Easy & Quick Kadai Paneer

Ingredients:

                                                                                                       
1/2 cup Paneer
1 spn cumin seeds                                                                            
1 medium sized tomato

1 big onion

Ginger

2 tbsp red chilli powder
1/2 cup chopped capsicum (chop it in cubes)
2 tspn kasoori methi
4 cloves
A small cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
Salt as per taste
Ghee/Butter 1 tbsp

Method:
Grind tomato,onion,ginger,red chilli powder & salt.
Heat ghee in a kadai, add cumin seeds once they crackle, add bay leaves & crushed cloves & cinnamon.
Add the ground mixture to ghee & fry till ghee/butter separates from the gravy & raw flavor of onion & tomato is gone.
Add kasoori methi,capsicum & paneer cook till capsicum is soft.

Serve hot with chapatis,roti or ghee rice.

Appi Paysu/ Poori Payasam

Ingredients:

For Poori:

1 cup Maida

1 tbsp Sooji Rava

Oil for deep frying

A pinch of Salt

For Payasa :

1 Litre Thick Milk (If available, please use Half n half)

6-7 Cashew's paste (optional, can be used if milk is thin)

1/4 spn Elachi powder

3 cups Sugar

1 tsp Ghee

Cashews & Raisins (as per your taste) 

Method :

Make a Poori dough using above ingredients, make the dough with minimal water & rest it for 10 mins.

Make pooris (they can be stored for a day or two).

Boil milk & add cashew paste. ( only if milk is not thick enough, can avoid if milk is thick)

Add sugar , elachi powder.

Fry cashews & raisins with ghee & add it to the milk. 

Rest the milk & let it come to the room temperature then add pooris.

Can be served Hot or chilled, I prefer chilled one :)!!! Enjoy & do give us your feedback.....

Chole/Channa Masala

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked chickpeas

1 big onion

3 medium tomatoes

1 potato

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

½ tsp jeera

4 tsp oil

2 tbsp MTR Channa masala powder

3 tbsp finely chopped cilantro.

Method:

Cook potatoes and mash them.

Finely chop onion and tomatoes.

In a pan, add oil once hot, add jeera.

Add onion sauté till golden brown.

Add ginger-garlic paste.

Add channa masala powder and sauté well for a minute.

Add tomatoes and salt to taste then cook till tomatoes are totally cooked.

Add chickpeas and mashed potatoes.

If u want more gravy, add water and cook for at least 15mins.

Garnish with finely chopped cilantro.

Tip:  I use cooker pan and once you add water, cook it for one whistle. This way you get nice gravy and the chickpeas and potatoes mix very well.