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Tuesday, 12 May 2015
08:36 by Sana Ashai1 comment
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup maida or all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon corn flour
3/4 cup sour yogurt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon ghee
a pinch of turmeric powder for colour
2 tablespoons oil, plus more oil for deep frying
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
a few strands of saffron
METHOD:
1 cup maida or all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon corn flour
3/4 cup sour yogurt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon ghee
a pinch of turmeric powder for colour
2 tablespoons oil, plus more oil for deep frying
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
a few strands of saffron
METHOD:
- Mix the maida, corn flour, baking soda, ghee and turmeric powder in a medium bowl. Combine all the dry ingredients well, until well combined.
- Add yogurt to the dry ingredients and blend them all together to make a thick batter by adding very little water.
- The consistency of the batter should be thick and not watery. Cover the jalebi batter and place it in a warm place for 24 hours or overnight, till it is fermented.
- Preheat the oil for deep frying. Fill the piping bag and pipe spirals of the batter onto the medium hot oil, in concentric circles. Fry the jalebi on medium heat until golden brown in colour and crisp.
- Boil the sugar with water and saffron powder on medium heat until the sugar dissolves. When the sugar becomes thick and stringy of one string consistency. Turn off the heat and keep aside.
- Once the jalebi is crisp and browned, drain the exess oil out and immediately dip the jalebi's into the hot sugar syrup.
- The Jalebis should rest in the sugar syrup for at least a minute, after which they can be drained out of the excess syrup and then served.
- Serve hot.
Saturday, 7 February 2015
05:35 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
Soya Nuggets - 1 packet
Salt as required
Bread slices -2
Green chillies- 9-10
Corrainder leaves
Onions chopped -2
Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Mango powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder- 1/4 tsp
Roasted Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Besan or Maida 1/2 cup
Chutney or sauce (serving suggestion)
Method:
Soya Nuggets - 1 packet
Salt as required
Bread slices -2
Green chillies- 9-10
Corrainder leaves
Onions chopped -2
Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Mango powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder- 1/4 tsp
Roasted Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Besan or Maida 1/2 cup
Chutney or sauce (serving suggestion)
Method:
- Take soya nuggets.
- Soak soya nuggets in hot salt water. Drain, squeeze and repeat the procedure twice.
- Take bread slices, chopped onions, green chillies and coriander.
- Make a paste of chillies, onions and coriander in a blender and keep aside.
- Make a paste of boiled soya nuggets and bread slices in a blender.
- Mix the green paste and soya nugget paste in a bowl.
- Add salt, garam masala, cumin seeds, pepper powder and mango powder and mix well.
- Shape the mixture into small round flattened balls or kebabs and slightly dab the kebabs in besan powder before frying to absorb any moisture.
- Place the kebabs on the pan and shallow fry, turning sides, till golden all around, one at a time.
- Serve the crispy kebabs hot with sauce or dip or chutney of your choice.
Monday, 2 February 2015
04:37 by Sana Ashai1 comment
Ingredients:
Ghee 7 Tbs
Fennel powder, 2 Tsp
Cloves, 3-4 nos
Cinnamon, 1-2" long
Cardamom, 4-5 nos
Onion(chopped), 3 no
Green chillies, 2 nos.
Tomato, 2 large no
Ginger paste, 1 tsp
garlic cloves 4 no
Red chilli powder, 3 tsp
Coriander powder, 2 tsp
Turmeric powder 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Water, 3 cups
Mutton- 1/2kg
Curd 1 cup
Garam masala, 1 tsp
Water 4 cups
Method:
- Heat 2 tbsps ghee in a pressure cooker.
- Add sliced onions, saute for 2-3 minutes. Add mutton and all the spices and fry for several minutes.
- Add tomato paste and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add green chillies and 4 cups of water.
- Close the lid of the cooker and pressure cook upto 4 whistles or till meat is tender.
- Open the lid of cooker and add fresh curd.
- Add half cooked basmati rice and rest of the ghee and salt to taste and pressure cook again for ten minutes.
- Remove from the heat and wait till the pressure releases. Gently fluff it up and mix properly.
- Serve hot with raita or salad.
Saturday, 31 January 2015
00:38 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour
- 2 cups fenugreek (methi) leaves boiled
- 5 tbsps cooking oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 6-7 green chillies chopped
- Salt to taste
- kasoori methi 1 tsp
- water for kneading
- ghee or oil as required
- Take methi leaves and wash them properly.
- Put the methi leaves in boiling water for 5 minutes.
- Drain the water and squeeze the methi leaves properly.
- Put the methi leaves in a blender and make a paste of these boiled methi leaves.
- In a bowl or mix the flour, methi leaves paste, salt, chopped green chilies, oil, kasoori methi and mix.
- Pour some water and knead to a smooth dough. make medium sized balls of the dough. Roll the dough into medium sized rotis.
- On a tava or frying pan, cook the methi parathas with some oil or ghee till they are browned and cooked on both sides.
- These methi parathas have to cooked like the way we cook parathas on the pan.
- Serve methi paratha hot with some pickle or raita.
Saturday, 5 July 2014
06:30 by Sana Ashai2 comments
Ingredients:
500 grams Chicken breasts
6-8 nos. Green chillies
2 tblsp Coriander leaves
2 tblsp Mint leaves
12 nos. Garlic
8-10 nos. Almonds
3/4 cup Fresh cream
1 inch Ginger
1 tblsp Lemon juice
Oil
Salt
Method:
Wash and chop the chicken breasts into 1 1/2 inch cubes.
Grind the green chillies, almonds, ginger-garlic, mint and coriander leaves to a fine paste.
Apply this paste to the chicken.
Add the cream and mix well before adding salt to taste.
Allow the chicken to marinate overnight for best results.
Thread on skewers and grill over charcoal, basting with oil or ghee.
Serve hot with lemon wedges.
500 grams Chicken breasts
6-8 nos. Green chillies
2 tblsp Coriander leaves
2 tblsp Mint leaves
12 nos. Garlic
8-10 nos. Almonds
3/4 cup Fresh cream
1 inch Ginger
1 tblsp Lemon juice
Oil
Salt
Method:
Wash and chop the chicken breasts into 1 1/2 inch cubes.
Grind the green chillies, almonds, ginger-garlic, mint and coriander leaves to a fine paste.
Apply this paste to the chicken.
Add the cream and mix well before adding salt to taste.
Allow the chicken to marinate overnight for best results.
Thread on skewers and grill over charcoal, basting with oil or ghee.
Serve hot with lemon wedges.
Monday, 30 June 2014
05:53 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
Mangoes – 2 cups, peeled, chopped
Chilled Water - 1 cup
Lemon Juice – 4 tsp
Sugar – 4 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Method:
1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
2. Blend well until smooth.
3. Keep it in the fridge for 2 to 3 hours or until chilled.
4. Pour into individual serving glasses.
5. Serve chilled.
Mangoes – 2 cups, peeled, chopped
Chilled Water - 1 cup
Lemon Juice – 4 tsp
Sugar – 4 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Method:
1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
2. Blend well until smooth.
3. Keep it in the fridge for 2 to 3 hours or until chilled.
4. Pour into individual serving glasses.
5. Serve chilled.
Monday, 23 June 2014
09:38 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks frozen butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons ice water
- Oil 4tsp
- Sift the flour and salt together in a large bowl.
- Add the butter to the bowl.
- Toss to mix.
- Add the ice water to the bowl and stir gently with a fork.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface.
- Gather the dough into a ball, and chill the dough in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Roll it out into a rectangular shape with the long sides running horizontally.
- Fold the top third of the rectangle down over the dough.
- Fold the bottom third of the rectangle up over the dough so the edges of the folded dough touch.
- Fold the left edge of the dough over to meet the right edge, and pinch the seam.
- Repeat steps 8 through 11.
- Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap, and chill the dough in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Repeat steps 8 through 13.
- Roll the dough out into a rectangular sheet of about 11" x 10" and quarter inch thickness.
- Sprinkle sugar all over the sheet, then press the sugar in gently first using your finger tips, then by running a rolling pin over the sheet to make sure the sugar is embedded into the pastry.
- Turn the sheet over, and again, sprinkle sugar, press it in and roll gently over it with a rolling pin.
- Now make a small inward fold of about 2 inches from the top of the sheet (the longer side of the rectangle). Then make another small inwards fold this time from the bottom of the sheet. Flatten the folds down with a rolling pin.
- Again make another fold from the top and from the bottom, so that the top and bottom folds now meet at the center of the sheet. Sprinkle some more sugar over it then flatten with a rolling pin.
- Finally fold through the centre so that the top folds and the bottom folds are one on top of the other like a cylinder. Again, flatten the cylinder with a rolling pin.
- Chill this cylinder of dough for about half an hour.
- Remove the folded pastry and slice it into half inch strips.
- Place these strips on a tray and chill them again for about 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, preheat your oven at 180 C.
- Line a tray with baking paper. Take a strip at a time and press them gently into a bowl of the remaining sugar, just to lightly coat each one. Then place them on the baking sheet, making sure to leave 1 and a half inches space between the strips as they will expand and flatten as they bake to form the palmier shape.
- Once all are done, put the tray into the oven, bake for about 15 minutes. Check and turn them over, and bake again for another 5-10 minutes or until all the palmiers are golden and crispy.
- Remove and place on a rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Enjoy! :)
Monday, 21 April 2014
03:21 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
Fresh Onion stems - 250 gram
Fresh coriander - 250 gram
Fresh mint leaves - 250 gram
Fresh garlic stems - 250 gram
Green chillies - 8-12
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Rice - 4 cups
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Ginger powder - 1 tsp
salt- to taste
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Cloves - 2
Large cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 2 sticks
Oil - 1 cup
Water - 7 cups
Method:
1. Take all the green herbs and make a paste.
2. Put this green paste in a pan and boil the mixture and stir it continuously.
3. Add coriander powder, ginger powder, pepper powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon, ginger garlic paste and large cardamom.
4. Add oil and fry the mixture till the oil leaves the sides of pan.
5. Wash and drain the rice.
6. Add rice to the green mixture and mix well. Add water.
7. Cook the rice like u cook normal rice while absorbing water. You can also cook this rice in rice cooker.
8. Serve hot with curd and pickle.
Fresh Onion stems - 250 gram
Fresh coriander - 250 gram
Fresh mint leaves - 250 gram
Fresh garlic stems - 250 gram
Green chillies - 8-12
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Rice - 4 cups
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Ginger powder - 1 tsp
salt- to taste
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Cloves - 2
Large cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 2 sticks
Oil - 1 cup
Water - 7 cups
Method:
1. Take all the green herbs and make a paste.
2. Put this green paste in a pan and boil the mixture and stir it continuously.
3. Add coriander powder, ginger powder, pepper powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon, ginger garlic paste and large cardamom.
4. Add oil and fry the mixture till the oil leaves the sides of pan.
5. Wash and drain the rice.
6. Add rice to the green mixture and mix well. Add water.
7. Cook the rice like u cook normal rice while absorbing water. You can also cook this rice in rice cooker.
8. Serve hot with curd and pickle.
Friday, 21 March 2014
07:10 by Sana AshaiNo comments
Ingredients:
2 kg Whole Chicken
2 tbsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
6-8 tbsp Oil
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp Ginger Garic paste
1/2 cup hung Yogurt
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Mango powder
Salt to taste
4 tsp butter
Few drops of red food coloring.
Method:
Wash off whole chicken inside out and then pat dry using paper towel.
2 tsp Ginger Garic paste
1/2 cup hung Yogurt
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Roasted Cumin powder
2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Mango powder
Salt to taste
4 tsp butter
Few drops of red food coloring.
Method:
Wash off whole chicken inside out and then pat dry using paper towel.
Make large diagonal cuts on all over chicken using a sharp knife.
Mix the hung yoghurt, ginger-garlic paste, red chilli powder, lemon juice, salt, cumin powder, garam masala, mango powder, chilli flakes, corriander powder, 3 tsp oil and few drops of red food colouring. Mix this tandoori masala well using a spoon.
Keep it to rest for 15 mts.
Now apply this tandoori masala paste well on all over chicken.
Use your hand to apply this tandoori masala all over the chicken in the cuts and in the inner side of the chicken.
Cover and keep it to marinate in refrigerator overnight.
Remove chicken 30 minutes before you want to roast it.
Brush some oil on the top of it.
Take the baking tray and put foil on it. Apply some oil on the foil.
Put chicken on the top of the baking tray.
Put chicken on the top of the baking tray.
Roast at 275 degree Celsius for 30 minutes.
Brush the chicken with butter from time to time.
After 30 minutes flip the chicken and again roast for 30 more minutes.
After 20 minutes again flip chicken one more time and roast for final 20 minutes.
Serve hot with salad and wedges of lemon on the side.
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