Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Eggless Semolina Cake

Ingredients:-

  • Semolina - 1cup
  • All purpose flour/maida - 1cup
  • Baking soda - 1tbsp
  • Baking powder - 1tbsp 
  • Yoghurt - 1/2 cup
  • Oil - 1/2 cup
  • Powdered sugar - 1cup
  • Cardamom powder - 1/2 tbsp 
  • Milk - 1/4 cup
  • Casew nut  - 1/2 cup(chopped)

Methods:-

  • Grease a cake try and keep it aside. Pre heat the oven at 200 degrees celcious for 10 minutes.
  • Take one bowl and put the semolina, all purpose flour,baking soda,baking powder together and keep it aside.
  • Take another bowl and put the yogurt,oil and powdered sugar and mix well till the sugar dissolves.
  • Then add cardamom powder and milk and mix well.
  • Add dry ingredients in to the semolina mixture and chopped cashew nut and mix it properly. Mix well till a soft dropping consistency is reached.
  • Know the cake mixture is ready.
  • Pour into it to the greased baking tray and bake it at 200 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes in a preheated oven.
  • After 30 minutes remove the cake from the oven and check it is cooked from the inside.
  • Allow the cake to cool before take it of the tray.
  • Know cut into pieces and serve.

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Chicken Tawa Fry

Ingredients :-

  • Chicken - 500gm medium piece
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup chopped 
  • Mint leaves - 1/2 cup chopped 
  • Rice flour - 1/2 cup
  • Onion - 1 big size chopped 
  • Dry red chilly - 4 to 5(You can take red chili powder 2tbs also)
  • Black cardamom - 1piece
  • Cinnamon sticks - 1 inch
  • Garlic cloves (peeled) - 10 to 12
  • Chopped ginger - 1 inch
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
  • Lemon juice - 3tbsp
  • Green chili - 1/2
Methods: -
  • In a blender add all masalas - black cardamom,cinnamon,garlic,ginger,onions,green chilli, red chilli,coriander leaves and mint leaves.
  • Add little water & blend it to make a thick smooth paste.
  • Add blended masala paste in to the chicken and mix it properly.
  • Add turmeric powder, lemon juice,rice flour & salt to taste and mix it properly.
  • Keep it into the refrigerator for 2 hours.
  • After 2 hours take out the chicken from the refrigerator and mix it again.
  • Heat a pan and add cooking oil and let the oil heat.
  • Put the marinated chicken one by one into the pan,cook it for a minute on medium flame.
  • Cover the pan and cook it for 4 to 5 minutes in low flame.
  • Flip it carefully to cook it other side,cover the pan and cook it for 4 to 5 minutes on low flame.
  • Turn off the flame, take out the chicken into the kitchen napkins to absorb extra oil from it.
  • Now Tawa fry chicken is ready to eat. 
  • Take it into a plate and garnish with sliced onion And lemon and sprinkle little chat masala on it.
  • Serve hot and enjoy...



Friday, 23 January 2015

Chaula khiri (Rice khir)

Ingredients:

  • Raw Rice (arua chaula) -200gm
  • Sugar (chini) –  400gm
  • Milk (khira)- 1liter
  • Ghee – 3-4 tsp
  • Cashew nut (kaju) – 25gm (Fried)
  • Raisin (khismis) – 25gm (Fried)
  • Bay leaves (teja patra)- 2
  • Cardamom (gujurati/ aleicha)- 5 (Half crushed)
  • A pinch of salt (luna)

Method:

  • Wash the rice and keep it aside.
  • Take a pan make it hot after that put the ghee and Sugar fry it for a minutes.
  • Add the rice to the sugar and fry for a mints.
  • Add some water and little salt, bay leaves put it in a pressure cooker and cover it with lid.
  • Allow it to cook properly up to 3-4 whistles.
  • After that remove the lid and add milk to cooked rice and mix it properly.
  • Let it boil in medium flame for 5-10 mints and add the sugar.
  • Boil again 5 mints.
  • After that add condensed milk to it (optional)(for taste only).
  • Add all fried cashew nut, raisin and half crushed cardamom power.
  • As the contents turn semi-thick, switch off the flame.
  • Your khiri is ready, Serve cold.


Chena Poda

Chena Poda or cheese cake is an extremely authentic and extremely popular in odisha as a sweet dish that is made by slowly baking Chenna (Cottage cheese) in earthen fire for few hours and then cooling it down for hours before serving .The sweet dish owes its origin to the temple of Lord Jagannath. This is my husband’s one of the favorite sweet dish.

Ingredients:

  • Cheese (chenna) – 1kg
  • Semolina (suji) – 150gm
  • Sugar (chini) – 500gm
  • Cashew nuts (kaju) -150gm
  • Raisin (kismis) – 50gm
  • Cinnamon (dalchini)- 50gm
Method:


  • Drain excess water from the curdled milk and mash the Chenna.
  • Pour all ingredients in that chenna (cheese) and mix it properly using spoon or a hand blender.
  • Preheat the oven at 350f .
  • Pour  the mixture into the baking pan add the garnishing and bake it 40-50 mints till the top turns to light brown.
  • Insert a tooth pick and check if it comes clean.
  • Cool it after taking out from the oven.
  • Your yummy sweet chenna  poda is Ready.
  • Carefully cut into pieces like cake and serve.

Rasagolla

Ingredients : -

For Golla’s:
  •  2 Liter of full cream milk (you can make 10 to 15 medium size rasgollas)
  • Lime juice - 3 to 4 table spoon or you can use 2 to 3 tablespoon of vinegar.
  • Semolina (Sooji) – 2 tablespoon
  • Plain Flour (Maida) – 2 tablespoon
  • Sugar – 1 tablespoon
  • Muslin cloth or Fine strainer

For the Sugar Syrup :
  • Water – 6 Cups
  •  Sugar –  3-4 cup
  • Cardamom power (Eli chi) – 1 teaspoon

Method:-

For the Golla's :
  •  Heat the Milk in a Deep bottomed pan and let it be boiling.
  • Add the lime juice or vinegar slowly to curdle the milk, and live it 5 minutes in lowest flame.
  • Once the milk is fully converted to cheese and the cheese separate from water switch off the Gas stove.
  • Now place the Muslin cloth on a strainer and slowly drain the water.
  • Rap the Cheese in the muslin cloth and keep it under the cool running water for 5 minutes. (This will remove any smell of lime).
  • Tie the ends of the cloth and hang for half an hour in a large bowl start kneading the cheese.
  • Nicely squeeze the muslin cloth and drain the water in to the cheese.
  • Now the cheese put it in the plate, add the Semolina (Sooji), flour (Maida) and sugar and    knead for 5-10 mints till the dough is soft and smooth.
  • Make it small small equal sized round balls.( make sure the balls are crack free)
  • For the Syrup and the Rasgolla:
  • Heat water and sugar in a wide mouth container .
  • Add the Cardamom powder after the water starts boiling and the sugar is dissolved.
  • Lower the heat and add the cheese balls one at a time.
  • Cover the pot and cook on lowest flame about 40-45 mints.
  • Remove the lid and take the pan off heat and let it sit for 5 mints.
  • Now it’s ready to eat, serve warm
Can be refrigerated up to 5 days an airtight container.