Zayka Ka Tadka - April 2022 - Magazine
Zayka Ka Tadka - April 2022 - Magazine
Zayka Ka Tadka - April 2022 - Magazine
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The Super Chef Moms of India
Table of Contents
09 27 39
Corn Cutlet - 05
09
Turai Pakode - 07
Puliyogare Gojju - 16
Arbi Tuk - 22
Ram Khichdi - 29
Besan Ki Kachori - 32
39 Chocolate Banana
Spread
Tandoori Aloo Roll - 43
Protein Milkshake - 57
Corn Cutlet
By Vijay Haldiya
Founder
Zayka Ka Tadka
A DELICIOUS AND
CRISPY SNACK
chopped
Breadcrumbs - 2 cups
Salt - to taste
taste
tsp
Oil - as required
Instructions
Take mashed potato in a bowl. Add onion, coloured bell peppers, corn,
breadcrumbs, coriander leaves, ginger-green chilli paste, salt, red chilli powder,
all spice mix powder, mozzarella cheese, and chaat masala. Mix well.
Likewise, make the other cutlets. Coat the cutlets with sesame seeds.
Heat oil in a pan. Add cutlets in the oil and shallow fry them from both sides on a
Tips
The cutlet can be given any shape.
Ingredients
Ridge gourd/Turai - 1
Salt - to taste
Water - as required
Instructions
Wash and peel a ridge gourd. Cut it into thick slices. Keep them aside.
Now, in a bowl, add gram flour, rice flour, and salt. Then add water gradually to
Then add 1 tsp hot oil and baking soda to the batter. Mix well.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a deep frying pan over a medium flame, and when the oil is
medium hot, dip a ridge gourd slice in the prepared batter and coat it evenly.
Place it gently into the hot oil, and when its top surface turns light golden brown,
flip it using a slotted spoon. Do likewise with all the other batter-coated slices.
Deep fry them until crispy and light golden brown from both sides,
Take them out on a paper napkin on a plate to remove excess oil and sprinkle
Tips
To make the bhajji crispy, hot oil should be added to the batter.
A HEALTHY AND
NUTRITIOUS MEAL
Ingredients
Semolina/Rava/Sooji - 1/2 cup
Salt - as required
1 tsp
1 tsp
required
Water - as required
Oil - as required
Ghee - as required
Instructions
Boil Bengal gram in hot water for 15 minutes on a high flame till it becomes
Boil 1 glass of water. Add papad khar. When the water is lukewarm, turn off the
Take semolina in a big bowl. Add wheat flour, salt, red chilli powder, cumin
seeds, dry coriander seeds, cooked Bengal gram, green chilli, and baking soda.
Now add lukewarm papad khar water gradually and prepare a dough of medium
Now grease hands with oil. Prepare a small, ball-sized flattened dhokla from the
dough. Make a small hole in the centre of the dhokla. Likewise, prepare dhoklas
Meanwhile, heat water in a steamer. Put the tray in the steamer pan. Apply oil on
all the prepared dhoklas and put them on the tray . Keep a gap between the
Cover the pan with the lid and steam it for 15 to 20 minutes on a high flame.
After 15 to 20 minutes, insert a knife to check the dhokla. If it comes out clean,
Once done, take them out onto a serving plate and pour ghee on them.
Tips
The ratio of semolina to wheat flour should be 1:4.
One and a half tsp of papad khar should be added in 1 glass of hot water for
If papad khar is not available, some more baking soda should be added to it.
To check if the dhoklas are cooked perfectly, insert a knife to see if it comes out
clean.
A POPULAR, HEALTHY
STREET FOOD
finely chopped
powder - 1 tsp
1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - as required
Ingredients
FOR SANDWICH BURGER Onion/Pyaz – 1, sliced
Ketchup - as required
Instructions
FOR PREPARING THE TIKKI
Wash the poha and soak it for 15 minutes.
Take boiled potatoes. Peel and mash them in a bowl. Add soaked poha, ginger,
carrot, cauliflower, capsicum, black pepper, red chilli powder, black salt, salt,
Take a medium-sized portion of the tikki mixture. Make a flat, round-shaped tikki.
Meanwhile, heat a tava. Place the aloo tikki on it. Roast it from both the sides by
Put onion slices on the ketchup. Sprinkle black pepper powder and add cheese
on it.
Roast onion bread slice on the tava by adding butter. Put the prepared potato
Roast the sandwich burger from both sides by adding butter. Once it is done, cut
Tips
Spices can be adjusted to taste and preference.
poha.
Tomato Ketchup.
Ingredients
Achar masala mixed water - 1/4
cup
Salt - to taste
Instructions
Take multigrain flour in a bowl. Add salt in it
Take small or medium-sized balls from the dough. With the help of a rolling pin,
make small pooris. Meanwhile, heat the oil for frying the poori.
When the oil is hot, fry the poori on a medium flame until it turns golden brown
Tips
The leftover achar masala can be used.
It is recommended to serve this dish with Tomato Sauce | Tomato Ketchup or Aloo
Matar Ki Sabzi.
AN AUTHENTIC AND
TRADITIONAL DISH
Ingredients
FOR GOJJU
Oil - 2 Tbsp
Asafoetida/Hing - a pinch
Green chillies - 2 to 3
Water - as required
Jaggery/Gud - 2 Tbsp
Ingredients
Coriander powder/Dhaniya powder FOR TADKA
- 1 heaped tsp Oil - 1 Tbsp
Instructions
FOR PREPARING GOJJU
Soak tamarind in water for 10 to 15 minutes. Squeeze out its water. Then strain it.
Keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Add black gram, Bengal gram, mustard seeds, asafoetida,
turmeric powder, dry red chilli, green chilli, and curry leaves. Mix well.
Then add the prepared tamarind water. Mix well. Now add salt. Mix well.
Now add jaggery and coriander powder. Mix well. Then add dry coconut. Mix
well.
Add sambar powder. Mix well. Let it boil for 10 to 15 minutes on a medium flame
If gojju is not becoming thick, add roasted til powder. When it becomes thick, turn
Instructions
FOR PREPARING PULIYOGARE GOJJU RICE
Take rice in a big bowl. Spread it. Add a little salt to it. Add the prepared gojju on
If the puliyogare gojju rice becomes a little watery, add some roasted til powder
on it to make it dry.
Pour tadka on the prepared puliyogare gojju rice. Mix well. Transfer it to a serving
plate.
Tips
Tamarind can be soaked in hot water as well.
If puliyogare gojju rice becomes a little watery, some roasted til powder should be
Ingredients
FOR DOUGH
Maida/Refined flour - 2 cup
Salt - to taste
Ghee - 2 Tbsp
Water - as required
FOR STUFFING
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Gajar/Carrot – 1, grated
Ingredients
Lal Shimla mirch/Red capsicum Chaat masala - 1/2 tsp
Instructions
FOR DOUGH
Take a bowl, add refined flour, salt, baking powder, and clarified butter. Mix
FOR STUFFING
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Now, add garlic paste and chopped onion.
Then, add grated carrot, chopped green capsicum, chopped red capsicum, and
chopped yellow capsicum. Add salt and sauté them on medium flame for a
while.
Now, add red chili powder, coriander powder, dry mango powder, chaat masala,
chopped green chilli, all spice mix powder, and coriander leaves. Mix well and
Instructions
FOR PARATHA
Take a small portion of the dough and make a little large and thin roti with the
Place the stuffing on the roti. Fold from two sides and from top and bottom, to
make an envelope.
Dust it with the refined flour and press it with fingers. Now, roll it out a little.
As one side cooks lightly, flip it and apply butter. Flip it again, apply butter as
required and roast it from both sides on medium to high flame till it turns light
brown and crispy. Cut it in the middle into four pieces for serving.
Tips
Any coloured capsicum of choice can be added to make the stuffing.
This dish can be prepared with whole wheat flour or half wheat flour added with
maida.
Ketchup.
A TRADITIONAL SINDHI
SIDE DISH
Ingredients
Colocasia root/Arbi/Kachalu –
250g
Salt - as required
Coriander powder/Dhaniya
powder - 1 tsp
keep it aside.
Then make a vertical slit from the top to the bottom. Add salt inside of arbi.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan for frying the arbi. When the oil is hot, fry the arbi on
a medium to high flame until it turns light golden brown from all sides.
While adding arbi in hot oil for frying, keep the flame at medium. Then fry them on
a high flame.
Now take one half-fried arbi between butter paper and press it using your palm to
Now deep fry them again on a low flame till they become crispy and golden
The arbi should be flipped carefully while frying again; otherwise, it might be
broken.
Once done, take them out on a serving plate using a slotted spoon. Now sprinkle
Tips
Around 2 inches long and thick arbi should be selected to prepare this dish.
While adding arbi in hot oil for frying the first time, the flame should be kept at
If the arbi is thick, it should be made half and then pressed to make it flat.
The arbi should be flipped carefully while frying again; otherwise, it might get
broken.
A STUFFED, SPICY
PARATHA
Ingredients
FOR STUFFING
Green garlic/Hara lahsun - 1 bunch
finely chopped
Salt - to taste
handful
- 1/2 tsp
Ghee - as required
Ingredients
FOR RAITA Green garlic stems - 1 tsp
tsp
Instructions
FOR PREPARING THE STUFFING
Peel the dead skin of green garlic from the top and the tip at the other end. Then
Take the chopped green garlic in a bowl. Add coriander leaves, green chilli, salt,
red chilli powder, and dry coriander seeds. Mix well. Keep this mix aside.
Put the garlic stuffing in the centre. Cover and seal it properly. Dust it with flour.
Meanwhile, heat a tawa. Place the paratha on the tawa. Cook on one side.
Flip it and, once it is slightly brown, apply ghee on both sides and cook it on a
low to medium flame. Press the paratha while cooking it to make it crispy.
Once done, take it out on a serving plate. Add some butter to it.
Instructions
FOR PREPARING THE RAITA
Heat ghee and garlic stems in a tadka pan. Sauté it for 2 minutes on a low flame.
Keep it aside.
Take beaten curd in a bowl. Add coriander leaves and cumin powder.
Now add sautéed garlic to the bowl. Then add salt. Mix well.
Tips
Oil or butter can be used instead of ghee.
A chopper should not be used to chop green garlic; otherwise, it will release
water.
If a non-stick tawa is being used, then the paratha should be roasted on a high
flame.
If roasting the paratha on an iron tawa, the flame should be kept low.
handful
Salt - to taste
tsp
- 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Water - as required
Ghee - as required
Instructions
FOR PREPARING PANEER MIXTURE
Take onion in a bowl. Add coriander leaves, mashed paneer, salt, red chilli
Meanwhile, heat a tawa. Grease it with ghee. Pour the batter on the tawa and
spread it like a small pancake. Cover the pan with a lid and cook it for 3 to 4
Now spread the prepared paneer mixture on it and press it. Now sprinkle red chilli
Flip it to cook the other side as well. Once it is cooked on both sides, transfer it to
a serving plate.
Tips
Cheese can be added to the chilla.
A DELICIOUS AND
HEALTHY FOOD FROM
THE RAJASTHANI CUISINE
Ingredients
FOR PREPARING GATTE
Gram flour/Besan - 2 Tbsp
tsp
Salt - to taste
- 1 tsp
tsp
Water - as required
Ingredients
FOR PREPARING RAM KHICHDI Red chilli powder/Lal mirch
to 3 garnishing
Instructions
Wash rice and soak it in water for 15 minutes. Keep it aside.
dough.
Divide the prepared dough into two parts. Take one part of the dough and
prepare a cylindrical shape. Now cut small pieces from it to prepare gatte.
Instructions
Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan. Place the prepared gatte one by one and deep fry
Once done, transfer them to a plate and keep the plate aside.
capsicum, and red chilli. Sauté them on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
Then add black peppercorn, cloves, bay leaf, coriander seeds by rubbing
between your palms, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and coriander
Now add water. Mix well and cook it till the water starts to boil. Then add soaked
After 3 to 4 minutes, add the prepared gatte. Mix well. Let it cook for 3 to 4
Cook it for 15 minutes on a low flame. First keep the flame high, and when the
Then add all spice mix powder, cashew, kishmish, and tomato. Mix well. Keep the
Now add mint leaves and milk. Turn off the flame. Cover the pan with a lid for 4
to 5 Minutes.
Tips
Any type of oil can be used.
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
KACHORI
Sooji/Semolina - 1 Tbsp
Oil - 3 Tbsp
Salt - to taste
Water - as required
FOR STUFFING
Besan/Gram Flour - 1 cup
1 tsp or to taste
Asafoetida/Hing - a pinch
tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil - 2 Tbsp
OTHER INGREDIENTS
Oil - for frying
Instructions
FOR DOUGH
In a bowl, add maida, sooji, oil and salt. Mix well. Check the moyan by binding
the flour. If it binds, the moyan is perfect; else, add more oil.
FOR STUFFING
Roast the besan for 6 to 7 minutes or till it is light brown in colour. Allow it to cool
down completely.
Then, add salt, red chilli powder, dry mint powder, crushed fennel seeds,
asafoetida, and oil. Mix them well. If you want, sprinkle a little water and mix
FOR KACHORI
Take a small portion of the dough. Roll it like a poori using a rolling pin.
Place the stuffing ball on the dough. Bring the edges of the dough together and
join them at the centre. Roll it slightly. Repeat the process for making the other
kachoris.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a kadai/wok. Fry the kachoris from both sides on a
medium flame until they turn golden brown. Once done, take them out.
Tips
It should be ensured to cool down the filling of the Kachori; else, it may break
while frying.
If the kachori breaks while frying, prepare refined flour slurry and apply it on the
kachori.
Ingredients
Leftover rice/Cooked rice - 1 cup
Semolina/Sooji/Rava - 1 cup
Water - as required
Salt - to taste
Oil - as required
Cheese - as required
Instructions
Take leftover rice, sooji, curd, and 1/2 cup water in a grinding jar. Grind it to
Add salt and keep it aside for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, add some water and
Now heat a tawa. Sprinkle some water and wipe the tawa with a cloth.
Pour the batter on the tawa to make a dosa. Pour some oil on top of it. Cook it on
Now apply Schezwan sauce to the dosa. Sprinkle onion on it. Grate cheese on
the dosa.
Tips
Ghee can be used instead of oil.
Sauce.
Ingredients
FOR DOUGH
All-purpose flour/Maida - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Salt – to taste
Water - as required
chopped
Water - as required
FOR STUFFING
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Ingredients
Blanched Spinach/Paalak – 1 cup FOR SLURRY
Salt – to taste All-purpose flour/Maida - 1 tsp
Instructions
FOR PREPARING DOUGH
Take all-purpose flour in a bowl. Add oil and salt. Mix well. Add water gradually
to knead dough of a medium soft consistency. Cover it with a lid. Keep it aside
Now add blanched spinach. Mix well. Cook it for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the
flame. Then add salt and black pepper. Mix well. Keep it aside and let it cool
down.
Add grated cheese in the spinach mixture after it has completely cooled down;
consistency.
Instructions
FOR PREPARING SPINACH CHEESE PARCEL
Take a small, ball-sized portion of the dough. Roll it and make a small puri. Cut
A square shape can be made by putting all the puris on one another and cutting
its sides to prepare a square or cutting with a square-shaped mold to save time.
Fill the stuffing in the middle part of the square. Apply slurry on all borders of the
square shape.
Now pick up opposite sides of squares and press them. Then pick up another side
and press its borders well to prepare a spinach cheese parcel. Likewise, prepare
Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan. Place the prepared spinach cheese parcels one by
one into the oil and deep fry them on a low to medium flame.
Fry them until they become golden and crispy. Once done, transfer them to a
serving plate.
Tips
A square shape can be made by putting all the puris on one another and cutting
its sides to prepare a square or cutting with a square-shaped mold to save time.
Grated cheese should be added in the spinach mixture only after it has
A SUPER-DELICIOUS DISH
Ingredients
Banana/Kela – 2, small
Honey/Shahad - 2 Tbsp
Milk - as required
+ for garnishing
Bread - 1
Instructions
Soak almonds for two to three hours. After soaking, chop them and keep them
aside.
Now, peel the bananas and slice them. Put chopped almonds and sliced bananas
in a grinder jar.
Then, add honey, cocoa powder and a little milk in a bowl. Mix them properly.
Meanwhile, heat a pan. Take a bread slice and apply some butter on it. Place it
on a hot pan and roast it. Apply butter on another side and flip it for roasting.
Once done, take it out on a serving plate. Now, apply the prepared spread.
Tips
It can be spread on bread or rusk or roti as per your preference.
Ingredients
Cheese cubes – 2, grated
finely chopped
Salt - to taste
Water - as required
Instructions
FOR PREPARING THE STUFFING
In a bowl, add grated cheese, onion-green chilli, tomato, salt, and black pepper
Drop the cheese ball in the pan and deep fry it until it turns golden brown on a
low flame. Likewise, follow the process for all the other cheese balls.
Tips
Any available vegetables of choice can be used.
Ingredients
FOR MARINATION
Thick curd/Hung curd - 2 Tbsp
shredded
Salt – to taste
Ingredients
Turmeric powder/Haldi powder - a pinch Coriander leaves/Hara Dhaniya - a
Instructions
Take curd in a bowl. Add roasted gram flour, grated ginger-garlic, dry mango
powder, black pepper powder, all spice mix powder, chaat masala, black salt,
salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and mustard oil. Mix well.
Now add potato. Mix well. Cover the bowl with a lid. Then keep it aside to
After 30 minutes, take a skewer, add marinated potato to it. Likewise, prepare
another skewer.
Grease the grill pan with oil. Place the skewers on the pan. Keep flipping them to
Roast it for 7 to 8 minutes on a low to medium flame till it becomes a little brown
Instructions
FOR MAKING TANDOORI ALOO
Take a roti. Apply green chutney to it. Now add one skewer of prepared tandoori
Then add the prepared salad to it. Sprinkle chaat masala and coriander leaves on
it.
Roll the roti to make a complete roll. Secure it with a toothpick. Transfer it to a
serving plate.
Tips
The gram flour should be roasted for 5 to 6 minutes on a low flame.
whistle.
Coriander Chutney.
Salt - to taste
pinch
Water - as required
FOR TADKA
Oil - 4 Tbsp
chopped
Asafoetida/Hing - 1 tsp
Instructions
Dry roast tuwar dal for 2 minutes on a medium flame till a nice aroma begins to
rise and the dal turns into a nice golden brown colour. Then turn off the flame
Now roast dry red chillies and cumin seeds in the same hot pan. Do not turn on
the flame while roasting red chillies and cumin seeds. Roast them in a hot pan
Now transfer the red chillies and cumin seeds to a grinding jar. Dry grind them.
Then add roasted tuwar dal, tamarind, salt, and turmeric powder. Add a little
Add a little water again and grind it. Add water gradually while grinding the
chutney. The chutney should be coarsely ground and its consistency should be
thick.
Then add urad dal, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds. Mix well. Roast urad dal in
Meanwhile, take out the golden brown garlic pieces from the hot oil and add
Then add curry leaves and dry red chilli. Mix well. Then add asafoetida. Mix well.
Now pour the half-prepared tadka into the ground chutney and mix well. Then
add again the left tadka to the chutney and mix well.
Tips
Tuwar dal should be dry roasted and not washed before roasting.
The flame should be turned off while roasting red chillies and cumin seeds. They
should be roasted in a hot pan only to remove the moisture from the red chillies.
Garlic and asafoetida will give a nice taste to this chutney, so do not skip them.
The dry roasted tuwar dal can be stored in an airtight container. The container
The chutney should be coarsely ground, and its consistency should be thick.
Add a little water to make the consistency thin to serve this chutney with dosa.
Ingredients
Pineapple – 1, chopped
Water - as required
Water - as required
Instructions
Take pineapple, ginger, beetroot, and mint leaves in a grinder jar. Add some
Sieve the mixture and prepare thick juice. Add soft drink in a bowl to adjust
Tips
Any soft drink, soda water, or even chilled water can be used.
A RAJASTHANI DELICACY
Ingredients
Kair - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 2 Tbsp
Asafoetida/Hing - a pinch
Curd - 1 cup
- 1 tsp
1/4 tsp
Ingredients
Coriander powder/Dhaniya powder - Cashew/Kaju - 8 to 10
Instructions
Soak kair for 4 to 5 hours. Then cook it in the pressure cooker till 1 whistle. Keep it
aside. Soak kishmish and cashews separately in hot water for 10 minutes. Keep
them aside.
Take curd in a bowl. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and coriander
Heat ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, asafoetida, and ginger-green chilli paste.
Then keep the flame low. Then add the prepared masala curd. Mix well.
Stir the curd continuously for 3 to 4 minutes till it starts to boil. Then add the
cashew powder. Mix well. Boil it for 3 to 4 minutes till the gravy becomes thick
Now add all spice mix powder and salt. Mix well. Then add the prepared kair. Mix
well.
Then add soaked kishmish and cashew. Mix well. Then cook it for more 2 to 3
minutes till the gravy starts to boil. Once done, transfer it to a serving bowl.
Tips
Garlic can be added to the sabji.
If kair is not available, this dish can be prepared with only cashew and kishmish.
Kaddu/Pumpkin - 250g
1 cup, grated
Mungfali/Peanuts - 1 cup
Lehsun/Garlic - 5 to 6 cloves,
optional
Hing/Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Ingredients
Danamethi/Fenugreek Seeds - Turmeric powder/Haldi powder -
Instructions
Peel and cut the pumpkin into medium-size cubes. Keep them aside.
Grind desiccated coconut, peanuts, sesame seeds, green chillies, and garlic to a
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and
asafoetida.
Then, add curry leaves, grated ginger, and the prepared paste. Sauté it until it
Now, add red chilli powder, coriander powder, all spice mix powder, and
Add a little water, pumpkin cubes, and salt. Mix them. Cover the pan with a lid
Instructions
After 2 to 3 minutes, remove the lid and add sugar. Add water, if required. Cover
Once done, turn off the flame. Add dry mango powder in it and mix it well.
Tips
The paste can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 2 to 3
Instead of dry mango powder, lemon juice or chaat masala can be used.
Garlic is optional.
A HEALTHY DRINK
Ingredients
Chia seeds - 1 tsp
Milk - 1 cup
Oats - 1 Tbsp
(optional)
Instructions
In a small bowl, take the chia seeds and cocoa powder. Add some milk and mix
Take the milk in a mixer jar. Add the banana slices, apple pieces, oats, spinach
Take two serving glasses. First add the chia seeds, cocoa powder, and milk
mixture. Pour the milkshake and again garnish it with the mixture.
Tips
The chia seed, cocoa powder, and milk mixture should first be prepared.
Roast the peanuts and grind them when lukewarm for 3 to 4 minutes without
If desired, dry fruits like dates, almonds or almond flour can be added to the