Sunday 3 January 2016

Mix Vegetable Dal...

Mix Vegetable Dal...
Ingredients
1 cup Moong Dal
2 cups of Mix Vegetables cut into small pieces
( Cauliflower, French Beans, Radish, Carrot, Potato, Peas and Tomato)
1 Green Chilli slit
1/2 tsp Ginger grated
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder
1/2 tsp Bhaja Masala ( Roasted Cumin seeds, Coriander seeds and 1 Red Chilli made into powder)
Salt to taste
1 1/ 2 tbsp Ghee

Method
Boil the dal in a pot with 4 cups of water, 1 tbsp ghee, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and ginger till the dal is half cooked. Add the vegetables and chilli. Add water if required. Boil it till the dal and the vegetables are cooked. Add the Bhaja masala and remaining ghee on top before serving the dal..

Orange Delight Su's Style

Orange Delight Su's Style 

White Chocolate Orange 
Ingredients 
2 cups White Chocolate 
2 cups Fresh Cream
1/2 cup Cream Cheese 
1 cup Fresh Orange Juice 
1/2 tsp Orange essence 
1 tsp Veg Gelatine 
Method 
Melt the white chocolate. In a bowl beat the cream and the cream cheese. Add the melted chocolate, keep beating it, add the orange essence and orange juice, beat it. In 2 tbsp hot water add the gelatine and mix it, add the gelatine in the chocolate and beat it. 

Orange Gelatine 
Ingredients 
4 cups Orange juice 
2 cups of Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 tsp Veg Gelatine 

Method 
Add all the ingredients in a pot except veg gelatine... Boil the orange juice till it reduce 1/4 of the quantity. Let it cool, strain it and add the veg gelatine and boil it for 2 minutes.. 

For Assembling 
Take a shot glass, add the orange delight  till it fills 3/4 of the glass. Fill up the rest of the glass with orange gelatine.... Repeat the process. Cool it in a refrigerator for 6 hours.. Or till it sets..

Baked Doi Begun (Brinjal)

Baked Doi Begun (Brinjal)
I wanted to give Doi Begun a twist...
Ingredients
3 Medium size Bharta Brinjals cut into cubes
2 cups Fresh cream
1 cup Hung Curd
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Bhaja Masala (Roasted Cumin Seeds and  1 Red Chilli made into powder)
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Mustard Oil

Method
Take a baking dish, add the brinjals, rub in salt, beat the hung curd and cream. Pour the beaten cream and hung curd and 1 tbsp of mustard oil and mix it with the brinjals. Sprinkle the Bhaja masala and chilli powder.. Bake at 200 degrees Celcius for 45 minutes  or more till the brinjals are  cooked, in between drizzle remaining mustard oil on the brinjals...  Serve hot.... Garnish with coriander leaves....

Green Peas Kachori

Green Peas Kachori
For the filling
1/2 kg Green Peas paste
2 Green Chilli paste
1/2 tsp Ginger grated
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Pinch of Asafoetida
2 Bay leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Ghee

Method
Take a pan, add ghee. Let it heat, add cumin seeds and bay leaves. Let the cumin seeds crackle. Add ginger, chilli paste and asafoetida, saute it for a minute. Add green peas paste, salt, garam masala powder, turmeric powder, salt and sugar. Stir and cook till the green peas paste dries up and no water contain should be there.

For the Dough
1/2 kg All Purpose Flour
Salt to taste
4 tbsp Oil

Method
Take the flour, add salt and oil... Mix it well add water to make a stiff dough... Knead it for 5 minutes, cover and keep for 15 minutes.

For the Kachori
Make lime size portion of the dough... Heat the oil for frying... Take one portion of the filling, same as dough portion.. And one dough portion. Fill the filling in the dough and make a ball. Repeat the process till all the dough balls are filled.. Deep fry the Kachories till golden brown.. Serve with chutney or ketchup

Saturday 2 January 2016

Apple and Black Grapes Chutney

Apple and Black Grapes Chutney
Ingredients
6 Red Apples grated with the skin
1 cup Black Grapes chopped
1/4 tsp Ginger grated
1 tsp Lime juice
2 Bay leaves
1 1/2 cup Sugar or more as per taste
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Cinnamon powder
2 pinches of Nutmeg powder
1/4 tsp Chilli powder
Method
Add the grated Apple, grapes, lime juice, sugar, salt, ginger, bay leaves and 1/4  cup water in a pan, cook the apple till the sugar incoperates well the fruits. Add the nutmeg powder, cinnamon powder and chilli powder. Cook till the chutney thickens.. Store it in a jar once cool... Can be refrigerated for 3 months..