Now, take a steamer/or any other suitable utensil, fill water, place a cake container on the water with the help of any stand/base (steel). Brush the inside of the container with oil or ghee. Then put some amount of prepared mixture (without colour) in the container, keep the lid. Keep it for 2-3 minute, it will get cooked within that time. Then add the coloured mixture, put the lid on. This way you can add as many layers you want. Keep it for at least 2 minute after adding each layer. Once all laters are laid, keep it for 7-8 minutes. You can turn off the flame. Once it is cool, add whipped cream and your cake is ready.
Old Indian Kitchen - cooking delicious
Old Indian Kitchen - Name of the blog recalls the old days of cooking with natural ingredients. Being a foodie, I can't wait to try a new recipe cooking in my mind. But being away from home, there was no other way but to try myself. For that reason, I started building interest in cooking. I will post about different dishes I prepare time to time. Hope we all can share ideas and take the old Indian recipes to a new level.
Friday, September 11
Cake without oil, baking powder
Now, take a steamer/or any other suitable utensil, fill water, place a cake container on the water with the help of any stand/base (steel). Brush the inside of the container with oil or ghee. Then put some amount of prepared mixture (without colour) in the container, keep the lid. Keep it for 2-3 minute, it will get cooked within that time. Then add the coloured mixture, put the lid on. This way you can add as many layers you want. Keep it for at least 2 minute after adding each layer. Once all laters are laid, keep it for 7-8 minutes. You can turn off the flame. Once it is cool, add whipped cream and your cake is ready.
Friday, September 4
Detoxed water from Miracle Leaves
The medicated detoxed water from the miracle leaf(dupor bon, pategoja) - grown in the balcony.
Common Name: Air Plant, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf, Cathedral Bells, Goethe Plant.
Scientific Name: Bryophyllum pinnatum / Kalanchoe pinnatum.
Family: Crassulaceae
Recipe:
A few miracle leaves are ground, then mixed with black salt, ginger, tulsi leaves to make it a nice paste. Then it is filtered using a stainer. With few drops of lemon and honey as per taste makes it our awaited detoxed juice.
Link to buy miracle leaves:
Sunday, July 26
Mango Cake with chocolate layer
Ingredients are refined wheat flour - One and half coffee cup, ripe mango cubes - almost a bowl, sugar - half cup, cocoa powder - 2 table spoon, mango custard powder - 1 table spoon, dark chocolate - 7/8 blocks, curd - half bowl, 2 eggs, vanilla essence - 2 tsp, baking powder - 1 tsp and baking soda - half tsp.
In a bowl, firstly the refined oil and the sugar are whisked and then eggs are added and whisked again. Then curd is added. Now when these ingredients are ready, the refined wheat flour is added. The grinded mango is added. Whisking continues and vanilla essence is added. Then mixed the baking powder and baking soda. The batter is almost ready.
In a cake tin, one tsp of oil is brushed uniformly over the inner surface. A little bit of flour is sprinkled over it - so that the cake can be removed easily once it is baked.
The batter is divided into 3 parts. One part is added to the cake container now. A thin layer is made by mixing cocoa powder and batter. This layer is added on top of the first layer. The third layer is made of the custard powder and the remaining batter. These constitutes the 3 layers of different colour and feel.
Now the cake tin is gently tapped to settle the mixture. It is then kept in a pre heated(180 degree) oven for 30 minutes.
After the cake is baked, the melted chocolate is laid on top and a little bit of sprinkles are also added. Let the cake settles for 30 minutes.
It is ready :-). Happy baking.
Friday, July 17
Payas with jaggery and honey
Coming to the ingredients used, the payas was prepared for 4 people. A very unique rice available in Assam is used for the purpose, it is called Kon Joha(of Divine Harvest), which I got from Axom Haat here in Bangalore. Three and a half handful of rice, 800 ml milk, crushed cardamom 3 pieces, six-seven saffron strings for garnishing, one table spoon of desi ghee, organic jaggery powder for sweeten the kheer - 4 table spoon to my taste and one table spoon of honey have been used. Two small bay leaves are also used. Cashew and raisin are another two ingredients.
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Friday, June 19
Mishti Dahi | A modified version | Lockdown recipe
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Wednesday, July 12
Mustard Sauce or Mustard Chutney - Old Indian Kitchen
I am one of those who are inventing and recharging new dishes from the common natural ingredients.Today I am going to share this recipe "Mustard Sauce". it is a very easy recipe with a great amazing taste with a very nice color.
Ingredients you need for this recipe:
- Organic Mustard seeds 3 to 4 tbsp.
- Chili 1 or 2.
- Garlic 5 to 6 pieces.
- Turmeric powder 1/3 tbsp
- Salt 1/3 tbsp
- Sugar 1/3 tbsp
- Squeezed fresh lemon 2 tbs
- Mustard oil 3 tbsp.
Recipe:
- Take one small size grind jar.
- Add the Mustard seeds.
- Add the chillies.
- Add the garlic pieces
- Add the salt and sugar
- Add turmeric powder.
- Now add 3 tbsp of water
- Grind them well and stir with a spoon.
- Grind until its become smooth.
- Take out in a bowl.
- Apply 2 tbsp of squeezed lemon on the paste and mix them well.
- Heat 3 tbsp of mustard oil in pan and apply to the mustard paste.
- You can keep this chutney or sauce in refrigerator 5 to 6 days.
- Serve this sauce with smoked fish or any hot snacks or any steam food items.
Note
We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.
Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection
Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.
Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.
Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.
Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.
Ginger benefits:
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.
Pach Phoron and benefits:
Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.
Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.
Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.
Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.
Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5 It is a natural mouth freshner.
Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.
Thank you
Monday, April 10
Steamed Egg Chilli - Steamed egg recipe - Old Indian Kitchen
Welcome back to your old Indian kitchen.
Eggs recipes are the universally loved dishes. We can take egg at any point of time and its said that "Taking one egg a day is good & safe for healthy people".
So today, I am bringing a new variant of egg recipe to you i.e; Steamed Egg Chilli recipe. It is best for party starter, hope you will enjoy.
Egg Chilli |
Ingredients:
- Eggs 3
- Onion medium size 1
- Capsicum slices 1 handful
- Soya sauce 2 tbsp
- Tomato sauce 1 tbsp
- Cornflour 2 tbsp
- Salt
- Oil
Recipe:
- First we have to prepare the steamed egg.
- For making steamed egg, you have to beat three eggs in a bowl.
- Mix the white parts and yellow parts properly.
- Now apply oil in the bottom of a plain small bowl.
- Put the egg liquids inside the bowl.
- Place the bowl inside a cooker, add one cup of water in the bottom.
- Allow 5 whistle to make the steamed egg.
- Once cooker releases its heat, take out the steamed egg and make small pieces of your choice.
- Now its time to prepare the main recipe.
- Marinate the egg pieces with soya sauce 1/2 tbsp, 2 tbsp of cornflour, salt and water.
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry all for 2 minutes.
- Take out in a bowl.
- Add capsicum slices, onion slices in the same oil.
- Fry them well.
- Add the remaining soya sauce and 1 tbsp of tomato sauce.
- Mix them well.
- Add the fried eggs and salt.
- Allow them o cook for 5 minutes.
- Now your beautiful dish is ready .
- Serve it warm with bread/ ban.
We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.
Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection
Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.
Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.
Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.
Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.
Ginger benefits:
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.
Pach Phoron and benefits:
Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.
Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.
Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.
Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.
Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5 It is a natural mouth freshner.
Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.
Roasted Fish - A very less oil fish starter - Old Indian Kitchen
Hello everyone. Welcome back to your Old Indian Kitchen.
Today we are going to make one unique delicious fish starter. It is a quite simple one, I guess you will love it because its really very yummy and a very nice smoked flavor will make you crazy.
Ingredients:
- Fish pieces 2.
- Olive oil/ vegetable oil 1 tbsp.
- Salt.
- Chat masala 1/3 tbsp.
- Pepper powder 1/3 tbsp.
- Squeezed lemon juice 1 tbsp
- A good roaster to roast.
Recipe:
- Wash and clean the fish pieces.
- Remove the extra water using kitchen tissue.
- Apply oil, chat masala, pepper powder, lemon juice and salt one by one.
- Keep them for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, marinated fish is perfectly ready to roast.
- Turn on the gas stove.
- Put the roaster.
- Once roaster is heated perfectly, you can add the fish pieces on it.
- Control the gas stove such a way that fish will cook perfectly without burn.
- Meanwhile turn back the pieces.
- Within 10 minutes, roasted fish will ready for eat.
- Serve it warm with a chutney of your choice.
We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.
Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection
Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.
Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.
Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.
Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.
Ginger benefits:
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.
Pach Phoron and benefits:
Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.
Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.
Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.
Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.
Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5 It is a natural mouth freshner.
Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.
Friday, April 7
Summer Chicken recipe - One less spicy chicken gravy - Old Indian Kitchen
How to make a simple, light chicken gravy for summer time - Old Indian Kitchen
Ingredients:
- Fresh chicken pieces 500 grams.
- Onion slices (2 onion)
- Chopped tomato 1
- Chili 2
- Curd without water 30 grams.
- Whole garam masala (cloves 2, cardamom 2, cinnamon 1 inch).
- Gram masala powder 1 tbsp.
- Cumin powder 1 tbsp.
- Fried cashew pieces 1 tbsp.
- Oil 3 tbsp
- Turmeric 1/2 tbsp
- Salt
- Sugar 1/3 tbsp.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in the cooking pan.
- Simmer the gas.
- First add the whole garam masala.
- Once they starts cracking.
- Add onion slices.
- Fry them well .
- Add chopped tomatoes.
- Add turmeric powder.
- Fry and mix all together.
- Now add the chicken pieces.
- Fry them well and cover them for 3 to 4 minutes.
- After that add cumin powder and again saute them well.
- Add 3 tbsp of curd without water.
- Add sugar and salt.
- Allow the dish to be cooked in simmer for 10 minutes.
- After that, add the remaining curds to the dish.
- Add 1 cup of warm water.
- Cut the chilies above the dish.
- Allow the dish to be boiled for 10 minutes.
- Mix them well.
- Check the salt once and turn off the heat.
- Mix 1 tbsp of garam masala.
- Garnish the dish with fried cashew.
- Serve it warm with chapati or steam rice.
We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.
Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection
Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.
Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.
Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.
Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.
Ginger benefits:
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.
Pach Phoron and benefits:
Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.
Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.
Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.
Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.
Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5 It is a natural mouth freshner.
Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.