Feed Your Soul by Ruchika

Hariyali Chicken Tikka Ingredients: 800 grams Boneless chicken 2-3 Green  chillies roughly chopped Fresh mint leaves roughly chopped Coriander leaves roughly chopped 6-8 cloves Garlic roughly chopped 1 tsp Ginger roughly chopped 1 inch pieceFenugreek seeds (methi dana) 1 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf) 2 tbsp Coriander seeds 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 cup Yogurt Salt to taste 1 tsp Garam Masala powder 2 medium Onions grated Method: 1. Grind the green chillies, chopped fresh coriander and mint leaves with the garlic, ginger and soaked poppy seeds to a fine and smooth paste. 2. Dry roast the fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and cumin seeds lightly on a tawa and grind to a powder. 3. Mix the chicken pieces, green masala paste, skimmed milk yogurt, salt to taste, freshly ground dry spice powder and garam masala powder. 4. Refrigerate and leave to marinate for an hour. 5. Preheat oven to 160° C. 6. Place the chicken in a baking pan and mix in grated ...

An easy to make, no bake vanilla tart recipe which is a hit in my house and loved by all. Vanilla Tart Ingredients: 500 ml / 1/2 liter whole milk 50 g melted butter Crushed white cookies (I used Marie biscuits and a few cinnamon ones as they go well with vanilla) 1 vanilla pudding mix Fruits (black grapes, kiwi, strawberries) Vanilla essence 2 drops Method: 1. Pour melted butter over your crushed cookies. Mix with a spoon until it's mixed evenly. The consistency should resemble wet sand (you may need to adjust your butter quantity). 2. Pour the base directly into the tart shell. Press the cookie base down firmly into the tin, and press it high against the walls. Use a small mason jar to ensure that it's well compact. 3. Take your knife and run it along the outside edge of the tart tin so that the excess cookie falls away from the tin. 4. Add milk into a large bowl. Whisk the milk, and sprinkle the pudding mix over. Continue to whisk so that there are no l...

After a session of squash or tennis, your child deserves a glass of chilled cold coffee to quench the thirst. Pamper your child with this easy and quick recipe for cold coffee milk shake made with coffee, milk and vanilla ice-cream. Perfect recipe for the hot summer! Ingredients: 1 glass of cold milk (you can take full cream milk) 2 tsp of instant coffee (I used Nescafé gold) 3 scoops vanilla ice cream Chocolate syrup Method: 1. Take coffee and milk in a blender jar and blend nicely. 2. You can add sugar if you want, I avoid. 3. Now add two scoops of ice cream until frothy. 4. Pour in glass and top it off with a scoop of ice cream. Garnish with chocolate syrup and serve immediately!

Spinach is full of vitamins and minerals, and white chana (chickpeas) are good source of proteins. Serving spinach in the form of cutlets or kababs, to kids who don't like eating greens can be a great idea. Chickpeas in this recipe gives a nice texture to the cutlets and adds the protein portion too. It absorbs the spinach water so helps in binding and shaping cutlets easily. Palak Chola Tikkis Ingredients: Spinach leaves (palak) blanched and chopped 1 cup Chickpeas (chole) boiled 1 cup wet poha (flattened rice) 2 Green chillies 4-5 Garlic cloves Salt to taste 2 tsp Garam masala powder 1.5 tsp Chaat masala 100 grams Processed cheese Oil for shallow-frying and greasing 1 cup Breadcrumbs Method: 1. Squeeze out excess water from chopped spinach and place in a grinder jar. Add green chillies and garlic cloves and grind. Add chickpeas and grind again. 2. Add salt, garam masala powder and chaat masala and grind into a coarse mixture. 3. Add poha (flatt...

Baked this chocolate bundt cake for my lifeline, my daughter's birthday and she loved it! Chocolate Cake Ingredients: 1. One cup A.P.F (all purpose flour/maida) 2. Milk powder 25gm 3. A pinch of salt 4. half tspn baking powder 5. half tspn baking soda 6. half cup vegetable oil 7. half cup powdered sugar 8. half tspn vanilla essence 9. milk for consistency (one cup) 10. half tspn butter 11. cocoa powder 2tbspn 12. Nuts, choco chips, tuti fruiti (optional) Method: 1. Take the first five dry ingredients and sieve well. 2. In a separate bowl whisk together the sugar and oil really well, but do not overmix. 3. Add in the vanilla essence. 4. Slowly mix the oil and sugar mix with the dry ingredients. 5. Adding milk very gradually. 6. Use a balloon whisk for ease. 7. Once you get the right consistency. 8. Divide the batter into two and add cocoa powder to one part. 9. Now grease the baking mold with butter and dust some flour over it. 10. Take 2 sp...

Orange juice is a healthy choice after a work out, with your meals or just at any time of the day! It's a perfect drink to quench your thirst and also to keep yourself cool during summers. Orange Juice You just need a nice juicer or a blender. One can add sugar if the oranges are sour and alternatively sugar can be replaced with honey too. For this one glass of juice I have used: 3 oranges 1tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp honey Method: 1. Peel the oranges and take the orange segments in a mixie jar or blender jar. 2. Now add 1 tbsp lemon juice.  This will balance the sourness, but you can skip if you want. 3. Avoid over blending as the seeds would get crushed along with and will give a bitter taste to the juice. 4. Keep a strainer over a big bowl and pour the pulpy juice to get strained one in the bowl kept below. 5.Keep pressing the pulp with the help of a broad spoon so that juice can be extracted well. 6. Now pour the juice in the serving glass and mix honey i...

Hung curd is basically just yogurt drained of all its water and is very easy to make at home. It can be used in a verity of things but here I have used them to make Hung curd kababs using dried nuts. Dahi ke Kabab So here goes the recipe... Ingredients: 1 cup Hung Curd made with hanging normal plain curd in a cotton cloth for about 4-5 hours. This removes its water and makes the curd extra thick. 1/2 Tsp  Garam Masala 1/4 Tsp  Salt 1/2 Tsp  Red Chili Powder 1/4 Cup  Gram Flour That is used to bind & hold the cutlet 4 pcs Pistachio Sliced 4 pcs Cashew Nuts Sliced 4 pcs Almonds Sliced 3 pcs Green Chili Finely chopped 1 Tsp  Ginger paste 3 Tbsp  Coriander Leaves Cilantro, Chopped 2 Tbsp  Paneer Mashed into small pieces 2 Cup  Oil or enough for frying( I pan fried so used little oil) Method: 1. First of all, roast the Gram Flour. You can also use roasted Chana or roasted Gram lentil. 2. Heat a pan on medium flame and ...

Coconut is considered as an auspicious fruit in India for many occasions. My mom used to make coconut barfi and laddoos in different flavors. Here I present them to you in kesariya or saffron flavor. Kesariya (Saffron) Coconut Barfi Time Taken: 20 minutes Ingredients: 1 grated coconut 1 can condensed milk 8-10 powdered cashews 2 tsp cardamom powder Slivered pistachio (as per liking) 8 -10 saffron strands 1 tbsp hot milk (to mix with saffron) 1 tbsp pure ghee/oil (to grease the plate later) Method: 1. In a nonstick pan heat ghee and add grated coconut and stir fry it. Stir continously for a few seconds. Be careful, the color of the coconut should not change. 2. Now add condensed milk and stir it again. 3. Mix saffron in one spoon of hot milk and mix in the mixture. This will give a nice color and flavor to the barfi. 4. Add cardamom powder and cashew powder. 5. When the mixture leaves the side of the pan, transfer it to a greased flat plate. 6. Spread it all ...

One of the most famous dishes from the Punjabi cuisine, Punjabi Chole is a well known for its flavors and its versatility as it can be paired up with so many things such as puris, bhatura, rice or rotis.. whatever you want! Punjabi Chole Ingredients: 2 cups White chickpeas 2 tomatoes (chopped) 1 cup Tomato Puree or Paste 3 medium Onions (finely chopped in chopper) 2 cloves minced Garlic (optional as per taste) 1 tbsp. Ginger paste 2 Green Chilies chopped Salt to taste ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder 1½ tsp. Red Chili Powder 1 tsp. Coriander powder 4 tsp. Vegetable Oil / Extra Virgin Olive Oil ¼ tsp. Garam Masala Powder 3 tsp. of Chana Masala Powder ¼ tsp. Cumin Seeds For Garnishing Coriander leaves 2 small Onions 1 Tomato (sliced in Rings) Method: 1. Soak chana overnight   with two tea bags.  (adding Tea Bags will turn Chana Black in Color) 2. Boil Chana along with tea bags 3. On Medium Low Heat, Heat the Pan first and put Oil in Pan. 4. When oil...

Murgh Makhani or Butter Chicken is one of the most brightly shining stars of the Indian cuisine and is loved by people all around the world. It is best enjoyed with tandoori roti/ naan or rumali roti (thin flatbread). Butter chicken with Rumali Roti (thin flatbread) Ingredients: 3 chicken breasts (900 gms total) 4 tbsp - cashew nuts 2 tsp - ginger garlic paste (equal amounts of ginger and garlic pastes) 1 tsp - Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tbsp - softened butter 1/2 tsp - garam masala 1/2 tsp - tandoori masala powder 1 tbsp - kasuri methi 1 tsp - salt 1/4 tsp - sugar 1/4 cup - cream 6 plus 4 tbsp - oil, divided Coriander for garnishing For the marinade: 1/2 cup hung yogurt 1 tbsp garlic paste 1 tbsp kasuri methi 1 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp black salt 1/2 tsp salt For the special tomato sauce: 6 large ripe tomatoes 10 small cloves of garlic (crushed) 1 small knob of ginger (crushed) 2 small green chillies (slit) 6 cloves 5 green cardamom (bruised to expo...

Who doesn't love garlic bread? Famous all around the world, garlic bread is everyone's go to food item! Here I present to you garlic bread... but with a twist! Pull apart Garlic Rolls Ingredients for dough: 3 cups - All purpose flour (APF) 1 tbsp - dry yeast 1 tsp - salt 2 tbsp - sugar 3 tbsp - oil 1 cup - warm water (adjust as per requirement) 2-3 tsp - dried oregano 1 tsp - dried rosemary Ingredients for garlic spread: 10tbsp - Unsalted butter 12 big cloves of garlic (grated) 2 tsp - Italian seasoning Salt to taste 5 tbsp - finally chopped coriander leaves Method: 1. Mix sugar and yeast with warm water and set this aside for 5 minutes. Allow it to foam up. Take flout, salt and oil in a bowl and mix well. 2. Pour yeast mix into the flour and mix well into a dough. 3. Cover it with plastic wrap or damp cloth and set it aside for 1 hour till it is doubled in size. 4. Mix all the ingredients for the garlic spread together till it forms a smooth pas...

An easy to make, cool and refreshing drink to beat the heat this summer! ☼ Cucumber and Mint Lassi Ingredients: 1 big cucumber 1/2 cup cleaned mint leaves 1/2 cup yogurt 1/2 tsp rasted cumin powder 1/4 tsp black pepper powder 14 tsp chaat masala powder Salt to taste Method: 1. Wash and chop the cucumber. Peel as per liking. 2. Now in a blender add yogurt, chopped cucumber, mint leaves, cumin powder, black pepper and salt. 3. Blend all the ingredients till a smooth puree is formed. 4. Serve chilled by garnishing with chaat masala and mint leaves. Cucumber and Mint Lassi

A super easy and refreshing summer drink to keep you cool on those sultry hot summer days! Mint & Coconut Cooler Ingredients: 1 cup clean mint leaves 1 kiwi 1 tin of coconut water (preferably with coconut pieces) Black salt to taste Sugar (optional) 1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder Ice cubes (optional) Method: 1. Blend all the ingredients together in a blender till smooth. 2. Strain as per your liking. However, I did not strain and kept the coconut chunks for extra flavor. 3. Pour into the glass, add crushed ice (if required) and garnish with mint leaves and cumin powder as per your liking. Serve chilled.

Punjabi cuisine is known for its rich, buttery flavors along with the extensive vegetarian and non vegetarian Ingredients. Punjabi Kadhi Pakora, a traditional curry served best with rice, is made with yoghurt or buttermilk, which is thickened with chickpea flour and seasoned with ginger, turmeric, chilies, and tempered spices. Deep-fried dumplings of spiced chickpea-flour batter (known as pakoras) are also added. Ingredients for the Pakodas: 1 cup besan (bengal gram flour) 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves 2 long thinly sliced onions  1/4 tsp turmeric powder  A pinch of baking soda 1 tsp cumin seeds  1 tsp finely chopped green chillies Salt to taste Oil for deep-frying Ingredients for the Kadhi: 2 cups whisked curds  3 tbsp besan  1/4 tsp turmeric powder  Salt to taste 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp cumin seeds  2 cloves  1 small stick cinnamon  1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds 1/2 tsp coriander seeds 4 to 6...

Chicken biryani being one of the most famous dishes in the world needs no introduction. The  Lucknowi Murgh Biryani is an amazingly flavorsome biryani  originating from the Mughal Cuisine. In this recipe, the layered curried rice is prepared with Basmati rice and chicken n cooked in delicious spicy ingredients. Mughlai Chicken Biryani served with Raita, Salad and Papad Ingredients: 1 kg Basmati rice Long grain 1 kg Chicken cut into medium pieces 6 large onion 4 tablespoon Ginger paste 4 tablespoon garlic paste 8 green chili slit 1/2 cup mint 1/2 cup coriander leaves 2 tablespoon cream Malai Full 1 cup curd Thick 4 tablespoon coriander powder 1 tablespoon chili powder Red 1/2 teaspoon turmeric Salt as needed 1 cup Oil 4 tablespoon ghee 2 lemon 1 pinch saffron 1 tablespoon Milk 1 tablespoon water Kewra 1 cup onions Fried Whole Spices: 4 Bay Leaf 2 inch cinnamon 6 Cloves 6 black pepper corns 4 cardamom Green 4 cardamom Black 2 Star Anise ...