Thursday, March 26, 2009

Moong Halwa (Desert)


Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves :4 - 5


Ingredients:
  • moong dal(pulse) - 1 cup( dhuli)
  • khoya/mawa - 1cup
  • milk -1/2 cup
  • sugar - 1 cup
  • cardamom powder- 1/4 teaspoon
  • raisins - 25 gms
  • cashews - 25gms
  • ghee - 1/2 cup
  • almond -8-10

Method:


Wash and soak moong daal in a bowl for 20-30 minutes. Drain water and grind it coarsely but put very little water while grinding.

Put 1cup water in a pan and add sugar in it. Prepare one string syrup.

Put almond in a hot water, after five minutes drain and peel it, then cut into thin pieces.

Heat ghee into a thick bottom pan and add ground moong dal. Stir it on low flame till it is golden brown.

Add sugar syrup and stir it properly till it is of dropping consistency. Add khoya, raisins, cashews and cook till it blends thoroughly.

Garnish with almond and serve hot.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Pachha Pu (Pancake)


Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 4-6



Ingredients :



  • rice powder - 2cups
  • wheat flour - 1cup
  • sugar - 1cup
  • dry coconut(grated)- 2 table spoon
  • fennel seeds(saunf) powder- 2 table spoon
  • cardamom powder -1/2 tea spoon
  • ghee or cooking oil

Method :


Take rice powder and flour in a bowl and add water to make a thick batter and mix it well. Put sugar, coconut powder, saunf powder and cardamom powder in it and mix it well. Now put a frying pan on the gas stove, now grease the pan with ghee or cooking oil. Now take a big serving spoon, take out the batter and put it on the pan and spread it. Again put some ghee on the pan cake and turn it. Wait for few minutes and take it out and serve hot.

Note: This can be taken with aaloo matar, aaloo dum or with pickle too, according to taste.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Vegetarian Stuffed shells

Ingredients

Jumbo Shells ( Any Brand ) - 1 pk

Ricotta cheese - 8 oz

Mozzerela cheese - 1 pk ( grated )

Chedder cheese - 1 pk

Frozen peas - 1 cup

carrot ( grated ) - 1 cup

Frozen beans - 1 cup

Tomato puree - 3 cans

Onion - 1 big

Green pepper - 1 big

Basil leaves - pinch .

oregano leaves - pinch

Salt

Method

In a vessel put enough water to boil shells ,add pinch of salt and a drop of oil . Once water boiling put jumbo shells in it and boil till its little tender , after that decant water and run cold water so that boiled shells are not sticking together . Keep them aside .

Stuffing

Crush ( Not paste ) green peas , carrot and beans . Now in a large bowl mix ricotta cheese , and crushed vegetables , little fresh crushed black pepper , paperika and salt to taste and keep aside .

Now stuff shells with the stuffing and put them in a large baking tray .

Sauce

Put a tea spoon of oil in a skillet and saute little cut onion and green pepper , add black pepper and salt , and all cans on tomato puree . Add little water so that sauce consistency is thick enough .

Let it boil for sometime ....then add Oregano leaves and Basil leaves a pinch ...which gives very good authentic aroma . Switch off gas.
Put sauce on top of stuffed shells in the baking tray in such a way , that all shells are covered properly . Sprinkle handful of Mozzrela cheese and little bit of cheddar cheese , and cover with aluminium foil and bake on 325F for 30 minutes . Now uncover the dish and turn oven to broil ( so that it is little golden on top ) for 10 minutes .
Serve with toasted Garlic bread and garden salads .

Friday, March 20, 2009

Chicken Patties


Ingredients
Boneless Chicken - 2 lbs
Onion - 1 medium
Ginger / garlic paste - 1 table spoon
Dry roasted coriander seeds - 2 table spoon
( crushed )
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tea spoon
Green chillies - 2 table spoon
( crushed )
Green coriander leaves - 2 table spoon
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil - 1 table spoon
Cooking spray - A can ( but little to spray )
Method - Take breast pieces of chicken and crush that in blender / grinder to mince . After that take all minced chicken and put that in a large bowl , add crushed onion , garlic & Ginger paste , crushed roasted dry coriander , cinnamon powder ,crushed green chillies , salt as per taste and cooking oil . Mix all together and leave for 4/5 hours to marinate . After that add cut coriander green leaves . Pre heat oven on 350 F , in the mean while put aluminium foil on the tray and take mixture like a small pin pong ball size and press little to give a shape round like patties and put that on the tray .
Spray cooking oil on all patties and bake it for 45 minutes or when it turns little golden brown flip other side and spray cooking oil again and bake it till golden brown .
Serve Hot with Cut onion , green salad and green chutni .
Its good for weight watchers and heathy meal for Non veg lovers !!!!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Shahi Kathal

On Women's Day

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Serves : 5-6



Ingredients:
  • Kathal(jack fruit) -500 gms
  • onion - 100 gms ( grated)
  • tomato - 100gms (finely chopped)
  • garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
  • ginger paste -1 teaspoon
  • cumin seed -1/4 teaspoon
  • cumin seeds powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
  • cardamom powder - 1/4 teaspoon
  • cinnamon powder - 1/4 teaspoon
  • cloves powder -1/4 teaspoon
  • bay leaves -2
  • cooking oil
Method:

Peel the kathal nicely and cut into 3-4 cm pieces and thickness about 1.5-2 cm. Now put the kathal in a cooker and boil it.Now place a pan on the gas stove and put some cooking oil and then put the boiled kathalpieces and fry it for five minutes then take it out.Put one tablespoon oil in the pan and the bay leaves when it is brown put the grated onion and fry till it is golden brown.Add garlic, ginger paste and again fry for one minute then add cumin seed powder, turmeric powder, chopped tomatoes.Now add 1/2 cup of water and when it starts boiling add cinnamon, clove and cardamom powder and put all the kathal in it then put salt.Fry it till the oil begins to separate from the kathal now put some water and let it boil for few minutes then take it out in a serving bowl.Take a frying pan and put one tea spoon full ghee and put 1/4 cumin seeds when it turns brown spread it on the cooked kathal and can be served.

Note: This shahi kathal can be taken with maal pua during Holi.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Dahi vada


Preparation time: 1 hrs.
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6-8


Ingredients:

  • urad daal - 100 gms
  • tamarind - 50gms
  • jaggery - 50gm
  • roasted cumin(jeera) powder - 50gms
  • red chilly powder
  • black salt
  • salt to taste
  • curd -1kg
  • cashew - 2 teaspoon (cut into small pieces)
  • raisins - 2 teaspoon

  • Oil for frying

Soak urad daal in a bowl for 1hr.
Soak tamarind for 15 minutes


Tamarind Chatni:

  • Mash soaked tamarind and sieve it
  • Take a pan put one teaspoon oil in a pan and put tamrind jaggeri and salt in it and cook for 15 minutes on low flame and then take it out in a bowl.
  • Blend the chilled curd in a bowl and put salt in it.
  • Put cold water in a big bowl and add some salt in it.

Vada:

Drain wash the urad daal and put in the grinder and grind to thick paste and keep aside. Put the pan on the gas and pour oil in it and let the oil heat.Now put some water on your palm and give round shape of vadas and put two three pieces of cashew, and raisins in the middle of the vadas fry it till golden brown. Take out the vadas and put it in the salted water. After 10 minutes take out the vadas squeeze it and put it in a serving dish. Now put chatni, black salt, cumin powder and chilly powder on the vadas and serve.

Note: Those who don't like sweet chatni can take without it.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Maal Pua


Preparation Time: 2hrs.
Cooking time : 30 minutes
Serves : 8-10

Ingredients :
  • 250 gms -maida(flour)
  • 250 gms -sugar
  • 1/2 cup -milk
  • 1 banana (mashed)
  • 2 table spoon -fennel seeds(saunf) powder
  • 2 table spoon dry grated coconut
  • 25 gms cashew
  • 25 gms raisins
  • ghee or refined oil, as per taste for frying (ghee tastes better)

Take maida(flour) and sieve it in a mixing bowl. Put milk and water in it and make a batter and keep it aside for at least two hours.

For sugar syrup:
Take a pan and put sugar in it, add 2 cups of water and then put it on the gas stove. Simmer it till it is one string consistency. Now remove it from the gas and put it aside.

Pua:
Take the batter and put, mashed banana, fennel seeds powder, grated dry coconut, cashews, raisins in it and mix it nicely. Put a frying pan on the stove and pour ghee in it. Now take a big serving spoon and take out the batter and pour it in the ghee and deep fry till it is golden brown. Now take it out from the frying pan and put it in the syrup. After 2 minutes take it out and serve hot.

Note: It can be taken with mutton, chicken and aloo(potato) dum or saperately as a dessert.

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