Monday, November 17, 2014

Stuffed Mirchi Pakoda

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Stuffed mirchi pakoda is a very delicious and spicy recipe for mirchi lovers. This is mostly enjoyed in winters and rainy season. Its very easy and simple to cook it.



Ingredients for Stuffed Mirchi Pakoda:

1/2 Kg . Larger Green Chili  
1/2 Kg. Besan (for batter)
1/2 tea spoon  Red Chili Powder
1-2 Spoon Semolina(To make pakoda crispy)
1 tea spoon Turmeric Powder
Salt as per taste
Oil for (deep fry) 

Ingredients for filling :

6-7 Medium Size Potatoes
Salt as per taste
1/2 tea spoon dry mango powder
Asafoetida/heeng a pinch
1/2 tea spoon  Red Chili Powder

Method to cook stuffed mirchi pakoda:

  • Take a big bowl and add besan, red chili powder ,turmeric powder,semolina , salt and some water to it. Prepare a thick batter by mixing all these ingredients well. 


  • Boil potatoes and mash them on a plate. Mix salt, mango powder, heeng, red chili powder to potatoes well. 

  • Boil chilies till the color of chilies gets changed. Now cut a mark by knife vertically to all chilies. 

  • Now fill stuffing of boiled potatoes to each chili. 

  • Pour chilies into batter now and deep fry in hot cooking oil till they become golden brown.

  • Serve hot with green or red chutney. 




Note: Few people do not boil the chilies. They fill the stuffing without boiling chilies. You can try it by both the way.

Posted By Unknown 3:18 AM

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Besan capsicum cheela


Besan ka cheela is a very delicious and famous recipe for breakfast. It becomes very tasty when roasted with oil. Cheela can be cooked with different vegetables but using capsicum in cheela changes its taste completely. Just try it once.


Ingredients for Besan Capsicum Cheela:


  • 1 Cup Besan/gram flour
  • 1 Cup Rava/Semolina 
  • 1/2 Cup Curd 
  • 1  Green chili , finely chopped
  • 1/4 tea spoon  Red chili powder (for colour)
  • 1/2 tea spoon Turmeric powder 
  • Salt as per taste
  • Asafoetida/heeng a pinch

Method to cook Besan capsicum cheela:


  • Take a bowl and add gram flour, semolina,curd,red chili powder,turmeric powder,green chili, asafoetida , finely chopped capsicum and salt to it.


  • Mix all the ingredients very well and add some water to make thick batter. Leave the batter aside for 10 minutes.

  • Now heat a pan on high flame and then drop 1 tbsp oil on pan .
  •  Now put the flame medium and pour 1 or 1-1/2 spoon batter and spread it evenly on the pan. For fisrt cheela add more oil on pan(2 tbsp) because there is a possibility of cheela to getting stuck on the pan. Now pour few drops of oil at the corners of the cheela, and spread the tea spoon of oil over the cheela evenly. 
  • Cook the cheela till upper layer changes its color and bottom layer becomes golden brown.
  • Now flip the cheela with the help of spatula and cook back side as well golden brown.
  • Prepare all the cheela in same way and serve with green chutney. 





Posted By Unknown 6:01 AM

Vegetable Chowmein

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Chowmein is a dish in which we cook noodles seperately and then topping them with different vegetables and ingredients in different styles. The indian way is being described here.it is very much liked by children.



Ingredients for Chowmein:

  • 200 gm Noodles 
  • 150 gm Cabbage 
  • 2 Onions , small size
  • 2 Capsicum , small size
  • 1 tea spoon Azenomoto 
  • 1tbsp Soya Sauce 
  • 1 tbsp White Vinegar 
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • 3-4 tbsp Refined oil 











Method to cook Chowmein:

  • Boil 10 cup of water in a large pan and let the water bubble. 
  • Add 1 tbsp oil in boiling water so that noodles does not stick to each other. 
  • Drop noodles in boiling water for 5-8 minutes so that noodles get half cooked.

  • Drain the noodles and wash under running water. 
  • Spread noodles on a flat surface.
  • Now cut thin and large slices of onions,capsicum and cabbage. If available you can add thin slices of carrot and spring onions as well. This gives nice colour in chowmein.



  • Now heat a pan and add 3-4tbsp oil into it. Add onion,capsicum and cabbage one by one into pan and toss them slightly. 
  • We need not to cook vegetables much.Just toss them a little bit.  

  • Now add noodles,soya sauce, vinegar,azenomoto and salt to pan. Mix everything very well. We need not to add much salt as soya sauce itself contains some salty texture.

  • If required add 1tbsp water to pan so that noodles does not stick to the surface of pan.
  • Cook for 5-6 minutes on medium flame .Your chowmein is ready.


  •  Serve hot with chili sauce and tomato sauce.




Posted By Unknown 2:48 AM

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Paneer Bhurji

Paneer bhurji is a popular dish loved by every Indian. Its a very easy recipe. It can be cook quickly. Paneer bhurji tastes good with Roti or parantha.   





Ingredients:


  • Paneer 200 gm, crumbled 
  • Capsicum 2 medium size, finely chopped
  • Onion 1 medium size, finely chopped
  • Tomato 1 medium size, finely chopped
  • Cumin seeds 1 tea spoon
  • Turmeric powder 1/2 tea spoon
  • Red chili powder 1/2 tea spoon
  • Coriander powder 1 tea spoon
  • Garam masala powder 1/2 tea spoon
  • Green chili 2 , finely chopped
  • Cooking oil 2 tbsp



Method to cook paneer bhurji:


  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Cracker cumin seeds in hot oil.
  • Add green chili and chopped onion in pan and turn the onion colour golden.
  • Now add capsicum and sauce it for a while. Now add chopped tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Now add turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriander powder and garam masala to the pan. Mix spices well and apply a lid on pan . Now cook for 5-6 minutes till masala gets cooked.
  • Now add crumbled paneer and salt as per taste mix well. Cook for 5-6 minutes. Its ready now.
  • Garnish with green coriander leaves and serve with roti or pratha.

Posted By Unknown 9:47 PM

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Poha

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Poha is a very popular recipe for breakfast. It take very less time to cook . It is very good fr health as it takes low oil to cook.

Ingredients for poha:

  • Poha or Chiwda 200 gm.
  • Peanuts 1/2 cup (Roasted )
  • Potato 1
  • Green Chili 2
  • Mustard Seeds 1 tea spoon
  •  Onion 1 (For Granish )
  • Turmeric 1/2 tea spoon
  • Red chili powder 
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • Oil 2 tbsp



Method to cook Poha:

  • Take poha in bowl ,wash it and straing water quickly Now leave it for 10  minutes.
  • Peel potatoes ,cut into thin slices and wash them.
  • Finely chop green chilies . 
  • Take a pan and heat oil into it.
  • Crack mustard seeds int hot oil . Add green chilies into pan.
  • Now add potatoes into pan and roast it.
  • Add turmeric powder, red chili powder to potatoes and mix well.
  • Now add poha to the potatoes and mix well. When poha completely mixed with potatoes. Put a lid on pan and leave for 2 minutes on slow flame. 
  • Now  add peanuts to poha, mix wel and serve in a bowl or plate. Garnish with finely chopped onion. 

Posted By Unknown 12:26 AM

Monday, September 29, 2014

Quick Besan Dhokla


This is a very tasty and yummy recipe. It does not take much time to prepare this. This is spongy and can be taken at tea time or as a snacks anytime . Generally we use to prepare the mixture for dhokla and it took 4-6 hrs for its fermentation but here we are using Eno Salt which causes to ferment the mixture instantly.


Ingredients for Quick Besan And Rava Mix Dhokla:

For Batter or Mixture: 

  • 1 Cup Gram Flour or Besan
  • 2 tbsp Semolina (Optional )
  • 1 tsp Ginger Paste
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tsp Eno Salt
  • 1 tsp Salt (for taste )

 For Tadka and Garnishing:

  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice 
  • 1 tbsp Rie/ Mustard Seeds
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 4-5 Green Chili 
  • 1 tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves (for garnishing) 


Method to cook Quick Besan And Rava Mix Dhokla:


  • Take gram flour in a bowl and add semolina to it. Now keep it a side for 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, take the mixture and add ginger paste , red chili powder, turmeric powder and salt as per taste.
  • Now add Eno Salt to it and mix well. 
  • Quickly pick a bowl and apply some cooking oil to its base and transfer mixture to it. 
  • Pre heat some water in a steamer and now transfer bowl of mixture to steamer and cook for 20 minutes.
  • Get a fork and insert into dhokla , if fork comes out clean this means dhokla has been cooked well.
  • When dhokla gets cool ,take it in a plate and and cut them into pieces. 
  • Now prepare tadka. Take a tadka pan and heat some oil into it. Cracker mustard seeds and green chili into oil.
  • Mix lemon juice ,salt  and sugar together and add into tadka pan.
  • Now pour this tadka on each and every piece of dhokla. 
  • Garnish with coriander leaves and serve. 

Posted By Unknown 4:44 AM

Friday, September 26, 2014

Sweet Corn Chaat




Sweet corn chaat is a delicious snack for anytime. Its healthy and liked by any age group.Its a very easy recipe.


Ingredients for Sweeet Corn Chaat 

  • 2 Cup Frozen sweet corn
  • 1 tsp Chaat Masala or Garam Masala
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 1 Chopped Green Chili (Optional)
  • 1-2 tbsp Lime Juice
  • Salt (As per taste ) 
  • 2 tbsp Chopped Green Coriander or Oregano for garnishing. 

Method to make Sweet Corn Chaat :

  • Boil Sweet Corn in a cooker till 1 whistle or in a pan till they become soft. 
  • Now take them in a bowl and add chaat masala ,cumin powder, black pepper, red chili powder, green chili, lime juice and salt as per taste. Mix all the ingredients very well to the corn. 
  • Now serve in a bowl and garnish with coriander or oregano. 




Posted By Unknown 10:10 PM

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Plain Tasty Macaroni/Pasta




Macaroni is a variety of dry pasta, originating from Italy. It is very easy to cook this. It can be serve as evening snacks or anytime if you want to eat some light food. Just try it once, you will surely like it as its delicious and doesn't take much time to cook it. 

Ingredients for Plain Tasty Macaroni/Pasta :

  • 1 Cup Macaroni/Pasta
  • 1 Capsicum 
  • 1 Onion
  • 1-2  Green Chili
  • 1/2 tsp Ajinomoto
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • 2 tsp Olive oil or any cooking oil
  • 1/2 tsp Oregano (Optional for garnish)
  • Salt as per taste

Method to make Plain Tasty Macaroni/Pasta :

  • Take a pan and heat oil into it.
  • Now add finely chopped green chili and thin slices of Onion into hot oil and sauté for a while.
  • Now add diced capsicum into pan and sauté for a while but don't cook much .
  • Now add macaroni, salt and ajinomoto into pan and sauté for a while . Now add 1 and 1/2 cup of water into pan , put a lid on pan and cook on medium flame. 
  • Boil the macaroni till it cook well and dry the excess water. 
  • Now serve into a plate or bowl and garnish with black pepper.You can also granish with Oregano ,this gives a really nice taste to macaroni. 

Posted By Unknown 9:41 PM

Nutrela Rice or Soya Chunks Pulao

  Soya chunks are very good source of protein and fiber. This a good recipe for vegetarian lovers. This gives a nice taste when cooked with rice. You can serve it with pickle, curd, papad or salad. 

Ingredients for Nutrela Rice: 

  • 1 Cup Boiled Basmati Rice
  • 1 Cup Nutrela / Soya chunks
  • 1 Onion (thin slices or finely chopped)
  • 1 Tomato (finely chopped)
  • 1 Tea Spoon Cumin Seeds
  • 1 Tea Spoon Coriander Powder
  • 1/2 Tea Spoon Turmeric Powder (optional as color )
  • 1/4 Tea Spoon  Red Chili Powder
  • 2 Green Chili ( finely Chopped) 
  • 4-5 Cloves
  • 2-3 Cardamom 
  • 5-7 Black Pepper Seeds
  • 1 Tea Spoon Ginger ( Crushed)
  • 2 Table Spoon Cooking Oil or ghee
  • Salt (as per taste)
  • seasonal vegetables like peas, carrot , capsicum (These are optional as per intrest. I am not adding vegetables here )
  
  

Method to make Nutrela Rice or Soya Chunks Pulao

  • Wash and soak soya chunks in hot water with 1/4 tea spoon salt till 15 minutes. Now squeeze water and take them on a plate.  
  • Heat oil in a pan and cracker cumin seeds into hot oil. 
  • Now add Ginger, Cloves, Black Pepper  and crushed cardamom into pan it will give nice smell.
  • Add green chili and onion into pan.
  • Add nutrela or soya chunks and cook for 2-3 minutes .
  • At this moment you can add seasonal vegetables if required.
  • Now add tomatoes, coriander powder,turmeric powder, red chili powder and cook for 2 minutes. Tomatoes will become tender. 
  • Add cooked rice and salt as per taste now and mix well. 
  • Serve in a plate or bowl and garnish with some chopped coriander leaves.


Posted By Unknown 4:57 AM