Wednesday 26 August 2015

Eggless Vanilla Tutti Frutti Cupcakes

Eggless Vanilla Tutti frutti Cupcakes ..once i was baking simple tea cake/tutti fruity cake and had some batter left with me so baked two cupcakes of it they turned out so soft and yum that they got finished in two mins so next time i baked these cupcakes from same batter. Lets check out ingredients required for it.

Ingredients :

1+3/4 cup all purpose flour/maida
1+ 1/4 cup Thick Yoghurt/Curd
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup+ 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
1/2 cup Tutti frutti


Method : Sieve all purpose flour and keep it aside. In a separate bowl whisk curd with sugar till sugar is dissolved completely. Add baking powder and baking soda in it , mix well. Let this mixture rest for 5-6 mins to become frothy. Once it is frothy add vegetable oil and vanilla essence in it and mix well.

Add sieved flour into this mixture in 3-4 batches and mix by following cut and fold method. Also add tutti frutti in it , spare few for topping on cupcakes.

Preheat the Microwave at convection mode at 180 degrees for 10 mins.

Pour the batter in silicon moulds or tray and top them with some tutti fruity.Bake them at convection mode only at 180 degrees for 20-25 mins.

Once they are done take them out and cool them on wire rack.

Enjoy it and it can be stored in fridge for a week.

Above measurements yield 20 cupcakes of medium size ..





Eggless double chocolate chip coffee cupcakes

Eggless  double chocolate chip coffee cupcakes are made for those who crave for chocolate and coffee at that same time.Topped with belgium white chocolate chips, add double chocolate flavour to it with brown chips inside and white on top.


Ingredients :

1 cup All purpose flour/Maida
5 tbsp Whole wheat Flour/Atta
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/4 Cup thick Curd/Yogurt
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
6 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Instant Coffee powder
2 tbsp Brown chocolate chips
1/4 cup Belgium White chocolate chips
1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Method : Sieve the all purpose flour , atta and salt together, keep it aside. Mix the coffee powder with warm milk and keep it aside too. Take another bowl and mix sugar and curd together , add baking powder and baking soda in it and leave it for 4-5 mins. Now add vegetable oil and vanilla essence to this wet mixture and mix well.

Start adding dry ingredients mixture (maida, atta and salt) to wet mixture in 2-3 batches and mix by following cut and fold method.

Add milk coffee mixture to above mixture and again mix well. Also add brown chocolate chips in it.

Preheat Microwave at convection mode at 180 degrees for 10 mins and put low height wire rack inside it.

Pour the mixture in silicon moulds or tray by filling upto 3/4 level only and top it with white chocolate chips and bake at convection mode at 180 degrees for about 20- 25 mins by putting moulds on baking tray.

Serve it as such or with coffee /tea/milk.

Happy Baking :)




Tuesday 25 August 2015

Sooji ka Halwa

Halwa is a kind of sweet cooked from variety of flours like whole wheat flour, semolina and gram flour etc. It is popularly eaten during festive season in almost every part of our country.

Ingredients :

1 cup Sooji/semolina
1 cup melted Clarified Butter/Ghee
1 cup Sugar
3+1/2 cup Water
9-10 chopped Almonds

Method : Heat ghee in karahi and add sooji in it, roast it by stirring continuously till it is golden brown in color , now add water to roasted semolina and cook till all water evaporates from halwa.
At this stage add sugar and cook till halwa starts leaving ghee from sides.

Add chopped almonds and mix well , switch off flame and serve hot by garnishing with chopped almonds.

Vada Pav - Street food of Maharashtra

Vada Pav is one of the most popular street food from the state of Maharashtra. It consists of deep fried potato patty eaten with Pav and red chutney and fried green chilly.

Ingredients :

4 Pav ( Pav which we use for pav bhaji  goes well )
3 medium sized boiled Potatoes.
6-7 tbsp Gram flour/besan
Salt to taste
2 tsp Red chilli powder (1/4 tsp for besan batter ,1/4 tsp of frying potatoes and 1+1/2 tsp for red chutney)
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Pinch of Baking Soda
Water as required
Oil for deep frying
4 Spicy green chilly (slit it from center)
1 tbsp Oil (for frying potatoes)
Pinch of Asafoetida/Hing
2-3 garlic chopped

Method : Take boiled and peeled potatoes in bowl and mash them with hands. Heat 1 tbsp oil in pan and fry green chilly in it and keep it aside. Now add hing , chopped garlic in this oil and saute for 1-2 mins and add salt to taste,1/4 tsp red chilli powder and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder in it. Mix all the spices and add mashed potatoes and mix well.Switch off the flame and keep it aside.

Take another mixing bowl add gram flour in it , salt, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder , 1/4 tsp red chilli powder and baking soda and prepare batter by adding water. Batter should neither be too thick nor too thin in consistency , keep it aside for 3-4 mins for baking soda to work in it.

Heat oil for deep frying vadas in deep karahi and make small balls from potato mixture and dip it in besan mixture, fry in hot oil on medium flame till it is golden brown from all sides. Deep fry all vadas in the same manner and keep them on kitchen towel to remove excess oil.

Pour the leftover besan mixture in hot oil to form crunchy boondi and after frying them , crush it with back side of spoon and add red chilli powder in it and mix well, red chutney is ready .

Slice the Pav from centre not to the end and apply red chutney inside it and put fried vada inside it and enjoy each bite with fried green chilly.

Hot and spicy Vada Pav can be eaten at any time of day :)





Whole wheat chocolate muffins

Whole wheat chocolate muffins are best way to fulfil your hunger for chocolate that too in healthy way as it is baked with whole wheat flour/atta. Lets start collecting out ingredients required for it.


Ingredients :

2 + 1/8 cup Whole wheat flour/Atta
2 tbsp Cornflour
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
1/2 cup Chocolate chips
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
2/3 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Method : Mix all the wet ingredients together (eggs, vegetable oil,milk and vanilla essence).Sieve all the dry ingredients ( atta,cornflour,baking powder ,baking soda and cocoa powder).Mix sugar in wet mixture and now mix dry ingredients into wet mixture following cut and fold method.Add chocolate chips and mix well.
Pour in each muffin cup with help of spoon or ice cream scooper, fill only upto 3/4 level and bake it at convection mode at 180 degrees for 20 mins.Check by pricking toothpick inside if it comes out clean muffins are baked.If not bake for 2-3 mins more.

Keep them out for ten mins in muffin cups only and than transfer onto wire rack for cooling down.
Enjoy it with your favourite cup of tea or coffee or milk.

These can be stored in fridge for 1 week in airtight container.

Remember to pre heat the microwave at convection mode only at 180 degrees for ten mins before starting baking muffins.





Tuesday 18 August 2015

Curry leaves chutney / kadi patta chutney

Curry leaves are used to impart fragrance and flavour to various curries and dishes in our country.They are very good for digestion and had lot of herbal benefits too.We are going to make chutney of it..this recipe is very close to my heart as it is taught by my Mom.
 
Ingredients :

3/4 cup curry leaves ( CUP i used the one which i use for baking purpose)
2 medium sized sliced onion
2 medium sized sliced green chilli ( spicy chilli to be used)
Salt to taste
1 medium sized lemon juice
1-2 tbsp water


Method : Mix all the ingredients in mixer grinder and grind it till forms chutney like consistency.

Your chutney is ready and goes well with any dal/curry/khicdi.

Remember to use mentioned quantity of curry leaves as it may give bitter taste if quantity is increased.You can add tomato / dry mango powder also for taste by skipping lemon juice.


Enjoy spicy and tangy chutney guys.

Tuesday 11 August 2015

White chickpeas with tandoori roti

This recipe is same as my earlier written recipe in the month of July 2015 of White chickpeas with tandoori naan.

Just for making tandoori roti replace all purpose flour with whole wheat flour/atta..all the ingredients and procedure is same.



Pineapple Kiwi Cake

I use to bake cake at times but this was the first cake baked by me with proper whipped cream and decorations.This recipe is very close to me as it came out so perfect and was baked on my niece birthday by me few days back.

Ingredients for Cake :

1+3/4 cup All purpose flour
3/4 cup Sugar
1+1/4 cup Curd
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
Sligthly less than 3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp Milk
1 tsp vanilla essence


For Filling and icing :

1+ 3/4 Cup Whipping cream ( i used the ready one with sugar in it , just need to add cold water)
Tinned pineapple slices ( 1/2 tin)
10-12 pieces sliced kiwi (for garnishing)

Method : Sieve all purpose flour and keep it aside.Take another mixing bowl and whisk sugar and yoghurt till they are mixed properly.Now add baking powder and baking soda in it and mix well.
Keep it aside for 6-7 minutes so that fermentation takes place.

Now add vegetable oil and essence to this mixture and mix well.Add sieved flour in four batches and mix it using cut and fold method.

Grease the cake tin with butter and dust all purpose flour on it and pour the cake batter to fill upto 3/4 level only.Tap a bit to level the batter in cake tin.

Pre heat the microwave at convection mode at 180 degree for ten mins and now keep the tin inside pre heated microwave to bake the cake for 30-35 mins at 180 degree.Check with toothpick and bake for 5 more mins if required.

Take the cake tin out and brush it with milk and bake it again for 1 min this will provide glaze to the cake.

Keep it in baking tin for ten mins and than rest it on cooling wire rack till it is cool down completely.
Cake should always be cool before u start with icing.

Icing and layering : Take the whipping cream powder in cool bowl( bowl kept in freezer for half hour) and add cold water as mentioned on packet , whip it till soft peaks are formed.

Cut the cake in two halves with help of knife and apply sugar syrup on sliced cake , i have used syrup from pineapple tin only , u can use home made syrup too.

Apply whipped cream on bottom cut portion of cake and put sliced pineapple slices over it.Now put remaining half portion of cake over it and apply whipped cream all over the cake with help of knife and level it smoothly with help of knife.

Decorate pineapple slices over top of cake and round cut slices of kiwi at sides.Serve cool.

Cake with icing should be finished with in two days if kept in fridge.

Enjoy it with your loved ones :)








Monday 10 August 2015

Double chocolate chip Cappuccino

If you like to get indulged in chocolaty drink anytime than try this simple and super easy drink.

Ingredients :

1 cup /250 ml milk (cold milk)
5 tbsp chocolate syrup ( i prefer Hershey"s- 3 tbsp for drink and 2 tbsp for topping)
4 tbsp chocolate chips
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp instant coffee powder (i prefer Nescafe)
2-3 tbsp sugar
5-6 ice cubes (optional)
2 tbsp whipped cream/vanilla ice cream

Method : Mix all the ingredients in a blender and blend it till chocolate chips are finely chopped and ice cubes are crushed. It should look like thick milk shake. Pour
it in a glass and top it with whipped cream/vanilla ice cream and some chocolate syrup .

Enjoy this yummy drink as it is or with your choice of cookies/muffins.

Calorie conscious can use low fat milk and can skip whipped cream topping :)


Mahani - Kangri /Himachali cuisine

Mahani is made from bengal gram whole or kale channe. Basically there are four grams eaten together with steamed rice and sweet (usually gulab jamun).All the four grams are cooked in mustard oil and without onion and garlic. This food consist of kale channe/mahani , white channe/madra and sabut maah dal and chana dal all four eaten with rice and gulab jamun in one plate. It is popular in the state of Himachal Pradesh and served in marriages also.

Here we are going to cook Mahani only and i will post the recipe of remaining grams surely on my blog very soon :)

Ingredients :

1 cup Kale channe (soaked over night)
4 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Hing/Asafoetida
1 tbsp whole wheat flour/atta
1 tbsp garam flour/besan
1 tbsp makki ka atta/corn flour
Salt to taste
2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1+1/2 tsp coriander powder
4-5 tsp dry mango powder/amchur
4-5 tsp jaggery/gur
2 medium sized sliced tomatoes
2 sliced green chillies
2 inch sliced ginger

Method :  Soak the kale channe in water over night and boil them by adding salt in the same manner like we boil for normal kale channe gravy recipe.

Now take another wok and heat mustard oil in it , add hing once it is hot.Now add all the three flours 1 tbsp each as mentioned above and simmer the flame to low and roast it by continuous stirring like we roast flour for halwa/sheera till it is light brown in color. Now add all the spices and roast them for 1-2 mins. Add boiled channe without water and cook it on medium flame for 4-5 mins.At this time add water of channe along with jaggery/gur. Cook for 9-10 mins till all spices and gur blends with channe properly.

Add sliced tomatoes,green chillies and ginger and boil for another 3-4 mins , they should be partial cooked only.

Your Mahani is ready to serve with hot steamed rice.

One can increase or decrease the sweetness and sourness by increasing/decreasing the amount of jaggery and dry mango powder according to taste.

This is the recipe i have taken from my mom in law..their may be different version of it too :)

Enjoy it and do let me know ur comments about it ..


Friday 7 August 2015

Dahi bhalla/ dahi vada - Street food

Dahi Vadas are deep fried vadas made from urad dal and and served with thick curd/yoghurt.It is very famous street food in our country and eaten in almost all parts of India.

Ingredients :

1 cup Urad dal
Salt to taste
Pinch of Hing/Asafoetida
1 green chilli
1 inch chopped ginger
Water as required
Oil for deep frying
2 cup thick curd
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp jeera powder
1/2 tsp dry pudina powder(optional)
2 tbsp imli/tamarind chutney

Method : Wash and soak dal in water for at least 3-4 hours , strain the water from dal and grind it in mixie grinder to form smooth paste .Add hing,green chilli ,ginger and salt during grinding process.Take out the mixture in bowl and mix it with hands for 5-6 mins this will result in soft dahi vadas.

Heat oil in deep wok and once it  is hot reduce the flame to medium and pour 1 tbsp mixture in ball shape with help of spoon and palm and deep fry it on low flame till it is golden brown in color from both sides.Keep an eye on vadas while deep frying in order to get even color on all sides of vadas.Fry all the vadas in the same manner. Take them out on kitchen towel and dip them in water if u want to serve immediately or if u want to serve it later than soak them in hot water for around 10-15 mins.

Take them out and press gently between ur palms to remove excess water and put them in serving plate , add beaten curd over it ( i usually mix salt and red chilli powder in curd only).Sprinkle jeera powder , little red chilli powder and pudina powder over it .Finally add tamarind chutney over it.

Serve it and enjoy with ur loved ones :)

You can add boiled potatoes, papri , sev or pomegranate seeds .(optional)




Thursday 6 August 2015

Diet Poha/Chivda - Snack

Poha chivda ,we all eat it usually by soaking it in water and tempering with mustard seeds, curry leaves and choice of vegetables. This is healthy  version of it which is made from 1 tbsp oil and can be cooked in 6-7 mins. It can be eaten as snack item with tea or coffee and can be stored in air tight container for 1 month. Sounds interesting than lets check out ingredients require for it.

Ingredients :


2 cups poha /chivda
1/2 cup roasted chana dal (dry roast in non stick pan without oil)
1/4 cup unsalted peanuts
1/4 cup chopped dry coconut
2 tsp mustard seeds
1 green chilli chopped
6-7 curry leaves
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Sugar (optional)
Pinch of citric acid crystals(for tangy flavour)
1 tbsp oil

Method : Place poha in deep microwave safe dish and microwave for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute.Keep it aside.

In another microwave safe bowl , add oil  and mustard seeds and microwave for 2 mins.Take it out  and add green chillies ,curry leaves ,peanuts ,dry coconut ,roasted chana dal and turmeric powder and microwave for 1 min.Take this mixture out and mix with poha ,mix well with spoon gently and finally microwave for last 1 min.

Add sugar ,salt and citric acid crystals and mix well.Cool completely and store in air tight container.

Enjoy eating :)



Banana Muffins

Muffins are small pieces of baked bread which can be sweet or savoury. They are baked in variety of shapes and with different variety of flour ,fruits ,vegetables and flavours.Here we are going to bake muffins with banana which is a rich source of vitamins.

Ingredients :

1 cup All purpose flour/maida
2 overripe medium sized Bananas ( Mashed form with help of spoon)
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup melted Butter
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp vanilla essence


Method : To start with baking any cake,bread or muffin first step is to preheat the microwave to 180 degree for 10 mins at convection mode.

Now sieve maida,baking powder and baking soda and keep it aside. Mix all wet ingredients i.e. bananas ,sugar ,milk ,butter and vanilla essence with help of whisker. Fold the dry ingredients mixture in this wet ingredients mixture with help of spatula. Don't over mix the mixture.

Pour it in each silicon mould/muffin tray with help of spoon i use ice cream holder for it. Fill only 3/4 level and leave rest portion for rising of muffins.Tap a bit to level the mixture ,place all the silicon moulds in baking tray and put tray inside pre heated microwave.

Bake at 15-20 mins at 180 degree at convection mode.Check by inserting toothpick inside one muffin if it comes clear switch off the microwave.

Take it out , let them rest in moulds for 5 mins and than shift them on wire/cooling rack and cool them completely.

Serve them with cup of coffee or tea or topping of icing sugar /chocolate sauce etc.




Sooji Upma

Upma is very quick , easy and healthy breakfast dish. It is cooked from roasted semolina/sooji or rice flour. One can add vegetables of your choice according to taste.Lets see ingredients required for it.


Ingredients :

1 cup semolina/sooji
1 medium sized chopped onion
1 cup chopped vegetables (capsicum,corn, carrots and peas)
1 tsp mustard seeds
5-6 fresh curry leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp oil
2 cup water (double the amount of sooji)
Few sprigs of coriander leaves (for garnishing)

Method : Take one pan and dry roast ( means without any oil)sooji in it by stirring in between to avoid burning of it. Roast it till light brown in color , switch off flame and take it out in plate or bowl.

Now heat oil in another pan ,add mustard seeds and curry leaves , once they starts spluttering add chopped onions and fry it till they are light brown in color ,add all other chopped vegetables and salt ,mix well and cover it with lid and cook for 3-4 mins.Now add red chilli powder or green chilli and water into it. Once water starts boiling add roasted sooji and stir continuously to avoid formation of lumps.When all water evaporates your upma is ready to serve, switch off the flame.Upma has semi solid consistency. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Can be used as semi solid meal for baby too by adding little more water.

Enjoy it guys :)




Veg Choupsey - American Chinese cuisine

Choupsey is kind of American chinese cuisine consist of fried noodles with vegetables cooked in tomato sauce.Veg Choupsey is served with vegetables like onion,capsicum, carrot and cabbage etc. and non veg served with meat ,chicken, fish and beef etc. This dish is very close to my heart since college days..so here goes the recipe..

Ingredients :

1 pack of Chings Hakka noodles
Water for boiling noodles
2 medium sized finely sliced onion
1 big sized finely sliced capsicum
1 medium sized finely sliced carrot lengthwise
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
Salt to taste
3 tbsp oil for gravy
1 tbsp red chilli powder
Chings vinegar 1-2 tbsp
Oil for deep frying noodles
1 cup of tomato ketchup
1 cup of water for gravy
1-2 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour


Method : Take water in big open vessel and add noodles for boiling once water comes to boil. Follow instructions written on pack for boiling noodles always.Once they are partially cooked , switch off the flame and strain the water out of it.Apply some oil onto noodles to avoid stickiness .

Heat oil in wok for deep frying , once oil is hot keep it on medium flame and pour boiled noodles with hand in such a way that it forms nest like structure. Fry it it till its light brown in color now turn it with spatula and fry from other side till it is light brown in color and crisp in texture.Take it out once done and keep it on kitchen towel to remove excessive oil. Deep fry all the boiled noodles in the small batches by forming nest like structure while frying process.

For gravy,heat 3 tbsp oil in another wok ,add sliced onions ,once they are transparent in color add all other vegetables and cook for 3-4 mins on medium high flame by stirring in between. Add salt  and red chilli powder and mix well. Add tomato ketchup ,water and let it cook for 2-3 mins.Once gravy starts boiling take cornflour in bowl add 2 tbsp of water and form paste,add this to boiling gravy and stir continuously, gravy will start thickening by this time. Add vinegar mix well and switch off the flame.

Take one batch of crispy fried noodles in a plate and pour gravy over it and serve hot.

You can put omelette or pineapple slice over it .(optional)

Enjoy this hot, tangy and crispy choupsey and do let me know ur comment in section below :)




Tuesday 4 August 2015

Instant Coffee almond mug cake

This is the first recipe tried
by me after joining Chef at large (Facebook group).Someone posted 5 min chocolate mug cake in microwave on this group so i thought of making it with coffee powder.

Ingredients :

2 tbsp melted butter/ghee
3 tbsp condensed milk
4 tbsp coffee (2 tsp coffee mixed in 4 tbsp  warm milk)
4 tbsp all purpose flour/maida
1/8 tsp baking powder
pinch of baking soda
3-4 chopped almonds


Method : Take a microwave safe mug and mix all the ingredients as mentioned above so that no lumps remain in batter.Microwave it for 1.5 mins initially and than 30 sec more if required.

You can add sugar too (optional).

Serve hot as it will become hard on cooling as its not baked but microwaved only.

It should be eaten same day and usually with in 10-15 mins of making for better taste.

Bread upma

Upma is categorised under breakfast dish and can be eaten as snack too.It is made from dry roasted semolina/sooji or rice flour.Today we are going to cook it with normal sandwich bread.One can use brown or multigrain bread too for this recipe.


Ingredients :

4-5 Slices of white bread
1 medium sized chopped onion
2 tbsp chopped green capsicum
2 tbsp green peas
1 tsp mustard seeds
5-6 curry leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp oil


Method : Heat oil in pan ,add mustard seeds and curry leaves,once it starts crackling,add chopped onion and cook till it becomes light brown in color. Now add capsicum and green peas and cover pan with lid and cook for 3-4 mins on low flame.Add spices and mix well.Take each slice of bread and soak it in water and press it slightly between ur palms to remove excess water and crush it ,put it in pan.Repeat the process for all bread slices and toss it well ,cook for 2-3 mins by continuous stirring.

Bread upma is ready to serve.

 I like it with namkeen/sev and tomato ketchup.

You can add any vegetables of your choice (potato,panner and corn etc).

Dahi Kababs

My family is fond of dahi kababs so whenever we go out for elaborated dinner we used to order it as starter. So one day i thought of cooking it at home and nailed it.It is made from hung curd and crispy from outside and soft from inside.

Ingredients :

400 grams Curd (i used Amul masti dahi )
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp chaat masala
1 finely chopped green chilli
3-4  tbsp of bread crumbs or roasted gram flour/besan
2 tbsp coriander mint chutney
8-10 pcs of raisins
2-3 tbsp oil for shallow frying kababs

Method: Take curd in muslin cloth ,tie it and hang it on tap for around 4-5 hours, we will get hung curd by this process.Take out this curd in bowl and add salt ,red chilli powder ,garam masala ,chaat masala and green chilli ,mix well with help of spoon.Its difficult to make kababs with this mixture so add 2-3 tbsp of bread crumbs or roasted besan to make it thick batter ,remember don't add too much of bread crumbs or besan it will destroy the taste of dahi kababs which should be soft, moist and tangy in taste. Keep this mixture aside for 15- 20 mins .

For stuffing , take 1-2 tbsp of bread crumbs in another bowl, add coriander mint chutney ,salt to taste and raisins. Mix well.

Take small ball size mixture of hung curd by applying all purpose flour on ur hands so that it shouldn't stick to ur hands and flatten it with cavity in centre to fill 1 tsp stuffing inside.Roll it gently with hands ,flatten it a bit to give shape of kabab.Prepare all kababs like this and heat oil in non stick pan and shallow fry from both sides till they are golden brown in color.

Serve hot with your choice of dip .

Monday 3 August 2015

Panner tikka - Tandoori starter

Paneer tikka is a type of dish which is made from marinated panner and grilled in tandoor. It can be served dry as starter or with gravy as main course dish. We can grill it on tawa or microwave too.
It can be eaten with wrap or chapati and rice.

Ingredients :

250 grams paneer (cut into 1 inch cubes)
1 big sized green capsicum
1 medium sized onion
1 medium sized tomato
1 tbsp grated ginger
3-4 tbsp of thick curd/yoghurt
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp gram flour/besan
1/4 tsp carom seeds/ajwain
2-3 tbsp of mustard oil
1 tsp of turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp gram masala
1-2 tsp of coriander powder
2 tsp of dry mango powder/amchur
2 tbsp oil for greasing

Method: Cut paneer into cubes, i usually bring it from dairy shop. And cut onion, capsicum and tomato into cubes form and keep it aside.Now heat butter in pan and add carom seeds, once it will start crackling ,add garam flour /besan and roast it till it turns light brown in color.

Take mixing bowl add curd in it and whisk it to form smooth paste, add besan mixture in it and mix well. Add all the spices and grated ginger except turmeric powder.

Heat mustard oil in another pan till smoke comes out of it, switch of the flame and add turmeric powder in it.

Add this mustard oil in curd mixture slowly and whisk properly. Put all the veggies including panner , onion ,tomato and capsicum in it and mix it slowly with hands to coat marination on all veggies.Cover the bowl and keep it in fridge for at least 2 hours, i kept it for 5 hours.Greater the time for marination better will be taste of panner tikka. Soak wooden skewers in water for 2 hours.

After 5 hours take marinated panner tikka out of fridge and arrange it on wooden skewers, insert panner cubes ,onion , capsicum and tomato and than repeat the sequence for all the vegetables.
Meanwhile preheat the microwave at micro grill option at 180 for ten mins. I m having Samsung microwave it was not showing temp in degrees for micro grill option so i pre heated at 300 watt by placing lower wire rack inside microwave during this process.

Now grease all the skewers with oil and arrange it on wire rack directly in pre heated microwave.Grill it on micro grill option at 300 watt or 180  degree for 20 - 25 mins by rotating the skewers in between.

Serve panner tikka with chutney of ur choice and sliced onion and lemon.

Tip : I keep one tbsp of marinated masala aside and mix it with 2 tbsp of curd and 1 tbsp pf mint coriander chutney to serve it with panner tikka .

Enjoy..








Pomegranate Ginger ale - Mocktail

I was having lot of pomegranate at my home so thought of experimenting with it.Tried this mocktail its refreshing and leaves very nice taste on your taste buds of ginger and pomegranate.
Very few ingredients are required for it so lets gather them.

Ingredients :

180 ml pomegranate juice
90 ml of sprite or 7 up or aerated soda
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp of ginger juice
Salt to taste
Crushed Ice (optional)

Method: Take a blender/ cocktail shaker and add pomegranate juice , lemon juice,ginger juice and salt to taste.Mix well for 1-2 mins now pour this mocktail in glass and add 7 up/sprite/aerated soda to add fizz in mocktail. You can add crushed ice if u want it to be very chilled.

Serve it alone or as welcome drink to your guests.

Do le me know ur feedback in comment section.



Malai Sooji Toast

Malai sooji toast is the recipe which i had learnt in my school days.We used to have cooking class in our extra curricular activities and this was the one recipe which i liked it from my heart so keep on cooking it whenever i want. Its just like cheese veg toast but with home made malai and sooji.
Lets check out the ingredients required for it.

Ingredients :

6 slices of white bread
3-4 tbsp of thick home made malai (extracted from full cream milk)
3-4 tbsp of semolina/sooji
1-2 tbsp milk
1 small sized finely chopped onion
1 small sized finely chopped capsicum
1 small sized finely chopped tomato(without seeds)
Salt to taste
1-2 tsp red chilli flakes

Method : Take malai in bowl and mix with spoon to form smooth paste,add sooji in it and mix well.
Now add onion,capsicum and tomato and spices and mix it so that it form smooth mixture.Add milk in it if the mixture is too thick.

Take one slice of bread and spread mixture on one side of bread with spoon and press it evenly.Repeat the process on remaining slices of bread and now heat non stick pan/tawa on medium flame and put the bread on tawa in such a way  that the side with mixture touch the tawa initially (refer picture for better understanding).Cook bread from both sides till it is golden brown in color.

Cut it into required shapes and serve hot with ur choice of dip.

Its a healthier version of toast and that too without processed cheese.

Apply drop of oil if using normal tawa instead of non stick tawa and add any veggies of ur choice like corn,beans etc