Aloo Balls/Paratha

If you are one of those who loves to eat paratha and hates Rice but for you its a pain to roll the round roti specially after stuffing with aloo, then you have come to the right place.
One important Thing is that if you dont have any Indian store near by your house and you Need to buy our regular chapati atta then you should find a Lidl or REWE near you and buy the "weizenmehl 1050" thats our regular aata that we eat in India.




Ingredients- 4 Big potatoes, 4 Tea Cups of atta, 3 spoons of chaat masala, 1 spoon jeera powder, 3 spoons of oil, salt as per taste,
cooking time 30-40 min
serves- 2-3 students :-)
It is perfect to carry for trips or Outings.




First put all the potatoes in pressure cooker and fill it water , let it cook until 3 whistles. Then let the cooker cool down and then open it. If you dont have pressure cooker then pre-heat the oven on 275 degree for 10 mins and then wrap every potato in an Aluminium foil and put it in oven for 30min.


Once the pressure cooker/baked potatoes have cooled down,start the oven at 275 degree and then start to peel the Skin off from the potato and put it in a bowl.
Add oil, salt ,Smash it for a while, then add chaat masala, jeera powder and mix it well.
Now start adding the flour slowly, DO NOT add WATER.
Keep mixing and adding the flour until it becomes similiar to normal dough .
Now apply some cooking oil on your Palms and start taking the dough in small amounts , making it in small ball shapes.
Put a Long Aluminium foil inside the oven , apply some oil on to it, start keeping These small balls on that, Close the oven and let it cook for 30 min. Keep checking it after a while and once you see the balls turning Brown in colour ,Switch off the oven 10 min after that and let it be there for another 10 min.


your aloo balls/paratha is ready to eat.

Tortellini-The Indian way!!

This particular reciepe is way too easy and simple. In all possible grocery store in Germany you will find a packet of Tortellini, usually you will find it near the butter section . Make sure you see the Contents and then buy it. Most of the time you will find it with "schwein or shinken" which is nothing but pork meat. You will also find ones with spinach and cheese(käse) which are very tasty.
Usually one should just boil it and eat- well thats the german way of doing it.
How we can improvise this is, boil the Tortellini as per the instruction on the packet. At the same time heat up a pan with 3 spoons of oil.When the pan is hot enough, add some mustard seeds and then some curry leaves .Now drain out the water from Tortellini and add this Tortellini in the pan and just fry it for exactly 5 mins. After that serve it on plate and garnish it with some cheese.


cooking time - 10 mins
ingredients- Tortellini packet, curry leaves, mustard seeds and grated cheese.


P.S you can add some chilli powder or chillies while frying in the pan if you like it spicy.

Dal-Rice Simple yet delicious!

Dal and Rice has always been the simplest of all the food. A plate of hot dal and rice in the chilly afternoon of germany is priceless!!

In this post we will make a standard for making rice which will used for all the other gravies that I will post on this forum. The best way to make rice here in germany is by using microwave. Here is how:

Take a bowl or pot which can be kept in microwave (non-metallic). The bowl will have triangle shape at the bottom which confirms that it can be used for microwave cooking. Also in some case it will have the range of temperature or sign of a vessel with vapour coming out of it. Once you found that, it is as good as your rice is done. The microwave setting should be at the maximum or one step below also is ok. And the timer should be set for 22-23 minutes. The ratio of rice and water should be as stated in the first post.

Now for the dal, the simplest of dal is TUR DAAL. It is available in SPICELAND ( store for Indian groceries) near frankfurt main station for students from Darmstadt.
Usually the dal which is available here in germany takes time to cook.
1 cup of dal- serves 2-3
2 cup of water
A pinch of turmeric powder
and salt as per taste
Put these in a pressure cooker and make sure the herd is not at maximum. Keep it at 2.5 or little less than that. Let the pressure cooker whistle for 5-6 times, then take it off from the herd. Let it cool down.
Meanwhile take
1 onion-sliced
1 tomato sliced
2 spoons of oil
2 spoons of butter
some coriander leaves -available in turkish shops and Indian stores
Heat a pan, fry onion until its brown and then add sliced tomatoes let it cook for a while.
Add 2 spoons of butter and take the pan of from the herd.
Mix this with already cooked dal, add water and salt if you want the dal to be little more thin.
Its already 23 min by now and your rice will also be ready. Serve it hot, and may be with a little more butter if you wish.

Simple "Gemuse" Biryani.

One of the simplest biryani to make. The word "Gemuse" means vegetables in german. You will find this in all supermarkets in the frozen section. The one named "Butter Gemuse" is the one we need for this biryani.
This biryani is highly recommended when you have very less time or when you just too tired to cook.

Serves: 2-3
Time: 20 min

Ingredients
1. A  packet of  "Butter Gemuse"
2. Rice-Preferably Basmati Rice (from REWE supermarket)
3. 2 spoons of Butter.
4. Salt as per your taste
5. A pinch of Turmeric powder
6. Kitchen king masala
7. 1 Onion sliced ( Only if you have time , if not then also its ok)

Procedure:
Put all the contents of the butter gemuse in a rice cooker and keep the herd on 2.5 ( the iron plate that is usually available for cooking at all the places in germany.)
Let the the frozen vegetable melt in the already existing butter and let it fry for good 10 min after melting.
Add turmeric powder, salt and fry for another 3-4 min.
Now add 2 spoons of butter and 2 big spoons of kitchen king masala. fry it for another 5 min.
Add 2 cups of rice fry it for another 2 min and now add 3 cups of water.
Close the the rice cooker lid and keep it for 2 whistles.
After 2 whistles, take it off from the herd and once the pressure is out open the cooker.
If you in too much of hurry, put it under the tap water to release the pressure.
Eat it with curd.

*Few golden rules
Basmati Rice - 1 cup rice -1.5 Cup of water
Kochbeutel rice( the rice which is available in small packets-best one is available in "NETTO" supermarket)-1 packet rice- 1 Cup of water.
Parboiled Rice- 1 Cup of rice- 1 Cup of water

The Purpose!!!

Its been 3 years for me in germany and I have started enjoying cooking. The idea of writing a blog on this topic was suggested by one of my friends because of my cooking skills. :-) The purpose of this blog is to make cooking an easy job for all the students coming to Deutschland.
All the cooking tips posted here will be primarily based on the things available in the local german market. I will also try to provide the name of the supermarket from where you can get that exact product.