Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Khaman

Ingredients
Batter:-
1 cup Bengal gram flour (besan)
1/2 teaspoon citric acid (nimbu ke phool)
2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons Eno's fruit salt For the tempering
2 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds (til)
2 green chillies, chopped
For garnishing khaman:-
1 tablespoon chopped coriander
1/6 fresh coconut
Cooking Process
1. Mix together all the ingredients for the batter ( besan, oil, sugar and salt, citric acid )except the fruit salt using enough water (use hot water for better result) to make a thick batter.
2. Add in the fruit salt, sprinkle a little water over the fruit salt and mix well.
3. When the mixture rises, pour it into a greased thali and steam for about 10 minutes. (keep the water for steaming before starting preparation so that it can start cooking immediately)
4. For the tempering, heat the oil in a small katori and add the mustard seeds, sesame seeeds, green chillies. When the mustard seeds crackle, add 3 tablespoon of water and 3 tsp sugar and pour this over the steamed dhoklas.
5. Cut into pieces, decorate with fresh coconut and choped coriander and serve with green chutney.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Poha

Ingridients:-
1 1/2 cup puffed rice (Poha)
1 tsp veg.oil
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
3tsp peanuts
1 tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 green chilli
1tsp fresh lemon juice
1tsp sugar
salt to taste
cooking process:-
heat the oil. add mustard seeds,sesame seed and peanuts. Wash puffed rice and soak in water for 1-2 mins.After taking out the extra water add turmeric powder, green chilli, salt, sugar and lemon juice in poha. mix it with oil n let it cook on low heat for 5mins. keep sprinkling 1-2tsp water if poha is sticking to pan. cover it n cook for another 1-2 mins. poha is ready to eat :)