Monday, September 24, 2012

Corn-Pea Pulav


 Colorful and yummy Corn-pea pulav ...best for lunch time.......enjoy ........


Ingredients:-

1 1/2 cup boiled rice
1 chopped medium onion (optional)
1/4 cup chopped Tomato
3/4 cup peas
1 cup sweet corn
1 tea spoon ginger powder
3-4 finely chopped green chilli
1 Tablespoon salt (or as taste)
1/4 Tablespoon black pepper
1 tea spoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
A pinc of asafetida (hing)
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoon Ghee

Method:-

1) Heat ghee in a pan, add jeera and hing.
2) Add ginger and green chilli and stir for 2 minutes.
3) Add onion and cook until it become light brown in color.
4) Add Tomato and stir for 2 minutes.

5) Add peas, corn ,salt, and black pepper and saute for 6-8 minutes.
6) Add boiled rice and mix properly stir for 2 minutes.



7) Add lemon juice and stir for 30 seconds. Turn off gas
8) Hot Corn-Peas pulav is ready to serve.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Gobi Manchurian Dry








 Dry Gobi Manchurian, (Cauliflower Manchurian) is a  Indian Chinese appetizer The Cauliflower has a crispy coating and is tossed with a mouth-watering spicy sauce. Try this absolutely delicious recipe!

Ingredients:
Cauliflower – 1/2 medium, cut to bite-size florets
Oil – for deep frying

For the batter:
All-purpose Flour (Maida )– 5 Tbsp
Corn Flour – 3 Tbsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
3-4 finely chopped green chilli
Black Pepper – 1/4 tsp
Water – 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp

For the sauce:
1 table spoon oil 
Onion – 1/2 medium, chopped finely
Cabbage 1/4 cup finely chopped
Green pepper 1/4 cup finely chopped
1/4 spring onion
3-4 Green Chilies chopped finely
1/2 tsp Ginger powder
1/2 cup Tomato 
puree
Red Chili Sauce – 1 1/2 Tbsp
Soy Sauce – 3 tsp

Water – 2 Tbsp
Corn flour – 2 tsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt  2 tsp (or acc to taste)
Vinegar 2 tsp 
1 tsp green chili and ginger paste
Water 1/2 cup
1 tsp ajinomoto salt (optional)
For garnishing:-
1/2 cup Cilantro(Coriander) leaves, chopped finely
1/2 cup spring Onion 

Method:
1. Heat Oil in a medium non-stick pan.
2. Add green chili paste  stir one minute.

3. Add onion, cabbage and green pepper and stir for 5 minutes.
3. Add Tomato puree stir for 8-10 minutes.
4. Take a bowl mix Corn flour , 2 tbsp water ,
 Soy Sauce and  Red Chili Sauce and mix well.Cook for 3-4 minutes
5. Add 1/2 cup water and spring onion. stir for 4 minutes more . Add salt , black pepper and ajinimoto salt and  stir for one minute more.
6. Add vinegar. Turn off the gas
Sauce is ready 
Sauce

7. To make batter, add All-purpose flour, Corn flour, Salt, red Pepper and Water to a small bowl. Mix until there are no lumps.
Batter
florets


8. Coat Cauliflower pieces well with batter and deep fry until Cauliflower is a medium dark brown color.(Fry on medium heat for crispy)
9. Finish frying all of the Cauliflower and add it to the pan with the sauce. Toss well to coat Cauliflower completely.
10. Garnish with
Cilantro leaves.
11. Ready to Served hot dry gobi manchurian.



Tips :-

When you are going to serve manchurian , then add sauce on the florets. Otherwise it will turn soggy.
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Rice Korma



Rice korma


This is delicious and healthy receipe. It can served with Aloo Tomato sabji or Raita.
For 4 persons
Ingredients:-
1 cup Rice
1/2 cup Arahar Daal
2 medium size chopped Carrot
2 medium size chopped Tomato
1 medium size chopped Potato
1 cup Peas
1/2 cup chopped Green pepper
1 table spoon chopped ginger
4-6 chopped green chilli
1/2 cup chopped Cilantro leaves
1 cup yogurt(curd)
4 pieces of Cardamom
3-4 Bay leaves
1 1/2 Table spoon salt (or as taste)
1/2 table spon Red chilli powder
1/2 table spoon Coriander powder
1 table spoon Turmeric powder
1/2 table spoon Cumin seeds
A pinch of Asafetida
3 Table spoon ghee (or can use oil)
1 tablespoon lime juice
4 cup water

Method:-
1) Take a cooker (or sauce pan). Add water , 1/2 tablespoon oil, 1/2 table spoon salt, rice and dal.
Boil for 12-15 minutes or until rice and dal are tender.(Note:- Dal will not be tender like rice)
2) Heat oil in a saucepan. Add Bay leaves, asafetida and cumin seeds, red chilli powder, coriander powder and stir for 30 seconds.
3) Add chopped green chilli and ginger. Stir for 1 minute
4)Add chopped Tomato and stir for 7- 8 minutes.
5)Now Add Carrot, green pepper, Potato, and peas and stir for 15 minutes on medium heat or until they are tender. Add Cardamom and stir for 30 seconds.
6)Now Add yogurt to the sauce pan with the vegetables and stir for 12-15 minutes on medium heat.
Divide the vegetables into three part
7)Add salt and Lemon juice and stir for a minute . Now turn off heat.
8)Take boil rice dal ,  divided into three part.
9)Take a bowl , spread one part of rice into bowl then spread one part of cooked vegetables and chopped Cilantro. Then take another part of rice and spread over rice and again spread second part of cooked vegetables and Cilantro. Now spread rest part of rice and spread rest part of cooked vegetables and Cilantro
10)Now Rice korma is ready to serve as hot.



Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Potato Tikki Sandwich



“When you wake up in the morning   ''
"what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast?" 
You asked to your family members.......What do you want in breakfast
All says something should be yummy.

                      

 Potato Tikki Sandwich 
 Ingredients


1-1/2 cup Sooji (Semolina)
1-1/2 cup water
2 Medium size boiled potatoes
1  chopped Tomato
1 chopped Green Capsicum
1 chopped Red Capsicum
 Finely chopped Cilantro  leaves
1 table spoon salt
1/2 table spoon red chilli powder
1/2 table spoon Coriander powder  (Dhaniya Masala)
2 tea spoon Chat masala
1 or 2 chopped green chilly
2 big spoon Ghee (For baked or fried potatoes and bread)
4 pieces of  bread (Can use also wheat bread)

Method:-

1) Mix water with Sooji and keep aside for 8-10 minutes this batter.
2) Mean while take boiled potatoes and mash them. Then add 1/2 table spoon salt (or as per taste), 1/4 spoon red chilli powder, 1/4 coriander powder and chopped green chilly.


3) Take 1/2 part of  mixture and give round shape (as Tikki)
4) Shallow fry Tikki in to ghee or oil.
5) Now, take sooji batter, add 1 spoon salt, 1/2 spoon red chilly power, 1/2 Coriander powder, chopped vegetables (Capsicum, tomato) and mix it well.




4)Take bread and spread that sooji mixture and put some cilantro leaves on it, bake the bread from both side. Similarly do it with the other breads.
Setting:-

Take two baked breads and put aloo tikki between breads.
Garnishing:-
Take chat masala spread on the upper side of bread and put some chopped tomatoes & Capsicum.

Hot Potato Tikki Sandwhich is ready to serve. Serve it with Tomato ketchup, it can also be served with Coriander Chutney or Tamarind Chutney as per the taste.

Extra:- Beans, cucumber , onion can be added as per taste