Shilpi Kitchen - Best Indian Food Recipes

What are Mathris? Mathris or Matthis are Indian style crispy and spicy fried crackers which are a very popular snack in the northern part of the India. These mathris make wonderful teatime snack for any day. Just pair them with a masala chai or coffee and your brunch is sorted. Mathris  also make a great festive snack, thus it is made during festivals such as Diwali and Holi. They are simply perfect for family gatherings and get togethers. To see the video of baked mathri  recipe  please go in the last of section in this post. What are the common ingredients for Mathri? Making these flaky, crispy, and spicy mathris are super easy. And you only need some basic ingredients to make these flaky and crispy mathris such as flour, salt, ghee/oil, and a combination of spices. These spices include carom seeds (ajwain), fennel seeds (saunf), black pepper (kali mirch), dry fenugreek leaves (Kasuri methi), asafeotida (Hing) and cumin seeds (jeera).But you can make other flavours of m...

Gol Gappe/ Pani Puri I know, your mouth watering after seeing this photo.  Everyone's favourite is this gol gappe/pani puri. This is a popular street snack in India. Pani puri known as different names like pani patashi in Haryana, fulki in Madhya Pradesh, gol gappa in Uttar Pradesh, phuchka in Bihar & Bengal, pakodi in Gujarat, Gup Chup in parts of Odisha, South Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.    There is very interesting story behind its origin. Go through this article . Let's see the recipe and try to make it at home and enjoy whenever we want. Ingredients for Gol Gappe/Puri ( 50-60 Pcs. ) Refined Flour or Maida - 2 Tbsp Suji - 1 Cup Baking Soda - 1 Pinch Salt - To Taste Ingredients for Gol Gappe Masala  Boiled Potatoes - 2-3 Pcs Kala Chana - 1 & 1.5 Cup Cumin Powder - 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp Onion - 1 Medium(Chopped) Aamchoor Powder - 1 Tsp Black Salt - To Taste Salt - To Taster Ingredients f or the Gol...

French Fries What are french fries French fries, or simply fries are simply sliced cut deep-fried potatoes. French fries are served hot, either soft or crispy, and are generally eaten as part of lunch or dinner or by themselves as a snack, and they commonly appear on the menus of diners, fast food restaurants, pubs, and bars. How french fries prepared or made in a restaurant or by Chefs French fries are prepared by first cutting the potato (peeled or unpeeled) into even strips, which are then wiped off or soaked in cold water to remove the surface starch, and thoroughly pat and dry with kitchen towels or with tissue paper as no moisture is left in potato otherwise they become soggy. Then they fried in two stages. Chefs generally agree that the two-stage fried of french fries technique gives the better result as comparing one stage fry. Different techniques for frying french fries One can cook french fries using several techniques. Deep frying submerges food in hot fat, mos...

Ingredients Maida (Refined flour) - 250 gm Suji (Semolina) - 100 gm Salt -  as per taste Ajwain (Carom seeds) - 1 tbsp Lal mirch powder (red chilli powder) - 1.5 tbsp Chaat masala - 2 tbsp Aamchoor powder (Dry mango powder)- 1 tbsp Peri Peri masala [optional] Refined oil - for moyan - 1/2 cup + for frying How to make Add maida and suji  in large mixing bowl and then add oil,salt and ajwain.                   Mix well all ingredients until mixture is crumble. Add water in small batch and knead stiff dough. Rest the dough for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes knead dough again. Now cut the dough into four equal portions. Take one and roll out 1/2 inch thick roti.                                                                          ...

Thekua Thekua is a very famous sweet dish in Bihar. This is also called Bihari cookies. Thekua is prepared during "Chhath Puja" as the main prasad which are made by family members at early morning which is offer to the GOD Sun in the evening at the time of sunset and in next early morning during sunrise and after puja gives Thekua to the devotees. Ingredients For Thekua Wheat flour: 1 Kg. Jaggery/Gur: 400 gm. Rice flour:   4-5 Tbsp (Optional) Ghee:   200 -250 gm  & for frying Water: Required for Kneading How To Make Thekua: In a large mixing bowl add wheat flour, jaggery, rice flour & ghee and mix well until it becomes crumble like texture.                         Knead a hard dough. Make small balls with your hands.                         Now take a Thekua mould, apply ghee on mould and emboss a design on them. You can us...

Momos Momos are favourite of everyone. These are cheap, tasty and available on almost every street corner in every metropolitan city in India. Momos are a type of South Asian dumplings that are hugely popular throughout the region. Momos are basically dough wrapped around stuffed vegetables or meat. These can be cooked in various ways- but are most commonly steamed. Nowadays, tandoori momos and fry momos have increased the demand for momos even more. Let's see the recipe and try to make it at home and enjoy whenever we want. Ingredients for Momos Dough( 12-14 Pcs. ) Refined Flour or Maida - 1 Cup Salt - 1/2 Tsp. Water for kneading Oil for greasing Ingredients for Momos Stuffing Oil - 2 tsp. Glove - 3-4 Finely Chopped Ginger - 1 Inch grated Green Chilli  - 1-2 Pc. Finely Chopped Carrot - 1/2 Cup grated Cabbage - 1 & 1/2 cup grated Black Pepper - 1/2 tsp crushed Salt - 1/2 tsp  Ingredients f or the Momos Chutney Tomato(Red)...

Gol Gappe/ Pani Puri I know, your mouth watering after seeing this photo.  Everyone's favourite is this gol gappe/pani puri. This is a popular street snack in India. Pani puri known as different names like pani patashi in Haryana, fulki in Madhya Pradesh, gol gappa in Uttar Pradesh, phuchka in Bihar & Bengal, pakodi in Gujarat, Gup Chup in parts of Odisha, South Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.    There is very interesting story behind its origin. Go through this article . Let's see the recipe and try to make it at home and enjoy whenever we want. Ingredients for Gol Gappe/Puri ( 50-60 Pcs. ) Refined Flour or Maida - 2 Tbsp Suji - 1 Cup Baking Soda - 1 Pinch Salt - To Taste Ingredients for Gol Gappe Masala  Boiled Potatoes - 2-3 Pcs Kala Chana - 1 & 1.5 Cup Cumin Powder - 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp Onion - 1 Medium(Chopped) Aamchoor Powder - 1 Tsp Black Salt - To Taste Salt - To Taster Ingredients f or the Gol...