Friday, March 25, 2016

Vegetarian tacos

wBeans 1/2 container
Corns 1/2 container
Red and yellow bell pepper 1 medium sized each
1/2 red onion
Cherry tomatoes diced in 4 parts
1 green chilly
2-3 cloves of garlic
Salt
Cumin powder 2 tbsp
Olive oil 2 tbsp


Mix everything in a bowl and sauté and leave them for 15-20 min 

Roast in oven at 300 for 30 min and then turn to 400 for 10 more min 


Put in the refrigerator when gets down at room temperature
Take a taco and layer it as follows
Mixture
Grated Cheese
Lettuce
Guacamole
Hot salsa from la Victoria
Sour cream from daisy 


Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Achari paneer

Achari Paneer

Masala
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds/saunf
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds/rai or sarson
  • ½ tsp nigella seeds/kalonji
  • ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds/methi dana

other ingredients:
  • 200 to 250 grams paneer, choppped in cubes or squares
  • 1 cup fresh whole milk curd, 240 grams
  • 1.5 tsp ginger-green chili paste or ½ inch ginger + 1 or 2 green chilies
  • 2 dry red chilies
  • a generous pinch of asafoetida/hing
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped about ⅓ cup tightly packed chopped tomatoes, 75 to 80 grams of tomatoes
  • 10 to 12 cashews or 2 tbsp cashews or 2 tbsp cashew powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp red chili powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • ¼ tsp cumin powder (optional)
  • 1 or 2 tsp of mango pickle masala (optional)
  • 1 to 1.5 tbsp besan
  • ½ tsp kasuri methi/dry fenugreek leaves
  • 3 tbsp low fat cream
  • 2 tbsp rice bran oil or sunflower oil or mustard oil or ghee
  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp chopped mint leaves
  • salt as required

Roast the masala and keep it aside
Add besan to the curd and make a good paste by stirring a lot. 
You can skip the cream garnishing part 

Monday, December 21, 2015

Sesame grilled vegetable sandwich

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Ingredients
  • Fine chopped bell pepper or capsicum: ¼ cup,
  • Boiled mashed potato: ¼ cup,
  • Fine chopped green chillies: 2,
  • Coriander leaves: 2 tbsp,
  • Fine chopped onions: ¼ cup,
  • Grated mozzarella cheese: ¼ cup,
  • Black pepper powder,
  • Sesame seeds: 1 tbsp,
  • Butter, Salt,
  • Lemon juice: 1 tsp,
  • Bread slices: 4

Instructions
  1. In a bowl, mix together bell peppers, onions, mashed potatoes, cheese, little salt, black pepper powder, green chilly, coriander leaves and lemon juice.
  2. Take a bread slice and put generous amount of stuffing on it.
  3. Cover it with other piece and apply butter on top. Sprinkle some sesame seeds and use same butter knife and rub over the seeds so that they get stick to the bread.
  4. Heat pan at medium heat and put butter side down. Put some weight on the sandwich as shown in the video to make it crispy.
  5. Let it cook for few minutes then put butter and sesame seeds on this side too and flip the sandwich.
  6. Once sandwich is nice brown and crispy from both the sides take it out.
  7. Sandwich is ready to serve.
  8. Cut it in two pieces and serve this sandwich with chutney or ketchup

Monday, December 14, 2015

Upma

Rava coarse and dry roasted only
Oil 
Mustard seeds
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Spatter Chana urad daal
Red chilies 
Peanuts roast
Onion chopped
Stir
Veggies chopped
Salt 
Grated or julienne ginger and slit green chillies
Add water twice of rava
Bring it to boil . Turn the gas to low flame. 
Add rava slowly and keep stirring in one direction.
Cover the lid and just slow down the gas.
Let the rava get cooked for less than 5 min
Now open and add ghee and squeeze a lemon on the top and mix It well to check for any lump. 
Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with peanut chutney.


Peanut chutney

Oil
Mustard seeds 
Asafoetida
Peanuts roast properly
Chana daal(half of peanuts) roast
Urad daal
Red chillies
Green chillies if you want
Ginger
In the end 
Add Tamarind juice or paste
Salt

Grind it all in a smooth paste. 



Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Brown rice dosa batter

Brown Rice Dosa

   Ingredients needed

   Brown Rice -2 cups
   Idly Par boiled rice -1 cup
   Whole Urad dal -1 cup
   Fenugreek seeds -1 tsp
   Poha -1 fist 
   Salt as needed

Grind the rice and daal separately and then grind them together for a consistent batter. Place the batter under the oven light for 8-10 hrs and helps in fermentation. 


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Bharwa tinda

आवश्यक सामग्री - Ingredients for Bharwa Tinda

  • छोटे छोटे टिन्डे -  500 ग्राम या 10-12 टिन्डे मीडियम आकार के
  • तेल -  2- 3 टेबल स्पून
  • हींग -   1 पिन्च
  • हल्दी -  1/2 छोटी चम्मच
  • लाल मिर्च पाउडर -  1/4  छोटी चम्मच
  • अमचूर पाउडर -  1/2 छोटी चम्मच
  • गरम मसाला -   1/4 छोटी चम्मच
  • धनियाँ पाउडर -  2 छोटी चम्मच
  • सोंफ पाउडर -  2 छोटी चम्मच
  • जीरा पाउडर - 1 छोटी चम्मच
  • हरी मिर्च -  2 ( बारीक कतरी हुई )
  • नमक -  स्वादानुसार या 3/4 छोटी चम्मच
  • हरा धनियाँ -   2 टेबल स्पून ( बारीक कटा हुआ )