My cooking skill

Caulifower karmadha

2012-01-30T00:47:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1 Big Cauliflower

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Salt to taste

Chilli powder - 1tsp

vegetable/olive oil

non-stick pan (very important)

Preparation:

Take the pan and add oil. Allow the pan to heat and then add cumin seeds. Let the seeds be fried partially. Add the cauliflower (chopped) to the pan. Keep stirring for 2 minutes. Gently add salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder and continue stirring for one more minute. Now, close the pan with a lid to allow the cauliflower to cook and become soft. Every 4-5 minutes, lift the lid, stir the mixture and close it. After 14-15 minutes, open the lid and give it one last stir before completing cooking.

Cooking to be done in low heat for the first 10 minutes and then medium heat until finish. Please make sure the cauliflower does not turn black or burnt hence the non-stick pan comes in handy. You may wish to add water once during the cooking process.

Bon appétit!

Location:Yogambal St,Chennai,India

Vegetable soup

2011-11-06T16:21:00.001-08:00

Ingredients:

Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Basil - 2 Cups
Ground cinnamon powder - 1/2 spoon
Cumin Seeds - 2 spoons
Pepper corn - 2 spoons
Cloves - 4-5 pieces
Ginger - 2 small pieces
Garlic - 4 pieces
Green chillies - 2 pieces
Onions - 2 pieces
Brinjal - 4-5 pieces

Carrot - 2 pieces

cauliflower - 2 pieces

Paprika powder - 1 spoon

Salt - to taste
Water - 4 glasses (approx. 800 ml)
Olive oil
One soup pot and ladle

Preparation:

Crush the ginger and garlic together and leave them in a cup. Cut the brinjal, carrot, onion and cauliflower in your favourite size and shape. Chop the green chillies in small sizes though. Take a soup pot or any vessel i.e. available. Add 2 spoons of olive oil and leave the pot in sim mode. Add cumin seeds, cloves, ginger and garlic. After one minute, add the green chillies and once they turn a bit brown, add the vegetables too. Keep stirring them for about 2 minutes. Then, add water to the pot. Keep stirring and gradually add salt, paprika powder, cinnamon powder, basil and coriander leaves. close the pot for about 10 minutes and leave it in medium heat. This will allow the vegetables to cook inside. Open the lid and continue stirring. Aroma coming from the soup soon transfuses through the kitchen. Close the lid and open every ten minutes to stir for another 20 minutes. Then soup is ready to serve.

This soup is apt under cold weather conditions and when you have cold/sore threat, etc

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Chocolate Ice cream cake

2011-10-31T13:12:00.000-07:00

ice cream cake

Ingredients

2 x jumbo chocolate Swiss rolls (not the chocolate-dipped ones) or 4 normal-sized ones
150ml/5fl oz alcohol of your choice, such as rum, sherry or limoncello (optional)
2-3 litres/3½-5 pints ice cream (chocolate or vanilla or both), softened but still frozen (no warmer than 12C/54F)

Preparation method

Line the inside of a medium glass bowl or 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basin with clingfilm (make sure there is plenty of extra clingfilm hanging over the sides).

Cut the Swiss rolls into 1cm/½in slices. Place one slice in the middle on the bowl in the base, then place another next to it. Continue until the whole inside of the bowl is lined. Squash the Swiss roll slices slightly together so that there are no gaps between them. When you reach the top of the bowl, cut slices in half if a whole one does not fit.

Use a pastry brush to dab the sponge with the alcohol. Spoon the ice cream into the lined bowl, squidging it down so that it is completely full. Now place the cake in the freezer and leave overnight or at least until the ice cream is completely firm.

Once the ice cream is firm, carefully remove the cake from the bowl using the clingfilm to help you. Ease it very gently out of the bowl with the clingfilm. If it is too hard to remove, warm the bowl up a little in your hands or by carefully running a flat blunt knife between the bowl and the clingfilm. When the cake is loose in the bowl and feels as if you could pull it out easily, place a large serving plate on top of the bowl and turn the bowl upside down, so that the plate is the right way up. Carefully remove the bowl and peel off the clingfilm.

Chocolate cake

2011-10-31T12:33:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

For the cake

225g/8oz plain flour
350g/12½oz caster sugar
85g/3oz cocoa powder
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 free-range eggs
250ml/9fl oz milk
125ml/4½fl oz vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
250ml/9fl oz boiling water

For the chocolate icing

200g/7oz plain chocolate
200ml/7fl oz double cream

Preparation method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 2 line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins.
  1. For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients, except the boiling water, into a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, or electric whisk, beat the mixture until smooth and well combined.
  2. Add the boiling water to the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth. (The cake mixture will now be very liquid.)
  3. Divide the cake batter between the sandwich tins and bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
  4. Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely, still in their tins, before icing.
  5. For the chocolate icing, heat the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate melts. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk the mixture until smooth, glossy and thickened. Set aside to cool for 1-2 hours, or until thick enough to spread over the cake.
  6. To assemble the cake, run a round-bladed knife around the inside of the cake tins to loosen the cakes. Carefully remove the cakes from the tins.
    
    7.Spread a little chocolate icing over the top of one of the chocolate cakes, then carefully top with the other cake.
    
    8. Transfer the cake to a serving plate and ice the cake all over with the chocolate icing, using a palette knife.

Boiled potatoes and mint chutney

2011-10-18T11:25:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

3-4 potatoes
Instant mint chutney
Water
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Take a bowl and fill with water. Then cut the potatoes in two halves and add them to the bowl. Leave it in the microwave for twenty five minutes. When there is ten minutes left, add the instant mint chutney. Once done, drain the water and place the potatoes in a plate. Ready to eat

If you do not get instant mint chutney, the preparation for the same is as follows:

Take a bunch of coriander leaves and mint leaves each. Add them to a blender. Add 4 green chillies, salt to taste and a bit of water. Blend it for two minutes and the chutney is ready. You may add ginger garlic paste to blend along the chutney.

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Crepes

2011-10-09T04:24:00.000-07:00

Crepes

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup

Salt - to taste

Eggs - 2

Milk - 1 cup

Water - 1 cup

Preparation:

Take a big bowl and add the flour first. Then add the 2 egg yolks and keep stirring. Gradually add salt, water and milk to the batter. After a minute, you will find it liquidy.

Take a pan and add 1/2 a spoon of oil and leave it in medium heat. Place the batter on the pan in a circle shape and allow it to turn brown. Do the same on both sides. Once done, you may wish to any ingredient of your choice.

Following are the ingredients I have tried -

Chocolate spread

Strawberry jam

Average time to prepare each pancake/crepe including the batter is 4 minutes. Crepes are perfect for breakfast or evening tea. Alternatively, can be used as desserts for a meal. I have not yet tried any hot food on a crepe. When I do, will post the same.

Chilli beef and mash potatoes

2011-10-09T03:09:00.000-07:00

This is the latest dish I prepared.

Ingredients required:

Potatoes - 1/4 kilo

Minced Beef - 1/4 kilo

Red chillies - 1 Big

Green Chillies - 5-6 numbers

Red peppers - 1/2 a piece

One glass of Water

Chili powder - 1 table spoon

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Onions - 1 piece

Oil

Preparation -

Chop onions, peppers and chillies finely. Simultaneously, boil the potatoes.

Take a pan, add oil and the rest of the chopped vegetables. Let it turn smooth and a bit brown in colour. Then add the minced beef after washing it a bit. Keep stirring until the beef turns brown in colour. Gradually, add salt and chilli powder. Then, close the pan with a lid and leave it closed for about 5 minutes under medium heat. After 5 minutes, open the lid, stir the beef and close it every 2 minutes for 5 times. Within 10 minutes, your chilli beef is ready. Add coriander leaves to garnish.

Check if your potatoes are boiled. If so, then drain the water, peel the skin and then mash the potatoes. You may wish to decorate however you want on your plate.

Onion bhajis

2010-12-20T12:21:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

3 big onions
1 cup gram flour
1 spoon chilli powder
Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Oil
Water

Preparation:

Chop onions thin and long size and shape
In a big bowl, add the gram flour, 1 cup of water, chilli powder, salt and cumin seeds. keep stirring until it becomes a bit liquidy.
Then add the onions to the mixture and mix well.
Take a pan and add 2 cups oil to fry.
After two minutes of heating the oil, add small portions of mixture including the onions and fry them until brown.
Once fried, place them on tissue paper for the oil to drain.
In five mintues, they are ready to eat.

Preparation time- fifteen mins.
Serves three people.

To be served with tea or coffee.

Scones

2010-06-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

Take a crumble biscuit or a slice of tea cake

on top of that add 1 spoon of jam and one spoon of double cream

This is a dessert very famous in Britain.

Dry channa masala

2010-04-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

Dry channa masala

2 onions
Salt to taste
Garam masala
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder
Channa masala
Pav bhaji masala
Chickpeas 200gms
Oil

Preparation

Chop the onions and keep it aside. Take a pan and add 2tsp of oil. After a min, add the chopped onions. Fry until they turn light brown.Add the other ingredients and keep stirring for 2 minutes.
Then close the pan with the lid for 2 minutes. Remove the lid and continue stirring. Do this process thrice and the masala is ready.

This dish is apt for eating as "snacks" while drinking.

Capsicum(peppers) masala

2010-01-09T17:56:00.000-08:00

1 red pepper (capsicum)
1 green pepper (capsicum)
1 big onion
3 green chillis
oil
glass of water
1 tomato
cumin seeds
mustard seeds (optional)
1 tsp chilli powder
salt to taste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp amchur powder
1 cup of yoghurt

take a pan and add oil.. boil for a minute.. then add cumin seeds, mutard seeds, onions and green chillis. then add salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder..
now keep stirring until onions turn brownish pink. then add the peppers and other ingredients. keep stirring.. add water if required... then continue stirring.. after 15 minutes, the masala is ready..

tip - eat with roti or naan

Chutney for tandoori/snacks items

2010-01-09T17:51:00.001-08:00

1/2 bunch mint leaves
1/2 bunch coriander leaves
salt to taste
1 cup of yoghurt
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chilli powder
4 green chillis
1 tsp amchur powder
1 tsp tandoori masala

add all the ingredients into a blender and blend it for a minute.. the chutney is ready.

make sure the chutney is not liquidy

Chicken Tikka

2010-01-09T17:38:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1 cup of natural yogurt
1 Tablespoon Tandoori masala powder
1 Tablespoon Garam Massala
1 Teaspoon chilli powder
1 Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 Teaspoon amchur powder Powder
4 Chicken Breasts Cubed
1 Lemon
Salt to taste

Mix the spices, lemon juice with a little water and stir in well with the yogurt to make a tandoori marinade. Marinate the chicken in the marinade for 2-24 hours. Once done, preheat the oven to 250 degrees for at least 15 minutes. Shake off excess marinade and place chicken pieces on skewers on a wire rack in the oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes and check the chicken is cooked by piercing the thickest piece with a skewer, if the juices run clear it's cooked, serve with a wedge of lemon.

Tomato and Onion Masala

2009-12-16T04:05:00.000-08:00

Firstly, apologies for creating such stupid names for dishes.

Ingredients-:

3 tomatoes
2 Onions
Oil to fry
Cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Chilli (red) powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Yoghurt (optional)

Preparation time: 14 minutes

Method:

Chop the onions and tomatoes finely
Take a pan and add oil. Allow it to heat.
Add cumin seeds and after few seconds add the onions for frying.
Once the onions turn a bit brown in colour, add the tomoatoes. Now keep stirring for 4 minutes.
Now, add salt, chilli (red) powder, turmeric powder and garam masala.
Keep stirring for 2 minutes. Then, leave the mixture to cook.
Optional - you may wish to add yoghurt if you want. Once added, keep stirring for a minute. Then allow the mixture to continue cooking.
After 3 minutes, stir again. Then, stop stirring.

The dish is ready.

Suggestions - Eat with bread.

Choco Cappucino or Mocha?

2009-11-18T13:07:00.001-08:00

Take a glass
Pour Cappucino
Pour as much as Chocolate sauce you want
Add 3 spoons of sugar
Stir it well

Chocolate Cappucino is ready.

Last couple of days, I have been drinking the same at Burger king, the place of work. In my opinion, it tastes really good.

Potato rice

2009-09-02T07:16:00.000-07:00

Ingredients needed

oil/ghee
salt - to taste
chilli powder
turmeric powder
cumin seeds
mustard seeds
garam masala
onions - 2 numbers (big)
potatoes - 4 potatoes (big)
rice
water

preparation

1. chop the onions finely, potatoes in big sizes and leave them aside.
2. take a pan and add oil/ghee
3. add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and onions. stir until the onions turn a bit brown in colour
4. add potatoes, 1 spoon of turmeric powder and chilli powder. sprinkle some salt on this mixture. add a 1/2 a spoon of garam masala
4. keep stirring. close the pan with a lid allowing the mixture to cook. keep removing the lid and stirring every 4 minutes for 4 times. the mixture should cook in medium flame.
5. add rice (washed and cleaned) to the mixture. add water with 1:1 ratio.
6. cover the pan with lid and allow it to cook. every 10 mins open the lid and stir. do this for three times.

once done add coriander leaves and stir.

Pav Bhaji

2009-08-12T16:47:00.000-07:00

Having completely changed my diet 4 weeks earlier, there is a big NO to fatty food or junk food as most of say. But, day before yesterday morning, I was very hungry and hence decided to treat myself to a sumptuous lunch. The first thing which came to my mind was Pav Bhaji. So, looked up on the Internet for the recipe as was not sure of the entire procedure.
Cooked it but unfortunately made so much that am having it for the last 2 days and still have some left for tomorrow. Taste - Housemate liked it and she said yummy was not the word. Felt so happy but the credit goes to the recipe (from Internet) below.

Ingredients :

Pav buns/bread 12 no
Onions 2 nos
Tomatoes 5 nos
Potatoes 3 nos
Peas 1 cup
Carrot 1/2 cup
Beans 1/2 cup
Cabbage 1/2 cup
Capsicum 1/2 cup
Cauliflower 1 cup
Ginger 1' inch piece
garlic optional
Green chillies 2 nos finely chopped

Masala Powders

Dhania Powder 3 tsp
Jeera Powder 2 tsp
Chilli powder 2 tsp
Pav bhajji masala 4 tsp
salt Acc to taste
cilantro for garnish
lemon juice 2 tsp

Methods :

Heat a pan with oil & add the onions.Fry till translucent.
Add tomatoes,salt,add all the powders and fry till the oil floats on top. Steam all the other veges separately & add them to the onion mixture.

Add a cup of water & let it cook to boiling consistency.
With a potato masher keep mashing the mixture &
let it cook nicely. When all the veges are cooked thoroughly garnish with coriander & lemon juice

Serve with Pav/bread.

mushroom fried rice

2009-08-12T16:45:00.000-07:00

one day after returning from the university I was tired and hungry. there were no vegetables at home and at that point my hunger increased. so immediately I went to TESCO, a supermarket, to do some grocery shopping and there I found mushrooms. So I purchased mushrooms. After returning home, I started to cook mushroom fried rice.

Preparation :
boil mushrooms
chop onions finely.. other veggies may be added as well
take a pan and add 3 spoons of oil
then add these onions and veggies(optional)
after that add black pepper powder, salt, chilli powder and garam masala
keep stiring for 10 mins
add the boiled mushrooms and then stir for 15 mins
soya sauce may be added
the mixture is ready.. then add the mixture to the rice and stir it for 2-3 minutes
MUSHROOM fried rice is ready

I enjoyed the dish so much and could not resist the fact that I cooked and it had come out so well.
Those who are really hungry can try the above preparation.

Palada

2009-08-12T16:43:00.000-07:00

One saturday afternoon I had been to Newport, a tinsel town, which is a 45 minute drive from Cardiff. The purpose of my visit was to meet and have a discussion with my MBA classmate. Once the discussion got over we then went to an Indian store to purchase grocery. At that time, my classmate adviced me to pick up the instant Palada mix and a litre of milk and prepare it after getting back home. He also asked me to give a feedback on how tasty the Palada was. So I went back home, prepared the PALADA, tasted it and then immediately sent him a message thanking him for his advice. Had he not adviced me, I probably would have ended up not knowing about this special and famous sweet of Kerala(India). The internet says that Palada is prepared mostly during the Onam festival which is celebrated in Kerala.
Futhermore, my classmate's girlfriend suggested the sweet to be refrigerated to get a better taste. So that evening I refrigerated the sweet. The next day I ate it and found it to be very tasty and delicious.
Hence I thank my classmate for letting me know about this sweet. Moreover, I can prepare this sweet as a dessert for my future guests.

spicy noodles

2009-08-12T16:42:00.000-07:00

1 packet chicken noodles (TESCO 8p)

Veggies:
1/2 yellow peppers
1/2 red peppers
1/2 green peppers
2 carrots
4 mushrooms
3 baby potatoes
few slices of cauliflower

Cut all the veggies finely and allow them to boil for 15 minutes on high mode
Simultaneosly boil the noodles for ten mintutes

Once both are boiled, take a pan and add the boiled noodles. Add a glass of water. Then add the chopped veggies. Add the powder which comes in the noodles packet. Then add 2 spoons of chilli powder.

Stir for 5 minutes. Lesave open for two minutes. Noodles done.

Vegetable fried rice

2009-08-12T16:21:00.000-07:00

Vegetable fried rice
Ingredients required:
a) Panch puren
b) Cloves
c) Cumin seeds
d) Ghee
e) Frozen or fresh vegetables (sweetcorn, carrot, beans, cauliflower, fresh peas and peppers)
f) Mushrooms
g) Onions
h) Spring onions
i) Salt
j) Chilli powder
k) Ginger garlic paste

Preparation:

Take 2 glasses of rice and 4 glasses of water – 1:2 ratio and cook it in cooker.
Chop the onions and spring onions.
You may use frozen/fresh vegetables, but do boil the vegetables. Once the vegetables are boiled, put them in a strainer for the water to be strained and the vegetables to be cooled.

In the meantime the rice would have been cooked as well. Take the rice and place them on a plate and spread it even. This would cool down the rice.
Take a pan, add 1 spoon of ghee. Then add a little bit of panch puran and few cloves. Also, add the chopped onions and spring onions and fry them for 3 minutes (medium heat). Now, add 2 spoons of chilli powder and 1 spoon of ginger garlic paste. Sprinkle some water to make the masala a little bit loose. Keep stirring for 3 minutes. Then add the rice to the masala. Stir for 2 minutes. Now, add the vegetables to the mixture. Keep stirring for 2 mins. Now, add salt to taste. Stir for 2 mins. You may add a little bit of water if you wish to. Cover the pan with a lid for 3 minutes. Open the lid and stir for 2 minutes.
Vegetable fried rice is ready.

Preparation time – 30 mins

Kesari

2009-08-12T16:20:00.000-07:00

Ingredients required:

a) Ghee
b) Water
c) Sugar
d) Kesar powder
e) Cashews and badams
f) Saffron
g) Rava

Preparation:

Take a bowl and add 3 glasses of water. Allow it to boil.
In the meantime, take a pan and add a spoon of ghee (medium heat). After the ghee melts, add cashews and badams and fry them for 2-3 minutes. Then, add ½ a cup of Rava (White/Kesari Rava). After few seconds, add the boiling water. Now, keep stirring until the Rava turns a bit solid. Add few strands of saffron and kesar powder as you keep stirring. Add 2 glasses of sugar and continue stirring. Now, add 2 spoons of ghee and continue stirring. After 3 minutes you may find that the Kesari has turned orange/red in colour.

Kesari is ready.

Suggestion - Eat it when hot.

Preparation time – 20 minutes.

Vegetable subzi with paneer

2009-08-12T16:19:00.000-07:00

Ingredients required:

Tomatoes
Onions
Spring Onions
Green chillies
Oil
Cabbage
Sweetcorn
Mushrooms
Beans
Paneer (cottage cheese)
Potatoes + Peppers (optional) - Never used in this preparation
Salt - to taste
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder
Garam masala
Coconut milk
Panch puran

Preparation:

Cut all the veggies (cabbage, onions, spring onions, beans and green chillies), paneer and mushrooms
Boil the cabbage, sweetcorn, beans and mushrooms. Once boiled, strain the water and keep the veggies ready.
Take a pan and add 2 spoons of oil. Add 1 spoon of Panch puran. After few seconds, add the onions, spring onions, green chillies and paneer. Allow the onions to turn brown in the process allowing the paneer to turn a bit brown (basically fried) too. Now add the boiled vegetables and stir for 1 minute. You may add 2 spoons of chilli powder, 1 spoon of turmeric powder and salt to taste. Now, keep stirring for 2 minutes. Add 2 spoons of coconut milk. The mixture might look little bit watery because of adding coconut milk. It is OK. Keep stirring for a minute. Take a lid and close the pan. After 2 minutes, remove the lid, add 1/2 a spoon of garam masala and continue stirring. Close the lid and leave the mixture to cook for 2 minutes. Remove the lid after 2 minutes and continue stirring. The subzi is ready now.

You have to cook at medium heat throughout the preparation.

Preparation time - 25 minutes

Suggestion - Eat with rotis

Sweetcorn masala

2009-08-12T16:18:00.000-07:00

Last evening, there was no vegetables and my hunger was increasing by the minute. Returning from work, this brilliant idea struck me. Thought it would be a great option to cook something with what minimal resources. So, decided to make Sweetcorn masala (name given by me). Went to Madhav's and got myself a packet of rotis.
Only the masala had to be prepared.

Preparation is very easy and quick.

Ingredients:

Oil
Panch puran
Chilli powder
Turmeric Powder
Salt to taste
Sweetcorn
Ginger garlic paste
Kissan Sweet chilli sauce (optional)
Coconut milk
Tomato
Onions

Preparation:

Chop the onions. Take a pan and add 2 spoons of oil. Now add the panch puran and onions. Within seconds, add the tomato (minced) and coconut milk. The mixture will look like a liquid. It is OK. Now add the sweetcorn, 2spoons of chilli powder,1 spoon of turmeric powder and salt to taste. Add 1 spoon of ginger garlic paste. Keep stirring the mixture for 5 mins. Take a lid and close the pan. Every 3 minutes remove the lid, stir the mixture and close the lid again.This process should be for 9 mins.

After that open the lid and the masala is ready. The masala was really nice and am not exaggerating. Had the masala with 4 rotis.

Preparation time - 15 minutes

Sweet chilli sauce may be used after adding ginger garlic paste.

Paneer Makhanwala

2009-08-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Firstly, apologies for being away from blogging as was busy with work and quite a lot of things. Last night, a glass of baileys made me not only sleep well but also wake me up early. Me and my housemate had a feast last night and it was all because of me who decided to cook some nice dinner after a dull day's of work.

What did I decide to cook? Did not have a bloody clue as my brains were fried. So, just google searched for paneer (cottage cheese) recipes. Found many, so decided to prepare two of them. And one of them was the following (in pic).

Ingredients:

250 gms Paneer
200 gms Fresh Cream (Malai)
200 gms Tomato Puree (Tamatar Ka Raas)
2-3 tblsp Butter
2 tblsp dried Fenugreek Leaves (Methi Ke Patta)
1/2 tsp Red chilli (Lal Mirchi) Powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
2-3 Green chilli (Hari mirch)
As per taste Salt (Namak)

How to make paneer makhanwala:

* Melt the butter in a pan, add slit green chillies, tomato puree, kasuri methi, salt, red chilli powder and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
* Add the cream and garam masala powder and cook further for 2-3 minutes.
* Add the paneer pieces and cook for a minute.
* Serve hot garnished with coriander.

reference - http://www.indianfoodforever.com/vegetables/paneer/

Chilli Paneer

2009-08-12T16:16:00.000-07:00

Last night, since me and my housemate decided to have bailey's Irish cream (liqueur), we prepared this wonderful starter. The liqueur is supposed to be consumed after dinner but we had it to eat the taster. Besides, another reason for us to decide on drinking was because the chilli paneer appeared to look so beautiful and made us mouth-water.

350 gms Paneer How to make paneer
2 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1/2 cup Corn Flour
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
2 cups Coarsely Chopped Onions
2 tbsp Sliced Green Chillies
1 tbsp Soya Sauce
2 tbsp Vinegar
1/4 tsp Ajinomoto
Oil for frying
Little Water

How to make chilly paneer:

* Cut the paner into cubes.
* Mix together the cottage cheese, 1 tsp salt, egg, corn flour, garlic, ginger and water to just coat the paneer pieces with the mixture.
* Heat oil in a pan and fry the paneer pieces caoted with mixture till golden in color.
* Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a wok and stir fry the onions in it over high heat for half a minute.
* Add the green chillies, salt, soya sauce, vinegar, ajinomoto and the fried paneer cubes.
* Mix well, and garnish the chilli paneer with finely cut spring onions and coriande

reference - http://www.indianfoodforever.com/vegetables/paneer/

P-S -: We did not use egg because we are vegans. And, we did not use spring onions because I forgot to buy them.

PANEER MAKHANI

2009-08-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

250 gms Paneer How to make paneer
200 gms Fresh Cream
200 gms Tomato Puree
2-3 tblsp Butter
2 tblsp Fenugreek leaves (dried kasuri methi)
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
2-3 Green Chillies
Salt as per taste

Preparation:

* Melt the butter in a pan, add slit green chillies, tomato puree, kasuri methi, salt, red chilli powder and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
* Add the cream and garam masala powder and cook further for 2-3 minutes.
* Add the paneer pieces and cook for a minute. Serve hot garnished with coriander.

It was just a 14 minute preparation and the dish turned out to be awesome.

ref - http://www.indianfoodforever.com/vegetables/paneer-makhani.html

PANEER BHURJI

2009-08-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

Another dish for dinner. Since it is just a week away prior deprature to india for ma housemate, am cooking all the paneer dishes he fancies a lot. In this process, am learning how to cook new dishes and also master the ones I knew already.

Ingredients:

200 gms Paneer
1 tbsp Oil
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
2 Green Chillies
1 Small Onion
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
1 medium Tomato
1/2 tsp Salt

Preparation:

* Chop the onions, tomatoes and chillies finely.
* Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan, add the cumin seeds, chopped onions and the ginger garlic paste, fry till brown.
* Add the chillies and tomatoes and fry till they are soft and pulpy.
* Add turmeric powder, garam masala powder, salt and little water so that all the masalas are well combined.
* Add grated paneer and fry for 5 minutes till the paneer blends into the masala.
* Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot.

Salad for good health

2009-08-12T16:10:00.000-07:00

Ever since my return to this country, I have been wanting to upload the salad recipe on my blog but always slipped from my mind when blogging.

Ingredients:

Carrots
Lettuce
Peppers (red, yellow and green) - optional
Peas
Beans
Sweetcorn
Mushroom
Mayonnaise
Salad dressing (any of your choice)
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder

Preparation:

Chop all the veggies (except sweetcorn and peas) finely.

Boil the vegetables.

Strain after boiling.

Take a bowl and all the veggies. Also, add 3 spoons of mayonnaise, 3 spoons of salad dressing, sprinkle some black pepper powder and salt to taste.

Mix/stir them well. Salad is done.

DRINKING CHOCOLATE mix

2009-08-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

Few hours earlier, I came home exhausted after playing a match near Newport. It was a fantastic match and we (LISVANE) won it.

Here is the good part. I cooked bread stuff which my mom is awesome at. Tried it for the first time and it came out very well. Thanks to mom for the recipe and also my friends who tasted and loved it.

Now, the best part. After preparing the bread stuff, decided to make something out of drinking chocolate. Came up with a new recipe and of my own.

Ingredients

Drinking chocolate
Castor sugar
Milk
Fresh cream
Wine (white)
Cappucino (if required)
Chocolate

Prep

Take a pan, add milk, castor sugar, fresh cream, cappucino and chocolate. Heat in SIM. Keep stirring and then after two minutes add white wine. Contnue stirring for 5 minutes and the drink is ready.

Trust me this drink so intoxicating and taste awesome. Ty and enjoy.

Bread stuff

2009-08-12T16:05:00.000-07:00

Finally, I cooked what is considered as one of mom's best snacks. The bread stuff is very simple to prepare.

Boil potatoes. Mash them after it is boiled.
Cut 2 onions and few green chillies.
Then take a pan, add oil and mustard seeds. Then add the onions, green chillies and the mashed potatoes. Add 2 spoons of turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt to taste. Keep stirring. within 7-8 minutes, the masala is ready. Then take this masala, place them in a slice of bread and close with another slice of bread. Now leave them under the toaster. Bread stuff is ready. Am leaving you now to take a look at the pics of the masala and the bread stuff. Apologies for having the 2ND pic look clumsy. I had a bite before taking the pic. Just could not wait to eat. HEHEHE!

Vegetable spaghetti

2009-08-12T14:52:00.000-07:00

No rocket science required to cook this. You do not need to be a super chef either.

Ingredients:
Carrot
Beans
Peas
Sweetcorn
Peppers (green and red)
Cauliflower (option)
Onion
Oil
Salt (to taste)
Chilli powder
Green chillis (2 or 3)

Vegetables - you may wish to use according to your preference and in line with the amount of spaghetti you want.

I used 75gms of Spaghetti and frozen vegetables (2 cups)

Boil the vegetables and spaghetti for 12-14 minutes. In the mean while, chop the onions and green chillis.
Once boiled, strain them and leave it to cool. In the mean time, take a pan.

Add 2 tsp of oil in the pan. Medium heat only
Add chopped onions and green chillis. After 2 minutes, add the vegetables and spaghetti to the pan. Add salt and chilli powder. Keep stirring.

Done! Enjoy eating.