Paneer & Coconut bread roll

I am back to writing after a long long time, so i thought of starting with a short and simple recipe.I will try to discipline myself to come and write at least 1 recipe a week. Lets see how far I go.
This is a tea time snack which I made the other day.I had some shredded coconut and paneer pieces in the fridge and was wondering what to make out of them.So mixed a few ingredients and tried this new dish and it turned out to be an amazing snack dish.

Ingredients

Bread slices- 4

Paneer grated around ½ cup

Fresh coconut grated or you can use frozen -2 tbsp 

Onion finely chopped-2 tbsp

Ginger garlic paste-1/4tsp

Coriander chopped -2 tbsp

Red chilli powder-1/4 tsp or as per taste

Chaat masala as per taste (optional)

Tomato ketchup – 1tbsp

Chilli sauce-1/4 tsp

Salt

Oil for frying

Method

1. Mix all ingredients except bread and oil in a bowl.

2. Taste the mixture and adjust the taste.

3. Take 1 bread slice and slice off the edges using a knife.

4. Now soak you hand in a bowl of water and place the wet hands on the bread slice so that it becomes little wet.

5.Place 1-2 tsp of the paneer feeling in the centre of the bread slice and then roll the slice to form a cylindrical shape.

6. Repeat for other slices.

7. Now heat oil in a pan, fry the bread rolls till golden brown.

8. Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Spring Masala Dosa

Blogging after a long long time.Starting with an all time favorite of my brother.This is one dish which he will always order whenever we visit ShivSagar restaurant in Mumbai.It is just because of him that I have got hooked onto this dish. This dish is a take on the authentic Masala Dosa. Along with the potato Bhaji you add a few other vegetables and a spicy sauce.

I miss eating these dishes here in Australia so the best way to enjoy the dishes is making them myself so here goes the recipe.

For the Dosa-

1 1/2 cup rice

1/2 cup urad dal

few methi seeds (optional)

Salt

For the filling-

Potatoes - 3-4 boiled and roughly mashed

onion- 2 medium finely chopped

Green Capsicum- 1 finely chopped

Cabbage- 1/2 cup finely chopped

Carrot- 1/2 cup grated

spring onion- 1/4 cup finely chopped

Shredded coconut-1/2 cup

coriander leaves chopped -1/2 cup

green chillies- 2 roughly chopped

curry leaves- 3-4

cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

oil

Red chilli sauce- 1/4 cup

Tomato ketchup-1/4 cup 

Method-

To make the dosa

1. Soak the rice , urad dal and methi seeds seperately in water  for 6 hours or overnight.

2.Grind together and add salt and mix water accordingly.

To make the filling-

1. In a kadhai/vessel add oil, when it becomes hot add the cumin seeds, curry leaves and green chillies.

2. Saute for a minute and add half of the chopped onions.Cook till the onions become translucent.

3. Now add the mashed potatoes, turmeric powder and salt and mix well.Remove from gas and keep aside.

4. In a bowl mix the following green capsicum, cabbage, carrot, spring-onions, coconut, remaining half of the chopped onions and some salt. Mix well.
5. In a small bowl mix the chilli sauce and tomato ketchup and adjust taste accordingly.

Assembly-
1. Heat a pan or tavaa with little ghee or oil.
2. Spread the dosa mix on the pan .
3. Once the dosa has cooked on one side spread a spoonful of the sauce mixture. Now place a 2 table spoons of the potato filling and spread is across the dosa.
4. Finally add the vegetable mix on one side. Spread little oil or ghee and fold the dosa.
5. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

P.S
1. Adjust the sauce that you spread as per your liking.
2.If you like the crunchy feel of the vegetables then add more of the vegetable mix.

Seekh Kebab/Lamb Mince kebab

Winter has just about starting here down under,so in this cold weather felt like eating some nice hot and little spicy kebabs.So 2 weeks back when there was nice sunshine on a Sunday afternoon, hubby dear jumped on the idea of making kebabs.I had some lamb mince at home so decided to give it a go.
This is an Indian version of Kebab where I have used Bengal gram dal or Chana dal for binding the mixture together.

Ingredients
Lamb mince- 250gm
Chana Dal- 1/4 cup soaked in water for 30 minutes
Onion - 1 medium cut into 4 pieces
Green chillies-1 optional
Ginger garlic paste- 1 big tablespoon
Red chilli powder- 1/4 tsp (adjust as per choice)
Garam Masala-1/4 tsp
Cumin-Coriander powder-1/4 tsp
Amchoor or mango powder- a pinch (optional)
Mint leaves- 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
Lemon juice- 1tsp
Oil for grilling
Onion sliced for serving

Method-
1. Drain the water from the soaked chana dal.
2.Place Chana dal, onion, Corinader leaves, mint leaves in a chopper and roughly chop.
3.Add this mixture to the lamb mince and add all other ingredients excel Oil.
4.Add salt and mix all together.
5.Take skewers soak them in cold water for 10-20 mins to avoid burning when put on barbeque.
6.Apply little oil to your hand and wrap the lamb mince around the skewer till you get the desired shape.

7.Prepare as many skewers with the lamb mince.Keep these skewers in fridge for 30 minutes so that they become nice and firm and do not stick of fall off when cooking.

8.Turn on the barbeque and spray some oil and once the bbq becomes hot place the skewers on the bbq.If you do not have bbq you can place it on a grilling pan and cook on stove top.Remember to put some oil and the skewers need to fit in the pan else the mince will not cook.
9.Cook for around 20-25 minutes depending on the temperature of your bbq.Once they start turnig brown lower the temperature or gas and let it cook on slow heat.

10.To find out if the kebabs are cooked I just removed one of the skewers and tasted the kebab's a bit once you sure remove from bbq and serve hot with onion slices, salad leaves and mint chutney,
I served it on a Paratha , you can use Pita bread if you like.

Gobi/Cauliflower cooked in chilli sauce

Ingredients

For making cauliflower fritters or Bhajiya

1. Cauliflower florets -250 gm (3/4th boiled)

2.Red Chilli sauce- 1 tsp

3.Soy Sauce- 1/2 tsp

4.Tomato ketchup-1tsp

5.Salt

6.Rice flour- 1/2 tbsp

7.Maida/All purpose flower-2 tbsp

8.Cornflour- 2 tbsp

9. Oil for frying

For making sauce

1.Onion 1 small finely chopped

2.Green Capsicum 1 small finely chopped

3.Spring onion chopped 

4.Garlic cloves 6 finely chopped

5.Green chillies 1 thinly sliced (optional)

6. Tomato ketchup 2 tbsp

7. Soy Sauce- 1 tbsp

8. Red chilli sauce or chilli garlic sauce - 2 tbsp

9.Brown sugar a pinch

10.Black pepper powder pinch

11.Salt

12.Cornflour 1 tbsp (mix with cold water and make a paste)

Method-

1. To make cauliflower fritters mix all ingredients till no.5 (salt) in a bowl along with the parboiled cauliflower pieces.

2.In a seperate bowl mix the corn-flour,rice flour and maida along with some salt.Add 1/2 tsp each of chilli sauce and soy sauce to this mixture.Add water and mix well till you get batter thick enough to coat the cauliflower.

3.Place a wok on the gas and add oil, when oil becomes take the marinated cauliflower florets, dip them in the batter prepared above and deep fry till done.Since the cauliflower is parboiled fry it only for some time. Let it drain on a tissue paper.

4. To make sauce add 3 tbsp oil in a wok, when hot add chopped garlic , saute for a minute on a high flame.When garlic turns brown add chopped onions and saute for 2 mins.

5.Add the chopped capsicum and mix well saute for just 2-3 minutes on high flame.Now add the green chillies if using, soy sauce,chilli sauce, tomato ketchup, brown sugar and salt and mix well.

6.Taste the sauce to check on spicyness and adjust according to taste.

7.Now add the  2 tsp corn flour mixture to this sauce and mix well till the sauce becomes of semi thick consistency.Now add the fries cauliflower fritters and mix well to coat the cauliflower with sauce.Add chopped spring onion and remove from gas.

Masala Idly

Last weekend I had made Idly for breakfast and like always I was left with some extra idly but no  chutney.Not wanting to make chutney again , I was just wondering what to make out of the leftover Idly & tried this dish.Not sure if such a dish actually exists, I called it Masala idly as I cooked the idly with some onions and tomatoes like a sabzi.The dish turned out well and now I need not worry about the leftover Idly again.

Ingredients
Leftover/fresh idly -6 nos 
Onion - 1 medium chopped
Tomatoes-1 medium chopped
Green chillies- 1/2 small finely chopped (optional depending on how spicy you like)
3-4 curry leaves
Sambhar powder  1/2 tsp(I used the ready made store bought)
Red chillipowder-1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Oil- 2 tbsp
chopped coriander for garnishing
salt
Lime juice 1/2 tsp

Method
1. Heat a frying pan, add 1/4tsp oil , put the idlys and cook for 2 minutes on each side.This will make the idly a bit firm.Remove and cut in small pieces.
2.In a vessel heat 2 tbsp oil, when hot add mustard seeds , when the seeds splutter, add curry leaves and green chilies (if using)
3.Now add chopped onions and cook for 3-4 minutes or till onions are just cooked.Now add the chopped tomatoes and cook till the mixture becomes mushy and oil seperates.
4.Now add Sambhar masala powder, red chilli powder & turmeric powder and mix well.
5.Finally add the idly pieces, salt, lime juice and mix well, if it looks too dry the sprinkle a little water and cover with a lid and cook for 5-6minutes on a low flame.
6.Remove from gas,add chopped coriander and serve hot.

Quick and easy Rabdi/Milk-Bread pudding

This Diwali I decided to try  some new sweet dish as usually I make either  kheer, sheera or gulab jamun. I started searching the internet for different types of Indian sweet dishes. Finally I decided to make 'Rabdi' as it requires very few ingredients and most of the ingredients are always available in the house. Rabdi is a sweet dish or dessert made from thickened milk and bread slices.There were quiet a few recipes available for making the Rabdi.I used a combination of ingredients from different sites and the end result was very nice so sharing the recipe with all of you.
Ingredients:
3 cups milk (Use whole milk as it will taste better)
1/2 cup condensed milk (milkmaid )
1/4 cup sugar (adjust according to desired sweetness)
3 bread slices
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
chopped pistachios & almonds around 2-3 big tbsp
rose water a drop
few saffron strands

Method
1.Remove the crusts of the bread slices and discard.Cut the bread in very small bit size pieces.Keep aside.
2.Bring the milk to boil in a heavy bottomed pan, when the milk is just about to boil add the condensed milk and half of the sugar and bring it to a boil.(At this stage you can taste the mixture and then accordingly add the remaining sugar)
3.Add the remaining sugar,the bread pieces, rose water, cardamom powder & cook on a medium flame, while stirring continuously (approx.5 minutes). 
4. Reduce the flame and let it simmer for 20-25 mins till the volume reduces to half.Now add some of the chopped pistachios and almonds and remove from the stove. Add the saffron and mix well.
3.Let the mixture cool down to room temperature and then refrigerate for 3-4 hrs or till you get the desired thickness.Serve chilled

Cauliflower Bhajiyas/Fritters

 

This is one of the most easy dishes you can make for quick tea time snack.Most of us will always have some left over cauliflower, so instead of wondering what dish to make of the leftover cauliflower making fritters is an easy and tasty option.

Ingredients

Cauliflower -1/2 cut in florets bite sized

Red chilli powder-1/4 tsp (adjust according to taste)

Cumin-Coriander powder -1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Ajwain seeds-1/4 tsp (optional)

Chickpea flour- 4 big tbsp

Rice four- 2 big tbsp

Salt

Oil for frying

Method-

1. Cut the cauliflower into bite sized florets.Boil some water on the gas and add cauliflower.Cook for 2-3 minutes or till half done.Do not overcook the cauliflower.

2.Drain the water and marinate the cauliflower with salt, little red chilli powder, half of the cumin coriander powder,and half the turmeric powder.Mix well

3. In another bow add chick pea flour and rice flour.To this add salt the remaining spices like chilli powder, cumin coriander powder, ajwain seeds & turmeric powder.

4.Pour water and make batter of semi thick consistency.

5.In a pan heat some oil, when oil become hot dip the cauliflower in the batter and then place in oil, and fry on medium heat for 4-5 minutes or till you get a golden brown color.

Serve hot for tomato ketchup or chilli sauce