Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Paneer Pasanda

Ingredients

  • Cottage cheese (paneer) - 200 grams
  • Lotus seeds (makhana) - 1 cup
  • Maida - 1 cup
  • Green color - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Orange color - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Mawa - 50 gram
  • Salt to taste

Step - I

  • Take a fry pan and put 2 tablespoon oil, upon heating fry 1 cup makhana. Strain out and keep aside.

Step - II

  • Take 50 gram mawa in a bowl and mix 1/4th teaspoon orange color and a pinch of salt. Mix properly.

Monday, 15 December 2014

Apple Pie

Ingredients

  • Maida - 2 cups
  • Butter - 3 tablespoon
  • Salt - 2 pinch
  • Sugar - 5 tablespoon
  • Baking powder - 1/4th teaspoon

Friday, 12 December 2014

Dhaniya Pulav

Ingredients

  • Basmati rice - 1 cup
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
  • Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Cloves - 2
  • Black cardamom - 1
  • Black pepper - 4

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Hyderabadi Kofte

Ingredients

  • Chickpeas - 1 cup (Boiled & grind)
  • Cottage cheese(Paneer) - 1 cup (grated)
  • Potato - 1 (boiled)
  • Green chilli - 2 (finely chopped)
  • Bread slices - 3 (crushed)
  • Aniseeds (saunf) - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Salt - to taste

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Paneer Butter Masala

INGREDIENTS

  • Cottage cheese (paneer) - 200 grams
  • Orange color - 2-3 drops
  • Butter - 4 tablespoon
  • Cinnamon - 1 piece
  • Cloves - 4
  • Green cardamom - 4
  • Onions - 2 (finely chopped)
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Capsicum - 1 (finely chopped)
  • Tomato pury - 3 tablespoon
  • Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Spices mixture (Garam masala) - 1 1/2 teaspoon
  • Tomato ketchup - 2 tablespoon
  • Fresh cream - 2 tablespoon
  • Salt - to taste
  • Water - 1- 2 cup

How to cook

First of all, marinade the cottage cheese(paneer) with orange color and keep aside.

Take a fry pan and add 4 tablespoon butter , upon heating put 1 piece of cinnamon, 4 cloves, 4 green cardamom, finely chopped onion, ginger-garlic paste, mix well and cook it until onion turns golden.

Then mix finely chopped capsicum, tomato pury, kashmiri red chilli powder, spices mixture, tomato ketchup, 2 tablespoon fresh cream, mix properly and then put marinaded paneer, a pinch of salt and 1 cup of water.

Stir the mixture for few minutes and then leave it to cook for 2 -3 minutes.

Turn off the flame and Paneer butter masala is now ready to eat.

 
 

Friday, 5 December 2014

Baked Brinjal

INGREDIENTS

  • Brinjal slices - 2 (oval shaped)
  • Cornflour - 2 tablespoon
  • Peanuts - 2 tablespoon
  • Oil - 4 tablespoon
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tablespoon

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Baked Palak in White Sauce

Hello friends, normally you have eaten simply fried Palak or Palak with potato or tomato but this time get ready to taste something new.

INGREDIENTS

  • Butter - 4 tablespoon
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
  • Onion - 2 (boiled & grind)
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Spices mixture - 1 1/2 teaspoon
  • Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Tomato - 3 (boiled & grind)
  • Spinach - 250 grams (boiled & grind)
  • Salt - 1 teaspoon
  • Milk - 1 cup

For White Sauce

  • Butter - 2 tablespoon
  • Maida - 3 tablespoon
  • Cheese cube - 1
  • Milk - 1 1/2 cup.

Monday, 24 November 2014

Kaju Curry

INGREDIENTS

  • Cashew nuts (kaju) - 1 tablespoon
  • Poppy seeds (khus khus) - 1 tablespoon
  • Sesame seeds (til) - 2 teaspoon
  • Watermelon seeds(magaz ) - 1 tablespoon
  • Peanuts (mungfali) - 2 teaspoon
Mix all the ingredients and make paste of it.

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Dal Maharani

INGREDIENTS: 

  • Whole masoor dal - 1 cup
  • Kidney beans(Rajma)  - 1/2 cup (soaked in water for 3 hours)
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Curd - 1/2 cup
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Butter or Ghee
  • Green cardamom - 2
  • Black cardamom - 1
  • Onions - 2 chopped
  • Red chilli - 7
  • Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
  • Spices mixture - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Tomato - 2 finely chopped
  • Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoon

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Malai kofta

INGREDIENTS:

STEP - I

  • Potatoes - 4(Boiled & Grated)
  • Bread slices - 3 (crushed)
  • Spices mixture - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Red chilli powder - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Salt to taste
Put all the above ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Keep it aside.

STUFFING :

For stuffing we need - 
  • Mawa - 50 grams
  • Cottage cheese - 50 grams (grated)
  • Orange color -  1/4th teaspoon
  • Salt - 1 pinch
Mix well all the ingredients and make small balls of it.

STEP - II

For making kofta, make medium size balls of the ingredients taken in step - I. Then take two potato balls and sandwich a stuffed ball in between two potato balls. Keep in mind the stuffed ball should not get flatten and give oval shape to the kofta, deep fry it one by one.

SPICES TO GRIND :

  • Onions - 3 (boiled & grind)
  • Tomato - 4 (boiled & grind)
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
  • cashew nuts - 15-20 (soaked in water)
  • Coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Aniseeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric - 1 teaspoon
  • Spices mixture - 1 teaspoon
  • Green chilli - 2
  • Black pepper - 10-12
  • Green cardamom - 4
Put all the spices in the mixture and grind fine.

Now take a fry pan and put 5 tablespoon oil, upon warming put the grind spices and heat it for 5-6 minutes. After 5-6 minutes mix 2 tablespoon mawa, 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 1/2 cup milk, 1 teaspoon salt. Leave it to cook.

HOW TO SERVE :

Take a dish & place one kofta in that. Put the gravy above it and decorate with some fresh cream. Garnish the dish with coriander leaves.

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Kasoori Paneer

Lets discuss step by step process about how to cook Kasoori Paneer - 

STEP - I
  • Take 200 grams cottage cheese cut into small cubes.
  • In a fry pan put 5 tablespoons of oil and deep fry the small cubes.
  • Take out the pieces from the fry pan and put it in a bowl pre-filled with water so that the cheese cubes remain soft.
STEP - II

Spices to grind :

  • Kasoori methi - 1 tablespoon
  • Fennel seeds - 1 teaspoon
  • Ginger-garlic paste - 2 teaspoon
  • Green chilli - 2
  • Curd - 2 tablespoon
  • Green cardamom - 4
  • Cinnamon - 1
  • Turmeric - 1 teaspoon
  • Red chilli - 1 1/2 teaspoon
  • Spices mixture - 2 teaspoon
  • Boiled onions - 2
  • Boiled tomatoes - 5
  • Coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
Put all the spices in mixer grinder and grind properly.

STEP -III

Take a fry pan and put 5 tablespoon butter and upon heating put all the grind spices, cook it for 5 minutes. Additionally, mix 2 tablespoon mawa or fresh cream. Then put 2 cups of milk and salt to taste. Atlast, add the small cubes of cottage cheese. Mix properly all the ingredients and serve.
Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Navratna Curry

INGREDIENTS :

  • Cabbage - 1 cup
  • Cauliflower - 1 cup
  • Capsicum - 1 cup
  • Green peas - 1 cup
  • Carrot - 1/2 cup
  • Milk - one & half cup
  • Salt - 1/4 th teaspoon
  • 1 cup pineapple (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoon fresh cream or mawa

Step - I

Take a bowl and put all the vegetables written above with one and a half cup milk & a pinch of salt. Boil the vegetables for few minutes until it is half boiled.

SPICES TO GRIND :

  • 3 boiled onions
  • 4 boiled tomatoes
  • 3 green chillies
  • Ginger - Garlic paste - 2 teaspoon
  • Kasoori methi - 1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric  - 1 teaspoon
  • Kashmiri mirch - 2 teaspoon
  • Everest garam masala - 2 teaspoon
  • Green cardamom - 4
  • Aniseed - 1 teaspoon

STEP - II

Grind all the spices in a mixer and keep aside.

STEP - III

Take a fry pan and add 5 tablespoon oil or butter. Put all the grind spices in the frying pan when the oil is warm. Cook the spices for 6-7 minutes in medium burner.
Put 1 cup pineapply(chopped) or Apple or grapes.
After that mix half boiled vegetables in the frying pan, then salt to taste. Add 2 tablespoon of fresh cream or mawa and 100 grams cottage cheese fine pieces. 
Atlast steam it for 6 minutes.


Navratna curry is ready to serve. 

TIPS :

People who do not like onions can use cabbage or raw papaya or calabash instead.
Cottage cheese used in this recipe is first fried in oil then put the pieces in cold water so that it doesn't get tight.



Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Fruit Ball

INGREDIENTS :

  • Bread slices - 6(cut out the brown part)
  • Finely chopped fruits - 2 cups
  • White cream - 2 tablespoon
  • Pineapple crush - 2 tablespoon
  • Milk - 2 cups

METHOD :

Dip one bread slice in milk & squeeze out the milk from the bread, put a little quantity of finely chopped fruits on the bread & make balls of it. Place the ball in the serving bowl and mix 2-3 drops of vanilla essence in the white cream, mix well essence and cream. Then in the serving bowl add any two crushes one by one to get more taste to your dish. 
Fruit balls looks more captivating when decorated with the use of puff filled with cream.

Monday, 3 November 2014

Swiss Sunflower

INGREDIENTS :

  • Milk - 4 cups
  • Sugar - 5 tablespoon
  • Milk powder - 5 tablespoon
  • Custard - 2 tablespoon
  • Cottage cheese - 100 grams(grated)
  • Strawberry crush - 2 tablespoon
  • Sponge rasgulla - 1/2 - 1/2 pieces
  • Yellow colored cream
  • Chocolate sauce

METHOD :

For Cottage cheese custard :

Take a utensil & add into it 4 cups of cold milk , 5 tbsp sugar mix them well until the sugar melts properly. Then mix 5 tablespoon milk powder , 2 tbsp custard. Heat the mixture to make it thick.
When it gets thick mix grated cottage cheese & 1 tbsp strawberry crush. Put it in refrigerator for 5- 10 minutes. 
Take a dish & put cottage cheese custard. Now, put a dot of chocolate sauce on the 1/2 piece sponge rasgulla. 
Decorate the pieces with yellow cream with the use of nozzle.

Mango Yogurt Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS :

  • Home made cake pieces - 2 cups
  • Mango crush - 2 tablespoon
  • Cottage cheese - 100 gram(grated)
  • China grass - 5 teaspoon
  • Cheese - 1 tablespoon(grated)
  • White cream - 1 1/2 cup
  • Yellow color - 1/4th teaspoon
  • Milk powder - 2 tablespoon
  • Vanilla essence
  • Pietin

For First Layer :

Take a bowl ,  put 2 cups cake pieces & 2 tbsp mango crush. Mix it well and place it in pietin . Allow it to cool for 10 mins in refrigerator.

For Second Layer :

In a mixer , put 100 gm grated cottage cheese, mango crush , china grass, 1 tbsp grated cheese, white cream , yellow color & 2 tbsp milk powder, grind all the ingredients well. Then  place the second layer above the first layer. Allow it to refrigerate for 20-25 minutes.

For Third Layer :

Mix vanilla essence in white cream, fill the pietin with the vanilla flavored white cream representint it as the top layer. Take 2-3 colored creams & make cones of it to decorate the yummy Mango Yogurt Cheese Cake.

Friday, 31 October 2014

Trifle Pudding


Trifle simply means a cold dessert of sponge cake & fruits covered with layers of custard, jelly & cream. Trifle pudding is the most simple dessert and it can be prepared a day before the party or any function.
Let us now have a look on how to make cool & yummy Trifle Pudding.



INGREDIENTS 

1 cup Vanilla custard
Finely chopped fruits - 2-2 1/2 cups
1/2 cup Chocolate sauce
2,3 flavored crushes (As per your choice)
Vanilla icecream - 2 tablespoon per glass
Some cake pieces (crumbs)

METHOD 

For Vanilla Custard -

1 cup vanilla powder
1 cup milk
2 tablespoon milk powder
2 tablespoon sugar
Now take a bowl and mix all the ingredients well, remember the milk should be cold. After mixing it well, heat it until it gets thick. Keep it aside.

As I said you can take crushes of your choice, here i'm using strawberry crush, kiwi crush & mango crush.

Take out the Mocktail glass, pour 1 teaspoon strawberry crush in the glass & 2 teaspoon custard, some cake pieces or bread crumbs, finely chopped fruits, above that kiwi crush, 1 scoop icecream, some chocolate sauce, cake pieces, fruits, custard, mango crush, icecream.



Cool & Yummy Trifle pudding is ready to be served.

CASSATTA DESSERT

INGREDIENTS

  • Butter Cookies - 12
  • Coco Deception - 1/2 cup
  • Any two crushes of your choice - 3-3 tablespoon
  • Any two coloured cream - 1-1 cup
  • Chocolate sauce - 1/2 cup
  • White cream - 1 cup
  • Add essence to your choice

FOR COCO DECOTION :

  • 1 teaspoon coco powder
  • Sugar cubes - 1 teaspoon
  • Boiled water - 1/2 cup

Method :

Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients of coco decotion, keep it aside. Then dip one cookie in the coco decotion & place it in another bowl. Put one coloured cream over the cookie and some crush then repeat the process with different coloured cream & crush, after that put some chocolate sauce.
Decorate it with designer puff with white cream.
Delicious Cassatta Dessert is ready to serve.

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Choco Balls

INGREDIENTS:
·         Strawberry Crush – 3 tablespoon
·         Chocolate Sauce
·         Dark  Chocolate Compound
·         Milk Compound
·         Vanilla cake – 4 cup(crushed)
·         White cream – ½ cup

Method :
For Chocolate sauce –
Take 1 slab dark chocolate compound & 1 slab milk compound. Put 1 cup water & boil, add some more water & mix.

After that take a bowl & mix 2 tablespoon chocolate sauce in crushed cake. Take little amount of this mixture in hand & pour some strawberry crush then cover it with chocolate crushed cake , make balls of it and decorate it with more chocolate sauce then serve.

Orange Mousse

INGREDIENTS REQUIRED:
·         4 cup orange juice or 1 cup orange crush
·         4 tablespoon sugar
·         3 cups finely chopped fruits
·         3 cups vanilla icecream
·         1 cup cake (small cubes)

HOW TO PREPARE:
Take a bowl  and mix orange crush , sugar and finely chopped fruits.
Then mix vanilla icecream and small cubes of cake. Mix all the ingredients well and put the bowl in freezer for 30 minutes.
FOR DECORATION:
Take one glass, pour some orange crush and orange color. Add some mousse over the crush & some choco chips. You can add anything else for decoration according to your wish & choice.

Orange mousse is now ready to be served.

Monday, 13 October 2014

Kiwi Cheese Cake


Kiwi or Chinese Gooseberry is native to China but was first cultivated in New Zealand. Kiwis are a nutrient rich fruit  which means they are high in nutrients & low in calories. 

The main health benefits of Kiwi are maintaining skin tone & texture, reducing blood pressure and the risk of stroke.

Here is the step by step receipe of delicious Kiwi cheese cake.



INGREDIENTS

    Homemade vanilla cake – crushed (2 cup)
Pie tin
China grass
Cottage cheese -  100gm grated
Milk powder – 2 tablespoon
Fresh cream – 2 cups
Kiwi crush – ½ cup
      Edible green color  – ¼ teaspoon

           Pie tin looks like this :



How to make

For first layer:

Mix 2 tbsp kiwi crush in the crushed vanilla cake. Put the mixture in the pie tin & keep it in refrigerator for 10 mins.

For second layer:

Take 5 tsp of china grass, pour some water into the cup & mix it well. For 20 seconds heat it in microwave.
Take  a bowl and add 100gms grated cottage cheese , milk powder, fresh cream, kiwi crush, green color, microwaved china grass, add all this in a mixer grinder & grind the mixture smooth.

Now, put the second layer above the first layer and keep the mixture in the freezer for 20 minutes.

For third layer:

Take a fry pan, add 1 medium cup kiwi crush, 2 tbsp sugar, ¼ tsp green color, 1 tbsp water and 5tbsp china grass then boil it.
Let it cool at room temperature.
Garnish the pie tin with some sliced kiwis & then pour the third layer above it. Keep it for another 20mins in refrigerator.
Kiwi cheese cake in now ready to be served.