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Vegetable Puffs

2009-08-25T16:14:00.006-05:00

It has been really a long time i added recipes in my blog.Though i try new things in my kitchen i have grown a bit lazy to blog it.Ok!! i packed my laziness and sent it to the storage,let me see how long it stays there.I made Vegetable puffs when we had guests.It was so tasty and here ya go..

Ingredients:
Cooked Potato---------------1cup
Finely chopped Carrot-------2 cup
Finely Chopped Beans-------- 2 cup
Chopped Onions--------------2 cup
Green chili-----------------1
Red Chili Powder------------1 spoon
Ginger Garlic Paste---------1 spoon
Salt------------------------2 1/2 tsp.
Pastry Sheets. Pastry sheets are readily available in American Stores as well as in Indian Stores.

Procedure:
Heat the kadai and pour little oil.When the oil is heated add the chopped onions and fry them.
When the onions turn light brown add the vegetables and green chili and fry them.
When the Vegetables are cooked add the potatoes,Ginger garlic paste and Red chili powder along with salt and mix them well.You can also add a pinch of turmeric powder.
Fry them till the raw smell goes off.
Remove the mix from heat.

Thaw the pastry sheets and keep it ready.Keep the mix in the Pastry sheet and fold them.Using water stick the corners.
Preheat the conventional oven at 300F.
Once the oven is heated bake them till they turn light brown.It may take 20 -30 min to bake depending on the pastry sheet.

Tada! Puffs are ready.This is a very good appetizer and tasty one too.

Wheat Dosa

2009-02-19T16:56:00.007-06:00

This is the most comfortable and tasty dosa i had ever tasted.My mom usually makes this and now this has become my comfy food.Here you go,

Ingredients:
Wheat Flour----------------3 cups
Rice flour-----------------3/4 cup
Green chilis---------------3
Cumin seeds----------------1 spoon
Cumin powder---------------1/2 spoon
salt

Procedure:
Mix the ingredients with water and make it like a dosa batter.
Make dosa's with the batter
Taste it hot with coconut chutney or idli powder.

This is more healthy and so damn simple.Try it and let me know how you liked it
I am sending this to JFI-wheat.

Almond Halwa

2009-03-24T22:00:00.005-05:00

Badam (Almond) Halwa is my husband's favorite sweet.My mother-in-law makes it often ,actually we can call this as our family sweet.My mother-in-law taught to make perfect halwa when she visited us.Here you go,

Ingredients:
Almonds--------------2 cups
Cashews--------------1 cup

Soak the almonds in hot water for an hour and peel the skin.
Now grind the almonds and cashews together with little milk.
Now measure the grounded paste.

Paste---------------1 cup
Sugar---------------2 cups
Food color----------1 spoon
Ghee----------------1/2 cup

Procedure:
Heat the water and dissolve the sugar .
The sugar syrup should be of thin thread consistency.
Now add the almond paste and mix it continuously.
Add the Food color and half the quantity of ghee.
Mix it continuously for 15 min and remove from heat.
Take it out and then keep on stirring it for some time.
Just leave it for some time and then stir,you have to do this for a very long time.

I suggest you to start making this in the evening so that halwa comes out really good and tasty by next day.

I am sending this to Tasty treat's Lets go nuts with Almonds Event.I am so glad i am able to send my dish to this event.

Eggless Banana Muffins

2009-02-12T16:13:00.006-06:00

Whoohoo!! I baked my most favorite muffins.It is my long time wish to bake muffins,and now i was so excited to taste mine.After lot of googling i got many recipes and i combined all and made my own version.My friends and my husband loved them.Girls,you know what you can surprise your valentine with this muffins or do some icing over these muffins and make them as cupcakes.Here you go,

Ingredients:
Wheat Flour------------1/2 cup
All purpose flour------1/2 cup
Butter or oil----------1/4 cup
Sugar------------------1/2 cup
salt-------------------1/2 spoon
Baking soda------------1 tsp
Baking Powder----------1/2 spoon
Banana Puree-----------1 cup
Water------------------2/5 cup
Raisins----------------Handful

Procedure:
Preheat the Oven to 400F.
Mix the dry ingredients together ,make sure there are no lumps.
Add the liquid ingredients and mix it with beater.This makes the mix so soft.
Grease the muffin trays with butter or some spray.
Pour the mix to half of the tray and bake it.Reduce the heat to 375 after the first 10 min.
It will rise and the total baking time will be maximum 20 min.

Tada!! Awesome muffins are ready.
For Icing: Add 1/2 cup sugar with one cotton box of whipped cream and beat it so that it becomes so thick.Now coat them on the muffins and the sweet cup cakes are ready.For this use the small size muffin trays.

Chili Paneer

2009-02-10T11:34:00.004-06:00

Most of the times after my husband comes from work he needs something to munch.This time I didn't have anything to make except paneer.so i decided to make this.We used to taste this in the indian restaurant near-by and they make the best chili paneer and my version is.

Ingredients:
Paneer--------------1 pkt
Onions--------------1 cup
Bell Pepper---------1/2 cup
Cumin seeds---------1 spoon
Chili powder--------2 spoons
Salt

Procedure:
Heat the oil in the pan and fry the onions with cumin seeds
When the onion is almost fried add the bell pepper and fry them.
Microwave the paneer for 2 min to 3 min
Now add the paneer with the onion and then fry them along.Add little salt and chili powder.Mix them well and remove from heat.
Serve hot.

Note: In some restaurants they dip the paneer in this Beasan+chilipowder mix and then fry them and then add to the onion mix.You could that too.

chocolate Banana Milk Shake

2009-02-06T14:13:00.004-06:00

Sometimes i am so lazy to have a filling lunch.Last week once i was so lazy and didn't have a good lunch.so i wanted eat something so filling and tasty.i saw a banana lying down so lonely,so thought to give company to banana.

Ingredients:
Banana-------------1
Milk---------------1/4 cup
Chocolate syrup-----1 spoon

Procedure:

Add all the ingredients in the blender and mix it well.

This is so damn simple and yummy and so filling.One spoon of the chocolate syrup helps you to make the drink so filling.

Poori with Sagu

2009-02-05T08:59:00.006-06:00

Poori is one of the most favorite dish for me and my husband.Now-a-days just to avoid oil i dont make often.After a very long time of 4 months i made it recently with his all time favorite sagu.I have never heard of this sabji before my wedding.My mother-in-law makes it too good.When she visited us i saw her making it and now my version also tastes good.

Ingredients for Poori:
Wheat Flour---------------3 cups
Sooji---------------------1 cup
salt
water

Ingredients for Sagu:
Potato-------------------2
Tomato-------------------1
Cumin seeds--------------1/2 spoon
Chopped Onion------------1 cup
garam masala-------------1 spoon
Chili powder-------------1 1/2 spoon (depends on how hot you want)
salt

Procedure for making poori:
Make the dough by mixing all the ingredients.
Do not let the dough to be dried.
Make small balls out of the dough and press it to small circles
Heat the oil in kadai,make sure the oil is well heated
Then fry them.

By adding sooji,the poori does not observe more oil.It tastes too good.

Procedure for making Sagu:
Pour little oil and heat the kadai
Add the cumin seeds and let it splutter.
Add the onions and fry them golden brown and then add tomatoes.
When they are semi cooked add the chopped potato and add water.Let them cook together.
When the potato is 3/4th cooked,add the garam masala and chili powder to it.
Stir it and allow it to boil till the potato gets completely cooked.
Its consistency will be thick ,and tastes great.

Pasta

2009-02-04T14:53:00.004-06:00

Italian dishes are always so tasty and amazing ones.I wanted to make pasta for a long time.I made it twice earlier but didn't capture the picture of them.So when i made this time i took the picture without fail.I am not a big fan of cheese but still wanted to make the pasta creamy.so do you want to know how??

Ingredients:
Pasta shell------------2 cups
Olive Oil--------------1 spoon
chopped Broccoli-------3/4 cup
Chopped Carrots--------1/2 cup
Chopped squash---------1/2 cup
mushroom---------------1/4 cup (if you are a big fan of mushroom you can add more)
Chopped Onions---------1 cup
Tomato-----------------1 (big)
Tomato puree-----------3/4 cup
Alfredo sauce----------2 spoons
Pasta Sauce------------1/2 cup
Cheese-----------------2 spoons

Procedure:
Boil the water and put the shells in it to get cooked.
Cook the shells until they are soft.It may take 15-20 min
Heat the pan with Olive Oil and add the onions
Once the onions are fried add all the vegetables and let them cook for sometime.
When the vegetables are almost cooked add the tomato puree and let it cook until the raw smell goes off
Then add the Alfredo sauce and let it mix well with the vegetables
After a couple of minutes add the pasta sauce and once when it is all mixed up thoroughly add the pasta shells to it.
Add one spoon of salt and mix it well.
While adding salt be careful because all the sauces already have salt.
Sprinkle little parsley and very little Italian Seasoning and mix it well.
When it is done sprinkle the cheese and mix it well and take it off the stove.

Adding tomato puree was a great idea and this made the pasta so creamy with less alfredo and cheese.This tasted so great and i was so happy.

Paniyaram

2009-01-07T11:48:00.006-06:00

This is my friend Padmapriya's favorite dish.She is the one who taught me this dish.I made this when my brother-in-law's were here.They really liked it.Here you go

Ingredients:
Dosa Batter------------4 cups
Green chilies----------2
Cumin seeds------------2 spoons
salt-------------------1 spoon

Procedure:
Mix the cumin seeds,chopped green chilies ,salt to the dosa batter and mix it well.
Now heat the appakara and pour little oil in all the holes.
Pour the batter and wait for some time.Then turn and allow it to cook.
Now the paniyaram is ready to eat.

Pongal with special Sweet Pongal

2009-01-20T20:34:00.004-06:00

Pongal is a very important function for tamilians.We decorate the vessel by tieing turmeric around it and keep kumkum on it. We make sweet pongal in milk this day.It tastes too good.This year Pongal came out so tasty and it was so nice.

Ingredients:
Milk---------------3 cups
Water--------------1 cup
Rice---------------1 cup
Jaggery------------3 1/2 cup
Cashews------------handful
Ghee---------------2 spoons

Procedure:
Heat the milk and let it boil well.When it boils and the level raises we scream "Pongalo Pongal"
Now add the rice.Wash the rice before you add to the milk.
Now add the water and keep on stirring.
The rice should cook well in milk.
The taste of milk increases the taste to the pongal.
It will take nearly 20 to 30 min for the rice to get cooked.
Once the rice is cooked,add the jaggery to it and reduce the heat.
At this point we got to be so careful,we should keep on stirring or else the bottom of the vessel will be burnt.
Add the ghee and keep on stirring.
When it is mixed totally remove from heat and add the cashews and raisins.

Pongal is ready.Normally we don't add milk but only on this occasion,we cook the rice in milk.I can see you all craving after reading.Make it once and enjoy :)

Bogi with MilkPayasam

2009-01-15T11:48:00.005-06:00

Pongal is a very grand function in Tamil Nadu.We celebrate this for 3 days.The first day is Bogi.we have to throw out all the bad thoughts and bring in the good thoughts.
Pongal is the thanksgiving day to Lord surya and all the other nature calamities that helps us in our day today life.The third day is kannum pongal,the day we meet all our friends and relatives.I made PalPayasam on Bogi.We make Dhal vada and payasam on Bogi.
Here is the recipe for pal payasam.

Ingredients:
Rice------------1/2 cup
Milk------------2 cups
Sugar-----------1 1/2 cup
Condensed milk--1 spoon
Cashew----------2 spoons
Raisins---------1 spoon

Procedure:
Grind the rice to small grains.
Pour 1 cup of water and add the rice and cook well.pour the milk along with water and let the rice cook well.It should almost be smashed.
Now add the sugar and condensed milk and stir it well.
After it boils and when the rice and milk is mixed well
Add the fried cashews and raisins.

Now the Pal Payasam is ready.

New Year with Bisibela Bath

2009-01-01T15:28:00.005-06:00

Hi Friends!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!.Let this year bring all the happiness and wealth to all of us.
It is obviously been a long time i blogged and today being the first day of a new year i decided to blog ,hopefully regularly and here comes my husband's favorite Bisibela Bath.

Ingredients:
Rice------------1 1/2 cup
Toor Dhal------- 1/2 cup
Beans carrot----1 cup
Peas------------1/2 cup
Sambhar Onion---1 cup
Okra------------1 cup

For Masala
Coriander Seeds------2 spoon
Red Chili------------6
Fenugreek------------1/4 spoon
Coconut--------------1 cup
Tomato---------------1
Tamarind--------------one lemon sized ball.

For Seasoning:
Cumin Seeds----------1/2 spoon
Mustard--------------1/2 spoon

Procedure:
Cook the dhal and rice.
Heat oil in the kadai and fry all the ingredients for masala.Add coconut last because it need not be deep fried.
Take another big vast vessel and pour little oil and after the oil is heated add the seasoning.Add the onion and then add all the vegetables and fry it for some time.
Then add the tamarind water along with little salt,turmeric powder and little asafoetida.
Allow it to boil for some time.Mean while grind all the fried masala ingredients.
Add it to the tamarind water and allow it to cook for some time.
When it is almost cooked add the cooked dhal to it and allow it to boil for sometime.
Switch off the stove and mix the rice with the sambhar.Add 2 spoons ghee and 1 spoon ginger oil and mix it thoroughly.

Tada! Bisibela Bath is ready.
It tastes good with raitha and chips.
This is so easy and really a very delicious dish!!

Again friends,I wish you all a very happy 2009!!May God bless us all!!

carrot Halwa

2008-02-26T14:24:00.001-06:00

Carrot Halwa is one of the most famous south indian sweet.This is liked by all.

Ingredients:
Grated Carrot---------4 cups
Sugar---------2 cups
Milk----------4 cups.
Ghee
Cashews

Procedure:

Grate the carrots and put it in the vessel.Pour the milk and allow the carrot to cook in the milk.It may take time but keep checking it often.After 20 to 25 min the carrot will be mostly cooked.Add the sugar by stirring continuously .When it looks like completed pour 2 table spoon ghee and take away from the stove.Fry cashews ,small bits of almonds over it .

A simple delicious sweet.

Veggie Roll

2008-02-26T14:40:00.001-06:00

Veggie Roll is a good evening time snack.It is so simple and delicious.

Ingredients:

Carrot-2
Potato-1
Peas---50 gm
beans--50 gm
Onion--1 cup (finely chopped)
Ginger Garlic Paste--1/4 spoon
Green Chilli
Garam Masala
Cumin Seeds
jeera
Oil for frying

Procedure

Heat the frying pan with oil.Fry the jeera and cumin seeds,the onion and chili till onion becomes golden brown.Meanwhile cook the vegetables in microwave.After the onion is fried ,add the vegetables ,ginger garlic paste and garam masala and mix it well.While you add potato smash them well and add.Mix it well so that the vegetables are well mixed with the masala.Add salt to it and remove from stove.

Now we can stuff this in pastry sheets and fry in oil.
If you would like to make the pastry sheets we can also make it.

Ingredients for Pastry sheets

Maida Flour (All purpose flour)----3 cups.
water -----------------------------3/4 cup
A pinch of salt.

Mix the maida flour with water .The dough should be flexible like we make it for chappathis
Spread it like chappathi .Now the veg stuff can be kept into it and can be closed well and fried.

This is really very good to health and tastes yummy.

BrinjalCurry (EnnaiKathrikai)

2008-03-20T14:12:00.001-05:00

This is a very famous dish in south india.People who do not like eggplant really start eating the vegetable after tasting this.

Ingredients:
Red Chilli---------3
Bengalgramdhal--1spoon
Urad Dhal--------1/2 spoon
Coriander seeds--2spoon
jeera -------------1/4 spoon
Smalleggplants----6

Procedure:

Fry all the dhals in little oil .
Add salt ,pinch of asafoetida and grind it.
Cook the brinjal in microwave for 5 min
Then cut open the brinjal to 8 pieces,do not cut into individual piece.
Stuff the powder in brinjal and fry the brinjal in oil.
The brinjal will turn black ,but definitely it tastes good.

You can also make it as a gravy.

Morkozhambu

2008-03-20T14:25:00.001-05:00

This is a very famous kozhambu made during functions.It is quite easy and tastes good.

Ingredients:

Bengalgram dhal--------------2 spoons
Urad dhal--------------------2 spoons
Fenugreek--------------------1/2 spoon
Green chili------------------7
Grated Coconut----------------1/2 cup
Lady's finger or white pumpkin
Curd --------------------------1 cup

Procedure
Fry the dhals to golden brown.
At the final stage of frying add green chilly along with them and fry for a little while.
Grind all these with coconut as a paste.
In the vessel,pour water and allow it to boil for sometime
Add the vegetable either lady's finger or white pumpkin and cook.
Add pinch of turmeric powder and required salt.
Meanwhile add the paste with curd.
After the vegetable is cooked add the curd (mixed with paste) and allow to boil for some time.
After 10 min remove from fire.
Fry the seasonings like curry leaves and mustard and mix it with the kozhambu.
Mix it with rice and definitely you can enjoy the taste.

Semiya Kesari

2008-04-12T13:44:00.001-05:00

Semiya kesari is a very good desert.It is so easy to make and tastes yummy.

Ingredients:

Semiya------------2 cups
water-------------1 cup
sugar-------------1 1/2 cup
milk--------------2 cup

For garnishing
cashews
raisins
ghee.

Procedure

Fry the semiya in ghee till it turns golden brown.
Immerse the fried semiya in hot water.

Fry the cashew and raisins.
Take a deep vessel and add 1/2 cup of water and 1 1/2 cup of sugar and let it boil.
While it is boiling,add the immersed semiya and stir continuously.
Add the milk and continue stirring till it is cooked properly .
Add the cashews,raisins and a pinch of cardamom powder and take it from the vessel.
Transfer to a vessel after applying ghee in it.

Pesaratu

2008-04-12T13:56:00.001-05:00

My husband like this dish a lot.After eating in a restaurant,i tried it.It turned out so good.Here you go!

Ingredients:

For Dosa:

Dosa Dough------4 cups.
Onion-----------2 (medium sized)
Green chillies--3
Ginger paste----1 spoon.

For Upma:

Rava(semolina)----2cups
onion-------------1
green chillies----2
water-------------1 cup

Dosa dough

Put 4 parts of rice and 1 part of urad dhal and grind .

Procedure:

First prepare upma.

Heat the oil and add mustard seeds,green chilli,onions and let it fry.
Add semolina to it and fry till it turns golden brown.
Add hot water ,salt and let it cook.
Now our upma is ready.
Grind onion,green chillies and ginger paster together and add it with dosa dough.
Add salt and make the dough a little more watery than usual dosa dough.
Make dosas as usual.
Then in the front part of the dosa,keep the upma and let it cook for a few seconds.
Remove from heat .

It is so tasty with sambar and cocunut chutney.

Chenna Samosa Chat

2008-04-12T14:25:00.002-05:00

Chat items are really liked by all.I did it for a dinner party and all liked it.

Ingredients:

Chole
Samosa
Imli chutney
Corriander chutney.

Let us see how to make each of this.

Samosa:

You can buy frozen samosas and fry it.
Orelse you can make samosas

Ingredients for Samosa Filling:

Potatoes------------4 ( medium sized)
Peas----------------1 cup
Onions--------------2 (big)
Green chilli--------2
Cumin seeds---------1 spoon
GaramMasala---------1 spoon
Corriander powder---1 spoon
Chilli Powder-------1/2 spoon
GingerGarlic Paste--1 spoon
Turmeric Powder
Salt

Cook Potatoes and Peas .
Heat the pan and fry onions,cuminseeds,green chilli.
After it turned golden brown add the cooked vegetables.
Add the masala,ginger garlic paste and other powders along with salt and mix it well.
Now the filling for samosa is ready.

Samosa Cover:

Ingredients :

Maida-----------4 cups
Ghee------------2 spoons
Salt
Baking Powder

Mix the ghee with a pinch of baking powder.
When bubbles are formed add maida and salt and mix it together and make a soft dough.
Fold the dough like a triangle and fill it with the mixture and fry it.

For chole:

Soak the chenna for 10 hrs.
Cook it in cooker and allow it for 3 whistles.
After some time fry the cuminseeds,sombu,onion,tomatoes,garam masala,dry mango powder.After it is fried add the chenna and mix it thoroughly.
Chole is ready

Now let us make the chutneys.

Imli Chutney;

Imli-----------------2 spoons of imli paste.
salt-----------------1 1/2 teaspoon
sugar----------------3/4 teaspoon
black pepper powder---1/4 spoon

Mix the paste with water and make it watery.
Add the rest and mix it well.

Coriander chutney

Coriander leaves-----1 bunch
Garlic cloves--------2
Ginger---------------1/2 "
Green Chilli---------2

Grind all the ingredients and the chutney is ready.

Now we can arrange the chat

First put chole
Pour the imli chutney
Put the samosa pieces
Put the coriander chutney
Put chole and continue this .

For Garnishing

Put some chopped onions,coriander leaves and nylon sev.

Now the chat is ready and tastes yummy.

Pav Bhaji

2008-04-22T17:24:00.001-05:00

Pav Bhaji is one of the all time favorite of North Indians.I called some of our friends for dinner and i tried this.It came out well and all appreciated.Here you go..

Ingredients:
1. Cauliflower – 1cup (Chopped)
2. Potato – 1 /2cup (Chopped)
3. French Beans – 1/ 4th cup
4. Peas – 1cup
5. Carrot – 1 /2 cup (Chopped)
6. Capsicum (Green pepper) – 1 cup (1/ 2 cup in thick chopped )
7. Tomato – 2cup chopped
8. Ginger – 2tsp (Paste)
9. Garlic – 2tsp (Paste)
10. Onion – 1cup chopped
11. Red chili Powder – 1tsp
12. PAV BHAJI masala – 2tsp
13. Turmeric Powder – 1 /4th tsp
14. Lemon juice – 6-8tsp
15. Salt to taste
16. Chopped green coriander – 1 /4thcup for garnishing
17. Butter – 2cubes for BHAJI.
18. Oil – 2-3tsp
19. PAV

Procedure:

1 Cook all the vegetables nicely.
2 Heat oil and butter together and add onion,ginger garlic paste and fry till onion turn into golden brown.
3 Add tomatoes ,chilli powder,turmeric powder,pavbhaji masala and fry it thorougly.
4 Add all the cooked vegetables now and mash it well.
5 The vegetables and the masala should mix properly and no vegetables should be seen.
6 At last add lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.
7 Toast the Pav in butter and serve hot.

It is so spicy and yummy.You cannot stop eating.

Winter Melon Kootu

2008-04-24T07:51:00.001-05:00

This is one of the favorite side dish for my husband.My mother in law is an expert in this and i got this recipe from her.It really does tastes good.

Ingredients:

Winter Pumpkin---------------1 cup
tamarind paste---------------1 spoon
Tomato-----------------------1
cooked chana Dhal or Toor Dhal.

To fry and grind
Coriander Seed--------------2 spoons
Chana Dhal------------------2 spoons
Urad dhal-------------------2 spoons
Asafoetida------------------1/4 spoon
Red Chilli------------------3
Pepper----------------------5
Cocunut---------------------3/4 cup

Procedure:
1 Fry the above and grind it.
2 While grinding add the tomato and grind it.
3 Fry the winter melon (white Pumpkin) for a few seconds
4 Allow it to cook in tamarind paste.
5 When it is mostly cooked add the masala (we grinded),salt,little turmeric powder.
6 Cook for some time till it is not so thick or watery.
7 Finally add the cooked dhal and mix it thoroughly.
8 We can also add some fried peanuts in it.

This is really good when we mix with hot rice.Try it and dont forget to post the comments.

Banana Cutlet

2008-04-26T11:20:00.001-05:00

Banana Cutlet is one of the healthier evening time snack.I first made it and my friends liked it.Here you go

Ingredients:
Bananana-----------------2
Potato-------------------3
Grenchilli---------------2
Onion--------------------1 (big)
Ginger Garlic Paste------1 spoon
Garam Masala-------------1/2 spoon
Salt---------------------1 1/2 spoon
chilli Powder------------1/2 spoon
Maida flour--------------3 spoons
Bread Crum Powder
Oil for frying

1 Peel the Bananas and cook in microwave for 5 min.
2 Cook the Potatoes and keep it ready.
3 Heat the oil and fry the onions,green chili and mix with ginger garlic paste,garam masala.
4 Then add the potatoes and mix it with the masala.
5 After some minutes add the banana and salt,chili powder and mix it thoroughly.
6 Remove from heat and mix it with maida flour.
7 Make small balls with this and flatten it.
8 Heat Oil in a frying pan .
9 Garnish the balls with bread crums and fry it.

It tastes good with tomato sauce.
Try it and let me know if you liked it.

Paneer Butter Masala

2008-04-28T15:36:00.001-05:00

Paneer Butter Masala is a very common side dish for Nan and fried rice.My husband is a big fan of this dish.My friend Arthi taught me this recipe and its a great pleasure for me to share with you.

Ingredients:
ChoppedOnion
Butter
Fennel Seeds
Cumin Seeds
GingerGarlic Paste
Paneer
Tomato
Chillipowder
Turmeric Powder
Coriander Powder
Peas
Capsicum
Garam Masala

Procedure:
1 Heat the Kadai,pour one tablespoon Cooking Oil, 2 tablespoon butter
2 Once heated add 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds,1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds,as it splitters add chopped onions
3 When the aroma arises add ginger garlic paste and garam masala.Wait
till the raw smell goes.
4 Then add chopped tomatoes,chilli powder,turmeric powder and coriander powder
5 Once the gravy cooks add peas and capsicum and salt.
6 Then add fried panner
7 When the aroma arises add whipped cream(2 cups) for thick gravy and
let it cook for 5 min and remove from heat.

If you do not want heavy gravy need not add whipping cream.

Chili Parotta

2008-04-29T10:43:00.001-05:00

Chili Parotta is a very famous dish in tamilnadu.Here we get frozen parottas,instead of eating just like that we can make this.My husband really loves this with raitha.
I tasted this once in my friend's home and made it.It turned out so good.

Ingredients:
Parotta--------------4
Tomato---------------3
Red Onion------------1
Cumin Seeds----------1/4 spoon
Fennel Seeds---------1/4 spoon
salt-----------------1 spoon
chili Powder---------1 1/2 spoon
Oil------------------

Procedure:
Heat the oil and fry the cumin seeds,fennel seeds.
Fry the onions and tomato.
Add chilli Powder and little garam masala, salt and mix throughly.
Thaw the parottas for 1 min in microwave and tear it into pieces.
Then add them with the masala and mix it.
Chop the parotta pieces and mix it well.
Leave it in heat for some 5 min and then remove it.

It tastes yummy.Try it and leave comments.

Chenna Masala

2008-05-01T19:05:00.002-05:00

Chenna Masala is a good side dish for chappathi.It contains more protein and fiber.I like this dish a lot.It is so easy to make.

Ingredients:
Kabuli Chenna----------------2 cups
Tomatoes---------------------3
Chopped Onion----------------1 cup
Cumin and mustard seeds------1 spoon
Corriander Powder------------1/2 spoon
Garam Masala-----------------1 spoon
Chilli Powder----------------2 spoons
Turmeric Powder--------------1/2 spoon
Ginger Paste-----------------1 spoon
Garlic Paste(optional)-------1 spoon
Salt-------------------------1 1/2 spoon

Procedure:

Soak the chenna in water for some 8-12 hrs.
Cook the chenna in Pressure cooker and leave 2 whistle.Make sure that it does not cook fully.
Heat Oil in a frying pan and add cumin and mustard seeds.
Fry the onions till it turn light brown.
Add the tomatoes and all the masala powders,ginger paste and mix it thoroughly.
After the aroma arises add the cooked chenna.
Add the chilli powder and salt.
Add 1 cup of water and allow it to cook for some 10 min in medium heat.

Now garnish with cilantro and serve with hot chappathi or bread.