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Kale & Spinach Lachha Paratha

Lachha paratha is a layered Indian flat bread. Generally lachha paratha is made with all purpose flour however I have used wheat flour. Adding kale and spinach make its more healthy and tasty. For kids who don’t like leafy vegetables, this is a great idea in order to feed them green vegetables. It can be packed in their lunch boxes and it goes well with sauce and any side dish.

Litti & Chokha

Litti (also called as bhouri in eastern India) & chokha is very popular and traditional dish from Bihar and Jharkhand. Traditionally litti is made on heat from coal or goyetha. Traditional food always give satisfaction to our taste buds.   Litti is made with wheat flour and a filling prepared using sattu and some spices. This is very tasty and healthy dish. It can be made either by Frying or baking. It goes very well with baigan bhartha or potato and tomato chokha or simply with curd.

Papdi

Papdi is crispy crunchy tiny poories made with all purpose flour, ghee and deep fried. Papdi can be eaten with tea as a snack. Papdi can be made as a papdi chaat, dahi poori chaat, channa chaat, in bhel poori or so on. Adding this papdi in chaats gives a crunchy bite and tastes delicious.The recipe is simple and easy to prepare at home. 

Raw Mango Pickle

Mango pickle is a common supplement for Indian meals. It’s tangy taste adds flavor to food. Recently I visited India and learnt from my Mom how to make this. I am sharing her recipe. There are variety of mangoes available however the best pickle is made out of “Sukul” mango.

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