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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The Elixir of life beverage (An ancient ayurvedic anti aging beverage )
Kitchen tip # 92
by CHEF Kishore
Your personal chef .
The Elixir of life .
I have learnt this recipe On a biking road-trip from a great ayurvedic vaidya in the Himalayas(roadtrip mentioned in detail in my " about the author " section on this blog ) This beverage has anti aging properties & tremendous health benefits.
Ingredients :-
300 ml milk(Tabela milk-boiled&cooled )
7-10 strands of kesar
1 tsp desi Ghee
12-15 khaarik(Dry dates)(chop them&discard seeds)
2-3 crushed green cardamoms
A tiny pinch of nutmeg+Ceylon cinnamon+Salt
15 gm honey
Add all ingredients to milk & store overnight in a covered vessel/container in the fridge,its ready to be consumed the next morning .
**Boil(&cool)the milk,add it to a blender& blend all the dates along with the milk&consume it hot or cold-have it plain,use it in ur tea-make a super healthy porridge Using oats/lapsi/ragi flour
**The soaked dates will have bloomed up to almost twice in volume /size,chop them roughly&consume plain.
** The soaked saffron,honey,cardamom,nutmeg,Ghee all contribute in adding their natural goodness&aroma to the milk,Making it extremely aromatic&heavenly.This milk is unbelievably,delicious,nutritious,full of trace minerals,vitamins,essential amino acids&potassium .
**The dahi(curd) made from this naturally sweetened milk is extremely delicious & a complete dessert in its own right .
FOOTNOTES :-
**Consumption of the soaked dates gives you a feeling of fullness thus replacing your breakfast,cutting down your calorie consumption aiding weight loss or helps you in maintaining your ideal body weight .
**Dates soaked in milk&consumed with saffron& honey is an ancient aphrodisiac,if consumed regularly,It helps in increasing the stamina+semen count in men & strengthens the reproductive system,reduces menstrual related abdominal pain in women .
**This beverage delays the graying of hair in both sexes
**This beverage is an excellent cure for an alcoholic hangover .
** Regular consumption of this beverage makes your skin blemish free&gives it a natural glow .
** If you are planning on using low fat milk or cutting out ghee/honey from the recipe because its fattening or not using kesar because it costs a
bomb,then,this recipe is not meant for you ,You will be committing sacrilege by killing the goodness that these preservative free ingredients contribute to the recipe .Plus some things are sacred and should not be fiddled with .
There is an alternative for you ,Please have a glass of complan+ some multivitamin tablets and ignore this recipe .
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by CHEF Kishore
Your personal chef .
The Elixir of life .
I have learnt this recipe On a biking road-trip from a great ayurvedic vaidya in the Himalayas(roadtrip mentioned in detail in my " about the author " section on this blog ) This beverage has anti aging properties & tremendous health benefits.
Ingredients :-
300 ml milk(Tabela milk-boiled&cooled )
7-10 strands of kesar
1 tsp desi Ghee
12-15 khaarik(Dry dates)(chop them&discard seeds)
2-3 crushed green cardamoms
A tiny pinch of nutmeg+Ceylon cinnamon+Salt
15 gm honey
Add all ingredients to milk & store overnight in a covered vessel/container in the fridge,its ready to be consumed the next morning .
**Boil(&cool)the milk,add it to a blender& blend all the dates along with the milk&consume it hot or cold-have it plain,use it in ur tea-make a super healthy porridge Using oats/lapsi/ragi flour
**The soaked dates will have bloomed up to almost twice in volume /size,chop them roughly&consume plain.
** The soaked saffron,honey,cardamom,nutmeg,Ghee all contribute in adding their natural goodness&aroma to the milk,Making it extremely aromatic&heavenly.This milk is unbelievably,delicious,nutritious,full of trace minerals,vitamins,essential amino acids&potassium .
**The dahi(curd) made from this naturally sweetened milk is extremely delicious & a complete dessert in its own right .
FOOTNOTES :-
**Consumption of the soaked dates gives you a feeling of fullness thus replacing your breakfast,cutting down your calorie consumption aiding weight loss or helps you in maintaining your ideal body weight .
**Dates soaked in milk&consumed with saffron& honey is an ancient aphrodisiac,if consumed regularly,It helps in increasing the stamina+semen count in men & strengthens the reproductive system,reduces menstrual related abdominal pain in women .
**This beverage delays the graying of hair in both sexes
**This beverage is an excellent cure for an alcoholic hangover .
** Regular consumption of this beverage makes your skin blemish free&gives it a natural glow .
** If you are planning on using low fat milk or cutting out ghee/honey from the recipe because its fattening or not using kesar because it costs a
bomb,then,this recipe is not meant for you ,You will be committing sacrilege by killing the goodness that these preservative free ingredients contribute to the recipe .Plus some things are sacred and should not be fiddled with .
There is an alternative for you ,Please have a glass of complan+ some multivitamin tablets and ignore this recipe .
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Monday, October 28, 2013
seera (prasad recipe )
Kitchen tip # 91
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Naani Ma's seera (prasad recipe)
Ingredients
**prep # 1 ** (sieved twice and kept aside )
Gram flour (besan ) 120 gm
Wheat flour (gheun ka atta )120 gm
Semolina (sooji) 80 gm
** prep#2 **
Mixed nuts(Chopped)& raisins - 100 gms (walnuts , almond , cashew , kishmish) ---(fry in 10 ml ghee and keep aside )
miscellaneous ingredients :-
Sugar 300 gm
A pinch of salt.
green cardamoms(Hara elaichi) 15 pieces (crushed on a belan )
ghee 300gm
50 ml chilled milk
Pinch of nutmeg
1/2 gm Saffron(kesar)
kewra water 40 ml
rose water 15ml
500ml water (can be substituted for milk)
silver warq 2 sheets .
Method :- prepare these in advance and keep aside .
**prep# 3**
boil sugar in 500 ml of water , add a few slices of lime in the boiling syrup ,keep skimming the froth from the boiling syrup, when the quantity of the water reduces to half , switch off the flame ,strain the syrup through a muslin cloth.Add the grated nutmeg kewra + rose water to the strained syrup and keep aside .
But ensure when this syrup is being added to the seera it is hot ,if needed please reheated this syrup .
**prep # 4**
add kesar to 50 ml of chilled milk and keep aside for 30 minutes
**Prep # 5**
Grease a thali or a rectangular tray (bottom and sides )with some ghee and keep aside .
Now finalize the recipe :-
*** Place a non stick pan on medium heat and add 250 gm ghee ,add the crushed cardamoms to the ghee and fry a bit , now add prep # 1 and keep stirring until the mixture turns golden and is aromatic emanating from the roasted flours . add 50 % of prep # 2 (chopped dry fruits )and save the rest for a final garnish .
***Add a pinch of salt & about 300 gm of the warm syrup (prep # 3 ) slowly and steadily ,bit by bit (maybe 50 ml at a time )and continue stirring the mixture to avoid formation of lumps in the roasted flour .
keep stirring until the syrup is completely incorporated in the mixture and the mixture doesn't stick to the sides of the pan any more .(add plain water if required)
***Add the soaked saffron (prep # 4 ) and mix thoroughly .cover and cook on steam for about 5 -10 minutes .The final consistency of the seera should be like Upma .
Transfer the mixture to a pregreased thali/tray (prep # 5)Decorate this Seera with the silver varq followed by the remaining chopped nuts and serve warm .
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by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Naani Ma's seera (prasad recipe)
Ingredients
**prep # 1 ** (sieved twice and kept aside )
Gram flour (besan ) 120 gm
Wheat flour (gheun ka atta )120 gm
Semolina (sooji) 80 gm
** prep#2 **
Mixed nuts(Chopped)& raisins - 100 gms (walnuts , almond , cashew , kishmish) ---(fry in 10 ml ghee and keep aside )
miscellaneous ingredients :-
Sugar 300 gm
A pinch of salt.
green cardamoms(Hara elaichi) 15 pieces (crushed on a belan )
ghee 300gm
50 ml chilled milk
Pinch of nutmeg
1/2 gm Saffron(kesar)
kewra water 40 ml
rose water 15ml
500ml water (can be substituted for milk)
silver warq 2 sheets .
Method :- prepare these in advance and keep aside .
**prep# 3**
boil sugar in 500 ml of water , add a few slices of lime in the boiling syrup ,keep skimming the froth from the boiling syrup, when the quantity of the water reduces to half , switch off the flame ,strain the syrup through a muslin cloth.Add the grated nutmeg kewra + rose water to the strained syrup and keep aside .
But ensure when this syrup is being added to the seera it is hot ,if needed please reheated this syrup .
**prep # 4**
add kesar to 50 ml of chilled milk and keep aside for 30 minutes
**Prep # 5**
Grease a thali or a rectangular tray (bottom and sides )with some ghee and keep aside .
Now finalize the recipe :-
*** Place a non stick pan on medium heat and add 250 gm ghee ,add the crushed cardamoms to the ghee and fry a bit , now add prep # 1 and keep stirring until the mixture turns golden and is aromatic emanating from the roasted flours . add 50 % of prep # 2 (chopped dry fruits )and save the rest for a final garnish .
***Add a pinch of salt & about 300 gm of the warm syrup (prep # 3 ) slowly and steadily ,bit by bit (maybe 50 ml at a time )and continue stirring the mixture to avoid formation of lumps in the roasted flour .
keep stirring until the syrup is completely incorporated in the mixture and the mixture doesn't stick to the sides of the pan any more .(add plain water if required)
***Add the soaked saffron (prep # 4 ) and mix thoroughly .cover and cook on steam for about 5 -10 minutes .The final consistency of the seera should be like Upma .
Transfer the mixture to a pregreased thali/tray (prep # 5)Decorate this Seera with the silver varq followed by the remaining chopped nuts and serve warm .
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Tangy super-fresh Solkadi
Kitchen tip # 90
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Tangy superfresh Solkadi
{This recipe will yield more than 8 servings
Foreword:-definition of Preps = prepared in advance and keep aside .
makes cooking anything a breeze . }
prep # 1 (kokum juice )
30 pieces of wet kokum
soaked these in about 500 ml of warm water for 2 hours , squeeze /mash the kokum in the same water and extract all the juice,pass it through a tea strainer and keep aside
(don't throw away the used kokum ,it can be used in daal, etc )
prep # 2 (coconut milk )
2 coconuts
use the coconut water extract coconut milk filter and keep aside.
prep# 3(chilly ginger garlic paste - cgg paste)
(add all to a grinder and pulse into a coarse paste and keep aside until it completely cools down)
6-8 pieces of peeled garlic
6-8 laungi chilies
2 inch piece of ginger
prep # 4 (tadka )
Heat ghee , fry the shahi jeera , hing ,kali mirri , kaddi patta + prep # 3(cgg paste ) and keep aside
1 tablespoon desi ghee/cannola oil (ghee works the best - but is non-vegan)
A pinch of hing
1/2 tsp crushed black peppercorns (kaali mirri)
10-12 kadipatta
1 tablespoon of dry Roasted shaahi jeera
prep # 5 ( miscellaneous ingredients)
1/2 tablespoon rock salt
2 chopped green chillies .(milder than laungi)
a bit of grated jaggery to reduce the tartness and intensify the flavor of the kokum juice .
small bundle of coriander leaves (washed ,de-stemmed, cleaned ,chopped fine and kept aside )
Now finalise the recipe :-
In a large vessel , add about 1 litre of ice cold water + 2 trays of ice .
Add prep # 1 +2+4 +5 mix well , adjust seasonings and serve super chilled .
if you prefer your sol kadi to be tangier , U can also add lemon juice as per your required taste .
Footnotes :-
This curry cannot be heated or it will curdle .
Shelf life - Store is recycled mineral water bottles in the fridge for 3-4 days .Although it taste the best when its super fresh
(coconut milk contains traces of oil and that starts going rancid with continual storage )
If you don't want to temper the curry (want to avoid giving it a tadka to make it a healthier beverage )then u can dry roast the peppercorns ,shahijeera ,kadi patta in a non stick frying pan ,add the chilly ,ginger garlic ,hing and add some water,cover the pan & steam the mixture until it softens,cool and mix it along with the rest of the ingredients when u finalize the recipe .
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by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Tangy superfresh Solkadi
{This recipe will yield more than 8 servings
Foreword:-definition of Preps = prepared in advance and keep aside .
makes cooking anything a breeze . }
prep # 1 (kokum juice )
30 pieces of wet kokum
soaked these in about 500 ml of warm water for 2 hours , squeeze /mash the kokum in the same water and extract all the juice,pass it through a tea strainer and keep aside
(don't throw away the used kokum ,it can be used in daal, etc )
prep # 2 (coconut milk )
2 coconuts
use the coconut water extract coconut milk filter and keep aside.
prep# 3(chilly ginger garlic paste - cgg paste)
(add all to a grinder and pulse into a coarse paste and keep aside until it completely cools down)
6-8 pieces of peeled garlic
6-8 laungi chilies
2 inch piece of ginger
prep # 4 (tadka )
Heat ghee , fry the shahi jeera , hing ,kali mirri , kaddi patta + prep # 3(cgg paste ) and keep aside
1 tablespoon desi ghee/cannola oil (ghee works the best - but is non-vegan)
A pinch of hing
1/2 tsp crushed black peppercorns (kaali mirri)
10-12 kadipatta
1 tablespoon of dry Roasted shaahi jeera
prep # 5 ( miscellaneous ingredients)
1/2 tablespoon rock salt
2 chopped green chillies .(milder than laungi)
a bit of grated jaggery to reduce the tartness and intensify the flavor of the kokum juice .
small bundle of coriander leaves (washed ,de-stemmed, cleaned ,chopped fine and kept aside )
Now finalise the recipe :-
In a large vessel , add about 1 litre of ice cold water + 2 trays of ice .
Add prep # 1 +2+4 +5 mix well , adjust seasonings and serve super chilled .
if you prefer your sol kadi to be tangier , U can also add lemon juice as per your required taste .
Footnotes :-
This curry cannot be heated or it will curdle .
Shelf life - Store is recycled mineral water bottles in the fridge for 3-4 days .Although it taste the best when its super fresh
(coconut milk contains traces of oil and that starts going rancid with continual storage )
If you don't want to temper the curry (want to avoid giving it a tadka to make it a healthier beverage )then u can dry roast the peppercorns ,shahijeera ,kadi patta in a non stick frying pan ,add the chilly ,ginger garlic ,hing and add some water,cover the pan & steam the mixture until it softens,cool and mix it along with the rest of the ingredients when u finalize the recipe .
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Eggless Choco-nut cake
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Eggless
choco-nut cake
150 gm maida
75 gm Cocoa powder
150 ml sugar (powdered in a grinder )
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
90 ml vanaspati /cooking oil (cannola works the best)
200 ml milk
5 gm baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
juice of one lemon
100 gm chopped Dry-fruits(almonds ,cashews ,walnuts and raisins )
prep#1
grease a cake mold with butter and drop half of the nuts (excluding raisins ) in this mold and keep aside .
step #1
Boil the milk , until the quantity reduces to almost half add the powdered sugar, mix well until the sugar dissolves completely , Remove from the flame , let it cool completely add the vanilla essence
step # 2
Add the baking powder /soda /maida /cocoa powder /salt in a large bowl , mix well ,
Sift the dry ingredients through a steel sieve /mesh at least twice . and keep it aside in a large bowl.
step # 3
Add all ingredients together in a large bowl , Now add the juice of 1 lemon,the oil/vanaspati and add half of the dry fruits at this stage
using a steel Hand whisk or a motorized hand blender mix the cake mix extremely well for about 10-15 minutes and transfer to the pregreased cake mold containing nuts (prep # 1 ) and tap the mold all over for air bubbles to escape .
Now finalize the recipe :-
preheat the convection oven for 20 mins at 200 degrees Celsius , now reduce the temperature to 180 degrees Celsius and put the filled mold in the oven and bake the cake for about 30 minutes .
To check if the cake is done , insert a toothpick or a fork into the cake , if it comes out clean and oily ,your cake is ready.
Wait for an hour for the cake to cool down completely - insert a knife between the cake and the mold to loosen the cake and then invert it into a tray and tap the mold from underneath .
Your chocolate nut cake is ready to be served plain or Slice it up and add a scoop of ice cream and drizzle some chocolate sauce on top .
Or proceed to cover it with whipped cream,ganache and other garnisihings .
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
JHAAL MURI
Kitchen tip # 88
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Kolkotta Bhelpuri called JHAAL MURI
Ingredients required for Bhel
farshan
Roasted crushed peanuts
Spicy chana daal
Flat puris
Thin sev
Red watana
Green peas fried
Kurmura
veggies etc
Chopped tomatoes (diced)
Chopped onion (diced)
finely chopped cucumber
Chopped dhaniya & pudhina
Boiled & chopped potato
freshly grated ginger
grated coconut
Boiled kala chana
Juice of 2 lemons
red chilli powder
chaat masala
1/2 tsp roasted jeera powder
chaat masala (as required )
pinch of haldi
30 ml rai tel (mustard oil ) (or use rai ka tel from a pickle bottle )
Finalise the bhel recipe :-
Take about 30 ml of rai oil and heat it on a medium flame until it smokes . Let it cool down completely . Reheat the rai oil , add chopped boiled potatoes toss them well until the edges are golden , add about 1 tablespoon of khardha - turn off the flame now . add chana dal, peanuts , chaat masala, watana , fried green peas , crushed crispy puris ,diced onions ,boiled kala chana , chopped tomatoes,lime juice,sev,flat crispy puri ,finally add the rice kurmura and paanch poran masala roasted jeera powder ,chaat masala , pinch of haldi , red chilli powder Add 5 ml of rai oil on top and toss the mixture extremely well , finally garnish with freshly grated ginger,grated coconut . lots of chopped corinder, pudhina,Sev &lime juice . . your jhaal moori is ready to be devoured .
spicy seasoned green chilli paste
khardaa (refer to my reciepe number # 75)
or click on the link below .
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Panch phoron (Bengali garam masala )
2 tablespoon Cumin seeds(jeera)
1.5 tablespoon Fennel seeds(badi saunf)
1 tablespoon Fenugreek seeds(methi dhana )
1.5 tablespoon Black mustard seeds(rai)
2 tablespoon Nigella (kalonji seeds)
Add 1/2 tablespoon of ghee to a non stick pan on medium heat, add the spices in the following sequence .
jeera >rai> methi dhana > saunf >kalonji and roast for a bit . cool down completely and grind to a fine powder , store in an airtight container in the fridge .
This extremely aromatic garam masala Can also be used in a large varieties of stir fry's and curries . sweet chutney
Soak 100 gm imli in warm water for 30 mins then boil it with 50 gms jaggery , 1/2 tsp chaat masala , 1 tsp aamchur powder .1/4 tsp jeera powder,1/4 spoon black pepper powder ,pinch of ajwain for another 20 minutes , when the mixture cools down completely , mash the imli with ur hands and extract as much juice as possible , pass the tamarind water thru a tea strainer or a muslin cloth and save the strained extract .sweet chutney is ready - add a bit of this sweet chutney to the bhel .
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by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Kolkotta Bhelpuri called JHAAL MURI
Ingredients required for Bhel
farshan
Roasted crushed peanuts
Spicy chana daal
Flat puris
Thin sev
Red watana
Green peas fried
Kurmura
veggies etc
Chopped tomatoes (diced)
Chopped onion (diced)
finely chopped cucumber
Chopped dhaniya & pudhina
Boiled & chopped potato
freshly grated ginger
grated coconut
Boiled kala chana
Juice of 2 lemons
red chilli powder
chaat masala
1/2 tsp roasted jeera powder
chaat masala (as required )
pinch of haldi
30 ml rai tel (mustard oil ) (or use rai ka tel from a pickle bottle )
Finalise the bhel recipe :-
Take about 30 ml of rai oil and heat it on a medium flame until it smokes . Let it cool down completely . Reheat the rai oil , add chopped boiled potatoes toss them well until the edges are golden , add about 1 tablespoon of khardha - turn off the flame now . add chana dal, peanuts , chaat masala, watana , fried green peas , crushed crispy puris ,diced onions ,boiled kala chana , chopped tomatoes,lime juice,sev,flat crispy puri ,finally add the rice kurmura and paanch poran masala roasted jeera powder ,chaat masala , pinch of haldi , red chilli powder Add 5 ml of rai oil on top and toss the mixture extremely well , finally garnish with freshly grated ginger,grated coconut . lots of chopped corinder, pudhina,Sev &lime juice . . your jhaal moori is ready to be devoured .
spicy seasoned green chilli paste
khardaa (refer to my reciepe number # 75)
or click on the link below .
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=600038270054126&set=a.587654814625805.1073741826.587645714626715&type=1&theater
Panch phoron (Bengali garam masala )
2 tablespoon Cumin seeds(jeera)
1.5 tablespoon Fennel seeds(badi saunf)
1 tablespoon Fenugreek seeds(methi dhana )
1.5 tablespoon Black mustard seeds(rai)
2 tablespoon Nigella (kalonji seeds)
Add 1/2 tablespoon of ghee to a non stick pan on medium heat, add the spices in the following sequence .
jeera >rai> methi dhana > saunf >kalonji and roast for a bit . cool down completely and grind to a fine powder , store in an airtight container in the fridge .
This extremely aromatic garam masala Can also be used in a large varieties of stir fry's and curries . sweet chutney
Soak 100 gm imli in warm water for 30 mins then boil it with 50 gms jaggery , 1/2 tsp chaat masala , 1 tsp aamchur powder .1/4 tsp jeera powder,1/4 spoon black pepper powder ,pinch of ajwain for another 20 minutes , when the mixture cools down completely , mash the imli with ur hands and extract as much juice as possible , pass the tamarind water thru a tea strainer or a muslin cloth and save the strained extract .sweet chutney is ready - add a bit of this sweet chutney to the bhel .
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Magic Lemon rice powder
Kitchen tip # 87
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Magic Lemon rice powder
This amazing seasoning saves 90 percent of your cooking time using this powder you can make lemon rice in less than 10 mins.
Ingredients :-
To add after grinding.
Roast these three ingredients with 1 tablespoon of ghee,let them cool completely and then
crush them under a rollin pin (belan) and keep the mixture aside .
Method .
Dry roast the moong dal for about 5 minutes and add them to a mixer grinder along
with shahi jeera , rai , haldi powder,nimbu dana ,meethi dana, hing, laal mirch powder , salt ,
and blend them to a fine powder .
transfer the ground powder into a big bowl .Add the peanuts , chilli flakes & urad dal to the powder mix well . store this in a airtight jar in the fridge .
Additional recipe :- (single serving )
Add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to a non stick frying pan .
fry 2 sprigs of fresh kadi patta , ,4-5 chopped green chillies, 1 tsp of rai , 1/2 tsp shahi jeera , 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste , add 4 handfuls of pre cooked rice and 1 tablespoon of the lemon rice seasoning powder
and mix throughly . sprinkle 20 ml of water (if u like it mushy and pasty ) and cover the pan . cook for about 10 minutes . garnish with freshly chopped corainder .Yummy Tangy lemon rice is ready.
(The following garnishing is completely optional but it will raise ur humble lemon rice to a 5 star restaurant quality lemon rice . )Garnish with crispy fried curry leaves ,fried broken Kashmiri chilis,fried cashews ,crispy fried coconut shavings ,fried crispy chopped garlic ,fried vertically slit green chillies & freshly chopped coriander leaves .
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by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Magic Lemon rice powder
This amazing seasoning saves 90 percent of your cooking time using this powder you can make lemon rice in less than 10 mins.
Ingredients :-
- 200 gm Moong dal
- 100 gm urad dal
- 20 gm shahi jeera (caraway seeds )
- 30 gm Rai seeds(mustard seeds )
- 2Tsp haldi powder(turmeric powder )
- 10 gm nimbu dana (citric acid crystals)
- 1/2 tsp methi dana (Fenugreek seeds)
- 1/4 th teaspoon Hing (asafoetida)
- 1 tablespoon Laal mirch powder (spicy chilli powder)
- 1 Tablespoon salt
To add after grinding.
- 6 chopped dry kashmiri lal mirch
- 100gm crushed Roasted Moong phalli (ground nuts)
- 100 gm urad dal
Roast these three ingredients with 1 tablespoon of ghee,let them cool completely and then
crush them under a rollin pin (belan) and keep the mixture aside .
Method .
Dry roast the moong dal for about 5 minutes and add them to a mixer grinder along
with shahi jeera , rai , haldi powder,nimbu dana ,meethi dana, hing, laal mirch powder , salt ,
and blend them to a fine powder .
transfer the ground powder into a big bowl .Add the peanuts , chilli flakes & urad dal to the powder mix well . store this in a airtight jar in the fridge .
Additional recipe :- (single serving )
Add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to a non stick frying pan .
fry 2 sprigs of fresh kadi patta , ,4-5 chopped green chillies, 1 tsp of rai , 1/2 tsp shahi jeera , 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste , add 4 handfuls of pre cooked rice and 1 tablespoon of the lemon rice seasoning powder
and mix throughly . sprinkle 20 ml of water (if u like it mushy and pasty ) and cover the pan . cook for about 10 minutes . garnish with freshly chopped corainder .Yummy Tangy lemon rice is ready.
(The following garnishing is completely optional but it will raise ur humble lemon rice to a 5 star restaurant quality lemon rice . )Garnish with crispy fried curry leaves ,fried broken Kashmiri chilis,fried cashews ,crispy fried coconut shavings ,fried crispy chopped garlic ,fried vertically slit green chillies & freshly chopped coriander leaves .
Foot notes .
- This is by far the fastest standalone meal you can rustle up in the kitchen (Provided cooked rice is lying around ), twice as fast as you can make Maggi .
- This seasoning is a must for your kitchen shelf . It has Bailed me out so many times and proved to be a really handy recipe because its so easy to make and is ready almost even before I begin to realize that I am cooking in the kitchen.
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Location:
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Halwaai masala
Kitchen tip # 86
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Halwaai masala
I m going to share a century old ,Traditional halwaai's secret recipe from Sindh with you .
My forefathers owned a huge dairy farm ,were traditional Old school Halwaai's & owned a massive sweetmeat shop in Sindh since 1870
This Legendary recipe has been passed on to me as a family heirloom recipe by my mother who learnt it from my grandfather in the early 70's who learnt it from my great grandfather who in turn learnt it from his father .They used to make huge quantities of this masala on a Sil batta (Mortar and pestle ) back then.
For the first time ever , I am sharing this amazingly Mind-blowing delicious & extremely versatile recipe with anyone at all .
(Grandpa said that they used to make a hot milk beverage by adding this blend to reduced hot milk and sell it as a suhaag raat(wedding night)beverage for the groom.)
Ingredients :-
1.5 Tablespoons Desi ghee (Clarified butter) for frying
(Group A- Whole spices )
(Group B- Dry fruits )
(Group C-Miscellenous)
prep# 1
Fry the group A ingredients in a Non stick pan on a low flame in 1/2 tablespoon ghee.Let the mixture cool completely and add it to a mixer-grinder and grind the mixture to a fine powder,pass it through a fine metal sieve and keep the powder aside
prep # 2
Then in the same pan,add 1 tablespoon ghee and fry the the group B ingredients for a bit , gently roasting them and remove from the flame,let them cool down completely and keep them aside .
Now finalize the recipe :-
add prep #1 & 2 and group C ingredients to the mixer grinder
pulse the mixer grinder a bit at a time
( 2-3 seconds max. to avoid lumping -because the dry fruits contain oil and over grinding could result in a lumpy mixture)
until the mixture transforms in a coarse powder .
store the masala in a air tight container in the fridge .
Shelf life - About 2 months
**Use it as Dhoodh Masala powder (mix one tsp of this mithaai powder to 30 ml of chilled milk & mix with 200 ml hot milk )
**Use it in your Indian dessert recipes as the main flavoring like Kaju kesar katli , Mithaai squares,Laddoos,Basundi ,Kesar rabdi ,Dry fruit ice cream or Milk shake ,Mishti doi & so on .
**Can as a final garnish on Sweet rice,Saffron rice,Milk shake,Icecreams,Shahi tukda,Gulab jamuns,Rasgullas,Rabdi,Taayiri,Lapsi halwa,China grass,Falooda,Kharwas,Seera,Kheer,Payasam,Palada pradhaman,Sheer korma,Phirnee,Lassi,Mithaais and so on
**sprinkle it on savory recipes as a final garnish on your Biryani,Pulao,Kebabs,Tikkas,Qorma,Kaaliya,Paaya,sheerwah,Haleem,Harees,Bhuna gosth,Rogan josh and so on -the possibilities are simply endless .
**Pack it in a plastic seal-able pouch and put in in a small transparent decorative container or bottle , wrap it up like a gift with ribbons and a bow tie and gift it to your relatives and friends for Diwali .They will bless you for it and you will have earned life long fans of your culinary skills.
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by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Halwaai masala
My forefathers owned a huge dairy farm ,were traditional Old school Halwaai's & owned a massive sweetmeat shop in Sindh since 1870
This Legendary recipe has been passed on to me as a family heirloom recipe by my mother who learnt it from my grandfather in the early 70's who learnt it from my great grandfather who in turn learnt it from his father .They used to make huge quantities of this masala on a Sil batta (Mortar and pestle ) back then.
For the first time ever , I am sharing this amazingly Mind-blowing delicious & extremely versatile recipe with anyone at all .
(Grandpa said that they used to make a hot milk beverage by adding this blend to reduced hot milk and sell it as a suhaag raat(wedding night)beverage for the groom.)
Ingredients :-
1.5 Tablespoons Desi ghee (Clarified butter) for frying
(Group A- Whole spices )
- 5 gms kali mirri (black peppercorns)
- 5 gm jaiphal (nutmeg )
- 20 gm green elaichi(cardamom)
- 2 inch piece of ceylon Daaalchinni( sri lankan curled cinnamon not cassia bark )
- 150 gm Mamra Badam (Almonds)
- 150 gm pista (pistachios)
- 100 gm chilgoza/Neja (pine nuts )
- 50 gm Chironji (Charoli)
(Group C-Miscellenous)
- 50gm sukki gulaab patti(dried rose petals )
- 1 gm kesar (saffron)
- 1/2 tsp Haldi powder(turmeric) (for a yellow hue to the masala -completely optional )
prep# 1
Fry the group A ingredients in a Non stick pan on a low flame in 1/2 tablespoon ghee.Let the mixture cool completely and add it to a mixer-grinder and grind the mixture to a fine powder,pass it through a fine metal sieve and keep the powder aside
prep # 2
Then in the same pan,add 1 tablespoon ghee and fry the the group B ingredients for a bit , gently roasting them and remove from the flame,let them cool down completely and keep them aside .
Now finalize the recipe :-
add prep #1 & 2 and group C ingredients to the mixer grinder
pulse the mixer grinder a bit at a time
( 2-3 seconds max. to avoid lumping -because the dry fruits contain oil and over grinding could result in a lumpy mixture)
until the mixture transforms in a coarse powder .
store the masala in a air tight container in the fridge .
Shelf life - About 2 months
**Use it as Dhoodh Masala powder (mix one tsp of this mithaai powder to 30 ml of chilled milk & mix with 200 ml hot milk )
**Use it in your Indian dessert recipes as the main flavoring like Kaju kesar katli , Mithaai squares,Laddoos,Basundi ,Kesar rabdi ,Dry fruit ice cream or Milk shake ,Mishti doi & so on .
**Can as a final garnish on Sweet rice,Saffron rice,Milk shake,Icecreams,Shahi tukda,Gulab jamuns,Rasgullas,Rabdi,Taayiri,Lapsi halwa,China grass,Falooda,Kharwas,Seera,Kheer,Payasam,Palada pradhaman,Sheer korma,Phirnee,Lassi,Mithaais and so on
**sprinkle it on savory recipes as a final garnish on your Biryani,Pulao,Kebabs,Tikkas,Qorma,Kaaliya,Paaya,sheerwah,Haleem,Harees,Bhuna gosth,Rogan josh and so on -the possibilities are simply endless .
**Pack it in a plastic seal-able pouch and put in in a small transparent decorative container or bottle , wrap it up like a gift with ribbons and a bow tie and gift it to your relatives and friends for Diwali .They will bless you for it and you will have earned life long fans of your culinary skills.
Catch up with on my new Food-blog page at
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Location:
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
FRAGRANT PULAO GARAM MASALA
Kitchen tip # 85
by CHEF Kishore
Your Personal Chef.
Let me teach you two quick recipes to improve the quality of your pulao by
at least a 100 % ,So instead of just a plain boring home made pulao,it
transforms into a 5 star restaurant quality pulao .
FRAGRANT PULAO GARAM MASALA
Ingredients :-
Ingredients :-
40 gm saunf (Fennel seeds )
6 sticks cinnamon (use only Ceylon cinnamon not cassia bark)
50 Hara Elaichi(green cardamom )
10 Kala Elaichi(black cardamom )
10 Laung (cloves)
10 Triphal (black seeds only)
10 gm Kabab chinni (all spice)
5 pieces Star phool(star anise )
10 gm javitri (mace)
1/2 Piece nutmeg (jaiphal)
Method :-
On a slow flame , place a non stick pan ,add 1 tablespoon of desi ghee to it . add the masala s in this sequence , tossing well before adding the following masala . add Shahi jeera after a minute add saunf > Ceylon daalchini > green & black elachi > laung > triphal >kabab chini > star phool > javitri > nutmeg.
Mix all the masalas well and then turn off the flame .
Let this mixture cool down completely . grind it to a fine powder in a mixer grinder . pass it
through a metal sieve at least thrice to remove chunky particles . Store in an airtight
container in the fridge
Fragrant pulao essence water
Mix the following together.
200 ml water
5 drops kesar essence (saffron)
10 drops kewra essence (screw pine)
4 drops gulaab essence (rose)
5 drops Khus essence (vetiver)
Store in the fridge at all times .Shake well before use every time.
(use a dropper for precise measurements - while using essence /extracts always remember -
A little goes a long way. )
How to use these two blends in your pulao :-
I assume you know to make pulao & anyways this is not a pulao recipe, follow my tips of
how to use this masala optimally in any pulao of your choice.
Heat ghee in the vessel you intend to make pulao in ,now add 2 bay leaves , 1 teaspoon of black peppercorns and proceed by adding ur regular ingredients as per your pulao recipe , add the aforementioned pulao masala powder along with the veggies/meat and mix well.
Do not add any other whole spice (except saffron) if you are using this recipe
Proceed making the pulao ,When the rice is almost cooked .Add 20-30ml of the
above-mentioned fragrant pulao water depending on how fragrant would you prefer your
pulao to be .
Optional
Garnish with sliced roasted almonds & pistachios ,some lime slices, a sprig of fresh mint or parsley & a tomato rose .
Optional
Garnish with sliced roasted almonds & pistachios ,some lime slices, a sprig of fresh mint or parsley & a tomato rose .
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