Sunday 14 April 2013

Omelette Stuffed Paratha

paratha,omelette paratha
Omelette stuffed paratha
INREDIENTS:
  • Egg-2
  • Flour-100 gm
  • Ginger-chopped
  • Lemon juice-2 tablespoons
  • Green chilies-a little,chopped
  • White oil-as much required to fry
  • Sugar-a little
  • Salt-according to taste

PROCEDURE:

Step 1:
Break the eggs  in a small bowl.
Mix with it turmeric,salt,few chopped chilies,lemon juice and chopped ginger.
Beat the mixture well.
Make an omelette with the mixture.
Divide the omelette into equal parts.

Step 2:
Take the flour and mix with it a pinch of salt,little white oil ,little sugar and water and make it into a dough.
Take little portions of the dough and roll it out thin on all sides evenly.
Put the omelette on the half portion of this flattened dough and cover it up with the other half.Fold together the open sides so that it doesn't open up on frying.

Step 3:
Now fry this in white oil till golden brown and crisp.

Serve it hot with tomato sauce.

Sunday 3 March 2013

Coconut Biscuits

INGREDIENTS:
coconut biscuits

  • Sooji-100 gm
  • Maida/Flour-25 gm
  • Grated coconuts-one cup
  • Sugar-one cup
  • Sunflower oil/any white oil-as required


PROCEDURE:

Step 1
In a bowl take Sooji,grated coconut,sugar in equal quantities and some flour as a binding agent;add a little sunflower oil and mix it properly.

Step 2
Take  little amounts of mixture and mold them into any desired shape.Coat the shapes in sooji on the whole surface and fry them in sunflower/any white oil till they are golden brown.

Your coconut biscuits are ready to serve.You can even store them for a few days in an air-tight container.

Sunday 20 January 2013

Easy to make Chicken Curry

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:

Chicken is ready and served
  • Chicken-500 gm
  • Onion Paste-3 medium onions
  • Garlic paste-1 tablespoon
  • Ginger Paste- 1 tablespoon
  • Sour yogurt-3 tablespoon
  • Raisin paste-7-8
  • Cardamom crushed
  • Cinnamon-a few
  • Onion medium sized -Julienne
  • Green Chilies-2-3,cut longitudinally
  • Potato-3-4 medium,cut into 4 pieces
  • Mustard oil
  • Sugar-1/2 teaspoon
  • Saltas per taste


PROCEDURE:

Step 1

In a microwave bowl, take the julienne cut onions,1-2 crushed cardamoms,cinnamon and a little oil and microwave them in high power for 2 mins. Keep it aside.

Step 2

Clean the chicken properly. take all the ingredients (Onion paste,Garlic paste,Ginger paste,sour yogurt,raisin paste,crushed cardamom and cinnamon,green chilies,oil,sugar and salt) and mix it with the chicken. Keep it aside for some time to marinate.

Step 3

Put some oil in a microwave bowl and fry the potatoes in high power for 4 mins and stir it  at an interval of 2 mins.

Step 4

Take the marinated chicken in a  microwaveable bowl and High Power it(don't forget to check it at an interval of 5 min) till the water dries up.While the chicken is cooking, pour oil over it so that it gets cooked well.

Step 5

When the chicken has been cooed,take it out add a little hot water and the fried potatoes and again High Power it for approx 8 mins.

Step 6

Finally,add the julienne cut fried onions and High Power the chicken for 1 more min.

Your chicken is ready to serve.





Sunday 6 January 2013

Radish special/Mooli ki sabzi

Ready and served

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:


  • Radish-2 Medium sized
  • Grated coconut-1/2 cup
  • Cumin/Jeera-both whole seeds and powered
  • Green chilies-1 ,chopped(don't make the dish too hot,it loses its taste)
  • Water




PROCEDURE:

Step 1
cut the radish like this
Cut the radish as shown in the picture. 







Step 2
Boil it and drain the remaining water.Mash the boiled radish.

Step 3
In a microwave bowl/kadai take 1-2 tablespoons of mustard oil,add the cumin seeds and saute it.Add the mashed radish along with turmeric power,salt(according to taste),grated coconut,chopped green chilies and a little bit of water and mix them.

Step 4
Microwave it in high power/Cook it(in kadai) till the mixture turns dry.In between pause and stir the mixture.
After the process is complete add a little cumin powder and little sugar to bring a certain sweet taste.
Serve hot with roti,paratha or rice.

Sunday 25 November 2012

DELICIOUS SOOJI/SEMOLINA


Sooji/Rawa Halwa


INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:

  • Semolina(Rawa/Sooji)-100 gm
  • Butter/Ghee-1 tablespoon
  • Peanuts/Cashew-nuts-Crushed
  • Sugar-according to taste
  • Grated Coconut


PROCEDURE:

Step 1
Heat the semolina(using only microwave function) till it turns a little brown.

Step 2
In a microwave safe bowl take a tablespoon of butter/ghee,the roasted semolina,sugar(according to taste) and water(my trick is to give as much water that the semolina will just appear under the water surface) and boil the mixture in microwave high power till the water dries up.

Step 3
Take out the hot mixture;mix grated coconut and crushed groundnuts/cashews(in total about 1/4th of the total mixture) and reheat for 1 min more in microwave high power.

Monday 19 November 2012

Coconut Ladoo/Laddu in microwave



Coconut ladoo/naru

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:

  • Coconut-1 medium sized,grated
  • Sugar-equal to the amount of grated coconut.
  • Water-about 1 cup
  • Cardamom/Elaichi-2-3, crushed


PROCEDURE:

Step 1

Take  the grated coconut,sugar and water in  microwave proof bowl and microwave it in high Power for 6 min while gently stirring it after every 3 min. 


Step 2

Microwave it again for 2 min 50 sec, take it out, stir it and then again microwave it for 2 min; stirring at an interval of 1 min. To follow this technique is important since if you continuously microwave and don't stop and stir; it will burn.


Step 3

While the mixture is still hot, mix the crushed cardamom/elaichi and quickly roll them into small balls and let it cool at room temperature.


Sunday 14 October 2012

SWEET BALLS IN MILK GRAVY


Ingredients Required:


Rasmalai
  • Sweet Potatoes-200 gms(3 medium sized)
  • Coconut-Grated,1/2 cup
  • Sugar-100 gms(depending on the sweetness you prefer)                                                                                                            
  • Flour-1/4 cup
  • Milk-1/2 ltr(boil 1 ltr till it reduces to 1/2 ltr) 
  • Cardamon dust of 3-4 cardamoms. 

Procedure:

 Step 1-Boil the sweet potatoes till soft.Peel them and mash.

 Step 2-Add sugar,grated coconut and flour[flour has been used here as a binding agent] and mix them well.

    Step 3-Now heat the dough in a frying pan with little oil or butter or ghee.Keep stirring  till it loses its stickiness.
**In case you are using microwave,put a little oil or butter or ghee in a microwave proof bowl along with the dough and 
microwave on high for 5 min stirring once after 2 min till it loses its stickiness.

  Step 4-Remove the mixture on a plate and make small balls from it.

  Step 5-Start heating the milk mixed with sugar,till the sugar dissolves.Now add the balls and boil till the balls become soft.Don't overdo the process otherwise the balls might break.

  Step 6-Move the frying pan or microwave bowl from the heat and add the cardamom dust.
  
  Step 7-Cool the mixture and serve.