Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Bhatura Recipe

Punjabi Bhatura Recipe

 Ingredients:

   Allpurposeflour(Maida) - 4 1/2 cups
    Baking powder - 1 tsp
    Curd - 1 cup
    Water - As reqd
    Sugar- 2 tbsp
    Soochi(Rava)-1 cup
    Salt- 1 1/2 tsp
    Oil for frying


  Method of Preparation:
   
    1)Sieve maida with baking powder, salt and Soochi.
    2)In a cup, mix sugar in the curd.
    3)Slowly, add it to the maida.
    4)Add reqd water and 2 tbsp of oil and mix well.
    5)Cover with a wet cloth and keep aside for 2 hours.
    6)Make small balls and keep it again for 10 mins.
    7)Roll them out into pooris.
    8)Deep fry in hot oil.


    9)Take it onto an absorbent paper to remove the excess oil.
    :- Serve hot with chole.

Monday, April 28, 2014

Garlic Chicken Recipe

Garlic Chicken Recipe

 ingredients:
                                               
Chicken-½ Kg
Garlic Crushed -15 nos
Green Chillies Cut in to strips -2 nos.
Onion  Finely Chopped - 2nos.
Tamato-1 nos
Dried Red Chilli - 10 nos.
Coriander powder-1 tbsp
Curry Leaves     2
Coriander Leaves     2
Oil     2    tbsp
Salt to taste     ½    tsp


Method of Preparation:

    1) Peel and chop garlic to small pieces.
    2)Heat a pan with 2 tbsp oil. Fry in the garlic, dried red chillies,and coriander powder. garlic till    light brown.




    3) Grind the above masala in fine paste.


    4)Heat oil in a  pan Add in onion,tomato and some curry leaves.onion till brown. Mix well for   some time.

    5)Then add in the above paste. Allow it to cook for 2 minutes in low flame.


    6)Add the chicken pieces and combine well.cook for 15 mints




    7)  Turn off flame and sprinkle freshly sliced coriander leaves.



    8)  Transfer it to serving plate & enjoy the  hot  &  spicy  Garlic  Chicken.



























Monday, April 21, 2014

Evening Snacks DHOKLA

Evening Snacks  DHOKLA


Ingredients:
                      

     Bengal gram flour (besan)-500gms
     ENO powder-2 tbsp
     ginger paste-1 tsp
     sugar- 2 tsps
     lemon juice-1 tsp
     baking soda-2 tsps
     Salt to taste

For tempering:

     canola oil-2 tbsps
     black mustard seeds-1 tsp
     curry leaves-6-8 pinchu
     green chillies slit lengthwise-2


Method of Preparation:

    1) Sieve the gram flour. Mix it with the water and 1tsp oil keep aside for 2 hours.
    2) Add the  ENO, ginger, and  salt to taste, lime juice,baking soda and sugar to make a batter of pouring    consistency. Mix well.
    3)Pour batter into baking tray greased with oil.Steam on high flame for 15 mins.
    4)If pressure cooker is used,do not apply weight/whistle.


    5)Remove and allow to cool for 10 mins& cut into cubes.





To temper,

6)Heat 2 tbsp oil.add 1 tbs muster seeds and uruddhal,when crackling add curry leaves and green chillies,then put off the flame.



7) spread evenly over Dhokla pancake.




8)Serve with Green chutney.