Thursday, August 30, 2012

PINEAPPLE CRUMBLE


                                                            PINEAPPLE   CRUMBLE
Ingredients
  1. 2 tbsp Kissan Pineapple Jam
  2. 150 grams Pineapple Slices
  3. 6 nos Marie Biscuit
  4. 1 tbsp Flour
  5. 1 tsp sugar
  6. 1 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream
  7. 2 tbsp Butter
Method
  1. Heat  butter and sugar in a pan.Cook till sugar melts and add Kissan Pineapple Jam
  2. In this mix,cook the pineapple slices on both the sides till they turn light brown
  3. Grease and dust the bowl with flour and layer these slices in it
  4. Make crumbs of Marie biscuit and blend them nicley with butter
  5. Add a layer of it over the pineapple.Put it in the oven or under the grill till the crumbs turn gloden brown
  6. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Embassy Paneer

 EMBASSY            PANEER

3 tbsp. Butter
150 gms. Paneer
2 Onions chopped
2 Garlic flakes crushed
1/2" Ginger crushed
1 Green Chilli chopped
1 tbsp. Maida
1/2 cup Milk +1/2 cup Water
2 Tomatoes blanched & chopped
1/4 tsp.black chilli pwd.
1 tbsp. Tomato Sauce
3-4 tbsp.Green Coriander chopped
1/2 tsp. Garam Masala
1/2 tsp.Red Chilli Pwd.

-Heat butter and add onions,garlic,ginger and green chilli and saute.
-Add maida and cook for 1/2 minute.
-Reduce flame,add milk-water mixture stirring continuosly so that no lumps are formed. Cook till slightly thick.
-Add tomatoes, salt, peppers and tomato sauce and cook for about 3 minutes.
-Add Paneer cubes and green coriander and mix.
-Sprinkle Garam Masala and mix well.
-Serve hot.

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AACHARI  PANEER

4 tbsp.Oil
2 tsp.dried Ginger pwd. (saunth)
1/2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds  (methi daana)
1 tsp, Mustard Seeds  (sarsoan daana)
1/2 tsp. Onion Seeds  (kalonji)
1 tsp.Cumin Seeds  (jeera)
3 Onions chopped
3 Green Chillies chopped
5-6 Garlic flakes crushed
1" Ginger crushed
1 tsp. Turmeric pwd. (haldi)
1/2 cup Curd beaten
1 1/2 tsp. Dry Mango pwd. (amchur)
300 gm. Paneer
1/2 tsp. Red Chilli pwd.
Salt to taste

-Heat oil, add saunth, methi daana, sarsoan, kalonji and jeera and saute tillthe seeds crackle.
-Add onions and hari mirch and fry till golden.
-Add ginger, garlic and haldi and mix well.
-Gradually add curd stirring continuosly.
-Add amchur, and cook till curd driesslightly.
-Add Paneer and 2 slit hari mirch and mix.
-Add salt and lal mirch and mix on low flame for a minute.
-Serve hot

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SOME PANEER DISHES

 Paneer is an all time favourite whether it is a vegetarian menu or a non veg. one.I have come up with some nice and easy paneer recipies.
                           

                            HANDI    PANEER

3 Onions finely chopped
2" piece Ginger grated
1/2 tsp. Turmeric powder 
1/2 tsp. Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp. Garam Masala              
1 tsp.Coriander & Cumin seed pwd. (Dhania & Jeera powder)
2 Tomatoes blanched & chopped finely
1 Hari Mirch chopped finely
1/2 cup Curd beaten
250 gms. Paneer cut into thick strips
1/2 cup Capsicum thick strips
1/2 tsp. Kasuri Methi ( dried fenugreek leaves )
1 tbsp. fresh Cream
2 tbsp. Oil                                   Salt to taste

-Stir fry onions in oil till brown.
-Add Ginger, Turmeric pwd.,Red chlli pwd.,Dhania & Jeera pwd.,Garam Masala and Kasuri Methi and mix.
-Add Tomatoes and Hari Mirch and Capsicum and cook on medium flame for 3-4 minutes.
-Add Curd and fry till dry. 
-Add 1/4 cup water and boil.
-Mix in Paneer,Salt and Cream.
-Cook till masala dries and coats Paneer and Capsicum.
-Serve hot, garnished with coriander.

HANDY TIPS:-

-You can use 4 tbsp.Tomato Puree instead of tomatoes.
-To blanch Tomatoes, boil in water for 3 minutes, peel & chop.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

PANEER STUFFED GREEN PEAS PARANTHA

             PANEER STUFFED GREEN PEAS PARANTHAS

STUFFING

 2 cups grated Paneer
1/2 tsp. red chily powder
1 green chily chopped
2 tbsp. chopped green coriander

DOUGH

1 1/2 Cup Aatta
1 Cup Green Peas pureed
2 Green Chillies chopped
1 tbsp. Oil
Salt as reqd.

Knead the dough and keep for 15 minutes.
Roll out paranthas with the stuffing and cook on hot tawa using oil.
Serve hot with aachaar and curd
 
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                  SNOWY        WHITE          CHAPPATI

2 cups Rice Flour
1 tbsp. Sasame Seeds
1 cup overcooked Rice
Salt as reqd.

.Blend cooked rice to a smooth paste using water as reqd.
Add blended rice,sesame seeds,salt to the rice flour and kneed to a smooth dough.
Roll out chapati and place on hot tawa. Apply some water with hand on upper side.
Invert and roast on wetted sise till done.
Invert again and puff up on direct flame.
Serve hot with gravy vegetable.
              
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PARANTHAS ( BREADS )

IT IS TIME FOR SOME STUFFED PARANTHAS WITH DIFF. STUFFINGS


 MIXED VEGETABLES PARANTHAS  (10paranthas)

STUFFING-

2tea cups mixed vegies ( french beans,carrots,cauliflower,green peas ) finely chopped
3-4 spring onions finely chopped
1 small potato boiled and chopped
2 tbsp. green corriander chopped
2 green chillies chopped
salt andpepper as reqd.

DOUGH

1 1/2 tea cups maida
1 1/2 tea cups aatta
1 tbsp. butter or ghee
1/2 cup milk   water as reqd.
 
Knead the dough ,cover and keep aside for 15 minutes. 
Squeeze out water from chopped  vegies and mix everything well.
Roll out paranthas with the stuffing and cook on hot tawa 
Serve hot with butter and curd.
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ORIENTAL STYLE STIR FRIED VEGETABLES PARANTHAS ( 10 paranthas )

STUFFING

 
2 Onions chopped
2 tea cups Cabbage shredded finely
1 teacup   Beans Sprouts
1 tea cup Carrots grated thickly
1/2 tsp. Soya sauce
1/2 tsp. Sugar          Sugar as reqd.      1 tbsp. oil
a pinch of ajinomoto

DOUGH

3 tea cups maida
1 tbsp. oil              1/2 tsp. salt


Mix and kneed to a smooth dougdusing warm water. Leave for 15 minutes.

Heat oil, add all the vegies, onions  and cook on high flame for 3-4 minutes. Add soya, sugar and salt. Mix well and cool.
Roll out paranthas with the stuffings and cook on a hot tawa.
Serve hot with garlic chilly sauce.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

TIRANGA SOUP

This is a three coloured soup which I am sure all of u will like.I read the recipe in some book.Would like to share with u as it has always been appriciated whenever I have made it.

                                   TIRANGA   SOUP

FOR WHITE SAUCE                             FOR RED SOUP 

tbsp Maida                                                                           6-8 ripe Tomatoes
1 tbsp.Butter                                                                            2-3 Garlic Flakes
1 tbsp. grated Cheese                                                          1/4 Beetroot
1 cup Water                                                                            1 cup White Sauce
1 1/2 cups Milk                                                                       2 cups Water
                                                                                                 Salt & Pepper as reqd.

                        FOR     GREEN    SOUP

                1 bunch Palak                                                       1 cup White Sauce
                1 large Onion                                                        2 cups Water
                2-3 Garlic Flakes                                                 3 Green Chillies
                2" Ginger                                                              Salt as reqd.   
               
      
                                   1/2 cup Fresh Lightly Beaten Cream

WHITE SAUCE

Take butter in a heavy bottomed pan, heat  & add maida and stir till it turns light brown.
Mix milk & water and add to the pan stirring so that no lumps are formed.
Add grated cheese  and stir till the sauce thickens. Remove from fire and keep aside.

RED  SOUP

Boil tomatoes, beetroot  and garlic with 2 cups water. Blend and strain.
Put on fire, add white sauce, salt & pepper.Simmer for 3-4 minutes, mix well & keep aside.

GREEN   SOUP

Boil palak, onion, garlic with 2 cups water. Add chilies & ginger, blend and strain.
Add white sauce and salt. Simmer for 3-4 minutes, mix well & keep aside.

Place a spoon in soup bowl. Fill  ladles of green and red soup in both hands & pour simultaneously in soup bowl. Slowly remove the spoon from the bowl taking care that soups do not get mixed up. With a tsp. slowly add cream in such a way that three different colours can be seen. You can use icing cones and make a smiley with cream on the two colours.



Saturday, April 28, 2012

 many of my friends who have joined me recently do not know that i have a blog (seema's collection). I too have been off from my blog due to no special reason. But now i will try to be more regular (last time also i promised ) but i hope this time i will be able to keep my promise with some new recipies.