Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Pati Shapta


patishapta

Preparation Time : 1-2 hours
Cooking Time : 1 hour

Ingredients :
  • Coconut : 2 cups finely grated
  • Condensed milk : 1 can
  • Sugar : 1 cup
  • Sooji / semolina : 1 cup
  • Maida : 1+ 1 cup
  • Milk : 1/2 cup
  • Water : 2 cups
  • Mustard oil / Ghee: 1-2 tbsp
  • Bay leaf : 1 small
  • Cardamom powder : 1/2 tsp


Procedure :

1) In a large bowl add 1& 1/2 cup maida ,1 cup sooji ,1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup
    water. Mix them well so that there are no lumps.You can also add milk instead
    of water.Keep the mixture for an hour. Make a medium consistency batter i.e
    not too thin nor too thick and it should be free flowing. If reqiured add more
    water and sugar.
2) In a kadai add grated coconut ,sweetened condensed milk ,1/2 cup milk and
    3 tbsp sugar. In medium heat keep stirring the mixture till its get sticky.
    Coconuts tends to burn easily so keep stirring continuously. Make the mixture
    little dry so that there remains almost no moisture.If you make it completely dry
    and then the filling will become hard to eat.
3) Add cardamom powder to the coconut mixture. Mix them well. Remove from
    heat and keep it aside to cool.
4) Take 2 tbsp of coconut mixture and give it a thin cylindrical shape.
5) Take a non stick pan or tawa and heat it.Cut the upper part of an eggplant and
    keep the stalk intact .Put very little oil or ghee on the pan and spread oil over
    the pan with eggplant head and heat it.
6) Make the heat medium-low. Put 1 large ladle or 4 tbsp of batter over the pan
    and spread it evenly with a bay leaf or you can also use back of your ladle and
    make it an round shape.
7) Before the batter tends to solid put the coconut filling lengthwise at one end of
    the crepe . Now roll the crepe very gently from the filling side towards the inner
    direction. Press it gently with a spatula on both ends so that roll will remain tight.
    Keep it in one end of  the pan for 1- 2 minute and cook it on both sides of the
    patishapta. Now remove from heat put it in a serving dish.

   Serve it warm or cold.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Mixed Fried Rice


mixed fried rice

Preparation Time : 25-30 minutes
Cooking Time : 30-40 minutes

Ingredients :

  • Basmati rice : 2-3 cup cooked
  • Carrot : 1/4 th cup
  • Peas : 1/4 th cup
  • Spring onions : 1 tbsp finely chopped
  • Onions : 1/4 th cup finely chopped
  • Egg : 1 large scrambled
  • Boneless chicken : 1/2 cup and cut into small cubes
  • Prawn/ shrimp : 1/2 cup small
  • Ginger : 1 tbsp grated
  • Garlic : 1 tbsp grated
  • Soya sauce : 2 tbsp
  • Green chilies : 1-2 tbsp finely chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar : 1/2 tsp
  • Vegetable oil / olive oil :7-8 tbsp


Procedure :

1) Wash rice and soak for 30 minutes in water.First you prepare rice  like  it is
     normally done or you can also use left over rice.
2) Spread it on plates under a fan so that the remaining moisture is vapourized
     and the rice becomes dry.
3) In a heavy bottom pan / kadai heat 2 tbsp oil on medium heat till it melts. Fry
     chicken cubes with little salt till chicken pieces becomes soft.Keep aside.
4) In the same pan add 2 tbsp oil heat it. Fry shrimp with pinch of salt.Cook them
    for 4-5 minutes in medium heat.Keep aside.
5) Now make scramble egg and keep aside.
6) In the same kadai add rest of the oil ,heat it.Add grated garlic and ginger.Stir it
    for a minutes.Then add carrots,green peas,chopped onions,spring onions and
    green chilies.Sprinkle salt.cook them till all the vegetables becomes soft.
7) Now add scramble egg,fried shrimp and fried chicken.Mix them well.Add
    soya sauce.
8) Now add cooked rice and mix it with chicken mixture.Add little sugar and stir
    it for 3-4 minutes.And now turn off the gas.
 
    Serve hot with any non vegeterian dishes.