Cooking Corner

[.Prizzle.]

Hey fellow asians...

May I introduce you to our cooking corner....Just post up any asian recipes you know or have tried and share with the others.....or even cooking tips you know of...

Rules:
1) Recipes/Tips Only.
2) NO SPAM - Those who do spam suffer consequences, which will be agreed with myself and the other mods.

Enjoy...

Prizzle & Mizz C

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How to Make Chilli Chicken....

Ingredients....

Whole Chicken (Cleaned & cut into pieces) - 1Kg
Green Chilli
Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
White pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Black pepper poweder - 1/4 tsp
Yoghurt (curd ) - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Soya sauce - 2 tbsp
Cornflour - 2 tbsp
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 4 cloves
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Salt to taste
Vegtable Oil

Green Chilli & Green Coriander leaves for decoration

Method.....

1.Cut onion, tomato into small pieces. Add ginger, garlic and make paste.2.Cut thin slices of green chilli.
3.Mix red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, yogurt, 1 tbsp. soya sauce, 1 tbsp cornflour and 2 tbsp oil. Marinate the chicken with this mixture for half an hour.4.Then apply onion-tomato paste to the chicken and again marinate for half an hour.5.Heat oil in a pan. Add green chillis, white pepper powder and black pepper powder and fry for 30 secs.6.Add chicken marinade and fry until half cooked. Stir ocassionally.7.Mix rest of the cornflour and soya sauce in water and add to the chicken. Add little water (about 2-3 cups) to make thick gravy and bring it to boil.8.Cover and cook for 8-10 mins on low flame. keep a constant watch.Garnish with green chilli on the sides and sprinkle chopped green coriander all over the chicken. Serve hot.

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Dhai Bhalla..

Bhalla
1. Uncooked Decorticated split Black matpe (Dhuli Urad Dal): 1 Cup
2. Salt: ¼ teaspoon
3. Deep fryer with vegetable oil at 350º F

Dahi Sauce
1. Fat free plain yogurt: 2 Cups
2. Finely chopped fresh Cilantro: ¼ Cup
3. Finely chopped fresh ginger: ½"
4. Dry roasted cumin seed powder: 1 teaspoon
Dry roast whole cumin seeds on a hot griddle till they emit aroma and turn brown. Grind them into a powder using blender or a coffee grinder
5. Salt to taste
6. Cayenne pepper to taste.

Garnish
Finely chopped fresh cilantro: ¼ Cup

Mothod
Bhalla
Step 1: Wash and rinse Dal. Soak in plenty of water overnight..
Step 2: Drain and grind Dal as a smooth batter. Stir in salt.
Step 3: Let vegetable oil come to 350º F. Use a 2 ounce spoon. Drop spoon full of batter in the fryer and let it cook till the color is light golden brown.
Step 4: Add fried dumplings in a water. Soak dumplings for about 5 minutes. Remove from water. Squeeze out water from each dumpling.

Dahi Sauce
Step 5: Use a mixer to beat Yogurt in to smooth texture paste.
Step 6: Stir in ingredients 2 to 6.
Serving
Step 7: Arrange Bhalla on a serving platter. Pour Dahi sauce over the Bhalla, and garnish with chopped Cilantro.

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Bhalti Lamb:

Ingredients:
1. Vegetable oil: 1/4 Cup
2. Chopped Onions (Preferably ground or pureed): 3/4 cup
3. Minced Garlic: 1 Tablespoon
4. Coriander powder: 1 Tablespoon
5. Cumin Powder: 1 Tablespoon
6. Clove powder: 1/4 teaspoon
7. Cinnamon powder: 1/2 teaspoon
8. Cardamom powder: 1 teaspoon
9. Thyme (Ajwain): 1/4 teaspoon
10. Fennel seed powder: 1/2 teaspoon
11. Hot mustard powder: 2 teaspoon
12. Fenugreek seed powder: 1/4 teaspoon
13. Dried Fenugreek leaf (Kasoori Patta): 1/2 teaspoon
14. Dried curry leaf: 1/4 Tablespoons
15. Black onion seeds: 1/4 teaspoon
16. Tomato puree: 1 Cup
17. Salt: 1 teaspoon
18. Cayenne Pepper: 1 teaspoon
19. Poached De-fatted Lamb : 4 cups
20. Fresh chopped Cilantro: 1/4 cup

Method

Step 1: Heat vegetable oil in heavy bottom pan. Add add onions. Start stir frying onions till the edges start to turn brown. Add ingredients 3 through 15. Stir fry. two to three minutes till. It will start emitting aroma.
Step 3: Add tomato puree, salt, and cayenne pepper. Stir fry till almost all the moisture is gone. It will look like a brown thick gravy paste.
Step 4: Drain the lamb. Add lamb to the gravy paste. Continue stir-frying till the dish is almost dry. Turn off heat. Garnish with Cilantro.

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Ingredients:

300g Carrots
400ml Skimmed Milk
50g (5 Tablespoons) Suger
2 Chopped almonds/ Or More If Preferred
¼ Tablespoon cardamom powder

Method:

Take the carrots and wash them properly.
After washing the carrots scrape the skin of before grating
Now Take a pan and put the milk in it, with the carrots..
Cook for about 40 Minutes Till the milk dries and the carrots are well cooked.
Add the sugar and stir well. Stir well until mixture dries up. Then Garnish With almonds and Cardomom.

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^ What dish is that for?

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Palak Paneer

Spinach - 1/2 kg
Paneer - 100 grams
Onion - 1
Butter - 3 tbsp
Bay leaves - 2-3
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Ginger-Garlic paste - 3/4 tsp
Green chilli paste - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Vegetable oil

Method

1.Mix ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste and some water with spinach. Pressure cook it for about 7-8 minutes (just before the first whistle). 2.Cut paneer into small cubes. Keep 3 cubes separately for decoration. 3.Heat oil in a pan. Fry the paneer pieces on 'medium' heat till they turn slightly brown. Set the paneer pieces aside.4.Heat 2 tbsp. of butter. Fry bay leaves and cumin seeds. Add chopped onion. Fry until the onions become pink.5.Add salt, black pepper powder, garam masala. Stir well.6.Add paneer and cooked spinach (grinded). Mix well.7.Put palak paneer in a baking tray .8.Add rest of the butter. Bake for 1/2 hour at 180 deg C.Grate the paneer kept aside for decoration. Decorate. Palak paneer is ready to serve.

[Zero]

^ What dish is that for?

I think thats Gajjar halwa but the sounds of it.

[Kayz]

If you guys post pics of the completed food then that would look yumm too, so we'd know what to expect and how to expect it!

Anyways... im home alone.. and for the past few days, ive had nothing but junk food, and i think im growing fat fast... now tonight im hungry... who can tell me what to make? Something quick... but needs to be a hot spicy meal... or atleast somewhat spicy!

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Are you guys typing these up? Or googling them?

[AmericanBoi]

ok why did i even see this topic now it makes me even more hungry...

[Zero]

666 I think theyve tried it themselves and typed it up themselves or the whoel thread wouldve been flooded with endless recipes already.

[.Prizzle.]

Ok guys, can we please cut out the spam.

Thank you

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Ingredients:

300g Carrots
400ml Skimmed Milk
50g (5 Tablespoons) Suger
2 Chopped almonds/ Or More If Preferred
¼ Tablespoon cardamom powder

Method:

Take the carrots and wash them properly.
After washing the carrots scrape the skin of before grating
Now Take a pan and put the milk in it, with the carrots..
Cook for about 40 Minutes Till the milk dries and the carrots are well cooked.
Add the sugar and stir well. Stir well until mixture dries up. Then Garnish With almonds and Cardomom.

Oops Sori 4gt 2 say what dish.. yeh it Gajjar ka halwa..

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Ingredients for the Puri:

• 1 cup semolina
• ½ a cup of wheat flour
• ½ a cup of uraad dal flour (optional if unavailable)
• ½ a cup of plain flour

Note: if uraad dal is not available use 1 cup of plain flour

• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• Water

Method :

Mix the flours and salt together and knead into a stiff dough adding water a little at a time. Add a little oil andf knead till the semolina dissolves. Knead for a few minutes with oiled palms and cover with a damp cloth. Keep aside for 5 minutes.
Heat oil in a deep khadai. Devide into half inch balls. Roll out into tiny puri’s and deep fry in hot oil till they puff up and turn golden brown. Keep aside.






Pani puri water #1
· 5 teaspoons of the Pani Poori Masala
· 5 to 6 cups of Cold water
· Pinch of black pepper powder
· 1/2 teaspoon Chaat Masala
· 1/1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
Mix all of the above and stir well. Store in an air tight container. Chill. Make a day ahead.

OR

Pani Puri Water # 2
· 1 bunch ( 8 to 9 leaves) Mint Leaves
· 7 to 8 cups of Cold Water
· 3 teaspoons Black pepper powder
· 3 teaspoons Black Salt
· 3 teaspoons Salt
· 1/2 teaspoon clove powder
· 2 teaspoons Cumin powder
· 1 inch piece of Fresh Ginger
· 1 1/2 teaspoons of Lemon juice

Wash the mint leaves . Grind all of the above ingredients in a blender with a little of the clod water. Add the rest of the cold water. Store in an airtight container. Chill in the refrigerator. Make this a day ahead.