Tuesday, April 20, 2010

KUCHO AMER ACHAR RECIPE

Ingredients:



1/2 cup mustard oil
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp panch phoron powder
salt to taste
1/2 kg jaggery
4 - 5 raw mangoes (grated)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder


How to make kucho amer achar :

* Mix the grated mangoes, jaggery, turmeric powder and salt.
* Keep the mixture in the sun for about 4-5 days at a stretch.
* Mix in red chilli powder and panch phoron powder and leave it again in the sun for another 4-5 days.
* Mix in the mustard oil just before bottling and preserving it.

Monday, April 19, 2010

AMER HAREKRAKAM

AMER CHATNI RECIPE
Ingredients:



2 red chillies whole
3/4 tsp panch phoron
1 cup sugar/jaggery
1/2 kg green mangoes
2 tsp oil
salt to taste


How to make amer chatni :

* Cut the green mangoes with the skin into boat shapes.
* Heat up oil in a pan, mix in 1/2 tsp panch phoron and the dry red chillies.
* When they start to crackle mix in the mangoes.
* Mix in warm water.
* Mix in sugar or jaggery.
* Mix in salt when the mangoes are cooked and the syrup is thick.
* Roast 1/4 tsp panch phoron on the tawa and grind it to a powder.
* When the chutney is cool sprinkle this powder on top.



AMER MISHTI ACHAR RECIPE
How to make amer mishti achar :

* Mix the salt, sugar and mangoes and leave it in the sun for a couple of days or till the mangoes are tender.
* After sun drying the mangoes mix in the ginger paste, tamarind pulp, chilli powder, mustard powder and oil and stir fry on low heat up till it reaches a one-thread consistency.
* Take off from heat.
* Cool and store.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Paneer Recipes from India - Indian recipes

Pudina Paneer Recipes

Heat 4 tbsp oil and fry 3 sliced onions till brown.
Add 1/4 tsp haldi, 3/4 tsp chilli powder and salt.
Add pulp of 2 tomatoes and cook till dry.
Add 250 gms Paneer, 1/4 cup dried pudina and remaining tomato pieces.
Add 3/4 garam masala.
Cook for 2 mins and remove from fire.
Serve.

Kaaju Paneer Masala Recipes

Fry 150 gms Paneer till golden.
Remove, add in the same oil fry 1/2 cup kajus and keep aside.
Deep fry 3 sliced onions till brown.
Cool and grind into a paste.
Boil 3 chopped tomatoes, 3 falkes chopped garlic, 1" piece chopped ginger with 1 cup water, till tomatoes are soft.
Cool and then puree.
Soak 3 tsp watermelon seeds and 1 tsp khus khus for 1 min. Grind to paste.
Heat 2 tbsp oil and fry onion paste till brown.
Add 1/2 tsp chilli powder and khus-khus paste and mix.
Add tomato puree and cook till oil separates.
Add 1/2 cup milk gradually, stirring constantly, and cook for 3-4 mins.
Add 1/2 tsp garam masala and salt.
Add enough hot water to get a thick gravy.
Boil and then simmer for 10-12 mins.
Add paneer and kaju.
Boil once more, simmer for 5-mins till paneer is heated through the serve.