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Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Chicken Dishes, Starters, Thai Dishes

From past many days i had not posted any dish from Thai cuisine so i am posting today the famous starter from Thai cuisine " Chicken Satay".....This most popular starter is very easy to prepare...i have used few spices to make it little more spicy then usual, you can skip them if you do not want it spicy....Enjoy this tasty starter with peanut sauce, its a very kewl combo...:-)

INGREDIENTS:

FOR CHICKEN SATAY:

250 grams boneless chicken breasts( cut in thin long strips)
1 table spoon fresh garlic paste
1-2 tea spoon brown sugar(demerera sugar)
1 table spoon lemon juice
1-2 table spoon thick coconut milk
2 tea spoon soya sauce
1/2 tea spoon cumin powder(optional)
1 tea spoon coriander powder(optional)
1 tea spoon chilli powder(optional)
1/4 tea spoon pepper powder(optional)
salt
5-6 satay sticks

FOR PEANUT SAUCE:

1 cup roasted peanuts
1 cup coconut milk
2 tea spoon brown sugar
2 tea spoon soya sauce
1/4-1/2 tea spoon chilli powder
1 tea spoon lemon juice(optional)
2-3 garlic cloves
2 tea spoon butter
1 tea spoon oil
salt

METHOD:

Take the chicken strips in a bowl. Add garlic paste, salt,brown sugar,lemon juice,soya sauce, all the spices and coconut milk and mix.Apply it well on the chicken strips.Keep it for marination for an hour or two in a refrigerator.

After marination thread the marinated chicken strips into satay sticks.Heat a griddle plate and put little oil on it.Place the threaded satay sticks on the griddle plate.Pour some of the excess marinade over the chicken and cook on all sides till cooked and fully brown.

For peanut sauce put roasted peanuts in the grinder and pulse them to fine pieces then add brown sugar,soya sauce,chilli powder,garlic cloves,butter, oil and little coconut milk.Grind it to fine paste, add remaining coconut milk and grind it until you get a fine paste of saucy consistency

Serve hot chicken satay with this peanut sauce.

Preparation Time: 30 mins

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Choley-Bhature...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Evening Snacks, Gravy dishes

Choley along with bhatures is a very special combo from punjabi cuisine...Its one of the famous breakfast in north india....Even i am a big fan of this unbeatable combo...so i decided of posting it. There are many versions of choley which i prepare but today i am posting the punjabi version of it which goes very well with bhature.So njoy this tasty combo:-))

INGREDIENTS:

FOR CHOLEY:

2-3 cups chikpeas(Soaked for 8 hours and then pressure cooked till done)
2 sliced onions
1 cup paste of raw onions(may be 2-3 onions)
3/4 cup tomato puree
2 tea spoon ginger-garlic paste
1 table spoon choley masala
1-2 tea spoon chilli powder
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
1/4 tea spoon cumin powder
1/4 tea spoon amchur powder
1/4 tea spoon chat masala(optional)
2 tea spoon kasoori methi
2 slitted green chillis
1 tea spoon sugar
black salt
salt
oil

FOR BHATURE:

2 cups maida
1/4 cup fine semolina
1 tea spoon active dry yeast
2-3 table spoon yogurt
2 tea spoon kasoori methi(optional)
milk
salt
oil

METHOD:

Heat a kadai and add little oil.Saute the sliced onions till brown.Add pinch of salt while sauting them so the browning process takes place faster.Saute them till brown and keep them aside.

Heat another kadai and add little oil, then add paste of raw onions and saute it for 2 mins.Then add ginger-garlic paste and saute again for few mins till the raw smell goes.Then add corainder powder,chilli powder, choley masala and saute till oil separates from the mixture.

Then add tomato puree,turmeric powder,cumin powder and slitted green chillis and saute for 2 mins.Now add the boiled chikpeas and stir well.Let the mixture boil.Then add salt, sugar, black salt and amchur and simmer for 5 mins.Finally add chat masala and kasoori methi and remove from flame.

Now to make bhature take maida in a big bowl,mix fine semolina ,kassori methi and salt with it . Take little warn water in small bowl, add sugar to it and add active dry yeast and cover it for 10 mins.When froth is come, its ready to use.Add this yeast and little oil to the maida-semolina mixture.Add yogurt to it and mix well.Finally kned it into soft dough using milk.Close and keep it aside in a warm place for 2-3 hours.You can prepare this dough before and then go ahead with choley preparation.

Now after 2 hours the dough will rise to double its size.Now heat lots of oil in a kadai.Make small lemon size balls of this dough and roll them into small puris..Do not make them as thin as puris, they need to be little thick approx 3-4 mm.Now fry this in hot oil, do not make them brown as bhaturas are always while, so fry them till done and remove them on kitchen towel.

Serve this hot bhaturas with choley.

Preparation Time: 50 mins

NOTE:If you do not have black salt, you can prepare it without it...but addition of it gives a very nice taste.

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Mushroom Risotto...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Mushroom Dishes, Rice Dishes

"Risotto"is one of the most popular dish in Italian cuisine...so how can i miss it posting in my blog. So i am posting this mushroom risotto recipe today, which i prepare frequently...its a very simple and easy one.If you do not get arborio rice you can use short grained basmati rice instead. I have used mushroom soup powder which gives a very nice taste and even the flavor of mushroom is infused well.Give it a try and i am sure you will love it.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup arborio rice(or short grain basmati rice)
3/4 cup chopped mushrooms
2-3 table spoon mushroom soup powder
1 small chopped onion
1 table spoon finely chopped garlic
1 bay leaf
few strands of fresh thyme
1 cube of vegetable seasoning powder
2 tea spoon fresh cream
2 tea spoon butter
20 ml juice of fresh grapes(optional)
2 -3 table spoon grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 tea spoon freshly ground pepper
olive oil
salt

METHOD:

Heat a thick bottomed vessel.Add little olive oil in it and add chopped garlic and saute for 2 mins.Better if u use wooden spoon for it.Then add 1 bay leaf and few strands of fresh thyme and saute for few seconds.Now add the chopped onion and saute for few mins till its soft.

Meanwhile you can make the mushroom stalk.Mix the mushroom soup powder with 5 cups of water, stir it properly so that no lumps are formed.Heat this mixture for 4-5 mins till it gets mixed properly and thickens a bit.

Now when the onion is sauted well and is soft enough add the chopped mushrooms and saute them for few mins till they are done.Now add the grapes juice and cook till its fully absorbed by the mushrooms.Then add the rice and half amount of mushroom stalk which was prepared earlier.After few mins add the remaining mushroom stalk and vegetable seasoning powder and close and cook for 15-20 mins on low flame.

After 15-20 mins the rice need to be fully cooked and mushy.All the water need to be dried up.Then add little salt if required as seasoning powder,stalk and cheese already contains it.Add butter, fresh cream and grated parmesan cheese and mix it well.Cook for 1 min and add pepper powder and mix a bit and remove from flame.

Garnish with fresh parsley and serve it hot.

Preparation Time 30 mins

NOTE: Always use a thick bottomed vessel for it , or else the rice might get burned in the cooking process.
Use the ready-made available mushroom soup powder it gives a nice taste and flavour.
If you do not get fresh grapes juice, no problem you can follow the rest recipe or use white wine instead.Use of fresh grape juice gives a nice taste to mushrooms
For 1 cup of rice use of 5 cups of mushroom stalk is necessary.

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Achari Paneer Tikka...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Kebabs N Rolls, Paneer Dishes, Starters

I am a big fan of tikkas and kebabs and trying them with different flavours is a very interesting task.So i made this "Achari Paneer Tikka" recently by using achar masala(Pickle spice powder) and some regular ingredients.Pickle is a must with food in many regions of India , so why not use it to make some other tasty dishes.This is a very quick,easy and tasty starter.I added whatever spices i found to make it more spicy but it will get its main taste from the achar/pickle spice powder.You can use any achar/pickle powder for it.I have used a homemade pickle spice powder, but if you do not have homemade achar/pickle powder you can even use readymade pickle spice powder as its very easily available in stores.

INGREDIENTS:

250 grams paneer (cottage cheese)
2 capsicum
2 tomatoes
1 cup yogurt
1 table spoon of homemade/readymade achar masala(Pickle spice powder)
1 tea spoon chilli powder(optional)
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon amchur powder(dry mango powder)
1 tea spoon cumin powder
1/2 tea spoon chat masala
1/2 teaspoon sugar
salt
oil

METHOD:

Put the yogurt in a muslin cloth and tie a knot.Hung it for 1 hour so that all the water drips down from it.Cut the paneer intoone inch cubes.Similarly cut capsicum and tomatoes in one inch square pieces.

Take the hung yogurt in a bowl.Add chilli powder, turmeric powder,cumin powder,amchur powder, chat masala and achar/pickle spice powder,sugar and salt to it.Mix it well so that the spices get distributed evenly.Add the amount of spices according to your taste.Add 2 tea spoon oil also and mix.Marinade is ready.

Now take the paneer cubes and chopped tomato and capsicum pieces in a big bowl.Add the marinade mixture to it ans mix it well..Apply the marinade gently to the paneer cubes or else they tend to break.

Take some satay/skewer sticks.Take one stick and thread alternate layers of marinated capsicum, paneer cube and tomato.Repeat it with the other sticks.

Heat a tawa/griddle with little oil or a stone griller or tandoor and grill it for 2-3 mins on each side till done.

Serve hot.

Preparation Time: 20 mins

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Chinese Fritters(Pakodas)...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Chicken Dishes, Evening Snacks

In this daysits a real treat to have hot pakodas/fritters with a cup of hot masala tea or coffee when its raining heavily outside.But sometimes you get bored with the same taste of pakodas,so i am here with some different type of pakodas.Chinese pakodas.I like chinese food sometimes, so decided to prepare chinese pakodas using all ingredients used for chinese cooking and outcome was superb.Got very cripsy, little spicy and tasty pakodas.I am sure if you all try this chinese fritters, you all will love them.

INGREDIENTS:

11/2 cup shredded cabbage
1/2 cup grated carrot
3/4 cup sliced capsicum(thin long slices)
50 grams hakka noodles
2 table spoon rice flour
2 table spoon besan(cheakpea flour)
1/2 cup cornflour
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce ( or soya sauce + chilli sauce)
1 tea spoon chilli flakes
1 table spoon schezwan sauce
2 table spoon roasted sesame seeds
2 tea spoon tomato ketchup
1 tea spoon sugar
salt
oil

METHOD:

Heat water in a utensil and when it starts boiling add salt and 1 tea spoon oil.Then add the noodles and cook till done.Drain thee water and keep them under running cold water.Let them cool.

Take a bowl and take all the sliced vegetables in it.Mix them well and then add worcestershire sauce,chilli flakes, schezwan sauce, sugar, salt, tomato ketchup and mix it well so that all the veges get coated well with the sauces.

Then add rice flour and besan and mix it well again.Add boiled noodles and mix them well with the mix.Noodles help to bind the mixture well as well they give a good taste.Now when the mixture is evenly mixed add the cornflour.Add the cornflour just to get a perfect binding means proper firm balls must be made of the mixture. You can increase or decrease the amount of cornflour added.

Heat oil and make put 1 table spoon of mixture at a time to form small fritters.Fry them till little golden brown and crispy.

Serve them hot with tomato sweet-chilli sauce.

Preparation Time: 20 mins

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Creamy Mushroom Soup...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Mushroom Dishes, Soups

Hi my dear friends...hope u all r doing well...i was not able to post from last many days, but now i will try to be regular...Rainy season has started here in Goa and its been raining heavily from past couple of days here, so what can be better than a hot soup on a cold rainy evening.I have made this mushroom soup using very few and easily available ingredients...Enjoy this hot tasty soup in this rainy days.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups sliced button mushrooms
2 sliced onions
1 tea spoon fresh grated ginger
1/2 cup milk
2-3 tea spoon cornflour
2 table spoons of butter
4-5 cups vegetable/chicken stalk(or 1 vegetable seasoning powder cube)
1 tea spoon fresh pepper powder
salt
parsley(optional)
grated cheese(optional)

METHOD:

Heat a pan and add little butter, then saute the sliced onions on it till soft and then add 1n1/2 cups of sliced mushrooms and ginger and saute till they become soft and onion becomes brown.Add cornflour to the milk and stir it.Add this paste to the sauted onions and mushrooms and cook for 3-4 mins stiring countinously.

Let this mixture get cooled.Then grind it to a fine paste.Add vegetable/chicken stalk to it and mix it.Cook it on a medium flame for few mins.Add salt and pepper powder according to your taste.Cook till this mixture gets boiled and gets the required soup consistency.

Heat the remaining butter in a pan.Shallow fry the remaining sliced mushrooms till brown and crisp on both sides.

When the soup is ready garnish it with parsley, grated cheese and crisp fried mushrooms.Serve hot.

Preparation Time : 15 mins

NOTE: If vegetable stalk is not available, add the vegetable seasoning cube powder to water and cook it for 3-4 mins and then use it as stalk.

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First Blog Anniversary With Chocolate Ganache Cake(Eggless)...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Cakes N Cookies, Desserts

Hello my dear blogger friends....My blog turns out one today so i am very happy....One year went so fast, in this time i got many new friends cause of it and got to learn many new things also.So on this happy occasion i have a special chocolate ganche cake for you all.I am not a cake expert and i am very new to icing cakes so i have made this cake very simple.I had made this cake few weeks back and had not got time to post it , but now happy as got a better chance to post it....I am not a expert in cake icing, m just in the begining phase so did what ever felt for this cake.I had some special kids as my guests so wanted to make something chocolaty, so made this cake.I had just 2 hours to make it.I made the cake and it took time to get cooled so i had just 15 mins for the icing so did whatever i felt.I first gave a layer of vanilla butter cream icing at its sides and then poured hot ganche over it.Had not time to cool the ganache fully so it dripped down till the end of of the edge or else it had to be on half of the edge only.I mostly prefer eggless cake and loved this cake.The basic sponge had turned out very soft and with ganache it tasted superb.

INGREDIENTS:

For The Rich Eggless Chocolate sponge

200 gms condensed milk
1/2 cup milk
1 cup(100 gms) maida(flour)
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup(75 gms) oil
1 tea spoon baking powder
1/2 tea spoon baking soda
1 tea spoon vanilla essence

METHOD:

I had followed this main chocolate sponge recipe from nita mehtas cakes and cookies and it turned out really soft and tasty.Sieve flour, baking powder and baking soda together.keep it aside.In a big bowl beat oil, sugar, essence till well mixed. Add cocoa powder and beat again.Add milk and condensed milk and again beat well.Sometimes the mixture tends to curdle up so that time beat it over hot water.

Now add flour in two-three batches, mixing well after each addition.Beat for 4-5 mins till mixture is light and fluffy and of soft dropping consistency.Can add more milk to adjust its consistency.

grease a 6 inch round tin and preheat the oven to 150 degrees.Pout this batter in this greased tin and bake at 150 degrees for 55-60 mins.Insert knife and check if it comes out clean.After 5-10 mins invert it on wire rack and cool.Below i have put a pic of baked chocolate sponge.

CAKE ICING

For Vanila Butter-Cream Icing:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter(at room temp)
2 table spoon clarified ghee
2 table spoon low fat fresh cream
3-4 table spoon powdered sugar
3-4 table spoon icing sugar
1 tea spoon vanila essence

Method:

First cut the cake in the center to form to round slices.Whip all ingredients in the frosting until thick and frosting holds peaks.Apply a layer of butter cream icing on the lower half of the cake and close the other half on top of it.Apply the remaining butter-cream frosting on the side of the cake using a spatulla.Level it to form a uniform layer.Refrigerate it for 20 mins.

For Ganache:

150 grams dark cooking chocolate cut in small pieces
100grams fresh cream( i used amul low fat cream)

For Other Icing:

Glazed cherries
cashewnut cut in thin shivers or grated white chocolate
dark chocolate shaving

Method:

Heat cream using water bath and then when it just starts boiling add the chocolate pieces and let them melt fully.Mix nicely to remove all lumps.Let it cool for 10 mins.

Remove the cake from refrigerator.Apply little ganache on top.This layer is important as it helps to make the top layer smooth.Spread it nicely on top, do not allow it to drip down now.Refrigerate it for 10 mins.Pic of this stage i have shown below.

Then remove the cake out and pour the ganache generously on the top of the cake.Let it flow down the vanilla-buttercream icing naturally to form a beautiful pattern.It should a smooth layer on top.

Refrigerate it for 10 more mins and then sprinkle thin slices of cashewnuts along its border and then decorate it with remaining vanila buttercream icing , galzed cherries and chocolate shavings.

Enjoy the cake...

Preparation Time : 3 hours

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Kokum Tender Coconut Ice-Cream...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Desserts, Ice-Creams N Puddings

Well i have not be able to post from quite some days now...I am soo busy that i even miss my regular blog hopping...but i will try to be on track now...So how r you all?...Summer is still in its peak so i am back with a ice-cream to beat the summer heat....but this time i have made this ice-cream combining some different flavours...Tender coconut ice-cream is very famous..so i made ice-cream using tender coconut and also added little kokum extract(A very famous syrup in western india made from a fruit used for making drinks and also some other dishes specially along the konkan sea coast ) to it to enhance its taste and flavour.Kokum is also a natural body cooling agent like khus,cumin etc, for more details you can refer here.This ice -cream was a very tasty and unique one...tender coconut gave it a sweet and juicy taste and kokum syrup gave little sour taste and a nice flavour along with a little pink tint too.

INGREDIENTS:

1 litre whole milk
1 n 1/4 cup sugar
1 cup tender coconut flesh cut n small pieces
2 table spoon dessicated coconut
2 table spoon kokum extract(or kokum syrup)
1/2 cup fresh cream
2 tea spoon corn flour

METHOD:

Boil the milk and then reduce the flame and cook it till it gets reduced to half.Cook on low flame with stirring countinously till it reduces to 500ml. Then add sugar and stir it.After 2 mins add dessicated coconut and mix it well in it.

Mix 2 tea spoon cornflour in 3 table spoon milk and add to the above mixture.Stir and cook till it gets thicker.Cool this mixture for one hour.Add kokum extract and fresh cream and blend it in a hand blender for 2 mins.Finally add tender coconut flesh pieces and mix it well.

Put it in a mould and freeze for 6-7 hours.Remove scoops and serve it.You can even drizzle some kokum syrup and serve it.

Preparation Time: 8 hours

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Array Of Summer Coolers...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Beverages N Drinks(non alcoholic), Summer Drinks.

Summer has reached its peak so i am posting some refreshing and cooling mocktails and shakes which are made by combining different flavours.

GREEN LADY

A very refreshing and eyecatChing mocktail made by using khus syrup and lemonade gives a very refreshing and cooling effect in summer.

Ingredients:
500 ml lemonade
2-3 table spoons of khus syrup
2 table spoon lemon juice
pinch of salt
ice cubes
sugar(optional)

Method:
Mix together khus syrup, salt and lemon juice. Add crushed ice and lemonade and mix.Pour in two glasses and add ice cubes and serve immediately.

MANGO SHAKE

Well how can i miss the very famous mango shake in season of mangoes.This is a very simple yet refreshing shake.

Ingredients:

1 ripe mango( or 1 cup canned mango pulp)
300 ml chilled milk
sugar
cardomom powder
ice cubes(optional)

Method:
If using ripe mango, puree it.I use Goan special breed of mango called "mankurad" which is very famous in Goa
Mix everthing in a blend and blend to a smooth shake.Add more milk if its too thick.Serve chilled.

LAVA FLOW

A delightful and filling mocktail with strawberries, bananas, pineapple, and coconut milk.Its a very unusuall combo , but taste is really good.

Ingredients:

1 medium ripe banana mashed

1/2 cup strawberry crush

200ml coconut milk

2 tablespoon fresh cream

200 ml fresh pineapple juice

2 table spoon chopped fresh pineapple

few fresh mint leaves

canned cherries

crushed ice

Method:

Take the banana pieces, strawberry crush in a blender.Add coconut milk and blend till smooth. Add pineapple cubes to the banana mixture, keeping a few aside for garnish and blend again.Add fresh cream and pineapple juice and ice. Blend further. Crush few leaves of mint and add to the mixture. Pour into glasses.

Serve chilled.

KOKUM PINEAPPLE PUNCH

This refreshing mocktail with a little Goan touch by using kokum syrup and spiced with ginger and cumin along with coconut water is a very colling and refreshing one.

Ingredients:

100 ml tender coconut water
150 ml pineapple juice
2 table spoon kokum syrup
2 tea spoon ginger juice
2 table spoon lemon juice
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
few pieces of pineapple
powdered sugar(optional)

METHOD:

Take tender coconut water in a bowl.. Add lemon juice, ginger juice, cumin powder, pineapple juice and mix it well.Then add kokum syrup and pineapple pieces and mix it.Add powdered sugar is required.Chill it and serve.

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Mushroom Lollypop's...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Mushroom Dishes, Starters

I am not geting enough time for blogging this days as i am bit busy nowdays, so was not able to post from last few days and even missed my regular blog hopping .But today i am back with a very tasty starter "Mushroom Lollypop".This is one of the most yummy and tasty starter in my vegetarian starters list.I found a very good recipe of it in sushmas blog here.She has given a very nice recipe of it and her pic is also very inviting.Do check her blog for many yummy chinese as well as other recipes.Thanx A lot Sushma for the lovely post.I tried her version and they were so tasty that they got over in few mins Try them soon and i am very sure that you all will love it.Its are perfect starter for some special guests at home.

INGREDIENTS:

200 grams fresh button mushrooms
1 cup coursly grinded cornflakes
oil

For Marinade:

1 tea spoon pepper powder
2 tea spoon fresh garlic paste
2 tea spoon lemon juice

For Batter:

1/2 cup maida(All purpose flour)
1/2 cup cornflour
2 tea spoon fresh garlic paste
1 table spoon grated mozzarella cheese
2-3 green chillis finely chopped
2 table spoon finely chopped coriander leaves
1/2 tea spoon baking powder
salt

While Serving:

Toothpicks
Silver foil

METHOD:

Wash the mushrooms well and then dry them fully by keeping them on a absorbant paper for few mins.Prick them with a fork at few places so that they absorb the marinade well.Mix all the ingredients of the marinade in a bowl and rub it all over the mushrooms very well.Keep them aside for 30-40 mins.

Mix all the ingredients of the batter and make a smooth and thick batter like that of a pakoda . Spread the crushed cornflakes on a plate.Now take each marinated mushroom and dip it well in the prepared batter and then roll it on a bed of crushed cornflakes so that it coats it well all over.Deep fry this mushrooms in hot oil till golden brown.

You can prick them with a toothpick before deeping in the batter or you can even prick it after frying the mushrooms as sometimes the toothpick tends to fall during frying.Then wrap the ends of toothpick with a silver foil and serve them hot.

I served them with oriental chilli-garlic sauce as it goes very well with it...

Preparation Time:50 mins

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Mutter Paneer(Peas With Cottage Cheese)...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Gravy dishes, Paneer Dishes

Mutter Paneer is one of the most famous gravy dish in north indian paneer gravies....nothing much to say about this dish as its known by most of you.You can make this dish by making slight changes according to your taste.Its basic ingredients are tomato and onion puree and spices can be adjusted to your choice.I had tried making a little different version of mutter paneer from my regular version and it turned out very good , so i am posting it here today.I had serve it with butter-garlic naans whose recipe i will be posting soon.I am very busy this days so i not able to do blog hopping , so sll good stuff is being missed by me.Some of my blogger friends had given lot of awards from past few weeks and i was not able to post them.Sorry for that and thanx a lot for presenting them to me.

INGREDIENTS:

250 grams paneer(cottage cheese)
11/4 cup fresh green peas(or frozen)
2 onions
2 tomatoes
1/2 cup cashewnuts
1 cup milk
4 kashmiri dry red chillis
1 tea spoon poppy seeds
4 cloves
4 pepper corns
1" cinnamon stick
7-8 garlic cloves
1" ginger piece
1/2 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 bay leaf
1 tea spoon chilli powder(optional)
1/2 tea spoon cumin powder
1 tea spoon corainder powder
1/2 tea spoon garam masala
1/2 tea spoon amchur(dry mango powder)
butter
ghee
salt
oil

METHOD:

Soak cashew nuts, cloves, cinnamon, pepper corns and poppy seeds in 1/2 cup water for 2 hours.Then grind it with 2 raw onions, garlic cloves and ginger to a smooth paste using the water used for soaking the spices.

Blanch tomatoes in hot boiling water along with kashmiri red chills for 5-8 mins and then peel tomatoes and remove seeds and blend them into a smooth puree along with red chillis.Saute green peas in butter for 4-5 mins and keep aside.Cut the paneer in 1 inch cubes.

Heat 1 tea spoon ghee and 2 tea spoon oil in a pan and add bay leaf and after one min add the onion and spice paste.Saute it for 5-6 mins till the raw smell goes off.Then add tomato -chilli puree and cook for 2 more mins.Then add turmeric powder,salt, cumin powder, chilli powder,corainder powder and amchur powder and stir well.Then add sauted green peas and cook for 2 mins.Add milk and stir well.If gravy is very thick you can adjust the consistency by adding more milk or little water.

Add sugar and garam masala and mix well.Add diced panner cubes and close and cook for 4-5 mins.You can even saute the panner in butter before using or you can deep fry them.I have used them directly.Checkand adjust the spices if necessary and remove from flame.

Serve it hot with Naan or paratha.I served them with Butter Garlic Naan which i will post soon.

Preparation Time: 30 mins

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Kesari Angoori Rabri...!!!

Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Desserts, Sweets

This "Angoori Rabri" is a famous sweet from north india. It consists of puffed up paneer balls immersed in rabri, this balls are called "Angoors' which means grapes in hindi.This paneer balls are as small as grapes so i guess they are called angoors .Though this sweet is very similar to bengali rasmalai, i have no idea in which state of north india did this sweet originate.I had it for the first time in Amritsar, where i had gone for a college tour with my friends couple of years back.Amritsar is a superb city,we loved staying there and i would love to go there anytime.In Amritsar my visit to the Golden Temple was the most memorable one...its one of the most beautiful temple , where you will feel very peaceful and you wont feel like leaving the place...i had a similar experience .Well now coming back to where i had my first encounter with this kewl dessert.I and few of my friends were just having a walk at night after our dinner in one of the city lanes of Amritsar, as we had loved the place and we came across a famous sweet shop there, my friends wanted to have some dessert so we went there.I was not in mood of having any dessert, but my friends forced me to take it as they said its very tasty.Good that they forced me or else i would miss one of the best desserts .I had loved this concept of angoori rabri, and as per my habit of experimenting i decided to give it a self try soon.So when i was back home i made it for my parents and they liked it a lot and it grabbed the topmost position inthe list of desserts at my place.Its perfect dessert to serve some special guest after dinner instead of our regular desserts for a change.I made it exactly similar to what we had it there, so i used a bit of food colour to make the balls look orange. If u like rasgullas or rasmalai or rabri then go ahead and try this surely.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup fresh chenna(Fresh soft paneer/cottage cheese)
1 n 1/2 litre whole milk
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sliced dryfruits( cashewnuts,almonds,pista and charoli nuts)
few saffron strands
2 tea spoon kesar-elaichi syrup(saffron-cardamom syrup)
pinch of orange food colour(optional)

METHOD:

Take the fresh chenna and kned it well for some time.Then mix little orange colour in it and kned it again.Now make small smooth and firm round balls of it and keep.Take 3 cups of water in a vessel and add 1/2 cup sugar to it and heat it till the mixture starts boiling.Keep high flame and add the chenna balls one by one slowly.Sprinkle some cold water and close the lid partially.Cook it similar to rasgullas.You can cheack for more details here.Cook them for 15 mins and then let them cool in the syrup,angoors are ready.

Soak the saffron stands in 2 table spoon milk for 30 mins.Now take a thick bottomed vessel and boil the milk in it.When it starts boiling reduce the flame and keep on stirring till the milk reduces to almost half.If the cream gets sticked to the sides remove it with the help of ladder and mix with cooking milk.When the milk is reduced to half add sugar and saffron milk.Adjust sugar to your taste.Stir it and cook till it reduces to almost 40%.Milk will take almost 50 mins to reduce to such consistency.Now add the kesar-elaichi syrup and dry fruits and remove from flame.Rabri is ready.

Let the rabri get cooled.Now take the cooled angoors and press each of it gently and remove all the sugar syrup from them.Then put them in rabri and garnish with remaining dryfruits.Refrigerate this rabri with angoors for atleast 2 hours before serving and then serve it.

Tastes best when served chilled.

Preparation Time: 1 hour.

NOTE: To make chenna, boil milk and then add vinegar or lemon juice to it and countinue boiling it.When the milk will get fully curdled, strain it and keep it tied in muslin cloth so that all the water is drained out.

I am sending this to Jagrutis event Joyful Eating Whilst Traveling.As there is a rule for the participation of the event that a pic must be posted of the visited place where i had this dish, so i am posting a pic of the famous Golden Temple of Amritsar.We had visited it early foggy morning in the month of jan when the temp over there was almost 2 deg, so the pic is not that clear.

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