Monday, February 13, 2012

Macrel Curry

Ingredients:
4 medium sized macrels
6-8 teppal(Sichuan pepper)
1 cup grated cocont
5-8 cocum (sola in konkani)
2 slit green chillies
coriender
1 tsp red chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp coriender powder
water
salt



Method:

  1. Wash and clean Macrels. Cut them in medium size pisces.
  2. Add some salt and turmeric and keep them aside for 20 mins for marination.
  3. Grind all the masala with grated coconut to form a fine paste.
  4. Pour the paste in a container. Add water to get curry of required consistency.
  5. Add green chillies, cocum and teppal.
  6. Bring the curry to a boil. This is time to add the macrel.
  7. Let this cook till the fish is cooked well.
  8. Add salt to taste.
  9. Garnish the curry with chopped coriender leaves

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Vegetable Cutlet

Description: This is a perfect starter for the vegetarian menu. You can include all the listed vegetables or any 3 or more vegetables of your choice. try and explore different shapes for your vegetable cutlets.

Ingredients:
1 onion
1 teaspoon minced ginger
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4th cup finely chopped carrot
1/4th cup finely chopped beetroot
1/4th cup finely chopped cabbage
1/4th cup finely chopped cauliflower
1/4th cup finely chopped french beans
1/4th cup capsicum
3 large boiled and mashed potato
oil
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp chat masala
salt to taste
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp  all purpose flour mixed in 10ml water
Breadcrumb

Method:

  1. In a pan add 4 tbsp oil. 
  2. Fry onion whern it turns transluscent add ginger and garlic and fry .
  3. Add the masala powder.
  4. Add all vegetables except potatoes one by one and fry for 3-4 mins.
  5. Cool the mixture.
  6. Mix the vegetable mixture and the mashed potatoes add sal.
  7. Make small pattie.
  8. Mix this in all purpose flour mixture.
  9. Dip in breadcrub till its coated well.
  10. Deep fry this cutlet till golden brown.
  11. Server Hot with sauce.

Palak Paneer

Ingredients:
1 bunch of spinach(palak)
1 cup paneer cubes
1 large onion
1 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp coriander powder
4-5 garlic cloves slit lengthwise
milk cream
1/4 tsp pepper  powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
oil
salt

Method:
  1. Clean the spinach leaves well. Steam the leaves in a open container. 
  2. Once done cool the leaves. Grind this leaves with little water to form a rough paste.
  3. In a pan add oil. add cumin seeds and fry .
  4. To this add slit onions and saute them till they are transluscent.
  5. Add garlic cloves.
  6. Add freshly ground pepper powder, coriander powder and chilly powder. 
  7. Add panner cubes and fry for a while.
  8. Now add the ground spinach and bring to a boil. 
  9. Add milk cream and salt to taste and cook for 3-4 minutes.
  10. Server with roti or rice.
P.S: Keep the consistency of this gravy thick and creamy for best falvours.

Rava Dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup rava
1 cup rice flour
1/4th cup all purpose flour
salt
lengthwise slit ginger
2 tbsp cashew nut paste
finely chopped onion
water
salt

Method:
  1. Mix all the ingredients to form batter for the dosa.
  2. On a non stick tava apply some oil. pour the batter to form a evenly thin dosa.
  3. Ssprinkle onion on top and let it fry till done.No need to turn and fry on other side as its very thin.
  4. Once done remove from tava and serve hot with chutney.
This is a very quick recipe for dosa. There is no need to ferment this mixture.

Dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour
1 cup urad dal
1/2 cup Channa dal
2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
water
salt.

Method:
  1. Soak all the above except for 3-4 hrs and grind to form a thick batter. keep the batter overnight for fermentation. Do not add salt at this stage.
  2. Add salt to the batter.
  3. On a non stick tawa apply some oil and pour the batter needed to form a round dosa. 
  4. Adjust the shape and thickness with a spoon.
  5. Turn on the other side after its is done on one side.
  6. When the dosa is done server hot with chutney.

Fish Cutlet

Ingrediens:
2 large Mackerels
1 big onion
1 green chilli
1/4 tsp chilli powder
turmeric powder
coriander powder
1 lemon juice
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 egg

breadcrumbs
oil for deep frying
salt

Method:

  1. In a vessel boil water.
  2. When water starts boiling add  Mackerels, pinch of salt, turmeric and chilli powder. Let it boil for 3-4 mins.
  3. Drain the water and let the macrels cool.
  4. When the macrels are cooled remove the fish bone. Make dough out of this fish meat.
  5. Add to this dough all the spices and finely chopped onion.
  6. Add ginger garlic paste.
  7. Add 2 tbsp of lemon juice and salt.
  8. Add salt to taste. Knead the dough for a while.
  9. Make small pattie out of the dough and dip in egg mixture.
  10. Then dip in bread crumb so that it is coated well.
  11. Deep fry this pattie till golden brown.
  12. Serve hot with your favoutite sauce.
This can also be done with king fish and promphet.