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Friday, July 22, 2011

Mutter (Matar/Mattar) Paneer

Green Peas (Mutter) and Paneer (Cottage Cheese) Curry/Gravy

(Servings: 4)

Ingredients

  • Paneer cubes (cut in small size) 400-500 grams
  • Green peas 200-400 grams
  • Ghee (preferable) or any edible oil 2 tablespoon
  • Additional ghee (preferable) or any edible oil to deep fry
  • Onions 2 large (finely chopped)
  • Ginger 1 inch piece (finely chopped)
  • Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
  • Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
  • Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
  • Garam masala powder 1 teaspoon
  • Salt to taste

Method
  1. Heat ghee (edible oil) in a wok (kadai) and deep-fry the cubes of paneer till light brown. Drain these on an absorbent paper.
  2. Heat two tablespoons ghee in a pan and add chopped onions and ginger. Sauté till lightly browned.
  3. Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder, salt and peas and cook, adding a little water till the peas are tender and a little gravy remains.
  4. Add the fried paneer, garam masala powder and boil for five minutes.
  5. Serve hot with chappatis, rotis, nans or rice. 
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    Saturday, April 23, 2011

    Dum Aloo

    Kashmiri Dum Aloo: Simple Recipe, Yet The Same Yummy Taste

    Ingredients

    Baby potatoes- 1/2 kg (for 4 to 5 servings)
    Ghee or any other edible oil- 4 tbsp
    Onion- 1 grated
    Plain yogurt (curds/dahi)- 2 cups
    Milk- 1/2 cup
    Asafetida- a pinch
    Bay leaf- 5
    Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp
    Chili powder- 1 tsp
    Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
    Salt- to taste
    Masala- grind the following ingredients together to make the masala: coriander seeds
    1tbsp, black cardamoms 4, cardamoms 2, cloves 4, peppercorns 7, cinnamon 1 inch, caraway seeds (shahajeera) 1/4 tsp

    Method
    1. Wash the potatoes, peel the potatoes, prick all over with a fine fork and soak in the water with little salt for around 2 hours.
    2. Dry the potatoes on a cloth.
    3. Heat the ghee or edible oil in a pressure cooker. Stir-fry the potatoes in it over medium heat till they turn light brown. Take them out and keep them aside.
    4. In the same pressure cooker add the bay leaves, asafetida, ginger-garlic paste and grated onion. Stir-fry it on a medium heat till the paste becomes red-brown and the mixture starts separating from the oil.
    5. Add to it the ground masala and mix it well. Cook for 2-3 minutes on a medium heat.
    6. Add the turmeric powder, chili powder and salt. Saute for a minute.
    7. Add the milk and curd and continuously stir it.
    8. In case you feel that the gravy is thick, add water and cook for couple of minutes preferably on high heat.
    9. Add the potatoes in the gravy and cook under pressure in the pressure cooker. Dum aloo is ready.
    10. Garnish with coriander.
    11. Serve hot with chapatis, rotis, nans, rice etc.
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      Tuesday, April 5, 2011

      Vegetable Cutlet

      Vegetable Cutlet Recipe: The Easy Way

      Ingredients

      • Potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed- 2
      • Vegetables (beets, carrots, peas, cabbage etc), chopped finely, boiled and drained well - 3 cups
      • Breadcrumbs- 1 cup
      • Ghee (clarified butter)- 1 tbsp
      • Edible oil for shallow frying of cutlets
      • Green chillies, finely chopped- 2
      • Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp
      • Coriander leaves chopped- 1 tsp
      • Amchor (mango powder)- 1/2 tsp
      • Garam masala powder- 1/2 tsp
      • Red chilli powder- 1 tsp
      • Dhania (coriander) powder- 1 tsp
      • Cumin powder- 1 tsp
      • Saunf (fennel) powder- 1/2 tsp
      • Cashew nuts chopped - 1 tsp
      • Salt to taste

      Method
      1. Heat ghee and add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies. Fry for about a minute.
      2. Add the chopped cashew nuts and all the powdered spices. Add the coriander leaves. Fry for half a minute.
      3. Add all the drained vegetables and mix well. If there is any water, heat and fry till all moisture is completely gone.
      4. Add mashed potatoes and salt to taste. Mix the whole thing well. Heat the mixture and remove it from the stove.
      5. Make flat rounds of the mixture.
      6. Shallow fry in edible oil on both sides till the cutlets turn golden brown.
      7. Serve hot with tomato sauce (ketchup) or chutney.
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        Friday, April 1, 2011

        Egg Pudding

        Easy to Cook Dessert: The Easy Way

        Ingredients

        For pudding
        • 5 eggs
        • ¼ cup butter
        • ¼ cup sugar
        • ½ cup all-purpose flour (maida)
        • ½ liter milk
        • 1 tsp vanilla
        For hard sauce
        • 1/3 cup butter
        • 1 cup powdered sugar
        • ½ tsp vanilla
        • Nutmeg powder
        Method

        For pudding
        1. Heat a pan. Put butter into it. 
        2. As the butter melts, add flour and sugar to it.
        3. When it starts thickening, add milk in it and keep stirring.
        4. Cook this mixture for around 4 to 5 minutes and remove it from the stove.
        5. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them.
        6. Add the beaten eggs to the mixture and keep stirring.
        7. Add vanilla to it.
        8. Transfer the contents to a pudding dish.Heat the over up to 350 degrees F.
        9. Keep the pudding dish in a pan of water in the oven.
        10. Bake the pudding for around 35 to 40 minutes in the oven.
        For hard sauce
        1. Beat the butter till it is fluffy.
        2. Gradually add sugar to the butter and keep stirring.
        3. Add vanilla to it and keep beating.
        Serve the egg pudding with hard sauce. For this, pour hard sauce over egg pudding and sprinkle a pinch of nutmeg powder on it. 

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        Friday, March 25, 2011

        Fruit Platter

        The Exotic After Meals Dish

        Ingredients

        Watermelon, pineapple, banana, strawberry, kiwi, orange, blueberry, black berry, assorted grapes, mango, apple, cantaloupe and cherries: all of these fruits or many of these fruits (decide the quantities of each type of fruit as per your own judgment):

        Decorative lettuce.

        Method

        1. Select a dish that is pleasant in looks and shape. (If you wish to give the fruit platter as a present or wish to contribute in a pot luck, use a decent looking inexpensive disposable dish).

        2. Wash the fruits thoroughly.

        3. Cut the larger fruits like water melon, banana, pineapple etc in slices of relatively same sizes. Various types of berries, grapes etc can remain whole.

        4. Line the outside rim of the dish by the decorative lettuce. Neatly place the fruits onto the dish placing each fruit in its own section. if any empty spaces remain, fill them up with smaller whole fruits like berries, grapes etc; you can drizzle them over the entire platter.

        5. The fruit platter is ready to serve.

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        Scrambled Eggs

        Easy to Cook Eggs Recipe

        Ingredients

        Eggs- 2 eggs per person
        Butter- 1 tea spoon butter per egg
        Salt to taste
        Pepper to taster
        Optional- any other additions (as per your choice or desire) herbs, shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, chopped scallions etc

        Method

        1. Break the eggs in a deep bowl. Beat the eggs by a fork (or a wire whisk) for about half a minute till the eggs are frothy and evenly colored. Caution: do not add salt at this stage since it will toughen the eggs.
        2. Warm up a non-stick frying pan on medium to low heat. Put the butter in the pan and let it melt. Now reduce the heat to low and pour the beaten eggs into the pan.
        3. Cook the eggs at low heat. Do not start stirring immediately. After you notice the first signs of setting of eggs, start stirring by a flat wooden spoon till the eggs get cooked as per your choice.
        4. Now season the scrambled eggs with salt and pepper. You have an option of adding herbs, shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, chopped scallions etc.
        5. Remove the pan from the stove.
        6. Serve hot.

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        Friday, February 25, 2011

        Potato Curry

        Aloo Curry: The Simplest Tasty Curry
         
        Ingredients
        • Potatoes 4 Boiled
        • Onion 1 large, chopped fine
        • Tomatoes 2 large, chopped
        • Chili powder 1/2 tsp
        • Ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp
        • Edible Oil 1 to 2 tsp
        • Salt to taste
        • Garam masala 1 teaspoon
        • Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
        • Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
        • Asafoetida (hing) a pinch
        • Curry leaves
        • Chopped coriander leaves (cilantro)
         
        Method
        1. Peel the boiled potatoes and cut them in cubes.
        2. Cut green chillies in pieces.
        3. Heat edible oil in a pan.
        4. Add mustard and cumin seeds. When they stop spluttering, add asafoetida (hing).
        5. Add chopped onion, fry till onions are transperant.
        6. Add chopped tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
        7. Add ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and stir.
        8. Add cut potatoes, salt, 1 cup water, garam masala and red chili powder. Stir.
        9. Bring to boil, cover and cook for 5 minutes on low heat.
        10. Add chopped coriander leaves (cilantro). Mix well.
        11. Serve it with Indian breads such as chapatis, phulkas, rotis, nans, parathas etc 
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        Wednesday, January 12, 2011

        French Fries

        French Fries: The Easy way

        Ingredients

        • 6 large potatoes (normally one potato will be good enough for one person)
        • Edible oil
        • Salt

        Method

        1. Cut the potatoes into strips (fingers shape) of about 1/3 to 1/2-inch thickness and width.
        2. Soak potatoes in ice cold water for 1 hour at room temperature.
        3. Drain the water and pat dry the strips of potatoes with paper towels.
        4. Heat edible oil in deep frying pan.
        5. Place potato strips in a single layer in deep fry basket; fry in hot oil for about 3 to 4 minutes or until the potato strips turn golden brown and tender. We call them french fries now.
        6. Remove the french fries from oil and drain them on paper towels.
        7. Repeat this process for all the potato strips.
        8. Season the french fries with salt to taste.
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        Tuesday, January 4, 2011

        Paneer Pakora

        Paneer Pakoras: The Easy Way

        Ingredients


        • 250 gms paneer
        • 8 tbsp gram flour
        • 2-1/2 tsp Red chili powder
        • 1-1/4 tsp mango powder
        • 1/4 tsp cooking soda
        • Water as per requirement
        • Salt to taste
        • Edible oil

        Method

        • Cut the paneer into thick square pieces.
        • Sprinkle mango powder and red chili powder on these pieces.
        • Mix the gram flour, red chili powder, soda and salt in a bowl.
        • Add some water to the mixture to make it into thick batter.
        • Dip each piece of the paneer in this batter.
        • Heat the edible oil in a frying pan.
        • Now put the pieces of paneer in the heated oil.
        • Fry them till they become golden brown.
        • Paneer pakoras are ready and scoop them out of the pan on to a plate.
        • Serve the paneer pakoras with green chutney.

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