chef & host - Kunal Kapur | Zee Zest

Kunal Kapur

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Gautam Mehrishi

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A food enthusiast and an aspiring culinary artist, chef Smit Sagar gives an ode to the great Indian street food with his show 'Taste Ki Gully' on Zee Zest.

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Smit Sagar

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Rakesh Raghunathan

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Pankaj Bhadouria

chef & host - Ajay Chopra | Zee Zest

Ajay Chopra

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Harpal Singh Sokhi

chef & host - Tejasvi Chandela | Zee Zest

Tejasvi Chandela

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Nankhatai is a unique and delicious Indian version of cookies. Chef Tejasvi Chandela shares the recipe of this Indian cookie.

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Watch Nankhatai recipe by Tejasvi Chandela

Nankhatai

In a bowl mix all-purpose flour, gram flour, icing sugar, baking soda, ghee and salt. 

Knead the mixture to form a dough.

Line the baking tray with parchment paper.

Divide the dough into small balls and place them on the tray. 

Place a cashew nut on each dough ball. 

Bake the nankhatai at 175 Celsius for 10-15 minutes.

Nankhatai is ready to serve.

The Baker’s Table

The Baker's Table

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Elaichi Ginger Cookies contain elaichi (cardamom) powder and ginger powder. Here chef Tejasvi uses the French technique of Sablé (which makes the dough sandy textured) to make the cookie dough. She bakes the cookies and then fills the chocolate ganache between two cookies, thus turning them into sandwich cookies. The chocolate-filled Elaichi Ginger Cookies are drool-worthy. They may look simple but are dangerously addictive.

Elaichi Ginger Cookies are soft, buttery and flavourful cookies. Chef Tejasvi Chandela shares the recipe for these delectable cookies.


Watch Elaichi Ginger Cake by Chef Tejasvi Chandela

Elaichi Ginger Cookies

Cream butter and icing sugar in a bowl.

Add all-purpose flour, ginger powder, cardamom powder and mix well. 

Knead the mixture into a dough and rest it for 15 minutes in the refrigerator. 

Roll out the dough and cut the cookies using a cookie cutter. 

Place the cookies on a lined baking tray. 

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 180 C for 15 minutes. 

Pipe some ganache on the cookie and top it with another cookie. 

Dust some icing sugar on the cookies and serve. 

Elaichi Ginger Cookies are soft, buttery and flavourful cookies. 

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Pati Shapta is a Bengali sweet made during the harvest festivals. Indian cuisine is so versatile that our ancestors had separate dishes for winter taking in to account the availability of the ingredients and climate and nutrition the body requires. Pati means mat in Bengali and Shapta means folded - the dish looks like a neatly folded mat. The filling is made with freshly grated coconut and date jaggery as jaggery aides blood flow and coconut gives the needed nourishment for the skin during the winter months.Pati Shapta is an amazing winter dessert.

Pati Shapta is a Bengali sweet dish that is unique and tasty. Chef Akanksha Khatri brings the recipe of this great winter treat to your kitchen.

Chef Akanksha Khatri shares the recipe for PatiShapta, a Bengali sweet dish.

Watch PatiShapta recipe by Chef Akansha Khatri

Patishapta 

Take water and Patali Gur in a sauce pan and cook on medium flame to dissolve the jaggery completely. Switch off the flame.

In a bowl, add rice flour, refined flour, mix semolina along with melted patali gur and pinch of salt.

Add milk to the batter to adjust it to pouring consistency. Cover the batter and rest it for 2 hours.

Heat a pan on a medium flame, add coconut and sauté it for a minute. Add khoya and cook until it melts.

Now add Nolan Gur and cook on low flame to get a thick mixture. Add a spoonful of ghee to the mixture and mix well.

Pour a laddle of batter into a hot pan. Twirl the utensil so that it evenly coats the surface and forms a thin layer.

Cook for 30-40 seconds only on one side. Now place 2 tbsp of the filling on one side of the crepe lengthwise and roll the crepe.

Place the rolls on the serving plate and garnish with Nolen Gur & dried rose petals. 

Chef Akanksha Khatri shares the recipe for Pati Shapta, a Bengali sweet dish.

Meetha Toh Banta Hai

Patishapta

 Akansha Khatri

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Anda Ghotala is said to have originated in Surat, a flourishing trade centre in Gujarat, India. Ghotala means confusion and since this dish is a hodgepodge of different preparations of egg, the name Anda Ghotala may have been attributed to it.In this dish, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs and raw eggs are combined and cooked with tomatoes, onions, and masalas. This lip-smacking and spicy dish is served with pav.

Anda Ghotala is a unique three-way combination of eggs. Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe in detail.

Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe for Anda Ghotala. Sit back and enjoy.  

Watch Anda Ghotala recipe by Chef Ajay Chopra

Anda Ghotala

Grind green chillies, coriander leaves, garlic, tomato and oil into a smooth paste.

Heat oil in a pan and add the green paste. Add turmeric powder, salt, chopped onions and tomatoes and cook it well.

Add the red chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder and salt and continue cooking.

Add 3-4 chopped egg whites, one raw egg and grate the rest of the boiled eggs and mix well.

Finish it with grated cheese and fresh coriander.

Serve Anda Ghotala with buttered pav! 

Anda Ghotala is a unique three-way combination of eggs.

India’s 50 Best Dishes

India's 50 Best Dishes

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Ragi Sandige is a nutritious and easy-to-make dish. This savoury sundried dish is unique in taste and texture. It is made from Ragi or Finger Millet. Ragi is known as a super grain as it is densely packed dietary fibres, complex carbs, proteins and a host of other nutrients. It is actually a staple in Karnataka. Several dishes in Karnataka cuisine include ragi.One such dish is Ragi Sandige. This sundried delicacy is crunchy and crispy. They can perk up any meal, such as curd rice or rasam rice.

Ragi Sandige is a nutritious and easy-to-make dish. Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe for this savoury dish from Karnataka.

Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe for Ragi Sandige, a savoury dish from Karnataka.

Watch Ragi Sandige recipe by Chef Ajay Chopra

Ragi Sandige 

Take ragi flour in a bowl, add butter milk /curd to it and mix well.

Grind together green chillies, carom seeds and asafoetida in a mixer to make a fine paste.

Mix this paste with the ragi-curd mixture. Add salt, sesame seeds and carom seeds to it and mix well.

Boil water in a pan and add sandige batter to it. Cook till it thickens.

Next, make sandiges on a plastic sheet and keep them for drying in the sun for 3-4 days.

Deep-fry the ragi sandige.

For making sundal, heat coconut oil in a pan and add dry red chillies and urad dal and cook for a few minutes. Now add, mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped ginger, chopped green chillies, salt, grated coconut and moong dal sprouts and cook well.

Top the deep-fried ragi sandige with sundal and serve. 

Papad Pickles Aur Pyaala

Ragi Sandige

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