Saturday, September 24, 2011

How to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup

Learn how to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup.


If you are bored from same tomato soup. Here it's a recipe for home made corn tomato soup with the richness of cheese.Cheese corn tomato soup is creamy but tasty. Another good thing of this soup is that it is made in microwave. So quick and delicious.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 5 minutes
Serves - 4 persons


Ingredients to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup:


1/2 cup tomato pure
1/4 cup sweet corn - cream style caned
2 table spoon corn flour
1/4 cup grated cheese
Salt to taste
1/2 tea spoon black pepper powder
2 cup water


For garnishing:


cheese
Coriander 


Method to make Cheese Corn Tomato Soup:
  • In a microwave proof bowl mix tomato pure, sweet corn, corn flour, Salt, black pepper powder and water.
  • Cook for 5 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add grated cheese and mix properly.
  • Garnish with cheese and coriander.
  • Hot and creamy Cheese Corn Tomato Soup is ready to serve.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

How to make Sweet Corn Soup

Learn how to make Sweet Corn Soup.


This is a Chinese soup recipe made in microwave. The home made recipe for Sweet Corn soup is very healthy, delicious and of course quick.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 8 minutes
Serves - 4


Ingredients to make Sweet Corn Soup:


1 cup boiled sweet corn or caned sweet corn
2 table spoon corn flour
1/2 cup boiled vegetables 
(carrot, french beans, corn etc.)
1/4 tea spoon aaji no motto (m.s.g.) (opt.)
1 table spoon vinegar
Salt to taste
4 cups vegetable stock 
1/4 tea spoon black pepper powder


For garnishing:


Boiled sweet corn


To serve with:


Chilly vinegar
Chilly sauce
Soy sauce


Method to make Sweet Corn Soup:

  • Mix sweet corn, corn flour and water in a microwave proof bowl. Cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add other vegetables and spices and again cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Garnish with boiled sweet corns.
  • Hot and tempting sweet corn soup is ready to serve.
  • Serve it with chilly sauce, chilly vinegar and soy sauce.
For vegetable stock:
  • Add all the vegetable in a big microwave proof bowl and add water to it.
  • Cook for 5 to 6 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • crush and strain it.

How to make Pav Bhaji

Recipe by Naiya Sheth : Learn how to make Pav Bhaji. Youngsters likes fast food so very much. So here it's a home made recipe for very famous fast food - Pav Bhaji. It contains lots of vegetables. But in this recipe we are going to make it in microwave. Means a healthy, tasty and quick fast food.
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 40 minutes
Serves - 4 persons

Ingredients to make Pav Bhaji:

3 finely chopped onion
6 blanched and chopped tomatoes
3 potatoes
2 peeled and chopped carrots 
1/2 cup green peas
1 1/2 cup chopped cauliflower
3/4 cup chopped cabbage
6 table spoon oil or butter
1 tea spoon ginger paste
1 tea spoon garlic paste
2 table spoon pavbhaji masala
1/4 tea spoon turmeric powder
1 tea spoon red chilly powder
1/2 chopped capsicum 
Salt to taste

For garnishing:

Chopped coriander
Fried cashew
Chopped spring onion

To serve with:

Butter pav
Chopped onion
Lemon slices

Method to make Pav Bhaji:

  • Wash potatoes. Put in a plastic bag and microwave for 5 minutes. Peel and mash coarsely.
  • In a deep microproof bowl, put carrots, peas, cauliflower and cabbage. Add � cup water. Mix and microwave for 8 minutes. Let it cool. Mash roughly.
  • In a microwave dish add butter , onions, ginger-garlic paste, 2 tbsp pav bhaji masala and turmeric powder. Mix well. Microwave for 4 minutes.
  • Add blanched and chopped tomatoes and roughly mashed vegetables. Mix well. Add 2tbsp butter, salt to taste. Cover and microwave for 10 minutes. Stir once in between.
  • Add 1 cup water. Mix and microwave for 5 minutes.
  • Add 1 tsp pav bhaji masala, and 1 table spoon butter.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander, spring onion and cashew.
  • Hot and delicious Pav Bhaji is ready to serve.
  • Serve it with butter pav, onion and lemon slices.
Tips:

How to make Coffee Cake

Learn how to make Coffee Cake. Coffee is another delicious flavor after chocolate. So here it's a home made recipe for delicious coffee cake.

This recipe can be served with rich chocolate sauce as well as condensed milk also. And of course vanilla ice cream is always in. And above all it is made in microwave so easy and quick also.

Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 4 minutes
Serves - 6 persons


Ingredients to make Coffee cake:


140 gram refined flour
1 tea spoon baking soda
1/2 tea spoon soda-bi-carb
200 grams condensed milk
1 table spoon instant coffee powder
1/4 tea spoon cinnamon powder (opt.)
60 grams margarine
1/2 cup water


For garnishing:  


Chocolate sauce
Condensed milk


To serve with:


Vanilla ice cream


Method to make Coffee Cake:

  • Sift refined flour, baking soda and soda bi carb together for 2 to 3 times.
  • In other bowl mix other ingredients and add flour mixture slowly. 
  • Place a small microwave proof tumbler at the center of greased cake bowl. Pour cake mixture around the tumbler and cook for 4 minutes at MICRO MED.
  • After that remove from microwave and keep a side till come at room temp.
  • At the time of serving spread chocolate sauce or condensed milk over Coffee Cake.
  • You can serve it with vanilla ice cream also.
Chocolate Sauce:

Ingredients to make Chocolate sauce:

1 cup milk
1 1/2 - 2 table spoon cocoa powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 table spoon corn flour
1/4 tea spoon vanilla essence 


Method to make Chocolate sauce:
  • Mix all the ingredients in a big microwave proof bowl and cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Stir well and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Let it come at room temp. add vanilla essence and mix properly.
Tips:
  • If you want to store chocolate sauce for a long time add water in stead of milk.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

How to make Paneer Biriyani

Learn how to make Paneer Biriyani.


Paneer is a good source of calcium. Here is a home made recipe for special Mughlai recipe - Paneer Biriyani. This recipe is made in microwave so, good in taste and good for health also. 

Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 17 minutes
Serves - 6 persons


Ingredients to make Paneer Biriyani: 


for biriyani:


1 cup basmati rice - long grain rice
200 gram paneer pieces
10 - 15 cashew nut 
1 table spoon curd
1/2 tea spoon lemon juice
1/2 tea spoon garam masalo
1 table spoon freshly cut mint leaves
2 cups water
Salt to taste


For tadka:


1 table spoon ghee
1 table spoon oil
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
1 1/2 table spoon biriyani masalo


For paste:


1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tea spoon ginger paste
4 to 5 whole dry red chilies
1/2 cup tomato
1 table spoon crushed garlic


Crush all the ingredients and make fine paste.


For garnishing:


Fried onion
Roasted cashew
Fried raisin


Method to make Paneer Biriyani: 

  • Wash rice and soak them. Keep a side for at least 15 minutes.
  • Mean while mix paneer, curd, salt, lemon juice and other spices in a mixing bowl. Keep a side for at least 30 minutes.
  • Mix all the ingredients of tadka in a big microwave proof bowl and cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
  • Add  paste to it and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add rice and paneer and cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add water and salt and stir properly.
  • Cover half the bowl and cook for 7 minutes at MICRO HI. Than for 3 minutes at MICRO MED.
  • And at last cook for 2 minutes at MICRO LOW. Give standing time of 2 to 4 minutes.
  • Hot and delicious Paneer Biriyani is ready to serve.
  • Garnish with fried onion, roasted cashew, coriander leaves and fried raisin. 
  • You can serve this with whipped curd.

How to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy


Learn how to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy. In Indian cuisine vegetables with gravy is in. So here it's a home made recipe for stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy. It is a low oil and medium spicy recipe. And above all it is made in microwave so healthy and quick also.


Preparation time - 20 minutes

Cooking time - 12 minutes
Serves - 4 persons



Ingredients to make Stuffed Capsicum and Tomato in Gravy:


For stuffed capsicum:


3 green capsicum
1/2 cup boiled and mashed potato
1/4 cup boiled green peas
1 tea spoon roasted cumin powder
1/2 tea spoon crushed green chilly
1/2 tea spoon crushed ginger
1 table spoon chopped fresh coriander
1/4 tea spoon black pepper powder
Salt to taste


For stuffed tomato: 


3 big tomatoes
1 cup grated paneer - cottage cheese
1 tea spoon crushed green chilly
1 tea spoon chaat masala
1 table spoon freshly cut mint leaves
Salt to taste


For gravy:


2 cups tomato pure
1 cup coconut milk
1 tea spoon sugar (opt.)
1 tea spoon red chilly powder
1/2 tea spoon cumin seeds
4 to 5 cloves
3 to 4 whole dry red chilies
Salt to taste
1 table spoon oil


Method to make Stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy:


for capsicum:
  • Wash capsicum and put them on plate and cook for 3 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Cut capsicum from upper side and make them seedless.
  • Mix all the ingredients of stuffing in a bowl and fill it properly in the capsicums.
  • Keep a side.
For tomatoes:
  • Repeat the same process for tomatoes, and make them seed less.
  • Mix all the ingredients of tomato's stuffing in a bowl and stuff it in tomatoes properly.
  • Keep a side.
For Gravy:
  • Mix oil,cumin seeds, cloves, whole red chilly in a microwave proof flat dish and cook for 1 minute at MICRO HI.
  • Add all the ingredients of gravy in that bowl and again cook for 2 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add stuffed capsicums and tomatoes in it and cook for 5 to 6 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Garnish with finely chopped coriander.
  • Hot and low cal Stuffed capsicum and tomato in gravy is ready to serve.
Tips:
  • For making coconut milk crush fresh grated coconut with little water properly and than pass it through muslin cloth. (strain it.)
  • This vegetable can be made with only tomato or only capsicum also.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

How to make Vegetable Jalfrezi

Learn how to make Vegetable Jalfrezi. This home made recipe is a perfect blend of Indian spices and fresh vegetables. Vegetable Jalfrezi is made from lots of fresh - available vegetables. For more health and connivance and health it's an honest try o make it in microwave. It is a recipe with sweet and spicy taste.


Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 8 minutes
Serves - 4 persons
Ingredients to make Vegetable Jalfrezi: 


1 cup boiled vegetables
(green peas, carrot, french beans, potatoes etc.)
1 finely chopped onion
1 finely chopped tomato - blanched
1 tea spoon green chilly paste
1/2 cup tomato sauce
2 tea spoon oil or butter
2 table spoon fresh cream
1 tea spoon red chilly powder
1 tea spoon sugar
1 tea spoon sliced ginger


For garnishing:


Freshly cut coriander


Method to make Vegetable Jalfrezi:
  • Mix oil, onion, tomato and chilly, garlic in a big microwave proof bowl. Cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Add other ingredients with 1/2 cup water and cook for 4 minutes at MICRO HI.
  • Garnish with coriander .
  • Hot and delicious Vegetable Jalfrezi is ready to serve.