Cold Coffee

INGREDIENTS:-

Instant coffee powder - 1 tablespoon
Vanilla ice cream - 4 to 5 scoops
Sugar - if required
Ice cubes
Toppings of your choice

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

Take ice cream, ice cubes and coffee powder in a mixer and blend well till it melts and becomes a liquid.
Pour into a serving glass and top it with a scoop of ice cream, chocolate sauce or any toppings as you wish. Serve chilled.

Punjabi Chicken Curry

INGREDIENTS:-

Chicken - 800gms cut into pieces ( wash and pat dry )
Oil - 10 tablespoon
Bay leaf - 1
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 1" stick
Cardamoms - 4
Tomato - 4 pureed in a mixer
Salt - as per taste
Red chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 2 tablespoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Garam masala powder - 1 teaspoon
Yogurt - 1/2 cup well beaten
Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoon chopped

Grind to a paste:

Onions - 5 big
Ginger - 2 " piece
Garlic - 12 flakes


METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Grind onion, ginger and garlic to a paste in  a mixer
• Puree tomatoes in a mixer and keep aside
• Heat oil in a kadai. Add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and black cardamoms.
• Add onion and ginger-garlic paste. Stir fry on medium heat till it blends well
• Put the chicken pieces, let it boil for 5 minutes on medium flame till the water evaporates and the chicken turns whitish first and then later it turns golden.
• Add salt, red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder. Stir for 3 minutes
• Add tomato puree and 1 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves. Cook for about 10 minutes. Stir after every few minutes. Cook till oil separates and the tomatoes blend well with the onions
• Reduce heat and add the yogurt. Boil for 8 more minutes till the yogurt dries completely and oil separates
• Add about 2 cups of water. Pressure cook in a pressure pan for the chicken to become tender
• Serve garnished with the remaining coriander leaves

Chilly Baby Corn

INGREDIENTS:-

Baby corn - sliced
Gram flour - 3 to 4 table spoon
Salt - as per taste
Red chilly  powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilly sauce - 1 tablespoon
Onion - 1 sliced
Capsicum - 1 sliced
Garlic - 4  flakes chopped
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Corn flour - 1 to 2 tablespoon
Coriander leaves - chopped for garnishing
Soya sauce - 1 tablespoon
Tomato sauce - 1 tablespoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
Water - to make batter
Oil - for deep fry

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Make a batter of required consistency with gram flour, salt, red chilly powder, ginger garlic paste, corn flour and water
• Fry the baby corn in oil and remove the excess oil with  a tissue paper
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a kadai and add cumin seeds
• Add sliced onions and fry till they become brown
• Add capsicum and fry well
• Add salt and turmeric powder to it and mix well
• Add fried baby corn to it and close the vessel for 10 minutes
• Add red chilly sauce, tomato sauce and soya sauce and mix well
• Keep it closed for 5 to 10 minutes
• Remove from flame and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves
  

Pav Bhaji

INGREDIENTS:-

Vegetables: beans, potatoes, carrot, green peas and cauliflower
Onion - 1 big chopped
Tomato - 1 chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Dhania powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
Pav bhaji masala powder - 2 tablespoon
Oil/Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Salt - as per taste
Water - if required
Coriander leaves - 1 tablespoon chopped
Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon


METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Grind the onion to a paste and keep aside in a bowl
• Grind the tomato to a puree and keep aside in a bowl
• Cut and boil the vegetables and after boiling mash them well
• Heat oil/ghee in a kadai and add cumin seeds
• Put the onion paste and fry till the raw smell goes
• Add the tomato puree and fry well
• Add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes
• Now add the boiled  and mashed vegetables and mix well. Add water if required
• Add all the spices and salt and mix well
• Let it boil for few minutes
• Check for salt and sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves on top
• Add lime juice on top and mix well
• While serving serve with chopped onions and garnished with chopped coriander leaves and a piece of lime.

Roast the pav on a tava by adding ghee or butter on both sides

Palak ( spinach )Paneer

INGREDIENTS:-

Spinach leaves - a bunch
Coriander leaves - few strands
Kasoori methi - 1 tea spoon
Green chilly - 2 chopped
Ginger - 1" piece
Garlic - 6 cloves
Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
Garam masala powder - 1 tea spoon
Red chilly powder - 1 tea spoon
Pepper corns - 5
Salt - as per taste
Paneer pieces - 15
Onions - 1 big chopped and 1 small chopped finely
Tomato - 1 chopped
Water
Oil - 1 table spoon
Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
Coriander seeds - 2 tea spoon

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Wash and chop the spinach thoroughly.
• Deep fry the paneer pieces and remove the excess oil with a tissue.
• In a vessel boil together spinach, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, pepper corns, green chilly, ginger, garlic, chopped big onion, chopped tomatoes and chopped coriander leaves for 10 minutes.
• Drain the water and allow it to cool.
• Grind the boiled ingredients in a mixer to form a fine paste.
• In a kadai, heat oil and fry the chopped small onion till golden brown.
• Add salt, turmeric powder and kasoori methi to this and mix well.
• Add the ground mixture and water required.
• Let it boil for 5 minutes.
• Add red chilly powder and garam masala powder to it and mix well. Let it boil for another 5 minutes until the required consistency is reached.
• Add the fried paneer pieces.

Bhindi Fry ( Okra fry )

INGREDIENTS:-

Okra - 1/4 kg chopped into cubes
Onion - 1 big finely chopped
Green chilly - 1 chopped
Tomato - 1 finely  chopped
Curry leaves
Salt - as per taste
Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
Red chilly powder - 1 tea spoon
Dhania powder - 1 tea spoon
Garam masala powder - 1 tea spoon
Oil - 2 table spoon
turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• In a pan fry the chopped okra with a table spoon of oil till it becomes half boiled. Keep it aside.
• In a kadai heat the remaining oil and add cumin seeds.
• Add the curry leaves and chopped green chilly and fry well.
• Add the chopped onions and fry till it becomes brown in colour.
• Add salt and turmeric powder to this and mix well.
• Add tomatoes and fry till it becomes tender.
• Add all the spice powders and fry till oil separates.
• Now add the fried okra and mix well.
• Check if its boiled and adjust the salt and chilly.
• Serve with chapathi or pulkas.
  
  
  

Sweet Dosa

INGREDIENTS:-

Urad dal - 1 cup
Rice - 2 cups
Fenugreek seeds - few seeds
Salt - as per taste
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cucumber - 1


METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Soak rice and urad dal separately for 7-8 hours.
• Soak fenugreek seeds along with the urad dal.
• Grind the urad dal and fenugreek seeds with a little water to make a paste.
• After urad dal becomes a paste, add jaggery, cucumber and rice and grind all together to get a batter of required consistency.
• Be careful not to add water as cucumber and jaggery has water in it.
• Mix well and leave the batter over night to ferment.
• After 6-8 hours of fermentation add salt and water if required to the batter.
• Heat a non stick tawa and make tasty dosas.