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Friday, December 30, 2011

Indian Masala Tea or Masala Chai


Preparation Time:
1 minute

Cooking Time:
5 minutes

Ingredients:
Milk : 1 cup
Tea : 2 tea spoons
Sugar : 1 tea spoon
Clove : 2 pieces
Cardamom : 2 pieces crushed
Bay Leaf : 1 leaf

Method:
  1. Put a tea pan on the oven in medium heat.
  2. Pour milk on the tea pan.
  3. Add bay leaf, crushed cardamom, cloves, sugar and tea.
  4. Let it boil for 4 minutes.
  5. When the color of tea is light brown, pour the tea on a cup using tea strainer.
  6. Serve hot.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Egg Poppy (Dim Posto)


Preparation Time:
5 minutes

Cooking Time:
20 minutes

Ingredients:
Boiled Egg : 3
Poppy Seed : 6 tea spoon
Onion : 1 piece medium size
Cooking oil : 3 tea spoon
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tea spoon
Green chili : 2 pieces
Salt : to taste
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tea spoon
Sugar : to taste
   
Method:
  1. Cut boiled eggs into half.
  2. Shred onion, a shredder or blender can be used.
  3. Grind poppy seed nicely in blender.
  4. Cut green chili into half.
  5. Heat a pan on medium heat and put 1 and 1/2 tea spoon oil on the pan.
  6. When oil is hot, put boiled eggs on the pan to fry. Keep the cut yolk sides facing the pan first.
  7. Make sure that the surface of the egg is light brown before frying the other side.
  8. When the other sides of eggs are also fried, keep them aside.
  9. Again add 1 and 1/2 tea spoon oil on the pan.
  10. When the oil is hot, add shredded onions and fry it for 1 minute.
  11. Add green chili with onions and fry for 1 minute.
  12. Add ginger garlic on the pan and again mix them until the mix is nice brown color (approximately 3 minutes).
  13. Add turmeric powder and mix it properly with the mixture on the pan for 1 minute.
  14. Now the mixture with spices is ready, add 2 cups of water and mix it properly.
  15. Add salt and sugar to taste.
  16. Put a lid on the pan and let it boil for 10 minutes.
  17. When the gravy is properly boiled and thick, add grinded poppy seeds.
  18. Mix poppy seeds nicely with the gravy.
  19. Now take the gravy in a serving bowl and put all boiled and fried eggs on it.
  20. Egg Poppy (Dim Posto) is now ready to serve.

Here below is the video recipe. Please prepare this delicious dish, enjoy it with rice as side dish and provide your feedback: 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Healthy Green (Turnip, Cabbage, Kale) - Saag Recipe



Preparation Time:
5 minutes


Cooking Time:
16 minutes


Ingredients:
Kale : 1 bunch (approx 1 lb)
Turnip Greens : 1 bunch (approx 1 lb)
Cabbage : approx 0.5 lb
Garlic : whole garlic, skin removed 2 pieces
Water : 4 cup
Salt : to taste

Method:
  1. Chop kale greens into small pieces
  2. Chop turnip greens into small pieces 
  3. Chop cabbage greens into small pieces
  4. Crush 2 pieces of garlic
  5. Put all these green leafs into a microwave safe bowl
  6. Add 4 cups of water
  7. Add a little salt to taste
  8. Boil them in microwave for 8 minutes and drain excess water
  9. Heat a pan on the oven
  10. Put the crushed garlic on the pan and heat for 15 seconds
  11. Add all the boiled leafs from bowl on the pan
  12. Mix and heat them well for 2 minutes
  13. Put a lid on the pan and let it cook for another 5 minutes
  14. The Healthy Green dish is now ready to serve     
Please chcek the video of this preparation here: