Mo - this ones specially for you.. You love the Seyal bread my mom makes na, so here's the recipe :)
1 bunch of Rs 5. coriander
10-12 garlic
5-6 green chillies
Small piece of ginger
1/2 onion (optional)
Make a paste of all these in a mixie
Heat some oil in a pan, add the masala and cook a bit till oil separates. Then add water, 1 tbsp tamarind pulp and bring to boil. Finally add enough bread pieces to make a nice snack!
Enjoy
-Naina
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Black Dal
Saw this recipe on Discovery Channels Rhodes across India.. An amazing show! Here's the link. Will try it out after a couple of months, as I'm not supposed to have these kind of heavy dals while my baby is so small!
The recipe in short:
Take 1 cup washed black dal, add 4 cups water, some chopped onion, chopped ginger, garlic, some mustard oil and boil
Later, add some curd mixed with salt and red chilli powder
Add a tempering of only hing in ghee
Later, add some dried plums
Then add another tempering in ghee of onion, ginger and red chilli powder
Also, want to try this recipe of potatoes
Lets hope I come around to trying these soon!
-Naina
The recipe in short:
Take 1 cup washed black dal, add 4 cups water, some chopped onion, chopped ginger, garlic, some mustard oil and boil
Later, add some curd mixed with salt and red chilli powder
Add a tempering of only hing in ghee
Later, add some dried plums
Then add another tempering in ghee of onion, ginger and red chilli powder
Also, want to try this recipe of potatoes
Lets hope I come around to trying these soon!
-Naina
Some masala pastes
Picked up these masala pastes from tv and my mom's cook..
1. Make a Paste of cooked onion, ginger, garlic, dry coconut powder and whole red chillies. Cook some onions, add to it the masala paste, one tomato, dhania powder, red chilli powder, haldi and garam masala powder!
2. Make a paste of onion, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper and loads of khus khus and fennel seeds
1. Make a Paste of cooked onion, ginger, garlic, dry coconut powder and whole red chillies. Cook some onions, add to it the masala paste, one tomato, dhania powder, red chilli powder, haldi and garam masala powder!
2. Make a paste of onion, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, black pepper and loads of khus khus and fennel seeds
White Sauce
I really need to clean up the blog, its been a long time, and I guess I'll happily be a passive blogger for another couple of months, with my little baby!
Anyways, just learnt the tips and tricks of making proper white sauce from my mom.
You need
6 cups milk
6 tbsp maida
6 tbsp butter (or less)
Salt
Black pepper
Italian herbs
Grated cheese
Cook the Maida and butter, like sheera, till it gives an aroma, doesn't burn, but the fat kind of starts to separate. Takes around 10 mins
Then, remove from gas, and for the 1st cup of milk, add one spoon at a time and keep mixing, so that no lumps form. Then add the remaining milk slowly, so that no lumps are formed. Return to the gas, bring to a boil and keep stirring. Cook till the desired consistency of thickness.
Finally add the salt, pepper, herbs and cheese! Done. Its yummy!
Anyways, just learnt the tips and tricks of making proper white sauce from my mom.
You need
6 cups milk
6 tbsp maida
6 tbsp butter (or less)
Salt
Black pepper
Italian herbs
Grated cheese
Cook the Maida and butter, like sheera, till it gives an aroma, doesn't burn, but the fat kind of starts to separate. Takes around 10 mins
Then, remove from gas, and for the 1st cup of milk, add one spoon at a time and keep mixing, so that no lumps form. Then add the remaining milk slowly, so that no lumps are formed. Return to the gas, bring to a boil and keep stirring. Cook till the desired consistency of thickness.
Finally add the salt, pepper, herbs and cheese! Done. Its yummy!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Burnt Onion n Baby corn Sweet Corn Soup
Simple Soup on a Rainy day
Ingredients:
Olive Oil
Sliced onion
Garlic flakes
Oregano
Basil leaves
Sliced Babycorn(boiled)
Boiled Sweet corn
Salt to taste
Cream
Procedure
Fry onions in olive oil.Add garlic and oregano.Let it burn a little.Add salt and some water.Now put it in blender till it becomes completely blended.Bring it to boil.Add boiled corns n baby corns.
Top with cream and basil leaf
Serve hot
Bon Appetit
Ash
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Post delivery recipes :)
Thanks Ash! That was the reason I had reduced my online activity. They say its not good to spend too much time on the comp during pregnancy :)
Baby's doing good, and I'm well too, thats why I'm blogging away while the baby's just 15 days.
Some quick recipes I need to document -
Kaada
To grind
1 kaju
1 badam
1 apricot
1 sauth / dry ginger
1 chwara / dry dates
1/2 tsp charoli
1/2 tsp ajwain
5-6 brown raisins
Other
1 tbsp dry khopra powdered
1 pinch haldi
ghee for tempering
1 tbsp atta
1/2 tsp jeera
Grind all in 1 cup water. Leave aside for 1/2 hour. Again grind with khopra, haldi and atta to smooth paste. Heat ghee, add jeera and then the paste. Cook for 10 mins and thicken a bit.
Methi Ladu
300 gm methi - roasted and powdered
1/4 k sukha khopra roasted in ghee
750 gms wheat - roasted till pops a bit and ground - not fried in ghee
150 gms almonds fried in ghee
100 gms khus khus
100 gms haleem roasted
100 gms dink / gond fried in ghee
1/4 kg kharik / dry dates - powdered
warm ghee for binding
jaggery to taste - approx. 1 kg
Dry Fruit Powder to have in milk
Almonds - 250 gms - ground
Pista - 250 gms -ground
Saunth powder < 100 gms
Ganthoda / Pipri powder < 100 gms
Gond - fried in ghee <100 gms
Magaztari - roasted to change color <100 gms
Little ghee if needed to mix all
Enjoy :)
Baby's doing good, and I'm well too, thats why I'm blogging away while the baby's just 15 days.
Some quick recipes I need to document -
Kaada
To grind
1 kaju
1 badam
1 apricot
1 sauth / dry ginger
1 chwara / dry dates
1/2 tsp charoli
1/2 tsp ajwain
5-6 brown raisins
Other
1 tbsp dry khopra powdered
1 pinch haldi
ghee for tempering
1 tbsp atta
1/2 tsp jeera
Grind all in 1 cup water. Leave aside for 1/2 hour. Again grind with khopra, haldi and atta to smooth paste. Heat ghee, add jeera and then the paste. Cook for 10 mins and thicken a bit.
Methi Ladu
300 gm methi - roasted and powdered
1/4 k sukha khopra roasted in ghee
750 gms wheat - roasted till pops a bit and ground - not fried in ghee
150 gms almonds fried in ghee
100 gms khus khus
100 gms haleem roasted
100 gms dink / gond fried in ghee
1/4 kg kharik / dry dates - powdered
warm ghee for binding
jaggery to taste - approx. 1 kg
Dry Fruit Powder to have in milk
Almonds - 250 gms - ground
Pista - 250 gms -ground
Saunth powder < 100 gms
Ganthoda / Pipri powder < 100 gms
Gond - fried in ghee <100 gms
Magaztari - roasted to change color <100 gms
Little ghee if needed to mix all
Enjoy :)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Naina has become a proud Mum
It gives me immense pleasure to tell you all that Naina has been blessed with a little baby girl on 15th of July:))Its been a celebration for all of the Le bouffe members..Please join me and Le bouffe team in Congratulating Naina and showering our blessings and best wishes on our little angel!
Cheers
Ash
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