Ingredients:
2 cups rajma (red kidney beans)
2 medium onion
2 big tomatoes
1 teaspoon jeera(cumin seeds)
2 teaspoon grated ginger
3 green chilly
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon dhania powder(coriander powder)
1/2 teaspoon haldi powder(turmeric powder)
3 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
1 1/2 tea spoon black salt
salt according to taste

Method
1.Soak the rajma in overnight. Drain and discard the water. Keep aside.
2.Take 5 teacups of fresh water and pressure cook rajma for 3-4 whistle.
3.Make a gravy of tomato,onion,green chilly and 1 tablespoon of coriander leaves. Keep aside
4.Heat the oil in a non stick pan. Add the cumin seeds and allow to crackle.
5.Add the gravy and sauté for a few minutes till it separetes from oil . Add the grated ginger and sauté for a few more minutes.
6.Add the cooked rajma, along with turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt.
7.add the black salt and mix well. Simmer for a few minutes
8.garnish with coriander
9.Serve hot with plain rice.

Ingredients:
1 cup roasted jeera
7-8 Kashmir chilli roasted
1 cup roasted coriander seeds
1 cup aamchoor powder
1 cup salt
3 tablespoons black salt
4 tablespoon kali mirch

Method:
1.Grind finely all the ingredients together in the mixer grinder.
2.Store in the airtight container.
3.use as required

Note: After roasting all the other ingredients except coriander seeds put the gas off and than roast the coriander seeds so they are lightly roasted and does not burn.

Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour
2 table spoon semolina
2 teaspoon Ajwain (optinal)
1/2 tablespoon oil
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Method:
1.Mix both the flour, salt, Ajwain, oil and add enough water to make stiff dough.
2.Knead well and roll out into a big thin chapatti. Now cut into almost 1 ½ inch of puris.
3.Prick it nicely so while deep frying it does not puff up.
4.Deep fry in hot oil on a medium flame until golden brown.
5.Store in an air tight container.

Ingredients:
50-60 Papdi
3 cups imli ki chutney
2 cups green chutney
2 medium potatoes boiled and grated
2 cup whisked curd
2 teaspoon chaat masala
2 teaspoon roasted jeera powder
2 teaspoon red chilli powder
Salt to taste

Method:
1.Take papdis in the bowl, now add imli khajur ki chutney, green chutney and salt and toss well.
2.Now put grated potatoes and curd.
3.Sprinkle chaat masala, jeera powder, and red chilli powder.
4.Garnish with coriander leaves if you want to and serve immediately.

Note: The reason to serve immediately is because with all chutneys and curd above the papdis. The papdis does not remain crispy for the longer period of time.You can add onion and tomatoes if you wish to.

Makes 3 cups.

Ingredients
2 cups dates (khajur),
1/4 cup tamarind (imli),
1 cup jaggery (gur),
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
a pinch asafoetida (hing)
salt to taste
Method
1.Wash the dates and tamarind and place them in a non stick pan.
2.Add the jaggery, and 4 cups of water and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes.
3.Now add red chilli powder, asafoetida and salt and mix it well.
4.Cool and make a puree by grinding in the mixer grinder.Now strain it.
5.Use as required.

Tip:You can add a little water while straining the chutney if required as it will be strained easily.

One of the most popular and the common way is making dahi-vadas by using urad dal. There are people who use moong dal instead of urad dal….some use urad dal and moong dal in equal quantity….Also vadas are served with sweet dahi or plain dahi with some tadka. The best part of this dish is that you can have it any time of the day as a snack or either as a side dish to the main meal.

Makes 24 dahi vadas.
For the vadas
2 cup urad dal,
1/2″ piece ginger
3 green chillies
a pinch soda bi-carb(optional)
salt to taste

For serving
6 cups beaten curds
5 tablespoons imli ki chutney
salt to taste
For garnishing
chilli powder
roasted jeera powder

For making the vadas
1.Soak urad dal for 6hrs.
2.Wash and drain the urad dal.
3. Grind together the urad dal, ginger, green chillies and salt in a grinder to a coarse paste.
4. Add the soda bi-carb to the urad dal paste and mix well till the batter is light and fluffy. Add a little water if required.
5. Wet your hands and take 2 tablespoons of the batter on your palm. Deep fry in hot oil on a slow flame till the vadas are golden brown.
6.Drain on absorbent paper if required(As after soaking them in hot water excess oil will come out anyways).

How to proceed
1.Soak the deep fried vadas in water for about 30 minutes.
2.Before serving, squeeze out the excess water.
3.Keep the vadas on a serving dish and top with curd.
4.Garnish with red chilli powder, jeera powder and salt and serve with imli khajur ki chutney.

Ingredients:
Pulp of three big custard apples
1 ½ glass milk
3tbsp Almonds, cashew and apricot
1 1/2 tbsp sugar

Method:
1.Grind the pulp, sugar and milk in the mixer
2.garnish with almonds, cashew and apricot
3.serve chilled

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup basmati Rice
1 ½ cup mixed vegetables
1 chopped onion medium
1 tea spoon ginger garlic paste
2 Tbsp cashew, poppy seeds paste
1/2 cup curd
2 Tbsp coriander leaves
1 tbsp mint leaves
¼ cup milk
2 1/2 Tbsp everest biryani masala
1 tbsp melted ghee
1 cup tomato puree

Method:
1.Par boil rice, cool it
2.Take 5 tbsp oil, fry chopped onions till turns golden
3.Add ginger garlic paste, tomato puree and cashew poppy seed paste
4.Add biryani masala and curd cook till oil separates
5.Now add boiled vegetables, coriander leaves and mint leaves
6.Add rice and toss well
7.Pour melted ghee and milk
8.Cook for 10-12 mins on slow flame covering the lid
9.Serve with raita

Ingredients
1 cup Gramflour(Besan)
2 tsp Ajwain
1 ½ tsp Red chilly powder
2tbsp dhaniya powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
4 tbsp Oil
1tsp cumin seeds
3tbsp whipped curd
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Take besan,ajwain,red chilly powder, turmeric powder, 2tbsp oil and salt in a bowl and add little water to make a stiff dough.
2. Divide the gatta dough in to 8parts and make long thin gattas and keep aside.
3. Take 3 1/2 cups of water and bring it to boil, now add gattas in to the boiling water and let it cook for 15 mins
4.Once cooked drain the gattas from water and keep the water aside now cut the gattas in 1 inch piece and add dhaniya powder,pinch of salt into it.
5.Heat 2 tbsp oil in the pan and thn add cumin seeds and gattas. You can add gatta water as per the gravy u require
6.Now you can add curd and cook for 10-12 mins
7.Serve hot with phulkas

Chiku and strawberry milkshake is a good kick start for those who dont like to have breakfast.

Ingredients:
1 cup chiku pieces
1 cup strawberry pieces
1 glass milk
1 tbsp honey

Method:

1.Blend all the ingredients together and serve chilled