Masala sweet corn chat!

Hi All,

After a looong time, I thought today I really had some free time. And hence I will utilise this time to clear the backlog of my recipes. But hahaha never had that happened.. Whenever I set out to write recipes, there emerges some or the other kind of work. This time we had to goto a birthday party, we had a really nice time but lost all that precious time of mine :( but nevermind I will write this one and complete the rest some other day.

Do you guys like chaat? which one is your favourite?? I think being indian and being brought up eating tangy food, chaat are everyone's favourite. Aloo chaat, aloo-chana chaat, papri chaat etc etc, the list is endless. Also it is really easy to make your own version of chaat, just mix some of your favourite ingredients together and you can have your own chaat your way.

Here I am going to share one of such self made chaat recipes. Its called masala sweet corn chaat.

Sweet corns have always been my favourite they are healthy and nice to eat as well. Hence I try to put them in possibly each and every item I can. This chaat recipe is easy to make, healthy as well as filling as well. It is a bit unconventional chaat because it should be served warm as compared to the most which are served cold.

Lets get started

Ingredients:

Sweet Corn	1/2 cup
Chopped onions	half
Chopped tomato	1
Chopped cucumber	half
Desiccated coconut	2 tbsp
Mustard seeds	1tsp
Curry leaves	6/7/2015
Chilli powder	1tsp
Jeera powder	1tsp
Garam masala powder	1tsp
Lemon juice	2tbsp

Method:

1. Take a pan and put a tiny bit of oil in it
   
2. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds
   
3. When mustard seeds crackle, add curry leaves
4. Immediately add corn and saute
   
5. Add salt, chilli powder, jeera powder and garam masala and toss
   
6. Switch off the gas and let mixture cool a bit and add dessicated coconut
   
7. Put the corn mixture in a bowl and add chopped onion
   
8. Add chopped cucumber, tomatoes and lime juice
   
9. Serve while still warm
   
10. Enjoy :)

Lemme know how you like the recipe.
Keep eating, Keep reading!

Cheerios!!!

Mixed vegetable potato pancakes!

Hola Readers!

How are you doing? I hope you all are well.. So am I. I have been cooking new recipes everyday these days. Turning more and more into a passionate foodie.
Since my childhood until now, I have had quite a few passions :P When I was young I was quite passionate about dancing but as I didn't do much for it, I think it may have faded although, I still find myself tapping my feet to the tunes on some special occasion.
But I will not let the cooking passion of mine fade away in any case. I literally spend all my free time, either looking through the internet for new food recipes or watching food  network on TV.

I like drawing inspirations from different types of cooking and experiment in my kitchen.
I wish I could turn it into my profession some day.

Moving on, the recipe I have for you in store today is also one of the experiments I have performed in the kitchen. Its called Potato Pancake.

Pancakes are widely made and eaten in America. Mostly made of plain flour. here in my recipe I have replaced wheat flour with potato mash and added vegetables to it.
So let get started with this simple and interesting recipe.

Ingredients:
     
    

	1	Potato mash	1/2 cup
	2	Plain flour	1/2  cup
	3	Egg	1
	4	Chopped Onions	1 small
	5	Chopped beans	a handful
	6	green chilies	1
	7	Coriander	a handful
	8	Grated Cheese	a handful
	9	Chili powder	1 tsp
	10	Salt	1 tsp
	11	Butter	2 tsp

Method:

1. Take a bowl and put the chopped onions in it.
   
2. Add chopped beans
   
3. Now add potato mash powder
   
4. Add flour
   
5. Bring the mixture together
   
6. Add chilli powder
   
7. Fresh chopped coriander
   
8. Add cheese
   
9. Add some 1/2 cup of milk to bring the ingredients together
   
10. Heat a pan and melt some butter in it
    
11. Take a spoonful of the mixture and let it cook
12. Heat it from both sides
    
13. Serve hot 
    
14. Enjoy:)

See you again with some other recipe
Until then,
Keep Eating, Keep Reading!
Cheerios

Heavenly but quick! Paneer butter masala

Heeewwwoooo People,

I hope you all good, eating , cooking and enjoying life :) I am doing well too.

Are you scared of hosting parties?? Calling people at home and cooking lots of food? I was scared of doing that myself, until I discovered that you can be a great host with minimal effort. Do some smart cooking and you are sorted. Smart cooking means the cooking dishes which takes less time and are actual party dishes.

I have hosted a few dinner parties now and have made such simple recipes and my guests have been super delighted. Some of them even asked for the recipe.:)

Hence I'll share one of those simple Indian curry dish recipe with you, which does not involve cutting onions, tomatoes etc etc and then cooking them for long hours. It will just require 20 mins and will taste like you have ordered it in a restaurant somewhere.

The recipe is called Paneer Butter Masala

It is a thick buttery an creamy tomato gravy with paneer in it. Can be eaten with both roti, naans or rice.

Lets get moving to the ingredients now

Ingredients:

1	Paneer	250 gms
2	Butter	A blob
3	Ksoori methi	2 tbsp
4	Tomato puree	4 tbsp
5	Tomato ketchup	2 tbsp
6	Coriander Powder	1tsp
7	Garam masala powder	1tsp
8	Chilli Powder	1tsp
9	Turmeric powder	1tsp
10	Bay Leaves	2-Jan
11	Cloves,pepper, cinamon	1-2 each
12	Milk	1 glass
13	Fried Onions	2 tbsp
14	Salt	to taste

Method:

1. Take an empty bowl
   
2. Put Coriander powder, Chili powder, garam masala and turmeric powder
   
3. Add the ketchup
   
4. Add kasoori methi
   
5. Add tomato puree and 1/4 glass milk and stir
   
6. Take a pan and add butter
   
7. Add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon and pepper corns
   
8. Add the ready brought fried onions, you can get them in super market
   
9. Saute for a while
   
10. Fry and add the prepared mixture to the pan and stir at low heat
    
11. When the mixture leaves its sides, add the remaining milk and stir.
    
12. Add the Panner cubes , bring it to a boil and add salt to taste
    
13. Serve with naan/ rotis or chapattis
    
14. Enjoy :)
    
    

Lemme know if you gave it a try.

Hope to see you again soon :)

Keep eating! Keep reading!