Stuffed Tomato & Capsicum

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Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 25 mins

Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:

For Potato Stuffing-

Potato boiled and mashed: 2 cup

Onion chopped: 1 small

Green chilly chopped: 2 large

Tomato pulp:of 4 tomatoes which we have hollowed for stuffing in aloo masala

Coriander powder: 1 table spoon

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Cumin seeds: 1/5 tea spoon

Desi ghee/oil: 2 table spoon

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves chopped

For Tomato & Capsicum Covering-

Tomato washed and hollowed by taking out all the pulp: 4

Capsicum washed and hollowed by taking out all the seeds: 3 table spoon

Salt: a pinch

Turmeric powder: a pinch

Method:

For Potato Stuffing -
1. Take mashed potato in a bowl.

2. Take a pan with desi ghee warm it.

3. Add cumin seeds and chillies to it.

4. Now,add chopped onions to it and fry.

5. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt and tomato pulp to it and fry till it sticks to the pan and leaves oil from sides.

6. Add mashed potato and mix well.

7. Sprinkle coriander leaves and keep it side to get cool down.

Lets make Bharawaa Tamatar aur Shimla Mirch-

1. Hollow the pulp and seeds from tomato and capsicum.

2. Stuff the hollowed tomato and capsicum with potato filling.

3. Shallow fry these stuffed tomatoes and capsicum.

4. Serve it when the outer covering is soft with onion slices and lemon and coariander leaves. 

Enjoy the delicious, smokey "Stuffed Tomato & Capsicum" with chapati:) 

Creamy Malayi Kofte

Malayi Kofte

Preparation time: 25 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:  
For Kofte-
For Covering of Kofte-

Fresh cottage cheese (Grated): 200 gram

White bread slice: 1

Cornflour: 2 tea spoon

Elaichi powder :1/4 tea spoon

Salt: 1/2 tea spoon

Refined oil: for frying

For Filling of Kofte-

Raisins: 2 table spoon

Ginger (chopped): 2 inch piece

Green chillies (finely chopped): as per taste

Coriander leaves (finely chopped): 1/2 cup

Elaichi powder

For Gravy-

Onion paste: 1 large

Tomato puree: 2 large

Ginger paste: 1 inch piece

Oil: 2 table spoon

Cumin seeds: 1 tea spoon

Bay leaves: 2

Clove powder: 1/20 tea spoon

Cinnamon: 1/4 pinch 

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Coriander powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/4 tea spoon

Red chilly powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Garam masala: 1/8 tea spoon

Cream: 1 cup

Butter: 2 table spoon

Salt: to taste

Water: as required for the consistency of the gravy
Shredded cottage cheese: for garnish
Coriander Leaves: for garnish

Method:

For Covering of Kofte-
1. Mash all the things properly except the oil, make 10 equal portions out of it and keep aside.
2. Chop all the things finely and mix well, keep aside.
 

kofta filling

filling mixture

Kofte ball preparation

3. Now take one portion and flatten it on your palm evenly.

Paneer ball spread on palm

4. Keep a tea spoon of filling mixture in the center of it.

Kofte filling phase

5. Roll the balls covering the filling in such a way that filling it is nicely sealed from all the sides. You can take help of corn flour while doing so as it is a great binding agent.

Rolled Kofte

6. Now perform the same action with rest of the nine portions as well and keep the kofte ready for frying.

All rolled kofte are ready for frying

7. Now fry the kofte till they turn nice golden brown in color.

For Gravy-
1. Take a kadhayi add oil on a medium flame.
2. When the oil is warm add cumin seeds, bay leaves, clove powder and let them leave their aroma in oil.
3. Now add onion and ginger paste to it and fry till they start leaving oil from sides of the kadhayi.
 

Onions, ginger paste n masale

 4. Now add tomato puree and all the spices except kasoori methi and keep frying it till it starts spreading nice aroma in your kitchen.]

5. Now add cream and kasoori methi and keep stirring.
6. Add water for getting the desired consistency and let it cook for a minute or so.
7. When gravy has reached the desired thickness turn the flame off and bring the gravy into a serving bowl.
8. To this add butter/cream and kofte.
9. Garnish with shredded paneer and coriander leaves.

Our Malayi Kofte are ready to enjoy with Naan/ roti/ parathe/ jeera rice/ pulao (Whatever you like to accompany with).

Note:
1. You can roll the kofte in any shape you want, I have made them cylindrical.
2. You can add cashew nut paste also in the gravy to make it even even richer :)

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Happy Cooking!! :) :)

Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Daal Parathe with Kadhayi Paneer

 

Kadhayi Paneer with mouth watering Daal ke Parathe

Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serving: 2 person

Ingredients:
For Kadhayi Paneer-

 Cottage cheese/Paneer: 200 gram

Medium sized onion (cut in cubes) : 2

Medium sized green capsicum (cut in cubes): 1

Medium sized tomato (cut in cubes): 2

Ginger: 2 inc piece (Crushed roughly)

Green chilly: 2 (Crushed roughly)

Turmeric powder: 1/2 tea spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 tea spoon

Cumin seeds

Oil: 5 tea spoon

Salt: to taste

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

Coriander seeds: 2 table spoon

Bay Leaves: 2

Cloves: 2

Elaichi: 1

Black paper: 6-7

Cumin seeds: 2 table spoon

For Daal ke Parathe-

I had a cup of left over daal in my fridge, so I thought of utilizing it by making nice flavorful parathe out of it :) 

For this I needed the following ingredients:

Wheat flour: 1 cup

Gram flour (besan): 2 table spoon

Kasoori methi: 1/2 table spoon

Ajwain: 1/2 tea spoon

Small sized onion (finely chopped): 1

Red chilly powder: 1/4 tea spoon

Salt: 1/4 tea spoon

Oil: 1 tea spoon (for kneading the dough)

Oil: for making the parathe

Method:

For Kadhayi Paneer Masaala-

1. Keep a pan on the flame and when the pan is warn enough let all the condiments poured in it.

2. Keep stirring them all the time by keeping the flame on simmer.

3. When a nice aroma starts coming out from the pan's condiment, they have been roasted nicely.

4. Switch the flame off and let the condiments get cooled down to room temperature.

5. When they are at room temperature, grind them coarsely and keep aside to be used later.

Coarsely grind condiments

For Kadhayi Paneer-

1. In a pan take oil and switch the flame on to high flame, add cumin seeds.

2. when the cumin seeds start spluttering, bring the flame to medium and add ginger and chilly.

3. Keep stirring the mixture for 30 seconds.

4. Meanwhile cut the cottage cheese into small pieces (as you like the shape and size) and keep aside.

5. Add onion followed by capsicum keep stirring them.

Onions tossed

Capsicum added

6. When the onions are turning pink in color add tomatoes and cover it for a minute.

Tomatoes added

7. Open the lid and add turmeric powder and salt to it.

8. Let it simmer for one more minute.

9. Now, add the paneer cuber into it and the kadhayi paneer masala prepared along with kasoori methi; mix well with light hands so that the paneer is not broken.

Cottage cheese added

10. Cover with a lid and let it simmer for 2 minutes by adding some water (I used just 1/4th cup of water; you may add water as to how thick you want the gravy to be).

11. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and ginger julienne.

Kadhayi Paneed is ready!!

For Daal ke Parathe-

1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients for preparing the dough for parathe.

2. When the dough has been prepared, keep it aside for 15-20 mins to rest.

3. Now make small pede from the dough and roll it in round or triangular shaped parathe (as you wish to make them).

4. On a heated tava place the nicely rolled paratha and cook it untill it turns out nice and crisp from both the sides by applying some oil over its both the surfaces.

Daal Paratha

 You parathe are ready to serve with nice aromatic Kadhayi Paneer. You can accompany it with some sweetened curd  or chaach as you like it. :) :)

Note:

1. You can use Soya Tofu in place of Paneer as it is rich in protein, less in fat and if thought economically a cheaper option to cottage cheese.