Snack - Black Chickpea (kala chana)

                         Black Chickpea(kala chana)

          Black Chickpea(Kala Chana)

We all  know that  chickpea ( kala Chana) is very healthy for our health. It  is called power house of nutrients, as it is rich in proteins, fiber, carbs, vitamins & minerals. The best part is .... that it is very low in cholesterol... 
India is  the country  where ... the chick pea  production is  very high .There are several recipes  of black chick pea .I remember .....  Mummy  used to  serve  us kala chana (chickpea) dish in the break fast. One of the  tasty  and  healthy breakfast/Snack of  chick pea  is here   for you"From my Mother's kitchen".

Start your day  with this healthy breakfast...... 

here are the ingredients.....

• Chick Pea raw ( kala chana) -1 glass (soak in water) 
• Salt-1/2 tea spoon
• Pinch of soda 
• Tomato- (chopped)-1
• Lemon-1
• Green Chili(chopped)-4
• Cumin seeds(Zeera)-1/4 tea spoon
• Refined Oil-2 tea spoon
• Red Chili powder-1/4 tea spoon

Wash kala chana (black chick pea ) well  and soak in  2 glass of water over night. do not drain water of kala chana. Boil chana with salt  and  a pinch of soda  in the same water  of soaked  chic pea as  that water contains  extracts minerals of kala chana.

  Bring it to  5-6 whistle  in the  pressure cooker  on the  medium flame. Now turn off the heat..  and  wait for  lid  to open it self.  when the lid open.. check it out if  kala chana has turn soft. if it is so.... dry up the extra water of chana.

Baghaar/ tadka

 Tadka / Bhaghaar for kala chana


In between heat 2 tea spoon refined oil in the pan, turn off the heat  and  add cumin seeds (zeera)  and  chili powder in oil, quickly pour out in the  pressure cooker  and  mix it well with black  chickpea.

Garnish it with chopped, onion, green chili, tomato,   do not forget  to add 3-4 drops of lemon over the   black chic pea.
Enjoy mouth watering  taste of chick pea (kala chana).

kala chana/ Black chickpea

Happy Cooking!!!
 Arshia Zaidi


 

Break fast - Meethi Roti(sweet Bread)

                   Meethi roti/ (Sweet bread)

Meethi Roti/sweet Bread

 Do you want to have some special  breakfast today ? if your answer is yes... I would like to share a simple, quick  and  delicious dish for your breakfast called Meethi Roti(Sweet Bread).
When ever ,we all wanted to had some special breakfast ,Mummy served us  meethi roti with salty butter and egg fry. That was the  breakfast we always wanted to have ... happily. Even now my family jumps with joy when i say that 'I am going to cook meethi roti for breakfast.
so guys...try this recipe of Meethi Roti... you  are going to fall in  love  with  it.

For Meethi Roti you will need

• Sugar-1cup
• Whole wheat flour-4 cup(full)
• Refined oil-2 table spoon
• Water-1 cup
• Salt-1/2 t.s
• Ajwain(trachyspermum ammi)-1/4 tea spoon
• Butter(salty)to apply on  Indian bread (Roti) 

How to do
Make a solution of  sugar,  salt  in the above mentioned 1/2 cup of water. 

Mix well  wheat flour , refined oil and  ajwainin  and  knead  the flour  in prepared lukewarm solution of salt  and  sugar . Please remember dough should be soft enough to roll a roti,.....you can add some milk to knead soft dough....
with  hard  sweet  dough ...  it would be difficult  for you  to roll roti.  

Make   medium size  balls  out of the dough. Dough will be little sticky due to sugar so apply little more dry flour on the balls, then roll a roti.
In between heat  the pan(tawa) on the medium  flame. Put the meethi roti on -tawa. Cook  it well on the low flame till the roti gets light pink .

 Meethi Roti/Sweet Bread

Apply salty  butter on the  Meethi roti. Enjoy it with  egg fry & hot tea. aha ... ha ...maza aaya na !
Looking  forward  for your feed back.
     
Happy Cooking!!!
  Arshia Zaidi