Sunday, April 29, 2012

Atta laddoo/ Godumapindi laddoo

INGREDIENTS:
1. Atta/ Godumapindi- 1 Cup
2. Ghee- 1tbsp
3. Sugar- 1 Cup
4. Milk- 1tbsp

METHOD:
1. Initially fry the atta for few mins and keep it aside.
2. Now add ghee , sugar and little milk to it and mix well.
3. Milk should be very little it is just for the sake of preparing laddoo's .
4. Now grease your hand with  little ghee and take little previously prepared mixture at a time and make it in to balls.
5. Now serve it and enjoy.

Boondi Laddoo






INGREDIENTS:
1. Besan Powder- 1 1/2 Cup
2. Sugar- 1 1/2 Cup
3. Milk
4. Ghee for frying
5. Water
6. Baking Powder- 1tsp
7. Kesar- A pinch
8. Cashews finely chopped- 2tbsps
9. Almonds finely chopped- 2tbsps

METHOD:
1. Initially take sugar in a bowl and fill it with water little more than the level of sugar and cook it .
2. Now heat the ghee in a pan.
3. Meanwhile take the besan powder in a vessel,add baking powder to that and also add milk in such a way that the paste should be thick.Mix properly.
4. Now by taking a vessel with holes prepare boondi and keep it aside and add finely chopped cashews and almonds to it.
5. Now after completion of all boondi add the initially prepared sugar syrup to it and keep it for 10 mins or till the boondi absorbs sugar syrup properly.
6. Now take 3 tbsps of warm milk and add it to the above made boondi with sugar syrup.
7. Now mix everything properly and  grease your hand with ghee and take little boondi at a time and make balls.
8. Now serve the laddoo's and enjoy

Friday, April 27, 2012

Vegetable Kurma

INGREDIENTS:
1. Carrots chopped finely- 1/2Cup
2. Beans chopped finely- 1/2Cup
3. Potatoes chopped finely- 1/2 cup
4. Green Peas- 1/2Cup
5. Onions chopped finely- 1Cup
6. Bay Leaves- 2
7. Cinnamon- 1piece
8. Cardamom- 2
9. Clove- 3  - 5
10. Oil- 1tbsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Red chilly powder- 1tbsp
13. Mustard- 2tsps
14. Cumin seeds- 2tsps
15. Asafoetida- a pinch
16. Cilantro/ Coriander leaves- 1tbsp

INGREDIENTS FOR GRINDING
1. One small Onion Chopped- 1/2 Cup
2. Ginger Garlic green chili paste- 2tbsps
3. Garam masala power- 1tsp
4. Turmeric- 1tsp
5. Poppy seeds/ gasagasalu- 1tsp
6. Coconut- 2tbsps

METHOD:
1. Initially pressure cook all four vegetables (carrots, beans, potatoes, green peas).
2. Grind all the ingredients that are for grinding and keep it aside.
3. Now heat the oil in a pan and add mustard to it after it splutters add cumin seeds and now add bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, clove to it and fry for few seconds.
4. Now add chopped onions to it and fry until the onion turns golden brown.
5. Now add the masala paste and cook till the raw spells is gone.
6. Now add the vegetables to it and add salt, chili powder and finally a pinch of asafoetida to it.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
8. Now serve hot with appam, chapati, poori, rice etc.

Appam

INGREDIENTS:
1. Raw Rice- 2Cups
2. Grated Coconut- 1Cup
3. Cooked Rice- 2tbsps
4. Yeast- 1tsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Baking powder- 1tsp

METHOD:
1. Initially soak the rice in water for 8hours.
2. Now grind the rice with coconut and by adding cooked rice to it.
3. Now after grinding it add yeast by mixing the yeast in warm water.
4. Finally add salt and baking powder to it and keep it for 8hrs or until it ferments.
5. Now take a round bottomed nonstick or any pan .
6. Add more water to the batter so that if we add to a pan it mount move around.
7. Now heat the pan and add 1 small amount of batter to it straightaway without adding oil or ghee to it and not rotate the pan so that the batter is spread all together and close the lid.
8. Keep it for 1min and if it is cooked properly remove from the pan and serve hot with vegetable kurma or pickle etc.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Veg Burger with Veg Cutlet/ Veg Cutlet


 


INGREDIENTS:
1. Cauliflower chopped- 1 cup
2. Cabbage- 1cup
3. Carrots chopped- 1cup
4. Beans- 1/2 cup
5. Green Peas- 1/2 cup
6. Bread Crumbs- 2cups
7. Sand witch bread- 1Nos
8. Garam Masala- a Pinch
9. Chili Powder- 2 tbsps
10.Salt to taste.
11. Oil for frying cutlets.
12. Potatoes pressure cooked and mashed- 3
13. Maida flour- 2cups

METHOD:
1. First of all heat one tbsp of oil in a pan and add all the vegetables other than mashed potato to it and saute it till all the vegetables are cooked properly.
2. Now add mashed potatoes to that cooked vegetables and saute for 5minutes by adding chili powder, garam masala powder and salt to it and keep it aside.
3. Now take a pan and heat the oil that is sufficient for frying the cutlets.
4. Now take the cooked vegetables and make them in to medium sized balls .
5. Now prepare maida thick paste by adding less amount of water to it.
6. Now take one vegetable ball at a time and dip it in to the maida paste in such a way that ball should be surrounded totally by thick maida paste.
7. Now dip the ball with maida paste in to the bread crumbs  and flatten the ball in to the shape of cutlet and now fry it in the oil till it turns brown.
8. Serve the cutlet hot , also it is a good combination with sandwich by adding a slices of onion and tomato.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Gobi manchurian dry/ Gobi manchurian/ Cauliflower manchurian



INGREDIENTS
1. Cauliflower medium size chopped- 1
2. Maida- 3tbsps
3. Corn flour- 5tbsps
4. Rice flour- 1tbsp
5. Ginger, garlic and green chilly paste- 2tbsps
6. Ginger chopped finely- 2tbsps
7. Garlic cloves chopped
8. Green chilies chopped finely- 2
9. Red chilly powder- 2tbsps
10. Tomato sauce- 1tbsp
11. Soya sauce- 2tsps
12. Chilly sauce- 1tbsp
13. Vinegar- 1tsp
14. Salt to taste
15. Oil
16. Orange food colour(optional)
17. Onions chopped finely- 1

INITIAL PREPARATION
1. Initially soak the chopped cauliflower in water and add a tsp of salt to it and cook for 5mins.
2. Now take a vessel and add maida flour, rice flour, corn flour, ginger garlic chilly paste ,food colour, salt and little water to it and mix thoroughly.
3. Now add chopped cauliflower to it and now fry them in the oil till it turns brown and keep it aside.

METHOD
1. Now heat the oil in a pan and add chopped garlic, chillies and chopped onions and cook till it turns transparent.
2. Now add tomato sauce, chilly sauce, soya sauce, chilly powder, vinegar and salt to it and cook for 5mins.
3. Finally add cooked cauliflower to it and fry it in a high flame for 2mins.
4. Serve hot and it will be very tasty.

Veg Noodles



INGREDENTS
1. Plain noodles- 3 (single packets)
2. Cabbage grated- 2cups
3. Carrots garted- 1cup
4. Green chilies silted- 3
5. Capsicum grated- 1cup(optional)
6. Pepper- 2tbsps
7. Red chilly powder- 2tbsps
8. Spring onions- 2tbsps
9. Salt to taste
10. Oil- 2tbsps

METHOD
1. Initially take 6 cups of water in a vessels heat it till you get bubbles and now add noodles to it cook it by adding a tsp of salt to it and now remove the water from the vessel and add cool water to it and finally remove the noodles from that and keep it seperately.
2. Now heat oil in a pan and add all the veggies and fry till it is cooked.
3. Now add cooked noodles to it and add required amount of salt, pepper and chilli powder to it and fry for 5mins in a high flame.
4. Serve hot and enjoy