Thursday, June 27, 2013

Apple Pan Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain flour 
  • 1/2 backing powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla essence 
  • 1 egg lightly beaten 
  • 1 apple peeled and grated
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 2-4 tablespoon curd
  • Maple syrup or cinnamon sugar to serve 
Methods

  1. In a large bowl add flour,backing soda,sugar and mix it well.
  2. Whisk egg,vanilla essence,curd together in another bowl.
  3. Add to flour mixture,stir to combine.
  4. Add apple and mix it well.
  5. Heat butter in pan spread it,with the help of spoon add the pan cake batter into pan,spread with spatula to form a round. 
  6. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until bubbles appear on surface.turn and cook another side for 2-4 minutes.
  7. Serve with maple syrup or cinnamon sugar.

  • Wednesday, June 26, 2013

    Vegetable Hash

    Ingredients
    • 2 tablespoon extra virgin Olive oil
    • 2 medium size potato
    • 1 onion diced
    • 1-2 cloves of garlic chopped
    • 1 carrot
    • 1 capsicum 
    • 6-8 french beans
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1 tablespoon pepper powder
    • Dried oregano 
    • Dried basil leaves
    • Salt
    Methods

    1. Heat the extra virgin Olive oil and butter,add butter mix it well and allow to potatoes to cook covered for 10 minutes.
    2. Add onion ,capsicum,beans,carrot and cook it for 15 minutes or until golden brown color.
    3. Add oregano,dried basil leaves,salt and pepper and cook for 1 more minutes.
    4. Serve hot.

    Sweet French Toast

    Ingredients

    • 4 bread slice
    • 2 tablespoon butter
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 
    • Pinch of salt
    • 3-4 tablespoon cream 
    • 1 cup milk
    • Butter for fry
    •  Maple syrup to taste or u can add sugar 
    Methods
    1. In a bowl ,beat together the eggs,milk,maple syrup,vanilla ,salt,cream stir well.
    2. Soak the bread slice in the mixture for about 1-3 minutes.
    3. Heat the butter in a pan,place the bread slices in the pan ,and cook both sides until golden brown.
    4. Serve hot with some butter and maple syrup.

    Monday, June 17, 2013

    Garlic Bread

    Ingredients
    • 3-6 tablespoon butter
    • 6 bread slices 
    • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
    • 1 teaspoon sugar
    • Salt and Pepper
    • 3-4 garlic cloves grated
    Methods
    1. Take butter into a bowl ,add grated garlic,parsley,sugar,salt and pepper ,mixed it well.
    2. Spread the butter in bread slices.
    3. Bake or toast for about 10 minutes or till lightly browned.

    Sunday, June 16, 2013

    Orange Mawa Barfi

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups khoya or mawa
    • 1 cup milk powder
    • 1 1/2 cup sugar
    • 2 tablespoon ghee or butter
    • 1 tablespoon orange essence
    • Raisins and almonds for garnishing
    Methods

    1. Heat ghee in a pan,add mawa ,mix and cook for some time.
    2. Add milk powder and orange essence mix all together nicely.
    3. Add sugar and cook till mixture become thick.
    4. Transfer in to greased tray and cool down completely in refrigerator.
    5. Cut into desired shapes,and garnish with some raisin and almonds.

    Friday, June 14, 2013

    Dal Makhani

    Ingredients
    • 3/4 black beans
    • 1/4 rajmah or kidney beans
    • 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
    • 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
    • 1 onion chopped 
    • 1 tomato chopped
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1 tablespoon cumin powder
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
    • 1 green chilli
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • 1 tablespoon garan masala powder
    Methods
    1. Soak black beans and rajmah overnight.
    2. Pressure cook both dals in three cups of water with salt.
    3. Heat butter and oil in a pan,add cumin seeds,when they begin to change in color add ginger garlic paste,then add onion,chillis and saute them.
    4. Add tomato ,red chilli powder,salt ,cumin powder,turmeric powder and saute till the tomatoes are cooked.
    5. Add cooked dals ,add some water,simmer on low heat till dals are totally soft.
    6. Add garam masala.
    7. Serve hot with paratha or rotis. 

    Thursday, June 13, 2013

    Mixed Veg

    Ingredients
    • 6-8 baby corn
    • 2 carrot
    • 1 beet root
    • 150 gm beans
    • 115 gm cauliflower
    • Chopped coriander leaves 
    • 1 tea spoon fennel seeds
    • 1 tablespoon roasted cumin /coriander powder
    • 1 teaspoon pepper powder
    • Green chillis as per taste
    • Oil
    • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • Salt as per taste
    Methods
    1. Cut all the vegetable in small pieces. 
    2. Heat the oil in a pan,add fennel seeds.
    3. After 1 minute add all the vegetables and saute them.
    4. Add pepper powder,green chillis and then add 1/2 cup water.
    5. After 5-6 minute add roasted cumin and coriander powder.
    6. Turn off the heat then add chopped coriander.
    7. Serve with roties and paratha .

    Monday, June 10, 2013

    Vegetable cutlet or chop

    Ingredients
    • 1 beet root
    • 2 carrots
    • 1/2 cup peas
    • 3 large potato
    • Oil for frying 
    • 1 tablespoon ginger paste
    • 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder
    • 1 teaspoon roasted coriander powder
    • 1 teaspoon funnel seeds
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
    • 2 tablespoon fried peanuts 
    • 1/2 cup white flour
    • 1 cup bread crumbs 
    • Salt and Sugar to taste
    • 1 teaspoon chopped green chilli
    Methods
    1. Boil the vegetables and let them cool,mash the vegetables and add fried peanut salt and sugar.
    2. Heat the oil  in a pan,add funnel seeds ginger paste and mashed vegetables,green chillis, roasted cumin and coriander powder and saute.
    3. After 5-8 minute turn off the flame, make balls out of the mixture.
    4. Mix the white flour with some water to make thin batter.
    5. Dip all the balls in the batter one by one,afterwards coat each ball with the bread crumbs and place into a plate.
    6. Heat the oil  in a pan and deep fry the balls till golden brown.
    7. Serve with salads and ketchup.