From Agrigold’s Kitchen - Aloo Paratha

Though the aloo paratha or potato stuffed flatbread is a North Indian specialty, it has won the hearts of foodies from all over India. It is filling enough, very tasty and makes for a great breakfast. Try it.

Ingredients

Boiled potatoes – 2-3 nos.
Agri Gold whole wheat flour/atta – 2 ¼ cups
Agri Gold ghee – 2 tbsp
Chopped coriander leaves – 1 tsp
Ground cumin seed powder – 1 tsp
Agri Gold chilli powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Lukewarm water

Method

• Mash the potatoes and mix with cumin seed powder, chilli powder, salt and chopped coriander. Keep this stuffing  aside
• In a big mixing bowl, put the flour, bit of salt, and ghee and knead well with warm water. Cover and let it set for an hour
• Make balls from the dough and stuff it with the stuffing made 
• Roll out gently with a rolling pin into a circle
• Take a flat non-stick tawa/pan and grease with a bit of ghee/oil. Fry the paratha on both sides

Serve hot with chilled Agrigold curd/dahi or any chutney/pickle of your choice

From Agrigold’s Kitchen - Andhra Style Chicken Fry

Ingredients

For grinding

Onion – 1 small
Urad dal – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

For marinating

Chicken, cut into pieces – 250 g
Agrigold red chilli powder – ½ tsp
Agrigold turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Agrigold ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Agrigold garam masala – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For seasoning

Chopped onion – 1 small
Chopped green chillies – 2 nos.
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Chopped coriander – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves – about 10

Method

• Heat a little oil and fry mustard seeds, urad dal and remove from heat. Cool and grind with onion to make a paste
• Use this paste to marinate chicken and also marinate using turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala, salt and ginger garlic paste for 1 hour
• Heat oil in a wok. Temper with curry leaves, green chillies, mustard seeds and chopped onions. Sauté
• Add the marinated chicken and cook till done

Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

Pollutants in turmeric and red chilli powder

Beware of the spices that go into the food you cook for your family. The market is full of players who trick consumers by giving them a very deep red colored chilli powder and turmeric powder that is full of chemicals. The Indian kitchen is incomplete without the use of red chilli and turmeric powders; just ensure that you are not feeding poison disguised as food to your family.

Usually consumers demand for a deep red colored chilli powder and this has led the manufacturers of this food item to indulge in dyeing with carcinogenic dyes. Be alarmed; the heavy usage of these dyes increases the risk to cancer.

Lead chromate is a chemical used in manufacturing turmeric powders; the chemical adds to the colour and weight of this spice powder, and also heightens the risk of lead poisoning.

AgriGold India thinks it has a greater responsibility towards the country and its people, and strives towards giving the people hygienically prepared and fresh food products. The company considers the mixing of pollutants in food products to be a blasphemy.