Friday, October 30, 2009

Chowmein inchin style

Ingredients

1 Packet Chings Noodles
1 Cup Pepper Strips
1 Cup Mixes veggies
1 Onion
1/2 Cabbage (Long and thin sliced)
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Chilli Powder
4 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
2 tsp Chilli Sauce (Green )
2 tsp Vinegar
4 tbsp Oil


Method


1. Boil eight cups of water and add noodles to boiling water. Add 2 tsp Salt and 1 tsp Oil.

2. After 5 mins, drain and wash them in cold water add 1 tsp oil and lay out on a paper.

3. Fry the vegetables one by one in oil on high flame for a couple of minutes each.

4. Take the vegetable in pan, add the noodles, Chilli Powder and the sauces and mix with hand.

5. Heat on high flames for couple of minutes stirring gently.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dum aloo

Ingredients

Baby Potato - 500gms
Onion - 2 Large
Tomato - 1 Large
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbs
Brown Cardamons - 1
Cloves - 2
Cumins Seeds - 1tsp
5-6 cashews
Dry red chili - 2
Cinnamon - 1" stick
Bay Leave - 1
Redchilli Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbs
Coriander powser - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Anardana - 1 pinch
Curd - 3 tbsp
Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
Salt

Method

1. Wash potatos and pierce with fork .Pressure cook baby potato for 10 mins.

2. In a pan, dry roast brown cardamoms, cloves, cumin, cinnamon, coriander powder, red chillies and cashews.

3. Grind roasted ingredients together with onion, tomato , ginger-garlic paste with little water and keep aside.

4. Peel the potato, shallow fry them.

5. Heat the remaining oil, jeera, mustard seeds , hing and bay leaves; stir for few seconds.

6. Add ground paste fry for 2 mins, add masala powders except garam masala; stir well and cook for 2-3 mins.

7. Beat curd and add.

8. Stir fry till oil shows separately, now add potatoes and stir gently to coat the potatoes with masala.

10. Add garam masala, stir well and let simmer.


Note : Make sure theres not tooo much tomato and let cook for long time.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Cabbage Kootu

Ingredients

Group 1 -
1 medium head of cabbage, finely shredded
3/4 cup toor dal (soaked for 15 -20 mins)
1 small tomatoes
2 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Chilli powder
2 tbsp Sambhar powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric
Salt

Group 2 - Tadka
1 medium Onion
1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic
A Pinch of hing
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 sprig curry leaves


Group 3 - Masala
1 tbsp urad dal
2-3 red chilies (you can use more if you like your food really spicy)
4 tbsp shredded coconut


Method

1) Pressure-cook the Group 1 with about 4 cups of water for about 2 whistles.
2) Fry Group 2 ingredients and add.
3) Fry Group 3 ingredients. When the dals turn golden, remove to a blender and grind into a smooth paste along with coconut.
4) Add to the pressure cooker.
5) Let it cook for 10 mins.