Month: March 2016

Cauliflower 65 Recipe- Easy and Quick Cauliflower/Gobi 65 For Vegetarian- Restaurant Style

This is a modified version of Chicken 65, specially made for my Vegetarian friends…

Ingredients –

  1. Cauliflower florets- 2 cup (wash and dry)
  2. Ginger-garlic paste -2 tbsp.
  3. All purpose flour (maida) -3 tbsp.
  4. Corn starch (corn flour) -2 tbsp.
  5. Whole Curry leaves-10-12
  6. Chopped coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
  7. Chopped curry leaves -6-7
  8. Red chilli powder -1 tbsp.(as per your taste)
  9. Black pepper powder -1 tbsp.
  10. Salt to taste

Method –

  • Add all the ingredients into the mixing bowl (don’t add whole curry leaves).
  • Use water to prepare thick paste and add cauliflower florets.
  • Coat the cauliflower florets well, adjust salt if needed and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
  • Heat oil into the kadhai/pan on medium heat and fry the cauliflower florets until it turns light golden, keep stirring.
  • Add curry leaves into hot oil.
  • Drain fried cauliflower florets on a kitchen tissue.
  • Cauliflower- 65 is ready to serve…

Crispy Okra / Bhindi Fry

Ingredients –

  1. Okra (Bhindi)-15 to 20 pieces
  2. Chickpeas flour (Besan)-2 tbsp
  3. Rice flour -1 tbsp
  4. Red chilli powder -1 tsp
  5. Ginger-garlic paste -1 tbsp
  6. Gram masala powder-1 tsp
  7. Salt to taste
  8. Vegetable oil as needed
  9. Turmeric powder -1 tsp

Method –

  • Cut the bhindi/okra length wise.
  • Add besan, rice flour, salt to taste, Turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, gram masala powder, red chilli powder and Vegetable oil-1tsp into the bowl, and mix well.
  • If required you can add little water also.
  • Mix them nicely until they get coated on the okra.
  • Heat oil in a pan/kadhai on medium heat.
  • Place okra  in the oil gently.
  • Fry until it becomes crispy and brown in color.
  • Keep tossing and flipping the okra.
  • Take them out once they become brown in color.
  • Bhindi/okra Fry is ready to serve.

Thandai Cold Drink / Holi Special Cold Drink

Enjoy… Smile

Ingredients-

  1. Poppy seeds (khuskhus) –1 tsp
  2. Fennel seeds –1 tsp
  3. Whole Green cardamom seeds or powder –1/2 tsp
  4. Whole milk –2 cup (boiled and cooled)
  5. Saffron (kesar) –few strands
  6. Almonds –9 -10
  7. Cashews –9 -10
  8. Pistachio /Pista-9 -10
  9. Black pepper –2-3 (optional)
  10. Sugar –2 tbsp (as per your taste)

Method –

  • Add poppy seeds, fennel seeds, whole cardamom seeds, saffron, almonds, cashews, pista, sugar per your taste and black pepper into the blender jar and make a fine powder.
  • Add the grinded mixture into the milk (as per your taste) and keep it in fridge for 2-3 hours.
  • You can keep the remaining powder in refrigerator to be used afterwards.
  • After 2-3 hours filter this mixture using a strainer.
  • Garnish with pista powder and saffron strands.
  • Thandi cold drink is ready to serve…

Steamed Veg Spring Roll

Ingredients –

  1. Carrot (cut into length wise) -1 cup
  2. Salt to taste
  3. Onions sliced –1 cup
  4. Green peas –1/2 cup
  5. Vegetable oil –2 tbsp.
  6. Chopped garlic cloves –3-4
  7. Capsicum (cut into length wise) –1 cup
  8. Red chilli sauce as per your taste
  9. White vinegar -1 tbsp.
  10. Soy sauce – 2 tbsps..
  11. Spring onions (sliced) – 1 cup
  12. Sugar –1/2 tsp. (optional)

Method –

  • Heat oil in a nonstick pan, add garlic and fry for 1 min.
  • Add onions cook for 1 minutes on medium heat.
  • Add carrots and cook for 1 minutes.
  • Now add capsicum cook for few minutes.
  • Add cabbage, spring onions, peas and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • After 1-2 minutes add salt, Sugar (optional)-1 tsp, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add white vinegar, soya sauce, red chilli sauce mix well and cover and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  • Vegetable stuffing is ready, turn off the heat. 
  • Add 1/2 cup of water in a plate and soak each roll for 1 minute.
  • Once the roll is soaked, take out the roll from water and place the roll on a flat surface.
  • Add one table spoon  of stuffing on the roll and fold the roll in uniform pattern as
    shown in the video.
  • Heat 2 cup water in idli maker or rice cooker, place the spring rolls in the boiler and cook for 15-20 minutes.
  • Steamed veg  spring roll is ready to serve.

Instant Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Ingredients –

  1. Unsalted butter

Method –

  • Heat the butter on medium heat.
  • Stir after every 1 minute so that it doesn’t stick to the pan.
  • Keep stirring the butter constantly until milk solids and ghee gets separated completely.
  • Cook till the color of milk solid turns light brown.
  • Ghee is ready, turn off the heat and cool down completely.
  • Once it cools down completely strain the mixture and keep it in airtight container/jar.