Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Stuffed Capsicum


Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes


Ingredients :

  • Capsicum - 12 medium size 
  • Potatoes - 3 medium size 
  • Green chillies - 2 
  • Onion - 2 medium size 
  • Ginger - 1 inch piece 
  • Cottage Cheese(paneer) - 200 gms
  • Grated cheese - 1/2 cup  
  • Cashews - 10-12
  • Raisins - 12 - 14
  • Cumin powder - 1 tea spoon
  • Dry Mango powder - 2 tea spoon 
  • Fresh coriander leaves - few springs
  • Garam Masala powder - 1 table spoon 
  • Oil - 2 table spoon
  • salt - to taste   
Method :

Wash capsicums , slice it thinly from top and bottom . Remove seeds to make hollow. Wash potatoes and boil it . Peel and mash potatoes and keep aside . Peel, finely chop onion and ginger. Wash and finely chop coriander leaves. Grate paneer , grind cashews coarsely. Wash and pat dry raisins. Now mix potatoes,paneer, cashews, raisins, amchur powder, cumin powder, coriander leaves, garam masala powder and salt . Keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan add chopped onion, cook for 5 minutes add ginger and green chillies . Mix the potato mixture and cook for 2 minutes.  Pre heat oven  225 degree C . Stuff mixture in the capsicum, sprinkle cheese on it . Place it on the baking tray and bake at 225 degree C for 15 minutes, serve hot.


Thursday, May 20, 2010

Methi Matar Malai

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes

Ingredients :

  • makhana - 1 cup 
  • matar (peas) - 1/2 cup 
  • paneer (cottage cheese)- 200 gms.
  • kasuri methi - 2 table spoon
  • khus khus (poppy seeds)-2 table spoon 
  • kaju (cashews) - 50 gms.
  • elaichi (cardamom) - 5-6 
  • lavang (cloves) - 5-6
  • dalchini (cinamon) - 1 inch
  • bay leafe - 1
  • tomato puree - 1 table spoon 
  • tomato ketchup - 1 tea spoon 
  • ginger paste - 1/2 tea spoon 
  • green chilly paste - 1/2 tea spoon
  • malai (fresh cream) - 2 table spoon 
  • cooking oil - 1 table spoon
  • sugar - 1/4 spoon 
  • salt to taste 

Method :
Cut paneer in small pieces and wash peas . Heat kadai put 1/2 tea spoon cooking oil and fry makhana on low heat for 5 minutes and keep aside . Grind elaichi,dalchini,lavang in 1/4 tea spoon sugar . Grind kaju and khus khus saperately with water and keep it aside , beat fresh cream.  Heat oil in a kadai or pan put bay leaf now pour khus khus paste, ginger paste, green chilly paste tomato puree, elaichi, lavang, dalchini powder, kasuri methi, peas makhana and tomato ketchup in it and cook for 2 minutes . Put paneer pieces in kadai and cook for 1 minute . Put 1/2 cup water salt and kaju paste, cream, cook for 2 minutes put it in a serving bowl and serve hot. 





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