Saturday, August 29, 2009

paneer chilly















Ingredients:
  • corn starch/corn flour-2tsp
  • salt to taste
  • chilly powder-1/2tsp
  • water as required
  • soya sauce-2tsp
  • paneer-300 gms
  • onion-1.5 big sliced
  • tomato sauce-2tsp
  • chilly sauce-1tsp
  • vinegar-1/2tsp
  • capsicum-1 cut to lengthy pieces
  • chopped ginger-1tsp
  • garlic-2tsp
  • green chilly chopped-2tsp
  • oil-2tsp

Preparation:
  1. Mix the first 4 ingredients,1tsp soya sauce and cut paneer to rectangular pieces.
  2. dip paneer pieces to this mix and deep fry it in oil.
  3. In a kadai pour oil and fry onions till golden brown.
  4. Add capsicum,ginger,garlic,green chilly and stir occasionally.
  5. Add paneer,tomato sauce,1tsp soy sauce,vinegar.
  6. add salt and mix well.If you need more spicy add 1tsp hot sauce and garnish with chopped green chilly.

Aloo/potato/urulakizhangu paratha















Ingredients:
  • wheat flour-8tsp
  • salt-1/2tsp
  • warm water-enough to make dough
  • 1 potato cooked and mashed
  • 1/4 onion chopped
  • 1 green chilly chopped
  • turmeric powder-1/2tsp
  • garam masala-1/2tsp
  • oil
Preparation:
  1. Make a dough with wheat flour,warm water and salt.Keep the dough in a closed container/cloth for 1 hr.
  2. Now prepare the aloo masala.pour oil in a tawa and add onion,green chilly .Stir till onion changes the color.
  3. add turmeric powder,mashed potato,garam masala,salt,water and stir well.
  4. remove from the heat when all water disappears.ur masala is ready.
  5. make lemon size balls with this masala and keep aside.
  6. With the dough make 4 balls and roll out each balls to a thick small size chapathi.
  7. take each chapathi and keep the masala ball in the middle. First fold 2 opposite sides and then cover fully with the next 2 sides .Now press gently with ur hand and keep aside for 5 mins.
  8. prepare all the 4 balls like this and roll out smoothly by sprinkling enough wheat powder.
  9. Heat the parathas just like chapathi with enough oil on both sides.










chicken pasta in white sauce



















Ingredients:
  • pasta-2 handsful
  • chicken-1 breast piece cut to pasta size
  • pepper-1tsp
  • salt as per taste
  • all purpose flour/maida-2 tsp
  • milk-1 cup
  • butter-4tsp
  • capsicum/green pepper-1/2 sliced to pasta size.
  • Broccoli florets-1 handsful
  • olive oil-1tsp
  • soy sauce-1tsp
  • oyster sauce-1 tsp
  • water to cook pasta
Preparation:
  1. Cook pasta separately with 3 cups water and salt.
  2. In a deep bottom tawa pour olive oil and chicken pieces with 1/2 tsp pepper and salt.
  3. close the tawa with a lid and cook the chicken for 5 mins.
  4. Add broccoli,capsicum and stir well and cook for 2 mins.
  5. Add cooked pasta,pepper,salt,soy sauce,oyster sauce and stir well.
  6. Now cook the white sauce in anothe tawa. Add butter ,to that add flour and stir well for 3mins.
  7. Add 1/2tsp salt in low heat.
  8. Add milk and stir continuously till it starts thickening.Dont make it too thick,coz when it cools it wont be like sauce.
  9. Add this white sauce to the pasta and mix well.Have it hot.