Ramdan

For the Poori: 6 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (about 800 grams) • Refined oil (for frying) • For the Halwa: 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (about 100 grams) • ghee (about 150 grams) • sugar (about 65 grams)

all-purpose flour (about 120 grams) • semolina (sooji, about 10 grams) • salt • carom seeds (ajwain) • ghee (for mixing into the dough) • Oil as needed, for frying

potatoes (about 500 grams) • oil, a pinch of asafoetida, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds • -inch piece ginger and 4 green chilies, 4 tomatoes finely chopped • salt, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon red chili powder • garam masala, 1 teaspoon coriander powder, 1 teaspoon Kitchen King masala • pumpkin (about 500 grams), 2 tablespoons oil, a pinch of asafoetida, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds • whole coriander seeds, 4 dried red chilies, 12 curry leaves, 2 bay leaves • salt, 1 teaspoon red chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon garam masala • sugar or jaggery, 1 teaspoon tamarind • (For Poori) 3 cups whole wheat flour (about 375 grams), 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain), oil for frying • (For Halwa) 1 cup semolina (sooji), 1 teaspoon chickpea flour (besan), 1 cup ghee (clarified butter), 1 cup sugar, 4 cups water, chopped mixed nuts

Ingredients for Aloo Posto: • boiled potatoes • poppy seeds • small onion • ginger-garlic paste • Less than 1/2 teaspoon panch phoron (Bengali five-spice mix) • bay leaves • ground coriander • turmeric powder • garam masala • red chili powder • mustard oil •

semolina (about 250 grams) for making poori • Salt, to taste • carom seeds (ajwain) • oil or ghee for the dough • semolina (about 100 grams) for halwa • ghee (about 100 grams) for roasting semolina • Chopped mixed nuts, • boiled potatoes • Salt, to taste • tomatoes, grated • cumin seeds • red chili powder •

semolina (about 250 grams) • sugar (about 150 grams) • ghee (about 100 grams) • cardamom pods • whole wheat flour • Oil, as needed, for frying • basmati rice (about 1 cup cooked) • milk (1 liter) • cardamom pods, crushed • sugar

(Halwa) • semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • ghee (about 110 grams) • cardamom powder • chopped mixed nuts • milk (about 120 ml) • (Crispy Puri) • whole wheat flour (about 250 grams) • ghee (about 55 grams) • Ghee or vegetable oil for frying

semolina (sooji/rava) (about 3/4 cup or 120 grams) • small bowl sugar, or as needed (about 1/2 cup or 100 grams) • ghee • charoli nuts (or substitute with chopped cashews or almonds) • cardamom powder • cashews and almonds • whole wheat flour (about 2 cups or 260 grams) • Oil, as needed, for frying

For the puri: • whole wheat flour (about 240 grams) • semolina (sooji) • oil (for mixing into the dough) • red chili powder • turmeric powder • Salt to taste • asafoetida (hing) • Oil, as needed, for frying • For the halwa: • ghee • semolina (sooji) •

semolina (about 240 grams) • sugar (about 200 grams) • oil or ghee (about 120 ml) • cardamom pods • Some cashews and almonds • Water • For the poori: • all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • salt • Oil for frying

semolina (about 80 grams) • ghee • sugar (about 50 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • cardamom powder • sliced pistachios • sliced almonds • dried rose petals, crushed • whole wheat flour (about 260 grams) • Water • Ghee for frying,

For the Halwa:--- • semolina (sooji) • sugar • ghee (about 180 ml) • water (about 710 ml) • cardamom powder • turmeric powder • whole wheat flour or chickpea flour (besan) • For the Puri:--- • all-purpose flour (about 500 grams) • ghee for shortening • Water •

semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 200 grams), or to taste • ghee (about 120 ml) • raisins • chopped cashews and almonds, as needed • cardamom powder • black chickpeas (about 400 grams), soaked overnight • large tomato, chopped • green chilies, chopped • cumin seeds • cumin powder • coriander powder •

semolina (sooji) • sugar • milk • water • ghee (clarified butter) • green cardamom pods • Cashews, raisins, and almonds as needed for garnish • chickpeas • mustard oil or ghee • Salt to taste • cumin seeds • asafoetida (hing) •

semolina (sooji) • chickpea flour (besan) • sugar • water (about 950 ml) • Ghee • cashews • raisins • almonds • black chickpeas (kala chana) • Salt to taste • cumin seeds • Kashmiri red chili powder •

(about 200 grams) chickpeas (soaked overnight) • –2 tablespoons chopped cilantro • –2 tablespoons oil • –3 green chilies • -inch piece ginger • cumin seeds • turmeric powder • coriander powder • dried mango powder (amchur) • red chili powder • garam masala • salt •

fresh spinach leaves (1 kg) • cornmeal (about 16 grams) • fresh ginger • garlic cloves • large red tomatoes, chopped • green chilies, chopped • Salt to taste • Ghee • butter (about 28 grams) • large onions, chopped • clove • black cardamom pod •

dried chickpeas (about 350 grams), for the chole • chole masala • turmeric powder • red chili powder and 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder • coriander powder and 1 teaspoon cumin powder • dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) • mustard oil • cumin seeds • dried red chili • bay leaves • green cardamom pods • cinnamon stick •

wheat flour (about 1 cup or 120 grams) • potatoes • Curry leaves, • green chilies • Cilantro, • Cumin seeds, • lemon juice • sugar • black pepper • Red chili powder, to taste • Salt, to taste • peanut powder •

Suji Halwa **** • semolina (suji) • ghee (clarified butter) • sugar • cardamom powder • chopped cashews • chopped almonds • water (710 ml) • Black Chickpeas **** • black chickpeas (kala chana) • tomatoes • small piece ginger •

vanilla ice cream • strawberry ice cream • mixed fruit jelly • vermicelli • Mango, banana, watermelon, grapes, chopped • rose syrup (Rooh Afza or similar) • basil seeds (sabja seeds) • tutti frutti (candied fruit) • milk (about 240 ml) • sugar • Chopped mixed nuts for garnish, • maraschino cherries

cornmeal (makki ka atta) (about 250 grams) • carrot • boiled potatoes • small bowl finely chopped fenugreek leaves (methi) • green chilies • finely chopped cilantro • salt, or to taste • carom seeds (ajwain) • red chili powder • chaat masala powder • oil • butter, as needed •

mutton (500 grams) • split mung beans (150 grams) • split chickpeas (50 grams) • wheat (100 grams) • whole cloves • ghee (500 ml) • bay leaves • saffron (1 gram) • green chili paste (30 grams) • green cardamom pods (10 grams) • mace (6 grams) • garlic paste (50 grams) •

ghee • cloves • green cardamom pods (seedless) • fennel seeds (crushed) • almonds, ground • cashews, ground • raisins • ground unsalted pistachios • charoli nuts • fine vermicelli • milk • chopped dates (seedless) •

buckwheat flour • rock salt • black pepper powder • green chili • boiled potatoes • grated ginger • ghee • oil