palak paratha

ingredients :
2cups whole wheat flour

3cups  spinach leaves

3-4green chillies

1tsp cumin powder

1tsp red chilli pwd

salt to taste

water as required

1tsp oil

Little ghee/butter/oil for frying

method :

Boil water in a pan and add palak.simmer for 3-5 mins.strain out the water and cool it for sometime.grind the palak and green chillies to a fine paste using ltl water if required.in a mixing bowl add wheat flour,palak paste,cumin pwd,chilli pwd,salt & oil .knead a soft dough,Add water to the dough if required (one would not require water to knead the dough as the paste is watery enough to knead the flour).keep aside the dough for 10-15 mins. Roll out into parathas using dry wheat flour  and roast on a gridle (tawa)by adding ghee or butter or oil. Serve with pickle or yoghurt.

dudhi thepla

ingredients :
11/2cup grated dudhi (lauki/ghia/bottle gourd )
2 cups aatta ( regular wheat flour )
1tbsp gram flour ( besan)
1tsps red chilli pwd
1tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric pwd
1tbsp oil
salt
water
oil for frying
method :
 Mix the wheat flour,gram flour, salt, turmeric,garam masala ,chili powder & oil. Add the grated  dudhi and  little water . knead into a soft but firm dough (like you would for a wheat paratha). Grease some oil onto the dough and leave it covered for 15 minutes. Make small balls out of the kneaded dough, apply some wheat flour to it and roll it out as you would a paratha.Gently place it onto a heated skillet/tava lightly greased with some oil and cook it till you see brown spots on one side. Flip it over to the other side, apply some more oil and remove when you see brown spots on the other side too. Serve with pickle, chutney or youghurt .

aaloo paratha

ingredients :
2-3 boiled mashed potatoes
1tbsp garlic- ginger-green chilli paste
1tsp turmeric pwd
1tsp red chilli pwd
2tsp kasthuri methi
1tbsp finely chopped corriander leaves
wheat flour dough ( regular chapati dough )
salt
2tsps oil
oil/ghee/butter for frying parathas
method :
heat 2tsps of oil,add ground paste,turmeric pwd,red chilli pwd,kasthuri methi ,mashed potato and salt.mix well.turn off the flame.add corriander leaves and mix well.let this stuffing cool down.make balls of te dough,roll out like a small puri shape then add 2tbsp of the stuffing in the centre cover the edges and make a ball,flatten the ball and roll out like chapati .heat the tawa and fry the chapatha adding ltl oil/ghee or butter on both the sides.serve hot with yoghurt or pickles.

instant rava handva

ingredients :
1 cup rava ( coarse semolina / upma rava )
1 finely chopped onions
1 finely chopped tomatoes
1tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps red chilli pwd
mustard seeds
salt
oil
green corriander chutney
tomato ketchup
haldiram bhujia /baarik sev for garnishing
method :
mix rava and enough water to make a thin batter just like besan chilla .add onions,tomatoes,salt,red chilli pwd,cumin seeds and mix well.heat a non stick  kadhai or heavy deep bottom pan,add 1 tsp oil,add 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds and 2 serving spoon full of batter.cover and let it steam till it is done on a medium-low flame.turn with spatula and again cover and cook for a while.remove from the kadhai and keep this pancake in the serving bowl.spread green chutney and tomato ketchup on top of it.sprinkle or garnish with sev on top and serve hot.continue this process till you finish all the batter.