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Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appetizers. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Garlic Cheese Bread

Ingredients:
  • 1 baguette (1 feet long)
  • 8 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Salt (if using unsalted butter) 
  • 2 cups grated Mozzarella cheese
  • 8-9 cloves Garlic make it minced
  • 2 Green chilies minced
  • 2-3 tablespoon Chilli flakes
  • Italian seasoning for garnishing
Direction:
  1. Pre-heat oven at 180 degree Celsius or 350 degree Fahrenheit.
  2. Slice the baguette into thick pieces. 
  3. Melt the butter in a pan, when butter melts add minced garlic and green chillies.
  4. When garlic got a little color, switch down the gas.
  5. Take slices of bread spread garlic and butter mixture evenly.
  6. Add grated cheese and chilli flakes.
  7. Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 5-6 mins until the edges of the bread slices turn crisp and the cheese melts. 
  8. Serve hot and garnish with Italian seasoning.


Friday, September 6, 2013

Namak pare with flavor of besan

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup Gram flour (besan)
  • 1 cup Wheat flour 
  • 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon Carom seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Kasori methi
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 5 tablespoon Oil
  • Salt as per taste
  • Oil for fry
Direction:
  1. Take a bowl mix both the flour, carom seeds, cumin seeds, red chili powder, kasori methi, asafoetida and salt. 
  2. Add oil and rub it with fingertips to get crumby consistency.
  3. With the help of water make a stiff dough.
  4. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minute.
  5. After 15 minute divide the dough in 3 equal parts. 
  6. Roll out the dough into a half centimeter thick like chapati.
  7. Cut the rolled out dough into diamond shaped pieces.
  8. Heat the oil on medium heat.
  9. Deep fry the diamond pieces until they turn golden brown from both the sides.


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Indian Khari Biscuit

Ingredients:
  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • Spices of your choice for taste (carom seeds,cumin seeds etc)
Direction:
  1. Keep Puff Pastry sheet at room temperature for about 15-20 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 deg Fahrenheit (180 deg Celsius).
  3. Grease the cookie sheet with butter or ghee.
  4. Put puff pastry sheet on rolling board and sprinkle spices on it. 
  5. Using a rolling pin, lightly roll over the surface so that the spices get pushed into the pastry sheet a little. 
  6. Cut the pastry sheet into rectangles
  7. Put these rectangular pieces on cookie sheet 
  8. Bake it for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Veggie Puffs

Ingredients:
  • 5 rectangular shape Puff Pastry Sheets 
  • 1 Potatoes boiled and mashed
  • 1/4 cup Green peas (boiled)
  • 1/4 cup Sweet corn (boiled)
  • 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garam Masala 
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mango powder (amchur powder)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 2 Green chili chopped
  • 2 teaspoon Oil 
  • Salt to taste
Direction:
  1. Keep Puff Pastry sheet at room temperature for about 15-20 minutes.
  2. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin and mustard seeds. When they sizzle, add green chili, peas, corn and saute for 1 minute 
  3. Add mashed potato and mix well.
  4. After that add all the spices and cook it for another 2 minute.
  5. Preheat oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit and 180 degree Celsius. 
  6. Meanwhile, take puff pastry sheets put 2 tablespoon potato mixture and spread it in just the center do not spread it on sides of the sheet. 
  7. Fold the sheet into half and seal the sides. 
  8. Bake them for total 10-15 minutes by flipping them over after 7-8 minutes.
  9. It should turn golden brown from both the sides.
  10. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Creamy Spinach Spaghetti

Ingredients:For Spaghetti
  • 170 grams Spaghetti or noodles 
  • 1 &1/2  tablespoon oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
Ingredients:For Sauce
  • 3 cups Spinach chopped
  • 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • 2 tablespoons All purpose flour (maida)
  • 1 teaspoon Dry Basil
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper 
  • 1-2 tablespoon Red chili flakes (as per taste)
  • 2 teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
Direction:
  1. In a large pan boil 4-5 cups of water, add salt and oil.
  2. When water starts boiling add spaghetti.
  3. Cook the spaghetti for 10-15 minutes or until its soft. Drain out all the water from boiled spaghetti and set aside.
  4. While spaghetti is boiling, heat oil in another pan, add flour, stir it for 1 minute.
  5. After that add dry basil, black pepper, salt and red chili flakes, stir it for another 1 minute.
  6. While stirring continuously, add cream and mix. When it is completely mixed, add milk and boil it.
  7. Add spinach, mix it well and let it cook for 2-3 minutes stirring continuously, switch off the gas. 
  8. Add sauce to boiled spaghetti and add mozzarella cheese, toss it.
  9. Heat it for 1-2 mins, and your creamy spinach spaghetti is ready. 




Thursday, August 1, 2013

Yeast Free....Sweet Corn Pizza on Stove

Ingredients:For Base
  • 1&1/2 cup All purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1/2 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 3/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 cup Yogurt/Curd
  • 1 tablespoon Water
Ingredients:For Toppings
  • 2-3 tablespoon Pizza Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Spring onion chopped
  • 3/4 cup Green Capsicum
  • chopped
  • 3/4 cup Sweet corn boiled
  • 2 medium sized Tomato chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon Tomato ketchup
  • 1/2 tablespoon Red chili sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • Salt as per taste
  • 1/2 cup Grated mozzarella cheese or as required to cover the topping
Direction:
  1. Sieve all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt in a bowl. Add oil, mix well.
  2. Add yogurt and mix well.
  3. Add water and start to knead the dough to make it very loose and elastic.
  4. Add lemon juice, mix well with dough.
  5. Cover and leave it to rest in warm place for 2.5 hours.
  6. In the mean time, heat oil, add chopped tomato and fry for 2 minute. After that add green capsicum and fry for another 1 minute.
  7. Add spring onion and fry for another 30 seconds more.
  8. Add both sauces, black pepper and salt mix it well. Switch off the gas.
  9. After 2.5 hour put large and deep skillet pan on gas, on medium heat.
  10. While skillet is heating quickly roll out the pizza dough.
  11. It should be a little smaller than the size of your pan and about 1 to 1.5 inches thick. 
  12. Dust the counter, the dough, and your rolling pin with flour so the dough doesn't stick. 
  13. Now put the pizza base in a pan and close the pan with lid.
  14. Cook on a low flame for 5 to 7 minutes till the base is brown in color and fluffy.
  15. After that flip the pizza base and apply pizza sauce on top. 
  16. Arrange the topping mixture and also add boiled corn on top of topping mixture. Spread it across evenly.
  17. Now cover the pizza with cheese.
  18. Cook it for 8-10 minutes on slow flame till the cheese melts and base turns golden brown in color.
  19. If you want to make pizza crunchy, you can cook it on medium flame for last 1-2 minutes.
  20. Take out the pizza from pan carefully and cut it in slices with a pizza cutter,serve hot.


Monday, July 29, 2013

Nachos with Tomato Salsa

Ingredients:For Nachos
  • 3/4 cup Corn flour (makki atta)
  • 1/2 cup All Purpose flour (maida)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
  • Warm water (as needed to knead the dough)
  • Oil, for deep frying
Ingredients:For Tomato Salsa
  • 2 medium sized chopped Tomato
  • 1 medium sized chopped Onion
  • 1 Green chili chopped
  • 1/2 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 1/2 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Red chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red chili sauce
  • 2 tablespoon Cilantro chopped
  • Salt as per taste
Direction:For Nachos
  1. Mix both the flour, add salt and mix it well.
  2. Add little-little water to make smooth dough.
  3. Cover it and let it rest for 20 minute.
  4. Divide the dough into 6 equal balls.
  5. Dust the surface with all purpose flour and roll each ball into thin chapati (tortilla).
  6. Heat a tawa or any non-stick  pan, place the rolled chapati on the tawa and let it cook for about a minute on a medium flame.
  7. Turn over and cook the another side for 40-50 seconds . Don't let them crisp up
  8. When the tortillas are ready, cut into 8 wedges each and deep fry it.
Direction:For Salsa
  1. Mix all the ingredients and toss it.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Kalmi Vadas

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup Chana dal
  • 1/4 cup Split moong dal
  • 9-10 Green chilies (as per taste)
  • 2 tablespoon Corriander seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Fennel seeds
  • 1/4 cup chopped Cilantro
  • 2 tablespoon Ginger paste
  • 1 cup Boiled & Mashed Potato
  • 2 teaspoon Crushed Black pepper
  • Salt as per taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafetida (hing)
  • Oil for deep fry
Direction:
  1. Wash and soak chana dal, moong dal for atleast 4-5 hour.
  2. After that blend dal with green chili and ginger paste with use of 3 tablespoon water.
  3. After blending, mix all the ingredients except oil.
  4. Divide the dough in 8-9 equal parts and make them in pattie shape.
  5. Heat oil on medium flame and fry the kalmi vada for 4-5 minute or until golden brown.
  6. Take out form oil and let be cool down at room temperature.
  7. After that slice the vada and then divide each slice in 2 parts
  8. Again fry them on medium heat till they are golden brown,crunchy and crispy.
  9. Serve hot with cilantro chutney.
Note: Kalmi vadas are double fried.