Monday, October 15, 2012

CHANA BHATURA


CHANNA BHATURA:
 
Ingredients:
For CHANNA:
 
  • 250 gms white Channa (Soaked overnite)
  • 2 tsp Tea
  • 1 chopped Onion
  • 1 Grated Tomato 
  • 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 tsp Channa Masala
  • ½ tsp Garam Masala
  • ½ tsp Jeera Powder 
  • ½ tsp Red chilly Powder
  • 1 tsp Vegetable Refined oil
  • Salt to taste 
Directions:
    1. Put Channa in a pressure pan and add tea water(Take 2 cup water and 2 tsp tea and boil it for 5 min.) to it, let it boil.
    2. Add salt to taste and boil the channa ,give it 4-5 steam whistles,then simmer the burner and let it boil for 10 min.
    3. In another pan heat oil and onions till golden brown, add ginger garlic paste, tomatoes & all the masala’s stir it and cook well.
    4. When the masala is ready, put the boiled channa to it  and mix well ,till a thick gravy is made.
Serve hot and garnish it with chopped onions, tomatoes & coriander.
 
For BHATURA:
 
Ingredients: 
 
  • 250 gms Maida(All purpose Flour)
  • 100 gms Sooji( Semolina, Farina, Cream of wheat)
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • 200 gms Curd(Dahi)
  • Salt to taste
  • Vegetable Refined oil for frying
Directions:
    1. In a bowl take Maida, Sooji, Baking Soda, Curd & Salt ,mix well. Add little water if needed.
    2. Keep this dough for 2-3 hrs at room temperature.
    3. In a pan pour the oil for frying, heat it well.
    4. Make small balls of the dough and make flat round shape roti.  
    5. Fry it, till golden brown.
Your Dish is ready.  
Serve it with Channa & Mango Pickle.
 
 

CUSTARD PUDDING


Custard Pudding:-

Ingredients:-

  • 1 litre Milk
  • 4 tsp Custard Powder
  • 4 tsp Sugar
  • ½ Finely cut fruits (Apple, Banana, Pineapple & Pomegranate)
  • 3-4 Wafers for decoration
  • 1 Cup crushed Marie biscuits
  • 1 tsp Mixed fruit Jam
  • Water
  • For 4-5 glasses
  • Sweetened Cherries
Directions:-

  • In a pan take milk and boil it on high flame for 10 min., keep on stirring while it is boiling.
  • Take ½ cup of water and add the custard powder to it and mix well.
  • Add the mixture to the boiling milk, and add sugar to it.
  • Boil it till the mixture thickens.
  • Switch off the flame.
  • Let it cool at room temperature, and keep it in refrigerator for at least 2-3 hrs., so that it gets chilled.
  • Take wine glasses brush the inside with mixed fruit jam and refrigerate them for at least 1 hr.
  • Take the refrigerated glasses out and put a layer of crushed biscuits, then a layer of all the cut fruits and pour the chilled custard on it.
  • At the top decorate it with pomegranate seeds or cherries and put the wafers on top.
  • Do it for all the glasses and refrigerate it for ½ an hour.
Serve chilled.  

MASALA RICE WITH SOYBEAN NUTRELLA


Masala Rice with Soybean Nutrella :-


Ingredients:-

  • 2 Cup Rice (Soaked for 1hr in water)
  • 4-5 tsp Desi Ghee/Olive oil
  • 1 Sliced Onion
  • 1 Sliced Tomato
  • 1 Sliced Potato
  • ¼ Cauliflower
  • 1 inch long ginger sliced
  • ½ Cup of Soybean Nutrella (Soaked for ½ hr. in water)
  • ½ tsp Garam Masala
  • ½ tsp Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
  • 4 Cup Water
  • Salt to Taste
Directions:-

  • Heat Ghee in a pan(With lid) & add sliced onions , cook till turned light brown, add rest of the vegetables and sauté well.
  • Add soaked Nutrela without water in the pan and cook for about 2-3 min.
  • Add salt, garam masala, turmeric powder and rice in the pan.
  • Add 4 cups of water and stir it well, and let it boil for 2-3 min.
  • Simmer the flame and cover the pan with a lid.
  • Let the whole dish cook till the water get soaked and the rice nicely cooked.
Serve Hot with Curd raita.

INDIAN MASALA GRAVY CHICKEN



Indian Masala Chicken:-


Ingredients:-

  • Raw curry cut Chicken 800gms
  • 3-4 Grated onions
  • 3-4 Grated Tomato
  • 3 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
  • 4 tsp Desi Ghee
  • 5-6 Cloves (Longe)
  • Large Cardamom ( Badi Elachi)
  • Cinnamon ½ inch pc.
  • 4-5 Black Pepper (Kalimirch)
  • Red chilly powder- ½ tsp
  • ½ tsp Garam masala or Chicken masala powder
  • Fenugreek powder (Kasuri methi)
  • Salt to taste
Directions:-

  • In a non-stick pan heat ghee,then add Large Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon, Black Pepper and saute for 1-2 min.
  • Add grated onion and cook till golden brown, then add ginger garlic paste and sauté for for 2-3 min. Then add grated tomatoes to it and cook for 2-3 min.
  •  Then add salt, red chilly powder, garam masala powder/chicken masala powder, Fenugreek powder.
  • Cook them well till masala is cooked well. Cook for 5-7 min.
  • Add chicken pieces to it and mix it well with the masala, cook it on high flame for about 5 minutes.
  • Then add ½ cup of water to it and simmer the flame and let it cook for 10-15 minutes.
  • Cover the pan and cook it.
  • When the chicken is tender and ready then add ½ cup of water and cook it on high flame for about 10 minutes.
  • Add chopped coriander and serve hot with Laccha parantha or butter naan.  

SUGARFREE/DELICIOUS SWEET KHEER


Sugarfree kheer:-

Ingredients:-

  • 1 Cup Rice (boiled)
  • 1 Litre Milk
  • 1 Cup Sugar or 7-8 tsp sugarfree powder
  • Few chopped nuts (Almonds , Resins )
  • 2 Cardamom

Directions:-
 

  • In a pressure cooker boil rice and let it cool.
  • Add milk to the boiled rice and cook on high flame for 5 min. till it is boiling well.
  • Boil for ½ hour on slow flame ,add cardamom powder and sugar and again boil for 15-20 min.
  • Cook till the milk has reduced to half and milk thickens.
  • Add chopped nuts and switch off the flame.
  • Pour it in a bowl and decorate it with nuts and chill it in refrigerator for 1 hr.


Serve the delicious Kheer chilled.