Saturday, 24 August 2013

Eggless Chocolate Chips Cookies in cooker



Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour (maida)
½ cup ghee
½ powder sugar
 1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp chocolate chips
1 tbsp butterscotch nuts

Method:

Spread 1 cup salt at the base of the cooker for maintains the temperature inside the cooker. Preheat pressure cooker for 10 minutes on high flame.

Combine all purpose flour, sugar and baking powder mix it well. Add melted ghee in the flour mixture and make soft dough. Take some amount of dough and roll it round shape, now flatten the ball by pressing it gently with your palm. Garnish with chocolate chips and butterscotch nuts. Grease the plate with ghee. Place cookies on a plate. Keep the cookies at some distance on plate.


Now place the plate inside the pre-heated pressure cooker over the separator plate and close with the cooker's lid. Do not place the regulator or whistle. Cook for 30 minutes on low flame, check after 20 minutes if it has got puffy and brown from surface that means it’s baked appropriately. If it still uncooked then bake it for 10 minutes more on low flame.  It takes 20-30 minutes for baking cookies. When it gets cool completely, store it in an airtight container. 

Friday, 23 August 2013

" Janmashtami" special Sweets and Snacks recipes



Krishna was the 8th son of Devaki and Vasudeva. Based on spiritual details and astrological calculations the date of Krishna's birth, known as Janmashtami. It is celebrated in the August/September months, on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksh. People fast on this day,they spend the day immersed in Shri Krishna's glory by reading, reciting and singing his divine leela especially in the evening in Temples. At midnight, the Lord's birth hour, arti is performed. He is also installed in the form of 'Lalji' (child form) in a swing and devotionally offered many sumptuous food dishes. 'Makhan' (butter) is especially included.After arti, devotees jubilantly sing and hail kirtans extolling the Lord's incarnation:

"Nand gher anand bhayo, Jai Kanaiyalal ki .. 
Hathi, ghoda, palkhi, jai Kanaiyalal ki …"
"Bawa Nand tane darbar, nobat vaage re lol …
Hari pragatya taaranhaar, nobat vaage re lol…"



Here are my " Janmashtami" special recipes.

Churma Laddo

Chocolate Sandwich
Dry Kachori

Dudhi Halwa

Sngoda Kheer

kaju anjir roll

pavha no kevado

Peanut Burfi
Satpadi puri

Tikha Gadhiya

Vermiceli Kheer

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Paneer Butter Masala - Spicy and delicious curry



Ingredient:

1 cup paneer cut in cubs
¼ cup finely chopped onion
1 cup tomato puree (roasted on flame, remove skin and make puree)
1 tbsp garlic paste
½ tsp ginger paste
1 bay leaf
1 dry red chili whole
1 tbsp garam masala powder
1 tbsp red chili powder
2 tbsp cashew nut paste (soaked in warm water for 30 minutes and make paste using little water)
½ cup water
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp oil

Method:


 Heat the oil and butter in a pan add garlic paste, ginger paste, onion, bay leaf and dry red chili and sauté till onion cooked well. Add tomato puree and cook on low flame, till oil separates, add cashew nut paste, red chili powder, garam masala powder and cook again for 2-3 minutes. Add paneer and water cook till gravy thicken. Serve hot with paratha or naan.