Sunday, March 28, 2010

Choclate brownie


Ingredients:
All purpose flour 1/2cup
Cocoa powder 2tsps
butter 1/2cup
sugar 3/4cup
Dark choclate bar 60gms
salt a pinch
eggs 2
baking powder 1/2tsp
chopped walnuts 1/4cup

Procedure:
1.Preheat oven at 200C.
2.Heat a pan,melt butter and add chopped choclate pieces in butter.
3.Add sugar in choclate butter mix and whisk for a minute,beat the eggs for a minute and keep a side.
4.Sieve allpurposeflour,bakingpowder,salt,cocoa powder in a bowl.
5.Mix the dry ingredients,chopped nuts to the egg and butter mixture and mix it properly to avoid lumps.
6.Grease the baking tray with one tsp of butter and pour cake mix into the tray.
7.Place the tray in oven and  bake at 220C for about 20minutes, Test with fork and make sure that it comes out clearly.It indicates cake is perfectly baked,if not bake for few more minutes.
8.Take out the tray  and cool it completely.
9.Turn it upsidedown onto a flat plate and cut into squares.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Falafel Tortillas


Ingredients:
Chick peas 1/2cup
coriander 1 bunch
cumin powder 1tsp
salt to taste
greenchillies 4
all purpose flour 2tsp
garlic 4cloves
onion 1
Tortillas 2

vegetables according to your taste:
corn kernels 2tsp
olives green or black
casicum 1/2 piece
lettuce chopped 1cup
kheera 6circles
chopped carrot 2tsp
cocktail sauce 2tsp
chilly sauce 2tsp
pepper 1tsp
italian dressing 2tsp


Procedure:
To make falafel:
1.soak chickpeas for 5hrs and drain water.
2.Blend it coarsely with few tsp of water and take into a bowl.
3.Blend greenchillies,onion,coriander,cumin powder,salt together into a fine paste and mix with chickpeas paste.
4.Add all purpose flour to it and mix it thoroughly.
5.Now make small balls with chickpeas dough and keep it in fridge for 10minutes.
6.Heat a pan with oil to deep fry the falafel.
7.When oil is hot,add the dumplings slowly into oil and deepfry in medium flame.
8.Take the falafel into a paper napkin and keep it aside.
9.Heat the tortillas in a tawa and place it on a plate.
10.Arrange 4 falafel per tortilla,vegetables one by one and finally add sauces on top of them.
11.Fold the tortilla carefully and serve it.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Navaratan kurma

Ingredients:
Beans 50gms
potato 1
carrot 2
paneer 100gms
green peas 50gms
capsicum small 1
cauliflower chopped 1cup
Cream or milk 1/4cup
ginger garlic paste 2tsp
greenchillies 4
redchilly powder 1/2tsp
turmeric 1/4tsp
coriander powder 1tsp
cumin powder 1tsp
amchoor powder 1/4tsp
garam masala powder 1/2tsp
cashew nuts 1/4cup
khus khus 2tsp
onion 2
tomato paste 4tsp
coriander leaves 1/2bunch
salt to taste
kasuri methi powder 1/2tsp

Procedure:
1.Soak cashew,khuskhus in milk or cream for one hour and grind it to a smooth paste.
2.Heat a pan with 2tsp of oil,fry onion,chillies.
3.Grind the fried onions into paste.
4.Now heat a pan with one tsp of butter,add ginger garlic paste,onion paste and fry for 3minutes.
5.Add tomato paste,coriander powder,cumin powder,salt,turmeric powder,garam masala powder.
6.Now add all the chopped vegetables to the gravy and cook for 10minutes.
7.Add khuskhus and cashew paste to the gravy and cook for 5minutes.
8.Now fry the paneer pieces,capsicum in one tsp of oil and mix it in gravy.
9.Finally add chopped coriander leaves,kasuri methi powder,amchoor powder and serve it hot with any rice or  chapati.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Potlakaya perugu pachadi


Ingredients:
Potlakaya 1
Curd 1cup
ginger 1/2inch
greenchillies 3
redchillies 2
curry leaves 2tsp
corianderleaves 2tsp
salt to taste
turmeric 1/4tsp
oil 2tsp
mustard seeds 1/2tsp
zeera 1/2tsp
cuminseeds 1/2tsp


Procedure:
1.Cut the potlakaya into slices.
2.Heat  a pan with 2tsp of oil,add zeera,mustard seeds,urad dal,redchillies,greenchillies,curry leaves,potlakaya pieces,salt,tumeric,chopped ginger and close the lid for 5minutes.
3.When potlakaya becomes soft,transfer into another bowl.
4.Add curd,coriander leaves to potlakaya curry.
5.Serve with hot rice.

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