Lauki Kheer Recipe | Navratri Fast Recipes | Your Food Fantasy

Lauki ki Kheer

“Lauki ki Kheer” (लौकी की खीर), also known as Bottle Gourd Pudding, Bottle Gourd Pasayam, Doodhi Kheer is a healthy, easy to digest and very refreshing dessert made with bottle gourd. This kheer is mainly made in my house during auspicious Navratri days, when we keep fast and can’t consume the regular rice kheer. It is surprisingly very easy and quick to make. Who says Navratri food needs to be boring? My platter is always full of such tasty food even during Navratri.

Whilst Lauki / Bottle Gourd Kofta curry is my favourite, but this dessert (Kheer) also leads in the things my guests love.

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Buckwheat Flour Pancake | Kuttu Ka Dosa | Navratri Food Recipe

Kuttu Ka Dosa

Who says that vrat ka khana (Fasting food) is either boring or laden with Oil. “Kuttu ka dosa” or “Falahari Dosa” or “Vrat ka dosa” is a great option for those who want to avoid eating Kuttu in fried pooris (puffed indian bread) or pakoris.

These Buckwheat Crepes / Pancakes are instant and gluten-free. As the recipe doesn’t require any soaking and grinding, they require very less time and effort, and all this comes with no compromise on tastes. This recipe produces a crisp buckwheat dosa, and the filling is made of potatoes. It is a good source of protein, iron, zinc.

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Egg Fried Rice Recipe | Your Food Fantasy by Meenu Gupta

Egg Fried Rice

Step by step recipe of “Egg fried rice” – It is a quick recipe based on eggs and boiled rice. These egg fried rice are ready in 30 mins, even when you are using fresh boiled rice. Of course you can use any left over rice too to make this Chinese based rice. Egg fried rice can also be made from boiled eggs, however in this recipe I have used raw eggs. This recipe is surprisingly simple and easy, and in case you looking for dinner ideas, you must try this out on one of those lazy evenings. You can amend this recipe with a few ingredients here and there to suit your taste and availability of ingredients.

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Layered Laccha Paratha Recipe | Your Food Fantasy

Layered Laccha Paratha

“Lachha paratha (लच्छा पराठा) or layered paratha, or Layered Indian flat bread” is a another commonly known form of Indian bread found across all over northern part of India. The method of making lachha paratha is very similar to Malabar paratha or Parotta which is very famous dish in southern india, it only differs in the main ingredient with the Parotta, difference being, in parotta recipe requires usage of all purpose flour/Maida instead of whole wheat flour used for lachha paratha. This paratha is made by making pleats of a plain rolled paratha and again rolling it. Though it take little more time in making compared to normal paratha but is definitely a great choice as this paratha is quite crispy and delicious. Read on for step by step detailed recipe of making laccha paratha at home with ease.

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Aalo Ke Poori - Kachori | Your Food Fantasy

Aalo Ke Poori

When it comes to indian food, Poori aka Puri (puffed indian bread) is something that anyone can relate to and is as common as fish and chips in UK. If for once you can forget counting your calories, then this is one thing which is easy to make, absolutely fulfilling and heart contenting. I have earlier shared Bedmi Puri, and Spinach Puri, now sharing another simple variant of Puri. This Aalo Puri (आलू पूरी) is made with stuffing of Aalo (Potato) and hence the name Aalo Ke Poori. I must add that this is full of Carbs, hence surely not something to eat on daily basis, but a perfect dish (which goes on its own) for weekend brunch or those long train journeys in India. Keep reading for the step by step pictorial recipe of Aalo Ke Puri. As they say best memories are made with food, next time you have a guest for brunch try this recipe 🙂

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Stuffed Mushrooms - Chickpea Filling | YourFoodFantasy.com by Meenu Gupta

Chickpea Stuffed Mushrooms

I am a huge fan of stuffed mushrooms. I don’t remember when did I first had this, but I find this as one of dish which acts great starter or even a meal. As the name itself suggests, the main ingredient here is edible mushrooms. These mushrooms are then stuffed with filling (something that you like, and works as good combination with mushrooms), and subsequently baked. These mushrooms are ideally best served hot, but if you fancy eating at room temperature or cold, enjoy the flavour. In this step by step Stuffed Mushroom recipe of mine, I have used Chickpea as filling and is perfect for vegetarians. This is my fusion of India meeting East. This recipe comes very handy when you want to try out something offbeat unlike Samosa, Aalo Tikki Chaat, or bread rolls.

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