Cook it Easy

Cooking: The most important part of the Homemaker's life and mine too.. Here I am sharing a few recipes which I cook at home for family, including some yummiest recipes by my mother and mother-in-law and off coarse some successful experiments done by me :P

FRENCH FRIES

Ingredients

2 potatoes
Oil for frying

Method

1. Peel the potatoes with the peeler
2. Cut the potatoes long like fingers
3. And now the trick :P, soak them in ice cold water for an hour
4. Drain the water properly, fry them in excess oil, in a heavy crust pan.

(Note: the oil should hot enough, put them on higher flame first and then after a minute, lower down the flame. Moreover, do not put all potatoes at once. Fry them in small quantity that will give you the best result)

5. As the color of potatoes starts to look like light brown take out them form oil and put them on tissue paper to absorb extra oil.

Enjoyyy the yummy fries with mayonnaise or ketchup

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DIP

Ingredients

1 small bowl hung card

4-5 garlic

black pepper powder- a pinch

salt to taste

Method

1. Grate 5 small size garlic.

2. Mix well with one small bowl of hung card.

3. Put salt to taste and a pinch of black pepper powder.

4. Refrigerate it for half an hour.

5. Serve it with corn chips/ chips/ Kurkure/ cucumber sticks.

Yummy :P

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POTATO BALLS

Ingredients

2 small size potatoes

1 ½  bread (Atta/maida)

Coriander powder ½ teaspoon

Red Chilli powder ¼  teaspoon

Garam Masala a pinch

Salt to taste

Method

1   1. Boil Potatoes & mash them

     2. Dip the bread in water, squeeze out the water, scramble the bread and mash it with potatoes    

     3. Mix all other ingredients
4. Make small balls of the mixture

     5. Deep fry
6. Now put the balls in the tissue paper to absorb extra oil

     7. Serve it hot with tomato ketchup

Note: I cook this dish for my daughter so prefer using less spices, you can add spices as per your taste

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VANILLA CAKE

Ingredients

1 cup Maida
3/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 tspoon Baking powder 
1/3 tspoon Vanilla essence
Salt a pinch
Turmeric a pinch
Butter for greasing

Method


1.  Sieve Maida, Salt, Baking powder and turmeric well, 3-4 times

2.  Mix Sugar, oil and eggs in the Mixer
3.  Mix both the mixture well
4.  Pre heat the oven at 180 degrees
5. Grease the baking dish with butter
6. Pour the mixture in the baking dish
7. Bake it at 180 degrees for 1/2 hr
To check if its done prick a tooth pick, if it comes out clear, the cake is ready
Enjoy...

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PANEER CAPSICUM

Ingredients

250 gms Paneer
3 small capsicum
1 medium size Onion
3 Tomatoes
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon cream
1-1/2 tablespoon refined oil
1 tablespoon Tomato ketchup
1-1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon Red chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon Garam Masala powder
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Method

1. Cut Onion & capsicum in square like pieces
2. Heat oil in a the wok.
3. Saute onion and capsicum together on medium heat
4. Add tomato puree and put all the spices mentioned above except garam masala
5. Let it simmer for a while then add tomato ketchup to it
6. Add milk and paneer cubes
7. Cover the lid for 5-10 minutes
8. Sprinkle garam masala and coriander leaves
9. Paneer capsicum is ready to serve

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MASALA CHAAP

Ingredients

250 gms soya chaap
2 onions small size
3 tomatoes medium size
1 inch ginger
3 garlic
1 teaspoon garam masala
1-1/2 tablespoon refined oil
1 tablespoon Tomato ketchup
1-1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder
1/4 teaspoon Red chilli powder

Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Method

1. Pressure cook soya chaap, 2-3 whistles will do
2. Drain water and cut them into pieces leave it aside
3. In a pan, put refined oil and add grind onions then ginger garlic paste & saute
4. Once onions are light brown in color, add tomato puree, ketchup and other above mentioned spices with 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
5. Cook for 5-10 minutes on medium flame
6. Add 1 small cup water and when it comes to a boil add soya chaap
7. Let it simmer till gravy afix the chaap
8. Turn the flame off and sprinkle garam masala and coriander leaves