Thursday, February 13, 2014

Baked Kachoris(Moong daal)

Masala:- 
Oil (cold)
1 cup moong daal(Soaked and hald cooked)
1/4 Besan
Zeera Full
Dhaniya Full
Sauf Full
Black pepper Full
Red Chilly Pwd
Garam Masala 
Amchur
Hing Pwd
Salt
Pinch of soda
Saute Besan till brown in some oil, add daal and other ingredients
Maida
salt
soda
4 spoon oil


Thattai (South Indian Snack)


Ingredients:
4 cups       Rice Flour
1//4 cup    Urad Daal Flour
2/4 cup     Besan
2 tb sp      Coconut grated(optional)
2 Tbsp     Channa Daal
2 Tb Sp   Red Chilly pwd
1 tb sp     Sesame Seeds
                Water
                Salt
                Oil
                Curry Leaves
                Asafoetida

Method:-
Mix all the above to make a nice dough. Take a zip log bag and cut one more side of it. Put a ball under a bag beat it with a steel bowl or use a roll pin to get a round shape. 
Deep fry them until they are nice crispy

Palak- Corn Kabab


Bread Pakoda


Bhindi Aaloo


Ingredients:
Potatoes
Okra
Khus-khus
Salt
Green Chillies
Red chilly pwd
Dhaniya pwd
Oil for frying and tempering
Cumin seeds(Zeera)

Method:
Deep fry Okra in hot oil until they are crispy. Deep fry Potaoes until they are crispy.

Take pan with little oil. Add some cumin seeds, khus-khus, green chilly chopped lenghtwise (slit green chillies). Add all the masalas and add okra mix well.  Repeat the same with fried potatoes.  Eventually mix both bindi and aaloo in a pan and it is ready to serve.

Kofta curry

Ingredients:
Kofta->
1 small Bottle gourd/ lauki
Red chilly pwd
Besan
Salt
Zeera
Garam masala


Gravy->
Garlic paste
Ginger paste 
Onion ground coarsely
Groundnut  roasted
Til(sesame seeds) roasted
Coconut roasted
Tomatoe paste
Garam masala
Red chilly Pwd
Dhaniya pwd
Salt
Water


Method:
Take some oil in a pan. Add garlic- ginger paste then coarsely ground onion, saute until it turns pinks 
Add coarsely ground- Roasted groundnut+roasted til(sesame seeds)+ roasted coconut
Saute for a min and add tomatoe paste and saute until it leaves oil
Add all the masalas some water and let it cook for a while.


Paneer Masala



Ingredients:
 Garlic
 Ginger
 1/2 Onion paste 
 1sp kasturi methi.....
 1/2 Capsicum finely chopped
 2 tomatoes finely chopped 
 Garam masala good enough, 
 Turmeric pwd
 Red chilly Pwd
 Salt
 Dhaniya
 Grated Paneer
 Paneer cubes
 1/2 cup milk.

Method:
Take some oil in a pan and saute garlic, ginger and onion paste with kasturi methi added in it. 
After it changes its color to light pink add chopped capsicum. In half a minute add finely chopped tomatoes. Let it cook for a while and add all the masalas. Once it smells like cooked tomatoes add grated paneer in it.
Saute it and add paneer cubes and 1/2 cup milk. Cook with closed lid. Add some red orange color if you want a orangish color.

Granish it will grated paneer or coriander over it.