Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Kerala Banana Halwa



Ingredients
Kerala banana - 1 ripe
honey - 1 to 2 tsp
cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
chopped nuts
ghee or unsalted butter for cooking

Method
Peel banana and mash it in a bowl. Add honey and cinnamon powder to it and mix well and keep aside.
In a pan heat ghee, add chopped nuts and fry till golden brown in color.
Remove and keep aside.
Now in the same pan add mashed banana and cook on a low flame stirring continoulsy till it leaves the sides. Remove in a serving mould or plate and garnish with fried nuts.

Chilli Paneer Pockets



Ingredients
onion - 1
cumin seed - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
paneer/cottage cheese - 200 gms
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
half of lemon
few corriander and mint leaves
chaat masala - 1 tsp
few bread slices

Method
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeeds. When it splutters add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds. Then add onion and fry till soft. Mash paneer and add to it along with all the other ingredients except bread.
Cook for two minutes and let it cool down.
Take bread slices. Wet it with little water and spread one tbl.sp of paneer masala and cover it with another bread slice. Deep fry or shallow fry it  and serve hot with ketchup.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Sindhi Biryani









Ingredients

for making masala

chicken - 1/2 kg

onion - 5

ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tbl.sp

bay leaf - 1

tomato - 3 medium size

red plum - 2 big or dry plum

yoghurt - 4 to 5 tbl.sp

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

corriander powder - 1 tbl.sp

roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp

garam masala - 1 tsp

red chilli powder and salt as per taste

few corriander and mint leaves

green chillies - 2 to 3

few slices of lemon

saffron soaked in milk

ghee or butter for topping



for making rice

rice - 1/2 kg

bay leaf - 1

whole pepper corn - 15 to 20

cinnamon - 1 inch piece

cloves - 3 to 4

cardamom - 3 to 4

black cardamom - 1

cumin seed - 1 tsp

enough water for cooking

salt - 2 tbl.sp

oil - 1 tsp so that rice do not stick to each other

oil - 1 tsp



potato - 4 to 5 cut into small pieces


Method
Clean and wash chicken and cut into medium size pieces.
Wash and soak rice in water for half an hour.
Thinly slice onions. Cut into cubes potatoes.
Boil potatoes by adding water and then deep fry in oil.
Deep fry onions till golden brown in color. Keep aside.
Coarsely make a puree of tomato and plum

Take chicken in a bowl and add  to it ginger garlic paste, yoghurt, all the powdered masala, mint and corriander leaves, tomato and plum puree, salt, turmeric powder, bay leaf, fried onions ( keep little onions aside for garnishing). Mix it all well and let it marinate for half to one hour.

For making rice boil enough water by adding salt and all the ingredients given. Let it cook till 3/4 done. Drain the water and keep aside.

Heat about 3 to 4 tbl.sp of oil in a pan and add the marinated chicken masala.
Cook till the chicken is half done. Slow the flame and add rice. Spread it evenly.
Garnish it with mint and corriander leaves, fried potatoes, mint and corriander leaves, fried onions, saffron soaked in milk, lemon slices, green chilli and ghee/butter.
Cover it and let it cook till the steam is released and rice is cooked.

Serve hot with salad.




Saturday, May 7, 2016

Prawns Pattice




Ingredients
Prawns - 150 gm
onion - 1 medium size
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
green chilli - 2
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
egg - 1
few corriander and mint leaves
bread crumbs of two slice of bread
juice of half lemon
salt as per taste

Method
Wash prawns with salt and turmeric powder. Make a paste of it by adding green chillies and corriander and mint leaves.
Add rest of the ingredients and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 3 to 4 hours.
Deep fry in oil and serve hot with green chutney.

Sweet and Spicy Garlic Tomato Chutney


Ingredients
tomato - 4
onion - 1 small
garlic flakes - 8 to 10
green chilli - 2 
kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tsp
salt as per taste
sugar - 1 tbl.sp

Method

Crush or make a paste of garlic.
Make a puree of tomatoes without adding water.
Heat 2 tbl.sp of oil in a pan and add crushed garlic flakes and green chilli and cook till garlic is slightly browned.
Add tomato puree, red chilli powder, salt and sugar and cook till all the moisture is absorbed and it becomes dry.
Off the flame and let it cool down.
Serve this as sandwich spread or have it with rice or roti.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Garlic Paneer ( Indo chinese recipe)





Ingredients

Paneer/cottage cheese - 100 gms

onion cubes - 2 medium

capsicum cubes - 1

soya sauce - 2 tsp

garlic chopped - 7 to 8

red chilli sauce - 1 tbl.sp

whole red chilli - 2

vinegar - 1 tsp

salt and pepper as per taste

corn flour - 1 tsp dissolved in water

tomato ketchup - 2 tbl.sp



Method

Heat oil in a pan and add chopped garlic and saute for few seconds. See that it deoesn't get burnt and then add red chilli and saute for few seconds.

Add onions cut into cubes and stir fry on a high flame for few seconds. Add soya sauce, vinegar, red chilli sauce, salt and pepper and capsicum and stir fry for few seconds. Add paneer cubes

, tomato ketchup and again gently mix and cook for few seconds.

Add cornflour paste, mix well and cook for a minute till the gravy becomes thick and transparent.

Serve hot.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Chicken Cheese Balls







Ingredients

boiled minced chicken - 100 gm

mozirella cheese - 3 to 4 tbl.sp

minced garlic - 3 to 4 small

few corriander leaves or parsley

salt and pepper as per taste

egg - 1

cornflour and bread crumbs





Method

mix minced chicken, cheese, garlic, corriander leaves and salt and pepper. Make small flat round balls. Dust it with cornflour and dip in egg batter and coat it with bread crumbs.

deep fry in oil till golden brown in color and serve hot with ketchup.


Sunday, May 1, 2016

Creamy Garlic Mushroom Penne Pasta




Ingredients
Boiled penne pasta - 250 gm
spring onion - 6 to 7
garlic cloves chopped - 3 to 4
button mushroom - 7 to 8
white sauce- 2 to 3 tbl.sp
oregano - 1/2 tsp
salt and pepper as per taste
grated cheese

Method
Boil pasta in water and salt . Drain it and keep aside.
Chop spring onion bulbs and leaves seprately.
Chop garlic cloves and slice mushroom.
Heat olive oil in a pan and add chopped onion bulbs and garlic and saute till onions become soft.
Then add   mushroom and stir fry for few seconds and then add little water and let it cook for 2 to 3 mins.
Then add boiled pasta, spring onion leaves, white sauce, salt and pepper, oregano and mix well. You can add litte water also and cook for a minute.
In the last sprinkle little cheese and serve hot.

How To Make White Sauce



Ingredients
butter - 2 tbl.sp
refined flour/maida - 2 tbl.sp
onion - 1/2 small
cloves - 3 to 4
bay leaf - 1
milk - 1 cup big
salt and pepper as per taste

Method
Take onion and insert 3 to 4 cloves into it and also take bay leaf.
Heat milk in a pan. Add this onion and bayleaf into the milk and bring it to boil. This will give a nice flavour to the milk.
When it boils, off the flame and remove onion and bay leaf.  let it become little warm.
In a pan add two table spoon of butter and heat it on a low flame then add slowly slowly white flour and keep on stirring it continuously. The raw smell of the refined flour should go and see that it doesn't get burnt.
Now gradually start adding milk and keep on stirring it continously. See that no lumps are formed. When it becomes thick. Off the flame and let it cool down. You can use this while making pasta and variety of dishes. Keep in a container and store it in a refrigerator.

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