Friday 13 January 2012

Gobi Manchurian (Indian recipes)

Ingredients for Gobi Manchurian (Indian recipes)
Cauliflower: 1 (Big floretter pieces
Onion: 1 finely chopped
Corn Flour: 3 Tbs
Chilli: 3 Tsp(paste)
Soya sause: 1 Tsp
Salt: To taste
Oil

Direction for preparation of Gobi Manchurian:

Add gobi florettes with corn flour, salt and chilli paste. Mix them all well. Pour oil in a pan. Fry each piece in oil. Keep them aside. In another pan fry onion paste with soya sauce. Fry it till the onion turns brown. Mix the fried gobi with it and mix well. Enjoy gobi manchurian the vegetarian's chicken chilli.
Making time: 30 minutes
Makes for: 6

Red tomato chutney recipes

Ingredients for Red tomato chutney recipes

Tomatoes: 2.7 kg (ripe)
Onions: 450 g
Vinegar: 350g (malt)
Salt: 25 g
Pepper: ¼ tsp Cayenne
Sugar: 350 g
Paprika: Two tsp

Method for preparation for Red tomato chutney recipes

Wash the tomatoes properly. Chop it and chop the onion too after peeling it off. Mix the tomatoes and onion and put it in a saucepan. Heat it for 20 to 30 minutes on simmer till tomato juice comes out. Now mix the other ingredients that include vinegar (half), cayenne, paprika, and salt. Cook it further for 30 to 40 minutes. Now add sugar, remaining vinegar, and stir it till it becomes thick. Leave it to cool down. Enjoy it with anything you like.

Dal Thepla:

Ingredients for Dal Thepla:

Tuvar dal: 2 cups
Wheat flour: 1.5 cups
Chili: 4 (green)
Ginger: 1 piece (1 inch)
Coriander leaves: 3 tbs (finely chopped)
Dhania: 1tsp
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Jeera: 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method of preparation for Dal Thepla:

Soak Tuvar dal in water one hour before you start cooking. Pour the dal in a pan and boil it with water till it becomes soft. Cool it down. Drain the water completely. Mix all the ingredients with the dal and grind it to a smooth paste. Now add flour to the dal paste and knead it to smooth dough. Make small balls out of the dough and roll it into chapattis. Roast it on tava. Pour oil in between roasting. Enjoy it with chutney sabji or sauce....

Chilli Paneer recipe

Chilli Paneer Recipes

Ingredients for Chilli Paneer recipe:

Paneer: 500 grams
Corn Flour: 4 tbsp
Green Chilli: 12 - 14
Tomato Sauce: 2 tbsp
Soya Sauce: 2 tbsp
Chilli Sauce: 1 tbsp
Capsicum: 1 (green)
Onions: 4
Salt to taste
Oil

Method of preparation for Chilli Paneer:

Drain excess water from the paneer if any is present. Cut the paneer according to your choice. Mix paneer pieces with corn flour. Fry corn flour coated paneer in a frying pan with oil till it turns brown. Keep it aside. Now fry onion till it is brown with oil the frying pan. Mix chilli (cut to small pieces) with onion with green capsicum (cut to small pieces) with onion and fry it further for few minutes. Now add all sauces in the pan including soya, tomato and chilli sauce. Add fried paneer. Fry it for further few minutes. Finally add salt in the pan and cook it for some time. Now your Chilli Paneer is ready. Remove it from fire and serve hot with naan, roti or rice.

Coconut chutney recipes:

Ingredients for Coconut chutney recipes:

Coconut: 2 cups (shredded)
Curry leaves: 1
Urad Dal: 2 tsp
Channa dal: 2 tsp
Hing (asoefetida): One large pinch
Red Chillis: 10 (dry)
Methi: Half tsp
Tomato: 1 small
Salt to taste

Method of preparation for Coconut chutney:

Take a frying pan and pour oil to it. Heat it and add channa and urad dal to it. Further add hing, methi and red chillis and fry it till it is done. Add the fried ingredients to coconut, tomato and blend it to a smooth paste. Add salt to taste. The other name for this chutney is dosa chutney too as it goes well with dosa or even plain rice.

Rajma Masala Recipe

Ingredients for Rajma Masala Recipe- Rajma Recipes

Red kidney beans: 2 cups (soaked for overnight)
Water: 4 cup
Onion: 2 (medium, finely chopped)
Ginger and garlic: 1 tbs (finely chopped)
Asafetida: : ½ tsp
Turmeric powder: : ½ tsp
Cumin seeds: 1tsp
Red chilli powder: 2 tsp
Tomato: 2 (finely chopped)
Garam masala: 1 tsp
Cumin powder: 1 tsp
Coriander powder: 2 tbs
Oil: 2 tbs
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves: finely chopped (for garnishing)

Method of preparation for Rajma Masala - Rajma Recipes

Rajma Masala is a north Indian recipe. Soak the rajma for overnight and drain the water properly. Add water and salt in pressure cooker and put rajma to it. Cook it on high heat level. Once first whistle is there cook for another 10 minutes on low heat so that rajma becomes soft and tender.

Take a pan and heat oil into it. Put cumin seeds to it. Add bay leaves if available, chopped ginger-garlic and asafetida. Fry it lightly. Now add chopped onions and fry till they turn golden brown. Add spice powders to it except garam masala. Now add chopped tomatoes in the pan. Fry it till the oil is separated. Add rajma in the pan now and cook it. Add salt to it and cook for 15-0 minutes. Finally add garam masala and cook for 5 minutes.

my seventh muffin

The fact that this is my seventh muffin recipe on the blog shows how much I love them. I'm certainly not the first to proclaim the muffin top to be the best part. When the muffins are not intended for any occasion the following day, there can be half a dozen mangled muffin bodies after Steven and I are through with them. The tops are best after the muffins have rested for a few minutes after coming out of the oven. This crucial wait allows for the exterior to set into a slightly crunchy crust and allows for the muffin to cool enough for eager fingers to pry the tops off of the unsuspecting body. We can't let the precious tops go to waste. After muffins sit around, you lose the distinction between the top and bottom and the next day, you're left with a plain, uniform muffin. The tops are never the same, even after reheating them in the oven. I wondered why I’ve never seen a pan that capitalizes on muffin-top love like game changing edge brownie pan.