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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

home made pizza

                    ingredients
1 1/2 cups warm water (105°F-115°F)
1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) of active dry yeast 
3 1/2 cups bread flour (can use all-purpose but bread flour will give you a crisper crust) 2 Tbsp olive oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
 
This proportion will make 2 pizzas
Instead of tomato sauce I used salsa (on the border) and came out tasty and spicy pizza.!!!
Add 2 cups of mozzeralla cheese and the veggies if you like or only cheese

Method
Add all ingredients for the pizza dough mix it in the food processor and leave it rise, then punch it down and keep for another rise. Pre heat the oven roll the dough add the salsa veggies and cheese. Bake the pizzas at 350 degrees for half an hour. And its ready to eat.
 
 
 

chicken keema

The most easy way of chicken dishes. Its very simple. Just add the ingredients as needed

Ingredients:
2 cups of chicken
2 big onions
6 to 7 garlic cloves
½ inch ginger
½ tbs gram masala
1 cup peas,
Oil for cooking (2 tbs is fine)
Salt and chilies as needed

Method:

Add chicken onion, garlic , ginger and chilies in the food processor and mince it.
Add oil to the pan add the minced chicken, peas and keep frying till it is done. Add the masalas as per the taste. Chill out with kima…you can also stuffed into parathas and enjoy the kima parathas

chinese fried rice

Indo Chinese fried rice. It came out so well, so I thought of sharing that of sharing the recipe with my friends and you know my 9 year old liked it so much that it was the real compliment for me.


Ingredients:
2 cups of cooked rice
1 cup chopped vegetables (I took peas, diced carrots and beans)
2 tbs Szechuan spicy stir fry sauce(be careful as it very spicy)
1 tbs vinegar
1 tbs cooking oil
4 finely chopped garlic
Salt to taste
Method:

Heat up a pan with oil add chopped garlic and sauté add the vegetables. After frying them all for 2 to 3 min add the rice ,sauce vinegar and salt. You add the stir fry more if you like to have the rice more spicy and chicken cubes for a variation.

Monday, November 1, 2010

microwave masala idlies

This is loved by all in my family. I make it often.

Ingredients
2 cups of idly batter
1 cup of grated carrots, cabbage or any other veggies you like
1 tsp of oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp chana dal
Chilies
Few curry leaves.
Few cilantro finely chopped
Method : heat a pan add oil add mustard, chana dal, curry leaves, chilies till it splatters and the veggies into the batter and the seasoning too. Mix well and put into the microwave safe idly moulds and microwave for 4 min…serve with chutney

microwave mater paneer

I tried one more dish in the microwave…that also make out very good.
Mater paneer …it sounds yum and saves the time too.
Ingredients:
1 cup of cubed paneer
1 onion
1 tomato
Above two finely chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ cup mater(green peas)
4 tbs heavy cream
Salt and chilies as per the taste.
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp of each corinder and cumin powder
bunch of kasuri methi for garnish
2 tbs cooking oil

Method: Take a microwave safe bowl add oil and onion and microwave for 2 mins.
Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 2 more mins. Add tomato peas and dry masalas and microwave for a 3 min. Then add the paneer salt and chilies microwave for another 4 mins. If you want to make gravy you can add water and microwave for 5 more mins and garnish. You can enjoy with rice or chapattis.

microwave dal

Lets do some microwave cooking. I sometimes do that to save time. The taste comes out good too.

You can try out these easy recipes to start with…I made masala dal.
Ingredients:
1 medium onion (finely chopped)
1 tomato
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 cup masor dal(red lentils) you can use any other dal(washed and soaked for a 30 min)
1/ 2 tsp turmeric
1 tbs oil
finely chopped cilantro to garnish
Salt and green chilies as per the taste.
Method:
Take a microwave safe bowl. Add oil and onion put that into high 2 mins.
Then add ginger garlic paste and keep for a min, add tomato and turmeric keep for 1 more min.
Then add the cup dal salt and chilies microwave for 5 min or till the dal is done.Sprinkle cilantro and Enjoy with rice or chapati !!