Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Baked Spicy Masala Crackers


Ingredients
 Wheat flour –  4 cups (400 gm)
All purpose flour –
1 cup (100 gm)
Ginger grated – 1
tsp
Green chilli – 2
chopped finely
Few chopped
coriander leaves
Few chopped
fenugreek leaves or 2 tsp of kasuri methi
Black pepper
powdered – 2 tsp
White or black
sesame seeds – 2 tsp
Cumin seed – 2 tsp
Butter milk – 2 to
3 tbl.sp
Melted butter – 2
to 3 tbl.sp
Baking powder – ½
tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Method
In  a bowl sieve together wheat flour, all
purpose flour, salt and baking powder. Then add melted butter and mix it till
it forms bread like consistency. Then add rest of the ingredients with little
water and knead to a stiff dough. Let it rest for half an hour.
After half an hour,
again knead it and then take one small ball and roll it. It should be not very
thick.
Cut in to shapes
you desire. Prick it with a fork so that it does not puff up.


Preheat oven at 180
degree celcius and then grease the plate with little oil and bake it on both
the sides till done.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Paan Ice Cream (No Cooking)





Ingredients

Paan(betel leaf )

Condensed milk - 200 gm

Cream - 170 gm

Milk - 250 gm

Gulkand - 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Fennel seed - 1 tbl.sp

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Green color - 1 tsp ( optional)





Method 

Blend together all the
ingredients except milk and paan. Then coarsely  blend paan leaves and mix
it with the milk. Store it in a plastic container and freeze it for 8 to 10
hours and then serve.



Sunday, October 22, 2017

Stuffed Paan Coconut Laddo | Nariyal Ke Laddo | Coconut Laddoo















Ingredients

For making laddo

Dessicated coconut - 220 gm

Condensed milk - 150 gm

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee/butter - 2 tsp

Betel leaf/paan - 3



For the stuffing

Gulkand - 3 to 4 tbl.sp

Cashewnut  8 to 10 coarsely powdered

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp



Method

Make the stuffing by mixing all the ingredients and keep aside.



For making laddo, heat a pan and add dessicated coconut and cook for few seconds stirring continously and then add condensed milk, cardamom powder and ghee and cook for a minute stirring continously.

Off the flame and add chopped betel leaf and mix it well.

Take a small ball of coconut mixture, flatten it and place one small ball of gulkand stuffing and close it to make a round ball.

Roll it on dessicated coconut and serve.


Friday, October 20, 2017

Bangda Masala | Mackerel Fish Curry





Ingredients

Bangda fish/Mackerel fish - 2 to 3

Tomato - 1 big

Mustard seed - 1 tsp

Kokam - 3 to 4

Garlic flakes - 3 to 4 crushed

Few curry leaves

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt as per taste

Few chopped corriander leaves



Roast with one tsp of oil

Red chillies - 3

Corriander seed - 1 tbl.sp

Onion - 1 medium

Whole black pepper - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seed - 1/4 tsp

Cumin seed - 1 tsp


Method

Clean and wash fish. Make two slit on it and apply salt on it.

Soak kokam in water for 10 to 15 minutes

First dry roast all the given ingrdients for 4 to 5 minutes. Off the flame and remove in a blender. To it add tomato, and little water and blend it to a fine paste.



Heat oil in a pan and to it add mustard seed and let it splutter. Then add garlic flakes and saute for few seconds till it changes it color. Add curry leaves and then add blended masala. Add turmeric powder and salt and soaked kokam. Let it boil on a low flame and then add fish to it. Cover and cook for five minutes. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.


Monday, October 16, 2017

Aloo Paneer Kulcha | Paneer Potato Kulcha On Tava




Ingredients

Wheat flour - 3 cups

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Ajwain/carom seed - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Yogurt - 3 tbl.sp



For the stuffing

Boiled potato - 5  to 6

Paneer - 100 gm

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Green chilli - 2

Corriander powder - 1 tsp

Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Chaat masala - 1 tsp

Salt as per taste



Black /white sesame seeds

Few chopped corriander leaves

Chopped onion (optional)



Method

First in a bowl take wheat flour. Make a dent in between and add rest of the ingredients.

Mix well and add water and make a soft dough. Cover and let it rest for half an hour.



For the stuffing grate potatoes, paneer and to it add rest of the ingredient and mix it well.



Roll out chapati and make a small ball of the stuffing and place in the centre of the  chapati. Close all the edges  on top sprinkle it with black or white sessame seeds, corriander leaves, onion chopped and then again roll it . Heat pan and cook this kulcha on both the sides. Drizzle little oil or ghee on top and serve hot.




Saturday, October 14, 2017

Aloo Bhujiya Sev Recipe | Potato Sev Recipe





Ingredients

Potatoes - 3 medium size boiled

Besan/chickpeas flour - 1 cup / 200 gm

Rice flour - 3 to 4 tbl.sp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder, black pepper powder and salt as per taste



Make a paste of 

Mint leaves Few

Grated ginger - 1 inch piece

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Carrom seed/ajwain - 1 tsp



Method

Grated boiled potatoes and to it add rest of the ingredients including mint leaves paste.Mix it well. Add water little by little so that it makes a soft dough. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

Take sev mould and grease it with oil.

Take a portion of the dough  and stuff into it.

Heat oil in a pan and with the help of sev mould, make sev.

Deep fry in oil till crispy. Remove and let it cool down.

Store it in an air tight container.


Saturday, October 7, 2017

Cheesy Pasta In Red Sauce






Ingredients

Roast

Tomatoes - 2

Red Pepper - 1



Garlic flakes - 3 to 4

Onion - 1 big

Fresh corn kernels - 1 cup

French beans - 8 to 10

Mushroom - 8 to 10 chopped

Yellow pepper - 1 chopped

Green pepper - 1 chopped

Oregano - 1 tsp

Chilli flakes as per taste

Salt as per taste

Whole black pepper - 1 tbl.sp

Little cream and grated cheese to garnish

Cooked pasta -  250 gm



Method

Roast tomato and red pepper. When it cools down, peel the skin and blend it to a fine paste along with a tbl.sp of black pepper.

Heat 2 tbl.sp of olive oil in a pan and saute chopped garlic 3 to 4 for few seconds. Then add  chopped onion and saute till it becomes soft.

Then add corn, french beans, mushroom, oregano, chilli flakes and salt and cook for few minutes.  Add paste of red sauce, mix it well along with yellow and green pepper. Add cooked pasta, ix it well and cook for few minutes till done.

Remove it in a serving plate and garnish with cream and cheese.


Thursday, October 5, 2017

Sabudana Vada / Sago Vada / Tapioca Fritter




Ingredients

Potatoes - 2 boiled

Sago/sabudana - 1 cup washed and soaked in water for an hour or two

Roasted groundnut coarsely powdered - 1 cup

Green chilli as per taste

Ginger grated - 1 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Juice of half lemon

Salt as per taste



Method

Mash potatoes, and to it add all the other ingredients and mix well. Make small flat balls and deep fry in oil till golden brown in color. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

Sabudana Kheer / Sago Kheer / Tapioca Kheer





Ingredients

Milk - 1 1/2 litre

Condensed Milk - 1 cup

Roasted vermicelli - 1 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Sago washed and soaked in water - 1 cup

Chopped dry nuts and raisins



Method

In a bowl heat ghee/unsalted butter and add chopped nuts and raisins, fry till raisins puff up.

Remove few for garnishing and to it add milk, condensed milk ,add soaked sago and cook till it fully becomes transparent.

Add roasted vermicelli and cardamom powder, mix it and cook till done.

Garnish with fried nuts and raisins and serve hot or cold.


Corn And Mushroom Tart





Ingredients

For making dough

Maida flour/all purpose flour -

Butter - 100 gm



For the stuffing

Garlic - 5 to 6 chopped

Spring onion bulbs-  4 to 5

Spring onion leaves

Corn - 1 cup

Red pepper - 1/2

Yellow pepper - 1/2

Green pepper - 1/2

Mushroom - 1 cup

Cream cheese - 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Eggs - 3

Oregano - 1 tsp

Chilli flakes - 1 tsp

Salt and pepper as per taste



Method

In a bowl take all purpose flour and butter at room temperature and mix it well till it froms like bread crumbs. Then add water and knead it to a dough. Refrigerate it for 10 minutes.



Heat a tbl.sp of olive oil and to it add chopped garlic and cook  for few seconds.

Then add chopped spring onion bulbs and saute till it becomes soft. Add all the vegetables , oregano, chilli flakes, salt and cook till it becomes dry.

In the end add chopped spring onion leaves, mix it and off the flame.



In another bowl beat three eggs and cream cheese, salt and pepper and mix it well.

Take out the dough and  roll it half inch thick. Cut small circle and place it in the tart. First grease the tart with oil.Prick the  tart with a fork so that it does not puff up. Bake it in the oven at 180 degree celcius for 10 minutes. Unmould it and  put the stuffing and pour a tbl.sp of  egg mixture and again bake it at 180 degree celcius till egg is cooked. Serve hot.








Monday, September 25, 2017

Rose Cookies With Egg / Achappam







Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 cup

All purpose flour - 3/4 cup

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Sesame seed - 1 tsp

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Egg - 1

Thin coconut milk as required



Method

In a bowl mix together rice flour, all purpose flour, sesame seed, cardamom powder, one beaten egg and thick coconut milk. Mix it all, add thin coconut milk if required. If the batter is little thin then add 1 to 2 tbl.sp of rice flour and mix it well.

Leave it to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.

Take a rose cookie mould and dip in hot oil for sometime and then dip it in the batter but not fully.

Put it in the oil and fry it as shown in the video. You can use fork or knife to remove cookie or just shake it. Fry in oil till golden brown in color. remove and let it cool down. store it in air tight container.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Sweet Potato and Beetroot Tikki



Ingredients

Sweet potato - 1/2 kg
Beetroot - 1
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Green chilli - 1
Grated ginger - 1 tsp
Few chopped corriander leaves
Cornflour - 1 tbl.sp
Chaat masala - 1 tsp
Salt as per taste

For coating 
Roasted semolina

Method
Boil and mash sweet potato, to it add grated beetroot and all other ingredients and mix it well.
Make round balls, coat it with semolina and shallow fry in oil on both the sides. Serve hot with ketchup.

Rose Cookies / Acchapam



INGREDIENTS

Rice flour - 1 cup
All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Sugar -  1/2 cup or As per taste
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Black/white sesam seed - 1 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp


METHOD
In a bowl, put all the ingredients and to it add coconut milk and little water and make a batter. It should not be too thick or too thin. Keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan and dip rose cookie mould in it. When oil becomes hot, remove the mould and dip it in the batter, but not fully and then put in oil and deep fry. With the help of a fork or knife remove it. It will take the shape of  rose cookie mould. Fry till done Remove and let it cool down. Store it in a container.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Bharli Vangi | Stuffed Brinjal | Stuffed Eggplant





Ingredients
Eggplant – ½ kg
Onion – 1 big
Garlic flakes – 3 to
4 crushed
Tomato – 1 chopped
Peanut powder – 1 cup
Red chilli powder
and salt as per taste
Turmeric powder – ¼
tsp

Roast together
Ginger - 1 inch
piece
Garlic - 5 to 6
crushed
Dry coconut - 2
tbl.sp
Onion - 1 small
chopped
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Corriander seed - 1
tbl.sp
Sesame seed - 1
tbl.sp
Few Chopped
corriander leaves
Shahi jeera - 1/2
tsp
Cinnamon - 1 small
stick
Cloves - 3 to 4
Method
Heat one tbl.sp of
oil and roast all the given ingredients
Add ginger and
garlic and again roast for  a minute
When the coconut changes
its color to light brown, off the flame and let it cool
down and then blend
it to a fine paste.
To it add a cup of
roasted peanut powder and mix well
Add chilli powder
as per taste
1/4 tsp of turmeric
powder
Add salt as per
taste
Mix all well and
keep aside
Cut the stem of the
eggplant and make two slit and stuff this masala in between.
Heat two tbl.sp of
oil in a pan
Add one onion
chopped and cook till it becomes soft.
Add one chopped
tomato and cook till it is totally mashed up.
Then place stuffed eggplant
and then pour leftover masala on it
Cover and let it
cook on a slow flame
Add to it salt and
chilli powder as
per taste and 1/4
tsp of turmeric powder.
Let it simmer on a low
flame for 3 to 4 Minutes.


Serve hot with
chapati or bhakri.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Mushroom and Corn Toast | Open Toast Recipe | Toast With Egg Recipe





Ingredients
Onion – 1 chopped
Tomato – 1 small
chopped
Few chopped
coriander leaves
Mushroom – 7 to 8
sliced
Boiled corn kernels
– 3 to 4 tbl.sp
Garlic flakes – 3
to 4
Red chilli flakes
as per taste
Black pepper powder
– ½ tsp
Salt as per taste
eggs –  2
Method
Add a tbl.sp of oil
in a pan
When hot, add 3 to
4 garlic flakes crushed and saute for few seconds.
Add one finely chopped
onion
and cook till
translucent.
Add one small
tomato chopped, few chopped corriander leaves and cook till
tomatoes become
soft
Add 7 to 8 mushroom
sliced and add two to three tbl. sp of
cooked corn.
Add chilli flakes
as per taste
Add black pepper
½  tsp
Add salt as per
taste
Cook till it is
completely dry
Off the flame and
let it cool down
Take two eggs and
whisk it
To it add mushroom
and corn  mixture
Heat a pan and Add
a tsp of ghee or butter.
Pour a tbl.sp
of  mushroom and corn mixture in the pan
and place a bread on top of it so that bread sticks to it.
Cook on both the
sides till is cooked well. Remove cut and serve hot.




Monday, July 17, 2017

Leftover Chapati Halwa Recipe | Malida Recipe From Leftover Chapati





Ingredients

Leftover Chapati - 3 to 4

Jaggery as per taste

Milk - 1 cup

Nutmeg powder - 1/4 tsp

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Few sliced dry nuts and raisins

Ghee


Method

Take leftover chapati and blend it in a blender. Remove and keep aside.

Heat ghee/butter in a pan and to it add sliced dry nuts and raisins. Fry it till golde brown and raisins puff up.

Remove few and keep aside.

In the same pan add blended chapati, a tsp of ghee and roast for 5 to 6 minutes.

Then add milk, jaggery, nut meg powder, cardamom powder. Mix well and keep on stirring till it becomes dry. Off the flame, remove it in a greased plate and garnish with fried nuts and raisins. When it set cut into cubes.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Cheesy Garlic Bread | Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread





Ingredients
For the dough
Maida/all purpose flour – 100 gm
Yeast – 1 tbl.sp\
Sugar – 1 tsp
Salt – ½ tsp

For the
stuffing
Garlic – 15 to 20 flakes crushed
Chilli flakes – 1 tbl.sp
Oregano – ½ tsp
Parsely – 1 tsp
Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Grated cheese
Butter – 1 tbl.sp
Method
Take a tbl.sp of
yeast.
To it add lukewarm
water, 1 tsp of
sugar and  ½  tsp
of salt.
Mix it and let it
become frothy
Take 100 gm of all-purpose
flour/maida, to it add little water and make a soft dough. Add a tsp of oil
while making dough.
Cover and let it
rest for 3 to 4 hours or till it doubles in size.
For the stuffing
Take a tbl.sp of
butter, to it add crushed
garlic 15 to 20, a
tbl.sp of chilli flakes,
oregano  ½ tsp, parsely 1 tsp, pepper
powder 1 tsp, Salt
as per taste.
Roll half of the dough
into thick flat circle with the help of rolling pin.
Grease baking  plate with oil. Place this roti and spread
garlic mixture on top. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
Bake it at 210
degree celcius for 15


Minutes or till
done.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

China Grass Jelly | Agar Agar Recipe





Ingredients
China grass strands
– 8 gm
Sugar as per taste
Pineapple syrup
Food color
Milk -1/2 litre
Method
Cut the china grass
stands into half and soak it in water separately for an hour.
Heat a pan and to
it add one bowl of china grass strand along with little water. Keep cooking
till it is fully melted. Add sugar, pineapple syrup about one tbl.sp and orange
food color about a pinch. Mix it well, cook and then pour in small quantities
in any mould. Let it set for an hour. This can be set without refrigerator.
In another pan,
heat half litre milk and to it add only china grass strands, drain the water. Now
cook till it is fully melted. Add sugar as per taste. Remove from flame and to
it add pineapple syrup, mix well. When the jelly is set, pour milk to it and
then let it set. Demould it and serve.




Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Scrambled Egg Sandwich RecipeHeat 2 tsp of oil in apan





Ingredients

Eggs - 4

Few bread slices

Sweet chilli sauce or tomato ketchup

Grated cheese

Garlic cloves crushed - 3 to 4

Red chilli powder as per taste

Black pepper powder - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Onion - 1 chopped

Tomato - 1 chopped

Salt as per taste



Method

Break all eggs in a bowl and to it add red chilli powder, black pepper powder, cuin powder, corriander leaves and salt. mix it well.

Keep aside.

Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and to it add few crushed garlic cloves and saute for few seconds.

Add onion chopped and cook till it becomes soft and translucent.

Add tomato and cook till it is completely mashed.

Add egg mixture to it and cook it for some time, then scramble it till done.

Take bread slices and apply butter on one side.

Place a tbl. sp of this mixture one one bread and ketchup or sweet chilli sauce on other slice.

Grate cheese on top and the close the bread.

Grill bread in a sandwich maker or lightly toast in pan. Cut into triangle and serve.


Sunday, July 9, 2017

Chickpeas Salad




Ingredients

Boiled chickpeas - 100 gm

Onion - 1 big

Tomato - 1 medium

Cucumber - 1

Few chopped corriander leaves

Red chilli flakes  as per taste

Black pepper powder - as per taste

Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp

Juice of one lemon

Olive oil - 1 tbl.sp

Salt as per taste



Method

Soak chickpeas/kabulichana in water overnight and then next day boil it with water and little salt.

Chop finely onion, tomato and cucumber and corriander leaves.

In a bowl mix together all the  ingredients and serve.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Homemade Pasta In White Sauce





Ingredients
Pasta – 200 gm
Garlic – 7 to 8
finely chopped
Onion – 1 big
chopped
Chilli flakes as
per taste
Black pepper powder
as per taste
Oregano – ½ tsp
Little cheese
Salt as per taste
Finely chopped red,
yellow and green pepper – 1 cup
Finely chopped
mushroom – 7 to 8
Carrot  - 1 grated
For making white sauce
Butter – 2 tbl.sp
All purpose flour –
1 tbl.sp
Milk – 1 cup
Salt – ¼ tsp

Method
Boil pasta and keep
aside.
Heat a a pan and
add two tbl.sp of butter. When it melts, add a tbl.sp of all-purpose flour and
keep on stirring it for few seconds till the raw smell goes. See that there are
no lumps formed.
Add a cup of milk
to it and keep on stirring it till it becomes creamy.
Off the flame and
keep aside.
In another pan, heat
a tbl.sp of oil and to it add garlic and sauté for few seconds.
Add finely chopped
onion and cook till it becomes translucent.
Add all chopped
veggies, chilli flakes, black pepper, oregano and salt and mix well. Cook for
few seconds. Then add grated cheese as per your taste
Add cooked pasta,
mix well and serve hot.




Thursday, July 6, 2017

Dal Vada | Chana Dal Vada | South Indian Snack





Ingredients

Chana dal - 100 gm

Green chilli - 3

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Few curry leaves

Rice flour - 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 chopped

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt as per taste



Method

Soak chana dal in water for 2 to 3 hours in water. Drain the water and put it in a blender along with green chilli, ginger, few curry leaves, turmeric powder and salt. Add little water while blending. Blend it coarsely.

To it add rest of the ingredients, mix well and make small flat balls.Deep fry in oil till golden brown in color and serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Healthy Mutton Soup (Indian Style)





Ingredients
Rice broken – ¾ cup
Moong dal/green
gram dal –  ¼ cup
Mutton or mince
mutton – 300 gm
Onion – 1 medium
Ginger garlic paste
– 1 tbl.sp
Green chillies – 2 chopped
or as per taste
Few mint and coriander
leaves
Turmeric powder – ½
tsp
Garam masala -
Salt as per taste
Method
Wash and soak rice
and moong separately in water for an hour.
Clean and wash
mutton pieces and pressure cook it by adding ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp turmeric
powder and water. Cook till 4 to 5 whistle. If it is keema, then no need of
cooking. It can be directly cooked along with rice.
Heat a tbl.sp of
oil in a pan and a tbl.sp of ghee. Add sliced onion and green chilli and cook
till golden brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste
and mint leaves and coriander leaves and sauté till raw smell of ginger garlic
goes.
Add soaked rice and
moong dal and stir fry for few seconds.
Add enough water
and let it cook till it becomes soft. Blend mutton coarsely and add it to the
soup along with  mutton stock. Cook for 5
to 10 minutes.
In the end, add garam masala and cook for few
seconds. Serve hot

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Badam Ka Harira | Almond Milk





Ingredients
Almonds – 30 – 35
Milk – ½ litre
Sugar as per taste
Cinnamon – 1 small
stick
Cloves – 3
Cinnamon – 3
 Method
Soak almonds in
water for 2 to 3 hours and then peel the skin.
In a blender, add
almonds, little milk and blend it to a fine paste.
Crush cardamom
pods.
Heat a tbl.sp of
ghee/butter and to it  add cinnamon
stick, cloves and cardamom and fry for few seconds.


Add milk and let it
boil. Then add almond paste, mix it well and keep stirring it on a slow flame
till it starts boiling. Off the flame. Serve hot or cold. 

Friday, June 30, 2017

Baked Peri Peri Chicken Parcel (Air Fried)




Ingredients

Boneless chicken - 400 gm

Onion - 1 medium sliced

Garlic flakes crushed - 5 to 6

Peri peri masala - 2 tsp or as per taste

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Juice of half lemon

Salt as per taste

Red, yelllow and green pepper - each take half and cut into small pieces

All purpose flour dough


Method

Clean and wash chicken and marinate it with peri peri masala and salt. Keep it aside for half an hour.

Heat oil in a pan and to it add garlic flakes crushed. Saute for few seconds and then add sliced onion. Cook onion till it becomes translucent.

Add marinated chicken pieces and cover and cook on a slow flame till chicken is cooked well. Add kashmiri chilli powder, juice of half lemon and again cook till the gravy is dried.

Add red yellow and green pepper. Mix well. Cook for a minuted. Off the flame and let it cool down.

Take maida flour dough and roll into small thin chapatis. Place a tbl.sp of this stuffing and cover it like a parcel. Grease baking tray with oil. Place  this  parcel in the tray.  Brush it with little oil on top.

Bake it or fry it in oil. I have air fried it for 15 minutes at 210 degree celcius.


Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Baked Peri Peri French Fries





Ingredients

Potato - 3 peeled and cut into thin long stripes

Piri piri masala and salt as per taste

Olive oil - 1 tsp



Method

In a bowl, mix together potato, piri piri masala, salt, olive and mix well  and keep aside for half an hour.

Grease baking tray with oil and bake french fries for 10 minutes or till done.

Before serving, sprinkle piri piri masala on top.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Onion Pakoda | Kanda Bhajiya | Onion Fritters | Besan Pakoda





Ingredients

Besan/chickpeas flour - 4 tbl.sp

Onion- 2

Rice flour - 1 tbl.sp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp or as per taste

Turmeric powder - 14 tsp

Carom seed - 1/4 tsp

Few curry leaves

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt as per taste


Method

Slice onions thinly and to it add red chilli powder, carom seed, turmeric powder, few curry leaves and corriander leaves and salt. Cover and keep aside till onion release its moisture.

Then mix chickpeas flour and rice flour and mix well.

Heat oil in a pan and put little in small portion in the oil and fry till golden brown in color. Serve hot with or without ketchup.


Saturday, June 24, 2017

Misal Pav | Mumbai Misal Pav Recipe | Flavors Of Mumbai





Ingredients
Sprouted beans – ½ kg
Onion – 2 medium
size
Grated dry coconut –
1 cup
Tomato – 2 chopped
Garlic cloves – 4 to
5 crushed
Ginger – 1 small
piece crushed
Turmeric powder – ½
tsp
Coriander seed – 1 tbl.sp
Cumin seed – 1 tsp
Red chilli powder
as per taste
Few curry leaves
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Salt as per taste
Lemon
Farsan
Chopped onions
Few chopped coriander
leaves

Method
First pressure cook
mix sprouts till two whistle or till it becomes soft. To it add little water,
turmeric powder and salt.
Heat a tsp of oil
in a pan and to it add chopped onions and fry for 2 minutes and then add grated
coconut, coriander seed, cumin seed and fry till coconut changes its color to
light golden brown.
Blend it to a fine
paste along with tomatoes and little water.
Heat two tbl.sp of
oil in a pan and to it add  a tsp of
cumin seed and let it splutter.
Then add crushed
ginger and garlic and sauté for few seconds.
Add few curry
leaves too. Add the blended masala, chilli powder and garam masala and salt and
mix well. Cover and Cook for few minutes.
Add cooked sprouted
beans along with water, mix it well, add coriander leaves, adjust salt
accordingly and cover and let it simmer on a low flame for two minutes.


Remove in a serving
bowl, garnish with chopped coriander leaves, farsan and chopped onion. Serve hot
with ladi pav and lemon.

Friday, June 23, 2017

Akki Roti | Leftover Rice Paratha | Chawal Ki Roti





Ingredients

Cooked rice - 1 cup

Rice flour - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1 medium chopped

Green chilli - 2 chopped

Carrot - 1 grated

Cumin seed - 1 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt as per taste



Method

Make a coarse paste of cooked rice and then to it add all other ingredients and mix well. Sprinkle little water while making a dough. Make a soft dough. Use tsp of oil in the end.

Heat a pan, add a tsp of oil and then take a ball of the dough and flatten it with the help of fingers. Sprinkle little water while doing it. Make a flat round chapati and cook on both the sides till done.Serve hot with chutney or curry.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Momos Chutney Recipe




Ingredients

Whole red chillies - 7 to 8

Garlic flakes - 3 to 4

Tomatoes - 2

Soya sauce - 1 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Salt as per taste


Method

Soak red chillies in water for half an hour.

Then boil red chillies  and tomatoes in water for 7 to 8 minutes.

Red chillies will become soft.

Peel the skin of tomatoes.

Now blend together all the ingredients given.

Serve with momos.

Chicken Momos | Steamed Chicken Dumpling | Steamed Dimsum recipe





Ingredients
Minced chicken –
250 gm
Garlic - 7 to 8 finely minced

Onion - 1 small chopped
Carrot – 1 grated
Spring onion – ½ cup
Soya sauce – 1 tsp
Salt and pepper as
per taste
All purpose flour
dough
Method
Mix all the
ingredients  together and keep aside.
Make a dough of
maida, salt and water. Roll into small circles and place a tsp of chicken
filling inside.
Close it like half
circle and then again take the ends and bring it together.
Steam in for 15 to
20 minutes and serve hot with chutney.




Monday, June 19, 2017

Mango Phirni | Aam Ki Phirni





Ingredients

Mango - 2

Rice - 1 cup

Milk - 1/2 litre

Sugar - 1/4 cup

Condensed milk - 1/4 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Sliced almonds for garnishing



Method

Soak rice in water for 1 to 2 hours.

Take out pulp of mango and blend it to a fine paste.

Coarsely make a paste of rice adding little water.

Heat a pan and pour milk into it and let it boil.

Add rice paste, mix well and keep on continously stirring it till rice is cooked well and it becomes thick.

Off the flame and let it cool down. When it cools, it will become more thick. Add mango pulp, mix well. Serve in a bowl and garnish with sliced almonds.

Refrigerate before serving.

Mix Fruit Halwa | China Grass Recipe | Fruit Dessert





Ingredients

Milk - 500 ml

Condensed Milk - 200 ml

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Few sliced almonds

3 to 4 different types of fruits

China grass/agar agar - 1/2 of  the packet



Method

Chop fruits into small pieces and keep aside..

Soak half of the china grass for 2 hours in water.

Heat milk in a pan. squeeze out china grass and put in milk and cook till it is completely dissolves.

Add condensed milk, vanilla essence and few sliced almonds.

When china grass is melted. Pour  it in a serving plate and to it add choppped fruits. Mix it and garnish with chopped nuts. Keep in the refrigerator for an hour or two.

Cut into pieces and serve.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Paneer and Bread Croquettes





Ingredients
Paneer – 100 gm
Potato – 2 boiled
Bread slices – 3
(sides removed)
Ginger paste – 1
tsp
Green chilli
chopped – 2
Red chilli powder –
1 ½ tsp
Cumin powder – 1
tsp
Chaat masala – 1
tsp
Salt as per taste
Few chopped
coriander leaves
For coating
All purpose flour –
1 tbl.sp
Corn flour – 1
tbl.sp
Bread crumbs
Method
Mix  together all the ingredients given and make oblong
shape balls.
Make a paste of all
purpose flour and corn flour using little water and keep aside.
Dip this balls in the
corn flour paste and then roll on bread crumbs. Deep fry in oil till golden
brown in color and serve hot with ketchup.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Almond Milk | Badam Milk | How To Make Badam Milk





Ingredients
Milk – ½ litre
Almonds – 30 to 35
Cardamom powder – ½
tsp
Nutmeg powder – ¼
tsp
Sugar – ¼ cup or as
per taste
Few almonds sliced
Method
Soak almond in
water for 2 to 3 hours and then peel off the skin.
In a blender, blend
almond to a paste by adding little milk.
Heat milk till it
starts boiling, then slow the flame and add this almond paste to it and keep on
stirring it continuously till it starts boiling. Add sugar, cardamom powder and
nutmeg powder and mix and cook.
When it starts
boiling, off the flame and let it cool down.


Pour in a serving
glass and garnish with cardamom powder and sliced almonds.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Tamarind Chutney | Imli Ki Chutney | Khatti Meethi Imli Ki Chutney





Ingredients
Tamarind pulp – 1 cup
Jaggery – ½ cup or
as per taste
Red chilli powder –
1 tsp
Roasted cumin
powder – 1 tsp
Black salt – 1 tsp
Salt as per taste

Method
Soak tamarind in
water for half an hour and then extract pulp from it with the help of a blender.
Heat a pan and to
it add this pulp and let it boil. When it starts boiling add jaggery, mix well
and let it cook till it melts.
Off the flame and
let it cool down. Then add rest of the ingredients. Mix well and serve with
samosa, dhokla  or any other snack



Thursday, June 15, 2017

Khaman Dhokla Recipe | Soft and Spongy Dhokla Recipe | Besan Dhokla Re...







Ingredients
Besan/chickpeas – 1
cup
Semolina – 2 tbl.sp
Ginger green chilli
paste – 1 ½  tsp
Turmeric powder – ¼
tsp
Asafoetida – ¼ tsp
Salt as per taste
Eno salt – 1 ½ tsp
Juice of half lemon

For tempering
Mustard seed – 1 tsp
Sesame seed – 2 tbl.sp
Green chilli – 3 slit
open
Few curry leaves
Sugar – 1 tbl.sp
Little salt as per
taste

Method
In a bowl take
besan, semolina, ginger green chilli paste, turmeric powder, asafoetida,
salt  and mix it well along with batter
to make a smooth batter. Keep it aside for 10 to 15 minutes.
In a steamer pan,
add two glass of water and keep for boiling.
Grease a plate with
oil.
Now add lemon juice
and eno salt  and mix it stirring in one
direction for few minutes.
It will double in size.
Pour in grease plate and let it steam in a steamer for 10 to 15 minutes till done.
Prick it with a knife and if it comes out clean then dhokla is ready
Heat oil in a pan
and temper with the given ingredients. Add water and sugar and salt, cook on a
slow flame till it melts. Off the flame and let it cool down. With the help of
spoon pour on dhokla and serve hot with green chutney and imli /tamarind chutney



Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Boiled Egg Sandwich | Quicl and Easy Recipe





Ingredients

Boiled egg - 3

Spring onions - 1/4 cup

Chilli flakes - 1/2 tsp

Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt as per taste

Mayonnaise - 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Few bread slices



Method

Take boiled eggs in a bowl and prick it with a fork into small pieces.

To it all the other ingredients except bread and mix well.

Take bread slices and spread one spoon of mixture on it and cover with other bread slices. Cut into half and serve.


Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Rice and Oats Cutlet | Rice Kabab | Leftover Rice Cutlet





Ingredients
Cooked rice – 1 cup
Oats – ½ cup
Ginger paste - 1
tsp
Green chilli – 2
chopped
Red chilli – 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1
tsp
Chaat masala – 1
tsp
Turmeric powder -
1/4 tsp
Salt as per taste
Few chopped
coriander leaves
Few chopped mint
leaves
For stuffing cooked
keema/paneer/cheese

Method
In a bowl add
cooked rice, oats and rest of the ingredients.
Mix it well and
make small flat balls.
Place one spoon of
stuffing in  the centre and close it from
all sides.


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