Grilled Paneer Tikka |
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Yummy recipes from Naveena's kitchen
Thursday 3 July 2014
Grilled Paneer Tikka
Monday 30 June 2014
Khandvi Sev
Khandvi Sev |
Evening snacks is a daily headache for all moms. They always have to search different snacks to fulfill their children demands. Generally, moms have to look for such snacks which are easily made and at the same time they are healthy too. Khandvi sev is one of such option, it is a good combination of Besan and curd along with aromatic seasoning of cumin and mustard seeds. Once you have made the besan paste correctly, it is very simple after that. Here is the recipe to try this at home.
Friday 16 May 2014
Chorafali Fafda
Chorafalli Fafda |
Thursday 8 May 2014
Shahi palak curry
Shahi Palak Curry |
Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time : 25 mins
Servings :4
Ingredients(for 3-4 people)
Spinach(palak)(Boiled) | 2 cups |
Onion(chopped) | 1 |
Tomato(chopped) | 1 |
Cashew nuts(roughly chopped) | 1/4 cup |
Garlic(chopped) | 1tbsp |
Green chillies(roughly chopped) | 2 |
Salt | as per taste |
Turmeric powder | 1/2tsp |
Cashew nut(paste) | 1/4 cup |
Red chilly powder | as per taste |
Oil | for frying |
Cloves | 2-3 |
Indian bay leaf | 1 |
Method : How to prepare Shahi Palak Curry
- Boil spinach for about 15-20 mins in small amount of water.
- Saute cloves, bay leaf, garlic and green chillies in a pan.
- Now, add onions and tomatoes and saute for 4-5 mins more.
- Add cashew nut paste and all spices. Stir continuously for a minute.
- Add boiled spinach and cashew nuts and cook again for 3-4 minutes.
- Garnish with few cashew nuts and serve hot.
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Gujarati Chhavda
Gujarati chhavda |
Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time : 30 mins
Servings : 4
Ingredients(for 3-4 people)
Rice | 1/2 cup |
Green gram split(green moong dal) | 1/2 cup |
Onions(chopped) | 1 |
Potatoes(grated) | 1 |
Tomatoes(chopped) | 1 |
Green chilly paste | as per taste |
Bengal gram flour(besan) | 1 cup |
Salt | as per taste |
Red chilly powder | 1/2 tbsp |
Turmeric powder | 1/2 tbsp |
Oil | for frying |
Method : How to prepare Gujarati chhavda
For khichdi
- Mix rice, green moong dal, salt and water in a pressure cooker.
- Cook it till 5-6 whistle and let it cool.
- Khichdi is ready.
For chhavda
- Mix all the ingredients: khichdi, potatoes, tomatoes, green chilly paste, besan, salt, red chilly and turmeric powder.
- Spread the mixture on pan as shown in picture.
Chhavda mixture on pan |
- Fry on both the sides till they turn crispy on each side.
- Drain excess oil from it and keep them on paper napkins.
- Serve it with green chilly chutney or tomato sauce.
Saturday 26 April 2014
Baby Corn Chilly with twist of curry leaves!
Baby corn chilly |
Preparation time : 25 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins
Servings : 3
Ingredients(for 3-4 people)
Baby corns | 7 to 8 |
Corn flour | for coating baby corns |
Oil | for deep fry |
Green chillies(sliced) | 2 |
Green bell pepper(capsicum)(sliced) | 1/2 cup |
Red bell pepper(capsicum)(sliced) | 1/2 cup |
Onions(sliced) | 1/2 cup |
Ginger(chopped) | 1/2 tbsp |
Garlic(chopped) | 1 tbsp |
Soya sauce | 1 tsp |
Curry leaves | 8-10 leaves |
White pwpper | as per taste |
Vinegar | 3-4 drops |
Red chilly sauce | 1tsp |
Green chilly sauce | 1tsp |
Salt | as per taste |
Ajinomoto | as per taste |
Spring onions(finely chopped) | for garnish |
Method: How to prepare baby corn chilly
- Cut baby corn diagonally into 2 pieces(keep the length of the baby corn according to your convenience).
- Now, sprinkle corn flour on it and deep fry them till it turns golden brown.
- Keep these fried baby corns over on paper napkin so that excessive oil is absorbed.
- On another pan, heat oil. Saute ginger, garlic and green chillies.
- Now, add green bell pepper, red bell pepper, onions and saute for 1 mins
- Simmer the flame and add soya sauce, vinegar, red chilly sauce, green chilly sauce, salt, ajinomoto. Mix them well.
- On high flame again, add fried baby corn and saute for 1 min.
- Finally garnish it with spring onions and serve hot.
Thursday 24 April 2014
Manchow Soup
Manchow Soup |
Preparation time : 20mins
Cooking time : 30mins
Servings : 4
Ingredients(for 3-4 people):
For vegetable stock:
Carrot(roughly chopped) | 1cup |
Spring onion(roughly chopped) | 1/2cup |
Cauliflower(roughly chopped) | 1cup |
Cabbage(roughly chopped) | 1cup |
For Soup:
Cabbage(finely chopped) | 1/2 cup |
Carrot(finely chopped) | 1/2 cup |
Capsicum(finely chopped) | 1/2 cup |
Cauliflower(finely chopped) | 1/2 cup |
Garlic(finely chopped) | 2 tbsp |
Ginger(grated) | 1 tbsp |
Spring onion | 2 tbsp |
Vegetable stock | |
Soya sauce | 3 tbsp |
Green chilly sauce | 2 tbsp |
Corn-flour | 1 tbsp |
Vinegar | 1/2 tbsp |
Salt | as per taste |
Black pepper | as per taste |
Ajinomoto | as per taste |
For Noodles
Boiled noodles | 3cups |
Oil | for deep fry |
All purpose flour/Maida | For sprinkling |
Method : How to prepare Manchow Soup
For vegetable stock:- Boil all the vegetable mentioned in around 3 to 4 cups of water.
- Let it boil for about 15-20 mins.
- Remove vegetables from this, and we will use this water for vegetable stock in our soup. The remaining vegetable is not required for the soup, so you can use it elsewhere.
For Noodles:
- Boil noodles for about 5 mins.
- Drain water from it and sprinkle maida on it.
- Now deep fry it till golden brown and keep it aside.
For soup:
- Heat the oil on high flame. Now, saute ginger, garlic and green chilies.
- Add cabbage, carrot, capsicum, cauliflower and spring onion and saute for 5 to 10 mins on high flame.
- Now, add vegetable stock water and let it boil for 5mins.
- Add salt, soya sauce, green chilly sauce, black pepper and ajinomoto and cook for 4-5 mins.
- Add the prepared corn-flour water mixture and cook for 10 mins.
- Soup is ready to be served with fried noodles.
This soup has all the healthy vegetables and the aroma of lots of garlic will make this soup more tempting.All these flavors make this soup very refreshing and famous among all soups.
Sunday 20 April 2014
Dal Pakwan
Dal Pakwan |
Preparation time : 10mins
Cooking time : 30mins
Servings : 3
Ingredients: (for 2-3 people)
All purpose flour/Maida | 1cup |
Sooji(Semoline) | 1/2cup |
Oil | for dry frying |
Bengal gram spilt and skinned(Chana Dal)(Boiled) | 2cups |
Garlic(paste) | 1tsp |
Ginger(paste) | 1tsp |
Onions(chopped) | 1 |
Green chilly (paste) | as required |
Sev(or any namkeen) | for garnish |
Salt | as required |
Garam masala(Mixture of spices) | 1/2tsp |
Aamchur powder(Sour dried mango powder) | a pinch |
Red chilly powder | as required |
Method : How to prepare Dal Pakwan
For Pakwan:
Mix maida and sooji to form a stiff dough. Divide it into equal parts and roll it with the help of rolling pin. Prick them uniformly with the help of a fork, so that they do not swell up during deep fry.
It should be 2-3 mm thick and size as shown in picture.
Deep fry each sheet till it turns golden brown.
For Dal:
Saute garlic and ginger in a pan.
Now add onions and again saute for 3-4 mins.
Add dal, salt, garam masala, red chilly powder, aamchur powder and a half cup of water.
Cook for 5-6 mins.
Garnish with sev and green chilly chutney and serve hot with pakwan.
A proteinious spicy dal served with crunchy pakwans will definitely be a mouth-watering dish for all kids. They will enjoy this unique combination of dal and will ask you again and again for this dal pakwan.
Mix maida and sooji to form a stiff dough. Divide it into equal parts and roll it with the help of rolling pin. Prick them uniformly with the help of a fork, so that they do not swell up during deep fry.
It should be 2-3 mm thick and size as shown in picture.
Deep fry each sheet till it turns golden brown.
Pakwans |
For Dal:
Saute garlic and ginger in a pan.
Now add onions and again saute for 3-4 mins.
Add dal, salt, garam masala, red chilly powder, aamchur powder and a half cup of water.
Cook for 5-6 mins.
Garnish with sev and green chilly chutney and serve hot with pakwan.
A proteinious spicy dal served with crunchy pakwans will definitely be a mouth-watering dish for all kids. They will enjoy this unique combination of dal and will ask you again and again for this dal pakwan.
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Katori Shots
Katori's Shots |
One day, few of my friends decided to have dinner at my place. In any country, dinner is incomplete without starters. So, for starter I decided to have something which can be easily served in minutes. In India, chaat is all time favorite snacks for everyone, so I thought lets make it in a different form. These 'Katori shots' are small eatable cups filled with traditional chaat ingredients, we can eat this in one shot, this reminded me of 'Tequila Shots' so I named it as 'Katori Shots'. It is very easy to prepare and can also be stored for a week.
Preparation time : 10mins
Cooking time : 30mins
Servings : 4
Preparation time : 10mins
Cooking time : 30mins
Servings : 4
Ingredients:(for 6 Katori shots)
For Katori's (Base):
All purpose flour/Maida | 1 cup |
Oil | for deep fry |
Green Peas paste | 3/4cup |
Salt | as per taste |
Semolina(sooji) | 1/2cup |
For Filling's:
Boiled potatoes | 1(chopped) |
Black chickpeas(kala chana) | 1/2cups(soaked and boiled) |
Onions | 1(chopped) |
Curd | 1 cup |
Red chilly powder | as required |
Green chilli paste(green chutney) | 1 tbsp |
Sweet Tamarind paste(Imli chutney) | 1 tbsp |
Sev(namkeen) | for garnish |
Salt | as required |
Coriander leaves | for garnish |
Method : How to prepare Katori Shots
- Mix maida, sooji, green peas pasta, oil and salt to form a stiff dough.
- Divide the dough into small pieces. Roll each part with the help of rolling pin for about 5 mm thick sheet.
- Take one very small bowl/cup(deep round utensil) and grease its outer surface with butter.
- Now, cover the outer surface of the bowl with this sheet, gently giving it the same shape as the bowl(make sure you prick the sheet all over with the fork).
- In a deep frying pan, heat oil and slide the bowl(which has the maida sheet sticking around it). Once it is fried, the sheet will leave the bowl surface, and will take shape of the bowl. Now, remove the bowl from oil and let these katori's fry till they are golden brown in color.
To make is easy, fry one Katori at a time.
For Filling:
Mix curd, potatoes, black chickpeas, onions, red chilly powder and salt in a bowl.
Fill each katori with this filling.
Top it with green chilli chutney and sweet imli chutney.
Finally, garnish this 'Katori Shots' with sev and coriander leaves.
Give it a try, you will definitely get a unique eating experience, than traditional chaats. Twist it the way you like, make it spicy, sweet or sour according to your taste!
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Pesto Pasta
Pesto Pasta |
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