Showing posts with label appetizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label appetizer. Show all posts

Nov 30, 2007

Ghughani

bengali snack popularly known as ghughani

Ghughani

this is a very famous Bengali evening snack......

Ingrediets:-



2 Onion, finely chopped
4-5 clove Garlic, minced
1" Ginger, minced
1/2 ts Turmeric
2 ts Cumin powder
2 ts Coriander powder
4-5nGreen chili
3-4 Tomatoes, chopped
1/4 ts Salt
1 1/2 cup white peas (soaked overnight)
1/2 cup tamarind pulp


Recipe:-

  • cook peas in a pressure cooker with salt until tender.
  • Heat oil in skillet & add bay leaf & ginger, garlic & green chili.
  • fry for a min.now add onion.
  • Fry until richly browned, but not burnt,
  • Stir often while cooking.
  • Add tomatoes ,cook for 2 min.
  • Add turmeric,cumin, coriander & salt mix well.
  • Reduce heat, cover & cook until the tomatoes begin to disintegrate &
  • a thick sauce forms.
  • Stir occasionally to prevent sticking, adding a little water if necessary.
  • Add cooked chick peas & some water and pressure cook for 5 min.
  • Remove from heat & let stand for a few minutes.
  • Now add tamrind pulp.mix well.
  • Garnish with onion rings and coriander leaves.
  • serve hot

Nov 15, 2007

Garlic Mushroom

Garlic Mushroom



Ingredients:-



350 gm whole mushrooms
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp shredded spring onions
2 tsp chopped garlic
3 shredded green chilies
1 tbsp thick tomato puree
1 tbsp cream
2 tbsp shredded garden herbs(coriander leaves and pudina leaves)

Recipe:-


  • Heat butter. Add spring onions, garlic and chilies.
  • After a few seconds, add mushrooms to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in tomato puree and cream. Season well and finish with herbs.
  • Serve hot.


sweet n sour vege corn soup

soup

Sweet n Sour veg corn soup


Ingredients:-
1 cup mixed vegetables - chopped fine
1/2 diced onions
2 tsp garlic paste
1/2 cup boiled corn
1/2 cup boiled noodles
4 cups stock or water+ 2 soup cubes
1 tsp salt or to taste
1/2 tsp soya sauce
1 tbsp vinegar
2 tsp sugar or to taste
2 tbsp tomato puree
1/4 tsp powdered black pepper
2 tsp cornflour
1/4 cup water ]mixed together

Recipe:-

  • Heat oil. Add onions, garlic and spices. Cook for 5 minutes.
  • stir in all the boiled vegetables, corn and stock.
  • simmer till vegetables are bite-like.
  • Add the cornflour solution, simmer for 5 minute,.
  • garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Nov 8, 2007

Tofu Pakora

Tofu Recipe



Ingredients:-

150 gm tofu
1 cup gram flour
2 tbsp curd
red chilli powder - to taste
1/2 tbsp ginger paste
1/2 tbsp garlic paste
1/2 tbsp garam masala
salt- to taste
refined oil


Recipe:-


  • Cut tofu into cubes or rectangular pieces as desired. Apply a little salt on tofu pieces and keep aside for 15 minutes.
  • Mix gram flour, curd, red chilli powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, garam masala, salt and water to make a thick batter.
  • Dip the tofu pieces in the batter and deep fry in hot oil.
  • Serve hot with tomato ketchup

Nov 5, 2007

Vegetable Momo

vegetable momos


Vegetable Momos


This is one of my favorite recipes.Try this you will also love it.

Ingredients:-For dough:

2 cups maida
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

For filling:

1 cup carrots ( grated)
1 cup cabbage (grated)
1 tbsp oil
1/2 cup onion (finely chopped)
1 tsp garlic ( chopped )
1 tsp Soya sauce
1/4 tsp vinegar


Recipe:-


  • Mix the maida, salt and baking powder and knead to a stiff dough with water.
  • Heat oil and add the onion and garlic.
  • Saute over high heat and add the carrot and cabbage. Turn around over high heat till glossy.
  • Take it off the heat and mix in the Soya sauce, salt, vinegar and black pepper.
  • Roll the dough thin (translucent) and cut into 4"-5" rounds.
  • Take a round, wet edges and place some filling in the center. Bring edges together to cover the filling.
  • Twist to seal and fill the rest in the same way.
  • Steam for about 10 minutes and serve with Soya sauce and chilli sauce.

Aug 24, 2007

Bread Ball

Bread Ball


Ingredients


1 medium loaf bread
1/4 cup curd (preferable sour curd)
1/4 cup gram flour (besan)
4 Green Chillies (chopped)
2 tbsps. Carrot (grated)
2 tbsps. Cabbage (finely chopped)
1/4 Onion (finely chopped)
1 tsp. Ginger (grated)
2 tbsps. Coriander leaves (chopped)
1/2 tspn chili powder
1/2 tspn hing
Salt to taste
Vegetable Oil for frying


Recipe:-


  • Remove the top crust of loaf, crumble the loaf into very small pcs.
  • Add curd and little water to soak the bread. leave for 2 hr.
  • add all the other ingredients together and mix well.
  • Make small balls out of the mixture
  • Heat oil and drop a these balls into hot oil.
  • Deep Fry until golden brown n crispy.
  • Serve hot with sauce.

Aug 21, 2007

Bread Roll

This is my recipe of bread ball.its a evening snack which is made of bread and mashed potato in oval shape and deep fried in vegetable oil serve with green chutney or tomato sauce
i hope u will enjoy this.


Ingredients-


For Filling

boiled n mashed potato
(3-4 medium size)
1/4 cup green peas
1/2 m. size onion(chopped)
1 /4tspn garam masala
1/4 tspn turmeric powder
1/4 tspn red chili powder
1/4 tspn cumin
1 geen chilli
chopped coriander leaves
amchur (mango) powder
(optional)
salt to taste
1 tspn oil

thick Bread slices as needed
(8-10)
1cup water
1/4 cup milk
oil for deep frying

Recipe:-

  • Heat 1 tspn oil in a pan, add cumin,green chili and chopped onion.Fry over a medium head for 1 min.
  • Then add mashed potato and peas.
  • Add red chili powder,turmeric powder,garam masala,mango powder,salt and let it cook for 3-4 min.add coriander leaves. take out from the pan and cool it.
  • Now take a bowl and mix the 1 cup water and 1/4 cup milk.
  • Soak bread slices in water(+milk) and squeeze gently by pressing the bread slices between the palm.
  • Take 2 tspn of potato mixture and put it in center of the bread slice and seal the edges of the bread in such a way that the filling does not come out from any part of the bread.
  • Give it an egg like shape.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan(kadhai) on a medium high.
  • Deep fry on medium till golden brown.
  • Serve hot with green chutney and tomato sauce.