Saturday, May 24, 2014

How To Boil Peanuts





Ingredients

Peanuts - 1/2 kg

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

salt



Method

Take a pressire cooker, add peanuts, turmeric powder and salt and pressure cook till 3 to 4 whistles.

Serve hot.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Onion Paratha







Ingredients


wheat flour - 2 cups

onion - 1/4 cup

cumin seed - 1 tsp

green chilli - 2 or as per taste

corriander powder - 1 tsp

few corriander leaves

salt as per taste


Method

heat two tsp of oil in a pan,  add green chilli and cumin seed and saute for few seconds, then add onions and saute till translucent.

Add corriander powder, salt and corriander leaves and mix well. Off the flame and leave it aside to cool.

Combine it with wheat flour  and knead it to a dough. Leave it to rest for half an hour and then make parathas and fry on a tawa till it is cooked on both the sides.

serve hot with yoghurt, pickle or butter.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Strawberry and Chocolate Coated Kulfi




Ingredients

Milk - 300 ml
condensed milk - 1/2 cup
cream - 125 ml
cornflour - 2 tsp
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
strawberry and chocolate syrup

Method
Combine milk and cornflour and cook stirring continously till it starts boiling.
Remove from flame and add condensed milk, cream, vanilla essence and pour in a kulfi mould.
When it sets, remove and add chocolate and sugar syrup and again leave it to set.
Serve when ready.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Spring Rolls With Noodles





Ingredients
 Mixed vegetables finely chopped -carrot, capsicum, cabbage and corn (500 gm)
Cooked noodles - 1 cup
Garlic flakes -  4 to 5
Chopped onion - 1
Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Salt and pepper as per taste

Paste of corn flour/egg white or water to stick

Spring roll sheets


Method

Heat oil in a pan, add flakes of garlic and stir fry for few seconds and then add onion and cook till it becomes translucent.
Add mixed vegetables, cooked noodles, soya sauce, salt and pepper and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on a high flame. Remove from fire and keep aside.
Take spring roll sheet, place one tablespoon of the stuffing and roll it tightly as shown in the video. Stick with cornflour paste/egg white or water.
deep fry in hot oil till golden brown in color and serve hot with ketchup.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Mango Kulfi







Ingredients
Milk – 300 ml
Pulp of two mangoes
Condensed milk – ½ tin
Cream – 125 ml
Corn flour – 2 tsp

Method
First mix together milk and corn flour and cook till it
starts boiling.
Remove from fire and add to it mango pulp, condensed
milk, cream and whisk till everything is blended well.
Pour this in a kulfi mould and leave it to set. Serve
soft and creamy mango kulfi



Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Labneh Za'atar Recipe (Arabic Recipe)





Ingredients
pizza dough
hung curd (Labneh)
za'atar
olive oil
salt as per taste

Method


Make a flat bread of pizza dough and place it on a baking
tray. Mix labneh with little salt and spread on it. Mix zaatar with olive oil
and sprinkle on the bread. Bake at 180 degree celcius till the bread is baked. Serve
hot.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Potato Basked with Aloo Chaat







Ingredients
Grated potatoes – 4
Cornflour – 2 tbl.sp
Salt – ½ tsp

For making
aloo chaat
Boiled and chopped potato – 2
Tomato – 2 chopped
Sweet chutney
Green chutney
Chaat masala
Nylon sev for garnishing

Method
Grate potato, soak in cold water for few minutes so that
it does not get discolored. Then remove and drain the water and wash it with
cold water so that all the startch is removed. Dry it with a tissue paper and
then add salt and cornflour to it,
Take two strainer. Place this grated potato in one
strainer and close it with other so that it forms like a basket. Deep fry in
hot oil,
Add any stuffing of your choice. Here I have put aloo
chaat. For that first put green and sweet chutney, then chopped potato, chopped
tomato and then again green and sweet chutney, sprinkle chaat masala on top and
then garnish with nylone sev and serve.