Friday 27 May 2011

Cheese Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:
4 medium pizza bases
For topping
200 gms onion (chopped)
200 gms tomatoes (chopped)
125 gms capsicum (chopped)
100 gms mushroom (sliced)
250 gms pizza cheese (shredded)
3 tbsp tomato sauce
Salt & black pepper powder (to taste)

Method:
1. Preheat the oven on convection mode at 250 degree Celsius.
2. Spread tomato sauce on each pizza base
3. For topping, mix all chopped vegetables and seasoning. Microwave the chopped vegetables in a microwave safe bowl for 30 secs. at 100% power.
4. Apply tomato sauce on each pizza base. Now spread the vegetable topping on each pizza base along with the sliced mushrooms.
5. Sprinkle grated pizza cheese at the top of each pizza.
6. Bake on non-stick tawa on the high rack at 250 degree Celsius for 10 – 15 mins (till the cheese melts).
7. Cut into pieces and serve with sauce


Friday 20 May 2011

Punjabi Kadhi Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cup Gram flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder.
1/4 cup Chopped onion
2 cup Kadhi Curd (yogurt)
1/4 cup Chopped potato
1 teaspoon Ajwain.
2 no. Dry red chili whole
1 teaspoon Red chili powder.
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder.
1 teaspoon Chopped ginger.
A pinch Asafetida
Oil for deep frying
1/4 cup Gram flour
2 tablespoon Oil.
1 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds.
Salt to taste

How to make Punjabi Kadhi

*Mix all pakora ingredients except oil & add about ½ cup of water. Mix well.
*Heat oil in a Kadhai & deep fry vegetable & gram flour mixture after making into small balls. Fry till pakoras are golden brown.
*Beat Curd/Yogurt & mix gram flour in it. Blend thoroughly so as to ensure that there are no lumps.
*Add turmeric powder, salt & 3 cups of water.
Heat oil in a Kadhai.
*Add fenugreek seeds and dry red chili. Stir fry for half minute.
*Add Gram flour and Yogurt mixture. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a slow fire for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
*Add red chili powder and fried pakoras and again simmer the punjabi kadi for about 5 minutes.
*Serve punjabi kadhi hot with steamed rice.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

Vegetable Manchurian Recipe

Ingredients:
  
2 cups Grated Cabbage
2 cups Grated Carrots
1 Chopped Spring Onion
2 Chopped Green Chilies
3-4 Crushed Garlic Flakes
2 tablespoon Corn Flour
Oil for deep frying
1 tablespoon Soya Sauce
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon Pepper Powder
1 tablespoon Sugar
A pinch of ajinomoto
2 tablespoon oil

Preparation of vegetarian manchurian :

* Mix grated cabbage and carrots and squeeze the water out from them.
* Now in a bowl take the squeezed cabbage and carrots and mix 1 tbsp. corn starch and add few chopped chilies and little salt to it.
* Make small balls (like koftas) of the mixture .
* Heat the oil in a kadhai / wok and deep fry the balls till golden brown, drain and keep aside.
* Now in a separate pan heat 2 tbsp oil.
* Sauté garlic, green chilies and spring onions.
* Add water, salt, pepper powder, ajinomoto, sugar and soya sauce. Bring it to a boil.
* Mix 1 tbsp corn four with half of a cup of cold water and stir into it. Gently add the fried balls to the gravy.
* Cook the vegetable manchurian for 3-4 minutes and serve hot garnished with chopped coriander.