Homemade food recipes

Homemade food recipes
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Pav Bhaji (Only Bhaji recipe)




Ingredients:

Indian Pav or Dinner rolls ( 4- 6 )
2 Boiled potatoes
half cup boiled peas
1 cup boiled cauliflower florets
1/2 cup cubed capsicum
1 big red onion finely chopped( for bhaji)
1 sliced or ringed red onion ( to garnish)
1 chopped tomato
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
Butter as and when required
Lemon wedges
Coriander leaves
Green chilies (Optional)
Pav bhaji masala ( easy to find it in Indian/Pakistani/Nepali/Fiji stores)
Salt to taste
Red chili powder (as per taste)
Pinch turmeric powder


Preparation Method:

1. Heat a large pan and add butter to it.
2. Now add chopped onions  and saute until translucent, to it add ginger garlic paste and chopped chilies and saute for a minute.
3. Add capsicum and saute. Once it starts to turn soft add tomatoes and cook.
4. Now add the Salt, pav bhaji masala, turmeric powder and chili powder and mix well.
5. Add all the boiled veggies to the cooked mixture and mix well. Mash all the veggies while they are in a pan and cook it for about 5 mins.
6. Now pour 1/2 a cup of water and give it a good mix.  Cook until the mixture thickens.
7. Once done, garnish with a spoon full of butter, squeeze of lemon, coriander leaves, sliced onions. Serve it with pav or dinner rolls

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Egg Biryani



Ingredients:

4 Boiled eggs
1 kg Biryani/ Basmati Rice
1/2 cup biryani masala
Salt to taste
1tsp coriander pwoder
Pinch of turmeric powder
Green chilies(optional)
250 grams Ghee
Oil 2 tbsp
4 chopped onions
2 diced tomatoes
whole spices- 5 black pepper corns, 3 black cardamoms, 2 green cardamoms, 5 cloves, 1 medium size cinnamon stick, 1 bay leave, 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 tbsp kashmiri mirch
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Water as required

Preparation Method:

1. Wash and soak the Biryani/basmati rice in water for at least 30 minutes. Then slow cook the rice or cook it in a rice cooker with less water till they are half cooked.

2. Now in a deep frying pan or a handi, heat some oil and add all the whole spices. To it add the chopped onions and cook till translucent. Add ginger garlic paste and diced tomatoes. Cook until you see masala completely cooked. Now to the masala add salt, coriander powder and chili powder and mix well.

3. Now add boiled eggs to the cooked masala and mix well and turn off the heat. Take a big pan layer and start layering your rice and egg masala. Cover the lid and let it cook on slow heat till the rice is cooked completely and the aroma and masala blends well with the rice.

4. Garnish with coriander leaves, lemon and fried onions and serve.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Karela or Bitter Gourd chips





Ingredients

5 Thinly sliced bitter gourds
4 tbsp Rice flour
1 tbsp Salt
Pinch of turmeric powder
Pinch of chili powder(Optional)
1/2 tbsp Sambhar masala
1 tbsp water
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method:

1. Take a big bowl, to it add sliced bitter gourds, rice flour, turmeric powder, chili powder, sambhar masala, salt and water and mix well.

2. Now heat oil in a deep frying on medium heat.  Key to perfectly crisp bitter gourd chips it the temperature. So do not fry them on high or low heat.  Start frying the bitter gourd in small batches. Do not over crowd your pan.  Everything has to cook evenly on medium to high flame.

3. Cook until they are golden brown and drain it on kitchen towel. Enjoy as is or goes well with Indian meal as a side dish.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Pua Recipe from Uttarakhand



Ingredients:

1 cup semolina
1 cup yogurt
1 tbsp Ghee/ clarified butter
3 tbsp sugar
1 banana mash(Optional)
Oil for deep frying

Preparation Method:

1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients Semolina, yogurt, ghee, sugar and banana mash together and whisk it well.  Keep it aside for minimum 10-15 minutes for best results or can be cooked instantly as well.

2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan on a medium high flame and once ready, start dropping the batter one by one and fry till golden brown on medium flame.  Pua is ready to be served as an appetizer or snack.

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