Thursday, September 10, 2009

CHEESE BUSETO

CHEESE BUSETO




Ingredients:

Bread Slices: 4-5

Capsicum: 1 (finely chopped)

Onion: 1 (Medium finely chopped)

Sweet Corn: 1/2 cup

NOTE: I have used the frozen sweet Corn. If you want you can use the fresh corn but first you should boil it with little soft till the corn becomes soft).

Coriander Leaves: 2-3 table spoon

Salt : to taste

Black pepper: 1tsp

Butter: 2-3 tsp

Olive oil: 1 tsp

Grated cheese: 2-3 tsp


METHOD:

  • In a bowl mix together Onion,Sweet Corn,Capsicum,coriander leaves, olive oil,salt and Black pepper
  • Add 2 tablespoon of spread cheese and mix well
  • Microwave the mixture for 1 minute at high.

  • Cut the Bread Slices diagonally. (If you want you can cut the edges of the Bread Slices)
  • Apply the Butter over the Bread,Put the mixture over it.

  • Grill the Bread in the microwave for about 2-3 minutes.

NOTE: you can bake the Bread slices in an OTG for about 5 minutes.
  • your cheese buseto is ready
  • Serve cheese Buseto hot with tomato Ketchup

Thursday, September 03, 2009

SCHEZWAN SANDWICH

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Ingredients:
Bread Slices: 2-3
Onion: 1 (finely chopped)
Capsicum: 1 (finely chopped)
Paneer: 1 /2 cup(finely chopped)
Chopped Garlic: 1 tsp
Ching's all in one sauce: 2tbsp
Black pepper powder: 1/2 tsp
Red chilly Powder: 1/2 tsp
Spread Cheese: 2-3 tsp
Salt: to taste.
Oil: for cooking
Ghee or Buteer: 1-2 t
For Garnishing
Coriander Leaves: 2 tsp
Grated Paneer: 2 tsp
Mix together Coriander leaves and grated panner and keep it aside.
METHOD:
  • In a bowl heat 2 tsp of oil add chopped garlic and onion & saute it for 1 minute.
  • Add chopped paneer, capsicum,Red chilly powder, Black pepper powder, Ching all in one sauce, salt and saute it for another 1 minute. Remove from fire and take out the mixture in a bowl.
NOTE: If you dont have ching's all in one sauce you can use 2 tbsp of Soya Sauce instead of that.
Take the bread slices.Remove the edges.

  • Apply the Cheese spread over the bread slice. Put the mixture in the center of the bread.
  • Roll the bread slices and insert the toothpick in the center of the bread slice.
  • Do the same with the remaining bread slices.
  • Grease the microwave plate with butter or ghee.
  • Keep the bread slices on to the greased microwave plate.
  • Microwave the bread slices at high for 8 minutes.
Note: Alternatively you can also bake the slice for 2 minutes.
  • Take out the bread slices from the microwave.
  • Remove the tooth pick and cut the bread slices into 2 pieces
  • Garnish it with coriander leaves and grated paneer.
  • Serve hot with Ketchup

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

KELE KA KOFTA




Ingredients:




Bananas (raw) : 3



Gram flour (besan): 3 tsp



Maida: 3 tsp



Onion : 2 (Medium)



Tomato: 2 ( Smalll)



Garlic: 4-5 cloves



Ginger : 1 tsp (chopped)



Carrot: 1



Cumin Powder : 1 tsp



Turmeric Powder : 1&1/2  tsp



Red chilly powder: 2 tsp



Coriander Powder : 2 tsp


Black pepper Powder: 1/2 tsp



Garam masala Powder: 1 tsp



Green Chilies(chopped) – 2-3


Cumin seeds - 1 tsp


Salt ( to taste)


For Garnishing:



Coriander leaves (chopped) - 2 tsp
Ginger Julian: 1 t


METHOD:



1. Boil the bananas and peel off the outer cover after boiling.


2. Boil the carrot and make a puree out of it. Keep it aside.


3. Grind onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies together. Keep it aside


4. Make a puree of tomatoes & keep aside.


5. Mash boiled bananas and add besan, Maida ½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp of red chilly powder, 1 tsp of coriander powder, salt and mixe it well.


6. Make small balls of 1 inch diameter out of this banana mixture. Press it from middle.


7. Heat oil in a non stick tawa and shallow fry these bolls. Take out the koftas onto the kitchen napkin and keep these koftas in refrigerator for about 15 minutes.( NOTE: This will help the koftas not to mix with the gravy) Alternatively you can also deep fry over medium heat, till golden brown in color.


8. Heat 3 tablespoon of oil in kadhai and add cumin seeds. After cumin seeds crackle add onion paste. Fry till turns to pink in color and the oil seperates from the kadhai.


9. Then add remaining masala and sauté well till the gravy releases oil.


10. Now add tomatoes paste, carrot puree and salt.


11. After 4-5 minutes, if masala starts releasing oil, add water.


12. After 2 minutes add the deep fried banana balls and reduce the flame to low.


13. Kela ka kofta is ready to serve, hot garnished with coriander leaves and ginger Julian.

Monday, August 31, 2009

PAV BHAJI

PAV BHAJI
Pav Bhaji is a fast food dish native to Maharashtrians and is popular in most metropolitan areas in India, particularly in the Maharashtrians city of Mumbai & Pune Pav in Marathi means bread. Bhaji is a term for a curry and vegetable dish. As I think every next person loves pav bhaji, and so there's no reason why one shouldn't try it at home, that customised to suit our tastes!


Ingredients:

For Pav:

Pav: 8-10
Butter: to shallow fry

For Bhaji:

Onions:2 (finely chopped)


Green chillies: 2(finely chopped)

Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tsp

Capsicum: 2 (chopped fine)

Cabbage: ½ cup (chopped finely)

Tomatoes: 2 (Chopped finely)

Chopped mixed vegetables (beans, carrots, cauliflower, potato, beans, bottle gourds, etc.) : 3 cups

Frozen peas: ½ cup (u can also use fresh peas if u have)

Paneer: ½ cup ( cut into small cubes)

Butter: 4 tsp

Pavbhaji masala: 4 tsp

Red chilli powder: 1 tsp

Black pepper: 1 tsp

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Sugar: ½ tsp

Lemon juice: 5-6 tsp

Salt to taste

1 cup water (in which vegetables were boiled) or simple water

For Garnishing:

Paneer: 5-6 tbsp (grated)
Onions:
Coriander leaves(chopped): 2 tbsp
A dash of butter
Small Piece of Lemon

METHOD:

  • Pressure cook mix vegetables(except, peas, cabbage tomatoes, and Capsicum).Mash the boiled vegetables coarsely after draining.Keep the water aside.

  • Heat butter in a pan.Add ginger-garlic paste & onions and saute it for 5 minutes.

  • Add cabbage nad capsicum and mix well.Fry for 2-3 minutes till soft.

  • Add tomatoes and saute it for another 1 minutes.

  • Add paneer cubes and sauté it for 1 minute so that all the masalas are well coated over the vegetables.

  • Add pav bhaji masala, turmeric poder,black pepper powder,Red chilly Powder,Salt,sugar & fry for another 2 minutes.So that the all the masalas are covered into the vegetables.

  • Add the water. Mix well and allow the water to boil.

  • Simmer the gravy on medium heat till the gravy thicken and mashing vegetable in between.

  • Add lemon juice and stir

  • Garnish with chopped coriander, grated paneer and a block of butter

FOR PAVS:

  • Slit the pavs horizontally into two pieces
  • Add butter over the pavs as desired
  • Heat a non stick tava or a normal griddle and roast the pavs on to the tava till hot & soft with the surface crisp on both sides.
  • Serve hot with bhaji, lemon juiece and onion