Monday, January 28, 2008

Instant Dhokla

Ingredients:
  1. curd 1cup
  2. besan 2cup
  3. turmeric powder 1/4 tea sp
  4. salt to taste
  5. green chilly 2 finely chopped(optional)
  6. eno (lemon flavor) 1sachet
  7. lime juice 1 tab sp.
  8. sugar 2 tab sp.
  9. Luke warm water 1/2 cup
  10. sesame seeds 1/2 tea sp.
  11. green chillies 4-5
  12. oil 2 tea sp.
method:
make a syrup of lime juice and sugar and keep aside. now take a bowl and mix curd and besan with luke warm water, in such a way that there should not be any lumps. now add turmeric,salt and green chilly. and keep it for half an hour.(the batter should neither thick nor too liquid)
on the other hand take your pressure cooker and put some water in it and let it boil. now take a vessel or dhokla thali which can fit in pressure cooker and grease it with little oil .now pour all the besan batter in it and add eno sachet in it ,mix it well and set this vessel inside the cooker.Steam cook it for 15 minutes on medium low flame and keep it for starting 2-3 minutes on medium high flame. after it is ready take it out and let it cool for 5 mins. in the mean time take a pan and put 2 tab sp. of oil in it and add sesame seeds after 2-3 seconds add green chillies to it. now spread the oil of the pan all over the dhokla now cut it into pieces and lastly pour the sugar and lime syrup on it. your dhokla is ready ,serve it with green chutney.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Bharwa aloo tikki

Ingredients:
  1. potatoes 5 medium size(boiled and mashed)
  2. peas 2 cups (boiled)
  3. onions 1 large (finely chopped)
  4. green chilly 2 finely chopped
  5. cumin seeds 1 tea spoon
  6. red chilly pwdr 1/2 tea spoon
  7. salt to taste
  8. dry mango pwdr 1 tea spoon
  9. oil for frying
method:

take a pan ,heat oil for 2 spoon and add cumin seeds and green chilly , after two mins add onions and stir it for 2-3 mins, add boiled peas ,red chilly powder and salt in it and again stir it for 5 mins.
now in a separate bowl mash all the boiled potatoes and add dry mango powder in it, mix it well.
now flatten potato mixture ,put in a small quantity of this mixture and fold around and then press it gently. prepare all the tikkis with the same method and then deep fry it and serve hot.

Spinach Rolls

Ingredients:

for balls:
  1. spinach 2 packages(boiled and fully drained)
  2. paneer 1 cup (grated)
  3. cornflour 2-3 tab spoon
  4. black pepper 1 tea spoon
  5. lemon juice 2 tea spoon
gravy:
  1. onions 2 big(finely chopped or better result grind it)
  2. tomato puree 1 cup
  3. kashmiri mirch 1/2 tea spoon
  4. coriander pwdr 1/2 tea spoon
  5. turmeric pwdr 1/2 tea spoon
  6. red chilly pwdr 1/2 tea spoon
  7. salt to taste
  8. garam masala pwdr 1 tea spoon
  9. ginger garlic paste 2 tea spoon
  10. oil for frying and for gravy
note* you can use butter instead of oil for gravy, it tastes better.
recipe for rolls:
boil spinach and drain excess water from it. now take grated paneer and add lemon juice and black pepper in it. now we have to fill this paneer into spinach and make balls out of it. before filling it add cornflour with spinach so that we can bind the balls easily and the balls will be more crispy.
fry these balls and keep aside.

preparing gravy:

melt butter/oil in a pan and add ginger garlic paste, stir it for two mins., now add onions and fry it till it gets brown colour, now add kashmiri mirch and stir continuously for 5 sec so that it get mingled properly. now add rest of the masala and again fry it for 5 mins till the oil separates.
now add tomato puree and half cup of water ,and cover it for 10 mins till done.your gravy is ready.
in a serving dish place all the spinach balls and pour whole gravy on it and decorate it with coriander leaves.

note* always add rolls into gravy before 2 mins of serving.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Veg/Non veg Pizza at home

Ingredients:
  1. pizza base 1
  2. boneless chicken pieces as per your liking
  3. cheese cubes 3-4
  4. tomato sauce 2 tab spoon
  5. chilly sauce 2 tab spoon
  6. butter 2 tab spoon
  7. cabbage 1 cup (chopped)
  8. onions 1 large(sliced)
  9. carrot 1 cup (grated)
  10. capsicum 1 cup (sliced)
  11. black pepper 1 tea spoon
  12. salt to taste
  13. ginger garlic paste 2 tea spoon.
  14. tomato 1 big (sliced)
  15. oil for greasing
method:
first of all boil all the chicken pieces and keep aside..
now take a pan and
add 1 tab spoon of butter, add ginger garlic paste and black pepper in it.
stir it 2-3 mins ,now
add onions, capsicum, cabbage and grated carrot...stir continuously for 5-10 mins. now add salt and boiled chicken pieces in this pan and fry it again for 5 mins , (the chicken pieces should be mixed properly with masala) ...
Meanwhile pre heat your oven at 200 for 10 mins...
Now grease your oven try properly with oil and set your pizza base on it( it will be good if you cut pizza into 4 or 6 pieces before keeping it into the oven), now the first layer should be of butter , then spread tomato sauce and then chilly sauce. now take out that masala from your pan and spread this properly onto this pizza..now grate whole cheese cubes on it and lastly decortae it with sliced tomato....
set this pizza in your oven for 10 mins..
your pizza is ready for serving.

note* If you are preparing veg pizza you just have to ignore chicken pieces and the rest of the process is same.


Soyabean kabab

Ingredients:
  1. soyabean granules 2 cups
  2. milk 2 cups
  3. boiled potatoes 2 small
  4. onion 1 small (finely chopped)
  5. cumin seeds 1 tea sp.
  6. green chilly 4-5 (finely chopped)
  7. red chilly powder 1/2 tea sp.
  8. salt to taste
  9. coriander leaves 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
  10. chaat masala 2 tea sp.
method:

first of all take a bowl and soak soyabean with milk for half an hour.
now take a kadai put it on a flame and heat 2 tea spoon of oil ,then add cumin seeds and then add chopped onions in it...fry it for two mins. , now add salt, red chilly powder,green chilly and soaked soyabean, stir continuously for 10 mins...
remove kadai from the flame and let it be little cool ,now add mashed potatoes ,chaat masala and coriander leaves. mix it well and make tikki out of it.now shallow fry this tikkis on a frying pan and your soyabean tikki is ready to eat.

note * it will be more tastier if you use this tikki for your burger( it will give you a taste of non veg) instead of filling plain tikkis inside the burger you can fill this tikki.

Apple Punch

Ingredients:
  1. apple 2 small (peel it and grate it)
  2. mint leaves 1 cup (chopped)
  3. gold spot 1 bottle (chilled)
  4. limca 1 bottle (chilled)
  5. straws
method:
first of all mix both the soda (equally) in a large container. now in the serving glass put some grated apple first and then put some mint leaves, now fill that glass with soda and serve it with straw.

note* you can take any combination of sodas but orange and lime soda will give you a better taste.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Paneer tikka

Ingredients:
  1. paneer 250 gms
  2. curd 1 cups (thick)
  3. ginger garlic paste 2 tab sp.
  4. orange colour a pinch
  5. black pepper 1 tea sp.
  6. green chillies 3-4 finely chopped
  7. onions 1 large( round cut ted,separate all the rings)
  8. capsicum 1 large (round cut ted)
  9. butter for frying
  10. salt to taste
Method:

Cut the paneer into thick cubes ,mix all the ingredients in a big bowl, (except onions,butter and capsicum) and keep it aside for an hour.
now pre heat your oven at the temperature of 200, now set all your paneer pieces, rapped with curd,on a oven dish and set it in your oven for 10-15 mins. keep checking it . the colour should not be too dark.meanwhile take a pan and heat butter in it,now add onions and capsicums and fry it for 5 mins.
In a plate arrange paneer tikka and decorate it with fried onions and capsicums , for better taste you can sprinkle chaat masala on it...serve it hot with hari chutney.

Second option:
In case if you are not having oven, you can also fry marinated paneer cubes in butter till fully done...and serve it with onions and capsicums decorated on it .