Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Saboodana Vadaa

Saboodana Vadaa






Ingredients:



Sabudanna (Sago): 1 & 1/2 cup


Peanuts: 1 cup


Potato: 2 (Medium sized, Boiled and mashed)


Red Chilly Powder: 1 tsp


Sendha Namak: to taste


Ghee or oil: For deep Frying






Method:









Wash Sago or Sabudana thoroughly and drain excess water. Soak it in water for 2-3 hours.













Roaste the Peanut removes the skind and grind them coarsely













Take boiled and mashed potato in a bowl, add Sago (sabudana). Coarsely Grinded Peanut, Red chilly Powder and sendha Namak.













Make it to a soft dough













Keep the oil in a deep frying pan to heat. Moist hands and make small flat













Slide the rounds in the heated oil on medium flame. Fry till they are crisp and light brown in color.













Drain them well using a sieve type ladle. Makes about 15-20 vadaas





Thursday, September 17, 2009

ALLO MUTTER MASALA

ALLO MUTTER MASALA
Ingredients:
Potato: 3 (Medium sized)
Onion: 2 (Medium sized chopped finely)
Tomatoes:1 (Large finely chopped)
Greean Peas: 1/2 cup
Ginger-Garlic-Red chilly Paste: 1 trsp
Curd: 3 tsp (Beaten)
Cumis Seeds: 1 tea spoon
Cloves: 3-4
Caradamon:3-4
Cinnamon Sticks: 1ich
Black pepper: 1 tea spoon
Coriander Powder: 1 tsp
Red Chilly Powder: 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
Kitchen King: 1 tsp
Garam Masala: 1 tsp
Oil: for cooking
Salt: to taste
For Garnishing:
Coriander Leaves: 2-3 Tsp
Crushed Paneer: 2-3 tsp
METHOD:
  • Heat ghee or oil in a pan.
  • When the oil becomes very hot carefully add cloves,cumin seeds, Black Pepper,Cardamon, Cinnamon sticks and finally onions.
  • Saute untill the onions become golden brown
  • Add Coriander Powder,Red Chilly Powder,Turmeric Powder,Kitchen king.
  • Saute it for a minute taking care not to burn all the dry masalas powder
  • Remove from fire,allow it to cool
  • Grind the onion to a smooth and thick paste.
  • Heat the remaining ghee and oil. Add ginger, garlic, and green chillies paste & saute for 2 minutes
  • Add the ground onion paste and saute for a minute
  • Add finelly chopped tomatoes and saute till the pil seperates from it.
  • Add peas, potatoes and salt.
  • Allow it to simmer for 10 minutes
  • Add Garam Masala Powder. Turn off the burner
  • Garnish with coriander leaves, crushed Paneer lemon juice.
  • Serve hot with chappathis, pooris, bread, or plain white rice. Enjoy mattar paneer masala

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

BLACK FOREST CAKE

BLACK FOREST CAKE


Ingredients:

For The Cake:

Maida: 2 cup
Powdered Sugar: 1 Cup
Milk Maid: 2 cup
Butter: 1 cup
Thums Up: 1 cup
Baking Powder: 1 tea spoon
Baking Soda: 1 tea spoon
Cocoa Powder: 4 tsp
Milk: 5 table spoon

Fo the icing of the Cake:

Whipped Cream: 200 gm
Icing Sugar: 50 gms

Method:

  • Mix together whipped Cream and icing sugar togethe till they become fluffy and soft.

For Decoration & assembling of the Cake:

Grated chocolate: 10 tsp
Almond & Cashew nut: 1/4 cup(chopped finely)
Dairy Milk Chocolate: ½ cup
Water: ½ cup
Sugar: 3 tea spoon
Vanilla Essence: 2 tea spoon

METHOD:

  • Sieve together Maida, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and cocoa Powder 3-4 times.
  • Sieve the powdered sugar once.
  • In a large bowl mix together powdered sugar, butter and milk maid till mixture gets fluffy.
  • When the mixture are done add flour mixture one tablespoon at a time & mixing it all the time
  • Add Thumps-UP and milk. Mix well till the batter gets Ribbon like consistency.
  • Pour the mix in a greased oven proof dish
  • Bake at micro High for 7-8 minutes. Check in between if the cake is done or not.
  • If the knife inserted in the center comes out clean it means your cake is done.

  • Bring out from the microwave and allow it cool completely. The cake will take around 3-4 hour to completely cool down.
  • Cut the cake horizontally into 2 pieces

For the icing of the Cake:
  • Mix all together all the ingredients of the icing with a hand mixer till the mixture gets soft.and fluffy

Assembling of The Cake:

  • Mix together water, Vanilla essence, sugar together and bring it to a boil. Allow it o cool. Your sugar syrup is ready.
  • In a Double boiler melt the Dairy Milk
  • Take one piece of cake in the plate. Spread about 2 table spoon of syrup.
  • Spread the whipped cream mixtire ove it.

  • Spread the melted chocolate syrup over it.

  • Keep the next Cake layer on the top.
  • Press down the cake lightly

  • Spread the remaining whipped cream & melted chocolate on top and on both sides.


  • Keep the cake in Refigrator for about an hour
  • Decorate with Grated Chocolate and chopped almonds and cashewnut.

  • Cut them into pieces.

  • Serve the cake chilled