Sunday, July 4, 2010

Bong ki Nihari


Ingredients

  • Onion 1 Cup
  • Ginger garlic paste 2 TBsp
  • Oil 1/2 Cup
  • Saunf ground 2 TBsp
  • Dhani freshly ground 2TBsp
  • Red chilli poder 2 TBsp
  • Haldi 1 tsp
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Water 1 Jug
  • Aata 1/2 Cup
  • Garam masal Powder 1 TBsp
  • To garnish:-
  • Corriander leaves
  • Mint leaves
  • Green chillies
  • Ginger slices

Method:-

  1. Heat oil. Fry onion in it to golden brown. Saute ginger garlic paste in it.
  2. Add saunf powder, dhania powder, red chilli powder, haldi, salt. Mix.
  3. Saute little. Add Bong. Saute & add water.
  4. Cook for 3-4 hours on low heat, until meat is tender very well.
  5. Then before serving, add aata mixed in water. Keep mixing. Sprinkle garam masala powder. Again cover lid & cook for 15 minutes.
  6. Garnish with Coriander leaves, Mint leaves, Green chillies, Ginger slices.
  7. Serve with Naan.

Pani Puri Gol Gappay



Ingredients

Gol Gappay:-

  • 1 cup white flour (maida)
  • ½ cup semolina (sooji)
  • cooking oil (for deep frying)

Dip (Pani):-

  • red chili powder (to taste)
  • ½ bunch fresh mint leaves (podina)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin (zeera)
  • salt (to taste)
  • ½ teaspoon black salt (kaala namak)
  • 2 glasses water
  • 3 green chilies (hari mirch)
  • 1 piece fresh ginger (adrak)
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind paste (haldi paste)

Masala:-

  • ½ cup chickpeas, mashed
  • 1 medium boiled potato, chopped
  • 1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

Gol Gappay:-

  1. Mix the white flour and semolina together and knead into a hard dough.
  2. Set aside.
  3. Flatten into a very thin sheet and cut into 2" diameter circles with a cookie cutter.
  4. Deep fry in cooking oil until golden.

Dip (Pani):-

  1. Combine all of the ingredients for the dip together in a grinder and grind well.
  2. Then strain any liquid from the grinded mixture.
  3. Set aside the liquid that was strained (do not throw away) disregard the strained ingredients.
  4. To eat, punch a hole in the gol gappay, put some juice inside the gol gappay and enjoy.
  5. Tip: to you can either have this dish plain or you can boil chick peas and potatoes (diced in little squares).
  6. And stuff them into the gol gappay.
  7. There are several other variations as well.
  8. You can also add yogurt and imli chutney for better taste.

Masala:-

  1. Mix all ingredients together in bowl and serve hot with imli chutney, ketchup or pickles.

Pine Apple Cake


Ingredients

  • 14 oz can of crushed pineapple, reserve 1/3 cup of juice for icing
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 1/3 cup flour
  • 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup margarine
  • 1 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Method:-

  1. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
  2. Add remaining juice with 1 cup of milk or enough to give 1 1/4 cup liquid.
  3. Cream margarine and beat in sugar. Beat in each egg and vanilla until like and fluffy. Add alternately liquid and dry ingredients until all are completely mixed.
  4. Fold in drained crushed pineapple. Pour into 9 x 13 baking dish (or 2 8" circular pans).
  5. Bake in 350 degree F oven for 35 - 40 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean

Chocolate Ice Cream


Ingredients:-

  • 5 egg yolks,
  • 1 pint (500ml) milk,
  • 1/2 pint (250ml) double/heavy cream,
  • 2 oz (50g) sugar,
  • 150g (6 oz) milk chocolate cut into small squares

Method:-

  1. Create a custard base and at the point where you remove the saucepan from the heat, carefully drop in the squares of real chocolate.
  2. Stir to allow to melt and then leave the custard to cool. Then chill the custard until it's really cold.
  3. Once chilled, mix until slushy. Add the cream (whipped) and make sure it mixes in well.
  4. Transfer the mixture in an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

KFC Burger


Ingredients

  • Chicken – 4 boneless breast pieces
  • Salt – ½ tsp
  • Black pepper – 1 tsp
  • Chinese salt ½ tsp
  • Mustard powder ½ tsp
  • Oyster sauce 2 tbsp
  • Cornflakes – 1 cup (crushed into small pieces)
  • Bread crumbs – 1 cup (crushed into small pieces)
  • Chips – 1 cup (crushed into small pieces)

Method

  1. Mix all the above ingredients excepting cornflakes, chips and bread crumbs and coat the boneless chicken pieces with this mixture.
  2. Put the chicken pieces aside for half an hour to marinate.
  3. Now dip the pieces into the batter followed by cornflakes, bread crumbs and chips and then shallow fry.
  4. Now take a bun and cut it into two. Apply a layer of mayonnaise on the two pieces. Keep a piece of chicken and salad leaves. Cover it with other half and serve.