Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Recipe : Bhel Makai Ka

Ingredients :
3 teacups cooked corn
4 boiled potatoes
2 onions
chopped2 tomatoes
chopped6 green chillies
chopped1 tsp jeera
4 tbsp coriander
chopped a pinch asafoetida
juice of 2 lemons
6 tbsp oil
4 tsp sugar
salt to taste
For decoration :
1 teacup sev,
4 tbsp chopped coriander
½ grated fresh coconut

Method :
1.Boil the corncobs in a pressure cooker until the corn becomes tender.
2.Take out the corn from the cobs using a sharp knife.
3.Chop the potatoes into small cubes.
4.In a broad vessel, heat the oil and jeera.
5.Put the onions, tomatoes and asafoetida and sauté for a few minutes. Put the corn, potatoes, green chillies, coriander, lemon juice, sugar and salt.
6. Cook for a few minutes.

How to serve :
Spread the bhel in a serving dish.
Decorate with the sev, coriander and grated coconut.
Ready to serve hot.

Recipe : Bread Balls

Ingredients :
4 potatoes
1 carrot
½ cup green peas
1 onion
4-5 hot pepper
chopped Juice from one fresh lemon
¼ tsp grated ginger
20 slices of brown bread
Oil for frying
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander

Method :
1.Boil Potatoes, remove skin and mash them coarsely.
2. Chop carrots fine and cook (Microwave) it along with green peas till tender. Mix together. 3.Chop onion and hot pepper fine.
4.Heat little oil and saute till the former is transparent and then add hot pepper and ginger. 5.Remove from fire; add this to the potato mixture along with, coriander, salt and lemon juice. 6.Mix well and make 20 small lime size balls. Keep them aside.
7.Keep a plate of water ready and barely dip the ends of bread slice on both sides.
8. Press it between your palms and squeeze the excess water out without spoiling the shape of bread slice.
9.Now place a potato ball inside and fold the bread over and press it like you make a snowball. 10.Do the same with all bread slices. Deep fry a few at a time.

Recipe : Aloo Tikki

Ingredients :
4 potatoes(aloo)
4 green chillies
A handful fried peanuts
Salt to taste
1 onion
¼ cup oil

Method :
1.Chop the onion into fine pieces.
2. Boil potatoes peel the skin off & mash it.
3.Add this to the onion along with chopped green chillies salt & lightly powdered peanuts.
4.Mix all this and make small balls from these & press each of them lightly to form a circular shape.
5.Sprinkle oil on tava, add these tikkis to it, sprinkle oil as desired and fry them on the tava.

Recipe : Aloo Tikki

Ingredients :
4 potatoes(aloo)
4 green chillies
A handful fried peanuts
Salt to taste
1 onion
¼ cup oil

Method :
1.Chop the onion into fine pieces.
2. Boil potatoes peel the skin off & mash it.
3.Add this to the onion along with chopped green chillies salt & lightly powdered peanuts.
4.Mix all this and make small balls from these & press each of them lightly to form a circular shape.
5.Sprinkle oil on tava, add these tikkis to it, sprinkle oil as desired and fry them on the tava.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Recipe : Banana Ice- Cream

Ingredients :
6 bananas
2 litres milk
4 tbsp sugar
2 eggs

Method :
1.Boil milk on low flame till it becomes thick.
2. Remove it and cool.
3. Peal off bananas and smash them.
4.Add sugar, little milk and grind them in the mixture.
5. Beat eggs and mix it add banana shake into thickened milk.
6.Mix well.
7.Refrigerate it in a bowl for 5 to 6 hours or till it is set.

Recipe : Chatpati Salad

Ingredients :
2 no cucumber
2 no tomatoes
6 no carrots
1 medium onion
½ bunch cilantro
2 small green chillies
5 peanut bhujiya
chat masala
Salt to taste
Cheese cubes

Method :
1.Cut Cucumbers, Tomatoes into small pieces, chop Carrots, Onions, Cilantro very finely and ground the green chillies.
2.Mix all the above Vegetable together and refrigerate and just before serving add the remaining ingredients.

Recipe : Coconut Burfi

Ingredients :
3 cups coconut gratings
3 cups sugar
4 tsp ghee
3 cardamom pods
15 cashewnuts

Method :
1.Grind coconut gratings with cashewnut bits, without adding water.
2.Mix sugar with ½ cup of water in a vessel and heat till syrup is formed that can be drawn into strings.
3.Add the ground mixture to the syrup and turn over constantly till the blend thickens a bit. 4.Then add 2 tsps ghee and continue turning over till it forms a lump.
5.Remove from flame.Flatten the blend on a wooden board, smeared with ghee, evenly to ¾" thickness.
6.Cut into pieces of desired size of square/diamond shape, using a spatula (or dosa lifter), when still warm.
7.Separate the pieces and store in a container, when cool.