Indian Desi Food

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Pav Bhaji Preparation and cook time: 30 Minutes Serves: 2-4 Persons

Pav Bhaji

Preparation and cook time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 2-4 Persons

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 2 (cubed)
• Mixed Vegetables - about 2 cups
  (You can use whatever vegetables that you have on hand. The vegetables may include carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, beetroot, brinjal, capsicum, zucchini, beans etc.)
• Green Peas 1/4 cup
• Onion 1 (chopped)
• Tomatoes 3 or 4 (crushed)
• Green Chillies 2
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tea spoon
• Pav Bhaji Masala 2 table spoon
• Lemon Juice 1 table spoon
• Butter 3-4 table spoon
• Cilantro for garnish
• Onion 1/2 (chopped for garnish)
• Lemon Wedges for garnish

Methods

1. Take a large pan, add onions, potatoes, mixed vegetables, green peas, green chilies, about 1/2 cup water and salt.
2. Cover the pan and cook on low flame till tender then mash the vegetable mixture with a wooden spoon.
3. Heat the butter in a flat wide pan and add the ginger garlic paste to it. Add the tomatoes and let it cook for 8-10 minutes.
4. Add the pav bhaji masala, the mashed up vegetables and the lemon juice.
5. Let it cook till it becomes very thick gravy.
6. Garnish with chopped onions, lemon wedges, a blob of butter or cilantro.
7. Serve piping hot with toasted pav buns, burger buns, hot dog buns or white bread.

You can check this recipe here as well:

bestdesifood.com/recipe-150-Pav%20Bhaji

Do you have a recipe for butter Chicken and chicken Masala? Ive tried both but have never made either of them.

Looking Hot, will try it soon, thanks

Thankyou Emily for your appreciation.

Thankyou for your request. I will post the recipe of butter Chicken

Hello and thankyou for your interest.

Here is a recipe for delicious recipe for butter chicken.

But its a recipe with a little bit of twist:-)
Its a low cal butter chicken recipe for the weight conscious people.

Butter Chicken (Low Calorie)



Ingredients

• Chicken pieces 750 gms
• Yoghurt 1 cup
• Tomato puree 1 cup
• Onions 3 medium
• Ginger/garlic paste 3 table spoons
• Chili powder 1 tea spoon
• Cumin powder 1 tea spoon
• Coriander powder 1 tea spoon
• Sugar 1/2 tea spoon
• Oil 1 table spoon
• Mustard seeds 1 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Dried methi (fenugreek) leaves for garnish

Method

1. Beat yoghurt, tomato puree, ginger garlic paste and all the spices together and keep aside.
2. Grind onions with a half tea spoon salt in a blender and keep aside.
3. In a non-stick pan add oil and mustard seeds, fry on low heat till the seeds sputter.
4. Add onion paste and fry on low heat until water evaporates and the onion paste is slightly brown.
5. Add chicken pieces and stir slowly until they change color.
6. Add the yoghurt, tomato puree spices mixture and half cup water and simmer covered on low heat until cooked. If the gravy looks too thick add a small amount of water to thin it and heat through.
7. Serve garnished with dried methi leaves.

• Chef's Tip:
  Using tandoori chicken pieces instead of raw chicken, can add a whole new dimension to the dish.

I hope you like it :)

Hello and thankyou for your interest.

Here is a recipe for delicious Chicken Karahi

Chicken Karahi




Ingredients

• 1/2 kg Chicken (karahi boti cut)
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1-1 1/2 teaspoon red chili crushed
• 1 Lemon
• coriander n Mint leaves
• 3 large Tomatoes(cut into square shape)
• 6 Green chilies
• 1 teaspoon zeera powder
• 1 tablespoon Ginger paste
• 1 tablespoon Garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• cooking Oil for frying

Method

1. Deep fry chicken for 5 mins on high flame in Oil when colour of chicken becomes golden brown then takes it out.
2. Take another pan put 3-4 tbsp oil n heat it then add tomatoes, cover it till then tomatoes become tender.
3. Now uncover the pan, add red chili, salt, coriander powder, zeera, ginger garlic paste n fried chicken.mix them well. low the flame n cover the pan.
4. When chicken is cooked well then add yogurt n green chilies, black pepper n cook it for 5 min on low flame.
5. Garnish it with coriander, mint leaves and lemon

I hope you like it

What is Zeera powder and can it be replaced with something else?

zeera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunium_bulbocastanum

Zeera powder is Cumin Seeds. You can use cumin seeds powder easily

Hello

Love Vadas ?

I came up with this delicious Vadas recipe for all the Indian and Desi food lovers.

You can eat Vadas with Coconut Chutney or any chutney of your choice.

Ingredients

For Vadas:

Urad dal 1 cup washed and soaked for 2 hours
Green chilies 3 finely chopped
Onion 1 finely chopped
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds 1/2 tea spoon
Oil for frying

For Chutney:

Grated coconut 1/2 cup
Peanuts 1/4th cup
Green chilies 2
Tamarind paste 1/2 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak washed Urad Dal for a couple of hours.
Grind it to a fine thick paste in a high power blender or a stone grinder.
The paste should be thick.
Add salt chopped onion, cumin seeds and green chilies and mix thoroughly.
Heat oil in a wok or karahi.
Wet your hands with water, carefully shape a Vada on one palm, poke a hole in it with a wet finger and slide it in hot oil, fry the Vadas on low heat until golden brown and drain on paper towels.
For chutney grind all ingredients together with a little bit of water in a blender and serve with hot Vadas.

Some tips:

It is easier to shape Vadas with a simple Vada press you can get at your local south-Indian or Sri Lankan store.

Recipe of Vadas with Coconut Chutney:
http://www.bestdesifood.com/recipe-1...onut%20Chutney
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