Monday, June 15, 2009

Kakdi Nu Raitu Receipe


Ingredients:

200 gm yogurt
2 tblsp coriander leaves chopped
salt to taste
2 green chillies chopped
2 medium cucumbers
1 tsp cumin powder roasted

How to make kakdi nu raitu :

  • Take off and grate the cucumbers.
  • Put in a muslin cloth and squeeze to extract extra moisture.
  • Mix everything yogurt, cut coriander leaves, cut green chillies, cumin powder and salt.
  • Mix in the grated cucumbers just before serving.
  • Serve chilled.

Friday, May 8, 2009

GUAJRATI DAL DHOKALI RECIPE


Ingredients:

250 grams tuver daal,
200 grams wheat flour,
3 green chilies
3 tbsp green chili paste
50 grams groundnut
25 grams cashewnut,
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp Mustard seeds,3-4 cloves
2 cinnamon, 2 tomatoes
1 tbsp Tamarind 100 grams brown sugar,
Salt To Taste,
1 tbsp Garam masala,
1 tsp Ajama 4-5 tbsp.Oil,
2 tbsp Red chili powder asafetida
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
3-4 tbsp. Ghee.


Preparation:


  • Shift wheat flour. Add salt, turmeric powder, ajama, red chili powder. Mix well. Add oil and knead the flour to roti like consistency.
  • Wash tuver dal and pressure cook it for three whistles.
  • Cool and remove the dal. Heat oil and ghee in a pot, then put cloves and cinnamon and then add mustard leaves.
  • When they crackle add curry leaves, green chilies and a pinch of asafetida. Pour tover dal.
  • Mix tamarind and brown sugar water, cashew nuts, groundnut, garam masala, red chili powder and mix well.
  • Add tomato pulp, turmeric powder, salt and 2 cups of water. Boil the dal. roll out big rotis and cut them into pieces and add these pieces in boiling dal.
  • Boil for 10 minutes and remove. Serve the dal dhokli warm. Sprinkle cilantro leaves.

Note : Prepare kachori of green peas or of any other vegetable or coconut and add in boiling curry.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

DAAL PARATHA RECIPE


Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat flour
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
For the filling
1/2 cup Yellow moong dal
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 pinch Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
Oil As needed

Preparation:

  • Sieve the wheat flour and knead to a soft dough by adding enough water. Keep aside.
  • Soak moong dal for one hour. Wash and drain all the water.
  • Cook the moong dal 1 cup of water.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida. Fry till they pop up. Add the cooked dal, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well.
  • Cook until the dal mixture is dry. Let it cool.
  • Take some portion of dough , make a small puri. Put some moong dal stuffing in center. Close from all sides and roll again into thick, round paratha.
  • Heat a tawa ( griddle), put the daal ka paratha and cook on both sides by adding some oil.
  • Serve daal paratha hot with curry.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

PANEER KOFTA RECIPE



Ingredients :

For Koftas :
200 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
2 Potato (Aloo)
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Garam Masala
2 tblsp Cornflour
Oil for frying

For Gravy :
4 Onion (Pyaj)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1/2 cup Curd (Dahi)
1/2 cup Cashewnut (Kaju) Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1/4 tsp Garam Masala
1 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

How to make paneer kofta:

  • Boil potatoes and peel them.
  • Grate paneer and potatoes.
  • Add salt, red chili powder, garam masala, cornflour and mix well.
  • Make round balls of this mixture.
  • Now heat oil in a pan.
  • Fry balls in the oil till brown in color.
  • Grind onion and tomatoes together.
  • Chop coriander leaves very finely.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add cumin seed and bay leaf.
  • Add onion, tomato paste and brown it, stirring continously.
  • When it leaves oil add curd, cashewnut powder, salt, red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala.
  • Stir it continously for a minute.
  • Then add 2 cup of water.
  • Put on the lid and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • While serving reheat the gravy and then add koftas to it.
  • Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.


LEMON RICE RECIPE


Ingredients:

2cups boiled Rice
1/3rd cup Lemon Rice
6Tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3-4 green chilies
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
1/4th cup peanuts

How to make lemon rice:

  • Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.
  • Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
  • Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
  • Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
  • Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be served.

Friday, April 10, 2009

CURD RICE RECIPE


Ingredients:

1 Cup Boiled Rice
2 cups of plain yogurt (Curd)
2 Tbsp Oil
1/4 cup milk
Finely chopped coriander leaves
1-2 green chilies
1 tsp. chana daal
1 tsp. urad daal
1 tsp. mustard seeds
1 1/2 tsp. finely chopped ginger
2 Tbsp desiccated coconut
1/2 tsp. salt

How to make curd rice:

  • In a saucepan heat 2 tablespoonful of oil.
  • Add mustard seeds to the oil.
  • When the mustard seeds start popping add chana and urad daal.
  • After a minute, add in the ginger, coriander and green chilies.
  • Sauté them for a minute.
  • Take the pan off the gas. Add in the rice.
  • Mix the salt and desiccated coconut.
  • Just before serving, mix all the ingredients with yogurt (curd) and milk. Curd rice is ready to be served.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

PUNJABI KADHI RECIPE


Ingredients:


1 cup Gram flour
1/4 cup Chopped onion
1/4 cup Chopped potato
1 tsp Ajwain.
1 tsp Red chili powder.
1 tsp Chopped ginger.
1/2 tsp Baking powder.
Oil for deep frying
Salt As per taste
1 cup Kadhi Curd (yogurt)
1/4 cup Gram flour
2 no. Dry red chili whole
1 tsp Turmeric powder.
A pinch Asafetida
1 tsp Fenugreek seeds.
2 tbsp Oil.
Salt As per taste


Preparation:

  • Mix all pakora ingredients except oil and add about ½ cup of water. Mix well.
  • Heat oil in a Kadhai and deep fry vegetable and gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown.
  • Beat Curd/Yogurt and mix gram flour in it. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps. Add turmeric powder, salt and 3 cups of water.
  • Heat oil in a Kadhai. Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili. Stir fry for half minute. Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a slow fire for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  • Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes.
  • Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.