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Paneer Makhni Recipe

September 5th, 2009

PANEER MAKHANIPaneer Makhni Recipe:
INGREDIENTS
500 gms cottage cheese
75 gms butter
15 gms garlic
50 gms onion paste
25 gms ginger garlic paste
1 bayleaf
2 gms cinnamon
1 gms cloves
1 gms cardamom
5 gms red chilli powder
Oil for frying
2 gms turmeric powder
10 gms coriander powder
Salt to taste
2 gms garam masala
40 ml cream
5 gms coriander leaves
200 ml tomato puree
5 gms kasoori methi

METHOD

1. Cut the cottage cheese into 2 1/2 inch by 1 inch strips.

2. Deep fry the cottage cheese in hot oil until golden in color.

3. Keep aside in a bowl of salted water.

4. Chop the garlic and coriander leaves.

5. Heat the butter, add cloves, bayleaf, cardamom and cinnamon.

6. Add the chopped garlic and saute for a minute and add the onion paste.

7. Mix the ginger garlic paste.

8. Add all the powders and the tomato puree.

9. Cook for 2 minutes. Add 100 ml of water and simmer for 10 minutes.

10. Add the cream and the rest of the ingredients and cook for 2 minutes.

11. Mix the fried cottage cheese. Cook for another 2 minutes and serve garnished with cream.

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Chick Pea Burger

September 4th, 2009

Chick Pea BurgerChick Pea Burger

Ingredients:
450 Grams Chick Peas (soaked 24 hours) — (1 pound)
1 Medium Onion
1 Medium Potato, Peeled
4 Cloves Garlic
1 Teaspoon Coriander, Ground
1 Teaspoon Cumin, Ground
2 Teaspoons Salt (or to taste)
1/2Teaspoon Pepper
1/2Teaspoon Cayenne (or to taste)
1 Tablespoon Flour
Vegetable Oil for Frying
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
1 Recipe Sesame Seed Sauce

Direction:
Drain the chick peas. Quarter the onion and potato.
Run all through the fine holes of a meat grinder along with the garlic two times.
Add coriander, cumin, salt, pepper, cayenne and flour and mix well.
Run this mixture through the grinder once more. Mix again. Cover and leave to rest for two to three hours.
Heat the oil for deep frying. While the oil is heating add the baking soda to the chick pea mixture.
With dampened hands, form mixture into balls the size of a walnut, then flatten slightly into a patty.
Deep fry, making sure patties are cooked through and are golden brown.
Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Serve with Pita bread by cutting the loaves in half and filling the pockets with 2 or 3 patties.
Add sliced radishes, chopped parsley, diced tomatoes, pickles and hot peppers.
Drizzle Sesame Seed sauce over the contents.

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Gongura Mamsam Recipe

September 4th, 2009

Gongura MamsamGongura Mamsam Recipe:

Ingredients
chukkan leaves – 1 bunch
gongura leaves – 4 bunches
mutton – ½ kg
oil – 2 tbsp
onions – 2, sliced
chilli powder – 1 tsp
coriander powder – 1 tsp
turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
salt – to taste
green chillies – 20 or to taste
ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
cloves – 4
cinnamon – 3-4 pieces
For Seasoning:
oil – 2 tbsp
mustard – 1 tsp
black gram (urad) dal – 1 tsp
red chili – 1, broken in 2 pieces

Method:
Clean and chop the greens. Cut mutton into 1″ pieces.
Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker. Add onion and two slit green chilies. Fry till onion is brown.
Add ginger garlic paste and fry. Add mutton, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Add water and pressure cook for 15 minutes. Mean while powder cloves and cinnamon.
Cook greens with reaming green chillies and salt. Cool and grind to a paste.
Heat reaming oil, season with mustard, black gram dal and red chili.
Add the green paste and fry well.
When the mutton is cooked add the clove and cinnamon powder and fried paste.
Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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Mutton Kofta Recipe

July 27th, 2009

Mutton Kofta Recipe

Mutton Kofta Recipe:
Ingredients:
1/2 kg mutton – finely minced
1 egg
2 tbsp chana – roasted, grounded & sieved
2 tsp coriander – chopped
1 tbsp poppy seeds – soaked in water
15-20 garlic pods
1 1/2 inch piece of ginger
4 onions – finely sliced
4 tomatoes – skinned & pureed
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt – to taste
1 1/2 cups yoghurt – whipped
1 cup oil
water
2 black cardamoms
1 tsp whole pepper
5-6 cloves
5 green cardamoms
2 bay leaves
1 inch cinnamon stick
Method:
Grind the garlic, ginger and the poppy seeds together. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add the onions to it. Fry till they turn brown in colour. Add little water to it and stir.
In another pan mix the whole spices and a cup of water and simmer for 10 minutes. Keep aside.
In the onion mixture add the ginger-garlic paste and the poppy seeds mixture and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
Add the coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well. Add the chopped tomatoes and stir.
In the meantime, mix the egg, chana powder, coriander leaves and the mutton mince with salt.
Grease hands with little oil and make small koftas and keep aside. Add them to the onion mixture. Strain the water from the whole spices and add to the koftas. Bring it to a boil.
Cook for about five minutes and then add yogurt. Reduce the heat and cook for about 45 minutes.

Mutton Kofta Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 kg mutton – finely minced

1 egg

2 tbsp chana – roasted, grounded & sieved

2 tsp coriander – chopped

1 tbsp poppy seeds – soaked in water

15-20 garlic pods

1 1/2 inch piece of ginger

4 onions – finely sliced Read more…

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