Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking. Show all posts

Monday, June 19, 2017

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.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Idli 65 | Chilli Idli | Fried Idli | How to Make Idli 65 With Leftover ...







Ingredients
Idli – 5 to 6
Ginger garlic paste
– 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 2 tsp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
All purpose flour –
¼ cup
Yogurt – 1 ½ tbl.sp
Juice of half lemon
Food color – optional
Salt as per taste
Few curry leaves
for tempering

Method
Cut idli into 4
pieces.
In another bowl,
add all the ingredients given. Mix well by adding little water. Add this idli
pieces to it and mix it well. Let it marinate for half an hour.
Deep fry in hot oil
and remove in tissue paper.
Temper it with
curry leaves and serve hot.



Monday, May 1, 2017

Sweet Sevai | Meethi Sevai | Seviyon ka meetha | weet vermicelli



Ingredients
Vermicelli – 200 gm
Sugar – 100 gm
Cardamom powder – ¼
tsp
Water – 400 ml
Chopped nuts and
raisins – 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Method
If vermicelli is
not roasted, then dry roast it for few minutes and then remove in another pan.
Heat one tbl.ghee/butter
in a pan and to it add chopped nuts and raisins and cook till raisins puff up.
Remove and keep aside few for garnishing.
Add water and sugar
to it and cover and cook till it starts boiling.
Add roasted
vermicelli and mix well and cover and cook on a slow flame. Keep stirring in between.
When cooked, remove
in a plate and garnish with fried nuts and raisins.



Thursday, April 13, 2017

Bread Uttapam | Instant Bread Uttapam | Indian Snack



Ingredients

Make a paste of
Bread slices - 4
Semolina - 100 gm
All purpose flour - 2 tbl.sp
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Few curry leaves
Salt as per taste


Carrot - 1 grated
Tomato - 1 chopped
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Green chilli - 2
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Ginger - 1 small piece chopped
Few chopped corriander leaves

Method
Make a paste of the ingredients given.
Remove in a bowl and to it add the ingredients given above.
Mix well and leave it for 10 minutes.
Heat a flat pan and pour small thick circle like pancakes. Cook on both the sides. Serve hot with chutney.


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Methi Chicken | Chicken with Fresh Fenugreek Leaves | Methi Murgh




Ingredients
Chicken – 500 gm
Fenugreek leaves/methi leaves – 1 small bunch
Onion – 3 sliced
Potato - 1 (optional)
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Yoghurt – 1 tbl.sp
Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tbl.sp
Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala – ½ tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt as per taste
Make a paste of
Two tomatoes
Whole pepper – 1 tsp
Green chilli – 1

Method
Clean and wash chicken and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add whole spices cumin, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and cook till it splutter.
 Add onion sliced. Cook till it turns golden brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste and cook for few seconds till the raw smell goes.
Add tomato pepper paste and cook for two minutes.
Add all the powdered masala and salt and cook till oil separates from masala.
Add chicken pieces, potato , mix well and cook for 2 minute.
Add a cup of water, mix well and cover and cook till chicken is cooked well.
 Keep stirring in between.
When chicken is cooked, add  chopped methi leaves, mix well and cook for a minute.

Serve hot with rice or roti.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Chole Bature | Punjabi Chole Bhature Recipe | Yeast Free Bhature



Ingredients

For making the dough
Maida/all purpose flour - 250 gm
Semolina - 1/4 cup
Yoghurt - 2 tbl.sp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp

For making chole
Chole/kabuli chana/chickpeas - 250 gm
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
Bay leaf - 1
Onion - 2 medium sliced
Garlic crushed - 4 to 5
Ginger - 1 inch grated
Chole masala - 1 tsp
Amchur powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsp
Corriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Puree of two tomatoes
Green chilli - 1 chopped
Salt as per taste

For garnishing
Few chopped corriander leave
Slices of lemon
Onion rings
Ginger juliens

Method
Make a soft dough by adding water wtih the ingredients given. Cover and keep aside for half an hour.

Soak kabuli chana in water for 7 to 8 hours or overnight.

For making chlole - Heat oil in a pan add cinnamon stick, bay leaf and cumin seed. When it splutter add ginger, garlic, green chilli and saute for a second till raw smell goes.
Add sliced onion and cook till translucent.
Add puree of tomatoes and all powdered masala and salt. Cook till oil seprates from masala.
Add soaked kabuli chana and water and pressure cook till it becomes soft.
Garnish with corriander leaves, slice of lemon, onion rings and ginger juliens.

For making Bhature
Take a small ball and roll it in a medium size circle. Deep fry in oil and serve hot with chole.

Lapsi Rava Kheer | Broken Wheat Kheer | Payasam Recipe



Ingredients
Lapsi rava/ broken wheat - 200 gm
Jaggery - 1 cup or as per taste
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Chopped dry nuts and raisins - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp
MIlk - 1/2 litre

Method
Heat a tbl.sp of ghee/butter in apan and add chopped nuts and raisins and fry till raisins puff up.
Remove and keep aside.
In the same fry lapsi rava or broken wheat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add water and pressure cook till 3 to 4 whistle or till soft.
Open the lid, add jaggery, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder and milk. Mix it well and let it cook on a medium flame.
As it becomes warm, it will become more thick, so you can add more milk as required.
Garnish with fried nuts and raisins. Serve hot or cold.


Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Capsicum Egg Paratha | Egg Paratha | Anda Paratha | Stuffed Egg Paratha



Ingredients
Onion - 1
Ginger garlic paste
Tomato - 2
Capsicum - 3
Red chilli paste - 1 tsp
Corriander powder - 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per taste
Few choppped corriander leaves
Eggs - 2

Method
Chop onion in to small pieces. Chop tomato and capsicum and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add onion and saute till it becomes soft.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
Add chopped tomato and cook till it is mashed.
Add chopped Capsicum ,mix well and let it cook for 2 minute.
Off the flame and let it cool down.
Add two eggs and mix well.
Take a chapati , place on one side stuffing and close from other side.
Cook the chapati on both the sides. The egg will cook inside and will stick to the roti.
Serve hot.


Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Raw Mango Raita | Raw mango Kadhi | Kairi ki Kadhi





Ingredients
Raw mango – 4 peeled
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp
Salt – ½ tsp or as per taste
Jaggery – 3 to 4 tbl.sp or as per taste

For tempering
Mustard seed – 1 tsp
Cumin seed – 1 tsp
Red chilli – 2 to 3 chopped
Few curry leaves

Method
Wash and peel raw mango.  In a presuure cooker, add mango, 2 to 3 cup
of water, turmeric powder, cumin powder, chilli poweder, salt and jaggery.
Pressure cook till 4 to 5 whistle.
When cooked remove in a bowl.
For tempering
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seed and
cumin seed, when it splutter, add red chilli cut into half and few curry
leaves.  Pour on the raita and serve hot
with rice or roti.



Monday, March 27, 2017

Tomato Vinegar Salad





Ingredients

Tomato - 2 chopped

Onion - 1 small

Green chilli - 1 chopped

Few chopped corriander leaves

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Vinegar - 1 tsp



Method

Combine all the given ingredients and mix well. Serve with pulao or veg or non veg curry.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Sunny Side Up Eggs



Ingredients
bread slices - 2
eggs - 2
chillli flakes
garlic powder - 1/4 tsp
salt as per taste

Method
With the help of any mould like star or heart shape, make a hole in the centre of egg.
Heat a pan, add butter and to it add chilli flakes, garlic powder and salt as per taste. Saute for few seconds on a slow flame. Now break egg in the middle of the bread and cook for a minute. Sprinkle litte pepper powder on top and serve hot.

Friday, April 22, 2016

Egg and Veg Appam



Ingredients

eggs - 3
bread - 2 slice
onion - 1 medium
capsicum - 1 small
carrot - 1
green chilli chopped - as per taste
ginger - 1 inch grated
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
salt as per taste
can add cheese - optional
few corriander leaves


Method

Finely chop onion, capsicum, green chillies. Grate carrot and ginger and finely chop corriander leaves. Make small pieces of bread.
In a bowl break eggs, add cumin powder and salt and mix it well and then add rest of the ingredients and mix well.  Egg and bread will help to bind the mixture.
Take a appam mould and pour little oil in all moulds. Pour half spoon of these mixture in the mould and cook on a medium flame. Turn other side and cook well.
Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.