Saturday, March 12, 2011

Bebinca


Ingredients:

  Plain Flour (Maida) 200 gms.
  Egg Yolks 10 nos.
  Sugar 500 gms.
  Thick Coconut Milk of one large coconut
  Nutmeg(Jaiphal), powdered 2 gms
  Ghee 200 gms

Method:

 1. Extract coconut milk from the coconut by grating it and grinding it with water. Mix the maida, sugar and egg yolks with coconut milk and stir thoroughly till sugar has dissolved. In case you want layers of slightly different colours caramelize a little sugar and add to one half of the batter and use them alternately.
  2. Now add the nutmeg powder and keep aside.
  3. In an aluminium vessel, heat little ghee in a pan and pour in one cup of batter.
  4. Bake this layer on low heat till it turns light brown in colour.
  5. Then add another spoonful of ghee and another cup of batter.
  6. Once the bottom layer is done the heat has to be supplied from the top.
  7. Continue to bake till all the batter is used up.
  8. Once done, turn the tin upside down, remove the bebinca and cool before serving 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Rajma Masala

Ingredients:
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
3-4 green chillies
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
Water as needed
1 tsp coriander powder
3 chopped tomatoes
1 tsp red chilli powder
250gm boiled Rajma (brown kidney beans)
Salt to taste
Butter (optional)
Chopped coriander leaves

Method:
-Pour oil in a pan, to it add cumin seeds, onions, green chillies, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste and saute.
-Add 1 cup water, coriander powder, tomatoes, red chilli powder, close the lid and cook untill all have mixed and forms a thick gravy.
-Add boiled Rajma, water (as per the thickness of gravy desired by you), salt, kasuri methi, butter and garnish with coriander leaves.

Tofu Makhni

Ingredients:
2 tbsp Oil/butter
3-4 cardamom
5-6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
3-4 chopped green chillies
3 chopped onions
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
3 tomatoes pureed
handful of coriander
salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1tsp kasuri methi
1tsp honey
200gm of tofu (soy paneer, can buy it from any supermarket)

Method:
-Pour oil/butter in a pan, add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, green chillies, onions, ginger garlic paste and saute it.
-Add tomato puree, coriander, salt to taste, red chilli powder, garam masala, crushed kasuri methi and cook with lid on for few minutes.
-Add honey, tofu (can fry it in oil and add or just like that), cream/milk to thicken (optional).