Apologies for having put this up and the vanished. But now back with a promise that I am going to try and update this regularly

Bachka

Ingredients

1)Gram -250 grams

2)Rice flour-100 gms

3)Turmeric-one fourth teaspoon

4)Edible oil for frying

What next?

1)Soak the gram into water overnight

2)Prepare a batter of gram ,rice,flour, turmeric then add salt as per taste.

3)Bake this on a hot girdle

Serve hot.

Hint: I prefer using mustard oil, it imparts a beautiful flavor.

Puas

Another one coming from Sandhya’s Kitchen- yummy Puas.

Pua: For those who don’t know, they are sweet, fluffy dumplings that melt in your mouth.

What you need?

Maida (all purpose flour)-1/2 kg

Sugar -as per taste

Cardamom powder

Edible oil for frying

Milk- One and a half cup.

Now that you have all the ingredients together follow these two simple steps:

1)Whisk the maida and milk together to form a smooth batter. Make sure there are no lumps. Add the cardamom powder and whisk again.

2)Now heat the oil if a wok (deep dish) to deep fry this. Over medium heat drop ladle full batter. Cook till golden brown on both sides, drain on a kitchen towel for excess oil.

I like serving them with ice cream.

Holi food

Before I start dishing out the recipe, this blog is courtesy my sister Sandhaya Mishra. She is a home maker with an awesome talent for cooking. Her specialty is definitely Indian food and of course Bihari food.
And for a lot of people like me who have very little idea on the same, I am helping her put together something.

First on the list is something called as "Dhuska", which is more Jharkand specialty. These are little batter fried poori like things, which can be had with Vegetable Gravy or taste even better with a Chicken or Mutton Gravy.

Here goes...

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice-250 gms
Chana Dal-250 gms
Urad Dal-50 gms
Edible oil for frying-250 gms (we prefer mustard
Cumin seeds- as desired
Salt as per taste

Method:
1)Soak the rice and pulses in water for 8hrs.
2)Grind the rice and pulses in a grinder to make a smooth paste.
3)Next stir in the Cumin seeds and Salt
4) Now spoon the batter in the hot oil and drain on a kitchen towel.


Dhuska, is ready to serve with chutney, achar or hot chicken gravy.