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16 April, 2014

Indian Food Recipe: Dosa Sambhar

Dosa Sambhar Recipe Dosa is a South Indian dish which is popular worldwide for its unique taste and the crisp feeling. It is eaten as a main course meal in most of South India. Anyone can cook this recipe with ease. It has been sold all over India in restaurants and on the roadside. Some people even sell this recipe on cycles accompanied with Sāmbhar. Now please note down the ingredients to prepare this. For Dosa: Rice- 1 cup Par boiled rice- 1 cup Black gram- ¼ cup Fenugreek seeds Soda Curd Clarified butter Some water For Sāmbhar: Fresh tamarind Sāmbhar powder Fresh onion Fresh tomatoes Fresh coriander leaves Fresh garlic cloves Pigeon peas Butter or oil Mustard seeds Salt Asafoetida Method to make Dosa: Prepare a dal and rice mixture by adding water and fenugreek seeds to it. Now grind all of them together with the help of a food processor. Do not make the mixture is not smooth. It must have some amount of grainy texture. Now add some soda to fragment it and salt for taste. Now leave the mixture for a fortnight or for at-least 8 to 10 hours. The batter must be consistent enough to cover the spoon completely. Now prepare the griddle to make the dosa. With the help of a spoon, pour the dosa mixture in the centre of the griddle in a thin oval shape. Now pour some clarified butter or oil on it. Once the color changes to golden brown, you can remove it with a spatula. Method to make Sāmbhar: Take some toor dal with water in a pressure cooker and let the whistle sound 5 to 6 times. Grind 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves and 4 tomatoes together. Use tamarind juice to give a nice flavour with the help of water. Now add the main ingredient, Sāmbhar powder in it with all the finely chopped vegetables. Keep it on high boil, adding cooked dal and let it boil for a few minutes. Once it has come to the boil, add the onion, garlic paste to it. You also add some salt and asafoetida. Take a pan and place 2 teaspoons of ghee to it. Add mustard seeds to this pan and let them sputter Next add it to the Sāmbhar. Now garnish the Sāmbhar with fresh coriander leaves and serve it with the dosa.

15 April, 2014

Indian Food Recipe: Parantha

Recipe of Parantha One of the most famous dishes in North India is parantha which is loved by most of the people. When you will visit North India, you will find parantha streets everywhere around the region. This is a very popular dish which is highly popular worldwide and people from all over the world come here to enjoy it. To bring in the taste of the typical North Indian parantha, this dish is been prepared under a special process. One has to make arrangements for firewood with burning coal so that the parantha can get a smoky flavor. One can even use a griddle to prepare parantha at home. Now follow the ingredients to make this recipe: You will needs around 2 cups of wheat flour Around 2 spoons of ghee Around 1 spoon of chilli powder Water as per requirement Salt as per taste Utensils: Rolling board to make the parantha Rolling pin Method: Now mix all the ingredients given above with water to make soft dough. Leave the dough for 10 minutes. Prepare three to four balls of the dough for later use. Place the dough ball on the rolling platform and roll on it. Now apply some ghee on top of it. Fold it in a shape of a crescent and apply ghee and fold it in a triangle shape. With the help of rolling pin, roll the dough into triangle or circle. Now fry with ghee on tava and eat it with your favorite side dish.

15 April, 2014

Indian Food Recipe: Dum Aaloo

DUM AALOO Dum Aaloo is the most popular Kashmiri potato recipe which is well known for its appetizing flavor. This dish is popular all across the world. This dish has originated from Kashmir and is prepared almost in every household in India. Dum Aaloo tastes excellent served with chapattis, Nan or parantha. So let us learn how to prepare this delicious dish in following recipe. Ingredients: Baby small potatoes – 10 nos. Take 3 tablespoon of mustard oil Two tablespoons of tomato puree Half teaspoon of sugar One large onion sliced Two large cloves of garlic Cashewnuts – 6 Salt as per taste Half a teaspoon of turmeric powder Half a teaspoon paprika chilli powder Half a teaspoon of garam masala – this you can get ready made from the market Preparation method Take a heavy bottom pan and heat the oil. Let the oil be hot enough so that you can easily fry the ingredients Now fry the sliced onions until they are golden brown. Remove them and keep them aside Next fry the baby potatoes until they are brown; now remove them and keep it aside Grind the fried brown onions and the garlic into a fine paste and add to the hot oil Next add all the masalas such as turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, sugar and garam masala along with a bit of sugar These masalas have to be fried on a low flame for some time until the oil leaves the sides of the gravy. Now add tomato puree, cashew paste and let is simmer for some time. Serve hot with roti or rice.

11 April, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Paneer Curry

Paneer Curry Recipe Paneer is nothing but Cottage Cheese. A Paneer curry is just another curry where curry means sauce in Tamil, a language in South India. Combination of masalas with other ingredients is a curry. Paneer curry is very popular in North India. Ingredients: Paneer – 200 gms. Tomato puree – 2 nos. Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp. Garlic- Ginger paste -1 tsp. Turmeric powder – ½ tsp. Chilli powder- ½ tsp. Cumin Powder- ½ tsp. Garam masala powder – ½ tsp. Coriander powder – ½ tsp. Cashew nuts: 10-12 nos (ground to a paste). Salt as required. Methodology: Cut paneer into small cubes and keep aside. Add oil in a heavy bottomed pot, when hot enough add cumin seeds. Once they splutter add the ginger garlic paste. Do not let it stick to the bottom of the vessel. Keep adding little water. Now take little water add all the masalas in it and mix well. Add this to the pot and fry the masalas well till oil separates. Add tomato puree and sauté till oil separate. Add the cashew nut paste and then the cubed pieces of Paneer. In case the gravy is too dry add little water accordingly. Let the gravy boil a little and then serve hot.

23 March, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Gulaab Jamun

Gulab Jamun Recipe Gulab Jamun is a popular Indian sweet dish that can be served on ethnic festivals or events. In India, there are millions of people who love eating them. They can be best served with Ice-cream or simply served hot. Ingredients required:- 6 cups Water. 2.5 cups sugar. ¼ Cup Thickened milk. 1 tsp. semolina. Oil. 3 cups Milk Powder. Method:- In a medium sized container, mix semolina, flour, milk powder and then knead them with the thickened cream to make it soft. Make balls in the size that you want. Dry fry the balls on low heat. In other container, prepare sugar syrup and then add the cooked balls. Serve hot (plain) or top it up with vanilla ice-cream.

19 March, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Moong Daal

Moong Daal Recipe Lentils and grams are a very integral part of Indian cuisine. The daal is made in different ways from different areas and regions in India. One can make split green gram, Pigeon peas, green gram, Black gram and the list is vast. It’s not just delicious and but also very good for health. Ingredients: ½ cup split green gram (soaked for ½ an hour). Tomato – 1 no. ½ tsp. turmeric powder. ½ tsp. chilli powder. Coriander leaves. Green chilly -1 no. Salt as required. For the seasoning Garlic flakes – 3 . Oil as required. Cumin seeds – ½ tsp. Curry leaves – 6-7 leaves. Methodology:- Add the soaked dal with 2 glasses of water in a pressure cooker. Add one tomato, green chili, coriander leaves. Now add the masalas and salt. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. After the pressure has gone from the cooker take a heavy bottomed pot and add the ingredients for seasoning. When the cumin seeds start sputtering add it to the dal Serve with white rice and rotis.

19 March, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Kheer

Kheer Recipe Kheer is a famous dessert in the Indian cuisine. Kheer essentially means milk in Sanskrit. This mouth watering dessert is made from broken wheat, vermicelli or rice. You can choose as per your taste. You can add nuts and raisins to make it crunchier and add some saffron to it to get that beautiful color. Initially Kheer was originated in South India but later on it became famous all across India. Items required for preparing Kheer: 1 cup of milk Rice half cup or broken wheat or vermicelli (soaked and washed for 20 minutes) Soaked 20 strands of saffron in 2-3 tablespoon of hot milk. Green cardamoms – 8 – peeled and powdered. Sugar – 6-7 tablespoon. 14 almonds and 12 pistachios. How to prepare: Simmer the milk once it is boiled thoroughly. Grind rice or broken wheat coarsely so that it easily dissolves in the milk. Add milk to coarsely ground rice or wheat. Stir the milk thoroughly nonstop so that it does not stick to the pan. Boil till the milk thickens and the rice or wheat is boiled. Now remove the pan and add almonds and pistachios Serve it hot or cold.

12 March, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Spinach Gravy (Paalak)

Spinach (Paalak) Gravy When we are looking for some nutritious ingredient then spinach can be used in every type of dish including soup, parantha and rice too. Some people love to have it in a spicy flavor. This green vegetable is a store of vitamins and proteins which is very healthy. Contents of the dish: Spinach, 1.5 cups. Toor dal, ½ cup. Cumin seeds, 1.5 tsp. Dry red chillies. Grated coconut, 3 tsps. Garlic flakes. Tamarind. Tomato puree, 4 tsps. Salt as per taste. Methodology: To settle the toor dal and tamarind, soak them in water for few minutes. Clean the spinach and boil it in water. Make a fine paste of the toor dal, cumin seeds, coconut and red chillies. Now add this paste into the spinach with salt, tamarind water and garlic tomato puree. Season the dish with some gram dal, curry leaves and spinach and serve hot.

12 March, 2014

Indian Food Recipe : Kheer

Kheer Recipe Kheer is a milk pudding. This includes vermicelli, rice or broken wheat along with nuts and raisins that give it a crunchy taste and with saffron it gets its color. It’s typically a South Indian dish but very famous with its different versions all over India. It is essentially served as a dessert Ingredients: 1 cup – milk. ½ cup –rice (washed and soaked for 20 mins). 8 green cardamoms peeled and powdered. 20 strands of saffron (soaked in 2 to 3 tbsp. of hot milk). 6-7 tbsp. sugar. 14 almonds. 12 pistachios. Methodology: Let the milk simmer for some time after boiling it. Coarsely grind the rice after draining out the water Add rice to the milk stirring nonstop so that rice doesn’t stick to the vessel. Add saffron and powdered cardamoms. Till the milk thickens let it boil. Add sugar and till it dissolves keep it on the flame. Remove and garnish with Almonds and pistachios. Serve hot or cold.

17 September, 2013

Key Things You Need to Know about Indian Food

Indian food is known to be one of the most rich and delicious cuisines in the whole world. When you are traveling, you are bound to encounter some Indian food at the restaurants. Most people do not know how to make Indian food and therefore do not know much about it. Health benefits: Indian food is one of the healthiest in the world. It is made with very little oil and never animal fat. This means that it is not likely to result in high cholesterol blood content. This means that it is quite excellent for people who want to stay healthy and not experience cardiac diseases. This food is also made using a lot of spices and herbs. Most of these are known to have not only excellent taste, but they also have medicinal benefits. Some of the spices, such as turmeric, help in boosting the immune system. This means that by eating Indian food regularly, you are able to keep diseases at bay and live a healthy life. Main courses: Unlike other international cuisines which involve a lot of courses, Indian cuisine centers around one main course. This is either rice or bread. The variations in the dishes are brought about by the side servings which are numerous. Indian rice is made through different recipes so you do not feel like you are eating the same main dish every day. For example, you can have pulao rice, masala rice or turmeric rice. There are also a variety of Indian breads such as roti, naan or chapatti. These breads are sometimes made from whole grains and without any adding any fat making them healthy but still tasty. Meats: Indian food includes a wide range of meats apart from beef. However, most of the dishes are vegetarian with protein being obtained from other sources. Some of the popular protein sources for Indian foods include lentils, dried beans, chickpeas and black-eyed peas. This is one of the reasons why Indian food is considered to be quite healthy due to the extensive variety of vegetarian dishes. Spices: Indian foods are made using a lot of spices. Indian curries are quite hot and you may not be able to eat them if you are not used to having pepper in your food. Never the less, you can always make a special request to the chef to make your food without the pepper. This will take away a bit of the hotness but the other spices used will still maintain the flavor. Therefore, it is always advisable that you enquire from the server how spicy a dish is before ordering for it. Variety in recipes: Indian food is never prepared in the same way. Due to the wide variety of spices, you will find that each hotel and chef have their own secret recipes. Therefore, the same dish will taste quite different from one restaurant to another. This is one of the most intriguing things about Indian food and continues to make it a favorite. Next time you are going through ESTA ensure that you include Indian restaurants in your itinerary. Guest post by: Annie Bonneville