Paneer ROYAL

Hello friends after a long time i am back with my new recipe Paneer ROYAL .Paneer is very popular in india and used in several dishes. When relative comes to home and he is vegetarian the first choice of food to make is paneer. So i am sharing a very quick and easy main course dish . It will give you a very royal taste.And i hope all of you will  try it and love it.

Ingredients:

Paneer( cottage cheese) –300gm(250 gm cut in to cubes and 50 gm smashed)      

Onion – 3medium (boiled)

Tomatoes-3 (boiled and peeled)
 Ginger-1 inch piece
Garlic- 4
Green chillies-2
Coriander powder-2 tbsp
Kasuri methi-2 tbsp
Fresh cream-1/4 cup
Garam masala powder-1 1/2 tsp
Cashew -5-10 (boiled)
Bay leaf-1
Salt to taste
Oil -3 tbsp

Method:

• Very first we make the paste of boiled onion.(to boil the onion just peel it off and boil it in a 2 cups of water).
• Then heat the oil in a pan and add bay leaf ,chilly and paste of onion.Fry it till golden brown.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and boiled tomato puree and fry till oil separates.
• After it add coriander powder and mix it .Then add boiled cashew paste, salt and garam masala..
• Add smashed paneer and fry it for one minute and add paneer cubes .
• Now add one cup of boiled water.
• Cook it for five minutes and add fresh cream and switch off the flame .
• Garnish it with kasuri methi and cream.
• Serve hot with indian breads.

Phirni

Phirni is a popular north-indian dessert.It is very easy to make. I have tried it first time and i also made some changes to its traditional method. Try it friends and i am very sure you all will definitely love this.

Ingredients:
Milk(full cream) 1ltr
Rice (soaked ) 4-5 tbsp
Saffron (diluted in one spoon milk)
Rose essence Few drops
Amul mithai made As per taste(instead of sugar)

For garnishing:

Almonds chopped Few
Cashew chopped Few
Saffron 
Rose petals

Method:

• First take the soaked rice and grind it. Do not grind it very fine.
• Now take a pan and boil milk. When milk start boiling add rice in it.
• Cook for about 15 minutes on low flame.
• To avoid crumbling mix it continuously.
• Now add mithai made according to taste, rose essence and saffron mixture.
• When phirni becomes creamy thick switch off the flame .
• Pour it into earthenware containersand keep aside.
• Refrigerate it for one hour.
• Garnish it with almond,cashew,saffron and rose petals.
• Serve it cool.

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.

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.

Shahi mushroom matar

Mushroom matar is a very tasteful recipe . But today i have done some variation to make it different and and more tasteful.Mushroom is also very good source of vitamin D and  this is one of the few foods that contains germanium which help your body to use oxygen. So take benefits to add mushroom in some of your dishes. And starts using it with shahi mushroom matar which gives you a royal taste of mushroom.

 Ingredients:
 250 gm  Fresh mushroom buttons ( clean and cut into big pieces)
1 cup green peas
2 onions finely chopped
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
2 tsp Red chilli powder (less spicy)
2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
3/4 cup Tomato puree
1/2 cup Cashew nut paste
3 tbsp Mawa grated
1 tsp Garam masala
Oil 2-3 tbsp
Water 2 cup
Salt to taste
  
 Method:

• First boil the mushrooms with turmeric powder and salt.
• Now take a pan heat oil and add the chopped onions and fry till golden brown.
• Then add ginger garlic paste add little water and cook well.Add coriander powder, cumin powder,red chilli powder and fry it then add tomato puree and cashew nut paste .
• Fry till oil separates from the masala ,Add mawa and mix well.
• Now add mushrooms with water , green peas, salt and garam masala.
• Cook for one minute and serve hot with chapati.

5 Vegetable pulao

Sometimes we are in a  hurry and we have not enough time to make proper food. So I have some easy and time saving recipes.Which takes less time and gives you full taste. 

Ingredients:
Rice cooked 2 cups
Green peas 1\2 cup
Capsicum 2 sliced
Carrot 1 sliced
Mushroom 1\2 cup boiled & sliced
Baby corn 2-3 sliced
Onion 1 large
Ginger -garlic paste 1 tsp
Garam masala  1 tbsp
Star masala 1
Cardamom  2 crushed
Salt  to taste
Oil 1tbsp


Method:

• Take a pan and add oil,when oil starts heating add sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and star masala , cook till onion turns brown.
• After that add all the vegetables and salt and cook till tender.
• Now add cooked rice, garam masala and little bit more salt.
• Sprinkle cardamom and mix it.
• Serve hot with curd.

Egg fishy curry

Hi friends ,after a long time i am back with some of my new recipes and ideas.Everyone like egg so today i am making a dish of egg with new style .Egg is also very good source of calories and it is easily available in your kitchen. I hope all of you will enjoy .
Ingredients :
4 Eggs (beaten with salt)
2 Onions(fine paste)
1 large Tomato (puree)
2 cloves of Garlic(paste)
1 Bay leaf
2 Cardamom
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Chilli powder
2 tbsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Garam masala
4 Cups of Water
Salt to taste
Oil
  Fresh coriander leaf for garnishing

Method :

• Take a deep pan and heat  the water till it starts boiling. Now add the beaten egg and cover the pan immediately.
• After one minute remove the egg from pan and cut into pieces .
• Now take a cooking pan and add oil when the oil starts heating add bay leaf and then onion tomato and garlic paste.Make the paste brown.
• Add turmeric powder ,chilli powder,coriander powder and garam masala powder.And cook till oil separates from the masala.
• Now add 2 cups of water in the masala and when it starts boiling add the egg pieces .
• Coo for 3-4 mins ,turn off the heat ,and garnish with coriander laef
• Now your curry is ready to eat .

coconut (nariyal) chutney with mint

Coconut chutney is easy to make and a good accompaniment for many dishes ,specially with South Indian. Mint and the curry leaves gives it a very beautiful color and a very good flavor. So Let's start

Ingredients:

1 Fresh coconut grated
2 tbs Dry roasted chana (chickpeas)
1 tsp mustard seeds (raai)
15 fresh Mint leaves
1 tsp Sugar
2 Green chillies
2 dry red chillies
2-3 Garlic cloves
2 tbsp cooking oil
10-15 Curry leaves
 Salt to taste

Method

• Take a grinder and add grated coconut ,chana ,mint leaves, green chillies,garlic,sugar and salt.
• Grind them to foam a thick paste.
• Now in a pan heat the oil and add mustard seeds ,red chilly,curry leaves,and add coconut paste and turn off heat stir well.
• Coconut chutney is ready to eat.

Jackfruit (kathal) masala

Make delicious raw jackfruit curry using this simple steps . My family loved it the very first time i made this.. So what are you waiting for go and try this delicious recipe .
  
Ingredients :

Jackfruit raw 500 gm (diced &boiled)
Rice flour  4 tbsp
Coriander powder 3 ,1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 2 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Onion 3 large (make a fine paste)
Tomato 3 large (fine puree)
Garlic 5 cloves
Bay leaf 1
Cinnamon 1/2 inch
Green cardamom 2
Garam masala 1 tsp
 Oil
Salt to taste
Gram flour 2 tbsp
Green coriander leaf

Method : 

• Mix boiled jackfruit ,rice flour, gram flour, half coriander powder,half turmeric powder,and half chilli powder and salt in a bowl.
• Take a pan and deep fry all the jackfrit mixture one by one piece,make them golden brown.Keep aside.
• Now take another pan and heat oil ,add bay leaf, cinnamon,and then add onion fry till golden.
• Add turmeric powder,coriander powder, chilli powder ,salt and fry  4-5 minutes.
• Now add tomato puree and again cook till oil starts floating over them.
• Add fried jackfruit ,cardamom powder, crushed garlic ,garam masala and mix well.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves .
• Serve with rice or roti of your choice.

Paneer adaraki (cottage cheese with ginger)

Paneer remains the most common type of cheese used in traditional South Asian cuisines. The use of paneer is more common in Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh due to the prominence of milk in their cuisine.Paneer adaraki is a simple recipe loaded with the flavor of ginger and is made with paneer (Indian cottage) cooked in thick onion-tomato gravy.And it gives the very heavenly flavor of ginger.  This dish is rich in its taste and flavors.

Ingredients:

Paneer( cottage cheese) –250gm, cut into 1” cubes         

Onion – 5medium sliced
Sugar-1/2 tsp

Tomatoes-3 chopped
Ginger-1 inch piece
Garlic- 4
Green chillies-6
Kasuri methi-2 tbsp
Fresh cream-1/4 cup
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder-1 tsp
Coconut powder -2 tbsp
Cashew paste-2tbsp
Coriander leaves
Cumin seeds-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil -3 tbsp

Method:

• 1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add onion, ginger and garlic flakes.Add sugar and saute on medium flame until onion turns brown.Remove off heat and let it cool.
  2. In another pan, heat remaining oil, add cumin seeds and saute for a minute.Add chopped tomatoes and saute until it turns soft and mushy.
  3. Blend browned onion along with green chillies into a smooth paste.Add this onion paste to the cooked tomatoes and mix well.
  4. Add turmeric powder, garam masala and salt .
  5. Now add coconut powder and cashew paste and little a cup of water.Cook this gravy for 5-6 minutes.
  6. Boil the paneer cubes in water for 2-3mins.Add the boiled paneer cubes to the gravy and cook for 2-3 mins.Add fresh cream and kasoori methi and garnish with coriander leaves.
  7. Serve hot with chapati or any other Indian bread.
  
   

Style Tomato pasta

Pasta is generally a simple dish, but comes in large varieties because it is a versatile food item. Some pasta dishes are served as a first course in Italy because the portion sizes are small and simple.This is basically an Italian dish and tomato pasta is one of them. Tomato pastaaaaa ,yummmm as the name shows its very tasty This was my today's breakfast ,but today i have made this in my own style and really i love the taste now its your turn to try this....

Ingredients:

• 4 medium size tomatoes puree
• 2 Bowls of boiled pasta
• 1 Sliced onion
• 2 Green chilies
• 1tsp oregano
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 small capsicum finely chopped
• Cabbage finely chopped 
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tsp chilly flakes
• Salt to taste
• 2tbsp oil

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan and fry onions for a minute.
• Add chillies and tomato puree and fry again for a minute.
• Now add  cabbage and capsicum cook till tender.
• Add boiled pasta, vinegar,tomato sauce and salt.
• Cook the mixture for 2 minutes, then add oregano and chilli flakes.
•  Spread grated cheese over it and microwave for 30 seconds.
• Tomato pasta is ready.

Stuff paneer cheela

Health Health Health we are very much careful about health always. But when we talk about tasty food we become more careless and give priority to the taste not health. But here i am sharing with you one healthy and tasty recipe . Lets try it and become more health conscious.... 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Moong dhuli daal
• 1 Tomato (finely chopped)
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• 200 gm Grated paneer
• 1/2 inch piece Ginger greated
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powde
• ½ tsp Garam masala
• ½ tsp Green coriander (chopped)
• Chat masala
• 1-2 tbsp Mustard Oil 
• Salt to taste                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Method:
• For stuffing- In a bowl take greated paneer now add tomato,onion, ginger,black pepper powder, garam masala.green corioander and salt to taste.
• For cheela-     Soak moong daal for3-4  hrs in water. Then grind along with salt and ginger, to a fine paste. 
•     Now heat a pan, put 2-3 drops of oil and pour some batter and make a cheela .
•     Now cook the cheela from both sides.  
•  Now on one side put some filling in the half of cheela.
• And fold the half part carefully on the stuffing ,now sprinkle a little chat masala .
• Serve hot with your favorite chutney
  
  

Garlic paneer tikki (cutlet)

A delicious crunchy delicacy made with paneer and subtle potatoes and the very good flavor of garlic.Today i had made an experiment and and my family loved it.Now its your turn to try this.....

Ingredients:
6 Potatoes boiled and smashed
1 Onion cut into small pieces 
6-8 Cloves Garlic
6-8 Cashews cut in to small pieces
1\4 cup fresh Coriander leaves 
1\2 tbs Red chilli powder
1\4 cup cottage cheese (paneer) grated
Salt to taste
Oil for frying


Method:

• Take smashed potatoes and add a little salt ,make a fine and smooth paste .
•  In a bowl take smashed paneer,and add cashew pieces, garlic pieces coriander leaf ,red chilli powder,salt and mix it.
• Take one and a half tbsp of smashed potatoes in palm and flatten it.
•  Stuff about 1\2 tsp of filling into it and make it in the form of tikki.
• Toss it over the corn flour and fry until it's crisp and brown.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney.

Makki ki roti Sarson ka saag

So chilli winters are here.  Food lovers always search to eat something delicious.And in this season many restaurants serving Makki Ki Roti ,Sarson ka saag..The pure punjabi food.  Learn how to make Sarson Ka Saag Aur Makki Ki Roti recipe using style chef's  easy to make homemade recipes....

 

Ingredients: 

(For sarson ka saag)

500gms Mustard leaves (sarson)

200gms Spinach
200gms Bathuwa
3 Garlic cloves
1 inch Ginger
2 Green chilli

1 bay leaf

1 inch cinnamon
Salt To Taste
2 tbsp corn meal (makki ka aata)
2 tbsp Ghee
250gms  Onions,finely chopped

250gms Tomatoes finely chopped

1/2tsp Red chilli powder

Method:

• Clean and wash sarson, spinach and bathuwa. Chop the leaves finely.
• Chop ginger, garlic cloves and chillies.
• Pressure cook the spinach, sarson, bathuwa with garlic, ginger and chillies. When cool, grind it to smooth paste.
• Heat ghee in a vessel, add bay leaf , cinnamon and onions. Fry until light brown. Add tomatoes and cook well.
• Add the ground saag and simmer the flame. Cook for few minutes.
• Add the corn meal, red chilli powder,salt and stir well. 
• Add white butter.

Ingredients:
(For makki ki roti)

3 cup Corn meal (makki ha aata)
1 cup wheat flour
1.50 cup Boiling water
salt optional

Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients.
• And make a dough.
• Then make a chapati on a low flame.

 Now serve the makki ki roti and sarson ka saag with butter. And enjoy the full punjabi flavor......
 

Dum Aloo (Potatoes) Dahi wale

Friend today I am sharing a very tasty and easy recipe, which I have made. Potatoes are easy available at everyone’s home.  So when the guest will come without notice why not you try this…

Ingredients

250gms Aloo (Potatoes)small in size
Oil for deep frying
1 large Onion (finely chopped)
140 ml curd
1 cup hot water  
1tsp garam masala powder

Salt to taste

2 cups water

Roasted cashew nuts
Spices
2 bay leaves

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 green cardamoms
1piece cinnamon stick
Paste
1 large onion (chopped)
12 flakes garlic
2 tbsp ginger
6black peppercorn
2 dry red chilies

Method

• Scrape the aloo (potatoes), prick all over with a fork and soak in the water with little salt for 2 hours.
• Dry the potatoes on a cloth and heat the oil.
• Deep fry the potatoes until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
• Heat the measured oil in a pan, add bay leaf ,cinnamon ,cardamoms and onions fry till brown.
• Grind the paste ingredients to a fairly smooth paste and  add into  the pan.           
• Now add coriander and turmeric powder fry until golden.
• Cook for 10 minutes. add curd and salt.
• Add the aloo (potatoes) and hot water and stir over a low heat for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle garam masala and cook for few minutes.
• Garnish with roasted cashew nuts and coriander leaf.
• Serve with any type of chapatti or poori.

Stuffed tomato in my style

Ingredients:

5-6 medium size Tomatoes                              

Chopped Coriander leaves
2 Green chili (finely chopped)                                    
1/2tsp Red chili powder to taste.                                

1Onion chopped

1tsp Sugar                                                                    

Salt to taste                                                                 
1/2tsp Gram Masala
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1/2tsp Coriander powder

1tbsp Fresh cream
1 tbsp grated cheese
1 tbsp oil

     For filling-

100-150gms Paneer grated or mashed

 Finely chopped Coriander leaves                              
 ½ tsp Garam masala
 Salt to taste

1 tsp Black pepper powder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ½ tsp Sugar                                                           

1 Onion finely chopped

Method:

• Wash the tomatoes and set dry.
• Cut the top of tomato  like a cap. Gently scoop out the centers . Keep aside the scooped portion and chop the cut tops .
• For gravy ,Heat oil in a kadhai add chopped onions and green chilies till tender.
• Now add all dry masalas and fry for a minute.and then the pulp and chopped tomato and fry for a minute more.
• Add sugar and salt.
• Now add fresh cream.
• Take paneer in a bowl.
• Add the whole filling ingredients.
• Fill tomatoes with the mixture.
• Take gravy in a microwaveable bowl , Now add filled tomatoes in gravy.
• Top with grated cheese and chopped coriander.  place it to a cooker container . pressure cook for one whistle. (or you can also bake it in a hot oven at 200 degree c for 20 minutes.)
• Serve the stuffed paneer tomato hot.