Mushroom Pepper Fry

This is very easy, but very delicious.







1 box button Mushrooms- wash and slice them.
1 small or 1/2 large onion thinly sliced
1 green chili
1- 2 tsp ground black pepper ( according to your taste)
salt to taste
2tsps oil

Heat oil in a wide mouthed pan, add onions and g. chili. Saute it on medium heat until light brown. Add sliced mushrooms, cover and cook until mushrooms reduce to half their volume, do not add water. Then add salt and pepper and cook for another 2-3mins. Serve hot with rotis or chapatis.

Avocado Chapathi and Pineapple Gojju

Yesterday, I was going through the fridge to see what to make for dinner and saw a lonely Avocado and some pineapple pieces. Suddenly I remembered about Avocado Chapathi's, which I happen to read in some blog and thought of making the same. Coming to the pineapples I made pineapple gojju with it, which is spicy, sweet and sour and yummy! I first tried this gojju in some wedding and was hooked onto it. So here you go:





Avocado Chapathi:

1.5 cups whear flour
1 ripe Avocado
1 tsp Chilli powder ( adjust according to your taste)
1/2 tsp each Cumin and Coriander powder
You may also add Garam Masala Powder.
Water to knead
1 tsp oil

Cut, seed and scoop the flesh from the Avocado into a bowl. Mash it nicely with a fork. Add the flour, spices and oil and mis nicely. Add enough water to make into a pilable dough. Cover and let it rest for 15mins.

Make chapathis as usual and serve hot with raitha or pickles. I served mine with Pineapple gojju.

Pineapple Gojju:

1 Cup Pineapple pieces ( I used fresh, if using canned then use unsweetened)
Boil and drain the pieces in some water. ( Reserve the water)
100gms - Tamarind ( soak and take out the juice)
100gms Jaggery ( Use according to your taste)


Masala:
6-8 Byadgi Red Chilles
1 Tbsp - Channa Dal
1 Tbsp - Urad Dal
1/4 Tsp - Fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds)
1 tsp Dhania seeds( Coriander seeds)
1/2 cup dry grated coconut

Lightly fry each one of them in a pan and grind together with some tamarind juice, some jagerry and water( Use the drained water from pineapple). It has to be a nice smooth paste.

Tadka:
2tsp oil
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
a big pinch Hing

Method:

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and hing, then add pineapple pieces fry for 2-3secs and then add the masala paste. Add the remaining tamarind juice and jaggery. Add water to get some gojju, cover and cook on med high for 5mins. Serve hot with rice and ghee.

Madeleine

I always wanted to try my hand at baking and thought why not start with the cookies I love! They are called Madeleine's and they are french. It needs a special mold to make . This is my 1st attempt in making these simple yet delicious cookies. Hope all you cooks out there will enjoy making and relishing these cookies as much as I did. So enjoy them warm with a cuppa of chai!

Recipe Source : Recipezaar

I made some changes.

Makes : 20 cookies

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Generously butter and flour pan for large Madeleine's.
2. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and 2/3 cup sugar in large bowl just to blend. Beat in vanilla, orange peel and salt. Add flour; beat just until blended. Gradually add cooled melted butter in steady stream, beating just until blended.
3. Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each indentation in pan. Bake until puffed and brown, about 10-15 minutes( keep an eye after 10mins, they can burn easily). Cool 5 minutes. Gently remove from pan. Repeat process, buttering and flouring pan before each batch.
   
   

Kadai Paneer(A easy and tasty paneer receipe)

Ingredients
3 Tbsp oil/ghee
Jeera
Shah Jeera
Javatri
1 finely chopped onion
1 tbsp chopped green chili
1 tsp ginger paste
2 cubed Peppers(multi colored ones make the recipe look tempting)
1.5 - 2 cup tomato paste
1.5 cup Paneer pcs
Salt to taste
pinch of haldi
Red chilli powder to taste
For Garnish
1tsp everest garam masala
2-3 fried red chilli
Method

• Heat oil in a pan.Add jeera, shah jeera and Javatri
• Add onion and green chilli.cook for couple of minutes
• Add ginger paste and peppers and cook for a min
• Add tomato paste and masala.Cook for 3-4 minutes
• Add paneer
• Garnish with garam masala and red chilli.Serve

Note: this is a passed down receipe which turns out excellent.As there is no milk or cream this turns out to be pretty lite but tasty..Shah jeera and javatri places a imp role in the flavour.
U can replace panner with tofu.

Will update later with d photo.

Gazar ka Halwa(low Cal)

1 packet(908 gm )Carrots.
500 ml water
6 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
Cardamon powder
Saffron
For Garnishing
Badam slivers
pista slivers

Method

• Peel and grate the carrots with medium size grater.
• In a frying pan boil the carrots with the water at high temperature
  
• when water is almost evaporated add the milk, cardamom powder and saffron
• Cook till halwa is dry i.e no water can be seen
  
• Add sugar and cook till no remains of water can be seen
• Take off the flame.
• Decorate with almonds and pista
  

• Serve

NOTE: Cooking in water enhances the natural flavours of carrots. They start tasting sweeter.Hence the amount of sugar and milk that needs to be added is considerbly less
I have used full milk. But instead of that you can cook fully in 2% as it is the same thing.
Adding sugar in end after the water has evaporated enhances the red color.

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