Farali Parotha (Gujarati name)

Ingredients:
250 gm ready made flour,
3-tsp crush cumin seeds,
2-grated potatoes,
1\2 katori crushed peanuts,
2-tbsp sugar (optional),
2-tbsp red chilliy powder,
1\2 cup curd,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Mix all ingredients in warm water (if needed) and keep the dough aside for half an hour.
Step 2: Make medium size boll and apply oil in thick plastic bag.
Step 3: Cover with half pf plastic and roll it in small size smoothly.
Step 4: Cut with any round shape.
Step 5: Apply oil on a pan then put three or four pieces and after 2-3 minutes turn aside.
Step 6: Press it for make both the sides golden brown.
Step 7: Decorate with tomato ketchup.
Step 8: Apply tomato ketchup on one piece.
Step 9: Then also apply green chutney our it.
Step 10: If you like chess then also add chopped chess and enjoy eating.
It also tastes best when served with sweet lemon pickle.

Note: Ready made flour contants Rajgira flour and Sabudana flour in equal quantity.

Okara Curry(Lady’s finger curry)

Ingredients:
3-cup long chopped okra,
2-cup long chopped onion,
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
1-tbsp chilli powder,
1-tbsp turmeric (haldi) powder,
2-tbsp oil,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Heat the oil in low flame and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and chopped okra.
Step 2: Cook well on low flame for 10 minutes.
Step 3: Then add chopped onion and cook for another 5 minutes.
Step 4: Serve hot with roti and curd.

Benefits:
· A good source of folate and fiber.
· Contains vitamins C and B6 thiamin, magnesium and potassium.
· Low in fat and calories.
· A thickener of soups and stews.

Drawbacks:
· Glutinous consistency is displeasing to some people.

Fry Mix Vegetable Curry

Ingredients:
1-cup chopped potatoes,
1-cup chopped carrot,
1-cup green peas,
1-tbsp chilli powder,
1-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp cumin seeds,
1-tbsp mustard seeds,
1-tbsp asophotedia,
10-curry leaves,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Heat oil and fry chopped potatoes and keep aside.
Step 2: Than fry chopped carrot and keep aside.

Step 3: Heat 2-tbsp oil in the pan and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, asophotedia and curry leaves.
Step 4: Then add green peas in it and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Step 5: Fry potatoes and carrot in it.
Step 6: Then add chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.

Step 7: Garnish with coriander leaves.

Step 8: Serve hot with roti and onion.

Green Chatney

Ingredients:
5-long green chillies,
2-cup coriander leaves,
1-cup roasted peanuts,
4-tbsp lemon juice,
2-tbsp sugar (optional),
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Grind all ingredients in to mixer until it is smooth.
Step 2: Place the green chutney in the bowl.

Note:
· Coriander leaves has been used as a digestive tonic.
· The freshly chopped greens in large amounts are a good source of vitamin C.
· Coriander seed is thought to be helpful in relieving stomach cramps and may have the ability to kill bacteria and fungus.
· It contains limonene, which is a flavonoid thought to help fight cancer.
Peanuts Benefits:
· A good source of monounsaturated fats.
· Contain potassium, thiamine, niacin, vitamin E, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, selenium, and zinc.

Peanuts Benefits:
· A good source of monounsaturated fats.
· Contain potassium, thiamine, niacin, vitamin E, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, selenium, and zinc.

Peanuts Drawbacks:
· Refrigerate or freeze shelled nuts: their oil quickly turns rancid. Never use peanuts that are moldy or have an “off” taste; molds that grow on peanuts create aflatoxins, substance that cause liver cancer.

Adadiya

Ingredients for preparing flour:
500gm black gram flour,
11\2-cup milk,
50gm ghee.

Method to prepare flour:
Step 1: Mix 100gm ghee and milk in black gram flour and keep aside for two hours.
Step 2: After two hours, sieve this flour, which turns like Rava. Method to Prepare Edible gum.

1-cup edible gum (Gaund)

Step 1: Heat 100gm ghee in pan and fry edible gum on high flame.

Step 2: Finely chopped edible gum and keep aside

Ingredient for making adadiya:
400gm sugar powder,
350gm ghee,
10 pieces of cashew nut,
1\2-cup kismis,
1\2-cup chopped almonds,
Prepar flour of black gram and chopped edible gum (Gaund).

Method:
Step 1: Then add remaining ghee in pan and add sieved black gram flour in low flame.
Step 2: On medium flame continuously stir well.
Step 3: When black gram flour turns into golden color turn off the flame.
Step 4: Then add finely chopped edible gum.
Step 5: Let it be cool for some time (15-20 minutes) and add kismis in it.
Step 6: After cooling material add sugar powder.
Step 7: After it is well mix, spread it on a big plate.
Step 8: Let it is cool some time and decorated with chopped almonds.
Step 9: Cut into in square shape and put one chahewnut over one piece.
Step 10: Keep in a container.
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Green Chilli Pickle

Ingredients:
250gm green chillies,
4-5 tbsp mustard seed powder,
5-tbsp lemon juice,
2-tbsp haldi powder,
2-tbsp oil,
Salt to taste. Method:
Step 1: Wash the green chillies and cut off the tops.
Step 1: Remove the stalks of the green chillies and cut in to long thin pieces.
Step 2: Heat the oil till smoking; add the mustard seed powder and haldi powder in it.
Step 3: Cool to room temperature and add lemon juice.
Step 4: Then add chopped green chillies and salt.
Step 6: Mix well so that the chillies get coated with the masalas.Step 7: Clean glass jars and place the green chillies in the jar.

Benefits:
· An excellent source of beta-carotene and vitamin C.
· May help relieve nasal congestion.
· May help prevent blood clots that can lead to a heart attack or stroke.

Drawbacks:
· Require careful handling during preparation to prevent irritation of the skin and eyes.
· May irritate hemorrhoids in susceptible people.

The following is a description of a selection of popular peppers from the mildest to the hottest from book of Reader’s Digest.

MILD TO MODERATELY HOT:
· Anaheim: These long, slender red or green chillies are among the most popular in North America.
· Ancho: These dark red, heart-shaped peppers are usually dried.
· Cherry: These small, round red chillies are often pickled.
· Poblano: Green chillies with a small, tapered shape; they are usually roasted, and may be stuffed or added to a variety of dishes.
HOT:
· Cascabel: These round red or green chillies are usually dried.
VERY HOT:
· Cayenne: These long red chillies are dried and often ground into a hot pepper spices.
· Habanero or Scotch Bonnet: Shaped like red, yellow, or orange lanterns, these are considered the hottest of cultivated chilles.
· Jalapeno: These tapered green or red chillies are sold fresh, canned, or pickled.
· Serrano: These small, bullet-shaped green or red chillies are often used in hot salsas.