Tuesday, October 9, 2007

R..White Vegetable pulav

P..Kidney Beans(Raazma)

Ingredients

..Canned kidney beans
..Potatoes small pieces
..Tomato puree
..Green chilly paste
..Cinnamon powder
..Red chilly powder
..salt
..Sugar(little)
..Turmeric,oil,mustard,cumin
..Cumin powder

Procedure

1..Take oil,add mustard,cumin,tomato puree
2..Stri well
3..Add turmeric
4..Add potato pieces
5..Allow them to cook for some time.
6..Add beans
7..Add some water if required
8..Add chillies,chilly powder,Raazma masala,salt,sugar
9..Stir well.Cook for 15 min
10..Garnish with cilantro,Serve hot with rice.

MP(#)..Malai Koftas

My Mom's Recipe

Curry Type 1
Ingredients
..Onion
..Tomato puree
..Dhaana powder
..Salt
..Turmeric
..Ginger Paste
..Green Chilly Paste
..Kacchha masala(pepper/cinnamon/clove powder)
Procedure
1..Soak finely chopped onions into luke warm water.So that it will absorb the hotness of onion.
2..Darin the water after some time and make a paste of onions in a grinder.
3..Take oil,add mustard,cumin,onion paste.Cook till paste becomes brown
4..Add dhaana powder
5..Add Turmeric,Salt,Ginger paste,Tomato puree,Green Chilly paste.
6..Let it boil ,Add kacchha masala at the end.

Curry Type 2
Same procedure but add few more ingredients like..

1..Add Fresh Coconut paste
2..Add Garlic paste
3..1/4 Cup cream
4..Khas khas
5..Instead of oil use ghee

Malai Koftas

..1 Cup Paneer
..1 tblspn Maida
..1/4 tspn Baking powder
..5 Pieces Green chilly
.. Cilantro
.. Cumin

Procedure

1..Add paneer in maida,Mash properly
2..Add cumin powder,salt,baking powder,green chilly paste into it
3..Make balls,Deep fry them
4..Mix with curry ,Serve Hot,Garnish with Cilantro,Green Peas,Tomato Pieces.

You can make koftas in short bhajiyas to deep into any one curry of the above two.

Different types of koftas are :-

Type 1

Cabbage,
Wheat Flour(Not the fine one)
Besan(graham flour)
Soda

Type 2

Onion
Wheat Flour(Not the fine one)
Besan(graham flour)
Soda

Type 3
Dudhee/Bhopla
Wheat Flour(Not the fine one)
Besan(graham flour)
Soda





Microwave Recipe
Malai Kofta


Ingredients

1 cup Grated Paneer
1 Green chillies
1 tsp Maida
2 Baked Potatoes
Salt to taste
2 tsp Oil
1 tsp Chilli powder
4 tbsp Cream

For the masala paste

Tomatoes-2
1 tsp of cumin seeds
1 piece of ginger
1 piece of cinnamon stick
2 tsp of coriander seeds
1 finely chopped onion

Coriander leaves and kasuri methi to garnish

Mash the potatoes and add the grated paneer, maida, salt, finely chopped green chilly. Mix well and make small balls of it and micro high them for around 30 to 40 seconds in a microwave safe plate after greasing it with some oil.

In a microwave safe bowl, add 2 tsp of oil, the masala paste and micro high for 3 minutes. Remove, mix well and again micro high for another 2 minutes.

Add the cream, salt and micro high for one minute.

Finally add the koftas and micro high for two minutes. Allow a standing time of two minutes.

Garnish with coriander and crushed kasuri methi leaves.

P#..Tri Color Koftas(Photographs)



Also known as Teeranga Koftas.Its one of my favourite dish..
Colorfull n delecious n something different.

Time 30 min.
Serve 2

For Koftas

Ingredients
..Chopped Spinach Leaves
..chopped Carrot
..Paneer
..Cornflour/Bread Crumbs/Rice flour/Araroat
..Cumin Powder
..Salt
..Oil


Procedure

1..Put Spinach,carrot,paneer in a microwave separately so that they will become moist
2..Add Salt and cumin powder in each of them.
3..Using bread crumbs make thin cutlet of spinach pulp.
4..Make a cutlet of paneer .
5..Make a small ball of carrot pulp.
6..Wrap the ball using paneer cutlet.
7..Have one more wrap of spinach cutlet over it.
8..Deepfry the balls/Koftas.

Note: Dont forget to soak the extra oil of fried koftas using paper towel.


For Curry

Ingredients

..2 Potatoes mashed
.. Cumin Powder
.. Cumin
.. Mustard
.. Oil
.. Lemon Juice
.. Sugar
.. Cilantro Chopped
.. Green Chilly Paste
.. Hing
.. Red pepper.
.. Salt

Procedure

1..Mix potato pulp with water to make a juice.
2..Take some oil in a pan,Add Cumin ,mustard.Allow them to splutter.
3..Add red pepper,green chilly paste.
4..Add hing
5..Pour potato juice into it.
6..Add cumin powder,Sugar,Salt,Cilantro
7..Boil for some time.
8..Deep the balls/Koftas into this gravy.Serve hot.Add Lemon juice when you serve.

Note: Tastes best when you eat with parathas or puris.

#..All Bhajiyas

Onion Pakoda

Kali na Bhajiya

Marcha/Chilly na Bhajiya

Ajvayan na paan na bhajiya

Jaswandi na paan na bhajiya

Banana na Bhajiya

Potato na bhajiya

Kanda ne paat na bhajiya

Paneer Pakoda

Mix veg pakoda

Gobi Pakoda

Methi na Gota

Magora

Onion,potato mix pakoda

Aloo Bonda

Banana Pakoda(Kolar Boda)

#..Maruti Wada

Ingredients

..Thick/karkara Besan Flour
..Pepper powder
..Oil
..Salt
..Hing
..Cilantro

Procedure

..Use hot water n make a dough,add oil/mohan n other masala while making the dough.
..Make flat wada using plastic sheet n water
..Deep fry them
..Serve hot with salt n lemon juice.

#..Methi na Gota