Monday 30 December 2019

PICNIC PARTY THEME


Prep Time : 60 mins
Cooking Time : 60 mins
Serve : 6

Jeera rice,puri,chapati,garlic noodles,egg curry,sweet mango chutney,chole,chana dal,rice kheer,tamarind sweet chutney,banana,watermelon,water

INGREDIENTS
For jeera rice
Gobindbhog rice 1 cup
Water - 2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Clarified butter - 2 tbsp

For puri
wheat flour     -       2 cup
Salt   -  to taste
Carom seeds   -  1/4 tsp
Onion seeds -     1/4 tsp
Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
Clarified butter - for frying

For chapati
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
garlic noodles
 noodles  -  200 gms
Chilly garlic sauce - 2 tbsp
Chopped spring onion  -  2 - 3
Chopped carrot  -  2 tbsp
Chopped capsicum  -  1/2 cup
Garlic paste  -  1 tsp
Olive oil  -  3 tbsp
Salt  -  to taste

Egg curry
Boiled eggs - 4
Oil - 2 tbsp
Chopped onion - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Tomato paste - 2 tbsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Green chilly - 2 cut in slit
Curd - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cloves - 2 - 3
Green cardamom - 1
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Black pepper - 2 - 3
Salt - to taste
Coriander leaves - 1 tsp
sweet mango chutney
Raw mango  -   3
Whole red chilly  -  3
Grated coconut  -  1 cup
Asafoetida  - 1/4 tsp
Jaggery  -  2 cup
Kashmiri red chilly  - 1 tsp
Salt  -  to taste
Oil  -  2 tbsp

For chole
Chickpea      -       500 gms
Clarified butter / ghee    - 1 cup
Whole red chilly    -   2 - 3
Whole coriander seeds   -    1 tsp
Cumin seeds / jeera seeds      -  1 tsp
Chopped onion   -     2 medium
Ginger garlic paste     - 1 tsp
Black pepper    - 3 - 4
Cinnamon     -  1 inch stick
Mace / javitri    - 1 piece
Whole cloves  - 3 - 4
Green cardamom  -  4
Anardana / pomedranate seeds    -   1/2 tbsp
Tomato paste     -         1/2 cup
Chole masala powder    -   1 tsp
Turmeric powder   -  1/2 tsp
Salt      -  to taste
Chopped coriander leaves  - 1 tbsp
Baking powder   -      1  tbsp

chana dal
Bengal gram/chana dal  -  1 cup
Turmeric powder  -  1/2 tsp
Salt  -  to taste
Finely chopped onion  -  1
Grated ginger  -  1/2 tsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves  -  2 tbsp
Finely chopped green chilly  -  1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder  -  1/4 tsp
Finely chopped tomato  -  1
Oil  -  2 tbsp

rice kheer
Milk     - 5 cup
Rice   - 50 gms
Sugar     - 4 tbsp
Green cardamom    - 1/4 tsp
Roughly chopped cashew nuts  -   1 tsp
Roughly chopped almonds   - 1 tsp
Rose water   -  1 tsp
tamarind chutney
Tamarind  - 100 gms
Gud/jaggery - 250 gms
Black salt  -  1 tsp
Whole red chilly - 2
Cumin seeds  -  1 tbsp
Fenugrrek seeds  - 1/2 tsp
Mustard oil  - 2 tbsp

METHOD
For jeera rice
Take clarified butter in a pan.
Wash the gobindbhog rice and spread in the plate.
Add cumin seeds to crackle.
Now add rice and saute for 2 - 3 mins.
Add salt and water and cook in a high flame when it comes to boil cover the lid and cook for ten mins.
For puri
Take a large bowl  add all above listed ingredients
With the help of water make a soft dough.
Keep aside for 30 mins,again knead it.
Divide the dough into balls,roll out puris
Heat enough oil in a pan.
Place the puri lower the heat and fry till light brown.
chapati
Take a wheat flour,.
Make a soft dough with the help of little water.
Cover with muslin cloth and keep aside for 30 mins.
Divide the dough into lemon size balls.
Now roll this using rolling pin to make thin roti.
Heat tawa and make chapati
garlic noodles
Heat water in a pan ,add pinch of salt and one tbsp oil.
Add noodles and boil it,once boiled ,turn off the flame.
Wash the noodles in a cold water and strain it
Brush the oil into the noodles,add ,chilly garlic sauce and mix well.
Heat oil in a pan,add garlic paste and saute for one mins.
Add spring onion and all veggies and saute till crunchy in a high flame.
Now add boiled noodles and cook on a high flame for 3 - 4 mins
Add salt and mix well.
Egg curry
Heat oil in a pan and fry the boiled eggs in medium flame and remove it.
Now add cumin seeds,cloves,cinnamon,whole black pepper and cardamom to crackle.
Add onion paste and ginger garlic paste and saute for 4 - 5 mins
Add tomato paste and saute for one mins.
Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and two tbsp water and mix well.
Add curd and green chilly and saute until oil leaves the pan.
Add one cup of water and bring to boil.
Once boiled add boiled and fried eggs and salt and cook for 4 - 5 mins
Turn off the flame
sweet mango chutney
Wash and peel the mango and chop into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan and add mango pieces cook for one to two mins,now add grated coconut,whole.
 red chilly and asafoetida and cook for one mins
Add jaggery, kashmiri mirch powder and salt and cook till thick.
for chole
Dry roast whole red chilly,whole coriander seeds,green cardamom,whole cloves,cumin seeds,black pepper,mace and cinnamon and lastly add anardana / pomgranate seeds.
In a blender add all dry roasted garam masala to make a fine paste.
Soak chickpea over night and add 1 tbsp of baking powder.
Pressure cook with salt and 2 cup of water for 10 mins.
Drain the chickpea and store the water.
Heat clarified butter / ghee in a pan fry the sliced onion till brown.
Add ginger garlic paste,chole masala,turmeric powder and saute for 2 - 3 mins.
Add tomato paste and saute for 2 - 3 mins.
Add anardana /pomegranate seeds,salt and mix well.
Now add poiled chickpea and saute for 3 - 4 mins
Add chickpea water.
Add roasted garam masala and cook simmer for 10 mins.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
chana dal
Boil chana dal with salt and turmeric powder and three cup of water in a pressure cooker
Heat oil in a pan.
Add onion ginger and tomato and saute for 2 - 3 mins.
Add green chilly and coriander leaves and mix well.
Add boiled chana dal and cook for five mins.
Add garam masala powder and turn off the flame.
rice kheer
Boil milk in a heavy bottom vessel
Once boiled,keep it in a low flame
Add rice  and stir occasionally
Add sugar and mix well.
Add cardamom powder and roughly chopped cashew nuts ,almonds and rosr water and mix well.
Garnish with  almonds.

Tamarind chutney
Soak tamarind in warm water for half an hour.
Dry roast the whole red chilly,cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds
Once cooled to make a coarse powder.
Heat mustard oil in a pan.
Add jaggery in slow flame,when jaggery melt add tamarind and cook in a slow flame.
Add roasted powder and black salt in the tamarind pickle.
Cook for ten mins,when it gets thick turn off the flame







STRAWBERRY SOUP


Prep Time : 15 mins
Total Time : 15 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Chopped strawberry - 1 cup
Orange juice - 1/2 cup
Vanilla yogurt - 1/2 cup
Basil leaves - for garnishing
Cherry - for garnishing

METHOD
Wash and chop the strawberry.
Take a blender add all ingredients and pulse until smooth.
Pour the soup into bowl and garnish with cherry and basil leaves.








Sunday 29 December 2019

BLACK GRAM SOUP


Prep Time : 25 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Black gram - 1/2 cup soaked and boiled
Crushed garlic - 1 tsp
Crushed ginger - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Clarified butter - 1 tbsp

METHOD
Wash and soak black gram for 3 - 4 hours and boiled in a pressure cooker with two cup of water.
Once cooled open the lid and  make a paste of black gram and reserve the boiled black gram water
Heat clarified butter in a pan and add cumin seeds  to crackle.
Add ginger garlic and saute for few mins..
Add black gram paste and saute for 4 - 5 mins.
Now add boiled black gram water and bring to boil
Once boiled keep it in a slow flame and cook for ten mins
Add salt and black pepper powder and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.













Saturday 28 December 2019

CORN CUTLET


Prep Time : 25 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Boiled n mashed potato - 2
Sweet corn - 2 tbsp
Bread - 3 - 4
Finely chopped onion - 2 tbsp
Finely chopped capsicum - 2 tbsp
Finely chopped carrot - 2 tbsp
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
 Chilly flax - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
Oil - for frying

METHOD

Take a blender add bread pieces to make a bread crumbs.
Heat oil in a pan add onion and saute 2 - 3 mins now add carrot and capsicum and saute for few mins.
Add chilly flax and salt and mix well
Take a bowl add boiled n mashed potato,sweet corn,bread crumbs,ginger garlic paste,and fried carrot and capsicum and salt and mix well
Make a dough,and divide the dough into balls
Make a flat patties of medium thickness
Take a corn flour and half cup of water and make a thick batter.
Dip the corn cutlet into batter and coat with bread crumbs,repeat eat for two times.
Heat enough oil in a pan and deep fry until brown and crispy,serve hot.












STRAWBERRY CHUTNEY


Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Serve :6

INGREDIENTS
Strawberry - 250 gms
Sugar - 250 gms
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Panchphoren - 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

METHOD
Wash and chop the strawberry
Take a bowl add chopped strawberry,sugar,salt and lemon juice and mix well.
Keep aside for two hours.
Heat oil in a pan.add, panchphoren to crackle.
Add strawberry  and cook in a lower flame until sugar mix well and thick
Add red chilly powder and mix well.
Turn off the flame.













CORN AND VEGETABLE SOUP


Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 25 minbs
Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS
Sweet corn - 1/2 cup
French beans - 5 - 6 finely chopped
Cabbage - 1/2 cup finely chopped
Carrot - 1/2cup finely chopped
Capsicum - 1/2 cup finely chopped
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
White pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Butter - 2 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

METHOD
Take a pan add sweet corn,carrot,cabbage and capsicum and three cup of water and bring to boil.
Once boiled keep it in a low flame for fifteen mins.
Add corn flour and mix well.
Add sugar,salt and white pepper and mix well.
Add butter and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.