Monday 31 July 2023

SMOKED BAINGAN BHARTA

 


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


 INGREDIENTS
Bharta baingan - 1 large
Tomato - 2
Chopped onion - 1
Chopped green chily - 2
Chopped garlic cloves - 3 - 4
Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

METHOD

Wash and clean the baingan and tomato
Stalk trimmed and partially slit into quarters and prick the baingan
Grease some oil on the baingan and tomato
Now keep the baingan into the gas flame for eight mins and tomato for 3 mins and now remove the sides. and cook for few mins. 
Cool down for some time,remove the skin of the baingan and tomato and mash it
Heat oil in the pain and add chopped onion and stir continuously until transparent,add garlic cloves and green chilly  and mix well.
Now add mashed baingan and tomato and mix well.
Add kashmiri red chilly and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve

 





ALOO PARATHA

 


Prep Time :30 mins

 Cooking Time : 30 mins
 Serve : 3

 INGREDIENTS
 Wheat flour - 1 cup
 Finely chopped onion - 1
 Finely chopped green chilly - 2
 Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
 Boiled n mashed potato - 1 cup
 Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
 Coriander powder - 1 tsp
 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
 Carom seeds - 1/4 tsp
 Onion seeds - 1/4 tsp
 Salt - to taste
 Oil - 2 tbsp
 Butter - 50 gms
 Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

 METHOD
 Take a large bowl mix wheat flour,carom seeds,onion seeds,salt and one tsp oil to make a soft dough. Keep aside for 30 mins Heat one tbsp oil in a pan,add onion and fry till golden brown.
 Add ginger garlic paste and saute for one mins.
 Add all spices and mix well.
 Now add boiled and mashed potato and salt and mix well
 Turn off the flame.
 Now stuffing is ready
 Divide the dough into equal parts and roll out.
 Stuff the filling in the dough and roll into balls.
 Flatter the balls into thick round shape paratha.
 Grease the pan with little clarified butter and heat on a medium flame .
 Aloo Paratha is ready to eat.
 Serve garma garam parathas with baingan bharta and green coriander chutney.









CHEENA PAYESH



Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cooking Time : 20 mins
 Serve : 2

 INGREDIENTS
 Milk - 500 ml.
 Chenna  - 200 gms
Sugar - 3 tbsp
 Saffron - few strands
 Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
 Cherry - for garnishing

 METHOD
 Boil milk in a heavy bottom vessel
. Once boiled keep it in a low flame.
 Reduce milk in a half quantity
. Add sugar and saffron strands and mix well.
Mash the cheena very well and make small balls.
 Add cheena balls and cardamom powder and mix well
 

 














Wednesday 26 July 2023

CUSTARD ICECREAM



Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins
Serve : 2

INGREDIENTS
Milk - 500 ml
Milk powder - 4 tbsp
Fresh cream  -  1 cup
Custard powder - 2 tsp
Sugar - 4 tbsp
Mango chunks - 1/2 c up

METHOD
Heat milk in a heavy bottom vessel,once boiled keep it in a low flame.
Add milk powder and sugar and stir continuously until thick.
Mix custard powder into cold milk and add  into thick milk and mix well.
Turn off the flame,once cooled to add fresh cream and churn into churner and keep into freezer.
After 4 - 5 hours again churn into churner and mix mango chunks and pour the mixture into air tight container and keep in the freezer.
 Enjoy custard icecream.


 










MALPUA

 


Prep Time :30 mins

 Cooking Time :30 mins
 Serves  :6

 INGREDIENTS
 For the batter
 Maida - 1/2 cup 
Suji - 1/4 cup
 Corn flour - 2 tbsp 
Milk- 2 cup 
Ghee for frying
 Raisins- 2 tbsp
 Crushed cashew nut- 2 tbsp
 For the syrup
 Sugar- 400 gms
 Water- 100 ml
 Green cardamom - 1
 Crushed almonds - for garnishing

 METHOD
 Make a smooth batter with the listed ingredients.
 Mix the sugar into the water and make the sugar syrup.
 And add the green cardamom powder in the sugar syrup . 
Heat the ghee in a non stick pan.
 Reduce the flame into medium .
 Pour 1 tbsp of batter into ghee and cook till golden brown.
 Strain and soak the malpuas in the sugar syrup
 Ready to eat garma garam malpua garnish with crushed almonds.









CHAMCHAM

 




Prep Time : 25 mins
 Cooking Time : 20 mins
 Serve : 8


 INGREDIENTS
 Milk - 5 cup
 Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
 Sugar - 2 cup
 Water - 4 cup
 Green cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
 Saffron - few strands

 METHOD
 For making malai cham cham we need to prepare cheena / cottage cheese.from five cup of milk
. Boil milk in a heavy bottom vessel once boiled turn off the flame and add lemon juice after some time milk is fully curdled
. We strain the paneer in a muslin cloth and keep it for one to two hours now we get soft paneer
 We mashed the cheena / cottage cheese very well and make a soft and smooth dough.
 Divide the dough in 8 equal size balls.
 Roll each ball between your palms.
 Shape each ball to flat patties of medium thickness
. Now we take pan and add sugar and water and bring to boil,once boiled add paneer balls few saffron strands and cardamom powder and cover with lid and cook for ten mins..
 Once cooled,we open the lid,the paneer ball should be floating on the syrup and its size should be double.
 Serve chilled.