Friday, August 8, 2014

Red Hot Paneer

 Paneer remains the most common type of cheese used in traditional indian cuisines. In most of the restaurants you can find the paneer dishes easily in the menu .We also use paneer in our home in many dishes. So today i made an experiment with paneer and make Red Hot Paneer try it guys and share your comments.

 Ingredients -
500gm    Paneer (cottage cheese)
1 ½ tsp   Garlic paste
1 ½ tsp   Ginger paste
1/4 cup   Oil
2 ½ tsp   Salt
2 ½ tsp   Red chilli powder or(chilli paste)
2 tsp      Cornflour
1 cup     Curd, whisked
2            Green chillies slit
3 tsp       Lemon juice
½ cup     Curry leaves
2            Onions cut into fine slices

 Method -

  • Take a bowl and mix the ginger-garlic paste,2 tsp oil, chilli powder ,red color and salt with a little water to form a thick paste.
  •   Add paneer pieces to the batter, marinate for about 1 hour.
  •   Mix in the cornflour and deep fry.
  •   Now in a pan take a little oil add green chillies ,curry leaves ,onion and cook till onion turns brown now add curd and cook for 2minutes.
  • Then add the fried paneer and mix well.
  •   Add lemon juice and garnish with curry leaves.
  • You can also serve it as a starter.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Besan instant dhokla

Dhokla is basically a Gujarati dish .But now everyone love to eat it. There are many types of Dhokla .
But today i am sharing how to make instant Dhokla. You can make it within 10-15 minutes. So go and try this.

Ingredients:
Besan (gram flour) 250 gm
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Eno 1 tsp
Water 1 cup
Sugar 3 tsp
Lemon juice 2 tsp
Salt to taste
For tadka-
Oil 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Curry leaves 6-8
Slit green chillies 3-4
For garnishing-
Grated coconut 
Fresh coriander leaves

Method:
  • Take a bowl and make a thick batter of besan,now add turmeric powder and salt to the paste.
  • Just before steaming add eno and 2 tsp of water over it.
  • Mix quickly and pour the batter immediately into a greased 5" pan.
  • Steam for 10-12 minutes..
  • Now heat the oil and add mustard seeds, green chillies and curry leaves, then add 1 cup of water.
  • In this tadka water add sugar and lemon juice and mix well.
  • Cut the dhokla into pieces and dip these pieces into this tadka water for seconds.
  • Now squeeze off  the pieces gently and garnish it with coriander leaves and coconut.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Spicy royal tangdi chicken

There are so many people who are very conscious for health and avoid oily food. So today i am sharing a very healthy and tasty recipe. Chicken is a very good source of protein.So if we cook it with a little care it becomes more and more healthy .

Ingredients:
8 Chicken drumsticks(legs)
2 tbsp Lemon juice
1 cup Hung curd
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp Ground pepper powder
4-6 Green chillies finely chopped
2 tsp Chaat masala
Salt to taste

Method:
  • Cut two or three deep slashes in the flesh of each drumstick,apply lemon juice and salt
  • Now mix hung curd,ginger-garlic paste,turmeric powder,pepper and green chillies and marinate chicken drumsticks in this mixture.
  • Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
  • Pre heat grill for 3 minutes,then microwave chicken on 300w + grill for 15 minutes.
  • When properly cooked sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot.