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I am sure paneer dishes are favorite among children.  Relish the kadai paneer  recipe which I have detailed below.

Ingredients

Paneer – 250 grams ( cut into into medium sized cubes)

Onion – 2 cups (finely chopped)

Tomato – 2 cups (cut into small cubes)

Dahi – 1 cup

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tps

Capsicum – 1/2 cup

Baby corn – 1/2 cup (cut into small pieces)

Butter – 1 Tsp

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala powder – 2 tsp

Dhania  powder -1 tsp

Turmeric powder -1 tsp

Jeera – 1 tsp

kasuri methi – 1 tsp

Chopped coriander – 1 tsp ( for garnishing)

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Procedure

- Use  a thick bottomed  pan for this preparation.  For any kadai preparations use thick bottomed pan to avoid burning)

-Heat the pan,  add 1 tsp of  butter and season jeera in it.  Once the spluttering is over add the finely chopped onion and fry till it is golden brown.

-Then add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw flavor vanishes.  Now add 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp dhania powder,  2 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp turmeric powder  and cook till the raw flavor vanishes.

-Add 2 cups of chopped tomato and cook for 5 minutes.  After that add 1 cup of  dahi,  1/2 cup capsicum,  1/2 baby corn , the required amount of salt , 1/2 tsp sugar and the 1/2 cup of water .  Let this mix boil for about 5 minutes.  The baby corn and capsicum will get half cooked by this time.

-Add paneer cubes and leave the vessel closed for 2 minutes.  At last add kasuri methi .  Bring it to boil.  Switch off the stove.  Garnish it with coriander before serving.

It is an excellent side dish for roti , naan  chapathi  & kulcha.

Why go to restaurant to have punjabi chole ? Give a try at home.

Ingredients

Boiled chick peas – 1 cup( 250 gms appx)

Onion – 1 no (large in size)

Tomatoes – 4 nos (large in size)

Bay leaves – 2 nos

Green chilies – 2-nos

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Jeera powder – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1 tsp

Red chilly powder – 1 tsp

Sugar -1 tsp

Aamchur ( Mango powder) – 1/2 tsp

Chenna masala powder  – 1 tbl spoon

Lemon and chopped coriander -  for garnishing purpose

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Procedure

-Soak the channa over night for about 8 hours. Pressure cook it by adding salt and Tea bags. Once it is cooked the colour of the channa would have changed to little bit brown.

-Chop the onion into small pieces. Talk half of the minced onion and grind with half of the boiled channa and 2 green chillies. Make this paste before putting the pan on the stove.

- Now take a wide thick bottomed pan. Add 3 tbl spoons of oil. Saute the bay leaves, add the remaining minced onion, ginger garlic paste and fry till the onion is golden brown. Add little salt for the onion to get cooked faster. Once the onion is cooked add the channa paste and fry it for 5 to 7 minutes. Be little careful so that it doesn’t get burned at the bottom.

-In the mean time grind the tomatoes into fine paste.

-Now add coriander powder – 1 tsp, jeera powder – 1/2 tsp, turmeric powder -1 tsp, red chilly powder – 1 tsp, sugar -1 tsp, aam chur – 1/2 tsp and channa masala powder – 1 tbl spoon. Cook for 5 minutes. Now add the tomato paste and cook for about 5- 7 minutes or till the raw flavor of tomato vanishes.

-Add the remaining chole and required amount of salt and allow the mix to boil for about 5 minutes. Switch off the stove. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

-Serve it with a piece of lime and chopped raw onion.

This is an excellent side dish for roti, naan and kulcha.

My last post was roti. So I thought of posting the all time favourite side dish “GOBI MANCHURIAN”

Ingredients

Gobi (cauliflower )  – 1 medium size

Maida (all purpose flour) – 3/4 cup

Corn flour – 1 tbl spoon

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt – to taste

Vinegar 1/2 tsp

Chopped green chillies – 1tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbl spoon

finely chopped onion and bell pepper – 1 cup

Ajinomoto – 1/4 tsp

Soya sauce – 2 tbl spoon

Tomato sauce – 2-3 tbl spoon

Oil- for deep frying gobi

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Procedure

-Cut Gobi into small petals .  soak it in salt water for 10 minutes.  Drain the water and half cook the gobi by adding a small amount of water and salt.

-Make a thick paste using maida, corn flour, salt, 1/2 tbl spoon ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp viniger, 1 tsp chilli powder.  Toss the gobi in the paste and deep fry.  Drain the oil and set aside.

- Now in a pan   apply 2 tbl spoon of oil.  Saute chopped onion, capsicum, ginger garlic paste for few minutes.  Once the onion becomes tender add 2-3 tbl spoon tomato sauce, 2 tbl spoon soya sauce and ajinomoto.

-Now add the fried gobi and saute it for few minutes till it becomes dry.  Garnish it with coriander  and spring onions.

If you are going to make it in large quantities,  keep the fried gobi  separate and the gravy portion separate.  Just saute it before serving.  This the preparation I do at home which gives the typical taste as that of hotel.

Any snacks lover would never say no to hot and spicy pakora. It is one of the easiest preparations of all the snacks variety and also takes very less time. It a perfect tea time snacks and also serves as a side dish in the absence of vegetables.

First let me tell you the basic ingredients of the Pakora

Ingredients

Besan or kadalaimavu -2 cups
Rice flour – 1 cup
Salt – 1 Tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Sonuf (optional) – 1/2 tsp crushed
Butter of Ghee – 2 tsp
Chili powder – 1 tsp
Green Chilies – 4 nos finely chopped
Curry leaves – 10-15
Coriander – 1/2 cup finely chopped
Baking Powder – 1 pinch (optional)
Oil- for deep frying

The above mentioned are the basic ingredients of pakora. We can make different types of pakora by adding different types of vegetables and nuts to the above ingredients.

1. ONION PAKORA

- Take a large bowl. Mix the above mentioned ingredients first without adding water.

- Finely chop 2 big onion and add to the above mixture.

- Sprinkle some water and make it into a thick batter.

-Deep fry till it is golden brown. Thoroughly drain the oil with the help of a slit ladle.

-Spread it on a thick tissue paper so that extra oil will be absorbed.

Serve it hot with tomato Ketchup.

To make your pakora more crispy before sprinkling water, just add 1 ladle full of hot boiling oil to the flour mix. Mix it well and then add the required amount of water.

2. CASHEW WITH MINT PAKORA

The procedure for this remains the same for this pakora also. Instead of onion you are going to add 1 cup broken cashew nuts and 1 cup of chopped mint.

Remember while adding cashew make into half and then mix it with the flour. If you try it with full cashew, some time it may not get fried properly. The pakora will not be very crispy.

At the same time you should not break into very small pieces. It will be over fried, it will blemish your pakora’s taste.

3. PALAK PAKORA

Children may not prefer to eat palak in ordinary cooked form. So we have to modify the greens in such a way that children prefer to have them. Here is one way. Make it into pakora, garnish it and just give them as evening snacks, without telling that it is made out of palak or any other greens. Within few minutes the plate will be empty and they will be asking for more pakoras.

The procedure is same as that of onion pakora , the only change you have make is instead of using 2 big onions use one and 1 cup full of finely chopped palak or any other greens ( usually the prefered greens are palak, methileaves, arai keerai, mulaikeerai, murangai elai or drumstick leaves).

4. MIXED VEGETABLE PAKORA

The addition to the base ingrediants are 1/ 4 a cup each of finely chopped onion, carrot , capsicum, cauliflower, baby corn, fresh pees, potato & grated paneer. Then the procedure remains the same. You have to be careful while frying, otherwise it will be over fried. Also increase the quantity of chilie powder by 1/2 a tsp because you are adding more vegetables.

5 ALOO PAKORA

Use only besan for aloo pakora. Don’t add rice flour to it. Aloo itself is full of starch.

Add 1 cup of grated aloo and 1 cup of finely chopped onion and repeat the same procedure as that of onion pakora. You can also make as separate aloo pakora without adding onion.

The above mentioned varieties are the ones which I tried personally at home and was relished by me & my family. You also try it out and post your comments. Bye.

In my previous post I have already explained how to prepare dosai batter and about its consistency. Now let me tell you about how to prepare Masala Dosai. You can enjoy the hotel delight at home.

The quantity I am giving here, you can prepare Masal Dosai for 4 to 5 people

Ingredients

Potatoes (large size ) – 4 Nos
Onion ( large size) – 2 Nos } Finely Chopped
Carrot – 1 No }
Green Chillies – 4 to 5 Nos
Chopped coriander – 1 table spoon
Curry leaves – 15 to 20 leaves
Oil – 1 table spoon
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Cumin’s seeds – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Ginger Garlic paste – 1/2 tsp

Procedure

- Boil the potatoes and smash well.

- Cut the green chillies longitudinally.

-Now apply the oil in the kadai and saute the mustard seeds, jeera. Soon after the splitting sound stops add the ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, and green chillies and fry for about 1 minute.

- Add the chopped onions and carrot and a pinch of turmeric powder.

- After frying for about 2 to 3 minutes in high flame add 1/2 a cup of water and required amount of salt. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. If you add salt the onion will cook fast.

-After the onion and carrot is cooked add the smashed potatoes and the required amount of salt and water, mix it well.

-Switch of the stove and add the chopped coriander.

Now the masala is ready. This is the stuff we are going to pack inside the dosa.

I already told you how to prepare the paper roast. All you have to do is if you going to take a bowl full of batter then you have to add 2 tsp of corn flour. Dilute it to dosa batter consistency and while doing the dosa it requires
little bit of more oil than ordinary dosa.

Now while making paper roast , let the dosa to roast on one side. Just turn the dosa and cook on the tawa for 1 minute.
It is enough if you are able to remove it form the tawa.Again let the roasted side fate the tawa and apply the stuffing on the white side of the dosa fold it the way you like. let Stuffed dosai stay in the tawa for just 1/2 a minute.

Serve it with chutney and Sambar.

For complete recipes both vegetarian and non vegetarian, you can visit HERE

Let me tell you how to prepare the pulav within in 1 hour. The method I tell you, requires less oil and it gives very healthy mixed vegetable rice.

Ingredients

Rice – 1 Cup
Mixed vegetables – 1 cup
Garlic Ginger Paste – 1/2 tsp
Cardamom – 2 Nos
Clove – 4 Nos
Tej Patha (bay Leaves – 1 big leaf
Green Chillies – 2 Nos
Big Onion – 2 Nos
Sombu (sonuf) – 1 tsp
Ghee or cooking oil – 2 table spoons
Chili powder – 1/2 tsp

-Wash the rice and soak it for 15 minutes. You should not wash the rice after soaking. The rice will break .

-Drain the water thoroughly.

- In the mean time cut all the desired vegetables into small pieces (carrot, beans , cauliflower, onion, green peas etc)

- Dry fry all the given spices except bay leaves and make it into a coarse powder.

- Apply one table spoon of ghee in a kadai and fry the rice along with the bay leaf and at the end add the powdered masala and pour it into the vessel into which you are going to make the pulav.

- Again in another table spoon of ghee fry fry the ginger garlic paste and all the vegetables and add to the fried rice.

- Add 2 cups of water, 1/2 tsp chilliepowder and the required amount of salt (in general it requires 1 tsp of salt, but the quantity depends upon an individual’s taste).

- Pressure cook this mixture in high fire until 3 whistles come. Let the cooker simmer for about 10 minutes.

- Soon after the cooker gets released take out vessel and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.

-You can garnish pulav with fried golden cashews, finely chopped coriander. Even small pieces of bread can be fried in oil till golden brown and can be used for garnishing.

-Serve with onion raitha as side dish

[Note: Onion raitha is nothing but finely chopped onion , coriander and green chillies added to fresh curd with salt. You can also add grated carrot and pomegranate seeds to make it more colourful.Ordinary rice or Basmathi rice can be used. basmathi rice gives more flavoured pulav.]