Baked Vegetables

Ingredients:- 

2 cups parboiled vegetables (cauliflower, green peas, sweet corn, carrots, beans), mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup, 2 tbsp readymade bread crumbs, 1 tbsp oregano, 2 tsp coarsely ground pepper powder.

For white sauce:- 1 tbsp maida (all purpose flour), 1 tbsp butter, 1 cup milk, salt to taste.

Method:- 

Heat butter in a pan. Add maida & fry little. Add milk to it slowly so that lumps are not formed.

Keep stirring & let it simmer on slow gas. 

Add salt, pepper powder, oregano & 1 tbsp cheese to it. Mix well.

Add all veggies to it. Put the gas off. Put it in a baking tray, sprinkle bread crumbs first & then spread remaining cheese on top.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for half an hour or till cheese melts & you get nice golden color on top.

Happy Cooking!

Kaddu or Red Pumpkin Poori

Ingredients:- 

1 cup grated kaddu (red pumpkin), 3/4 cup rice atta, 1/4 cup roti atta, 1 tbsp chilli powder, 1 tsp gud (jaggery), 1 tsp sesame seeds, 1/2 tsp ajwain seeds, salt to taste.

Method:- 

Mix all the above ingredients. Knead atta using water; little stiffer than usual roti atta.

Make small poories, the way you make Makkai ki Roti, using a plastic sheet.

Deep fry like usual poories. Serve with tomato sauce.

Preparation time:- 45 minutes
Makes 15 poories

Happy Cooking!

Grilled Prawns

Ingredients:- 

500 gms cleaned prawns, 1/2 cup hung curd, 1/2 cup cream, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp coarsely ground black pepper, 2 tbsp mozarrela cheese, 1 tbsp oregano, salt.

Method:- 

Mix all the ingredients except cheese and oregano well. Leave in the fridge for 2 hours.

Line in a baking tray & sprinkle cheese, organo on top of it. Grill in a preheated oven @ 180 degrees for 1/2 an hour or till you get golden brownish colour.

Happy cooking!

Lobhia Pulao

Ingredients:- 

2 cups rice, 1 cup soaked lobhia/chowli, 1 large onion finely chopped, 1 tbsp dhania powder, 1 tsp garam masala, haldi n mirch powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, salt to taste.

Method:- 

Wash rice properly half an hour before you start cooking.Heat oil in a pan.Add chopped onion,Saute & add ginger-garlic paste.Fry well.Add washed rice & soaked lobhia.Add dhania powder,haldi,mirch,garam masala powder.Fry well & add 5 cups boiling water to it.Lower the gas once the water dries up & put a lid.Garnish with coriander n grated coconut.Serve hot with raita.

Happy cooking!

Mutton Sukha

Ingredients:- 

500 gms mutton, 3 medium onions finely chopped, 1 medium tomato chopped, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tbsp dhania powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp chilli powder or as per your choice, 1/2 tsp haldi, 1/4 cup oil, 1/2 cup thick curd, salt to taste.

Method:- 

• Wash mutton properly. Apply ginger-garlic paste, salt & curd to it.
• Mix well n leave it in the fridge for 2 hrs. Heat oil in a pan.
• Add onion to it. Fry well till it becomes translucent. 
• Add marinated mutton to it. Saute well for atleast 10 minutes on slow gas.
• Add tomatoes, haldi, salt, mirch powder and garam masala. Fry again for some more time.
• Add half cup warm water to it & put lid. Once the mutton is done again fry the mutton till the water dries up & all the mutton pieces are well coated with masala.

Serve hot with chapati.

Happy cooking!

Methiwali Yellow Dal

Ingredients:- 

1 cup cooked tuvar dal, 1/2 cup methi leaves lightly sautéed in oil, 1 tbsp jaggery, 1 tsp jeera, 2 tbsp oil, salt, 1 tbsp crushed garlic.

Method:- 

Mix dal, methi, jaggery, salt in a pan. Add water & adjust the consistency. 

Boil well. Heat oil, add garlic, jeera.

Add to the dal. Serve hot with chapati or steamed rice.

Happy Cooking!

Pakodewali Kadhi

Ingredients:- 

For pakodas - 1 cup besan, 4 tbsp chopped potato, 4 tbsp chopped onion, 2 tbsp chopped palak or methi, 1/2 tsp crushed green chilli, 1/2 tsp sabut jeera, salt to taste.
For kadhi - 2 cups curd, 2 tbsp besan, haldi, salt, 3 cups water
For tadka - 4 tbsp oil, 2 tbsp onion cut lengthwise, 3/4 red chilli, 1/2 tsp each sabut dhania, methi seeds, jeera.

Method:- 

Mix all the pakoda ingredients with water well. Make small pakodas & deep fry. 

Churn curd, besan & water well. Put it in a pan & leave on slow gas for atleast half an hour.

Keep stirring in between. Once the curd mixture is thickened add fried pakodas to it. Add salt.

Boil for 4/5 minutes more. Heat oil for tadka. Add methi n dhania seeds, red chilli, onion.

Add this to kadhi. Garnish with coriander & serve hot with steamed rice.

Happy cooking!