Dal pakwan
recipe – M.M.Mithaiwala
Ingredients:
For Dal:
- 1 cup chana dal (Bengal gram)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 turmeric (haldi)
- 1 tablespoon ginger finely chopped
- 1 green chili chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon mango powder (amchoor)
Seasoning:
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 6-7 curry leaves
For Pakwan (Crisp Puries known as Pakwan):
- 1 cup all purpose flour (maida/plain flour)
- 1/4 cup semolina (sooji)
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 tablespoon oil
- Approx. 1/3 cup of water
- Oil to fry
Cooking Directions:
For Dal:
- Wash and soak chana dal for at least 2 hours in 3 cups of water.
- Drain the water and in pressure cooker add dal, 2-1/2 cups of water, salt, turmeric, green chili, and ginger, close the cooker and cook over medium high heat.
- As the pressure cooker starts steaming turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 4 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and wait until steam has stopped before opening the pressure cooker.
- Dal should be soft well-cooked but not mushy. Add black pepper, mango powder and garam masala, mix it well. Dal should be thick in consistency.
Seasoning:
- Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add cumin seeds, after seeds crack add curry leaves stir for few seconds and pour over dal mix it well and set aside. Curry leaves splatter be careful.
For Pakwan:
- Crisp Puries known as Pakwan: Mix flour, sooji, salt, cumin seeds, and oil. Add enough water to make firm dough. Knead the dough well.
- Set the dough aside and let it sit for at least 15 minutes or longer.
- Divide the dough in 10 equal parts, Roll the dough into about 5-inch diameter. If the dough is sticking to the rolling pin or rolling surface, put couple of drops of oil on the rolling pin and a couple of drops of oil on the surface.
- Prick the rolled dough all over with a fork. This will limit puries from puffing and make them crisp.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. The frying pan should have at about 1 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should sizzle and come up slowly.
- Fry 2-3 puries at time until both sides are a light golden-brown.
- Transfer puries over paper towel, it will absorb the extra oil.
- After the puries cool to room temperature they should be crisp. Puries can be stored in airtight container for 1 month. Serve Pakwan with hot dal with drizzle of tamarind chutney.
Recipe source: Tasty Indian recipes
Shahi Paneer Recipe – M.M.
Mithaiwala
Ingredients:
250 gms cottage cheese (cut
in cubes)
3 tbsp clarified butter
1 inch piece of ginger (finely chopped)
1 green chili (slit lengthwise)
1 onion (grated)
4 tomatoes (chopped)
2 brown cardamoms (crushed)
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup beaten curd
30 gms melon seeds or 2 tblsp cashew nut paste
1tsp salt
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder
3/4 tsp garam masala
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/4 - 1/2 cup milk
1 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
3 tbsp clarified butter
1 inch piece of ginger (finely chopped)
1 green chili (slit lengthwise)
1 onion (grated)
4 tomatoes (chopped)
2 brown cardamoms (crushed)
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup beaten curd
30 gms melon seeds or 2 tblsp cashew nut paste
1tsp salt
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder
3/4 tsp garam masala
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/4 - 1/2 cup milk
1 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
Method:
- Soak the melon seeds or cashew nuts which ever you are taking for atleast 2 hrs and then grind them to a smooth paste.
- Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a kadai, add onion, ginger, green chili and brown cardamoms. Cook till onion turns translucent. Add tomatoes, cover it and cook for 7-8 minute.
- Add curd and cashew nut or melon seeds paste. Cook for 3-4 minute and remove from fire.
- Cool down the above ingredients and put them in a grinder along with 1/2 cup of water. Strain the puree.
- Take a frying pan, add 1 tbsp of ghee and add the above pureed paste and cook for 10 minutes on low flame till oil separates.
- Add salt, red chili powder, cumin powder, garam masala and tomato sauce. Add enough water so that there can be thick gravy.
- Keep on low flame and cook for 5-7 minute. Remove from fire.
- At the time of serving heat the gravy and add paneer pieces.
- Add milk and mix well and cook for 2 – 3 minutes. Note: To make the dish more creamier you can replace milk with 1/4 cup cream.
- Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
Recipe
source: Indian food forever
Egg-less chocolate pudding recipe – M.M. Mithaiwala
Ingredients:
2 ¼ cup milk at room temperature, anything from 2% to whole milk is fine
2 tablespoons corn starch (corn flour)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt
1 tbsp butter
Method:
Veg fried rice recipe – M.M. Mithaiwala
Ingredients:-
- 2 tablespoons oil for stir-frying
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1/2 cup frozen corn or peas
- 1/2 red bell pepper, deseeded, diced
- 3 1/2 cups previously cooked scented rice
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce or to taste, or thick soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, or a combination
- Black pepper, to taste
- 3/4 cup cashews
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- Salt to taste, optional
Method:-
Heat oil in preheated wok on medium-high heat.
Add ginger, stir until fragrant. Add onion, stir-fry for about 2 minutes, until
softened.Push the onion to the sides of wok. Add the frozen corn or peas in the middle, and stir-fry for 1 minute. Push to sides, add red bell pepper in the middle and stir-fry for 1 minute.
Add rice in middle of the pan. Stir until heated through (about 2 minutes), using a spatula to turn and move the rice around the pan. (Note: You can remove the stir-fried vegetables before adding the rice if the pan is too crowded, and then add them back before adding the seasonings. It's generally not necessary though, since the rice is already cooked and just needs to be heated through). Stir in soy sauce, and pepper. Stir in cashews. Stir in green onion. Taste and add seasoning if desired.
Egg-less Chocolate cake recipe – M.M. Mithaiwala
Ingredients:-
Flour - 1
and 1/2 cups (200 gms)
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/8 tsp (optional)
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Granulated Sugar - 3/4 cup (165 gms) [Increase it to 1 cup if you don’t use choco chips]
Water - 1 cup (250 ml)
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tbsp
Vinegar - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1/4 cup (60 ml)
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/8 tsp (optional)
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Granulated Sugar - 3/4 cup (165 gms) [Increase it to 1 cup if you don’t use choco chips]
Water - 1 cup (250 ml)
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tbsp
Vinegar - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1/4 cup (60 ml)
Method:-
1.
Take water in a mixing bowl, add
vanilla essence, sugar, lemon juice and oil. Mix well till sugar completely
dissolves. Keep aside. Now take flour, baking soda, baking powder and coco powder
and sift together twice atleast to make sure the flour, soda and baking powder
and coco powder is evenly spread out. Then slowly add the sifted flour mixture
to the wet ingredients mixture may be in 2 parts.
2. Gently mix in one direction, break the lumps
forming...gently mix it. Preheat oven to 180 deg C for 10mins.Grease the pan
with butter, sprinkle maida tap it so that it spreads on all sides.
3. Pour the batter into the cake pan. Bake it at 180 deg C for
35-40mins check with a fork if a fork inserted comes out clean. Make sure to
cool atleast for 10-15 minutes and then paste chocolate cream on it and cut
into pieces and enjoy.
Recipe
source: Sharmis passions
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