Recipes to try this rakshabandhan

5 recipes you must try this rakshabandhan

Rakshabandhan is a festival of love, on this auspicious occasion sisters tie rakhi to their brothers. The rakhi is believed to be tied by the sisters to the brothers’ hands in hope of being protected by them whenever the sisters need their brothers.

Every year raksha bandhan is celebrated all over India in other parts of the country too. On this occasion, sisters buy rakhi and sweets for their brothers and the brothers gift their sisters with money or anything like dresses, chocolates and other stuff.

You might be thinking of cooking something special on this rakshabandhan, so here are some of the tastiest recipes to try this rakshabandhan.

Kheer

Kheer is a sweet dish, made and served on special occasions. So this rakshabandhan skip getting sweets from the market and in place of that try this special raksha bandhan recipe for your brother.

To cook kheer, you need milk, rice, ghee, Kesar, dry fruits and elaichi is optional.

Following are the steps to cook kheer-

• Take some rice and wash it thoroughly.
• Let your rice be in a bowl and add a tablespoon of ghee to it, adding ghee will save it from getting burnt and overcooked.
• Take a utensil, and add some milk to it.
• Light the gas and put the utensil full of milk on the burner.
• After 5 to 10 minutes add the washed rice to the utensil.
• Rember to stir the combo of rice and milk at an interval of every 2 to 4 minutes so that it doesn’t get burnt.
• Cook this combination for approximately 20 minutes.
• Then chop the dry fruits and the dry fruits, a bit of Kesar and elaichi to the kheer.
• Stir the mixture and let it stay for more than 10 minutes till you get the desired consistency.
• After that turn off the flame, take it out in a bowl and serve with garnished dry fruits and Kesar.

Chilli garlic Potato bites

Thinking to cook something light and easy? Chilli garlic Potato bites are the best snack option you can ever try.

To cook potato bites, you need ingredients like potatoes, garlic, chilli flakes, rice flour, salt and water.

The simple steps that you should follow for cooking chilli garlic potato bites are as follows-

• Take some potatoes and grate them finely.
• Then take a pan, heat it and then add oil to it.
• After the oil is heated, add sauce, garlic, and chilli flakes to it.
• Now add some rice flour to the pan, and cook it for some time till it becomes a soft dough. After that remove it from heat and let it cool down.
• Once the dough is cooled, take smaller parts from it and make balls.
• Now deep fry those balls, and yes it’s ready; serve it with sauce.

Schezwan sandwich

This is one of the best recipes to try this rakshabandhan. This is one of the easiest and tastiest think you can serve your brother and family members.

To make a schezwan sandwich you need onion, tomatoes, schezwan sauce, bread, butter, cheese, mayonnaise, and tomato sauce.

The recipe to cook is-

• Take a pan and add oil to it, let it heat.
• Add chopped tomatoes and onion to it.
• Followed by that add schezwan sauce, mayonnaise, and tomato sauce to it.
• Cook the mixture for some time then turn off the flame.
• Once the mixture gets normal, take the bread and put butter over it, then spread schezwan sauce over it.
• Put the mixture over the bread then grate some cheese over it, then microwave it and put another piece of bread and cover it.
• Cut it into two pieces so that it looks presentable and becomes easy to eat, then serve it with tomato sauce.

Butter paneer

Thinking to add butter paneer to your raksha bandhan recipes? Great, here’s all that you need to know.

Ingredients required to cool butter paneer are oil, paneer, butter, green chilli, red chilli powder, tomatoes, tomato sauce, onion, honey, and ginger garlic paste.

Here’s the process to cook butter paneer this rakshabandhan.

• Take a pan, pour oil and heat it.
• On the other side take tomatoes and onions and chop them.
• Add the chopped onion and tomatoes together to the grinder.
• Grind them till you get a thick consistency.
• Add some red chilli powder, turmeric and ginger garlic paste to the pan.
• Cook this mixture till the oil gets separated.
• After that add the paste of tomatoes and onion to the pan, also add salt according to your taste.
• Cook it for 15 to 20 minutes then add paneer cubes to it.
• After adding the paneer cubes, add a tablespoon of tomato sauce and honey to it for a sweeter taste.
• Then add butter and green chillies to the paneer butter masala.
• Cook for another 10 minutes, check your paneer if it is soft or not and then taste it.
• If it’s ready then serve it by garnishing the grated butter over the butter paneer.

Afghani paneer

Afghani paneer is a better idea for the ones who prefer eating not-so-spicy foods.

To cook afghani paneer you need to have Paneer, onion, ginger garlic paste, cashew, cream, milk, cloves, green chillies, basil leaf, salt, pepper, tomato, and red chilli powder.

Following are the steps to cook afghani paneer-

• Take a pan, add oil, and let it heat.
• Cut the paneer into cubes and lightly deep fry it.
• Pour fresh oil into the pan, and let it heat.
• Add ginger garlic paste, pepper, salt, tomato, and sugar; cook till it gets pulpy.
• Make a paste of cashew by adding some milk to it. Once it is made keep it aside.
• Pour milk into the pan, add paneer to it followed by adding salt, cloves, basil leaf, green chilli and cream to it.
• Cook it for 20 minutes and observe the consistency. If it has got thicker then taste it and garnish it with mint leaves if you want to and serve it.

Conclusion

Every recipe is good enough to be cooked but for this rakshabandhan you should try something different and so above were 5 different recipes to try this rakshabandhan. Choose the best as per your taste and requirement and let your family enjoy your special recipes this rakshabandhan.