Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Rava dosa

Ingredients:

1cup Rava
1/2cup rice flour
1/2cup maida
greenchilles 4
zeera 1tsp
salt as per taste
onion 1
carrot 1
oil
black pepper 8






Preparation:
1.Mix all powders,add salt,2cups of water,zeera,grated carrot,pepper and it has to be little dilute,mix thoroughly so that no lumps in batter.
2.Heat kadai/pan add one tsp of oil and throw some chopped onions,greenchillies.
3.Wait for few seconds,pour the batter in pan to spread all sides,add a tsp of oil around dosa to become crispy.

4.Leave dosa to cook for few minutes and slowly turn to otherside.


5.And do the same with remaining batter(We can add little water if the batter becomes thick) for remaining dosas.
6.Serve hot with besan chutney or with coconut chutney.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Ragi Biscuits

Ingredients:
ragi powder 1/2 cup
maida 1/2cup
sugar 1/2cup
baking powder 1/2tsp
Butter 1/2cup
almond powder 3tsp
milk few drops


Procedure:
1.Mix maida,ragi,baking powder,almondpowder in a bowl.
2.Mix butter,powdered sugar using cake mixer or blender,blend till it turns creamy.
3.Now mix dry ingredients with butter mix together,if the dough is still dry add few drops of milk.
4.Take little dough and roll between your palm,flattened and arrange in a baking tray.
5.Preheat the oven,set it for 200 C and bake the cookies for 30minutes.

Fruit Salad


Fruit bowl contain 10 varieties of  fruits,almond powder,cherries,dates,Cashewnuts,honey,whipping cream.

Choclate croissant



Ingredients:
Puff Pastry sheets
choclate nutella paste
egg 1(optional)
Preparation:
1.Cut the round 14inch pastrysheet into 8 triangles with cookie cutter or with knife.
2.Now take each traingle spread 1tsp nutella paste and roll starting with wide part, roll towards the point.
3.Roll the remaining traingles and brush egg white to top of all croissants to get nice golden colour.
4. place all croissants on parchment paper.
5.Preheat the oven at 200C  and bake the croissants for 20minutes.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Veg Noodles



Ingredients:
Noodles 1 packet
Carrot 2
small beetroot 1(optional)
smallcabbage 1
onion 1
capsicum  1
beans 100gms
redchilly sauce 1tsp
tomato sauce 1tsp
ajinamoto 1/2tsp
salt to taste
cumin and corainder powder 1tsp
Procedure:
1.Take a big vessel and pour water till half of the vessel.
2.When water is boiling,add 1tsp of oil,1/2tsp of salt,noodles and close the lid for 3minutes.
3.Drain the water in noodles and run coldwater immediately and again drain them,spread the noodles in a big plate and cool them.
4.Now heat a pan with 3tsp of oil,add all the chopped vegetables and fry them.
5.Now make two portions of friedvegetables.
6.Add 1tsp of oil in pan, put one portion of vegetables,add sauces,cumin and coriander powder,ajinamoto,salt and fry for 2mintues.
7.Add the cooked noodles to vegetables and mix  it properly.
8.Serve it hot or serve with some more tomato or chilly sauce.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Gobi Manchuria

Ingredients:
1/2 kg cauliflower
cornflour 3tsp
maida 2tsp
ajinamoto 1/2tsp
red chilly sauce 1/2tsp
tomato sauce 1tsp
soya sauce 1tsp
green chillies 3
chopped ginger 1tsp
chopped garlic 1tsp
ginger garlic paste 1tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
onion 1or (springonions 1/2 bunch)
oil for deep fry

Procedure:
1.Mix cornflour,maida,salt,gingergarlic paste,redchilly powder,chopped greenchillies 1tsp in a bowl with 1/2cup of water.
2.Make sure that batter has no lumps and it should be like smooth paste.
3.Heat a pan with oil,when oil is hot  dip the florets in batter  and deep fry them till golden brown colour and transfer them to a paper napkin.
4.Heat another pan with 2tsp of oil,add chopped onions,chopped greenchillies,chopped ginger and garlic and fry for 2minutes.
5.Now add chilly sauce,soyasauce,tomato sauce,ajinamoto and fry for 2more minutes.
6.Mix the cornflour with 3tsp of water and add it to the sauces.
7.Now mix the fried gobi to the sauce pan and fry for 2minutes.

8.Serve it hot.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Coriander rice



Ingredients:
Coriander 1 bunch
Basmati rice 1cup
2tsp butter
Green chillies 3
ginger 1/2inch
garlic cloves 4
Small onion 1
MTR Pulav masala 2tsp
Green peas 1/4cup
Jeera 1tsp
Cashewnuts 2tsp
Bayleaves 3
water 2cups
salt to taste
Preparation:
1.Grind greenchillies,corainder,ginger,garlic to a fine paste.
2.Heat a pan add 2tsp butter,add jeera,greenchilly paste,bayleaves,cashew nuts,onions and fry for 2 minutes.
3.Add basmati rice,water,salt,pulav masala,greenpeas and boil till rice is cooked.
4.Serve with curd or any gravy curry.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Gavvalu


Ingredients:
2 cups Maida
2tsp ghee
salt 1/4tsp
2cups sugar
water 1cup
oil for deepfry

Procedure:
1.Mix maida,salt,hot ghee in a bowl with water.
2.Now make very small balls with maida dough.
3.Now with the help of backside of fork roll these balls like shells.
4.Deep fry these shells in oil with lowflame untill it turns to golden browncolour and cool them.
5.Now take another bowl and make sugar syrup till double string is formed.
6.Pour the syrup on the shells and mix well.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Mutter Paneer



Ingredients:
paneer 200gm
mutter 1/2cup
onion 1
greenchillies 2
tomato puree 3tsp
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
cream 2tsp
milk 1/4cup
kasturimethi powder 1tsp
cashew powder 2tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
cumin and coriander powder 2tsp
garam masala power 1/2tsp
coriander leaves 1/4 bunch
salt to taste

Procedure:
1.Fry paneer cubes in 1tsp of oil and soak in hot water for 20minutes(so that paneer becomes soft).
2.Heat a pan with 1tsp of butter,add onions,chopped greenchillies,ginger garlic paste and fry till onion changes colour.
3.Now add mutter,tomatopuree,redchillypowder,turmeric,coriander and cumin powders,garam masala,salt and fry for 2minutes.
4.Add milk,cream,cashewpowder,chopped coriander leaves to the pan and add 1/2 cup of water,let it boil for 5mintues.
5.Now add the fried paneer cubes to gravy.
6.Finally add kasturi methi powder to the curry and serve with naan or rotis .

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

pav bhaji



Ingredients:
pav bhaji buns 4
onion 1
green chillies 2
tomato 1
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
cooked vegetables (beans,carrot,cauliflower,potato,peas)
small capsicum 1
pav bhaji masala 2tsp
redchilly powder 1/2tsp
corainder leaves 1/2 bunch
salt to taste
butter 3tsp

Procedure:
1.Heat a pan with 2 tsp of butter,add chopped onions,chopped greenchillies,gingergarlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
2.Add capsicum,tomato and fry for 2minutes.
3.Now add mashed boiled vegetables and add one cup of  water.
4.Add salt,redchillypowder,pavbhaji masala and boil for 5minutes.
5.Finally garnish with coriander leaves,onions and lemonslices.
6.Heat a pan and roast the buns with butter.
7.Serve the curry with buns and hot hot pavbhaji is ready to eat.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Appalu

Ingredients:
1.Wheatflour 1cup
2.sugar 1cup
3.oil for deep fry
4.1cup water
5.Grated coconut 3tsp

Procedure:
1.Heat vessel with water and boil for 3min  and add sugar to make sugar syrup.
2.Now add wheat flour slowly to the boiling sugar syrup and switch off the gas.
3.Now add coconut,mix well and make it cool for few minutes.
4.Make small balls with this dough,press this balls and fry in oil.
5.Fry in low flame till it turns to brown colour.

New year 2010


We had gettogether in my home to celebrate new year.I prepared blackforest cake and taste was yummy............

This is my 50th post and celebrating in new year.

Cherry Tomato curry

Ingredients:
Cherry tomatoes 500gms
ground nuts 4tsp
onion 1
tomato paste 3tsp
ginger garlic greenchily paste 4tsp
corainder leaves 1/2 bunch
coriander powder 1tsp
redchilly powder 1tsp
tumeric powder1/4tsp
salt to taste


Procedure:
1.Cut the cherry tomatoes into half and fry in a pan with one tsp of oil.
2.Now heat pan with 2tsp of oil,add onion,ginger garlic greenchilly paste,ground nuts and fry for 3minutes.
3.Now cool this fried mixture and grind it.
4.Add this paste to the pan,add tomato paste,salt,turmeric powder,redchilly powder,coriander powder and cook with 1/2 cup of water.
5.Finally add fried cherrytomatoes,coriander leaves to the gravy and serve with rotis.

My style of cooking

Thanks for visiting and keep trying my dishes.