Cheesy Garlic Bread

Wonder how simple n quick it is to make the delicious garlic bread u can eat endlessly

You need
Bread(sandwich/plain) preferably white
grated cheese
garlic salt (u can find this in walmart/sams)

SAII (Simple as it is)

toast the bread in toaster for 2 minutes
spread cheese overloaded to get tht thick layer
sprinkle garlic salt evenly all over
microwave for 10 seconds till the cheese melts
you can couple this with a soup..
ok thtz coming soon :)

for weight watchers
u cud exclude the cheese n just apply lil low-fat butter

Walnut - Chocolate Cookies

time for some snacky cookies

You need
800 gms. plain flour
200 gms. walnuts, powdered coarsely
2 tbsp cocoa powder
500 gms. sugar powdered
500 gms. solidified ghee dalda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1-2 tbsp. warm milk if required
1/2 cups broken bits of chocolates

ok lets do it
If ghee if not solidified, then refrigerate for some time.Take in a large deep plate,
run in circular direction with a flat palm.
Rub enough to make ghee white, fluffy and light.Sieve baking powder, cocoa
powder with flour. Add sugar to ghee and mix till light.
Fold in sieved flours, walnut powder till well mixed. Sprinkle some milk if dough
seems too dry to hold.
Mix with a light hand. Do not knead too much . Coarse
dough will make better and lighter cookies.
Shape in small rounds, arrange on baking sheet. Preheat oven to 200oC, before
putting in cookies.
Press on chocolate bit on each cookie in centre. Bake at 180oC for 7-8 minutes
or till very light golden.
Remove, cool on a wire mesh or rack till completely cooled. Store in airtight
container, in dry place.
Remm not to disturb the cookies when they r hot..as they r very brittle.also add more choc chips it tastes yum!!

Pasta in Alfredo sauce

All the italian food lovers........
you need
2 cups pasta in penne/spagetti form
white alfredo sauce(if u dont hv this, u can mk it easily at home...vil post a recipe later)
basil leaves (optional)
1 carrot grated
1 potato boiled and grated
1/2 cup grated cheese
salt
1 dried red chilly coarsely powdered (optional)
1 tablespoon butter (soft)

Simple n str8
boil pasta in water with lil salt n oil for 15 mins approx.
strain and mix with alfredo sauce.
add a pinch salt and red chilly.
mix well n place in a deep microwavable bowl.
mix the grated potato,carrot n butter.
decorate this on top of the pasta mixture
spread cheese to cover the mix
microwave till cheese turns slightly brown
serve with bread/rolls.

i loved this one

Noodle Wrap

For those who love some chinese n want it in a lil diff way

You Need
chinese noodles 200 gms
veggies- cabbage,carrots,beans,bean sprouts,onions 1/2 cup each chopped vertical n slender
soy sauce
chilli sauce-if u dont hv this use green chillies instead
ginger-garlic paste(ggp)
salt to taste

all-purpose flour/maida
curds
salt
1/2 tspoon baking soda
salt

For the wrap
knead maida,baking soda,salt,curds in a soft dough. use lil warm water if reqd.
cover n let be for 2-3 hrs

For the noodles
boil 1/2 ltr water in a pot with some salt n 1/2 tspoon oil added.
half-cook noodles in this n strain once done.
run the noodles thru cold water and strain.

take 3 tspoons oil in a pan.
add green chillies and onions. saute on high flame.
add ggp and all other veggies after onions r slightly brown.
once veggies r cooked, add noodles,soy sauce and salt.
mix them well. cook with cover for 2 mins n switch off stove.

heat 300 ml oil in a frying pan.
make pin pong balls out of the dough.
roll them to make squares of medium size.
place the noodles and close the squares in shape of an envelope.
use water to close the sides and keep aside for two minutes.
deep fry in oil and serve with ketchup.

SPDP

non-puneites stop guessing i vil tell u whtz SPDP -Sev Puri Dahi Puri
this is my version of whtever kinda chaat u say..papdi chaat or sev puri or dahi puri..:P
one short term here
TP - cut into tiny pieces like wht u need 4 a chaat
You Need
1 potato bolied TP
1 onion TP
1 tomato TP
tamarind sauce - puree of tamarind n lil salt,red chilli n sugar added to tht
1 cup yoghurt
2 table spoons chaat/panipuri masala
2 cups nylon sev
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
10-15 Tostitos - ok this is a kind of tortilla.it comes in a scoop form. if u dont get this u cud as well make small puris of semolina/rava and top things up.
my tip - use broken puris from the panipuri packet.

Get rolling
arrange the tostitos in a plate.
put lil of each - potato,onion,tomato.
put 1/2 teaspoon of tamarind sauce,yoghurt in each tostito.
sprinkle chaat masala, sev and coriander evenly across the puris..
all set..a gr8 evening snack is ready :)

Daal Baati

Daal Baati is a marwadi entree made on festivals.

You need
200 grams of wheat flour
2 table spoons rava/semolina
salt to taste
300 grams of pure ghee
1 tea spoon ajwain
1 tspoon baking soda

50 grams each of
green (split) moong dal
black (split)urad dal
yellow chana dal
tur dal
yellow moong dal
lemon juice
salt
2 red chillies (whole)
1 tspoon red chilli powder
2 tspoons garam masala powder
2 tspoons dhaniya powder (coriander)
mustard n cumin seeds
1/2 tspoons turmeric powder
a pinch asafeotida/hing

Daal :
wash and soak dals for 3-4 hours.
pressure cook for 3 whistles.
heat oil in kadhai/pan, let mustard n cumin seeds splutter.
add hing/asofeatida.
add whole red chillies.
add the cooked dal mixture.
add all other spices mentioned above and let boil for 15 mins.
you may add lil whipped cream or ghee in before serving. that gives a delicious treat.
Thtz it!! daal is ready simple isnt it??

Baati
here comes the tougher part...
mix wheat flour,rava,ajwain,salt and baking powder well.
warm and pour 75 grams of ghee to the mix and knead the dough well.use some warm water to make it smooth. if you prepare chapatis you know the consistency of the dough. this one needs to be lil harder than the chapati dough.
cover and keep for 10 mins.
preheat grill oven (not microwave,i never tried in mc n nt sure whether it works with tht) at 400F
make ping size balls of the dough n press lil in the center so tht it flattens lil. do not press it too much to make a cookie. well, i vil upload a pic of how it looks and u vil get an idea.
place these balls on the baking sheet and bake at 400F till golden brown in colour. approx 20 mins.
dip the baatis when done in rest of the pure ghee.

how to eat:
when serving take 2 baatis at a time and crush lil in ur plate. pur dal over it n relish the taste :)
weight watchers may drain the ghee n serve else it tastes better with lots of ghee in the plate.
now there is a set of other cookeries made with daal baati called gatte ki sabzi and choorma.
recipes for these r "Coming Soon!!"

The First One

The Story behind how this blog started
Special Thanks to my love for cooking n trying out new recipes. What is prepared 2-3 times is registered in my RAM, but there r some recipes u hv 2 keep coming bac 2. I had 2 file this smwhere. Instead of calling mom everytime (calls 2 india hv the time constraints)
or googling y nt maintain my cookbook. And then i thot y nt blog as u all may read it n like it..n then experiment it in ur lab as well. This is a gr8 ans 2 my q most of the evenings - aaj khane mein kya banaye??
This is a very specialised category running across multiple cuisines depending on wht satisfies my palate. My major interests are in Marwadi (yeah thats a cuisine), NorthIndian, South Indian (thnks to my telugu ex-roomy n my best fren ever).
Some of maharashtrian , italian and thai are my faves too.
Futures n Options (thtz a term from stocks) consider mexican.

Warnings
There is no guarantee the recipes might work well for (if u r ever going 2 try them).If they do, comment ur feedback.All The Best :)