Stuffed Jalapenos

Here is a great side dish which I do when every I make Daal/Pappu. It goes great with it.

Ingredients:

Jalapenos-10

Besan-5 Tspn

Garlic flakes-6

Oil-6Tspn

Salt-as needed

Red Mirchi Powder-as needed

Method:

1. In a vessel, add besan, salt, red mirchi powder, crushed garlic, 4 Tspns of oil and mix well. You can taste the powder and add more salt or mirchi powder according to your taste.

2. Wash the Jalapenos, slit them in the middle and remove the seeds of it if you are not used to a SPICY dish.

3. Stuff the besan powder in all the Jalapenos.

4. Take a wide bottom pan and heat it. Add 2 Tspn of oil in it and put all these Jalapenos in it and close the pan with a lid. There is no need of adding water to it, it will be cooked by the moisture present in the Jalapenos.

5. Keep the flame on LOW and heat it up for around 30 mins. Check the pan inbetween, you might need to turn the Jalapenos to the other side.

6. You will know when the Jalapenos are done by inserting a fork or a tooth pick into it.

7. Garnish with Cashews and Corriander leaves and serve along with rice or eat as a side dish along with any pappu/daal.

Strawberry Milkshake and Lassi

Yayy!! Winters gone and its HOT HOT Summer comming....I tried out Strawberry Milkshake and Strawberry Lassi at home. I would like to share it with ya'll. Hope ya'll also give it a try.

First ill tel you the Ingredients for Strawberry Milkshake:

Fresh Strawberries-1/2 cup
Dry roasted Cashews-15 pieces
Badam-15pieces
Honey-4 Tspn
Sugar-10Tspn
Cardamom Powder-1/4 spoon
Milk-1/2 glass
Ice Cubes-few

Procedure:

1. Grind the nuts, both Cashew and Badam into fine pieces.
2. Add Strawberry pieces, Sugar, lil water, Milk, Cardamom Powder and grind it again.
3. You can add few ice cubes instead of water too.
4. In a Glass sprinkle few strawberry pieces and Honey and then pour the milkshake in it and finally top it with Honey and strawberry pieces on top of it again.
5. Drink it right away or cool it and drink it later.

Heres the recipe for Straweberry Lassi:

Ingredients:

Strawberries-1/2cup
Sugar-10Tspn
Thick Curd-1/2cup

Procedure:

1. Grind the Strawberries til they are half mashed up.
2. Add Sugar and thick curd. Try not to add any water in it and gring again.
3. Add lil pepper powder and serve in a glass.
4. Cool it up for sometime and drink or add ice cubes and drink right away.

Hope you all try these Summer special Drinks and like them.

Gobhi Kurma

Here is a very simple and an easy dish without using more Masalas or Spices but just using Cauliflower & here are theIngredients we need:

Phool Gobhi/Cauliflower-1 Medium sized

Onions-2

Turmeric powder-1/4 tspn

Green Mirchi-4-5

Ginger Garlic Paste-1 Tspn

Garam Masala Powder-1/2 Tspn

Whole Garam Masala(Cloves, Cardamom, Bay Leaves & Dalchini)-Few Each

Salt-As Required. 

Fresh Cream-6Tspn(optional)

Fresh Curd-1/2 cup

Khus Khus Paste-2Tspn

Dry Fruits(Cashew, Pistachio, Badam, Kismis)-8-10 each

Oil/Ghee-5Tspn

Method:

1.  Cut the Cauliflower into Florets and discard the stem of it.  Soak it for 20 mins in salt and turmeric powder.  This will help to remove any bitterness or acetic taste if present.  In the meanwhile we can go ahead with the rest of the method.

2.  Boil the Onions and make a paste out of it.

3.  Put Oil/Ghee in a deep bottom pan, add whole garam masala, onion paste, Green Mirchi and let it fry in a slow flame till the paste slightly changes its colour.  Careful it shoud not burn! 

4.  Add Ginger Garlic Paste and Khus Khus Paste and fry for a while. 

5.  Now add the Cauliflower Florets and mix well along with the gravy and add enough water till the paste gets mixed into it well without forming any lumps.

6.  Add Salt and then the Dry fruits.  Its up to you how you add them, you can cut them into small pieces and add or you may grind them into fine paste if you want or add them as they are.

7.  Boil it til the Cauliflower is almost done.

8.  Now add Garam Masala, Fresh Curd and Fresh Cream, reduce the flame and cook for 2-3 mins.

9.  Add Corriander Leaves and serve along with Roti's, Paratha's or Rice.

Useful Tip:  

1.  You can soak Khus Khus for some time in hot water and then make a paste of it, it will be easy.

2.  If you are a calorie counter person you can eat the curry without adding the Cream too.

Lima Beans Pappu Charu

Hii Friends,
Here is another variety dish i tried out myself and came out fantastic.

Do you have Lima Beans/Butter Beans in your freazer?
If YES: Do this dish right away.
If NO: Worth purchasing a packet of it my friends, trust me the taste is just amazing.

These are what you need to do this,

Ingredients:

Lima/Butter beans-1 cup
Tammarind-Leamon size
Corriander Powder-1Tspn
Garlic-6 Pods
Onion-1
Red Mirchi Powder-1Tspn
Mustard Seeds-1/2 Tspn
Cumin Seeds-1/4Tspn
Curry Leaves-15
Corriander Leaves-2 Tspn
Red Mirchi Flakes-4
Turmeric Powder-Just a Pinch
Salt-As Required
Tomatoes-2

Method:

1. Put Beans, Onions(cut into chunks), Red Mirchi Powder in a Vessel and Preassure Cook them
2. Take a spatula and mix it and Grind them to a fine paste.
3. Soak the tammarind for 20mins and extract the pulp from it.
4. Take a larger vessel, mix the tammarind pulp, the fine paste, lil water, Corriander Powder, Tomato Pieces and the Curry Leaves and boil well.
5. Take some oil in the pan, let it heat for a while and then add Mustard Seeds, Cumin Seeds, Red Mirchi Flakes, Crushed Garlic let it change its colour a bit and mix this in the boiling liquid in the vessel.
6. Adjust Tammarind juice, Salt, Red Mirchi Powder according to your taste and the dish is abs ready to eat with any kind of rice.
7. Don't forget to add corriander leaves before you switch OFF the stove.

Enjoy cooking and have fun eating it.

Green Peas/Mutter Kofta's Recipe.

I tried this out very recently, it came out very well. I hope ya'll too try it and like this dish.

Ingredients:

1 cup Frozen or Fresh Peas/Mutter
1/2 cup Corriander Leaves
1/4 cup Mint/pudina Leaves
4 Tbsp Basin
2 Onions cut into small pieces
3/4 cup Tomato Pure
1/2 cup Coconut Milk
1 Tspn Ginger
1 Tspn Garlic
1 Tspn Ginger-Garlic Paste
1/2 Tspn Turmeric Powder
1 Tspn Red Mirchi Powder
5-6 Green Mirchi
1 Tspn Cumin Seeds
1/2 Tspn Garam Masala
Salt to Taste
1/4 Tspn of Baking Soda

Koftas Recipe:

1. In a Mixi Jar, take Green Peas, Corriander Leaves, Mint Leaves, Green Mirchi, Ginger & Garlic and grind it till they are half done like kaccha pacca types w/o adding any water to it. This stuff will be in nice green colour.
2. Put this stuff in a bowl, add Besan, Salt, Soda and mix it properly.
3. Make very small balls of this and deep fry in oil in a low flame till they are done. In the process of frying the balls change their colour from green to brownish. This indicates that the frying is done. Keep them aside.

Gravy Recipe:

1. Take a pan, add lil oil and cumin seeds in it. Once the seeds start spluttering add onions and fry till they turn golden brown.
2. Add Ginger Garlic paste, Turmeric powder, Red mirchi powder and mix well.
3. Add the Tomato pure and boil it till oil comes out of it.
4. Add 3/4 cup of water to the gravy and boil well.
5. Add Salt & Garam Masala and mix well again.
6. Add Coconut Milk and let the gravy boil.
7. Once the gravy starts boiling add the koftas to it, mix lightly, put the flame in LOW and cook for 5 minutes.
8. Add corriander Leaves and OFF the stove.

Eat along with Fried Rice, Jeera Rice, Chapaties, Paratha and enjoy eating.

TIP:  For a richer/classsier flavour you can add the paste of 15-20 Cashews and add it along with the Tomato Pure.

My First Attempt

Hi Fellas,
This is the first time I am starting to blog. Hope ya'll have fun reading by blog.

Let me tel you how I got intrest in writing a blog...Usually, I keep on looking for online recipes, and I come accross new recipes very often...so i thought let me put on few of my new recipes which I have tried from past 2 years. And here I come.