Thursday, 2 February 2006

Coconut chutney Recipes

Coconut chutney Recipes

Ingredients for Coconut chutney recipes:

Coconut: 2 cups (shredded)
Curry leaves: 1
Urad Dal: 2 tsp
Channa dal: 2 tsp
Hing (asoefetida): One large pinch
Red Chillis: 10 (dry)
Methi: Half tsp
Tomato: 1 small
Salt to taste

Method of preparation for Coconut chutney:

Take a frying pan and pour oil to it. Heat it and add channa and urad dal to it. Further add hing, methi and red chillis and fry it till it is done. Add the fried ingredients to coconut, tomato and blend it to a smooth paste. Add salt to taste. The other name for this chutney is dosa chutney too as it goes well with dosa or even plain rice.

Lassi Recipes

Lassi Recipes

Ingredients for Lassi Recipes:

Curd: 3 cups (thick)
Salt: 1 tsp
Sugar: 3 tsp
Ice Cubes: 2 -4
Water

Method of preparation for Lassi:

Use sugar for sweet lassi and salt for salty lassi. Take the ice cubes and crush it in a blender. Add curd, water, salt or sugar to it. Now run the blender once again for about one minute. Serve it chilled.

Chilli Paneer Recipes

Chilli Paneer Recipes

Ingredients for Chilli Paneer recipe:

Paneer: 500 grams
Corn Flour: 4 tbsp
Green Chilli: 12 - 14
Tomato Sauce: 2 tbsp
Soya Sauce: 2 tbsp
Chilli Sauce: 1 tbsp
Capsicum: 1 (green)
Onions: 4
Salt to taste
Oil

Method of preparation for Chilli Paneer:

Drain excess water from the paneer if any is present. Cut the paneer according to your choice. Mix paneer pieces with corn flour. Fry corn flour coated paneer in a frying pan with oil till it turns brown. Keep it aside. Now fry onion till it is brown with oil the frying pan. Mix chilli (cut to small pieces) with onion with green capsicum (cut to small pieces) with onion and fry it further for few minutes. Now add all sauces in the pan including soya, tomato and chilli sauce. Add fried paneer. Fry it for further few minutes. Finally add salt in the pan and cook it for some time. Now your Chilli Paneer is ready. Remove it from fire and serve hot with naan, roti or rice.

Thursday, 25 August 2005

Besan ladoo, Basan ladoos sweet: Indian sweets


Ingredients for Besan Ladoo: Indian sweets

Basan: 3/4 cup
Ghee: 1/3 cup
Sugar: 1/3 cup
Cardamom: 1/2 tsp (in a powdered form)
Sooji: 2 tbs
Saffron food color: 2-3 drops
Cashew nut: 2 tsp

Method of preparation for Besan Ladoo: Indian sweets

Besan ladoos are very popular in the time of festival and is an inexpensive gift item. Pour ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts. Once it is light brown, add sooji and gram flour and heat it further on low flame till whole thing becomes brown. Add cardamom now and mix it well. Keep it aside for cooling. Mix sugar and color. Once mixture of gram flour cools down add sugar mixture and mix it well. Make small balls out of the whole thing and put it in an airtight container.

Wednesday, 24 August 2005

Dal Thepla (Famous food for virani family)


Ingredients for Dal Thepla:

Tuvar dal: 2 cups
Wheat flour: 1.5 cups
Chili: 4 (green)
Ginger: 1 piece (1 inch)
Coriander leaves: 3 tbs (finely chopped)
Dhania: 1tsp
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Jeera: 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method of preparation for Dal Thepla:

Soak Tuvar dal in water one hour before you start cooking. Pour the dal in a pan and boil it with water till it becomes soft. Cool it down. Drain the water completely. Mix all the ingredients with the dal and grind it to a smooth paste. Now add flour to the dal paste and knead it to smooth dough. Make small balls out of the dough and roll it into chapattis. Roast it on tava. Pour oil in between roasting. Enjoy it with chutney sabji or sauce....

Monday, 25 July 2005

Papdi Chaat: Indian recipes

Papdi Chaat: Indian recipes
Ingredients for Papdi Chaat: Indian recipes

Flour: 1 cup
Oil: 2 tsp
Ajwain: 1/4 tsp
Tamarind chutney: 1/4 cup
Green chutney: 1 tbs
Cumin powder (crushed)
Chaat masala: 1/2 tsp
Onion: 1 (finely chopped)
Bhujia: 1 tbs (popular brand: Haldiram)
Coriander leaves: 1 tsp (finely chopped)
Curd: 2 tbs (beaten)
Potato: 1 (boiled and chopped)
Salt by taste
Oil for frying

Method of preparation for Papdi Chaat: Indian recipes

Mix the ingredients together which includes oil, salt, flour, and ajwain. Knead to soft dough with use of some water. Make small rolls and roll it into thin rounds. Repeat it with all the dough and place it on a clean cloth. Pour oil in a pan and heat it. Cut the rolled dough into small rounds with the help of a small catori into a one-inch diameter. Alternatively, you can use a cutter too. Fry it till it turns golden brown. Keep it aside. Take 2 papdis in a plate. Pour other ingredients over it one by one and there you go. Enjoy....

Tuesday, 5 July 2005

Paneer Hariyali recipe (Indian recipes)

Paneer Hariyali recipe (Indian recipes)

Ingredients for Paneer Hariyali recipe (Indian recipes)

Cottage cheese: 25 g (cubed)
Coriander: 1 bn
Capsicum: 1
Chat masala: 1 tsp
Oil: 1.5 tbs
Tomato slices: Half tomato
Onion: 1 (chopped)
Garnish: 1
Salt: As per taste
Pudina leaves: 4-5

Preparation method for Paneer Hariyali recipe:

First, take the frying pan and put oil to it. Now add the onion (chopped) to it. Now fry it for a minute till onions become tender. Add masala to it and cook it for further minute. After a minute, add cottage cheese cubes, chaat masala and salt to it. Mix it well. Before you are going to take it off from the fire, add tomato slices to it and mix it well. Paneer Hariyali goes well with chapattis or Nan.