Unveil the flavours

When it's a lazy Sunday and you need to wip up something really very quick that's when I get all the crazy ideas of fusion of combining the typical Indian cuisine with the Italian pasta. Sounds really very crazy,well that's me. And my family deals with it too. :) Palak mushroom panneer gravy Ingredients : 1. Palak chopped - 2 cups 2. Panneer - 100 gms 3. Garam masala - 1 tsp 4. Onion 1 medium size 5. Tomato 1 medium size 6. Oil 2 tsp 7. Salt to taste 8. Red chilli powder 1 tsp 9. Jeera 1/2 10. Mushroom (button type) about 8 11. Ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp Method: Blanch palak and purée it with half  a tomato. Cut the mushroom into four pieces each. Cube the panneer into half inch each piece. In a heavy bottomed pan heat a tsp of oil and fry jeera and ginger garlic paste for about 30 sec , next add the diced onions and turmeric powder. Sauté until onions turn transperant.  Later add the remaining half tomato diced and fry till the mushiness goes. In a...

A lip smacking pickle for the heat of summer. Its just another granny adopted recipe running down the generations. Ingredients: 1. One raw mango 2. Oil - 3-4 tsp 3. Salt - 1 tsp 4. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp 5. Asefoetida/Hing - A pinch 6. Chilli powder - 1 tsp( If you love more spice add another 1/2 tsp) 7. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Method. 1. Chop the mango to small pieces and place in a bowl.(Ensure complete dry surroundings, so that the pickle lasts longer). 2. Add chilli powder. turmeric and salt to the chopped mango.Mix well. 3. In a small pan heat oil, add mustard seeds , asefoetida and pour it to the mango mix. 4. Serve with curd rice or plain dal. Note: You can store this for a couple of days in an air tight container.

Here is some fresh starter for your boring lunch/Dinner. One long exhausting day as I opened the refrigerator and peeped into the dairy section I saw a packet of panneer and a packet of hard tofu. I had about 20 min time to prepare something out of it and so this dish described below evolved. Ingredients: 1, Tofu - 150 gms (cubed into 1" each piece) 2. Panneer - 150 gms (cubed into 1" each piece) 3. Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp 4. Garam Masala - 1 tsp 5. Amchur/Dry Mango Powder - 1/2 tsp 6. Oil - 1 tbsp 7. Tomato sauce - 1 tsp 8. Soya sauce - 1/4 tsp 9. Salt to taste. Method: 1. In a bowl marinate cubed tofu and Panneer with all the spices - Chilli powder, Garam Masala, Mango powder, salt and oil. Keep this aside for 10 min, 2. Heat a heavy bottomed non stick pan and transfer the marinated mix into it.(Low - medium flame). Toss the mix every minute to ensure even cooking on all sides of the cubes. Do not use a spatula as the tender panneer and tofu te...

I had a couple of these half-raw mangoes. They were sweetishy tangy mangoes and so I decided to make this tangy spicy chatni that can be served as a pickle in a regular thali. Ingredients: 1. Half -raw mangoes - 4 (Small sized) 2. Jaggery - 25 grams ( adjust it as per the sweetness required) 3. Salt to taste 4. Mustard seeds 5. Green chilli - chopped - 1 tsp 6. Curry Leaves - 8 to 10 7. Coriander leaves - 1 tsp chopped 8. Asefoetida - 1 pinch 9. Oil - 1 tbsp Method: 1. Peel and pulp out the mangoes into a bowl. Add the jaggery to this and mix till it dissolves.You can add about 3-4 tbsp of water if the pulp is very thick. 2. In a kadai heat oil and add in the mustard seeds . Once they splatter, add the green chilli , curry leaves and asefoetida. Fry for about half a minute and pour the mango pulp. 3. Cook covered for 5 min on medium flame. 4. Garnish with chopped coriander. Facts: This can be stored in fridge in an air tight container good to go for about a week. ...

Drumsticks are once such vegetable that people avoid cooking because of the tediousness in eating it.  I love this super vegetable that is rich in nutrients. So I love to add it into various dishes in different forms. One such curry/gravy that goes well with Chapatis/rotis/phulkas or even rotis is what I prepared last weekend. Here is how I went about it. Ingredients: 1. Drumsticks - 2 sticks (Medium sized) 2. Potatoes - 2 medium sized. 3. Brinjal( Green small Variety) - 3 medium sized. 4. Onion - 1 small 5. Tomato - 1 medium 6. Grated coconut - 2 tbsp 7. Garlic - 8 to 10 cloves 8. Ginger  grated - 1 tsp 9. Coriander leaves - 5 tsp chopped  10. Oil - 1 tbsp 11. Salt to taste 12. Turmeric Powder - a pinch 13. Red Chilli powder - 1 to 2 tsp (according to your taste on spice levels) Method: 1. Peel the hard part of the drumsticks( not completely but on a scaling level). Cut them into long pieces about 1.5 inches each. 2. Cube the ...