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TAWA PANEER TIKKA

Tawa Paneer Tikka is a simple,yet very tasty dish.Best part is it can be made very quickly and will always be able to left your guest impressed


Ingredients

  • Paneer                         250 gms
  • Capsicum                    one large size
  • Tomato                        one large sized
  • Onion                          one large sized
  • Ginger garlic paste      2 tsp
  • Curd                            1 cup
  • Coriander Powder       2 tsp
  • Red Chillies Powder   As per your taste
  • Kasoori Methi             1 tsp
  • Garam Masala             1 tsp
  • Edible Color                1/2 tsp
  • Salt                              As per your taste
  • Tandoori Masala         2 tsp (optional)
  • Lemon juice                1 tsp

Instructions

  1. Cut Paneer pieces in cubes
  2. Cut capsicum and onion in cubical shape..
  3. De seeded the tomato and cut it also in the same shape

    4. Take thick curd or hung in it a muslin cloth to remove excess water.
    5. Now,take a mixing bowl and add paneer pieces,cut vegetables,curd and all the other
        things mentioned  above in ingredients
    6. Mix paneer,all masala,vegetables nicely and keep it for marination in the refrigerator
        for about half an hour to one hour.


   7.Heat 2 tbsp oil in a shallow frying pan or non stick tawa.Spread the oil over the whole
      surface of  the utensil
   8. Now spread the whole marinated stuff on the pan or tawa and leave on low flame for
       about 15 to 20 mins,turning carefully in between.
   9.Take it out in serving dish,sprinkle chaat masala & your paneer tikka is ready to be served.





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Chicken Bharta

Jun15

Chicken bharta is a nice and different type of preparation. You will like it if u want to have something different.
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1. Boil 500 gms boneless chicken pieces in two cups of water with two green cardamom, an inch of cinnamon, four cloves and two bay leaves.
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2. Soak 15-20 cashew in lukewarm water for 15 mins then make fine paste.
3. Take two large size tomatoes and make its puree.
4. Finely chop two medium sized onion.
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5. If chicken is boiled take out chicken pieces in a plate and break it into small pieces.
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6. Now heat oil in a non stick pan or Karachi.
7. When oil is hot put half tsp of cumin seeds and lat it splutter.
8. Now add finely chopped onions and fry till they start getting brown.
9. As soon as onion starts browning add broken chicken pieces to it and fry till chicken is  little pale.
10. Now add little stock and let it cook for two mins on low flame.
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11. Now add powderd red chillies, corriander , cumin, and turmeric as per your taste.
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12. Cover the lid and let it cook for five mins on medium flame.
13. Now mix whole thing till the oil separates and add salt to it.
14. Now add cashew paste and tomato puree to it , cover it and cook for another five mins .
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15. Now mix again with spoon and finally add kasuri methi and garam masala powder.
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16. Your dish is ready, serve hot with roti or naan.
You can make your kids happy by putting the bharta on a chapatti and


FRENCH FRIES

Jun10
Children all time favorite,my daughter can eat it any time ,even when her stomach is full for any other item
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INGREDIENTS:
Potatoes.   2 large size
Oil.                For frying
METHOD:
1. Cut potatoes lengthwise in the shape of finger chips
2. Boil water in open mouth pan, add half teaspoon of salt to boiling water.
3. Now add cut chips to boiling water and let it cook for three to four minutes.
4. Drain water and spread it on a tray and let it cool down and get dried.
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5. Heat oil in a pan or deep frier and fry till crisp from outside.
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6. Serve hot with sauce. 

PALAK PANEER

May23

INGREDIANTS

  • Spinach (Palak) – 500 Grams
  • Fresh cottage Cheese (Paneer) – 250 Grams
  • Tomato – 100 Grams
  • Green Chillies – 2-3
  • Garlic – 10 -12 cloves
  • Ginger – 1 Cube Inch
  • Onion – 2 medium sized
  • Black Cardmom – 2 pcs.
  • Cloves – 3,4
  • Black Pepper – 8 to 10 pcs.
  • Red chillie powder – as per your taste
  • Dhania powder – 2 tsp
  • Whole red chillies – 2
  • Heeng – a pinch
INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan
  2. When oil is moderately hot,put black cardomom,cloves and whole black pepper and fry for a minute.
  3. Put chopped ginger and garlic and fry it for a minute.
  4. Now fry finely chopped onion till golden brown.
  5. As soon the onion turn brown,add chopped tommatoes and cook til they are tender.
  6. Now add chopped green chillies,red chillie powder,dhania and zeera powder and fry till oil separates.
  7. Take washed spinach leaves and add it to above masala,firstly cook for 5 mins on high flame without covering it.Further cook it on medium flame till the spinach leaves are tender and most of the water is evaporated.
  8. Allow the above cooked mixture to cooled down and grind it in grinder.
  9. Now put half cup water in the same pan,bring it to boil,add the grinded paste,add salt and cook on low flame
  10. Now add cube paneer pieces(either fried or raw one,as per your taste) to mixture and cook on very low flame for about five mins,put off the flame.
  11. Finally heat desi ghee in tadka pan,add heeng thin sliced ginger and whole red chillies to it,add this baghar to prepared dish.
  12. Sprinkle garam masala powder on the top.and enjoy the feast

Additional notes

1.You can shallow fry paneer cubes,and add it to warm mater for few mins for softer paneer 2. You can increase or decrease the quantity of water depending on the consistency of palak paste you like to have.

MATAR PANEER

Jan14

MATAR PANEER

INGREDIENTS
  • Paneer 250 gms
  • Matar about one cup
  • Onion 2 medium sized
  • Ginger paste one tsp.
  • Garlic paste two tsp.
  • Tommato about 100 gms
  • Turmeric powder half tsp
  • Dhania powder one and a half tsp
  • Red chillie powder As per your taste
  • Salt As per your taste
  • Garam masala powder three fourth tsp.
  • Hara Dhania for garnishing
    Instructions
    1. Heat oil in a pan,add finely chopped onion to it and fry till golden brown.Then add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell disappear.
    2. Now mix all powderd masala(except garam masala) and make a fine paste using water and add it to pan.
    3. Now fry the masala till oil separates,then add garam masala and mix for about a min or two
    4. Now add chopped tommatoes to pan and cover it.Let tommatoes get cooked on low flame for about five minutes.
    5. Now fry all the material in the pan on high flame for about 2 mins,then add water keeping in mind the thickness of gravy you like to have.Let water comes to boil then add matar and cook til matars are tender.
    6. Now add paneer pieces and simmer on very low flames for five minutes.
    7. Garnish with hara dhania and serve hot.

    Additional notes

    Some people like to add raw paneer directly to yhe gravy,but if you want you can fry the paneer cubes on low flame in nominal amount of oil

TAWA PANEER TIKKA

Jan14
Tawa Paneer Tikka is a simple,yet very tasty dish.Best part is it can be made very quickly and will always be able to left your guest impressed

Ingredients

  • Paneer 250 gms
  • Capsicum one large size
  • Tomato one large sized
  • Onion one large sized
  • Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
  • Curd 1 cup
  • Coriander Powder 2 tsp
  • Red Chillies Powder As per your taste
  • Kasoori Methi 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala 1 tsp
  • Edible Color 1/2 tsp
  • Salt As per your taste
  • Tandoori Masala 2 tsp (optional)
  • Lemon juice 1 tsp

Instructions

  1. Cut Paneer pieces in cubes
  2. Cut capsicum and onion in cubical shape..
  3. De seeded the tomato and cut it also in the same shape
4. Take thick curd or hung in it a muslin cloth to remove excess water.
5. Now,take a mixing bowl and add paneer pieces,cut vegetables,curd and all the other
things mentioned above in ingredients
6. Mix paneer,all masala,vegetables nicely and keep it for marination in the refrigerator
for about half an hour to one hour.
7.Heat 2 tbsp oil in a shallow frying pan or non stick tawa.Spread the oil over the whole
surface of the utensil
8. Now spread the whole marinated stuff on the pan or tawa and leave on low flame for
about 15 to 20 mins,turning carefully in between.
9.Take it out in serving dish,sprinkle chaat masala & your paneer tikka is ready to be served.

TAMARIND ( IMLI ) CHUTNEY

Jan14
This khatti meethi,mouth watering tamarind chutney go along well with almost all type of snacks item like pakori,aaloo tikki,dahi vada,mathri e.t.c

Ingredients

  • Ripe Tamarind 100gms
  • jaggery 50 gms
  • Saunf seeds 1 tsp
  • Coriander seeds 1 tsp
  • Sonth 1/4 tsp
  • black salt as per your taste
  • Roasted red chillies powder 1/2 tsp
  • Roasted cumin powder 1 tsp
  • Whole red chillie one
  • Garlic Flakes 2-3 cloves ( optional)

Instructions

  1. Soak tamarind in lukewarm water for about half an hour
  2. After half an hour squeeze out pulp of tamarind nicely,leaving thick tamarind juice behind.
  3. Crush coarsely coriander and saunf seeds
  4. Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan,add whole red chillies broken into small pieces.
  5. Now add coarsely grounded coriander and saunf seeds and garlic flakes.
  6. When seeds start spluttering add tamarind juice.
  7. Cook for about 5 mins,now add jaggery and cook till the mixture starts thickening a little bit.
  8. Now add black or white salt,sonth,roasted chillies n cumin powder and cook till you get desired thickness.
  9. Take it out of flame and let it cool down.
  10. Now you can keep it in refrigerator in a dry air tight glass container and can be used for more than a week

Additional notes

you can increase or decrease the quantity of jaggery as per your taste.

PANEER PAKODA

Jan14
One of the best option for snacks liked by almost everyone
Paneer Pakoda

Ingredients

  • Paneer 250 gms.
  • Gram flour 2 cups
  • Green Chillies 2-3 (very finely chopped )
  • Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
  • Red chillies powder 1/2 tsp
  • Cumin Powder 1/2 tsp
  • Chaat Masala 1 tsp
  • Green Coriander 1/2 cup ( very finely chopped )
  • Edible Soda Less than1/4 tsp
  • Salt As per your taste

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl mix together gram flour all powdered masala, finely chopped green chillies,hara dhania(Green Coriander), salt, soda and half of chaat masala.
  2. Mix together with water to make a thick smooth batter and leave aside for 15 mins.
  3. Cut Paneer into rectangular pieces.
  4. Now heat oil in a pan,lower the flame
  5. Dip paneer generously in gram flour batter and put in hot oil
  6. Deep fry the batter coated paneer pieces on medium flame till golden brown.
  7. Sprinkle remaining chaat masala on the pakodas
  8. Serve hot with Green chutney or Tomato Sauce

Ladies Rocks

Jan14
Women really do rule the world. They just haven’t figured it out yet. When they do, and they will, we’re all in big big trouble
~ Doctor Leon
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