Friday, July 25, 2014

Amritsari Macchi

Ingredients:
  • Fish, sliced, preferably Basa 1 kg
  • 1 tbs garlic paste
  • 1 tbs ginger paste
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
  • 1 tbs Chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Juice of one lime
  • 400 grams of gram flour.

 Preparation:
  • Mix all the ingredients except the fish and lime wedges, in a large, shallow dish. Form a thick paste.
  • Gently fold the fish into this paste, making sure to coat each piece well. Allow to marinate for 1 hour.
  • In a wide, flat pan, heat enough oils to shallow fry the fish till each piece is golden and crisp on both sides.
  • Serve hot, arranged in a platter. Squeeze lemon juice over the pieces just before serving. Garnish with lime wedges.

Friday, July 18, 2014

Lazeer Keema Naan

Ingredients(For one portion):
  • 100 mls of refined flour.
  • 5 grams of salt.
  • 50 grams of mutton keema.
  • 2 grams of red chilly powder.
  • 5 grams of chopped coriander.
  • 5 grams of chopped green chilly.
  • 5 grams of chopped ginger.
  • 10 grams of Amul cheese.
  • 2 grams of cumin powder.
  • 5 grams of butter.

How to prepare:
  • Take the minced mutton and sauté slightly in a pan.
  • Add the chopped ginger, green chilly, powdered red chilly, cumin powder, chopped coriander, salt and Amul cheese.
  • Make equally sized patties out of them.
  • Stuff the patties in dough made out of the refined flour and flatten with a rolling pin.
  • Cook the naan in a pre-heated clay even.
  • Butter both sides once prepared.

Friday, July 11, 2014

Dum Ka Paneer

Ingredients: 

110 grams of cottage cheese (08 dices)
20 ml refined oil
10 grams garlic
40 grams onion
10 grams Chironji paste
20 grams cashew nut paste
30 grams yogurt
4 springs saffron
5 grams yellow chilli powder
5 grams salt
5 grams coriander powder
20 grams poppy seeds
20 grams butter
20 grams cream


How to prepare the gravy: 
  • Make a mixture of the oil, garlic, onion paste, Chironji paste, poppy seeds, cashew nut paste, yoghurt, saffron, yellow chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.
  • Marinate the cottage cheese dices in the resultant mixture for 30 minutes.
  • Transfer the cottage cheese along with the excess marinade onto an oven proof dish.
  • Seal with dough and cook in a preheated oven (180C/350F) for 20 minutes.
  • Once done, remove the dish from the oven.
  • Garnish with butter, cream and saffron springs.
  • Serve hot with naan.