~Yash Kapoor (@itsme._.yash_)
Cooking is an art, which can be easily learned by anyone. The more you to cook any recipe, the more you’ll develop a cooking style that is natural and fitting for you.
I enjoy cooking, it’s really easy, and I’m not so bad in it. But such cooking skills come naturally. I was also among the beginners once. There were a lot of trials and errors. A lot of wasted ingredients, veggies, and a lot of hours spent watching cooking recipes to pick up tips and tricks. Anyone can cook easily but it requires practice. Remember practice makes a man perfect.
Now, I assume you are one of the beginners, looking for some easy recipes. All of these following recipes are easy to make. It takes only 15-20 minutes. And I’m sure, you can nail it, even if you’re a beginner.
Table of Contents
1. Flattened Rice (Poha)
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So, let me begin this list of easy recipes for beginners with this classic.
Ingredients
Flattened rice (Poha) 100 gm (2 measuring cups) , Peanuts (moongfali/shingdana) 50 gm, 2 Chopped onion (medium) , 2 to 3 Green chili (slit) , 2 tbsp Lemon Juice , 15 to 17 Curry Leaves , 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds , 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds , 1/2 Sugar (optional) 1/3 tps Turmeric powder, Salt according to taste , 3 to 4 tbsp Cooking oil , Chopped coriander leaves, Aloo bhujiya/Sev for garnish.
Preparation
- To make Poha, choose medium flakes. Avoid thin flakes. Add them to a strainer.
- Pour 4 to 5 cups of water and rinse quickly. Drain the water completely
- Cover and set aside to soften. Meanwhile, prepare the veggies.
- Press a few flakes of poha in between your thumb and forefingers, they should be soft and break easily. If they don’t be soft then sprinkle little water mix and cover.
- Then add some sugar and salt
- Run your fingers through the poha to break the lumps and spread salt. Cover and set aside.
Procedure
- Heat a pan and add 2 tbs oil and peanuts.
- Dry roast them until golden. Put it on a plate.
- Pour oil to the pan, and then heat it. Add mustard and cumin seeds.
- When they begin to pop up, adding, onions, curry leaves and green chillies.
- Saute until the onions turn light brown.
- Add small cut potatoes and saute for a min. Cook on medium flame until it is soft and cooked completely. Besprinkle some water and cook. Once done, saute for another minute.
- Add turmeric and Poha. Mix well, and cover the pan.
- Cook on a very low heat until its hot.
- Add some Coriander leaves and off the flame.
- Taste it and sprinkled lemon juice.
- Use roasted peanuts and coriander leaves for garnishing.
2. Sandwich
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Ingredients
Bread (any), 2 tsp butter or ghee (optional), 1 tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp garlic chopped, 1 tbsp Haldi, salt according to taste, 2 green chillies chopped 1 cup mixed veggies (carrot, onion, corn, beans, capsicum), 1 Tomato finely chopped 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Garam Masala, 2 tbsp Coriander leaves.
Preparation
- Add oil to the pan, add cumin seeds and allow to splutter. Saute chopped garlic until a nice smell comes.
- Next, add tomatoes and sprinkle salt. Cover and cook until soft.
- If using red chilli powder add it now and saute for a minute.
- Add the veggies and begin to saute on a medium to high flame until half done or soft-cooked to suit your taste. You can also cover it.
- Next, add garam masala powder, and coriander leaves. Stir and saute for a few minutes.
Procedure
- Smear butter over the bread and toast it until they become golden on the outer side and crisp on the inner side. Transfer the prepared veggies.
- Adding cheese is optional at this step. Cover with another bread and pressed it.
- If using cheese, turn the flame low and heat it until it gone melts.
- Press down the bread. It helps the bread to stick to the stuffing
- Serve hot veg sandwich.
So, who knew that sandwich would be among the list of easy recipes for the beginners out there.
3. Pulao
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Yumm! This is a tasty recipe. But is it justified to put it in the list of easy recipes especially for beginners? We’ll see.
Ingredients
1 and 1/2 cup basmati rice, 2 tbsp oil or ghee, 1 medium onion chopped, 2 green chillies, 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups of mix veggies chopped (carrot, beans, potatoes, peans), salt according to taste, 2 and 1/2 cup water, 3 tbsp pudhina chopped, 1 and 1/2 ginger garlic paste,1 bay leaf (tej patta), 1 strand mace (javithri), 1/2 to 3/4 tbsp cumin seeds, 4 green cardamoms,6 cloves, 2 inch cinnamon (dalchini), 1 small piece nut mug (jaiphal), 1/4 tsp fennel seeds powder(saunf powder).
Preparation
- Add basmati rice to bowl and wash it a few times until the water runs clear.
- Soak it for at least 15 mins. Drain off the water and set aside.
- While the rice soaks, rinse carrot, beans, peas, potatoes, onions, chillies and mint leaves.
- Peel the carrot and potatoes. Cut both the ends of beans and chop all of them.
- Slice onions and slit chillies. Fine chop the mint leaves. Set all of these aside.
4. Egg Toast
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Egg Toast comes fourth in the list of easy recipes for beginners. Let’s see how it is made.
Ingredients
2 slices brown bread, 1 egg, salt according to taste, 1 small onion chopped, green chillies chopped, 1 small tomato chopped, turmeric (optional), 1tbsp coriander leaves chopped, tsp oil or butter, red chilli powder.
Preparation
- Add chopped onions, chillies, tomatoes, coriander leaves, turmeric and salt to a bowl.
- Break the egg and beat everything well.
Procedure
- Heat a pan with oil or butter and spread it well.
- Dip single side of the bread in the egg and place over the hot pan and cook until done.
- Set the bread aside and pour the rest of the egg mixture to the pan.
- Cook until slightly set and then place the cheese, then the bread over it and press.
- Cook until the egg is completely done on the both the sides. Serve hot egg bread toast.
5. Cheese Balls
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Ingredients
250gm potatoes, 1 tsp garlic paste, salt according to taste, 1/2 to 3/4 tsp chilli flakes, 1/8 to 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp herbs, 6 tbsp bread crumbs, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, oil according to need, 80 to 100 gm cheese, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 2tbsp corn flour, 1 egg.
Preparation
- Boil potatoes. Remove the peel and mash them well until smooth with a masher. There should be no lumps.
- Add garlic paste, herbs, coriander leaves, salt, chilli flakes, pepper, and bread crumbs.
- Mix them well and make a ball. The mixture must bind together and should not be sticky or too dry.
- Cut the cheese to 1/2 inches cubes. Toss the cheese in the filling paste.
Procedure
- Take a potato ball and spread it evenly to a small patty in your palm.
- Place a slice of cheese in the centre.
- Gently bring the edges together to make a ball. Ensure the ball is sealed well without any cracks.
- Add 2 tbsp cornflour and bread crumbs to another wide plate.
- Spread it.
- Roll the finished ball in corn flour and bread crumbs.
- The same way make all the cheese balls. Fry these cheese balls in a pan until they become golden.
6. French Fries
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Last but not least, in the list of the easy recipes for beginners, we have the tasty French Fries.
Ingredients
3 Large potatoes, Oil, 1 tbsp corn flour, Salt according to taste, 1 tdp chili powder, 1 tsp coriander leaves, 1 tsp chaat masala, 1 tsp pepper, parsley (ajawain), Black pepper.
Procedure
- Peel the potatoes properly and cut like french fries shape. Put the cut potatoes in water and then dry it carefully with the help of a towel.
- Fry the potatoes for 30 seconds moderately hot oil and transfer on a tray and pat with tissues so as to absorb the oil.
- Now add the cornflour and mix well. Freeze the coated fries for 30 minutes and fry again in moderately hot oil until crisp and golden brown in colour.
- Once fried, transfer them on a tray and sprinkle salt on need according to taste.
- At last garnish with fresh parsley and black pepper.
- Crispy and Crunchy french fries are ready to eat!
Conclusion
So, these were the 6 easy recipes for you beginners out there. Go on. Try them out. And be sure to feed your friends, post the pictures and tag us.
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