Indian Snack Recipe - Dhokla

Dhokla

Ingredients :

• 1" Ginger 

• 1 tbsp Oil 

• 1 tbsp Salt 

• ¼ cup Water 

• 3 Green Chillies 

• ½ cup Green Peas 

• 3/4 cup Chana Daal 

• Juice of one Lemon 

• Pinch of Asafoetida 

• ½ tbsp Mustard seeds 

• 1 tbsp grated Coconut 

• 3/4 tbsp Baking powder 

• Chopped Coriander leaves 

Method :

1. Soak chana dal and peas too if using dry peas in plenty of water overnight. 

2. Place peas, daal and water in a food processor or liquefier and blend until smooth. 

3. Add chillies, ginger, salt, baking powder and lemon juice and blend until mixed throughly. 

4. Pour the mixture into a greased thali or shallow cake pan, making sure mixture does not come more than three quarters of the way upin the pan. 

5. Place the thali/cake pan in a steamer. 

6. Cover and steam for 20 minutes. 

7. Remove from steamer and set aside for 5 minutes. 

8. Cut into squares and arrange on a plate. 

9. Heat oil in a small saucepan and add mustard seeds. 

10. When seeds start to splutter, add the asafoedita. Heat for another 2-3 seconds, pour over the cut dhoklas. 

11. Garnish each dhokla with grated cocunut and coriander leaves. 

Indian Sweet Recipe - MotiChur Ke Laddu

MOTICHUR LADDU




Ingredients :


2 cups besan
1 & 1/2 cup sugar
10 pods cardamom
1/2 cup raisins
Ghee or oil for deep frying




Method : 


Mix besan with 1 &1/2 cup water to make a smooth batter free from lumps. 
Powder cardamom and keep aside.
Fry raisins in a little ghee and keep ready. 
Make sugar syrup with sugar and 1 cup of water. 
Keep the syrup till its consistency reaches a long string stage. 
Hold a perforated ladle over oil.
Pour some prepared besan batter on the ladle and the drops will fall through the holes of the ladle on to the hot oil. 
Cook on low flame, stirring continuously. 
Continue till the batter is cooked.
Now mix boondi, sugar syrup cardamom powder, raisins and stir well.
When the mixture is cool, shape into laddus of desired size.




Source : Isam for DSDG

Indian Bread Recipe - Missi Punjabi Spicy Roti

MISSI PUNJABI SPICY ROTI



Ingredients :


1 1/2 cups wheat flour
1/2 cups gram flour
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp oil
salt to taste
1/2 turmeric powder
2-3 pinches asafaetida
1/2 tsp each cummin / oregano seeds
finely chopped coriander
1 tbsp water


Method :


1.     Knead a slightly stiff dough, adding all above ingredients, cover with wet cloth. 
2.     Break off bits and make small potato sized balls. 
3.     Roll to 3-4 mm thickness. 
4.     Roast on griddle (tawa) as for phulka. 
5.     Or after brown spots appear place direct on gas flame and puff, with help of tongs.
6.     Phulka also may be done similarly if puffing with cloth, feels difficult. 
7.     Apply ghee or butter
8.     Serve hot with sweetened mango preserve (chunda) or curds or jam. 


Source : DSDG

Indian Vegetable Recipe - Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer Butter Masala 


Preparation Time : 20
Cooking Time : 15
Serves / Makes : 6 


Ingredients :


Paneer: 800 gms
Tomato Puree: 1/2 cup
Onion paste: grind 2 meduim sized onions
Ginger/garlic Paste: 1 tblspn
Red Chillie Pdr.: 1.5 tblspn
Garam Masala: 2 teaspns
Sugar: 150 gms
White Butter: 100 gms
Water: 150 ml
Fresh cream:50 ml
Salt to taste
Green coriander springs for garnishing


Method :


1 Add butter to the paneer pieces and cook for 3 min.
2 Put all ingredients except fresh cream and coriander in another bowl covered with the lid.
3 Add the cooked paneer along with the above masala.
4 Add water and cook for 6-7 min
5 Add cream and cook for another 2 min.
6 Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
7 Serve hot with Naans or any parotas/rotis 


Tips : 


The power level setting for the recipe is 60% or 540 degrees C.