Gobi manchurian

Ingredients:-

For frying-

Cauliflower-1 big

All purpose flour-half cup

Cornflour- half cup
Ginger garlic green chilly paste-2 tblspn

Salt- half tspn

Soya sauce-1tblspn

Vegetable oil for frying

For gravy-

Vegetable oil-1tblspn

Onion-1 chopped

Green chillies-3 (if required, since we have already added in marinating cauliflower.)
Capsicum(1red and 1green)- cut in 1 inch squares
Soya sauce-2 to 3 tblspn according to taste
Red Chilly sauce- 2tblspn
Tomato sauce- 2 tblspn
Salt - very little according to taste.

Direction:-

• Cut cauliflower into small flowers removing the stems.
• Boil them in water for 5 min
• Drain water from the cauliflower fully.
• Marinate cauliflower with ginger garlic green chilly paste for 15min
• Meanwhile, make a thick batter of flours with 3-4 tblspn water. Add soya sauce and salt to taste.
• Mix the flowers with the batter so that each of them get a nice coating.
• Now heat the oil and fry them till golden brown and slightly crisp.
• Meanwhile, you can cut the capsicum and onion.
• Saute onion and green chillies in some oil in a large nonstick pan till crunchy but not soft.
• Add capsicum to it and cook them for another 7 min with lid on. DO NOT let them cook till very soft but you should get them crunchy.
• At this stage add the 3 sauces and let them bubble up. Add salt to taste.
• If you are done with frying cauliflower add them and give a good stir so that the sauce coats on each fried pieces.
• Serve hot with chappathi, Fried rice, any bread (bathura, naan).

BON APPETITE:)

Navaratna korma

Ingredients:-


Cashews-20
Raisins-10-15


Butter- 1 tblspn
Onion chopped - 1 big
Ginger garlic paste-1 tblspn
Green chilli-3 chopped
Corn(Seeds separated)- 1
Cauliflower-Half  cut into small sizes
Green beans-15 beans cut  into 1 inch size
Carrots chopped- 1 big
Potato-1 cubed
Fresh peas-1 hand full
Tomato-1 chopped
Tomato paste-1 tspn
Coriander pwdr-1 tspn
Chilly pwdr-1 tspn
Turmeric pwdr-1/2 tspn
Cumin pwdr-1/2 tspn
Garam masala-1/2 tspn
Milk-1 cup
Paneer grated- half cup
Salt to taste


Directions:-

• Soak the cashews and raisins in warm water for 20min and grind into fine paste and keep aside.
• Heat butter first of all and saute onions in it. 
• Once the onions are half done add the ginger garlic paste, chillies and saute at high flame for 30sec.
• Then add the vegetables-corn, cauliflower,green beans, carrots, potato and cook for 5 min with salt to taste.
• Now add the tomato , tomato paste, Grated paneer, fresh peas.
• Add the spices and milk and saute for 30 sec and cook with the lid on for 3min
• Add the ground cashew paste and boil the curry.
• Add the required amount of salt.
• Done

BON APPETITE:)

Mushroom chicken noodles

Ingredients:-


Chicken Boneless chunks-1/2 kg
Chicken stock-1 litre
Capsicum-2 chopped
Garlic-4 chopped
Onion-1 chopped into big pieces.
Mushroom-10 sliced
Sweet corn-1
Egg-2
Noodles-2 small packets
Salt to taste.


Direction:-

• Cook chicken with bones to get a good chicken stalk. Otherwise get Bouillon chicken stock cubes and use the boneless chicken.
• Cut the chicken into small chunks and cook them with some salt and 1liter of water. When it is properly done remove the chicken pieces from it . 
• Add the chicken stock to the remaining water if necessary, as i said.
• Add the capsicum, garlic and onion to this stock and cook for another 10min. 
• Add mushroom and corn to this later.
• Meanwhile this gets cooked, scramble he eggs in a separate pan with some oil.
• Add the noodles to the remaining cooked vegetables. You might be having some water in it already. If not, add some more water enough to cook the noodles in it. 
• Add salt to taste.
• Finally add the cooked chicken and Scrambled egg.
• Serve hot with some ketch up as a main meal.

BON APPETITE:)

Thenga arachu vacha meen curry, Fish curry

Ingredients:-

Tilapia-4 fillets[ you can go for manthal (sole fish)]
Tomato-2 large sliced
Ginger 1 inch long sliced-1tblspn
Green chillies-4 long sliced
Curry leaves- a sprig
Tamarind juice of half a lemon size tamarind.
Turmeric pwdr-3/4th tspn
Chilly pwdr-2 tspn
Coconut-1 cup
Shallots-3 + 4
Fennel seeds-1/2 tspn
Water to grind coconut-1/2 cup
Oil-1 tblspn

Direction:-

   

• Bring to boil tomato, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and tamarind juice with one cup of water.
• Add turmeric pwdr, chilly pwdr to this while boiling.
• Once you see the tomatoes are cooked add the fish and cook it till it turns tender . Do not break them. Tilapia needs very less time to cook. It is the same case with Sole Malabar(manthal) fish.
• Meanwhile grind coconut, 3 shallots and fennel seeds into fine paste.
• Add this to the cooked fish and bring to boil.
• Now while that part is done , heat oil in a wok to fry shallots till they turn brown.
• Add this to the curry.
• DONE.

BON APPETITE:)

Wishing You all a Very Happy New Year...

The murmuring sound of the leaves on huge trees , the mesmerizing view of the running mountains , the melodious music played back in the background, the mansions holding breath - all minimized my temptations for the mouthwatering, delicious dishes that are awaiting me in the party. We are gifted with many beautiful things on earth which are often forgotten. Why is it so??

Did you make any new year resolutions this time??

Have you ever counted the bad or negative sides you have in you?? And have you ever thought of cutting down those bad branches of your life tree??

Sharing these thoughts i wish you all a Very HaPPy NeW yEar....