Tag: Homemade

How To Make Paneer (पनीर) At Home-Paneer For Curry-Step By Step-Indian Cottege Cheese

Ingredients –

  1. Whole milk –1 liter
  2. Lemon or vinegar

Method –

  • Bring the milk to boil on medium heat.
  • When milk comes to boil, switch off the heat.
  • Add the lemon juice or vinegar and gently stir the milk.
  • If the milk does not curdle within a short while, add little more vinegar.
  • Place Muslin or Cotton cloth over the container.
  • Pour the curdle milk into the muslin cloth, drain all the water and squeeze off excess water.
  • You can use this water later for preparation of  roti/chapati or paratha dough or in vegetable curries.
  • Add little water to the paneer, while the paneer is still in the muslin cloth to wash away the lemon flavor.
  • Keep the muslin cloth on a plate, place a heavy object on it for the paneer to set.
  • Allow the paneer to set for about 20-25 minutes.
  • After 20-25 minutes remove the cloth from the paneer and cut it to cubes.
  • Paneer is ready to use….

Sooji /Rava/Semolina Cake(कुकर में सूजी केक) In Pressure Cooker-Tutti Frutti Cake-Eggless Cake

Ingredients-

  1. Rava/Semolina/Sooji – 1 cup
  2. Powder Sugar – 3/4 cup (as per your taste)
  3. Milk – 1/2 cup
  4. Cardamom( Elachi)  powder – 1/4 tea spoon
  5. All purpose Flour / Maida –1 tbsp.
  6. Vegetable oil / butter – 1/2 cup
  7. Tutti Fruity –2 tbsp.
  8. Curd / Yogurt – 1/2 cup
  9. Baking Powder –1 tsp.
  10. Sand (Balu)– 2 cups, for baking purpose 

Method-

  • Whisk the curd slowly and add vegetable oil, rava, sugar and mix it well.
  • Add half of milk & mix it well.
  • Add Maida & whisk slowly.
  • Cover lid and rest it for 15-20 min, after 15-20 min whisk again.
  • Add Elachi powder, baking powder mix it well for few seconds.
  • If required you can add reaming milk & bring Rava mix to pouring consistency.
  • Grease cake tin with little oil / butter.
  • Add Sand (Balu) in cooker, spread in evenly and heat it for 5 minutes on high heat.
  • Pour half of the cake batter into cake tin.
  • Remove Gasket & Whistle of pressure cooker.
  • Place cake tin, close cooker lid and cook on low  heat for 30-35 minutes.
  • After 35 minutes remove lid and insert a toothpick at the center of the cake, if it comes out clean it means your cake is ready.
  • If you want you can add more Tutti  fruity on the top.
  • Once Rava cake is cool down completely, take the cake out of the cooker.
  • Rava cake is ready to serve.

Homemade Pineapple Jam

Testy and Yummy…Smile

Ingredients –

  1. Chopped pineapple pieces  -1 cup
  2. Sugar –1 cup
  3. Lemon juice –2 tbsp
  4. Cinnamon stick/powder –1/2 inch
  5. Yellow food color (optional)
  6. Cloves -2

Method –

  • Cut the pineapple in small pieces and grind them in mixer.
  • Take the finely grinded pineapple into a hot pan and add sugar, cinnamon, cloves and yellow color mix all together and cook on medium flame.
  • Keep stirring every 1-2 minutes continuously, cook it till it gets thick.
  • Switch off the flame, take out the cinnamon sticks and cloves from the jam.
  • Now add lemon juice, mix well.
  • Pineapple jam is ready, let it cool down completely and then keep it in airtight jar for storage.