Palak (Spinach) Puri

Palak puri tastes awesome & very different from the regular plain puri. It suits with any type of gravy or raita.

Ingredients :

• 2 cups of wheat flour
• 4 bundles of fresh spinach (palak)
• 2-3 tsp of butter
• 1 tsp of ginger paste
• 1 tsp of green chilli paste
• 1 tsp of cumin seed ( crushed )
• ½ cup plain curd
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil – 500 gm
• Water as per requirement.

Procedure:

1. First boil the spinach leaves in the water for about 3 minutes.
2. Now remove the spinach leaves from the water and make the paste of  boiled spinach.
3. Then, mix the paste with wheat flour and add crushed cumin seeds, plain curd, butter, ginger-green chilli paste and salt.
4. Make a soft smooth dough by mixing all the ingredients and some water as per requirement.
5. Now divide the dough into equal sized balls and roll them each in a flat round disc of 5 inch diameter.
6. Heat the oil in a kadai and fry each of the puris on both sides.
7. Serve hot (spinach) palak puri with any type of gravy or raita.

 

Homemade Fried Fish

Fish fry is a tempting dish and very popular among non vegetarians. Fish is considered to be a very healthy and rich of protein. There are many varieties of fish in the market such as rohu, katla, ghingi, etc. It can be cooked in different styles depending upon the variety of fish and taste. Here, I have written the recipe of my style of preparing fish fry with Mackerel.

Ingredients :

• Fish – 3 small fishes of same size
• Turmeric powder – 1tsp
• Salt (to your taste)
• Wheat flour 4 tbsp
• Water as per requirment
• Red chilli powder (to your taste)
• Curry leaves – 7-9 leaves
• Cooking oil – 250 gm

Procedure :

1. First wash the Pan-dressed fish (completely cleaned).
2. Take a round shaped vessel and put the fish into it.
3. Now add turmeric powder, salt, wheat flour, red chilli, curry leaves to the fish in the vessel.
4. Add some water to make paste.
5. Keep it aside to marinate for atleast ½ an hour as shown in the picture below.

 

 

     6.  After ½ an hour, take a deep bottomed fry pan.

     7.  Pour cooking oil into the pan and heat it on medium flame.

     8.  Keep the marinated pieces of fish one by one in the pan.

     9.  When the fish is fried, take it out of the pan.

     10. Serve hot as a side dish with steamed rice.

 

 

  

Matar paneer special

Matar Paneer  is a north Indian dish of Paneer and Matar  in a  onion and tomato based gravy. It is usually served with an Indian bread like roti, naan, parathe and also with rice. This post will explain the secrets of mouth-watering dish. 

Arrange the following ingredients before starting the actual preparation:

Ingredients:

  For marination:

• Paneer – 250 gm
• Matar – 400 gm
• Curd – ¾ cup
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
• Jeera Powder – ½ tsp
• Cooking oil to fry

 

 

  For gravy:

• Onion – 2 medium size
• Tomato – 2 small size
• Ginger paste – 1 tsp
• Garlic paste – 1 ½ tsp
• Black mustard (rai) – ½ tsp
• Black peppercorn – 6-7
• Cinnamon – ½ inch
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as required

 

Procedure :

  For marination:

 

1. First take a medium sized round shaped glass bowl.
2. Cut the paneer in any shape of small size and keep the paneer pieces in the bowl.
3. Now add curd ,blackpepper powder, jeera powder and turmeric powder in bowl.
4. Mix well and keep it aside for ½ an hour.
5. After  ½  an hour ,take a non-stick kadhai and heat it on a medium flame.
6. Now pour oil in the kadhai and heat it.
7. When the oil gets heated, add marinated pieces of paneer in the kadhai.
8. Fry all the pieces of paneer and keep in another bowl.
9. Now fry all the matar and keep in a clean bowl. 

  For gravy:

1. First cut the onion and tomato in the small pieces and keep it in a mixture jar.
2. Add ginger and garlic paste in the jar and grind together.
3. Take a non stick kadhai and heat it on a medium flame.
4. Pour the oil in the kadhai and heat it.
5. When the oil gets heated, add rai to the oil.
6. When its start crackling, add black peppercorn and cinnamon to it.
7. Now add the paste of (onion, tomato, ginger and garlic) to the oil in the kadhai.
8. Fry for 5 minutes and add salt and all the masala mentioned above.
9. Fry till the oil seperates from the masala.
10. Now add water as required to the masala and boil for 6-7 minutes.
11. Lastly add the fried matar and paneer to the gravy.
12. Mix well and serve hot with any Indian bread.

Besan ki Lajawab Sabji

 

Ø Ingredients :

 

·     Besan ( Gram flour )-1 cup

·     Yellow mustard seed ( paste) – 1 tbsp

·     Black mustard seed (rai ) – ¼ tsp

·     Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

·     Red chili powder – ½ tsp

·     Mustard oil - 3 tbsp

·     Tomato - 2 chopped

·     Fenugreek leaves – ½ tsp

·     Garlic paste – 1 ½ tbsp

·     Salt to taste

·     Water

 

Ø Procedure : 

1.   First take a round shape bowl and pour besan into it.

2.   Add salt, turmeric powder, ½ tbsp of garlic paste to the besan.

3.   Mix well the mixture and make batter by adding water.

4.   Take a non-stick frying pan and heat it.

5.   Spread a little oil into the pan.

6.   Pour about 2 tbsp of batter and spread evenly like pancake.

7.   When one side is done, fold it into 3 layers cut it into 3 or 4 pieces.

8.   Cook for some more time and then remove it from pan.

9.   Repeat the same process for rest of the batter.

10.Take a non-stick kadhai and heat it on medium flame.

11. Pour oil in the kadhai.

12. Add rai to it, when crackling begins add mustard paste, garlic paste, red chilli powder, tomato and salt.

13. Add fenugreek leaves also to the masala.

14. Fry till oil seperates from the masala.

15. Pour enough water according to you to the masala.

16. Allow the gravy to boil.

17. Now gently add the pieces to the boiling masala.

18. Remove from heat and serve with hot plain rice.

 

 

 

Tandoori Roti at Home

This is a very popular Indian roti and  is traditionally prepared in a Tandoor.. Without tandoor at home, still we can cook this roti on our regular stove.  

Ingredients : 

• All Purpose wheat flour or maida
•  ¼ tsp of baking powder
•  Salt ( as per taste)
•  Water to knead 

Procedure:

1. First take all purpose flour in a mixing bowl.
2.  Now add salt and baking powder & mix well.
3.  Add little water and knead to smooth dough.
4.  The dough should not be thick, it should be soft & smooth.
5.  Now make the small balls of the dough.
6.  Dip the ball in the flour & give shape like regular roti.
7.  Turn on the flame.
8.  Heat the cooking wire on medium flame.
9.  Place the roti over it.
10.  Cook it on one side in direct flame.

 
11.  Once the small bubbles appear over the surface, turn it on other side
12.  Repeat the process, it will get cooked within 2 minutes.
13.  Now remove the roti from the flame.
14.  The delicious Tandoori roti is ready.
15.  Serve hot with any curry of your choice.

 

Tasty Fried Rice

Arrange the following ingredients before starting the preparation:

Ingredients :

·       2 cups of  rice

·       5 ½ cups of water

·       1 red capsicum

·       1 yellow capsicum

·       3 red chilli

·       6-7 fresh curry leaves

·       2 medium sized onion

·       1 medium sized bowl full of  green peas

·       1 elaichi

·       1 tsp shahjeera

·       Salt ( according to your taste)

·       2 tbsp of  refined oil

 

 

Procedure :

1. Take a deep round bottomed vessel and keep rice into it.
2. Wash the rice in the vessel.
3. Now , pour water in the vessel and boil the rice on medium flame.
4. When the rice get boiled ,drain the remaining water and keep it aside for   cooling. So that, the rice gets cooled completely.
5. Take a deep bottomed non-stick pan and heat it on medium flame.
6. Now pour oil into it, when the oil gets heated.
7. Put shahjeera in the pan and heat it.
8. Then, put chilli, elaichi and curry leaves in the pan .
9. Put onion in the pan and stir it.
10. When the color of onion gets light brown.
11. Add green peas, yellow capsicum and red capsicum in the pan.
12. Add salt according to your taste and stir continuously.
13. When the mixture gets fried add the boiled rice in the pan.
14. Mix well the rice and mixture .
15. Serve hot.

 

Chawal ka kheer

Chawal ka Kheer is a very popular dessert cooked in every auspicious occasion. It is made with rice, full cream milk, sugar, cardamom powder, lots of dry fruits and saffron. It is served during  meal or alone as a dessert.

 

Ø Ingredients:

• ¼th cup long grain rice (washed and drained)   
• ½ litre milk.
• 2 cardamom (powdered)
• 2 tsp almonds (crushed)
• 2-3 threads of saffron
• 7-8 tsp sugar or as desired. 

Ø Procedure:

 

1. First take a thick bottomed non-stick pan.   
2. Heat the pan on medium flame.
3. Then, pour milk into the pan.
4. Now, boil the milk.
5. Add rice and sugar to the milk into the pan.
6. Then, add cardamom powder, crushed almonds, threads of saffron.
7. Now, stir continuously and cook the rice till it gets soften.
8. When the rice becomes soft, remove the pan from heat.
9. Serve the kheer hot or chilled as desired.