Sunday 17 July 2011

Punjabi Dishes :



1.                                                  Malai Kofta
                                                                                                                                                                Ingredients:

Potatoes                                   1/2 kg
Paneer                                     200 gms
Green Chillie                          2 to 3 [cut into small pieces.]
Resins                                     10 to 15 [Kismish ]
Salt                                          As per taste
Corn flour                              2 tbl sp
Onions                                    1 or 2
Ginger                                    1 inch
Garlic                                     5 flacks
Cinnamon                              1 stick
Cloves                                    5
Fresh Cream                          1 1/2 cup
Ghee                                      2 tbl sp                       
Oil                                         For frying.

To make paste :

Cashewnuts                            1 hand full
Poppy seeds                           1 tbl sp

Method :

Boil potatoes, grated panner & smash them along with salt, cornflour, cut chillies, resins & mix well. Make balls, press it with hand & deep fry it in hot oil. Keep it aside.
Cut onions into thin long pieces. Blanch tomatoes in hot water. Remove skin & make into paste. Make a paste of ginger & garlic. (Readymade ginger garlic paste are available in shops). Heat 3 table spoons of oil or ghee & mix together in a pan. Add cinnaman, cloves, & ginger garlic paste. Add onions & fry for a minute. When it turns golden brown, add turmeric powder, chillie powder, salt, dhania powder & tomato puree. Cook for few minutes. Now mix ground cashews, poppy seeds with 3/4th cup of cream to this. Pour some water & make into thick gravy. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes & remove from fire. To serve, arrange koftas in  the serving dish, pour other half of the beaten cream on top. Pour the hot gravy on top. Serve hot with sprinkled cut coriander leaves.
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2.                                                     Navaratna Kurma
                                                           
Ingredients :

Paneer                                                                  100 gms
Mixed diced vegetables                                       2 cups
[Carrot,Beans, Peas, Potatoes, Cauliflower]
Onions [Boiled & Grained into fine paste.]                4
Ginger garlic paste                                               1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder                                                  1/2 tsp
Dhania powder                                                      2 tsp
Chillie powder                                                      1 1/2 tsp
Garam masala                                                       1 1/2 tsp
Milk                                                                      1 cup
Fresh Cream                                                         3 tbl.sps
Ghee                                                                      3 tbl.sps
Salt                                                                        To taste
Tutti fruity, Kismis [Resins],
Cashews,
Tinned Pine Apple pieces                                                      
[Diced into small pieces]                                     1/2 cup [Optional].
                                                                      
Method :

Dice paneer into small pieces, deep fry & keep aside. Heat ghee in a pan, fry onion paste & ginger garlic paste. Fry in a low flame till the ghee separates from it. Add turmeric powder, dhania powder, chillie powder, garam masala, salt & finely grained cashew paste. Then add boiled vegetable pieces. Let it boil for some time. When the gravy is thickened, add milk, & fresh cream. Boil for a minute. Add paneer pieces & dry fruits[As mentioned in ingredients] before removing from fire. Fry cashewnuts in little ghee & add it. Garnish with coriander leaves. Have it with your nan.

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