Saturday, 4 June 2016

Jelly Fruity Oats Pudding

Jelly Fruity Oats Pudding
This dish is wholesome and an interesting dish for children. They will love it. 

For the Oat Coconut Pudding
Ingredients 
1/4 cup Oats 
1 cup Coconut milk 
4 tbsp Condensed Milk 
1/2 tsp Veg Gelatine powder soaked in 2 tbsp hot water 

Method 
Take a pot. Add the coconut milk and condensed milk. Stir and let it simmer for 2 minutes. Add the oats. Stir and cook till it thickens. Add the gelatine  and stir. Switch off the flame. Stir it and let it cool.

To Assemble 
Ingredients 
2 tbsp Strawberry jelly cubes (Red)
2 tbsp Green Apple jelly cubes (Green)
1Mango cut into cubes
1 medium size Banana cut pieces 
Oats Coconut pudding 
Few Dry Cranberries
1 Cherry 
Few Almond flakes

Method 
Take a transparent glass bowl. Add few pieces of  each colour jellies. Gently add the  oats coconut pudding. Add few mango and banana pieces. Add few cranberries.  Add few pieces of the jellies again. Garnish with almond flakes and cherry. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour before serving.

Keema Aloo Choley

Keema Aloo Choley 

Ingredients 
1 bowl Mutton Mince 
1 bowl Chickpeas boiled 
10 to 12 Baby Potatoes boiled 
1 Onion chopped 
1 Tomato chopped 
1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Chilli paste 
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds 
1 tsp Coriander - Cumin powder 
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 
1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder 
2 tsp Choley Masala 
Salt to taste 
3 tbsp Oil / Ghee
Few Coriander leaves chopped

Method 
Take a wok, add oil / ghee. Let it heat. Add cumin seeds and let it crackle. Add garlic - ginger - chilli paste. Sauté it for 2 minutes. Add the onion. Sauté it for 2 minutes. Add the Kheema, choley and the potatoes. Stir a cook for 5 minutes. Add the spices, salt and tomato. Stir it and cook for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water. Stir, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Once done, garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve it hot with parathas or pav..

Tak Jhal Chingri Macher Matha diye Achar (Prawn head pickled with Garlic, Green Chillies and Tamarind paste...)

Tak Jhal Chingri Macher Matha diye Achar (Prawn head pickled with Garlic, Green Chillies and Tamarind paste...)

Nothing can beat the taste of the prawn heads. It's juicy and is more tastier than the prawn flesh. Normally we fry it or make vegetable with it. But this time I came up with a different recipe and it's pickle again. The combination of tamarind and fresh green chillies and garlic makes it super tasty..... Try it. 

Ingredients
1 bowl Prawn heads cleaned, marinated in turmeric powder and salt, then fried
10 big Garlic cloves  cleaned and coarsely ground
10 Green Chillies coarsely ground
6 Green chillies chopped into big pieces
3 tbsp Tamarind paste
2 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Cumin Coriander  powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Panch Phoran
2 Bay Leaves
1/4 cup Mustard oil

Method
Take a pan, add oil. Let it heat. Add bay leaves, panch phoran and green chillies chopped. Let the panch phoran crackle. Add the coarsely ground garlic and chillies. Sauté it for 2 minutes. Add the tamarind paste, salt, cumin - coriander powder, turmeric powder and sugar. Stir it and cook for 2 minutes. Add the prawn heads. Let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Cool it and store it in a dry glass container and refrigerate it. It will stay in the fridge for  2 months.  

Friday, 3 June 2016

Kulcha Buns Stuffed with Chatpata Choley...

Kulcha Buns stuffed with Chatpata Choley.... 
I remember having Choley kulcha in Manali... Instead of making two different dishes.. I thought of stuffing the Choley in the kulcha.. It taste awesome with the buttery taste. Have it hot... 
For the Choley
Ingredients
1 cup Chickpeas soaked overnight and boiled 
2 Boiled Potatoes chopped into small pieces
1 Onion chopped
1 Tomato chopped 
1 tsp Garlic minced
1/2 tsp Ginger minced
2 Green chillies chopped 
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Chaat Masala
Salt to taste 
1 tsp Roasted Cumin powder 
Few Coriander leaves chopped 
Juice of 1 Lime 
1 tbsp Oil 


Method 
Take a wok, add oil, add cumin seeds. Let it crackle, add the garlic, ginger and chopped chillies. Sauté it for 1 minute. Add the onions, sauté it till translucent. Add the tomato, stir it, add the chopped potato and the chickpeas. Stir and add 1/4 cup of water.Cover and cook till the water has dried up. Add the salt, chaat masala,roasted cumin powder and lime juice. Mix it. Take it off the flame. Add the coriander leaves for garnishing. Keep it aside while we make the Kulcha buns. 

Kulcha Buns
Ingredients 
3 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 cup Luke warm water
1 tbsp Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Dry Yeast
Salt to taste
1/2 cup or more Water
2 tbsp Butter (room temperature)

Method 
Take the yeast and sugar and mix it into the lukewarm water. Let it rise. Add the salt into the flour and mix it. Make a well in the centre of the flour. Pour in the yeast water and little more water and knead it into a soft dough. Add little butter and knead the dough well for 10 minutes. Apply little butter on the dough, cover and keep till it rises double in size. Punch the dough and divide the dough into equal portions, size of a tennis ball. Cover and keep for another 15 minutes.

To make the stuff Buns... 
Grease a baking tin with oil. Take one portion of the dough, flatten it. Add the chatpata Choley in the centre. Close the edges of the bun. Place the bun on the baking tin.leave some distance for the next bun. Apply oil on the bun and flatten the bun. Keep it for 20 minutes. Bake at 180 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes in a preheated oven. Apply butter on top of the hot buns.


Thursday, 2 June 2016

Honey Ginger Banana Bread

Honey Ginger Banana Bread
What do we do when we have ripe bananas at home... I make rustic cakes with the bananas. I have added ginger for the taste. I have also added honey and oats for health. 
Ingredients 
3 Ripe Bananas mashed
1 tsp Ginger powder or grated ginger 
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Oats
1⁄2 cup Butter, melted
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Honey 
1⁄2 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp Soda bicarbonate 
1/2 tsp Baking powder 
Pinch of Salt 


Method 
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius. Grease and lightly sprinkle some flour into the bread loaf pan. 
Take a mixing bowl, combine mashed bananas with butter. Beat it. Add sugar and honey. Beat it. Add butter milk. Beat it. Add Soda bicarbonate, baking powder, ginger powder and salt. Beat it. Add the oats, mix it. Add the flour and mix it until all the ingredients has incorporated well. Pour the  mixture into the bread loaf pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow it to cool before removing from pan. Cool it completely before cutting.