Sunday, 3 April 2011

VEGETARIAN DELIGHT--ALMOND ALU-PYAAZ

Ingredients
# Potatoes(ext. large.)                            3-4   350-400 gms     
#Almond                                                            100 gms                                            
# Cloves                                                           6-8pcs
#Bay leaf                                                          2pcs
# Green cardamom                                           2pcs                                                                                                                           
#Cinnamon                                                        1"inch
# Onion (large,peeled 'n'thinly sliced)              2pcs
# Garlic-ginger paste                                         2tbsp
# Coriander(powered)                                        2tbsp
#Cumin(powered)                                                2tbsp
# Five -spices  chai-masala                                  2tbsp                                                     
# Kashmiri red pepper(powder)                           1tbsp
# Oil                                                                     1cup
# Sabut(whole) red chilli                                      1pc
# Sprig of garden fresh dhania(coriander)
# Salt according to taste
Method
 Wash potato in a clean  water.
 Parboil(with skin) 'n'prick allover with the help of fork
 Prudently insert the cloves
Next,heat oil in a pan 'n' fry the potatoes for 10 mts so that they are proerly cooked.
keep them aside in a serving bowl and slice them into halves/quarters as you like
Watch these should not brittle
(Alternatively one can  microwave potatoes for 3mts.
Keep a watch)
Next add the sliced onions,along with the bay leaf and powered chai masalas.
Next pour ginger-garlic paste.frying  onions till they turn golden brown in colour
Pour some water and watch the gravy is 'thickly liquid'
Now add the almond paste. Stir it so that paste is properly mixed.Cover it with lid.
Put off heat after 2-3mts
Now pour the rich nutrious gravy on the sliced potatoes
Garnish it with garden fresh dhania
Serve it with missi roti/aijwan /,brocalli paranthas.
Can also be enjoyed with buttered pav/garlic bread.
Enjoy your Sunday savoring  along with bottle-gourd pudding as a desert.
(courtsey  Pushpesh Pant)











Saturday, 2 April 2011

All time Delicious Bottle-gourd Pudding(Kheer)

Ingredients
# Grated bottle-gourd     500 gms
#Milk                              1K gms
#Sugar                            300 gms
#Cardamom                    5-6 pcs
#Coconut powder            10 gms
#kishmis                           10 gm
# Almonds                       10 gms
# Pistachios                       05 gms
#Saffron                      Few drops

Method
  Boil the milk for 10-15 mts in a deep pan (karahi).
  Put the grated bottle-gourd and stir it continuously till it is properly cooked.
  Now pour the sugar and stir the mixture till it absorbs sugar.
  Pour the elachi powder and allow to cool.
  Place it now in a bowl and garnish it with dry fruits and a
  few strands of safforn