Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Mushroom Biryani

Posted by sandhya at 9/27/2011 04:11:00 AM 0 comments
Mushroom Biryani is a very popular recipe and a modern twist to the classic biryani. Good alternative if you want to make biryani without meat. Learn how to prepare Mushroom Biryani by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 900 gms Mushroom

• 2 Onions (thinly sliced)

• 4 cup Basmati Rice

• 1 Lemon

• 3/4 cups Oil/ghee

• 2 tsp Soya Sauce

• 7 Cloves garlic

• 4 Green chillies(chopped)

• 3 tsp Ginger (chopped)

• 3 Cinnamon

• 3 Cardamoms

• 3 Cloves

• 3 Tomatoes (chopped)

• 1-1/2 tsp Chilly Powder

• 3 tsp Coriander Powder

• Mint leaves

• Salt to taste


How to make Mushroom Biryani:

• Clean, wash and soak the rice for 1 hour in enough water taken in a pot.

• After due time, drain the water from pot.

• Heat ghee in a pressure pan and saute soaked cleaned rice. Remove.

• Trim mushrooms into big pieces and keep it aside.

• Grind cardamom, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, garlic into a paste.

• In a pressure Cooker, heat the oil and ghee, fry ground masala and the onion till it turns golden brown.

• Then add all other ingredients, mushrooms and stir for 10 minutes.

• Add 7 cups water and let it boil, add the soaked rice and stir till the rice level and the water level equals, pressure cook in low flame for 15 minutes.

Masala Sambar

Posted by sandhya at 9/27/2011 03:54:00 AM 0 comments
Masala Sambar is a very popular,tasty and spicy recipe. Learn how to prepare Masala Sambar by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• ½ cup Tur Dal (soaked)

• Mixed Vegetables (as desired, chopped)

• 2 tbsp Oil • Salt (to taste)

• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds

• 1 sprig Curry Leaves

For Sambar Masala:

• 1 tbsp Chana Dal

• 1 tbsp Urad Dal

• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds

• ½ tsp Fenugreek Seeds

• 1 tbsp Coconut (grated)

• 8 Red Chilies


How to make Masala Sambar:

• Heat oil in a pan and fry all the ingredients to make the sambar masala.

• Remove and grind to a fine paste.

• Take tur dal with water in a large saucepan and cook until tender.

• Mix in vegetables and cook until tender.

• Stir in the ground sambar masala and simmer for another 10-15 minutes.

• Flavor with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and salt.

• Serve hot with dosa.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Chicken Pizza

Posted by sandhya at 9/25/2011 03:59:00 AM 0 comments
Chicken Pizza is a very popular and tasty recipe. Learn how to prepare Chicken Pizza by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 450 gm Boneless Chicken Breast

• 1 Pizza frozen dough

• 4 tsp Pepper

• 1 cup Mushrooms (sliced)

• 1 Vegetable Cooking Spray

• 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese

• 1/2 tsp Thyme

• 1 tbsp Olive oil

• 1 Garlic Clove (minced)

• 2 cups Purple Onions (sliced)

• 1 cup Red bell pepper

• 1/4 tsp Salt


How to make Chicken Pizza:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.

• Add chicken, salt, pepper and garlic and heat it for few minutes.

• Add onions, bell pepper, mushrooms and thyme.

• Saute for few minutes into the chicken mixture, until chicken is cooked. Keep it aside.

• Unroll pizza dough and pat into a 12-inch pizza pan coated with cooking vegetable spray.

• Splash half cup cheese evenly over the dough.

• Spread chicken mixture over the cheese and top with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.

• Bake at 425 degree F for 15 minutes or until crust is golden.

Strawberry Pizza

Posted by sandhya at 9/25/2011 03:48:00 AM 0 comments
Strawberry Pizza is a very popular and differnt recipe. Learn how to prepare Strawberry Pizza by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 6 tbsp Butter (softened)

• ½ cup Sugar

• 1 Egg

• ½ tsp Vanilla Extract

• ¼ tsp Almond Extract

• 1¼ cups All-Purpose Flour

• ½ tsp Baking Powder

• ½ tsp Salt
For the Filling:

• 1 (8 oz) package Cream Cheese (softened)

• ½ cup Confectioners' Sugar

• 2 cups sliced fresh Strawberries

• 1 cup Sugar

• ¼ cup Cornstarch

• 2 cups crushed fresh Strawberries


How to make Strawberry Pizza:

• Whisk butter and sugar for about 2 minutes, until creamy.

• Beat egg, vanilla extract, and almon extract together in a seprate bowl. Add to the sugar-butter mix and beat well.

• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.

• Gradually add to the creamed mixture. Whisk well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

• Remove from the fridge and roll out into a 13-inch circle on a floured surface.

• Place in a 12-inch pizza pan. Fold the edges slightly up.

• Bake at 350 degrees F for 18-22 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove and cool completely.

• Prepare the filling by beating confectioner’s sugar and cream cheese together, until smooth.

• Spread over the crust and arrange sliced strawberries.

• Combine sugar, cornstarch, and crushed berries in a saucepan. Stir and cook until well blended. Bring to a boil and continue cooking until thickened.

• Remove and cool. Spread over the strawberries.

• Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Slice and serve.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Gujarati Dal

Posted by sandhya at 9/21/2011 01:41:00 AM 0 comments
Gujarati Dal Recipe is a yummy recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Gujarati Dal Recipe by following this easy recipe.




Ingredients:

• 300 gms Toovar Dal

• 1 big Tomato (chopped)

• 1 Lemon(juice)

• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder

• 4 Green Chilies (chopped)

• 45 gms Jaggery ( Grated)

• 1 tsp Chili Powder

• 6 Cocum Pieces

• 30 gms Peanuts

• 2 Red Chilies

• ¼ tsp Fenugreek Seeds

• ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds

• ¼ tsp Mustard Seeds

• 12 Curry Leaves

• 2 Bay Leaves

• 3 Cloves

• Oil

• Salt (to taste)

• Coriander Leaves ( Garnishing)


How to make Gujarati Dal:

• Wash dal and peanuts in 750 ml of water.

• Once dal is cooked, mix it till it become smooth.

• Heat up the pan with oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves , cloves, bay leaves , fenugreek, asafoetida and red chilies.

• Add tomato, cocum, chili powder, green chilies, turmeric powder, jaggery and fry it for 3 min.

• Add 750 ml water, salt , dal and lime juice.

• Cook it for 15 min in low flame and garnish with coriander leaves.

• Serve it.

Moong Ki Dal

Posted by sandhya at 9/21/2011 01:32:00 AM 0 comments
Moong Ki Dal is a yummy sweet preparation for dal. Learn how to make/prepare Moong Ki Dal by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 1 cup Split Green Gram Skinless (Dhuli Moong Dal)

• 1 cup Milk

• 1/4 inch piece Ginger (peeled and crushed)

• Salt to taste

• 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds

• A pinch of Asafoetida (Hing)

• 3/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

• 2 Cloves

• 1 tsp grated Jaggery (Gur)

• 3 tbsp Ghee


How to make Moong Ki Dal:

• Soak dal for half an hour, drain the water and keep aside.

• Pressure cook the dal with salt, turmeric powder and water and bring it to boil. Simmer in low heat till the dal is nearly done.

• Add crushed ginger, hot milk and jaggery and stir to mix well and cook for another 10 minutes. Check the seasoning.

• In a pan, heat ghee and add cumin seeds, asafoetida and cloves.

• When it splutters, add the dal and stir.

• Serve hot.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani

Posted by sandhya at 9/18/2011 02:23:00 AM 0 comments
Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani is a very famous Hyderabadi main dish. Learn how to prepare Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani by following this easy recipe.



Ingredients:

• 1 kg Rice

• 1 kg Mutton

• 10 gm Cardamom

• 10 gm Cinnamon

• 10 gm Cumin Seeds

• 10 gm Cloves

• 40 gm Ginger

• 20 gm Garlic

• 100 gm Green Chilies

• 50 gm fried Onion

• 1 bunch Coriander Leaves

• 1 bunch Pudina Leaves

• 1/4 cup Yogurt

• 1/4 kg Ghee


How to make Hyderabadi Mutton Biryani:

• Wash mutton and keep it aside in a vessel.

• Grind green chilies, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, cumin seeds, cloves, fried onion, coriander leaves, and pudina leaves together. Add this mixture to the meat.

• Add yogurt and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Leave aside for half an hour.

• Heat the oil which you had used to fry onions in a cooker.

• Add the marinated mutton and cook for 4-5 whistles. Henceforth, lower the flame and cook for 5 minutes.

• Boil 2 liters of water in a vessel and add rice.

• Take out semi-cooked rice from the vessel and spread it on the meat and spices mixture, to form a layer.

• Combine one cup of boiled water with 1/4 kg ghee. Pour over the rice.

• Place a plate on the vessel and seal its edges with kneaded dough.

• Cook for 15 minutes on medium heat.

• Turn off the heat and leave the biryani for 15 minutes, after which it will be ready to be served.
 

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