Friday, October 5, 2012

Coriander Paneer Sandwich

Ingredients:
  1. Paneer - 1 cup (grated)
  2. Bread pack - 1
  3. Pudina - ¼ cup
  4. Coriander - little more than ¼ cup
  5. Green chilli - 2 or 3
  6. Garlic flakes - 5 to 6
  7. Salt to taste
 Method:
  1. Blend the above ingredients (except paneer and bread) to paste as show.
  2. Mix the above blended paste with the grated paneer. (as shown)
  3. Take a bread slice and spread the paneer mixture on it.
  4. Apply butter on both the sides and toast it in a sandwich toaster or on tawa.
  5. Simple and tasty coriander paneer sandwich is ready to serve.

Surmai Rava Fry

Ingredients:
  1. Surmai fish - 1 kg (cut into pieces as shown)
  2. Red chilli powder - 4 sps
  3. Daniya powder - 2 sp
  4. Turmeric powder - 1 sp
  5. Garam-masala powder - ½ sp
  6. Jeera powder - 1 sp
  7. Salt to taste
  8. Tamarind juice - ¼ cup (or lemon juice 3sps)
  9. Semolina / rava - 1 cup
  10. Cooking oil as req. for shallow fry.
Method:
  1. Mix all the above ingredients with the fish except semolina and cooking oil. (as shown)
  2. Set aside for at least 2 hrs for proper marination.
  3. Heat the flat pan/ tawa with 2 sps of oil.
  4. Dip the fish piece in the rava and fry them both the side till golden brown. (as shown)
  5. Crispy and mouth watering surmai rava fry is ready to serve.

Cooked Rice and Oats Cutlets (Harabara Kabab)

Ingredients:
  1. Slightly over cooked rice/ left over cooked rice - 2 cup
  2. Oats - 1 ½ cup
  3. Grated carrot - ½ cup
  4. Green peas - ¼ cup (boiled and slightly mashed)
  5. Pudina, coriander and green chilli paste - ½ cup
  6. Paneer - ¼ cup (grated)
  7. Salt to taste
  8. Cooking oil as req. for shallow frying
 Method:
  1. In a blow, mix all of the above ingredients except cooking oil. (If req. add 2 to 3 sps of warm water as shown)
  2. Take small amount of mixture in hand and give the shape of cutlets (as shown) or ur req. shape.
  3. In a flat pan/tawa, heat 1 to 2 sps of cooking oil and place the cutlets in it.
  4. Fry form both the sides (as shown).
  5. Healthy homemade cutlets are ready to serve :)

KandaGadda Fry/Elephant’s Foot Fry

Ingredients:
  1. Elephant’s Foot - ½ kg (peeled, washed and cut into pieces as shown)
  2. Red chilli powder - 2 to 3 sps
  3. Turmeric powder - 1 sp
  4. Daniya powder - 1 sp
  5. Garam-masala powder - ½ sp
  6. Ginger and garlic paste - 2 sps
  7. Tamarind juice - ½ cup/ 1 to 1 ½ lemon juice
  8. Karipatha
  9. Jeera - 1 sp (optional)
  10. Fresh coriander leaves
  11. Salt to taste
  12. Cooking oil - 3 tbsps

Method:
  1. In a thick bottom pan heat oil. Add jeera and karipatha. Fry for 1 min.
  2. Add elephant’s foot pieces, turmeric powder and salt. Fry for 1 min.
  3. Now add red powder, dhaniya powder, garam-masala powder and ginger-garlic paste.. Fry for 1 more min.
  4. Now add tamarind juice and req. water as shown. Close the lid and cook for approx. For 15 mins.
  5. Now remove the lid and let the water evaporate and fry till the pieces are golden brown. (as shown)