Sep 17, 2007

Hara bhara kabab


Hara Bhara Kabab


Ingredients:-


400 grm potato(boiled)
250 grm green peas(boiled)
100 grm paneer
1 tspn cumin
100 grm boiled spinach leaves
50 grm boiled fenugreek (methi) leaves
2 tblspn bread crumbs
2 tblspn cornflour
salt to taste
oil for deep frying


Masala to grind


1/2 bunch coriander leaves
1/4 bunch mint leaves
1/2 lemon juice
1" ginger
2-3 green chili

Recipe:-

  • Grind all thease (coriander,mint,ginger,green chili) in a blender.

Now...

  • Mash boiled potato, green peas and paneer.
  • Add all the other ingredients (cumin,boiles spinach leaves,methi,bread crumbs, corn flour,salt and ground masala) and chat masala.
  • Divide the mixture into equal portions. Shape each portion into a lemon size ball and then press it in between your palms to give it a semi flat tikki shape.
  • Heat oil in a Kadhai.
  • Deep fry till crisp.

for serving:-
  • place kaju (cashew) on the top of every kabab.
  • serve hot with khajur(dates) chutney or green chutney

Tips:-
  • you add can more cornstarch and bread crumbs for binding.


Sep 13, 2007

Gobhi Manchurian

manchurian


Gobhi Manchurian

Ingredientsfor gobhi balls


1 cup cauliflower (cut)
1/2 cup all purpose flour(maida)
1/4 cup cornflour
1/2 tspn salt
1 tspn oil
1 tspn soy sauce
1 tspn red chili powder
1 tblspn ginger garlic paste
Gobhi Manchurian

Recipe:-


  • First cut the the flowerettes from the Cauliflower.
  • wash the flowerettes , sprinkle some salt and keep aside for 10 min.
  • mix all the other ingredients together,mix well to a thin paste.
  • Dip Gobi pieces in the batter completely and fry them until light brown.
  • Spread them on a paper towel so that the extra oil soaks into the towel.


Ingredients for gravy:-


2 tblspn cut green onion
2 tblspn ginger garlic paste
green chili
2 tblspn soya sauce
1 tspn cornflour
1 tspn chili sauce
1/2 tspn black pepper
salt to taste
2 tblspn oil
1 cup vegetable stock
chopped coriander leaves

Recipe:-


  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • put green chili and ginger garlic paste, fry until fry them until they start to turn brown.
  • Now add white part of green onions.fry for a min.
  • Then add vege stock (if you don't have vege stock normal water will do) and let it boil for a min.
  • Mix.1 tblspn of cornflour with 1/2 cup water, add this to the gravy.
  • Stir well
  • Now add soya sauce, chili sauce , black pepper,salt.
  • add fried gobhi.
  • let it cook for 2 3 min.
  • Pour in a serving bowl.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and cut green onions(green part)

Tip:-

  • you can add soya sauce .chili sauce according to your taste.

Sep 11, 2007

green chutney(coriander chutney)

chutney

Green Chutney(Coriander Chutney)

Chutney adds great flavor to any snack and food or you can say snack is incomplete without chutney. here i have added 1 extra ingredient (peanuts).
What peanut does to chutney:- color of chutney is greener and if you are keeping chutney for 2-3 days ,it doesn't turn blackish in spite of adding lemon.

Ingredients:-


  • 1 bunch fresh coriander leaves
  • 1 tspn cumin
  • 2clove garlic
  • 1" fresh ginger root
  • 2 green chili peppers
  • 1 tablespoon peanuts
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe:-


  • Blend the ingredients (coriander leaves , garlic, ginger, green chili, peanuts, salt) in a blender using little water until smooth.
  • pour in a bowl,add lemon juice to chutney.
  • serve with any snack or starter.

Masala aaloo(crispi fried potato with spices)

chat

Masala aaloo(crispi fried potato with spices)

Ingredients:-

  • 4-5 medium sized potato(boiled) peeled and cut into 1" thick slices
  • 1 tbsps cumin
  • 2 green chili (slit)
  • 1 tbsp coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chilly powder
  • 1 tsp dry raw mango powder (amchoor)
  • 1 tsp of garam masala powder
  • coriander leaves
  • oil to fry
  • salt or to taste

Recipe:-


  • Mix all the powdered spices together in a bowl and add some water to it and leave it for 5 min.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add cumin green chili .
  • When they splutter, add boiled potato shallow fry potatoes.
  • then add mixed spices(wet)
  • Stir together potatoes and spices.
  • cover the pan for 2 min.
  • Let it cook till potato is golden brown.
  • stir again.sprinkle some coriander leaves.
  • take out in a bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
  • serve with hot chapati or paratha and daal.

Banana milk shake


Banana milk shake


Ingredients:

2 banana (chopped)
1 cup milk 1/4 cup cream (optional)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup crushed ice


Recipe:-

  • Put all this in a blender jar and blend smooth.
  • serve cold with sandwich(optional)

Sep 5, 2007

aata laddoo

ladoo

Aata Laddoo

This is my mother's traditional recipe.... very tasty and high calorie sweet.It has lots of ghee(clarified butter), nuts(almond, cashews) sugar and gum raisin(edible gum or gond)....But here i m not using gond B'coz of summer season,gond is hot in nature so its good in winter month and these laddos r very good for would be mother :).

main ingredients

Ingredients:-


1 kg. chapati flour
400 grm ghee(clarified butter)
250 grm sugar(ground)
1 cup roasted nuts(almond,cashews, raisins)
1 tblspn crushed cardamom


Recipe:-


  • Take a large pan. heat ghee.
  • Add flour in it and fry on medium heat stirring continuously.
  • fry until it is light brown in color and ghee separates from flour.
  • It will have a distinct 'aroma'.
  • Take out from heat.and place in a large pan.
  • Let it cool until it can be touched by hands comfortably.
  • Now add sugar and roasted nuts and cardamom.
  • Mix well together.
  • Take small amount of this mixture in your palm and make lemon size balls by pressing and rolling in between your palms.
  • It will make around 25- 30 laddoos (depends on size).
  • Store in a airtight container.

matar paneer in khus -khus(poppy seeds)

matar paneer

Matar Paneer in khus -khus(poppy seeds)


This is yet another simple and tasty recipe...fried paneer and mater (peas) in poppy seeds gravy.


Ingredients


200 grm paneer
50 grm matar(peas)
1/2 cup poppy seeds
(soaked in water for 1/2 hr.)
1/2 onion chopped
2 green chili
1/2" ginger
1/2 tspn red chili powder
1/2 tspn turmeric powder
1/2 tspn dhaniya powder
1/4 tspn garam masala powder
salt to taste
oil for frying
1 cup water

for garnishing:-

fresh coriander leaves (chopped)


Recipe:-


  • cut paneer in 1" thick slices...shallow fry them and keep aside.
  • boil peas in a vessal for 3-4 min,drain water and keep aside.
  • Now grind turmeric,red chili,dhaniya, gram masala powder, soaked poppy seeds, green chili, ginger and salt. this will make a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan and cumin and chopped onion and fry till onion became translucent.
  • Add poppy seeds paste and fry for 5 min ( stir continuously).
  • Add 1 cup of water bring to a boil then add paneer and peas.
  • reduce heat and simmer until gravy thickens.
  • remove from heat.
  • garnish with coriander leaves.
  • serve hot with chapati or rice.