Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Quick Shahi Paneer Recipe

Ingredients

250gms cottage cheese (paneer)

100gms cut tomatoes (tamatar), 2 Green chillies (hari mirch), mix all three and make puree in a blender or mixer

One small piece of crushed ginger 

Two table spoon oil

Two cloves, Four  round pepper, One red chilly

Pint of asafoetida

One tea spoon cumin seeds (Jeera)

One tea spoon coriander powder (dhaniya)

One tea spoon turmeric (haldi)

Red chilly to taste salt to taste

One table spoon crushed bread crumbs,Half cup of curd, half cup of milk cream (malai), mix all three and make a paste

Garam Masala and coriander leaves for garnishing

Cook the easiest way 

Put oil in a wok (kadhai), let it heat and add cloves, black pepper, asafoetida and cumin seeds


Once the cumin seeds are golden brown, add the tomato puree to it. Saute it on low heat

Now add coriander powder, turmeric red chilly and salt

Add bread crumbs pate to it

Saute the mixture for 5mins on low heat

Put cottage cheese and garam masala

After five more minutes, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with paranthas or chapatti





































Monday, October 3, 2011

Navratri Special Dessert (Mithai)

Singoda (Atta) ki Burfi

Ingredients:

250 gms of singoda flour (aata)

5-6 table spoons clarified butter (asli ghee)

250 gms of sugar

36 ounce water (measurement of water to atta is 4:1)

Large plate with a layer of clarified butter 

Cook the delicious way: 

Put clarifired butter in a non-stick wok and heat it (kadhai or a deep pan)

Put the singoda flou, lower the heat, keep stirring it till it turns golden brown

Now let it come to the room temperature and add water to it and mix it till the mixture is smooth

now put the mixture back on low flame, stirring it really hard. Add sugar

Keep stirring so that no water remains and the mixture becomes like a semi-solid paste

Now transfer the mixture to the plate with the layer of butter. Move it vigorously so that the mixture flattens down evenly on the plate

Let it sit for some time. After that cut it into pieces with the help of a knife

Eat your delicious preparation fresh...