mint & mango panna/ aam pudine ka panna

Mint and mango panna a very refreshing drink for summers which is good to restore water balance and normal the body heat in hot hot weather.

• Ingredients:

1. Raw  mangoes- 2 big.
2. mint leaves - 1 bunch.
3. black salt.
4. white salt.
5. cumin powder.
6. chilled water.

• Recipe:

Boil the mangoes and peel them. Now wash mint leaves and grind them into paste now add the mangoes and grind again to form a smooth paste. 

Now to make a glass of panna add 1/4 of the mixture to 3/4 of chilled water in a glass now add black and white salt and cumin powder and stir well add ice and enjoy refreshing panna.

Happy Summers.

Noopur

Black chana masala

Yummy and tasty chana masala, try once and relish this north indian dish which is so chatpata and masaledar . The dish is so easy to make yet so flavorful.

• Ingredients:

1. Black gram(soaked overnight) -250 grms.
2. Onions-4 to 5 .
3. green chilly- 3 to 4.
4. Garam masala- 2 table spoon.
5. Red chilly powder- 1 table spoon.
6. Dhania Powder- 1 & 1/2 table spoon.
7. refined Oil-2 to 3 tabel spoon.
8. Salt.
9. Coriander leaves.

• Recipe.

Soak black grams overnight or for upto 5-6 hrs. Chop onions into long pieces Now heat a pressure cooker and add refined oil into it once heated add the chopped onions to it. Stir till it become translucent, now add chilies slitted into half , now add all the masalas listed above.saute well and let it fry for some time on sim flame so that the masalas fry well and u can see oil above the masala. Now add black gram and salt to it. Stir for 3-4 minutes. Now add water to it. The level of water should be so that its atleast  half inch above the black grams. Now close the lid and let it get 10-11 whistles.Open the cooker and check whether the grams are properly cooked and the water is dried if not can put on 1-2 more whistles. Now chop coriander leaves and put on it and enjoy your black chana masala with poori, paratha or roti . In my case i can eat 2 bowls of it without any other thing as it in itself is so fulfulling and tasty.

  Happy Cooking,

Noopur.

mango coriander chutney/ dhaniye kairy ki chutney

Khatta Meetha Aam Pannna

Summers came and with it came the king of fruits 'Mangoes'. Mangoes have so many health benefits. Here i go on with aam panna which helps to fight hot summers.

• Ingredients: for 1 litre

1. Green mangoes 3.
2. Sugar - 5-6 table spoon .
3. Black Salt- 2 table spoon.
4. Red chilli paste- 1 table spoon.
5. Dhania Powder-1 table spoon.
6. Roasted Cumin seed Powder- 2 table spoon.
7. water.
8. Ice.

• Recipe:

Take a pressure cooker and boil mangoes for upto 3-4 whistles. Now peel them and take out their pulp and grind them along with salt,sugar and some water.

 

Add water as per the thickness you want for the panna. Now take it in a jar and add dhania powder, cumin seed powder, red chilly powder and ice . Now serve chilled it in the glasses .

Note:To make cumin seed powder heat a pan/ tava once heated put cumin seeds and saute once it changes color switch off the flame and grind it to make powder. 

Happy Summers,
Noopur

Fish Curry

Fish curry, wow spicy and tangy , and those who love eating fish should not miss this simply prepared but tasty fish curry. It takes just 10-12 minutes and its ready to be served.

•  Ingredients:

1. Fish - 1kg or so .
2. Mustard seeds- 2table spoon.
3. turmeric- 1 table spoon.
4. Onion -1 small.
5. Ginger garlic paste- 2 table spoon.
6. Dhania Powder- 2 table spoon.
7. Red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
8. salt as per taste.
9. fenugreek seeds- 1 t spoon.
10. Amchur powder- 1 table spoon.
11. Mustard Oil- 2 table spoon.

• Recipe:

Wash fish and keep it aside . Now cut onions and grind , add mustard seeds, ginger garlic paste  dhania powder and some water and grind again and make a thick but smooth paste.

now take a wok add some oil say about 2 table spoon heat it and pour your fish into it stir for a while and take out the fish and keep aside. Now put some fenugreek seeds into the oil once it start changinging the color put the grinded masala into into and saute till the oil comes over the masala , now add red chilly paste and add water for the curry , wait for some time when the curry starts to boil put amchur powder to it and stir well. Now add fried fish to it let it cook for 5 minutes and then put off the flame. Chop coriander finely and top it on the curry. Your fish curry is ready within 15 minutes.
Enjoy this hot with Rice or chapati.

Happy Cooking.
Noopur

Fish Tikka

Yummy creamy and crunchy fish pakoras. Easy and fast to make and really delicious.

• Ingredients:

1. fish stomach (i prefer rohu, take any big fish of ur choice):1Kg .
2. gram flour (besan)- 100 grms.
3. mustard seeds- 1tspoon
4. red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
5. Onion - half medium sized.
6. ginger garlic paste - 1 table spoon.
7. turmeric - 1 table spoon.
8. Amchur powder- 1 table spoon.
9. salt - as per taste.
10. dhania powder- 1 table spoon.
11. Mustard Oil /Refined oil- for shallow frying.

• Recipe:

Get the fish cut horizontaly. Do remember that for fish Tikka we use only stomach part not the tail and head of the fish .

Now wash the fish properly and keep aside. Cut onion and grind now add mustard seeds, dhania powder and ginger garlic paste and grind again with little water to form a smooth paste.

Now take Besan , add the grinded mixture into it, now add salt,turmeric, chilly powder and amchur powder to it. Add some water to it and form a thick paste .Heat a fry pan and put some mustard oil for shallow frying. Now wrap fish pieces into this and put them on heated tava or frying pan for frying , fry it well on both side and your fish tikka is reeady to eat.

happy Cooking,

Noopur.

chicken Kolhapuri

This spicy tangy Maharashtraian dish is not going to leave your taste bud even after its finished  and the only thought that comes is wow its sooooo goood. Try this teekhi maslaedar murgi and see it finishing in minutes.

• Ingredients: for 2-3 people
•  For marination

1. Chicken - 500 grms
2. Red chilly powder- 2 table spoon.
3. Turmeric- 1 table spoon.
4. Ginger garlic paste- 1 table spoon.
5. lemon Juice- of one lemon.

• For roasted masala :

1. Half dried Coconut.
2. 4-5 dried red chilies.
3. sesame seed- 1 table  spoon.
4. khaskhas/ Poppy seeds- 2table spoon.
5. 2-3 Big cardemom.
6.  1-Mace (javitri)
7. Cloves-6-8.
8. black pepper- 8-10.
9. Bay leaves/ tez patta-2.
10. cinnamon- 1 medium .

• For Curry

1. 3 big onions - finely chopped.
2. Ginger garlic paste- 1 table spoon.
3.  tomato puree of 2 medium sized tomatoes.
4. refined- 2 to 3 table spoon.

• Recipe :

First thing first. Mix all the ingredients given for marination and marinate chicken with it. keep it in refrigerator  for 1 hr.

Now Roast all the spices given above . for this take a pan , put in on flame and put all the spices given above except the coconut. saute them for a while then add coconut and saute for 1 more minute. Now put them in a mixer jar and grind into a paste.

Now take a pan , pour oil , once heated add chopped onion , let the onion get the transparent look. Now grind this onion . Now put the grinded onion back into the pan and add ginger garlic paste to it, once the raw smell goes add the roasted paste to it and saute for two minutes, add tomato puree and fry to 2-3 more minutes now add the marinated chicken and mix well and let it fry for  about 5 minutes so that all the spices mix well with the chicken now add some lukewarm water into it . Close the lid and let it  get cooked for some time . keep stirring from time to time and poke chicken to check if its done.  Once cooked  add finely chopped coriander leaves to it and enjoy it hot with roti or naan .

happy cooking,
Noopur.