Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Mocktail Juice Recipes





 1.                                                            Try Fruit


Take a mixture of mosambi (sweet lime) juice, lemon juice and ginger juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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2.                                                             Summer Queen

Take a mixture of pine apple juice and khus juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes & little chaat masala (for taste).
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3.                                                               Winter Queen 

Take a mixture of green grapes juice, khus juice and phudina juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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4.                                                               Green Coin

Take a mixture of mosambi (sweet lime) juice, lemon juice and khus juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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5.                                                                Rim Jim

Take a mixture of kiwi juice, and strawberry juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.  
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6.                                                               An Jum  

Take a mixture of kiwi, lichi and apple juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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 7.                                                             Hum Safar

Take a mixture of strawberry, pomogranate and orange juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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8.                                                             Goonj

Take a mixture of pine apple, kiwi and khus juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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9.                                                             Zip Zip 

Take a mixture of lichi and water lemon juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes. 
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10.                                                           Tini Mini

Take a mixture of strawberry, lemon and orange juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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11.                                                            Dil Khush

Take a mixture of kiwi, lichi and strawberry juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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12.                                                          Green Parker

Take a mixture of pine apple, lemon and phudina juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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13.                                                          Yamee

Take a mixture of green grapes, lemon and phudina juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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14.                                                         Blue Coin

Take a mixture of mint, khus juice, pine apple and phudina juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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15.                                                        Tarana

Take a mixture of pine apple, guava and orange juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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16.                                                         Red Parri

Take a mixture of vanilla, rose and water melon juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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17.                                                         Nagina

Take a mixture of lichi and black grapes juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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18.                                                        King Blossom

Take a mixture of strawberry, pine apple, vanilla, and rose juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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19.                                                        Achanak

Take a mixture of rose, pine apple and grape juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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20.                                                       Picnic

Take a mixture of lichi and kiwi juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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21.                                                     Anar (Pomogranate) Melody

Take a mixture of pomogranate and vanilla juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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22.                                                   Dil Bahar

Take a mixture of strawberry, pomogranate and kiwi and grape juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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23.                                                   Friends

Take a mixture of water melon and musk melon juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes. 
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24.                                                  All Rounder

Take a mixture of strawberry, pine apple and lichi juice. Serve chill with ice-cubes.
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Friday, 22 February 2013

Kovakkai Masala Recipe - Tinda Masala Recipe






 Ingredients :

  • Kovakkai - 1/ 2 k. g. [ cut in to thin  lenth wise ]
  • Coriander seeds - 1 tabl. sps.
  • Channa dal - 1 tabl. sps.
  • Urad dal - 1 / 2 tbl. sps.
  • White sesame seeds -1 / 2 tsp
  • Peanuts - 1 / 4 cup
  • Curry leaves - little
  • Dry red chillies - 5 to 6
  • Grated fresh coconut - 4 tabl. sps.
  • Fresh coriander leaves - little
  • [ Except kovakkai  fry  all other ingredients in little oil,  powder it in mixie and keep aside.] 
  • Salt - as required
  • Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • Red chilli powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • Dosai melakai podi - 1 tsp
  • Sugar - 1 / 2 sp
  • Oil - 3 tabl. sps.

For seasoning :
  • Mustard seeds - 1 sp
  • Black broken gram dal - 1 / 2 sp
  • Curry leaves - little

Method :

First take one deep bottom kadai. Heat oil, season with required ingredients and add kovakkai, little peanut  to that, mix well. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, sugar and fry for 2 mintues. Add little water and close it with a lid. Keep the gas in low flame till the subji becomes soft. Then add the grounded  masala  powder to that, and fry for some more time. When the subji start to  stick in the bottom of kadai remove from the gas. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.Serve with roti,  sambhar rice,  and rasam rice. 

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Black seedless grapes pickle













Ingredients :

  • Black seed less grapes - 1 / 2 k. g.
  • Garlic flakes - 4 to 5 [ cut into small pieces ]
  • Ginger - 10 gms [ cut into small pieces ]
  • Green chillies - 4 to 5 [ chopped ]
  • Curry leaves - little
  • Salt - as required
  • Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • Red chilli powder - 1 1 / 2 tsp
  • Seasame oil - 4 tbl. sps.

For masala :
  • Mustard seeds - 1 / 2 tsp
  • Methi seeds - 1 / 2 tsp
  • Curry leaves - little
  • [ fry all these things without oil and make powder ]

Method :

First take one kadai heat it and fry the masala ingredients till it change in brown colour.Make it cool and powder it. Then pour 1 tbl. sp of oil, heat it and fry green chilli, ginger, garlic pieces till it becomes soft, and remove from the gas and keep aside. Then pour the remaining oil in the same kadai,  add  the seed less grapes to that, and fry in low flame till the juice become dry and the oil seperate. Add the fried green chilli, ginger, garlic and mix well. Then add salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, and masala powder. Mix well and allow to boil for 5 to 10 mintues in low flame, till all mix well together. Remove from the gas. Serve with roti, rice etc.

Monday, 18 February 2013

PALAK PAKODAS - SPINACH PAKODAS RECIPE









 Ingredients :

  • Palak leaves - 10 to 15 [ finely chopped ]
  • Coriander leaves  - 1 / 2 cup [ finely chopped ]
  • Green chillies - 4 to 5 [ finely cut ]
  • Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece [ finely cut ]
  • Onions - 2 [ finely chopped ]
  • Salt - as required
  • Bengal gram flour - 1 / 2 cup
  • Pottu kadalai mavu [ chutney dhal ] - 1 cup
  • Rice flour - 1 / 4 cup
  • Ghee or butter - 1 tsp
  • Oil - to deep fry

Method :

Take one big deep bowl. Mix all ingredients together without adding water, since  onion leaves water.   Heat oil in kadai.  Mean time make medium sized balls  from the batter, when oil becomes hot fry till it becomes crisp and golden in colour. serve with tomato ketchup.


SINDHI PALAK CURRY - SINDHI STYLE PALAK CURRY RECIPE





Ingredients :

  • Palak - 1 big bundle
  • Bengal gram dahl - 1 / 2 cup [ soaked and boiled ]
  • Onions - 2 [ finely chopped ]
  • Red big tomatoes - 2 [ cut into small pieces ]
  • Salt - as required
  • Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • Red chilli powder - 1 sp
  • Amchur powder - 1 /2 sp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 sp
  • Oil - 2 tabl. sps.
  • Fresh cream - little
  • Cumin seeds - 1 / 2 sp
  • Sugar - 1 / 2 sp

Method :

Wash and cut palak into big pieces. Add water, sugar [ retains green colour .] and cook for few seconds and drain the exess water, and grind in mixture and make a paste.  Pressure cook dhal and keep aside. Now take one big kadai add oil, heat it season with cumin seeds, when it pops add onion and  fry till it change in colour.  Then add tomatoes,salt,turmeric, red chilli, garam masala, and  amchur. Fry till raw smell goes.Then add cooked dhal along with  palak paste. Mix well, if necessary add little water to that. Alow to boil together in low flame for 5 minutes. When the subji gets ready remove from the gas. Garnish with fresh cream. Serve hot with squeezed lime if necessary.

PANEER MAKHANWALA RECIPE





Ingredients :

  • Paneer - 1oo gms
  • Butter - 3 tbl. sps.
  • Oil - 2 tbl. sps

Grind together :
  • Onions - 2
  • Ginger - 1 / 2 inch piece
  • Garlic - 3 to 4 flakes
  • Red chillies - 2
  • Red tomatoes - 4
  • Coriander leaves - little
  • Grated coconut - 1 sp
  • Poppy seeds - 1 1 / 2 sp
  • Cinnamon - 1 / 2 inch piece
  • Cloves - 2
  • Cardamom - 1
  • Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Dhania powder - 1 1 / 2 sp 
  • Salt - as required
  • Cashewnuts - 4 to 5

Method :

Take paneer, cut into cubes. Grind masala without adding water. Take kadai, heat oil and butter together, add the ground masala and fry well till oil separates from it. Add paneer cubes and 1 / 2 sp of butter, with little water. Reduce the flame, cover and keep for 5 minutes. Stir carefully inbetween. Remove from the gas and garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve with onion, cut lime along with nan, paratha.

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Ladies finger sindhi masala curry








Ingredients :

  • Ladies finger - 1 / 4 k. g.
  • Finely chopped onions - 2 
  • Salt - as required
  • Oil - for frying
  • Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Dhania powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • amchur powder - 1 tsp
  • [ dry mango powder ] 
  • Garam masala powder - 1 / 2 sp
  • Fresh thick curds - 2 tbl. sps.

Method :

Wash and cut ladies finger into 2 1 / 2 inch pieces. Slit lengthwise into four half way through so that vegetable remains whole. Then mix salt, and other dry powders with onions,curds and make into paste. Stuff  little of this mixture in slit ladies finger pieces. Then heat oil in kadai and fry stuffed ladies finger pieces  in that in reduced flame with a lid closed. Mix gently inbetween and cook till ladies finger becomes soft. It goes well with roti, rice.