Ingredients and Method to Make Delicious Reshmi Paneer Tikka

Paneer tikka is a popular vegetarian appetizer in Indian cuisine made with marinated cubes of paneer (cottage cheese) that are grilled or baked in a tandoor (clay oven) or on a barbecue. The paneer cubes are marinated in a mixture of yogurt and spices like red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, and cumin, along with ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, and sometimes a bit of cream. The marinated paneer is then skewered and cooked until golden and crispy on the outside, while remaining soft and creamy on the inside. Paneer tikka is often served with mint chutney or onion rings and is a favorite snack or appetizer in Indian restaurants and households.

Here is a recipe to prepare Reshmi Paneer Tikka:

Ingredients for Reshmi Paneer Tikka

• 400 grams paneer, cut into cubes
• 5 tbsp gram flour
• 1 cup thick curd (hung curd or Greek yogurt)
• 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp cream
• 1 tbsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 capsicum
• 6 drops orange colour
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 onion
• 1 tbsp chopped mint
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp butter

How to make Reshmi Paneer Tikka

For the marinade:

1. In a mixing bowl, add thick curd, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, cream, garam masala powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, and salt.
2. Mix all the ingredients well and make a smooth paste.
3. Add paneer cubes to the marinade and mix well so that the paneer cubes are coated well.
4. Cover the bowl with a lid and let it marinate for at least 30 minutes.

For cooking:

1. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
2. Grease the baking tray with oil.
3. Arrange the marinated paneer cubes on the greased baking tray.
4. Brush the paneer cubes with melted butter and bake it in the oven for 10-12 minutes.
5. Flip the paneer cubes and again brush them with melted butter and bake for another 5-7 minutes or until they turn golden brown and crispy.

Your delicious Reshmi Paneer Tikka is ready to serve! Enjoy it with some mint chutney or tomato ketchup.

Paneer Tikka

Photo Credit: (Cookwithlove)

Bread Pizza in easy steps

Although it is one of the world's simplest and most popular foods, pizza is oddly difficult to define.Pizza is an Italian origin dish.It is made up of flattened bread spread with cheese, veggies, meat and season with basil, oregano, and chili flakes. It is baked in the oven or Tawa pizza is also made. Now a days everyone wants fast food And junk food..So why we shouldn't make this simple pizza at kitchen available ingredients..everyone's kitchen have bread.So lets make this simple bread pizza  Recipe  at home.

Ingredients: 

•10 gms butter
•8 to 10 slices of bread
•15gms garlic cloves, finely chopped
•⅓ cup steamed corn kernels or tinned corn
•1 medium onion, sliced or chopped
•15gms paneer sliced in square shape
•1 large tomato, finely chopped
•1 medium to large capsicum/bell pepper, sliced or chopped (red or green or yellow bell pepper)
•1 tsp dry oregano
•1 tsp chilly flakes
•1 tsp dry basil (optional)
•¼ to ½ Tsp black pepper powder or add as per your taste(optional)
•1 tbsp olive oil
•Regular cheese  or mozzarella cheese as required

• Pizza Topping Sauce

Bread Pizza

How to make Bread Pizza:-

1. Heat 3 tbsp butter in a pan and saute all the veggies (garlic, onions, and capsicum together and  then paneer separately)

2. Once done, on a Tava melt in some butter and toast your bread till they are little crispy, alternatively toast the bread in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 8 to 12 minutes or more, till they are lightly toasted and golden.
3. Apply pizza topping sauce and top it up with all veggies.
4. Grate some mozzarella cheese and encrust the veggies with cheese.
5. Sprinkle seasoning
6. Now microwave till cheese melts, alternatively place the tray back in the oven and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 8 to 12 minutes or till the cheese melts or gets lightly browned.
7. Before serving to make the bread little crispy by again placing them on hot Tava. Now your bread 🍕 is ready to serve.... 

Instant Rava idli in minutes

Idli is a very healthy food prepared without oil. It is just a steamed food prepared by steam, hence it is preferred by many particularly in south India as well as other Asian countries. 

Varities of idli

Idli mainly have two varieties depending on ingredients:-

1. Rice idli: in this main ingredients is parboiled rice or short grained rice.

2. Rava idli: in the rava idli no grinding is required. Hence rava this is a instant idli recipe. 

In this article we will discuss the most easiest way to make instant rava idli in minutes. 

Ingredients for rava idli

Sooji ( rava)-1cup
salt- as per taste
Curd(mixed with water)-1 1/2cup
Eno-1tsp

How to make easy idli :

1. Mix sooji, salt  & curd to make a batter.

2. Keep water in pressure cooker and put on flame.

3. grease idli plates with oil.

4. mix eno in idli batter.

5. after mixing all ingredients pour batter on idli plates.

6. steam for 10 to 15 minutes on high flame in pressure cooker without whistle.

Idli is ready.
Serve with Sambhar and Chutney.

Fishball Recipe

 Basically, the fish ball or fishball, is an eatable, ball-formed cake made of pulverized fish. The fish meatballs are generally white or yellow in colour, and measure around an inch to two inches in size. 

Fish ball is a Chinese dish but also very popular in Asia particularly in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Depending on choice of the people, fish ball recipes and its preparation varies from country to country. Here, we will discuss Indian fishball recipe which is slightly modified from Asian fishball recipe. So, try this quick and tasty appetizer to serve at your next party, the fish balls. 

Fish balls are low in calories, as an 100-gram serving of the food contains just 77 calories. That amount comprises less than 4 percent of the daily recommended intake of 2,000 and makes fish balls a possible food choice for those looking to lose weight. You could burn the calories in 100 gram of Chinese fish balls through eight minutes of jogging or five minutes of jumping rope. ( Ref: livestrong.com)

So, Fish balls are not great source of protein, carbohydrates, fat but also have nourishing advantages, as they are huge source of vitamins and minerals. Your body needs vitamins and minerals to complete key metabolic capacities for ideal wellbeing.

Ingredients for fishball:-

• 500 grams of white fish
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 2 teaspoons green chili paste
• 1 cup green coriander finely chopped
• Oil
• Salt to taste.

Step by step fish ball preparation and recipe

1.    Cut the fish in small pieces.

2.    Grind it into a food processor and make a paste.

3.    Mix green pepper paste, fish sauce and salt.

4.    Keep adding this mixture to 30 seconds.

5.    Put the mixture in a bowl and mix the coriander in it.

6.    Now make small balls of it and put them in the fridge so that they get frozen.

7.    Now fry them in oil.

8.    Serve with Chutney or sauce.

  The fishball can be refrigerated in airtight packs and can be store up to a week.

Try Super Delicious Egg Chat Recipe

Egg has been always favorites for many vegetarian and non-vegetarian food lovers. That's why it is available in every household and present in almost all fridges.

We always eat boiled egg, omelette,🍳 egg whisk and egg curry, but have you ever tried the egg, as a ingredients for delicious chaT. Yes, check this recipe to make egg chat recipe.  

Since, egg is a good source of protein, it is routinely used in lunch, dinners and you can also have it as a snacks or as a side dish, at breakfast, at tea time or for parties. So, let's, learn how to make delicious and yummy egg chat🍴 with very simple steps.

 Ingredients for Egg Chat:-

• 2 boiled eggs
• Tomato chopped
• 1 teaspoon tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili sauce 
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
•  1 teaspoon roast cumin 
• 1 green chili, finely chopped
•  1 onion, finely chopped
•  2 teaspoons green coriander, finely Chopped.

How to make egg chaaT:-.

1. Mix chopped onions, green chillies, tomato catchers, chili sauce and salt in a pot.
2. Now cut boiled eggs into four pieces in a pot.
3. Put the mixer prepared on these pieces.
4. Now add cumin powder and lemon juice over it.
5. Serve with chopped coriander and serve it with tea or coffee....

Hyderabadi fish fry

I have many varieties of fish recipes in my blog. Fish recipes are very simple and easy to cook for bachelors and singles. Everyone can try this simple and easy recipe.

Fish is a very nutritious food, rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. It also has many health benefits required for healthy body and mind. See below 👇

Some of health benefits of fish are as follows:-

• Omega-3 fatty acid present in the fish helps to maintain cardiovascular health, by playing a role in the regulation of blood clotting. 
• It is important for prenatal and postnatal neurological development; 
• reduce tissue inflammation and ease the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis;
• play a beneficial role in cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), 
• reducing depression and halting mental decline in older people.

Ingredients for Hyderabadi fish fry:-

• Fish slices-250gm
• Garlic paste-1tsp
• Onion-1
• Poppy seeds-1tsp
• Turmeric powder-a pinch
• Coriander powder-1 tsp
• Chili powder-1 1/2 tsp
• Besan-1 tsp
• Oil-2 tsp
• salt-as per taste
• powder

Hyderabadi fish fry

How to make Hyderabadi Fish Fry:-

1. Mix together- (garlic paste, coriander powder, chili powder, poppy seeds, turmeric and salt) to make a smooth paste.
2. Apply the mixted paste on drained fish pieces and marinate for 30 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a pan and fry sliced onion till crisp. keep this aside.
4. dip the fish pieces in besan batter and fry the fish pieces till crisp and golden brown in colour.
5. garnish with fried onions and lemon juice.
6. hyderabadi fish fry is ready to serve......

Hyderabadi fish fry is damn tasty. It can be used as a side dish, along with snacks and starters.You can also try fish curry. 

Eggless cake recipe

How to make spongy eggless cake in pressure cooker:

1. first grease a 5.5 inch (diameter) and 2.75 inch (height) pan very well with some butter. keep aside. you can also use 6×6 inches square pan or a 5 inches round pan.

2. place a mixing bowl beneath a sieve. add 1 cup all purpose flour (maida) and ½ teaspoon baking powder in the seive. if using unsalted butter, then you can add a light pinch of salt in the flour.

3. sift once.
4. sprinkle 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ½ teaspoon vanilla essence all over the flour. you can also add vanilla extract later after mixing the batter.

5. take a 5 to 6 litre pressure cooker. remove the gasket (rubber ring) from the lid. also remove the vent weight (whistle).
6. now place the cooker on a low flame on stove top. keep the flame lowest or sim.
7. also add 1 cup sea salt in the cooker. spread the sea salt evenly in the cooker.

8. in a pan, take ¼ cup salted butter (40 grams).

9. now add ½ cup condensed milk.
10. add 3 tablespoons sugar. i used organic unrefined cane sugar. you can also use regular sugar.

11. add ⅓ cup water.
12. place the pan on stove top and heat this mixture on a low flame.

13. stir with a spatula so that the butter melts. mix everything very well with the spatula.

14. let this mixture come to a boil on a low flame.

15. when this mixture comes to a boil, then immediately add it in the flour mixture.

16. with a wired whisk begin to mix with a light pressure, so that over mixing does not happen. while mixing you will come to know if the batter is going to be thick or too thick. the batter in this recipe is of medium consistency – neither thick nor thin. depending on the quality of flour, you may need to add less or more water. if the batter becomes thick, then do add ¼ cup more hot water. so do keep some hot water handy.

17. whisk to a smooth batter, but don’t over do the mixing. if there are small tiny lumps in the batter, then its fine.
18. now pour the batter in the pan. gently shake the pan or tap the sides.

19. keep a heat proof stand or rack in the cooker.

20. place the cake pan in the cooker.
21. secure the lid firmly and tightly on the cooker. do remember to remove the vent weight (whistle).

22. bake on a low flame or sim, till the cake turns golden. it took about 50 minutes for the cake to bake in the 5 litre pressure cooker i used. so consider an average time of 35 minutes to 50 minutes, depending on the size of the cooker, the size & quality of the cake pan and the intensity of the flame. you can check the cake while its baking, by removing the lid.
23. the top should be golden and when you insert a tooth pick in the center of the cake, it should come out clean or with a few cake crumbs, with no sticky batter on it.

24. let the cake become warm or cool down at room temperature. then remove the cake gently from the mould.

25. serve eggless sponge cake warm or at room temperature. if you want, you can also frost the cake with any icing of your choice. refrigerate the leftovers.

Baby Corn Pakoda Recipe

Baby corn is a yellow coloured cereal grain taken from mature corn (maize). It is abundantly harvested in asia. Besides its tasty, crunchy taste, sweet baby corn provides valuable nutrients, which is required for human health. It is extremely low in fat and high in potassium and folic acid.  It has amazing health benefits. Many people are unaware about sweet baby corn.

Baby Corn, Photo adapted from seedsforafrica. 

Importance of baby corn for human health

• It stimulate digestion and helps losing weight-It contain high amount of fiber, both soluble and insoluble. The later can helps to stimulate digestion, which in turn useful for weight loss. 
• It help balance blood glucose
• It help early development of a fetus.
• To prevent cancer
• To promote healthy vision
• To promote cardiovascular health
• To prevent nausea and vomiting in pregnancies

Try our baby corn pakoda recipe

Pakoras or pakoda are usually served as a snack or appetiser. In Great Britain, pakodas are popular as a fast food snack, available in Indian and other asian restaurants. They are also often served with high tea to guests arriving to attend Indian wedding ceremonies, and are usually complemented with tamarind chutney, brown sauce, or ketchup. Baby corn Pakoda Recipe or Baby corn fingers recipe or Baby corn fritters recipe or Baby corn Bhajji are same names for the deep fried baby corn.

Ingredients for baby corn pakoda:-

• Baby corn-10 in number
• Ginger -1inch
• Garlic -5
• Maida-4tbsp
• Corn flour -5tbsp
• Green chillies -5
• Coriander leaves -chopped
• Salt-as per taste
• Oil -for frying

How to make baby corn pakodas:-

1. Cut the baby corn into length wise.
2. Boil these sliced baby corns in enough water for 4 minutes. Drain the water and set the boiled baby corns aside. Take the chickpea flour / besan in a bowl. Add turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, chaat masala powder.
3. Add crushed ginger. Add water in small quantities and whisk the batter till it is smooth and there are no lumps. The batter should be neither too thick nor too thin. Keep whisking for around 3 minutes to get fluffy pakoras.
4.  Dip each slice of baby corn in this batter and deep fry in hot oil in small batches till they turn golden brown.
5. Baby corn pakoras are now ready to be served.

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE MAKING BABY CORN PAKODA:-

1. After mixing the flour don’t make it immediately, give some time to the batter. Baking soda will act as a catalyst here.

2. Always fry the baby corn in low-medium flame, even though we boil the baby corn first before coating with the batter, it needs some time to cook inside. Then only you can get the golden brown baby corn fritters.

3. If you wanted to make baby corn fritters or baby corn 65 then use to plain flour/maida and follow the same preparation method and deep fry it.

4. You can try the baked version of baby corn fritters, prepared a greased plate or on aluminium foil arrange the baby corn and bake it for 15 mins in between we need to turn the other side also.

5. Boil the baby corn before use but if you are making other bajji like potato bhajji or onion bhajji , no need to boil it.

6. The batter should not be too thick or too thin. It should be of idly batter consistency.

Special Namakpare Recipe

Special Namakpara

Namak Pare or Namakpara is a delicious salty snack enjoyed with tea or coffee. As we know, Namakpara is also a popular “snacks” that most of us like to be placed along with the tea. Good thing about namakpare is that it, afetr its preparation, you can store it for 2 -3 weeks.

Introduction

Namak para is ribbon-like strips of pastry delicately seasoned with cumin seeds, carom seeds, and caraway seeds and deep fried in pure ghee (clarified butter). It requires approximately 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.

Holi Special Namakpara

Ingredients

• ·       1 cup maida (flour)
• ·       luke warm water
• ·       2 tbsp beaten curd, 3 tblsp ghee
• ·       1tsp Ajwain
• ·       3/4 tsp Salt or to taste
• ·       Oil for deep frying

Note: The ingredients given above is for 1 cup maida, use the other ingredients in proportion accordingly. 

Steps by step guide to cook Namak para

1.    Sieve Maida in a pan.

2.    Add salt , carom seeds, kalonji and melted ghee and mix well.

3.    Make soft dough/ breadcrumbs by adding water little by little at a time.

4.    In a separate bowl combine beaten curd with water. With this mixture knead a tight dough out of the flour salt mixture.

5.    Cover it with a lid and set aside for 20 mins.

6.    Now knead the dough once again for 1-2 mins .

7.    Make balls of the dough and roll them into a ¼" thick flat bread of the size of a medium pizza and cut it into a diamond shape using a knife

8.    Heat the oil in the pan for frying the Namak Pare.

9.    Once the oil is medium hot, fry the Namak Pare till it is golden brown. You need to keep turning them so that both the sides are fried evenly.

10. Drain them in a tissue paper and once cold , store them in an air tight container.

              Next step, Enjoy the taste on this Holi with your loving ones. Try here our other selected Holi Special Recipes especially for this Holi. 

                                                    Best Wishes.

How to make cookies and biscuits

Cookies is small baked product that are tasty nutritious, easy-to-store, easy-to-carry, long-lasting foods on long journeys and welcome stuff offered to your guests. When someone asks you how to make biscuits, it seems that it is very tedious and time taking process. But, if you look up a hundred biscuit recipes, you will get some commonalities and a lot of specific, "key" steps that is common to every biscuit recipe.

First before starting biscuit recipe, we will discuss little historical introductions. The term “biscuit”, derives from the Latin “bis coctus”, meaning “twice baked”.  The key step is prominent in its meaning itself and which is essentially what many types of biscuits are. In most of the rest of the English speaking world, biscuit still refers to such things as hardtack, small cakes, cookies, etc. 

Ingredients for making of cookies/biscuit :-

• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup oil
• 1 cup milk

Cookies/Biscuits

Easiest way to make biscuits and cookies in seven steps :-

1. Mix dry ingredients.
2. Put oil in measuring cup and add milk. Do not stir.
3. Add to dry ingredients.
4. Mix lightly to moisten ingredients and knead one or two times to form ball.
5. Roll out between two sheets of plastic wrap to about 1/2" thick.
6. Cut into 2" biscuits.
7. Bake on an ungreased pan at 475F for 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.

Try our other snacks list here.

Apple muffins

Apple muffins are Delicious Dessert.it is loved by everyone.kids also loves this type of dessert .Apple Muffins are super easy to make..apple muffins are full of 🍎apple flavour.You also love this simple apple muffins recipe....so let's try this Diwali... 

Ingredients :-

Maida- 2cups

Baking powder -2tsp

Sugar-1/2cup

Cinnamon powder -1/4tsp

nutmeg powder -1/4tsp 

Salt-1/4 tsp

Milk -1cup

Egg-1

Oil/butter-1/4 cup

Apple-1cup (peeled, chopped)

How to make apple muffins :-

1.preheat oven to 400 degrees F°.

2.Grease 12 cup muffins tin Or use paper liners.

3.Combine all the dry ingredients by food processor or wire whisk.

4.In another bowl combine wet ingredients.

5.Add chopped apple and wet ingredients to dry ingredients.

6.Stir only untill moistened.

7.Spoon into prepared muffin tin's.

8.Bake for 20 minutes.

Apple muffins is ready to serve......

Garlic bread rolls

Ingredients:

for the dough:

1.5 cup whole wheat flour (atta)
2 tablespoon all purpose flour
(maida)
1 teaspoon dry yeast
150 to 160 ml water - approx ⅔ cup water
½ tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon oil
½ teaspoon salt

for the garlic spread:

2 tablespoon dairy butter or vegan butter
½ to ⅔ tablespoon minced or chopped garlic or finely crushed garlic (lahsun)
1 teaspoon chopped celery
¼ teaspoon dry oregano
2 pinch carom seeds (ajwain)
1 or 2 teaspoon nutritional yeast
(optional)
½ tablespoon sunflower oil or olive oil
salt as required
black pepper powder as required (kali mirch powder)

How to make Garlic Bread Rolls:

1. mix the 1/2 tbsp sugar and yeast in warm water. allow to sit at room temperature for 10-12 mins.
2. after the yeast solution bubbled and frothy, add the flours, salt and oil to the bowl of yeast mixture.
3. mix well and knead to a smooth and soft dough.
4. rub oil on the whole dough and keep covered for up to 1:30 to 2 hours until leavened.
5. beat the butter with a spoon till light and fluffy. add all the spices & herbs along with salt. mix well.
6. check the seasoning in the garlic spread and add more of the herbs, spices or salt if required.
7. lightly punch the dough before making the rolls on a work surface.
8. divided the dough into two parts.
9. take one part of the dough and on a lightly dusted flour, roll to a round or rectangle till you get 1/2 inch width in the rolled dough
10. spread the garlic butter evenly on the dough.
11. roll the dough till the end.
12. make a similar roll with the other part of the dough.
13. now both the rolls are ready to be sliced.
14. first give a cut from the center and then equally cut the two parts. so you have now 4 equal slices of the rolled dough.
15. grease a pan in which all the 8 rolls will fit. place the rolls in the pan and brush their tops with remaining garlic butter. cover and let the rolls double up for 35-40 minutes.
16. you can also sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of the rolls.
17. bake in a pre heated oven for 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees C till the tops are golden.
18. serve the garlic bread rolls with tea or coffee.

Potato balls

Ingredients:

Potatoes-2

Coconut grated-1/2cup

Chilli powder-1/4tsp

Onion-1

Salt-as reqd

Oil-for frying

Bread crumbs-as reqd

Egg-1

How to make potato ball:

1.boil potatoes with salt.

2.mash it well and keep it aside.

3.make a Chutney using coconut,chilli powder,onion and salt.

4.make small balls of the mashed potatoes.

5.Keep the Chutney inside the potato balls.

6.Dip it in the beaten egg and roll it in the bread crumbs.

7.fry in hot oil till golden brown.
Potato balls are ready to enjoy...

Cheesy puffs

Ingredients

Potatoes-500gm
Peas-250gm
Carrots(grated)-150gm
Coriander leaves-1tsp
Green chillies-5nos
pepper powder-1/2tsp
Allpurpose flour(maida)-6tsp
Bread crumbs-7tsp
Lime juice 2tsp
Cheese-25gm
Salt- as reqd
Butter 100 gm
Cream 6 tsp
Oil for frying

How to make cheesy puffs:

1.mix together boiled peas, salt, pepper and
Lime juice and keep them in refrigerator.
2. mix together butter, cheese and cream and
Keep it in the freezer.
3.mash potatoes and add to it Carrots, coriander leaves ,green chillies, peas
Mixture, salt and pepper.mix well.
4.take a little mixture at a time on your
Palm.
5.fill in the frozen cream and make
Rolls.
6.make a thin batter by mixture water
And maida.
7.dip the above rolls in batter and roll
Them on bread crumbs.
8.deep fry the rolls in hot oil .
Cheesy puffs are ready.Serve with chutney or sauce.

Aaloo fry recipe

Potato is always known as king of vegetables.. .It has a great source of carbohydrate.If you are lean you can gain weight by potatoes. It has also a good source of vitamins, fibre..

If you want to know more about potatoes read the article https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/280579.php

Ingredients:

Potato-250gm

Chilli flakes-1 tsp

Chaat masala-1tsp

Aamchoor-1tsp

Salt-as per taste

Lemon juice-1tsp

Aaloo fry

     

How to make aloo fry:

1.at first cut potatoes in cubes.

2.boil with salt till half cooked.

3.now mix altogether chilli flakes,chaat masala & aamchoor with potatoes.

4.toss them well to mix potatoes with spices.

5.drizzle oil on them and bake in oven(optional).

6. Or you can fry in oil also...
7.i always used to fry potatoes before mixing masalas.. .It also make a great taste.
Yummy n spicy potato chat is ready to serve.. 

Serve with Chutney,sauce and lemon juice.