Malpuwa

Malpuwa is a sweet made in most parts of northern india.

You Need
1 cup wheat flour
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup water
oil or ghee for deep frying
grated dryfruits
cardamom powder

Mix wheat flour,sugar and water and let be for 30 minutes
Heat oil in a flat bottom pan and keep on medium flame
Fill a serving spoon with the mix and slowly pour in the oil
Deep fry till crunchy and brown from both sides
Drain excess oil and decorate with dry fruits and cardamom powder

Check for the consistency of the mix.If its too thin, it might scatter out in oil.If its too viscous,malpuwas might be thick and uncooked from inside.

Hazelnut Chocolate Coffee Milk Shake

Long name huh??dont worry the recipe is simple

You Need
1/2 cup hazelnut(u cud as well substitute with walnuts)
3 tbsp cocoa powder(if u dont have this, use hersheys or dairymilk chocolate bar)
2 tbsp coffee
1/2 cups milk chilled
1/2 cup milk cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups Vanilla icecream
2 cups Chocolate icecream
1/2 cup coconut milk (optional)

Mix all the ingredients except chocolate and vanilla icecream and run in a blender for 10 mins taking breaks in between
Add Vanilla icecream and blend for 5 mins
Serve into conical glasses and top with Chocolate icecream

A cool summer dessert is ready!

Lettuce Wrap Casserole

7-8 large whole lettuce leaves
1 cup rice, washed soaked in salted water
1 tbsp. Coriander leaves chopped finely

For filling:
4 large potatoes, boiled
4-5 green chillies
1" piece ginger
1 flake garlic
2 sprigs mint leaves, chopped
1 tbsp. Coriander leaves, chopped
1 tsp. Lemon juice
1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder
3 pinches asafoetida powder
1/2 tsp. Each cumin & mustard seeds
1 tbsp. oil
salt to taste

For gravy:
1 bunch spinach leaves, chopped roughly
1 cup bottle gourd, grated
1 onion sliced
1 green chilly
1 flake garlic
1 tsp. Wheat flour
1/4 tsp. Turmeric powder
salt to taste
2 tbsp. Butter

Boil rice, cook till done, but not mushy.
Drain, cool, keep aside.

For filling:

Crush ginger, garlic, chilli

Chop potatoes

Heat oil, add seeds, asafetida, allow to splutter.

Add crushed mixture, stir for a few seconds.

Add turmeric, stir, add potatoes.

Add salt, lemon, coriander, stir and cook for a minute.

Take off fire, keep aside.

For gravy:

Heat 1/2 tbsp. butter in a pan.

Add onions, stir fry till transparent.

Wash and drain spinach leaves.

Add to onions, with bottle gourd.

Cover and simmer for 2 minutes.

Remove, cool, put in small electric grinder.

Add all ingredients, except salt and butter.

Grind to a paste, which is a little grainy, keep aside.

Do not add water.

Heat remaining butter, add gravy.

Add salt, stir and bring to a boil.

Cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes till a little thick.

Keep aside till required.

Use 2/3 filling, keep aside remaining 1/3.

Spread out lettuce leaf, place filling along central line.

Wrap to make a Frankie like long cylinder.

Mix remaining 1/2 filling with rice.

Spread all over base of casserole.

Arrange lettuce rolls over rice.

Pour gravy over rolls and rice, not necessarily covering all over.

Cover with aluminum foil or loose lid.

Bake in preheated oven at 300^oC for 10 minutes.

Garnish with coriander, serve piping hot.

My Tip : You could as well use cabbage instead of lettuce. If using cabbage, just dip in boiling water for 15 seconds each leaf so that it is tender.

Chinese Fried Rice With Gravy

Truly Chinese

You Need
1 bunch spring onions finely chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped fine
1 cube ginger chopped fine
2 green chillies chopped fine
2 red chillies chopped fine
1/2 cup each cabbage,onion,beans,carrots chopped very fine
1 cup bean sprouts
1 1/2 cups rice
1 tbsp corn flour/starch
4 tbsp soy sauce
salt
4 tbsp oil

For Rice
Cook rice for lil less time than regular so that the grains are separate and lil hard
Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan
Add green chillies, half of garlic and ginger
Add mix veggies and saute on high flame
When done, add salt and 2 tbsp soy sauce
Mix rice well.

For Gravy
Mix 1 tbsp corn flour in 1 cup water
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan
Add red chillies, remaining garlic and ginger
Add spring onions
Saute for few minutes
Add 1 cup water
When it boils add the corn starch mix and salt
Add soy sauce.Simmer for few mins
Serve hot with rice

Coconut Sandesh

You Need
paneer made of 1gallon milk
1 cup coconut grated
2 cups sugar
cardamom powder
1 tsp ghee

Dry coconut for an hour by spreading on a plate
Grind paneer and mix coconut and sugar
Heat this mixture on low heat stirring continuously
When it thickens and leaves the sides of the pan,switch off
Grease a plate and spread this mix evenly
Cut into desired shapes when cold

Mushroom Peas Masala

You Need:
1 cup mushrooms washed and chopped
1 cup peas
1 onion
1 tomato
1/2 cup curds
1 tbsp GGP
1 tsp each turmeric,red chilli n garam masala powder
2 tsp salt
1 tsp mustard n cumin seeds
1 tbsp oil

Grind onion into puree
Heat oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin seeds
Allow to splutter and add onions
Saute till golden
Add tomato puree
Saute till oil separates
Add curds and saute for few mins
Add all the masalas,mushroom and peas.
Simmer till well cooked.

The Trio Burfi

You Need
3 cups Til(sesame seeds)
3 cups jaggery
1 cup peanuts
1 cup dry grated coconut
1 tbsp ghee

Grease a plate and keep ready
Dry roast Til and peanuts seperately
Peel peanuts and grind.
Grind Til coarsely
Heat ghee in a pan and add jaggery
When it liquifies add til,peanuts,coconut
Before it cools down,mix well and spread on the plate
Cut into diamond when it solidifies.

Burritos

This one looks lengthy and complicated but is really quick and simple.

You Need
Flour tortillas 4 nos.
Refried beans ½ cup
Shredded lettuce 1 cup
Salsa Fresca ¼ cup
Avocado dip (Guacamole) ½ cup

Before we proceed to main recipe, sub-recipes are here

Refried Beans:

You Need
Black beans 2 ½ cups
Onion, diced 1 no.
Melted butter ½ cup
Salt As required

1.Rinse the beans, place in a large bowl and soak in cold water for 12 hours &
then drain.
2.Place the soaked beans and onion in a pan with enough water and bring to a
boil.
3.Reduce heat, cover and simmer until beans are tender.
4.Drain, reserving 1 cup of the liquid.
5.Coarsely puree the beans, stir in the butter and return mixture to the pan.
6.Cook, stirring continuously till the butter is absorbed & season with salt.


Salsa Fresca
You Need
Green chilies, chopped 2 tsps.
Fresh red chilies, chopped 2 tsps.
Onion, Chopped ½ cup
Spring onion, chopped ¼ cup
Tomatoes, chopped 1 cup
Lemon juice 3 tbsps.
Freshly ground pepper ½ tsp.
Salt To taste

1.Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
2.Add salt and pepper according to taste.
3.For variation, add capsicum (red, green or yellow).
4.You may also add corn or other seasonal vegetables.
5.To store, refrigerate the salsa in tightly sealed glass jars.

Avacado Dip
1 large or 2 small avocados
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2 c. diced fresh tomato
1/4 c. finely diced onion
1 tbsp. lemon juice

Mash avocado and cream cheese in a bowl and cream until smooth.
Add tomatoes and onions and lemon juice, salt to taste.
Stir in just as much hot sauce to suit your taste.

Main Recipe
1.Heat tortillas on a griddle plate (tawa) until hot, pliable and make sure it does
not become dry.
2.Place about 2 tbsps. of refried beans and Avocado dip, a little below the center
of the tortilla.
3.Top it up with the salsa fresca and fold sides of tortilla over filling to center.
4.Fold bottom over filling and roll up, enclosing filling completely.
5.Serve immediately as burritos tend to become soggy very soon.

Laapsi

Laapsi is a sweet prepared in North India specially in NavRatri

You Need:
Crackled wheat (called baat (t as in takkar)in marwadi) 1 cup
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup jaggery
1/2 cup pure ghee
1 cup water

Heat ghee in a cooker.
Saute the crackled wheat for a few mins.
Mix water, jaggery and sugar.
Take a whistle and switch off.

Simple and quick sweet for those unexpected guests for dinner :)

Stuff Mirchi

Hot Hot Baby!! he he he..when u want some smoke coming out of ears...try this one..

You Need
5 Big Green Chillies(the ones used for mirchi bhajji)
1 cup besan (chickpea flour)
1 tsp cumin seeds
salt to taste
1/2 cup water
4 tbsp oil

Mix besan,salt,cumin seeds and water and 1 tbsp oil
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
Add the above mix and stir continously till it turns solid.Take extra care not to stick it to the bottom of the pan.
Slit the chillies vertical.
Fill in with the above mix.
Heat the remaining oil in pan.
Add chillies and saute not to burn them.
Enjoy with hot rotis or rice.

Strawberry Pudding

You Need

Half Liter milk
1 box strawberries
1 cup custard powder
1 cup sugar

Keep a cup milk separate and boil the rest of it.
Mix custard powder in that cup of milk.
Mix slowly in the boiling milk and cook till it thickens.
Add 3/4 th of the sugar and mix well.
Let cool down.
Wash and cut strawberries into small pieces.
Mix the rest 1/4th sugar and strawberries and keep aside.
When the pudding has cooled down to room temperature, mix the strawberries.
Chill and serve.
hhhhhhmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnn yummy !!!

Muthiyas

You Need
1 cup - wheat flour
1 cup - leftover cooked rice(preferably small grain)
5 to 6 - spinach leaves, finely chopped
1 cup - bottle gourd, grated
1 - green chilli, crushed
salt to taste

For seasoning:
1 sprig - spring onion with greens, finely chopped
2 to 3 flakes - garlic, crushed
1/2 inch - piece of ginger, grated or finely chopped
1 tsp - soya sauce
1 tbsp - tomato sauce
1 tsp - red chilli garlic sauce
2 tbsp - water

For Moothiyas:

1. Put flour and rice in a large bowl.
2. Press out bottle gourd well, add to bowl.
3. Add spinach, chilli, salt.
4. Mix lightly to form a rough lump.
5. Shape portions of mixture into long 1 inch wide long cylinders.
6. You could either bake this in oven or steam it like dhokla for 25 mins.
7. Serve piping hot with curds, OR
8. Cool and cut into 1” thick slices.

To Proceed Before Serving:

1. Heat a nonstick pan, add all sauces and water.
2. Add ginger, garlic, salt it required, bring to a boil.
3. Add chopped slices of spring onions, toss well.
4. Serve hot and fresh with sauce or chutney or curds.

Sprouts Pulav

You Need
1 cup rice
1 cup sprouts
2 cups milk/coco milk
whole garam masala-cloves,cinnamon,peppercorns,cumin,bay leaf etc
2 green chillies
2 tbsp oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp GGP
salt to taste

Heat oil in cooker.
Splutter garam masala in oil.
Add onions and saute till golden.
Add GGP.
Add sprouts.
Add rice.
Add milk and salt.
Pressure cook for a whistle n turn off. Open only after all the steam exhausts.