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Samosa

Samosa is a popular street food now everywhere in India and other countries. Samosa is a fried pastry with a savoury filling. Widly in India it is filled with spiced potatoes and peas. But now days there are varity of fillings such as onions, peas, cheese, meat, lentils or dry fruits or even chocolate. Chocolate samosa is popular in kids. The Indian style, often accompanied by two types of chutneys, the green one is made with mint, cilantro, ginger  that is Hari (green colour) chutney and other is meethi (sweet in taste) made with tamarind, dates and jaggery. So don't forget to ask for these chutneys. Some part of india samosa comes with pav (indian dinner rolls) called Samosa pav and ragda as well called samosa chaat. Ragda is basically curry made out of chickpeas or potatos. This samosa chaat is so heavy that it is a complete one time meal in it. I feel Samosa pav is from Mumbai. People over here need to run up the clock, so instead of just having samosa they prefer

Daal Tadka & Jeera Rice

            Jeera rice and Dal tadka is comfort food for me. Whenever we kids (when i was little) demand varity in rice to my mom use to prepare jeera rice and dal tadka quickly.                         Jeera or zeera is cumin in hindi. This simple everyday rice dish prepared in north India and Pakistan. Just cumin seeds make a huge difference in taste. Although onion and cilantro are also used in preparation but without it too jeera rice tastes yumm. Jeera rice amd Dal tarka is deadly combination but jeera rice is also can be enjoyed with any greavy or even with raita.                          Dal tadka means tempered lentils. The tadka is prepared in ghee with very few but special spices, onions, ginger and garlic, curry leaves, cilantro, dried red chilli papper. Served alsong with onion slices and lemon wedges. what is so special and different about this dal is, it is tempored two time while preparing and before serving. The lentils are used in this is super comman in Indian kitch

Chapati

        Chapati is staple flat bread in northern India. I remember before my marriage whenever my mom prepares chapati and she use to put more than a tspoon ghee on my chapati always telling "come on eat it, your body needs this in long run". Till the date whenever I visit my parents house my mom is still the same so I am with my kids.           Chapati or fulka is flat Indian bread. Also known as roti or fulka. This is eaten with curry or dal. Chapati is made only with wheat flour. And incomplete without Ghee (clarified butter) spread. To compare it chapati is Indian tortillas but made with wheat flour only. The process of making chapati is quit easy. Least ingredients and quick. Whenever the dough is prepared for chapati little salt and oil are added to make it soft and tasty. Chapati is staple bread allover India but northern meals are incomplete without chapati. It is healthy bread to eat and faster to make and digest than naan. Chapati is very easy to p