1. Gulab Jamun
Gulab Jamun one of the delectable Indian dessert that is common in South Asia, usually prepared during all the festival occasion. The name gulab meaning rose flower that is usually prepared with koya but now we are going to make use of the milk powder that is easily available at home. The smooth texture of the jamun is sure to satisfy your craving for food. The sugar syrup, when mixed with the rose essence, is sure to enhance the flavour of the dessert. The gulab jamun’s are sure to roll in the mouth with their exotic taste. Just try out the recipe at home.It is the primary one among all the best North Indian Recipes.You might also be interested in Preparing Bread Gulab Jamun.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time:20 mnts Serves: 10
Ingredients
- Milk powder-300g
- Maida-50g
- Ghee- 250g
- Curd (fresh)-100g
- Cooking soda- 1tsp
- Sugar-400g
- Rose essence- 1 tsp
- Elachi- 1/2tsp
- Water – To sprinkle
- Oil – To fry
Steps
- Take a bowl mix the milk powder, maida, ghee, fresh curd together and make the dough.
- Then grease them with refined oil and make them as round balls.
- Heat the pan add oil, allow it to heat, then add some ghee. Let it melt and get mixed with oil. Then Fry the balls till golden brown.
- Heat a pan and add the sugar and water stir them well and prepare the sugar syrup.
- Add the elachi and the rose essence to the sugar syrup.
- Now soak the fried balls into the sugar syrup.
2. Bisi Bele Bath
The Bisi Bele Bath is the famous dish of Karnataka which is also known as Bisi Bele Huli anna meaning hot lentil rice. The dish is highly loaded with nutrition as we are making use of the lentils, the number of colorful vegetables along with rice. The lentils are the rich source of Iron, proteins, fiber and low calories that help in the easy digestion of the food, along with controlled blood sugar level.The vegetables are highly nutritious as we all know when prepared with the traditional spices the aroma of the dish just fills the air with its flavour and increase the hunger, and sure to tickle your taste buds. The method of preparing is time-consuming but you are sure to yield the best taste at the end of the dish. At the final stage, a spoon of ghee would make you go crazy for the dish. Just try out the recipe and make the lunch time a feast time.It is the popular one among the best North Indian recipes to try now.You might be interested in Preparation Of BisiBeleBath
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 45 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Raw Rice- 2 cup (200g)
- Toor Dhall -50g
- Gram dhal-20g
- Urad dal-20g
- Redchilly-10 nos
- Coriander seeds-10g
- Tamarind paste50g
- Asafoetida-1 tsp
- Mustard-2 tsp
- Ghee -50g
- Water- 1 cup
- Salt- To taste
- Oil-50ml
Vegetables chopped straight
- Carrot -2
- Drumstick-1
- Raw banana-1
- Small onion- 50g
- Peas-50g
- Brinjal-100g
- Pumpkin-1 piece
- Beans- 50g
- Potato-100g
- Tomato-100g
Steps
- Boil the raw rice along with Toor dhal and water cook them well until the rice and dhal are smashed.
- Dry roast the gram dhal, asafoetida, urad dhal, red chilly, and coriander seeds in a pan and then grind them into powder.
- All the vegetables mentioned above need to be sautéed in oil along with mustard until the raw flavour goes away. Then add the grinded powder in step 2.
- Then mix the tamarind paste (tamarind+water) along with water to the vegetables and allow it to boil for some time.
- Sprinkle coriander leaves and curry leaves for flavour. Now mix the boiled rice and dhal in the step1 along with the paste in step 4.
- Now the Bisi Bele Bhath Huli is ready to serve.
3. Gobi Gulistan
The Gobi Gulistan has its origin from the Persian word meaning flower garden, it is one of the famous dishes of the Mughal cuisines. The cauliflower known as Gobi when fried has a crispy texture that has its own flavour, with the spices when used enhances the flavour of the dish and the word Gulistan is catchy that attracts the audience attention to a great extent.The dish has a taste that seems to have a different taste. The taste tends to vary with the different ingredient. The cauliflower is a favourite one of all and when it is dipped in the batter produces a crunchy flavour and then you can have them with a cup of tea/ coffee as an evening snack. It is best accompanied by tomato ketchup.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 15 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
(1 cup=100g)
- Boiled Cauliflower chopped-1 cup
- Turmeric powder -1/2tsp
- Gram flour-100g
- Rice flour -100g
- Cornflour-150g
- Ginger garlic paste-25g
- Butter-2 spoon
- Water- To sprinkle
- Oil- 250g
- Salt- To taste
Powder used
- Chilly powder-1/2 tbsp
- Garam Masala powder- 1/4tbsp
Steps
- Take a bowl and add the rice flour, corn flour, gram flour, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, chilly powder and garam masala.
- Mix them well and add a bit of water till you get the paste consistency. Add the boiled cauliflower into the paste.
- Take a pan, add oil allow it to get heated then dip the cauliflower pieces and fry them deeply till golden brown.
- The dish is ready to serve.
4. Chole Bhature
The Chole Bhature is a Punjab special dish, that is prepared out of the white chick peas soaked overnight, and the onion, tomatoes along with the spices are being added for the unique preparation of the dish. The dish is a very popular one and liked by the people of all ages. Though the recipe is time-consuming the taste is sure to tickle your taste buds and make you go crazy for the food. The puffy Chole Bhature attracts the attention of the food lovers, and when served with Chana Masala they become the perfect pair. Just try out the recipe at home and surprise your family members with the mouth-watering dish.It is one of the best North Indian recipes to have at evenings.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 30 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
- White Chana-200g
- Small onion grinded paste-100g
- Tomato chopped-100g
- Ginger, garlic paste-1tbsp
- Lemon juice-1 spoon
- Refined oil-100ml
- Water – ½ cup
Powder Used
- Chilly powder-3 tbsp
- Coriander powder-5tbsp
Steps
- Soak the chana overnight for 8 hours and allow it to boil in the pressure cooker without salt for 10 whistles. Then grind the onions as a thick paste.
- Heat a pan, add the smashed onion, the ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes along with the red chilly powder, coriander powder and a half a spoon of lemon juice. Saute them until the raw flavour goes away.
- At last add the white chana and water to immerse and allow it to boil for 5-10mts.
Bhatura
Ingredients
- Maida- 1/4kg
- Rava-100g
- Curd -1 cup
- Salt- To taste.
- Oil- To fry
Steps
- Take a bowl add maida, rava, curd and salt to taste. And mix them well.
- Until you get the dough consistency and mix them. Flatten them like we do for puri.
- Take a pan, add oil and allow it to heat. Then fry the puri. You will get the puffy layer because of the rava added.
- 4.The dish is ready to serve.
5. Chilli Fish Dry
The Chilli Fish Dry is an Indo-Chinese popular one that needs specifically a fish with a single bone that needs for the marination process. You can use any fish of your choice here we have used the Seer Fish that has an excellent taste. The fish dry when fried in the oil, it gives a crispy flavour to the chili fish fry and the fish enriched with the omega 3 fatty acids and vitamins D helps in the growth and development of the body. The taste is sure to make you flatter and fill your tummy. It is best served with Jeera rice, Fried rice and any food with a subtle flavour. Just try out the recipe at home.Chilli Fish Dry is one of the important healthier dishes among North Indian Recipes.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 15 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Fish (seer fish) – 1/4kg
- Onion chopped-100g
- Capsicum chopped- 100g
- Spring onion chopped-1 cup
- Maida-1/2 cup
- Cornflour-1/4 cup
- Pepper powder- 1 spn
- Sugar -1/4 tsp
- Egg – 2
- Oil- As required
- Soy sauce -1tbsp
- Ajinomoto- 1 tbsp
- Food Colour- 1 pinch
- Salt – To taste
Steps
- Take a bowl and mix the maida, cornflour, beaten egg, salt to taste along with the food colour and make a paste.
- Then marinate the fish in salt, sugar and pepper powder.
- Now dip the fish in the mixture in step 1 and fry them deeply.
- Then heat the pan, add oil and sauté the onion, capsicum, spring onions, green chilly along with the soya sauce and Ajinomoto. Add the fried fish at the last.
- The dish is ready to serve.
6. Biscuit Peda
The Biscuit Peda as the name suggests made out from the biscuit crumbs, rusk powder, sugar, milk powder and honey. The honey plays an essential role in the kitchen as well as serves as the medical remedy. Peda is a popular sweet dessert usually has its origin from Uttar Pradesh. It is a favourite one of the Kids. They are sure to enjoy it after their return back to school. For the decoration of the biscuit peda you can use your creativity like making use of cherries as we have used here or grated nuts or tutti frutti. Just try out the recipe at home. You are sure to have a perfect dessert at home.Best North Indian Recipe to have at the end of the Meal.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 15 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Marie Biscuit – 1packet (small)
- Rusk – 1 small
- Milk powder-1 cup
- Honey- 50 ml
- Sugar powder – 50 g
- Cherry fruit -10 g
Steps
- Grind the biscuits, rusk, milk powder, sugar and keep stirring the honey little by little until you get the consistency.
- Make them into balls and flatten then as biscuits.
- Garnish with the cherry fruit and cashews. The biscuit peda is ready to serve.
7. Dum Ka Rot Halwa
Dum Ka Rot Halwa which is also known as Ash gourd or winter melon is a famous sweet dessert that can be prepared within few minutes of time at home. The texture is glossy and creamy that is sure to melt in your mouth. The dessert is simply delicious. The ash gourd has medicinal value along with the phytonutrient’s content that is rarely available in the food which helps to protect the body from various diseases. Have a try of this dish during your leisure time and hope you try this on a regular basis then on. Enjoy the sweet dessert with family and friends.
Recipe Type: Indian Cooking Time: 15 mts Serves: 4
Ingredients
- Ash gourd grated- 100g
- Sugar- 75g
- Sugarless koya – 50g
- Elachi powder- 2
- Cashews-5
- Cherries- To garnish
Steps
- Heat the pan add ghee along with the grated nuts an grated pumpkin and sauté them well.Then add sugar, salt, and
- Then add sugar, salt, and a little water until the sugar is immersed. Then keep stirring until you get the halwa consistency.
- Garnish with cashews, elachi powder and cherries.
