Monday, October 15, 2012

PEANUT - RICE CRACKERS

Ingredients:
1. Rice Flour -- 2Cups
2. Moong Dal -- 1/4Cup
3. Peanuts -- 1/4Cups
4. Green Chilli -- 10no.s
5. Red Chilli Powder -- 1Tbsp (Optional)
6. Salt -- To Taste
7. Oil -- For Deep Fry
8. Water -- 1 1/2 Cups
 
Method To Prepare:
1. First boil Water and meanwhile add Green Chilli to  the blender and blend it into paste.
2. When the Water starts boiling, add Moong Dal, Peanuts, Salt, Green Chilli Paste and mix it well.
3. Now remove it from the heat and add Rice Flour and Red Chilli Powder (Optional) to it and make it like Chapathi Dough.
 
3. Now heat Oil in a pan for deep fry
4. Take a plastic cover and make small dumplings of the dough and spread it with ur hand by applying some oil as shown in the picture below.
 
5. Now drop them slowly into the heated oil.
 
6. Fry them till they turn slight Golden Brown Color.
7. Finally Tasty Rice-Dal Crackers are Ready to Serve.
 
Enjoy these Rice-Dal Crackers as a Snack with Hot Tea............

Note: Add Green Chilli Paste and Red Chilli Powder as per your Taste.

Linking This Recipe to "Cooking With Seeds - Peanuts" Event hosted by Priya's Versatile Recipes.

Friday, October 12, 2012

YELLOW LENTILS-GARLIC DAL

Ingredients:
1. Yellow Lentils(Toor Dal) -- 1Cup
2. Garlic Cloves -- 10no.s
3. Salt -- To Taste
4. Cumin Seeds -- 1/2tbsp
5. Urad Dal -- 1/2tbsp
7. Red Chilli -- 10
8. Ghee -- 2-3tbsp
9. Curry Leaves (Optional)

Method To Prepare :
1. First Dry Roast the Toor Dal for 5-10min. You can observe nice roasted aroma from the toor dal. Then remove it from the heat and let it cool.
2. Now grind the Roasted Dal and Red Chilli by adding some water into a fine paste.
3. Now add the Dal and Red Chilli Paste to a pan and add 1Cup of Water to it. Also add Salt and mix it well.
4. Then let it boil till it becomes thicker. But remember you should keep on stirring it or else the bottom of the dal will be burnt.
5. Then heat ghee in other small pan and add Garlic Cloves, Urad Dal. Red Chilli and Cumin Seeds.to it. 

6. Fry them till the Urad Dal changes into nice brown color and Garlic becomes soft.
7. Finally the Tasty Yellow Lentils-Garlic Dal is  Ready to Serve.

It doesnt taste good if it becomes cold. So Serve it Hot with Plain Rice.......................

Note: You can add more Red Chilli if you want more spicy ness.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

150th POST / PALAK PANEER

Ingredients:
1. Spinach (Palak)
2. Paneer
3. Green Chilli -- 5no.s
4. Cumin Seeds -- 1Tbsp
5. Red Chilli Powder -- 1Tbsp
6. Salt -- To Taste
7. Onions -- 1
8. Ginger Garlic Paste -- 2Tbsp
9. Garam Masala -- 2Tbsp
10. Oil -- 4Tbsp

Method To Prepare:
1. First Fry the Onions till they turn transparent and let them cool. Once it gets cooled, blend them into fine Paste.
2. Also Cook the Spinach Leaves and blend it also into fine paste.
3. Then Heat Oil in a Pan and Add Cumin Seeds and Green Chilli to it.
4. Now add Paneer Cubes to the pan and fry for 5-10Min.
5. Then add the Onion Paste to the Pan.

6. Now add Ginger Garlic Paste and let it cook for 10-15Min.
7. Later add the Spinach Paste to the Pan.
8. Then add Garam Masala, Salt, Red Chilli Powder.
9. Mix it well and let it cook till it becomes thick.
10. Finally Tasty Palak Paneer is Ready To Serve.

Enjoy this Tasty Palak Paneer with Hot Roti....

Monday, October 1, 2012

HEALTHY SPROUTS CURRY

Ingredients:
1. Sprouts -- 2Cups
2. Chopped Onions -- 1Cup
3. Chopped Tomatoes -- 1Cup
4. Salt -- To Taste
5. Ginger
6. Green Chilli -- 4
7. Cumin Seeds -- 1Tbsp
8. Curry Leaves -- 5no.s
9. Cinnamon Stick -- 1
10.  Oil -- 2Tbsp
11. Kashmiri Lal Mirch Powder -- 1Tbsp
12. Garam Masala -- 1Tbsp


Method To Prepare:
1. First add Sprouts, 1/2Tbsp Salt and Ginger to a Pan and add 1Cup of Water to it. Let it Boil for 10-15Min.

2. Then heat Oil in another pan and add Cumin Seeds, Green Chilli, Cinnamon Stick, Ginger and Curry Leaves to it.

3. Fry them for 5Min and then add Chopped Onions. Fry them till the Onions turn Transparent.

4. Then add Chopped Tomatoes to it and cook till they become soft.

5. Once the Tomatoes become soft, add 1/2Cup of Water and add Garam Masala and Kashmiri Lal Mirch Powder. Mix it well and cook for 5min.
6. Now add cooked Sprouts to the Pan.

7.  Mix it well and cook it well till the water is absorbed.