Monday, October 18, 2010

GONGURA PICKLE

Hey all. Hope everyone had shuub navarathri. Mee too. Now skipping to the recipe. Gongura pickle is one of the famous pickle in Andra side. I can have it any time. When therez gongura pickle, believe me guys, I don't prefer any gravy with hot steamed rice. What I need is just a spoon of this pickle. Awesome meal I would say. This is one of my fav pickle, prepared by my mom when I visited my place during vocation. And the taste was just unbelievable and obviously it will be na when our mom cooks something special for us adding extra ingredients of love and care. Isn't? So here's the recipe.



INGREDIENTS.


1 Bunch Gongura leaves.


1 tsp Mustard seeds.


1 tbsp Urad dal.


5 Red Chillies.


3 Green Chillies.


1/2 tbsp Methi seeds.


1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder.


1 tbsp Gingelly Oil.


Hing as per taste.


Salt to taste.




METHOD.


Heat oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds. Wait till it splutters. Then add urad dal and methi seeds and fry them till the colour changes slight brown. Add red and green chilli and finally the leaves. Saute it well till the leaves looses its raw taste. Remove from flame and allow them to cool for a while. Blend them with salt and turmeric powder for about 2 min without adding water.

Serve with rice or chappati etc.



Enjoy!!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

PANEER MASALA DOSA

Paneer masala dosa sounds pretty interesting right? hahaha well it is. U know guys this paneer masala dosa recipe I call it as 2 in 1 because I did the masala the previous night for dinner with chappati and the next day I ended up stuffing them in dosa naming paneer masala dosa :) So its indeed a good idea to cover up all the leftover items into delicious unique yummies. I served this dosa with ''SWEET POTATO UMMAN'' which was a very good combination.

Paneer masala dosa is somthing unique one I tried from normal masala dosa which are very popular breakfast in South India. They have it with chuntney and sambar. Yumm what a comfort breakfast right? So below is the ingredients that I have used for my paneer masala dosa :)


INGREDIENTS.

Dosa Batter.

500 Grams Paneer.

1 Big Chopped Onions.

1 tbs Chopped Ginger and Garlic.

1 tsp Jeera.

1 tsp Red chilli powder.

2 tsp Coriander powder.

2 tsp Garam masala.

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder.

1 tsp Amchur Powder.

1 tsp Oil.

Salt to taste.

Coriander leaves for garnish.

METHOD FOR PANEER MASALA.

Grate the paneer and keep aside. Heat oil in a kadai, add jeera, ginger garlic and onions. Fry them till the onion are translucent.

Now add red chilli pdr, coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, garam masala and amchur powder. Saute it for a while. Add grated paneer and lastly garnish with coriander leaves and keep aside.


METHOD FOR PANEER MASALA DOSA.

Place a non stick tava.

Pour the dosa batter onto the center of the tava and spread in a circular motion. Put oil on the edges to make the dosa crisp.

Soon as u c the dosa turning slight brown, place few spoon of paneer masala on one side and flip the other side dosa over the masala.


Make sure it is fully covered.

Serve with ur fav dipping.



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Enjoy!!