PASTA

PASTA

Ingredients:-

• Whole wheat spaghetti
• 1/2 onion sliced
• 3 wine ripe tomato chopped
• 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
• 1/2 cup spinach chopped
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper
• Red chilli flackes ( as per your taste)
• 1tblspn olive oil

Recipe:--

• Cook spaghetti as per packet directions.
• Heat oil in a pan
• Add chopped garlic ,sauté for 30 sec.
• Add sliced onion,sauté for a min,
• Add chopped tomato
• Cook the tomato for 2-3 min
• Add spinach ,sauté for a min.
• Add salt and black pepper
• Add cooked spaghetti , mix well.
• Add red chili flakes  as pet your taste.
• Serve hot .

Notes:- 

Tomatoes should be very good quality.
This is so simple recipe, but it taste awesome , if you use good ingredients.

Paneer Tikka Masala

Paneer Tikka Masala

Marinated paneer cooked in onion tomato and yogurt based gravy..

Ingredients:-

For paneer tikka :- 

• Paneer 400 grm
• Red and green bell pepper 1-1
• Onion
• Tomato

For marination :- 

• 1 cup thick yogurt
• 2 tblspn ginger garlic chilli paste
• 1 tblspn Tandoori masala
• 1 tspn red chilli powder
• 1 tspn garam masala
• 1 tspn chaat masala
• 1 tspn kasoori methi
• 1 tblspn lemon juice
• 1 tblspn oil

Method for marination :-

Cut paneer, onion, tomato, bell paper into a square shape.

Mix all the ingredients for marination

Mix with cut vege and paneer

Marinate for at least 1/2 hr.

In the meanwhile we will prepare the gravy..

Ingredients for gravy :-

• 1 onion ( chopped finely)
• 2 tomato ( pureed)
• 1 tblspnGinger garlic paste
• 1-2 tspnRed chilli powder
• 1 tspn Garam masala
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder
• Whole garam masala (1 cinnamon stick, 3-4 whole cardamom,4-5 cloves )
• 2 tblspn Heavy cream
• 1 tspn corn flour ( dissolved in water)
• Leftover yogurt marination
• Oil
• Salt to taste

Preparation for paneer tikka masala

Heat oil in a pan

Sauté the marinated paneer and vegetables

Take it out in a plate

• Now add whole garam masala and cumin to hot oil
• Add finely chopped onion
• Fry until it becomes brown
• Add puréed tomato paste and ginger garlic paste and all the dry masala
• Add salt too.
• Cook till all the water evaporated
• And oil separates from sides.
• Now add leftover marination( in which u marinated the paneer and veges)
• Fry till oil separates
• Add dissolved corn flour .
• Mix it well
• Add thik cream mix it well
• Now add sautéed paneer and veges .
• Mix it well
• If its too thik add little bit water.
• Cook it for 10 min. On low heat.
• Take it out in serving bowl.

Serve hot with parantha, naan or tandoori roti.

Achari Bhindi(Okra)

Achari bhindi

Bhindi cut diagonally

Ingredient:-

• Panch phuran
• Whole red chillies
• Ground musturd and fennel powder
• Turmeric
• Garam masala
• Onion cut sliced 1
• Tomato sliced  1
• Oil

Recipe:- 

• Wash bhindi before cutting
• Heat 1 tblspn oil in a pan
• Sauté bhindi till almost done
• Take it out
• Now add 1 tblspn oil in the pan
• When heated add panch phuran
• And whole red chilli
• When splutter add sliced onion
• Fry till it gets lite brown color
• Add sliced tomato
• Add salt, turmeric,garam masala and ground mustard and fennel powder
• Fry a little
• Add sautéed bhindi
• Mix it well
• Cook it for 5 more min

1. Take it out in a serving dish
2. Serve it with hot roti.

Whole Grain Spaghetti with Bell peper and Mushroom

Whole Grain Spaghetti with Bell peper and Mushroom

This is a one wholesome meal you all will really enjoy!!!

Ingredients:-

• 200 grm whole grain spaghetti
• 1 medium size onion
• 1/2  red bell pepper
• 1/2 green bell pepper
• 4-5 mushroom
• 1 medium size tomato
• 1 tblspn tomato sauce
• 1 tspn black pepper
• 1 tblspn olive oil
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese
• 1/4 tspn Italian seasoning (optional)
• 2-3 basil leaves (for garnishing) Salt to taste.

• Boil the spaghetti as cooking instruction on the box.
• Drain the spaghetti. Keep aside.
• Keep 1/2 cup of spaghetti water.
• Cut onions, Green bell pepper ( capsicum), red bell pepper , mushroom lengthwise

Recipe:- 

• In a wide pan, heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil.
• Add chopped garlic, saute for a min.
• Add sliced onions, saute for 2-3 min till onions becomes  translucent .
• Add sliced bell peppers , mushroom.
• Cook for 2-3 min
• Add sliced tomato. Saute for a min.
• Add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Add spaghetti and spaghetti water.
• Mix with the sauteed vegetables.
• Add tomato sauce and Italian seasoning. Mix well.
• Add  shredded cheese.
• Mix very well.
• Garnish with basil leaves.
• Serve hot.

Bruschetta

Tomato and bell pepper Bruschetta

 Bruschetta is a fresh, simple and delicious Italian 

 appetizer

Ingredients:-

French loaf bread( or any hard crust bread)

• 1 tomato ( chopped finely)
• 1/2 sweet onion ( chopped finely)
• 1/2 cup Bell peppers ( of your choice)
• chopped finely
• 1 tblspn chopped basil leaves
• 2 tblspn  Garlic crushed and chopped
• 1/4 cup Olive oil
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• Black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese

Recipe :- 

• Cut the bread into 1/2" thick slices
• Brush with olive oil on both sides
• Toaste the breads for 3-4 min. Each side In the oven at 400 F .
• In the mean while take a bowl
• Mix all the chopped ingredients together
• Seasoned it with salt and black pepper
• Take out the bread from the oven
• Put 1 tspn of tomato sauce on each bread
• Now put the tomato,onion, bell pepper mixture on each bread
• Drizzle some olive oil on the top
• Preheat the oven at 400 •F
• Put it under broiler at 400  •F  for about
• 5 more min.
• Take it out topped the bruschetta with some shredded cheese
• Put it again in the oven for 2 min or until the cheese melted .
• Serve hot .

Tip:- 

If u like it hot then u can sprinkle it with some red chilli flackes .

MAKAI SOYA TIKKI

MAKAI SOYA TIKKI

Ingredients:-

• 1 can corn
• 1/ 2 cup tofu ( mashed)                                            
• 1 boiled potato ( grated)
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves ( chopped)
• 2 tspn kasoori methi
• 1 tspn black pepper
• 1 green chilli ( chopped)
• 1" ginger ( grated)
• 2 garlic cloves ( grated)
• 2 tblspn corn flour
• Salt to taste
• 2 tblspn oil
• Some corn flour for coating

Recipe:-

• Take half of the corn mash it with the help of the spoon
• Mix all the ingredients with it except oil
• Make round shape tikis
• Take some dry corn flour and coat the tikis with it.
• Heat oil in a pan
• On a medium heat shallow fry the tikis 2 to 3 min each side or till they become light brown.
• Serve hot with coriander and mint chutney.

Tips:-

• U can adjust the spicy level by adding red chilli powder.
• If u don't have tofu u can use grated paneer( cottage cheese).
• Both ways it's a tasty snack.

Strawberry jam

Delicious Strawberry Jam

Ingredients:-

• 2 cup  fresh strawberries
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tblspn lemon juice

Recipe:-

• Wash and cut the strawberries.
• Mash little bit with the help of potato masher
• Heat a clean pan
• Put the strawberries and cook it for 2 to 3 min.
• Now add lemon juice and sugar
• Cook it on a  low medium heat until it become thick jam like consistency.
• It will take around 12 to 15 min.

Storing Strawberry jam:-

• Take a clean airtight container
• Boil some water in a large vessel
• Put the container in that boiling water
• Let it boil for 5 to 7 min.
• Take it out
• Dry it and store the jam in the container.
• Keep in the refrigerator .

Mushroom do pyaza

Recipe of Mushroom do Pyaza

It's a great recipe for Mushroom lovers

Ingredients:-

•  250 grm Mushroom                                                       
• 1 medium onion ( chopped finely)
• 1/2 small onion ( sliced)
• 4-5 garlic cloves
• 1 inch ginger
• 2 green chilli
• 1 medium tomato
• 1/4th tspn turmeric powder
• 1/4th tspn cumin seeds
• 1 tspn garam masala powder
• 1 tspn coriander powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tblspn oil
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• 1 tblspn fresh cream

Recipe:-

• Heat oil in a pan                                                                                
• Add bay leaves and cumin seeds.
• When splutter add chopped and sliced onion.
• Fry till they become brown.
• Add salt, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala powder to
• Fry for a min.
• In a blender put tomato,ginger, garlic, green chilli and coarsely ground them.
• Add this mixture to the fried onion
• Fry for some time until oil separates .
•  Now add mushroom( cut into square)
• Mix it well.
• Put the lid on.
• Let it cook for some time
• Mushroom will release some water
• Let it cook in its own water
• Don't add any water.
• Cool it till the your desired consistency.
• Now add some cream and cook for a min.
• Garnish with some chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with your favorite bread.

MINI IDLI

RECIPE OF MINI IDLI

Ingredients:-

For steaming idli:-

• Semolina I cup
• Curd 1/4 cup
• Salt to taste
• Eno fruit salt

For tempering:-

• 1 tblspn oil
• 1/4 tspn mustard seeds
• 4-5 curry leaves
• 2 green chilli slit
• 1/4 tspn turmeric
• 1/4 cup onion ( cut lengthwise)

Recipe:-

• Mix all the ingredients for idli
• Steam it in idli stand or paniyarappam
• Pan.
• When done take it out.
• It takes about 10 min.

For tempering:-

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add slit green chilli,mustard seeds, curry leaves
• When splutter add cut onion.
• Add turmeric and salt to taste,
• Fry till light brown
• Now add steamed idli
• Fry for 5 more min.
• Take it out in a wide bowl
• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with chutney of your choice.

Dum Paneer Kali Mirch

Dum Paneer Kali Mirch

 

Ingredients:-

• 1 1/2 cup paneer ( cut triangle )
• 1 onion ( sliced)
• 1/2 cup curd
• 1/4 cup fresh cream
• 2 tspn Ginger garlic green chili paste
• Whole garam masala(3-4 cardamom ,1 cinnamon stick,2 bay leaves,  4 cloves)
• 1/4 tspn Cumin powder
• 1/4 tspn Coriander powder
• 1/8 tspn Turmeric powder
• 1 tspn black pepper powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tspn ghee

Recipe:-

Fry the sliced onion and grid them into a fine paste

Heat some ghee in a pan add all the whole garam masala
When crackle add onion paste fry for a min add ginger garlic green chili paste
Fry for 2 min
Now add curd fry for 1 min
Add all the dry masala
Add 1/4 cup of water
Fry till oil separates.
Add salt to taste
Now add 1 cup of water
When water starts to boil add cut paneer pieces .
Add some fresh cream
Cover the pan with aluminum foil ten with the lid

Cook it 15 to 20 min.
Add some fresh coriander leaves.
Serve hot with chapati, parantha , naan or rice.

Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Recipe for Lentil and bottle gourd soup

Ingredients for the lentil soup:-

• 1/2 cup toor daal ( or any lentil of ur choice)
• 1 cup bottle goud ( cut into thick pieces)
• 1 tomato ( cut roughly)
• 1 tspn ginger ( grated)
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tspn Turmeric powder

For tadka or tempering

• 1 tblspn ghee
• 1/4 tspn cumin seeds
• 2 green chili slit
• 1/4 tspn asafetida
• 1/4 tspn red chilli powder

For garnishing:-

Coriander leaves ( chopped)

Recipe:-

• Wash the lentil properly
•  Add all the ingredients for the soup together in a pressure Cooker
• Cooke it on medium slow heat till 4-5 whistle
• Cool it and take out in a bowl

For tempering:-

• Heat ghee in small pan
• Now add cumin seeds, asafetida, green chilli and red chilli powder.
• Turn off the heat and add it to the soup.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with ur choice of bread or rice.

  You can add chopped onions and chopped garlic too when tempering.

Sesame seeds and jaggery ladoo

Sesame seeds and jaggery ladoo

Ingredients:-

• Sesame seeds          :-     1 cup
• Jaggery.                   :-    1 cup
• Water.                     :-    1/2 cup

Recipe :-

Dry roast sesame seeds till it becomes light brown
Heat water in a pan
When it comes to boil add jaggery
When jaggery and water mixture come to boil then add sesame seeds.
Mix well for 2- 3 min.
Turn off the heat
Put some water on your palm
Take a small portion of jaggery and sesame seeds mixture
Press it between your palm
Make all the ladoos like that
If mixture becomes cold u need to warm it again.
Or if u don't want to make ladoos then u can take a plate Greece with some oil or ghee
Put the warm mixture in the plate  and flatten it with the spatula.

Paneer tikka

Recipe for Paneer Tikka 

Ingredient:-

• Paneer 2 cups
• Bell pepper ( green and red) 2
• Onion 1
• Mushroom 2 cups

For marination :-                                                              

•  2 cup Thick yogurt 
• 2 tblspn Ginger garlic paste
• 1 tspn red chilli powder
• 1 tspn garam masala
• 2 tblspn graham flour( besan)
• 1 tspn chaat masala
• 3 tblspn tandoori masala
• 1 tspn lemon juice
• 1 tspn salt

Method:-

• Cut paneer into 1 inch by 1 inch cubes. Keep aside.           
• Cut bell peppers and onions in square.
• Wash mushroom and take out its stem and dry it.

• To prepare marinade 

• Add all the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well. Now add all the cut vegetables and Paneer to the marinade. 
• Gently mix and cover it .

• Keep it in the refrigerator for couple of hours or overnight .
• Soak the bamboo skewers in water for 1/2 hr.
• Preheat oven on 375 degrees.
• Arrange paneer pieces on skewers alternately with bell peppers, onions and mushrooms.

• Place the skewers on a grill or wire rack brushed with some oil. 
• Broil  it on hi  for 15 -20 minutes turning once in between.

• Cook till paneer pieces get golden brown on all the sides.
• Serve it  with cilantro chutney and lemon wedges.

Peanut and coriander chutney

Peanut and coriander chutney

Ingredient

Peanut 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves 1/2 cup
Green chilli 2
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 1 tblspn

Recipe

Dry roast the peanut
Cool it and
grind with all the other ingredients.

It can be served as a dip or side dish with Paratha or Dosa or Chila.

churma ladoo

churma ladoo 

Ingredient:- 

• 2 cups Whole wheat flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• Chopped nuts (almond,cashew,raisins )
• Ghee for frying
• 2 tblspn ghee
• Cardamon powder
• Water

Recipe:-

•  Kneed the dough using 2 tbl spn ghee and little water ( dough should not be very soft)
• Heat ghee in a pan
• Divide dough 12 equal parts
• Heat ghee in a pan
• Fry divided dough on a medium heat
• Till they become golden brown
• Take off from frm the heat
• Grind them in using a grinder.
• Take off in big bowl
• Now add sugar and chopped nuts.
• Churma should be little warm.it will help the sugar to melt a bit enough to bind it into ladoos.
•   Take a little of the mixture in your hands Press it between your palm ,Give them round shape.

 Note.. If you don't want to make ladoos u can skip that process . And eat churma like that only it's tasty and delicious.

Red Pumpkin curry

 Pumpkin curry

This is great side dish with a right balance of sweet and sour.

 Ingredients:- 

• 2 cup Red pumpkin( cut into cubes)

• 1/2 cup onion( thinly sliced)
• 1 tblspn panch phuran( onion seeds,cumin seeds,fennel seeds,ajwain,fenugreek seeds)
• 1/2 tspn coriander powder
• 1/4 tspn turmeric powder
• 1/4 tspn dry mango powder
• 1/2 tspn sugar
• Salt to taste
• 1 tspn oil

 Recipe:- 

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add green chilli and panch phuran
• When seeds crackle add sliced onion
• Fry for 2-3 min
• Now add red pumpkin
• Add all the salt , turmeric and coriander powder
• Cook for 5 min
• When it becomes soft add dry mango powder and sugar.
• Turn off from the heat
• Serve with chapati or steamed rice.

Gobhi Manchurian

Recipe of Gobhi Manchurian

Gobhi Manchurian 

Ingredients:

  Cauliflower

 Oil – for frying (It can be olive oil or refined as per your taste)

For the batter:

• All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
•  Corn Starch – 3 Tbsp
•  Salt – 1/4 tsp
•  Black Pepper – 1/4 tsp
•  Water – 1/4 cup 
• Red chilli sauce - 1tblspn

For the sauce:

•  Oil – 1 Tbsp
•  Onion – 1/2 medium, chopped finely
•  Green Chilies – to taste, chopped finely
•  Garlic – 3 large cloves, chopped finely
•  Ketchup – 2 Tbsp
•  Red Chili Sauce – 2 Tbsp or to taste
•  Soy Sauce – 4 tsp or to taste
•  White Vinegar – 2 tsp
•  Water – 4 Tbsp
•  Corn Starch – 2 tsp 
• Salt – 1/2 tsp

 Green Onions – 2 stalks, cut diagonally for garnishing

Recipe for sauce

•   Heat Oil in a medium non-stick pan.
•   Add Onions, Green Chilies and Garlic and cook until Onions are light brown.
•   Add Ketchup and Red Chili Sauce and cook until Oil starts to separate from mixture.
•   Add Soy Sauce and Vinegar and mix well.
• Add Salt ( According to taste)
•   Mix 2 tsp Corn Starch with 4 Tbsp Water and add it to the pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes until sauce starts to thicken.
•   Keep sauce aside.

   To make batter

  Add All-purpose flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Black Pepper and    Water to a small bowl. Mix until there are no lumps.

•   Coat Cauliflower pieces well with batter and deep fry until Cauliflower is golden in color.
•   Finish frying all of the Cauliflower and add it to the pan with the sauce. Toss well to coat Cauliflower completely with the sauce.
•   Add Green Onions and toss again.
•   Serve immediately.