Pakoras

 

What you need: Besan (Gram flour), onions, potatoes, cauliflower, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, vegetable oil and salt.

Step 1: Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin slices. Repeat the same with the onions.

Step 2: Separate the florets from the cauliflower.

Step 3: Add salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder to the gram flour. Make the batter thin by adding water to it.

Step 4: Heat oil in a shallow pan.

Step 5: Once the oil is hot take the cut vegetables, one at a time and dip it into the flour mix before releasing in into the pan.

Step 6: Cook till they turn golden-brown.

Step 7: Enjoy the pakoras with some ketchup and hot chai.

 

10 fifteen minute dishes for people who stay in a PG

Besan Chilla

What you need: Gram flour (Besan), finely chopped onions and green chillies, salt and butter.

Step 1: Mix besan, finely chopped onions and green chillies in a deep pan.

Step 2: Make the mixture thin by adding water to it. Try not to add too much water and keep the texture of the mix slightly thick.

Step 3: Heat butter in a flat pan.

Step 4: Add a generous amount of the mixture to the pan and with the help of a steel bowl draw a round shape out of the mix.

Step 5: Cook on both the sides and serve it with tomato ketchup.

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Masala Pav

 What you need: Finely chopped onions, tomatoes and capsicum, salt, butter and pav buns.

Step 1: Take a pan and add butter to it.

Step 2: To it add the finely chopped onions.

Step 3: When the onions turn golden brown add tomatoes and capsicum to the mixture.

Step 4: Add salt and a little bit water to the mixture and allow it to cook.

Step 5: In a separate pan fry the pav buns a bit till they turn golden brown.

Step 6: Top the buns with the steaming hot mixture you just prepared and enjoy it with some chai.

Paneer Bhujji

 What you need: Paneer, onions, tomatoes, salt, pepper, cumin seeds and butter.

Step 1: Finely chop the onions and the tomatoes.

Step 2: Crumble the paneer.

Step 3: Add butter to the pan. Once hot add cumin seeds to it.

Step 4: Add onions to the pan, when brown add tomatoes to it.

Step 5: Once the onion-tomato mixture is cooked well, add paneer to the mixture.

Step 6: Add salt and pepper to it as per your taste and enjoy it with some roti’s or leftover rice.

Curd Rice

 What you need: Boiled rice, curd, salt, mustard seeds and butter.

Step 1: Add curd to the boiled rice followed by salt.

Step 2: Heat butter in the pan add mustard seeds to it.

Step 3: When the mustard seeds start popping then add it to the top of your curd-rice mixture.

Step 4: Mix well and enjoy. 

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French toast

 What you need: Bread, butter, milk, eggs and honey.

Step 1: Take a deep pan and mix the milk, the eggs (two) and the honey.

Step 2: Keep a frying pan on the cooking station and turn on the heat. Once the pan is hot, add butter to it.

Step 3: Dip the bread with the help of a fork into the mixture of Step 1 and place it on the frying pan.

Step 4: Heat it on both the sides until they turn golden brown.

Step 5: Pour some honey over the hot toast and dig in. 

Egg Curry

 What you need: Hard boiled eggs, cumin seeds, finely chopped onions and tomatoes, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and butter.

Step 1: Heat the butter in a pan and add finely chopped onions to it.

Step 2: Once the onions turn brown, add tomatoes to it.

Step 3: Take butter in a separate pan and fry the eggs in it till their white cover turns into a beautiful golden-brown.

Step 4: Add turmeric powder, pepper and salt to the curry, followed by water and let it simmer for a while.

Step 5: When the curry is thick add eggs to it and enjoy it with rice or chapattis’. 

Aloo Sandwich

 What you need: Mashed potatoes, finely chopped onions and green chilli, coriander, salt, bread and butter.

Step 1: Take the mashed potatoes in a bowl and add onions, coriander, green chilli and salt to it.

Step 2: Take a slice of bread and spread butter on it. Add the mixture to it and cover it with another slice of bread.

Step 3: Heat butter in a pan and heat the bread on both the sides till it turns golden-brown.

Bread Paneer Roll

 What you need: Crumbled paneer, onion, bread, tomato ketchup, salt, coriander, red pepper and butter.

Step 1: Take a pan and mix finely chopped onions to the crumbled paneer.

Step 2: Further add salt, red pepper, coriander and tomato ketchup to the mixture and keep it aside.

Step 3: Take the bread and cut its crusts from all the sides.

Step 4: Roll out the bread with the help of a belan. Try to make it as thin as possible

Step 5: Add the mixture to the bread and turn it into a roll.

Step 6: Take a frying pan add butter to it and heat the roll till it turns crispy golden brown.

Phodnicha Bhaat

What you need: Leftover rice, chopped onions, cumin seeds, coriander, butter, turmeric powder and salt.

Step 1: Heat butter in the pan and add cumin seeds to it.

Step 2: Further add and cook onions till they turn brown.

Step 3: Add the rice to it and toss it with some salt and turmeric powder.

Step 4: Garnish the rice with some coriander leaves and enjoy.

Do let us know in the comments below, the secret recipe of the dishes which you like to cook in your PG whenever you suffer from the midnight and midmorning hunger pangs

8 Maggi recipes with a twist for your everyday cravings at the PG

Maggi Cutlets

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), ½ cup finely chopped onions, cabbage and capsicum, 3 boiled potatoes, chilli flakes, salt, maggi masala and oil.

Step 1: Boil the maggi noodles with one teaspoon of oil but without the maggi masala.

Step 2: Take a bowl and mash the potatoes. To it add the finely chopped onion, cabbage and capsicum. Further add chilli flakes, maggi masala and salt to the mixture.

Step 3: Add the boiled maggi noodles to the mixture prepared in step 2 and mix the whole thing gently.

Step 4: Take the mixture in hand and make balls out of it. Keep the balls on your palm and press them to give a flat shape.

Step 5: Take oil in a pan and fry the cutlets till they turn golden brown.

Step 6: Enjoy your crispy cutlets with some tangy tomato sauce.

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Maggi Spring Rolls

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), ½ cup paneer cut into small cubes, ½ cup finely chopped onions, cabbage, carrots and capsicum, salt, oil, maida, maggi masala and green chillies.

Step 1: Take the maida, add 1 tablespoon oil, salt to it and with the help of lukewarm water knead it into soft dough. Once done, keep it aside for some time.

Step 2: Take oil in a pan and add finely chopped onions to it. Once the onions turn golden brown, add the other vegetables to the mixture.

Step 3: Add boiled maggi noodles, maggi masala, salt and chillies to the mixture and allow it to cook for some time.

Step 4: Make small balls out of the maida flour and roll it into a thin round shape.

Step 5: Add the prepared mixture to it and roll it over.

Step 6: Take oil in a pan and fry the rolls till they turn golden brown.

Step 7: Cut them into bite size pieces and serve with some green chutney.

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Maggi Pakoras

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), besan, ½ cup diced paneer, ½ cup diced onions, maggi masala, green chillies, salt, coriander leaves and oil.

Step 1: Boil the maggi noodles and add them to besan. Add a little water to this mixture in order to form a thick paste.

Step 2: Add the diced paneer, onions, maggi masala, salt, green chillies and coriander to this mixture.

Step 3: Heat oil in a shallow pan for deep frying.

Step 4: Make small balls out of the mixture and deep fry them in the oil till they turn a beautiful golden-brown.

Step 5: Serve the hot pakoras with some hot maggi chilli sauce.

Maggi omelette

What you need: Maggi (1/2 packet), 2 eggs, finely chopped onions and tomatoes, chilli flakes, oil, salt, maggi masala and coriander leaves.

Step 1: Boil the maggi noodles without the tastemaker and allow them to cool a little.

Step 2: Break 2 eggs into the noodles, add the chopped onions, tomatoes to it. Further add the chilli, the salt and the maggi masala.

Step 3: Mix the whole thing to perfection.

Step 4: Take oil in a pan and spread the mixture in a round shape on it.

Step 5: Cook it till both the sides turn bright golden.

Step 6: Serve it with love.

 

Maggi burger

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), 2 eggs, maggi masala, salt, chilli flakes, 2 boiled potatoes, ½ cup finely chopped onion, coriander and oil.

Step 1: Boil the maggi without the tastemaker and allow it to cool for some time. Add eggs and maggi masala to it and make round patties from it.

Step 2: Keep the patties in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes so that they can set easily.

Step 3: Take a bowl and add mashed potato to it. Further add finely chopped onion, salt, chilli flakes and coriander to it.

Step 4: Make small tikkis out of the mixture in Step 3 and fry them till they turn golden-brown. Keep them aside.

Step 5: Take the maggi patties and fry them on both the sides till they also turn golden brown.

Step 6: Fix your aloo tikki between two round maggi patties and enjoy your maggi burger.

 

Maggi in pesto sauce

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), basil leaves, a few cloves of garlic, salt, maggi masala, handful of walnuts and olive oil.

Step 1: Boil the maggi noodles and strain it through a colander to remove the water.

Step 2: Add 2 table spoons of olive oil to the noodles so that they do not stick together.

Step 3: Take the basil leaves, garlic cloves, walnuts, salt, and maggi masala, and grind them together to make the pesto sauce. Further add ¼ cup of olive oil to this sauce.

Step 4: Toss your noodles in the pesto sauce and enjoy some pasta in Indian style.

Maggi crusted chicken wings

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), chicken wings, maggi masala, all-purpose flour, salt, eggs and oil.

Step 1: Wash the chicken wings and pat them dry.

Step 2: Take the all-purpose flour in a bowl, add salt and maggi masala to it. Further add water to it to make the mixture thin.

Step 3: Beat two eggs in a separate bowl and add maggi masala to it. And in a third down break down the magic noodles to small pieces.

Step 4: Heat oil in a deep frying pan.

Step 5: Take your chicken wing and drop it in the all-purpose flour mixture.

Step 6: After this drop the wing in the eggs mixture and coat it evenly.

Step 7: Take the wing and roll in it the bowl with the un-cooked maggi noodle pieces.

Step 8: Carefully drop the maggi-crusted wing into the hot oil.

Step 9: Fry the wing till it turn crispy golden-brown.

 

Maggi mutton keema

What you need: Maggi (1 packet), mutton keema, finely chopped onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger paste, salt, maggi masala, coriander leaves and oil.

Step 1: Heat oil in a pan. Add finely chopped onions along with garlic and ginger paste and cook it till the mixture turns golden brown.

Step 2: Add tomatoes to the mixture. Further add the keema to it and cook till it turns brown.

Step 3: Add salt and maggi masala to this mixture.

Step 4: Boil the maggi noodles without the tastemaker in a separate pan.

Step 5: Add the boiled noodles to the keema and mix evenly.

Step 6: Garnish it with some chopped onions and coriander.

Do you have any other maggi recipe with a twist, in mind? If yes, then do let us know about it in the comments below. Also do not forget to tag your PG mates who share the same love for maggi as you do.