Saturday, 18 April 2015

Noodle Samosa-Schezwan Noodle Samosa-Chinese Samosa

Preparation Time-40 Minutes
Serving-4

Ingredients:

For Dough-

  • All purpose flour-200 gm
  • Cooking oil-4 tbsp
  • Salt-1/2 tsp
  • Lukewarm water

For Filling-

  • Boiled Noodles-200 gm
  • Chopped onion-1
  • Chopped garlic-4
  • Tomato Katchup-1 tbsp
  • Schezwan chutney-2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder-1/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Cooking oil for fry

Method:

Dough Preparation:

  • Add salt and oil into the flour and mix it properly.
  • Add luke warm water and knead it into chapati dough, keep it aside.

Noodle Preparation:

  • Heat a pan. add cooking oil and let the oil heat.
  • Add chopped garlic and chopped onion and fry it for a minute on medium flame.
  • Add red chilli powder, schezwan chutney, tomato ketchup and little salt.
  • Add boiled noodles and mix it, fry it for a minute on medium flame.
  • Turn off the flame and let the noodles cool down.

Samosa Preparation:

  • Make equal size small balls of the dough.
  • Take one ball, dust it with plain flour and roll it like puri.
  • Divide the puri into two part with the help of knife.
  • Take one part,  join the two ends, press the edges well so that samosa cone is sealed. 
  • Stuff the samosa cone with the prepared schezwan noodles and seal the top edges by applying little water on the edges.
  • Prepare all the samosas this way and keep it aside for frying.

Frying process:

  • Heat oil for deep frying in a kadai or pan, put small ball of dough into the hot oil to check the temperature.
  • Once the oil is heated, put 3-4 samosa one by one into the hot oil.
  • Fry it till it turns golden from both sides, flip it to fry other side.
  • Take it out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil from it.
  • Repeat the process to fry all the remaining samosas.
  •  Serve hot with spicy green chutney.

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Fish Head Curry- Bengali macher matha diye daal-Fish Head with Yellow Lentil

Preparation Time-40 minutes
Serving-4

 Ingredients:
  • Rohu fish head(clean and wash it)-1
  • Moong dal-150 gm
  • Chopped onion-1
  • Crushed Garlic-10
  • Dry red chilli-2
  • Bay leaves-2
  • Panch Phoron-1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder-1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder-1/2 tsp
  • Cumin powder-1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder-1/2 tsp
  • Black pepper powder-1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder-1/3 tsp
  • Cooking oil-4 tbsp
  • Water-1 and 1/2 glass
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped Coriander leaves
Method:

  • Marinate the fish head with turmeric powder and little salt, keep it aside(10 minutes).
  • Turn on the flame and heat a pressure cooker.
  • Roast the moong dal for 4-5 minutes in the cooker without oil(without lid).
  • Add water, turmeric powder and salt into the cooker and mix it.
  • Close the lid of cooker and cook the dal for 2 whistles on high flame.
  • Heat a pan, add cooking oil and let it heat.
  • Fry the fish head on medium flame from both side for 4-5 minutes.
  • Crush the fried head into small Pieces with the help of cooking spoon into the pan.
  • Fry the crushed fish head for another 2 minutes and take out from the pan.
  • Heat 2 tbsp of oil in the same pan, add panch phoron, dry red chilli and bay leaves.
  • Let it fry for few seconds, add crushed garlic and fry it for a minute.
  • Add chopped onion and fry the onion till it turns soft.
  • Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and black pepper powder into the fried onions.
  • Fry the spices for 1-2 minutes then add fried fish head and mix it properly.
  • Add the boiled moong dal into the pan, add little water, mix it and let it come to boil.
  • Add little salt and garam masala powder, stir it.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and turn off the heat.
  • Ready to serve with plane steam rice, Jeera Rice or Pulav Rice etc.


Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Instant Kadhi-Onion Yoghurt Kadhi

Preparation Time-10 minutes
Serving-4
Ingredients:
  • Curd/yoghurt-400 gm
  • Onion(finely chopped)-2
  • Curry leaves-12 to 15
  • Dry red chilli-3
  • Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder-1/4 tsp (optional)
  • Cooking oil-2 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
Method:
  • Turn on the flame and heat a frying pan.
  • Once the pan is heated, add cooking oil and let it heat.
  • Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dry red chilli and curry leaves into the hot oil and fry it for few seconds.
  • Add chopped onion, turmeric powder and salt into the pan and mix it.
  • Fry the onions on medium flame for 2-3 minutes(do not overcook it).
  • Turn off the flame and let the fried onion cool down.
  • Whisk the curd well, add the fried onion into it.
  • Mix it properly and serve as it is with Roti or Paratha.

Monday, 13 April 2015

Aam ki Meethi Chuntney-Raw Mango Sweet Chutney-Kacche Aam ki Khatti Mithi Chutney

Preparation time-40 minutes
Serving -6

Ingredients:
  • Raw mango (Cut in slice)-500 gm
  • Sugar-150 gm
  • Jaggery-150 gm
  • Dry red chilli-2
  • Bay leaves-2
  • Panch Phoron-1 tsp
( Fenugreek seeds, nigella seeds, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed in equal parts)
  • Roasted masala powder-1/2 tsp
(Cumin seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper and dry red chilli-roast it and grind it-video recipe available on my YOUTUBE Channel)
  • Cooking oil-2 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
Method:
  • Turn on the flame and heat a pan.
  • Once the pan is heated, add cooking oil and let the oil heat.
  • Add panch phoron, dry red chilli and bay leaves into the hot oil and fry it for few seconds.
  • Add chopped raw mango and 1/2 tsp salt, mix it properly.
  • Cover the pan and cook it on low flame for 20 minutes, keep stirring in between.
  • After 20 minutes, add sugar and jaggery and mix it.
  • Cover the pan again and cook it on low flame till the sugar and jaggery gets dissolved, keep stirring in between.
  • Remove the lid and keep stirring till it turns thick (cook it for 3-4 minutes without covering the pan).
  • Add roasted masala powder, mix it and turn off the flame.
  • Ready to serve with Roti, Paratha, Puri etc.
  • You can consumed this chutney upto a week from day of preparation if kept in fridge.

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Simple and Easy Fish Fry-Bengali Rohu Fish Fry-Maach Bhaja

Preparation time-35 minutes
Serving -4

Ingredients:
  • Fish fillet(washed)-400 gm
  • Gram flour-2 tbsp
  • Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Red chilli powder-1 tsp
  • Cumin powder-1/2 tsp
  • Coriander powder-1/2 tsp
  • Black pepper powder-1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder-1/3 tsp
  • Cooking oil for fry
  • Salt to taste
Method:
  • Mix all the ingredients together with the fish except cooking oil.
  • Mix it properly to create a coat of spices on the fish.
  • Keep it in the  refrigerator for 20 minutes.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan, heat it more than normal frying temperature.
  • Put the fish into the hot oil and fry it on medium flame for 2 minutes.
  • Flip it to fry other side, fry till it turns golden brown from both sides.
  • Take out on the kitchen towel for absorb extra oil.
  • Sprinkle some chat masala powder and serve it with onion and lemon slices. 

Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Methi Laccha Paratha(wheat)-Healthy Lunch Box Recipe for Indian Kids

Preparation time-20 minutes
Serving-4
Ingredients:
  • Wheat flour-3 cup
  • Finely chopped methi leaves(fenugreek leaves)-1 cup
  • Ajwain seeds(carom seed)-1 tbsp
  • Salt-1 tsp or as per taste
  • cooking oil/ ghee
  • Water
Method:
  • Add ajwain seeds, salt and oil/ghee into the wheat flour, mix it.
  • Add required water into the flour and knead it into chapati dough.
  • Take a small portion of prepared dough and roll into ball shape, dust it with little flour.
  • Roll it to make chapati, apply little flour again and roll it.
  • Apply oil/ghee all over on the chapati (only one side), sprinkle flour on the oily side.
  • Pleat it like a paper fan, roll the pleated dough in a circle, join the edges.
  • Dust some flour and now start rolling again into chapati.
  • Heat tawa, Place the lachha paratha on hot tawa.
  • After 30 seconds, flip it and apply oil /ghee all over.
  • Flip again and apply ghee on the other side.
  • Press the sides with the spatula till the parathas are browned evenly and well cooked.
  • Take out on the serving plate, apply same process for the reamining dough.
  • Ready to serve with any curry, raita and pickle.

Friday, 3 April 2015

Vegetable Lollipop For Kids

Ingredients:
  • Boiled potato-3
  • Carrot (grated)-1
  • Onion (finely chopped)-1
  • Grated Paneer/cottage cheese-50 gm
  • Ginger garlic paste-1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder(optional)-1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Maggi masala/maggi magic cubes (optional)-1 pkt
  • Chat masala powder-1 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Cornflour-1tsp
  • All purpose flour/maida-1 tsp
  • Breadcrumbs-50 gm
  • Cooking oil for fry
  • Toothpick/skewer
Method:
  • Peel off the boiled potato and mash it with grated paneer.
  • Add chopped onion, grated carrot, ginger garlic paste and all the spices into mashed potatoes, mix it properly.
  • Make equal size small balls of the mixture like lollipop and keep in refrigerator for an hour.
  • Mix the cornflour and maida together into a bowl and add little water to make thick batter.
  • Take out the balls from refrigerator.
  • Take one ball at a time, dip it in the batter, roll into breadcrumbs and keep it aside.
  • Use the same process for all vegetable balls.
  • Heat oil into a pan, Put the coated balls one by one into the hot oil.
  • Fry it on low flame for 1-2 minute then flip it and cook other side for 1-2 minute(fry till it turns light brown).
  • Take out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil, add the fried balls to toothpick or skewer like lollipop.
  • Serve hot with tomato Ketchup.