Monday, October 19, 2009

Rasmalai


Ingredients:

Paneer - 500 gms
Sugar - 400 gms
Milk - 2 ltr
Maida - 2 tbsp
Chopped Pistachio for garnishing

Preparation:

1.Mash paneer smoothly and add maida to it.Make it like soft dough.
2.Take small balls out of the dough and flatten them like small pooris.
3.Heat 200 gms of sugar with required water.Add flatten paneer pieces to sugar syrup and boil till paneer pieces absorb syrup.
4.Heat 2 litres of milk and boil till it becomes half in quantity(1 litre) then add remaining sugar to it.
5.Add prepared paneer pieces to boiled milk.Keep in refrigerator and serve when they are cool.

Garnish with chopped pistachio.Now tasty yummy Rasmalai is ready.Please post ur comments on this recipe

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Butter Idli


Ingredients:

Instant idli mix - 200 gms
Curd - 1 cup(whisk well)
Water - 1 cup
Chopped coriander - 1/2 cup
Butter - 1 stick
Cashew for garnishing

Preparation:

1.Combine instant idli mix,curd,chopped coriander and 1/2 stick butter in a bowl and keep aside for 5 minutes.
2.Grease the idli plates with butter then pour laddleful of idli mix into each impression.
3.Place cashew on top of each idli and steam cook it for 15 minutes

    Now butter idli is ready for serving.It is great with sambar or chutney.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Salt Biscuits


Ingredients:

Maida - 1 lb(1/2 kg)
Crisco Butter- 1/4 kg
Sugar - 50 gms(powdered)
Salt - 2 tsp
Ajwain(vamu) seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp

Preparation:

1.Mix maida and dalda in a bowl like bread powder(crumbs).
2.Add sugar powder,salt,ajwain seeds,cumin powder and water required for preparing dough.Knead the dough and keep it in a air tight container for 30 minutes.
3.Make small balls out of the dough and press them like small biscuits of same size.
4.Preheat the oven to 350F for 10 minutes.
5.Bake the biscuits in the oven for 20 minutes.

    Now Salt biscuits are ready.Serve as snack.Please post ur comments on this recipe.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Menthi Kura Pappu(Methi/Fenugreek Dal)




Ingredients:

Menthi Kura - 1 cup
Toor dal -1 cup(wash and soak in water for half an hour)
Onion -1(chopped)
Green chilli -10(slitted)
Tomato - 1(medium,chopped)
Small lemon size tamarind
Turmeric Powder -1 tsp
Salt as required

For the Tadka:

Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Cumin seeds -1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds -1/4 tsp
Red chilli -2
chana dal -1 tsp
Minced garlic - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Hing -1 pinch
Curry leaves -4
Oil -3 tbsp

Preparation:

1.Pressure cook all the ingredients untill 4 whistles.Allow it to cool untill all the pressure goes off.
2.Add salt and mash the dal with a spatula.Cook it for 5 minutes.
3.Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,Red chilli ,minced garlic,fenugreek seeds,hing,chana dal,urad dal and curry leaves.
4.Pour Tadka over the cooked dal .

         Garnish it with chopped coriander. Now Menthi kura pappu is ready for serving.Enjoy this recipe with ur family members.Please post ur comments on this recipe