RED BELL PEPPER HALWA !!!!

My todays recipe is from the blog FLAVORS AND COLORS. Believe me i was not sure about the taste until i tried it.  It tasted just like carrot halwa & was awesome in taste.

INGREDIENTS:- 

Red bell pepper(capsicum), grated - 1/2 cup                            
milk - 1 cupsugar - 1/2 cupcardamom powder - 1/2 tspghee - 2tblsp

METHOD:-

1. Wash, clean, cut & deseed the capsicum. Grate it & squeeze the water out & keep it aside.
2. Heat ghee in a pan. Add grated capsicum & saute it for a minute
3. Now add the milk & bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame & continue cooking till the milk is reduced almost to a dry mixture.
4. Add sugar & mix it well. Keep stirring at intervals until all the water evaporates & the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan.
5. Add the cardamom powder & mix it well.
6. Switch off the flame & garnish with the nuts of your choice.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

BANANA KHEER !!!!!!

Kheer is my son's all time favourite & i love to try new new type of kheers, This ime i got banana kheer recipe from AWESOME CUISINE. Made many dishes like buns, sheera , podis n all using banana but made this awesome banana kheer for the first time. Believe me it tasted excellent ! I added horlicks powder too to enhance he taste of kheer .

INGRDIENTS:-                                                                

Riped bananas, finely chopped- 6 small
Raw rice - 1/2 cup ( i used basmathi)
Milk - 4 cups
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Almonds, chopped - 2 tblsp
Cashew nuts, chopped - 2 tblsp
Horlicks powder - 18 gms



METHOD:-

1. Dry roast the rice & grind it to course rava like consisency.
2. Mix this with milk & cook until mushy.
3. Add sugar & bring to a boil.
4. Add horlicks powder & mix well.
5, Add the chopped bananas & mix well & bring it to boil.
6. Heat ghee in a small pan & shallow fry chopped almonds & cashewnuts till light brown.
7. Add them to kheer & mix well.
8. Serve it hot, warm or chilled.

HAPPY COOKING :)))))))

DRY FRUIT MILKSHAKE !!!!!

Milkshakes are must for summer season to beat the heat. If you add dry fruits for milkshake then it is like TASTE BHI ! HEALTH BHI ! So. here i present dry fruit milkshake today. But i forgor to note down that from which blog i noted down this recipe :( But i really wana thank that person for this tasty & healthy recipe. 

INGREDIENTS:-

Almonds - little less than half cup
cashew nuts - 1/4 cup
raisins - 1/4 cup
dates, deseeded & chopped - 10
saffron strands - few for garnishing
sugar - 2 tblsp or according to your taste
milk, chilled - 4 cups or 1 litre

METHOD:-

1. Soak almonds, raisins, cashewnuts, dates in water for about half an hour.
2. Blend them in mixer adding 1/2 cup of milk + 1 tblsp sugar to smooth paste.
3. Now add remaining milk & blend it again.
4. Pour them in glasses & decorate with saffron strands & serve.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

KHOA JAMOONS 2 !!!!!!

I got this KHOA JAMOONS recipe from gorgeous friend SANDHYA KAMATH who is an excellent cook & khoa jamoons are her signature dish. What i learnt while trying this recipe is if your jamoon turns harder even after soaking in sugar syrup, place them in pressure cooker along with sugar syrup & take a whistle, switch off the burner, release the pressure & now eat your jamoons. It just mels in your mouth. You can try this trick with all types of jamoons. 

INGREDIENTS:-                                                                     

                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                       

Khoa - 200gms
all purpose flour - 100 gm
baking powder - 1/2 tsp
milk - as needed
sugar - 2 cups
cardamom powder - 1/2 to 1 tsp
oil for deep frying
cashew nuts- few for garnishing

METHOD:-

1. Knead khove till soft.
2. Add all purpose flour & baking soda to this & knead well with required milk to make a soft dough.
3. keep covered for 15 mins.
4. Make sugar syrup by adding 2 cups of water & 2 cups of sugar in a thick bottomed vessel & boil it for 10 mins. Add cardamom powder & cover sugar syrup with a lid & keep it aside.
5. After 15 mins make balls from kneaded dough & deep fry them in oil.
6. When they turns light brown , take them out from oil & soak in sugar syrup.
7. Garnish khoa jamoons with cashew nut pieces.

HAPPY COOKING :)))))))

KAJU KAATLI 2 !!!!!!

I got this KAJU KAATLI recipe from my dear friend SUPHALA SHENOY who is an ace cook & lovely friend too. So many tried this recipe & got excellent results. My kaatlis in pics may not look perfect but tasted great. My hubby liked it & ate a few pieces is the proof :P. What i like about my friend Suphi is she always gives exacact measurements & mentions about timings too. So that it becomes easy to follow her recipes to get excellent results. Now onwards you can make kaju kaalis at home & gift it to your frineds & family during festivals & surprise them. Best part of this recipe is you don't need ghee/butter/oil to make kaji kaaltis. 

INGREDIENTS:-

Cashewnuts - 1 cup
sugar - 1/2 cup
cardamom - 1 pod

METHOD:-

1. Dry grind cashews & one pod of cardamom to make a smooth powder. (it will take about 10-15 secs in small chutney jar of your mixie.)
2. Heat a thick bottom kadai take sugar & add 1/4th cup of water to it. & make sugar syrup for abou 3-4 mins.
3. Add the cashew powder to the syrup & keep stirring for about 2-3 mins.
4. When the mixture becomes little thick remove from the flame & keep stirring till you get a thick ball like cough.
5. Then transfer this dough onto a cutting board & knead it well. (unfortunately i skipped this step & realised later that it is very very important step of this recipe to get excellent results) Be careful as dough is very hot at this point of time. So switch on the fan & allow it to cool a little before kneading. 
6. As you kneads grains will disappear & you will get a smooth dough. Spread this dough with a belan(roller pin) imto a big round. Then cut inti diamond shape.

NOTE:- You can use sides to make kaju rolls.

HAPPY COOKING :)))))))))

Vegetable Cooker Biriyani !!!!!!

My today's recipe VEGETABLE  COOKER BIRIYANI is from SWASTHI'S RECIPES. Easy to make & yummy to eat 👍

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

1 ½ cup of basmathi rice (soaked for at least 10 mins)
1 potato cubed
1 carrot chopped
Fistful of green peas
1 onion sliced
1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
Fistful of mint leavesCoriander leaves (optional)
1 to 2 green chili
1 tbsp. lemon juice (optional)
1 ½ to 2 tsp. Biryani Masala Powder (adjust to suit your taste)
2 ½ cups water or thin coconut milk2 to 3 tbsp.
Oilfried capsicum for garnish (optional)

Dry spices

1 bay leaf
4 green cardamoms
1 star anise
Two 1 inch cinnamon stick
6 cloves½ tsp. shahi jeera
Few pepper corn (optional)

For garnishing:

Few cashew nuts
Chopped mint & coriander leaves

How to make the recipe

Prepration

Soak rice for at least 10 minutes. Drain the water and set aside.Chop all the veggies and mint.

Making veg biryani

1. Add oil to a pressure cooker and heat it.
2. Add spices and fry till you get a nice aroma for one to 2 minutes. 
3. Fry onions until golden. 
4. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell has gone.
5. Add all chopped vegetables, fry for about 2 minutes.
6. Add mint leaves, biryani masala and saute for 2 more minutes.
7. Measure and pour water or coconut milk, salt and lemon juice.
8. When the water begins to boil, add rice and stir
9. Close the lid and let the cooker whistle once on a low flame. 
10. Off the stove and when the pressure goes down, open the lid and fluff up.
11. Serve veg biryani with raita

Notes

If your rice is not cooked, just sprinkle some water and cover with a loose lid and cook for few more mins
If your rice becomes mushy, reduce the qty of water the next time you cook.
You can use store bought biryani masala powder. Using too much of masala powder can make your biryani bitter. So adjust the powder according to your taste.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

MOONG DAL KHICHDI !!!!

 I am posting recipes tried & tasted by me after a long gap. Took a break inbetween 😜 I adopted this recipe from HEBBAR'S KITCHEN. Must say this is healthy & yummy recipe 👍 But in a hurry i forgot to add turmeric powder, hence the colour.

                 (After adding turmeric powder)

Ingredients

• ½ cup sona masuri rice
• ½ cup moong dal
• 1 medium green chili
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• ½ inch ginger
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 medium onion
• ½ tbsp mustard seeds
• ½ tbsp jeera
• pinch hing
• 5 curry leaves
• 2 tbsp ghee or oil
• 3 cups water
• ½ tbsp turmeric powder

Instructions ( 1 cup =255 ml)

1. finely chop onion, tomato, ginger, chilli and coriander leaves. keep them aside.
2. take moong dal and rice in equal proportion.
3. wash and rinse rice and moong dal. add 3 cups of water to 1 cup of rice and dal combined together
4. cook it for 3-4 whistles. depending upon your cooker.
5. meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and hing.
6. when mustard seeds start spluttering, add onions. saute them till golden brown
7. once onions turns golden brown, add ginger garlic. fry them till raw smell goes away.
8. now add chilli and saute for a minute.
9. add tomatoes and fry on medium flame.
10. fry tomatoes till they turn mushy.
11. open your cooker once the pressure is released. add some water if the consistency is thick.
12. now add the masala over the cooked rice-lentils and mix well.
13. keep on low flame to simmer the khichdi till you get the right consistency.
14. yummy, tasty and healthy moong dal kichidi is ready 

1.   HAPPY COOKING :))))))))                                              

EGG & CAPSICUM MASALA !!!!!

Today again a recipe with eggs as i am a egg lover :P. EGG CAPSI MASALA...i adopted this recipe from my gorgeous friend Sandhya N. Kamath who is a capsicum lover :D I just loved this recipe very much. My son too liked it coz he is a capsicum lover too :P. It goes well with rice or rotis.

INGREDIENTS:                     eggs, boiled - 6
                          
 
onion, chopped - 2 medium
tomatoes, chopped - 3 big
capsicum, cubed - 1 big
ginger-garlic paste - 1&1/2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
chole masala pow - 1 tsp
salt to taste

FOR PASTE:-

A handful of cashewnuts soaked in milk for 15 mins
guntur chillies - 4
green chillies - 2

FOR GARNISHING:-

Chopped corriander leaves 
kasoori methi (i skipped this)

METHOD:-

1. Heat oil in a pan & put ginger garlic paste & fry.

2. Add chopped onions till light brown.

3. Add tomatoes & fry till mushy.

4. Add cubed capsicum & fry.

5. Meanwhile make paste of soaked cashewnuts+guntur chillies+green chillies & add dis to the pan & fry this for sometime.

6. Add turmeric pow & chole masala pow to this & mix well.

7. Now add boiled eggs & take a boil.

8. Now swicth of the stove & garnish it with corriander leaves & serve hot.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))

AVARE KAALU KURMA !!!!!

My today's recipe is from CHITRA AMMA'S KITCHEN....and the recipe is AVARE KAALU KURMA that goes well with rotis. Here instead of avare kai i used southavare kaalu as suggested by my friend. I dont know exactly what it is but i bought it from Chikmagalore market. It looks like fresh thingalavre i mean fresh navy beans. Pic is given below....

I pressure cooked them for 4 whistles but i felt i should have continued for 2 more whistles to get soft cooked beans. Anyways recipe tasted great ! So, sharing it here with you all today.

INGREDIENTS:
Avarekaalu – 2 cups
Curd – ½ cup
Salt – 2 tsps
Fresh Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
Finely chopped tomatoes – optional for garnishing.( i skipped this)
For Seasoning
Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
Finely chopped onion – ¼ cup
Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
Bengal gram dal – 1 tsp
Cashew nuts – 10
Curry leaves – a few
For Kurma Masala Paste
Grind the following ingredients to a fine paste:
Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Coriander seeds – 2 tbsps
Garlic – 4 pods
Fresh ginger – 1’’
Cloves – 6
Sambar powder – 1 tsp (or green chillies – 2)
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
Cashew nuts – 10
Soaked Poppy seeds – 1 tbsp (optional)

METHOD:

1. Boil avarekai until tender and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
3. When it splutters add Bengal gram dal and fry till golden in colour.
4. Add cashew nuts and roast till golden in colour.
5. Add the chopped onion and curry leaves and cook till the onion is glassy. .
6. Now add the ground kurma masala paste and fry it, until the oil separates out.
7. Add the cooked beans, a cup of water and salt and cook.
8. Blend in the curd and cook for a few more minutes.
9. Garnish with fresh coriander and finely chopped tomatoes.

Enjoy the hot kurma with poories, chapaties or ghee rice!

HAPPY COOKING