun-g Ho: Ken Pagano, the man behind the idea.
A former US Marine, Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church of Kentucky has asked handgun owners to attend this service, on June 27, openly wearing their sidearm.
But the move will be symbolic. The firearms must be unloaded.
Kentucky, June 06: An American pastor has invited his parishioners to bring their guns to church to celebrate the US Independence Day (July 4), in a show of support for the right to bear arms.
Gun-g Ho: Ken Pagano, the man behind the idea.
A former US Marine, Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church of Kentucky has asked handgun owners to attend this service, on June 27, openly wearing their sidearm.
But the move will be symbolic. The firearms must be unloaded.
Augusta, June 05: A deliberately set fire destroyed a topless coffee shop early Wednesday, just hours after the owner talked with local officials about making the business more like a strip club, investigators said.
The fire at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop was reported just before 1 a.m. by an ambulance that happened to be driving past.
Ingredients:
1 cup Skimmed Milk
1 tsp Coconut extract
3 tbsp firmly packed Brown sugar
2 cup Ripe Mangoes, chunks
1 tsp Lemon juice
1/4 cup Cornstarch
How to make mango custard:
Combine mango chunks, lemon juice and coconut extract and blend until smooth.
In small saucepan, combine remaining ingredients.
Mix until cornstarch is dissolved.
Stir in mango mixture.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
Continue to cook and stir for 2-3 minutes.
Transfer into a bowl and let it cool.
Chill thoroughly.
Ingredients:
400 ml Fresh Milk
250 ml Ice Water
250 gms Whipping cream
40 gms Gelatine Powder
300 gms Mango Puree
300 ml Water
20 gms Butter
Coconut Powder
200 gms Sugar
How to make mango pudding:
Mix gelatine powder, sugar and water, stir well and bring to boil till sugar dissolves in water.
Add in grease keep aside.
Stir and mix well mango puree, ice water, milk, whipping cream and instant coconut powder.
Mix the sugar solution and puree, stir well.
Pour the mixture into a desired shape mould.
Chill well and serve.
Ingredients:
6 broken into several pieces dried Chilli (Mirch)
2 tblsp Coriander seeds (Dhania)
1/4 tsp Garam masala
How to make kadai masala:
Heat chilies and coriander in a pan, shaking the pan time to time, until they smell fragrant.
Grind and add garam masala.
Wonderful taste of vanilla iced with sugar and milk on heart shaped cookies.
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter (unsalted)
1 cup Sugar
2 Egg
1 tblsp Vanilla
3 cup Flour
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking soda
Icing:
1 cup confectioner Sugar (sifted)
2 tblsp Milk
How to make sugar cookie hearts:
Combine butter and sugar till smooth.
Mix eggs and vanilla into the butter mixture.
Mix well.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda together.
Combine it with the butter and egg mixture prepared.
Mix well.
Let it chill for about 2 hours.
Reduce the dough into quarters.
Enjoy the lavish cupcakes with walnuts, vanilla and strawberries.
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup All purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Walnuts (chopped)
2 x Egg Whites
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
10 oz pkg frozen sweet Strawberries
If desired Sugar (powdered)
How to make strawberry cupcakes:
In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, sugar and walnuts together.
Beat together egg whites, vanilla and oil in another bowl till well mixed.
Combine strawberries.
Beat in a mixer at slow speed till strawberries are broken somewhat.
Ingredients:
3 cup Flour (no sifted)
2 cup Sugar
1 cup Mayonnaise
1/3 cup Milk
2 Egg
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp ground Cloves
3 cup Apples (chopped and peeled)
1 cup Raisins (seedless)
1/2 cup Walnuts (chopped coarsely)
2 cup sweetened whipped Cream with Cinnamon (for frosting and filling)
How to make apple raisin cake:
Flour and grease 2 baking pans.
Mix flour, sugar, mayonnaise, milk, eggs, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves with a mixer for about 2 minutes.
Scrap bowl frequently.
Ingredients:
2cups boiled Rice
1/3rd cup Lemon Rice
6Tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3-4 green chilies
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
1/4th cup peanuts
How to make lemon rice:
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be served.
Kuala Lumpur, May 28: Calling one’s wife ugly may soon be considered an offence under a Malaysian law that seeks to protect a woman both physically and emotionally.
One of the clauses proposed to be amended in the Domestic Violence Act 1994 pertains to emotional violence against women who are currently only protected against physical abuse, the Star newspaper said Thursday.
Women’s Development Department director-general Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said emotional violence was a form of abuse that scars women deeply and lowers their self-esteem, dignity and self-confidence.
Brasilia, May 28: In a vast country like Brazil, the inte is emerging as the most effective tool to spread the message of Islam, says a leading Muslim scholar in the South American nation.
“The inte is one of the most successful contemporary da`wah tools,” Al-Sadiq Al-Othmani, head of the Islamic Affairs Department at the Center of Islamic Da’wah in Latin America, told.
“That’s why I encourage scholars to spread the word to broader masses through the web, especially in such a vast country.”
London, May 27: How about visiting a restaurant for dinner, and being greeted by monkey waiters!
Kayabuki restaurant in remote countryside of Japan is flocked with guests from all over Japan who come to see its “monkey” staff.
The most popular monkey is six-year-old Fuku-chan who greets guests and brings them hot towels at the end of their meal.
“He has these airs and graces that make him look just like a French waiter at a posh restaurant,” the Sun quoted a diner as saying.
West Bengal, May 26: Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals asked two nurses to submit their resignations for speaking in their “native tongue” inside the hospital premises.
The nurses, Jincy Joseph and Lijy Menon (names changed to protect identity) were posted in ICU of the Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS) department. The two said they will take their case to the National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, challenging the hospital’s decision.
Mt.Everest, May 24: On top of the world: That’s how Ranjana Patil felt as her 21-year-old daughter Krishna Patil stood there on Thursday. Krishna, a resident of Aundh in Pune, became the second woman from Maharashtra to climb the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.
Her merchant navy father Madhav was out of the country when the phone rang at 7.30 am on Thursday. Stephen Sherpa, leader of Krishna’s mountaineering team, was at the other end.
Learn to prepare the original biryani, cooked in the kitchens of the Nizams of Hyderabad.
Ingredients:
• ½ kg Basmati Rice (semi-cooked)
• 1 kg Boneless Meat (washed and chopped into square pieces)
• 500 gm Curd
• 4-6 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
• 4-6 Green Chilli
• 2 Big Onions (sliced)
• ¼ cup Lime Juice
• ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
• A pinch of Caraway Seeds (Shahi Zeera)
• 5-6 twigs Coriander Leaves (chopped)
• 5-6 twigs Mint Leaves (chopped)
• 2 pinch Saffron
• 1-2 Cinnamon
• 2-3 pods Cardamom
• 2-3 drops Saffron Color
Mumbai, May 19: In the lull between polling and counting, punters rushed to place bets worth Rs 20,000 crore on what was better – ‘pizza’ or ‘roti’.
There was also ‘papad’ on offer, but it had few takers. Pizza, roti and papad were among the code words bookies used while taking bets so as to avoid the police net.
Pizza, code word for Congress, was the hot favourite among punters, while roti (BJP) saw lesser volumes, a bookie said here. BJP’s PM hopeful L K Advani was code-named papad.
The betting volume topped Rs 20,000 crore, up from Rs 11,000 crore in the 2004 polls.
Ingredients for gobi parantha recipe:
4 cups Whole Wheat Flour (Atta)
2 cups Grated Cauliflower (Gobi)
Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
1-2 Chopped Green chilies
1″ Ginger Chopped
Salt, Red chili powder & Garam Masala as per taste
1/2 tsp Ajwain (optional)
Butter /Oil for frying
Preparation for Gobhi Paratha:
Make dough out of whole-wheat flour (atta), as you would do for any paratha/roti.
Mix grated cauliflower, green chilies, ginger, coriander leaves, ajwain, chili powder, salt, and garam masala as a filling in paratha.
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat flour (atta) as per consumption
Eggs (same as number of parathas)
1 tbsp Oil
Butter /oil for frying
Salt as per taste
How to make egg paratha:
Make dough out of whole-wheat flour (atta),1tbsp oil and salt as you would do for any paratha/roti.
Make dough 30 minutes before and cover it with moist muslin cloth.
Take a Ping-Pong ball size lump of dough. Now roll it slightly using dry flour.
Now nicely spread little oil over it and fold it in a semi circle shape.
Ingredients:
To make the cutlet:
3 Potato (Aloo)
1/4 tblsp Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1/2 tblsp Garam Masala
1/4 tblsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
1/4 tblsp Turmeric (Haldi)
Bread crumbs
Oil
To make ragada:
1 tblsp Chaat Masala Powder
1/2 tblsp Ginger Garlic Paste
Chickpeas (brown) (Chana)
1/4 tblsp Baking Soda
4 tblsp Oil
1/4 cup Curd (Dahi)
1 Onion (Pyaj)
1 Tomato (Tamatar)
1/2 tblsp Garam Masala
1/4 tblsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1/2 tblsp Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
Coriander Leaves
How to make ragada patties:
Ingredients:
To make puri:
1 cup Semolina (Rava / Suji)
3 tblsp Fine Wheat Flour (Maida)
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
Oil to deep fry
To make pani:
1/2 cup Tamarind (Imli) Pulp
2 cups Water
2 tblsp roasted Cumin Seed (Jeera) Powder
2 tblsp un-roasted Cumin Seed (Jeera)
Coriander Leaves
3 Green Chilly (Hari Mirch)
2 tblsp Mint Leaves (Pudina Leaves) Chutney
1 tblsp Black Salt (kala namak )
2 tblsp Jaggary (Gur)
How to make pani puri:
To make pani:
Measure all ingredients.
Adjust spices and tangyness to taste.