Saturday, 2 January 2016

SOUR SOUP RECIPE

 SOUR SOUP RECIPE
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Ingredients:

2tbsp. chili sauce or to taste
11/2tbsp. Corn flour / corn starch
1 tbsp Soya sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
2tbsp. Capsicum / green bell pepper (chopped)
2tbsp spring onions (chopped)
2 tbsp tomato sauce
2tbsp. carrots (chopped)
1/4th cup chopped cabbage
A small block of Paneer / organic tofu (thinly sliced), optional
1tsp. Black Pepper powder or to taste
1/2 tsp sugar 
A pinch Ajinomoto
Salt to taste
4 cups water

Preparation:

1.Mix 4 cups of water, Chili sauce, Soya sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper powder and ajinomoto and bring to boil.
2.Now add all the chopped vegetables except paneer . Cook for a minute on a medium heat.
3.Dissolve corn starch in 1/2 cup water and add to the soup stirring  constantly till it becomes thick.
4.Cook for a minute, add paneer slices.
5.Serve hot .
6.Hot and sour soup should be prepared just before consuming and should be served fresh, else it will lose the taste.


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Friday, 1 January 2016

PALAK DOSA RECIPE

Palak Dosa Is a very popular recipe. 
Here is a easy recipe to make palak dosa. 

Palak Dosa is a delicious Indian recipe served as a Breakfast. 
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PALAK DOSA RECIPE.
Makes : 4
Cooking time : 30 mins

Ingredients:

1 cup boiled palak
1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
1/2 cup rice flour
1 " ginger garted
3-4 green chilies
Pinch asafetida (hing)
Salt as per taste
Water for mixing
Oil for making dosa


How to make palak chilla:
   
1.First make the puree of the palak. You can make this puree well in advance. It can stay for 2 days.
2.In a bowl mix together rice flour, besan, ginger, palak puree, hing, salt and chopped green chillies. Now add water little by little and make a fine batter for the dosa. Make sure there are no lumps.
3.Heat a non stick tawa. Keep the flame low. Nowpour about 4 tblsp of batter and spread it in circular motion on the tawa with the help of a ladle to make a circular chilla. The thickness should be that of a roti/crepe.
4.when the top side starts to get dry pour few drops of oil from all sides. Check the lower side if it has turn slightly brown flip the side and nowcook the other side. Keep pressing the chilla occassionally with a flat spatula.
5.When brown, serve these palak chillas hot with green chutney/ tomato sauce.


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Zarda Rice recipe

Zarda Rice


Zarda is a traditional Punjabi dessert prepared and enjoyed during festivals, weddings and all kinds of special occasions. It is prepared mainly with Basmati rice and sugar syrup. The dry fruits and Indians herbs are specially used to give it a special taste and visual looks. Zarda is not only used as dessert but also used as snack as well.


Ingredients:

1: Basmati Rice half kg (soaked in water for 20 minutes)

2: Sugar 2 cups

3: Oil 4 tbs

4: Cinnamon stick half inch

5: Cloves 2

6: Water 8 cups

7: Saffron Strands 15 dissolved in 2 tbs Milk

8: Almonds 6 (sliced)

9: Cashew Nuts 6 (chopped)

10: Raisins 10 

Method:

Heat the water in a large pan till it starts boiling on medium flame, add rice and boil till rice are about 90% done, roughly takes about 8-10 minutes but it may vary among rice brands and age of the rice.
Transfer them to colander and drain water completely. Keep them aside.
Take a big heavy based pan with lid, add oil oil and heat it on low flame, Add cinnamon stick, cloves, saute for about 1 minute. Add sugar and 1/4 cup water. Stir and cook for a minute. Add dissolved saffron mixture. Stir and cook until sugar dissolves, After sugar dissolves, bring mixture to boil on medium flame. When it starts to boil, add boiled rice. Mix gently until each rice grain is coated with sugar-saffron mixture and there are no lumps of white rice. Reduce flame to low and cover it with a lid. Cook until almost all the moisture evaporates. Turn off flame and let it stand for 7-8 minutes. Remove the lid and add almonds, cashew nuts, raisins.

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