Chinu's Kitchen Corner: April 2016

Tuesday 5 April 2016

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Boil one liter of water in a pan,add spinach leaves and boil it for a minute then turn off the flame.
Drain the water and take out the boiled spinach in a blending jar and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan,add cumin seeds fry it for few seconds then add the green chili,ginger and garlic.
Add onions and fry it on medium flame till it turns light brown .
Add chopped tomatoes and cook on medium flame till it turns little soft.
Turn off the flame and let it cool down and take out the fried ingredients in the same blending jar.
Add little water and blend it into thick smooth paste,keep it aside.
Heat oil in same pan, add turmeric powder,red chili powder,coriander powder and cumin powder.fry it for 20-30 seconds then add the prepared paste and keep stirring.
Cover the pan and cook it for 2-3 mints on medium flame.
Add fresh cream and paneer cubes mix it well in gravy.
Add Garam masala powder and salt to taste mix well.
Cover the pan and cook it for 2minutes on low flame then turn off the flame .
Garnish with fresh cream and grated paneer and serve hot with butter roti/paratha etc.

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Wash the carrot properly,peel of the carrot skin using a peeler.
Then chopped the carrot into cube sized and put it into the blender and add the water,sugar,ginger and blend it properly until smooth.
Then strain the juice in to a bowl and squeeze the lemon juice and mix it properly.
Know carrot juice is ready.
Take the glass add some ice cubes then add half soda water ,half carrot juice and served chilled.
Your natural Fanta/Miranda is ready to enjoy.

Put all the ingredients in a big bowl with Bhel (Mudi) and mix it properly and serve immediately.

(This Dish you can enjoy in any time, mostly in Sea Beach or rainy season)

For Aalu dum:

METHOD:

For Puri :·

Sift together the flour, salt and oil (2 tsp.) and add just enough water to form make smooth dough.
Make small balls from the above dough; flatten each ball into a round shape.
Heat oil in a frying pan, and fry these flatten balls till it turns golden brown from each side.

For Aalu Dum :

Boil the Potatoes in enough water.
Cool the boiled Potatoes in cold water, and peel these by using thumb.
In a Kadai, add mustard/Refined oil.
Then fry bolied potatoes for 5 mints.
Heat oil in that pan, add the chopped onion and bay leaf make it fry till light golden fry.
Then add ginger-garlic paste , and then add turmeric powder, chili powder to it .
Stir the above mixture and fry this over medium flame until it begins turning light brown
Add the tomatoes and salt, so that the tomato will make soft easily .again make it fry 5 minutes.
When it starts removing oil then add the fried potatoes and fry for some time.
Then add some water (3/4 cup ) to it ,if need put the salt and Boil it for 10-20minutes until the gravy thickness to the desired consistency, and these turn brown.
Add the gram masala powder to it.
Then remove it from stove and garnish with little coriander lives.
Know it’s ready to eat.

Serve with hot Puri.