Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Stuffed Mirchi Bajji


Ingredients:
  • Green chillies - 7 to 10
  • Besan flour (Senagapindi) - 2 cups
  • Rice flour (Biyyam pindi) - 1/2 cup
  • Baking soda - 1/4 Tea spoon
  • Hing - 2 pinches
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tea spoon (based on your taste)
  • Salt - To taste
  • Oil - for deep frying
Stuffing Ingredients:
  • Onions - Finely chopped
  • Corriander - Finely chopped
  • Lemon juice - As required
  • Salt - To taste
  • Jeera powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Chat Masala - To taste
Procedure:
  • Wash the green chillies well, slit them length wise and remove seeds.
  • Take a bowl, mix besan flour, rice flour, baking soda, hing, chilli powder, salt and mix with water. Prepare batter with medium consistency.
  • Meanwhile heat oil in pan for deep frying. Once the oil gets heated, dip the chillies (one by one) in batter and drop them in oil.
  • Deep fry them until golden brown and take them aside into a plate with tissue papers.
  • Prepare onion stuffing by adding all the above mentioned stuffing ingredients into a bowl and mixing them well.
  • Once the additional oil gets absorbed, make a slit to the bajji, stuff the onion mixture and serve hot.
  • Tastes gud with any chutney or pickle.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Double Ka Meetha


Ingredients:
  • Bread Slices - About 6 to 7
  • Sugar - 3/4 th Cup
  • Milk - 3 Cups
  • Condensed Milk (Milkmaid) - 2 to 3 Table spoons
  • Water - 1 1/4 Cup
  • Cardamom powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Safron - Few strands
  • Toasted nuts (Cashewnuts, pistachios, almonds, etc.,, of your choice) - Fry them in little ghee
  • Ghee - Required to toast the bread pieces
Procedure:
  • Cut the bread into quarters (could be viewed in the picture)
  • Add some ghee to the pan, toast the bread slices. Don't burn them. Toast till they turn golden brown on both the sides. Now arrange them in a deep container and keep aside.
  •  Prepare sugar syrup by adding sugar and water. Once the syrup thickens, remove from heat and add cardamom powder.
  • Boil the milk in a skillet and once after a boil, add condensed milk, safron strands and stir well.
  • Now take the  container in which the bread slices have been arranged.
  • First add sugar syrup over them and later on pour the milk mixture on top of sugar syrup.
  • Garnish with toasted nuts.
  • This can be served warm or chilled, based on your choice.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Cabbage Paratha


Ingredients:
  • Wheat Flour - 3 cups
  • Shredded Cabbage - 1 1/2 cups
  • Ginger - Finely chopped - 1 tea spoon
  • Chopped coriander - As desired
  • Green chillies - Finely chopped - 1 tea spoon
  • Salt - To taste
  • Butter - For frying
Procedure:
  • Take a bowl, mix salt in little water, add 2 tea spoons of oil and later on add all the ingredients ( wheat flour, shredded cabbage, chopped ginger, chopped coriander and chopped green chillies). Add required water and prepare like chapathi dough.
  • Heat a pan, now prepare the entire dough into chapathis and fry them till golden brown by applying little butter on both sides.
  • Serve hot with your favorite curry.
  • Tastes good with cucumber Raitha.

Paneer Burji


Ingredients:
  • Paneer - Scrambled - 200gms
  • Capsicum - 1 - Chopped into cubes
  • Oil - 2 Table spoons
  • Onion - 1 - Finely chopped
  • Green Chillies - 2 - Chopped
  • Curry leaves - 1 stem
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 Tea spoon
  • Garam masala powder - 1/2 Tea spoon
  • Salt - To taste
  • Coriander - Finely chopped - For garnishing
Procedure:
  • Heat oil in pan, add finely chopped onions, green chillies, curry leaves, tumeric powder tand saute till the onion pieces turn transparent.
  • Later on add chopped capsicum, garam masala powder, salt and stir fry the mixture till the capsicum gets cooked but still remains crunchy.
  • Finally add scrambled paneer, combine the whole ingredients well and allow to cook for 7 to 8 minutes on occasional stirring.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander and serve hot with rotis/chapathis.