Unveil the flavours

Ingredients: For Rasagulla paneer: 1. 6 cups milk 2. 1-2 tbl spoons lemon juice For syrup: 1. 1 cup sugar 2. 2 and 1/2 cups water 3. 1/4 tea spn cardamom powder or 1/4 tea spoon rose water Method: Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan. When it is hot, add the lemon juice. Mix with a spoon and cook for a few minutes till the milk separates.Sieve it through a clean cloth.Tie the towel in a pouch and squeeze it to remove any extra water.Hang the towel for about 30 mins allowing all the water to fall down. Now the paneer is ready.Take it on a plate and knead it very well to remove any chunks. This is very important to get good quality rasgullas.Now make small balls (of peda size), remember, when they are cooked, they increase in volume, so don’t make them too big. It is quite difficult to make these as they break very easily. So apply a bit of pressure to hold them together. Try to give them as smooth surface as possible. In a big vessel, heat sugar and water. When the sugar is diss...

Indian snacks are plenty in number. I try to experiment with the well known names and here is the first one. - Hara bara kabab. It was me and my sis who ventured into this roller coaster ride on one fine weekend. Hope you enjoy the same. Ingredients: 1. Green peas - 0.25 kg 2. Palak/spinach - a bunch 3. Green Chilli - 3 to 4 4. Aloo/Potato - small sized about 3 5. Jeera/cumin seeds - 1 t.sp. 6. Rava/Suji - about 100 to 125 gm 7. Salt to taste 8. Garam Masala - 1.5 t.sp. 9. Oil - 7 to 8 tb.sp. Method: * Boil Aloo/Potato until completely cooked and peel them to obtain only the mashed pulp in a mixing bowl. * Cook the grean peas and blanch the spinach to turn it tender. * Add these two into the mixing bowl. Add jeera, garam masala , chilli, salt. * Grind all these ingredients to a fine paste. * Next add the Rava little at a time until you have the mixture in the consistency of a cake dough. (Note: You can also add a little of all purpose flour if the paste is very loose). ...

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are lingering around in quest of fresh smell an flavours that am ready to pour. Wanna know whats cooking up for you? Here's a mouth watering tangy sprouts dish to start with. Lets get started with the mantra of Eat Healthy to keep yourself fit and fine. Ingredients: 1. Green Gram soaked overnight and if sprouted it would be great. - about one cup. 2. Cucumber chopped into small dices. 3. Green Chilli - 2 chopped. 4. Fresh Lime - half 5. Fresh Grated Coconut( optional but it twists the taste) 6. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon 7. Oil - 1 tea spoon 8. Salt to taste. 9. Coriander and curry leaves - few strands. Method: * Add the sprouts ,cucumber and grated coconut into a bowl. * In a pan prepare the tadka - heat oil , add mustard seeds, chopped greeen chilli and curry leaves. * Then add this tadka to the bowl of sprouts. * Squeeze the lime juice and mix well adding the salt in accordance to the taste. Preparation time: 10 min (a...