Chorchori Recipe (Mixed Vegetable Recipe)

Ingredients

Mixed vegetable – ½ kg (potato, cauliflower, french beans, green peas, carrot, eggplant, red pumpkin)

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Red chillli – 2 to 3

Ginger – 1 tsp

Asofoetida – ¼ tsp

Sugar – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

Mustard oil

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Panchphoron

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Fennel seed – 1 tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Nigella seed (kalonji) – 1 tsp

Fenugreek seed – ½ tsp

Mix together all and take 1 tsp for tampering

Method

Wash and cut all the vegetables into small pieces and keep aside.

Heat one tbl.sp of mustard oil in a pan, add 1 tsp of panchphoron and fry till it splutters.

Then add grated ginger, red chilli and asofoetida. Sauté for a minute and then add mix vegetables and stir fry in oil for 2 to 3 minutes. Add a cup of water along with salt and turmeric powder. Cover and cook on a low flame till the vegetables are cooked. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Sandesh Recipe

Ingredients

Milk – 1 litre

Lemon juice – 2 tbl.sp

Powdered sugar – ½ cup

Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Pistachio blanched and chopped

Method

Boil 1 litre of milk in a pan and add two table spoon of lemon juice to it. When it starts to curdle, remove in a strainer lined with muslin cloth, squeeze out the excess water. Wash the paneer with plain water to remove the sourness of lime juice from it.  Tie it and hang it till all the water is drained out.

Knead the paneer with the palm of your hand for 3 to 4 minutes till it becomes smooth.

Then add powdered sugar and cardamom powder and knead again for few minutes.

Cook on a low flame for 4 to 5 minutes and remove and leave it to cool.

Make small round balls, make a dent in the centre and place pistachio in the dent and serve.