Cooking, Craft and Sewing............. by Zeenathul Mufliha

INGREDIENTS :

Large cauliflower - 1
Potatoes boiled and peeled - 2
coriander finely chopped -1 tbsp
Green chillies - 2
Onion finely chopped - 2
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Curds - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
oil - 2 tbsp

Ingredients to ground:

Onion - 1

Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Cilantro chopped - 2 tbsp

Green Chillies - 3

Ginger - 1 inch

Garlic chopped - 1tsp

Corn flour - 1/2 tsp

Aloo Gobi Preparation:

Cut cauliflower into florets. Simmer in boiling water for 3 to 4 minutes.
Drain, keep aside.

Chop potatoes into medium chunks.

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, allow to splutter.

Add onion and green chilli, saute till golden brown.

Add grounded paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, saute for 2-3 minutes.

Add curds, stir continuously, till boiling resumes.

Add potatoes, cauliflower, cook till gravy thickens.

Stir occasionally to avoid burning.

When gravy is thick and oil separates, add lemon juice and it is done.
Garnish with coriander, serve hot.

BREAD HALWA

Ingredients:

Bread Loaf - 1

Milk - 1/2 liter

Cashew nuts - 100 gm

Raisins - 25 gm

Sugar - 150 gm (1 cup)

Ghee - 100 gm

METHOD

Cut bread slice in to small pieces.

Boil the milk in a separate pan.

Now heat ghee in a wok.

Then add the crumbled bread stir fry. Once the bread crumbs soak the entire amount of ghee turns golden brown in color, add the cashews and raisins then stir fry.

Once the cashews & raisins turn golden brown, add the boiled milk. Keep stirring as the milk would start throwing out. Mix well ... keep stirring for 2 minutes even after the milk has been absorbed completely.

When bread looks dry, add sugar stir it well for at least a minute. And turn of the flame. Once the sugar has been absorbed, you are ready to relish the yummy Bread Halwa.

Easy to make and Tasty to eat. This taste will remember u the Gulab jamun flavour.

POTATO PATTIES AND RAGDA [PEAS MASALA ] CHAT

INGREDIENTS :

FOR RAGDAS: [ragdas is nothing but the peas masala u get in marina beach]

Dried Yellow Peas - 1 cup

Onions - 1 medium

Red Chili powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 - 2 tsp

FOR PATTIES :

Potatoes - 4 big

Fresh Peas - 50 gms

Green chilli paste - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Roasted Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Bread Slices - 3 nos

For Assembling the Potato Patties

Patties

Sweet and Spicy Curds/Yogurt

Tamarind Chutney

Green Chutney (Coriander- Mint- Green Chilies)

Chopped Onions

Chopped coriander leaves

Chat Masala

Sev [omma poddi]

METHOD :

Wash and soak the Yellow dried peas overnight or at least 6-8hrs.

Pressure cook it for about 4 -5 times or till it is tender.

Heat a non stick pan, add 1 tsp oil saute finely chopped onions till brown.

then add 1/2 tsp of ginger garlic paste.

Then add Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, salt and

turmeric. Saute well.

Add the cooked peas, mix well.

Add enough water to get a thick gravy. Bring to boil. Ensure the gravy is

loose and not thicken. It should be of pouring consistency.

TO MAKE PATTIES :

Boil the potatoes blanch the green peas for 5 min.

In a bowl, take the peeled potatoes, blanched peas, bread slices (soaked

and squeezed from water), green chilli paste, red chili powder, roasted

Cumin powder, salt to taste.Mix well.

Then divide into small balls and flatten them into discs.Roll them over bread

crumbs.

Shallow fry these patties on both sides by sprinkling oil over them.

Once they turn golden in colour and have those nice spots, you can

remove.

TO ASSEMBLE THE RAGDA PATTIES

Have the finely chopped onions, coriander leaves.

Have the Tamarind Chutney and Green Chutney.In a bowl, place two patties next to each otherPour the Ragda over the patties.

Add the tamarind and Green chutney as required. Sprinkle chat masala over this.

Then goes the onions and coriander leaves.
Finally the sev.

This receipe is a little bit time consuming but taste will encourage u to
prepare this one often. Really really a very taste chat for children and
elders.

Spicy Chicken Kebabs

Spicy Chicken Kebabs

Ingredients
Chicken - 1 - 1.5 lb cut into medium sized pieces Maida (or all purpose flour) - 2 tbsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp (or to taste) Lime Juice - 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp Salt - to taste Food coloring - a little Oil - for shallow frying

Method

Take a bowl and mix all of the mentioned ingredients (except oil) and allow to marinate for 3-4 hrs. Then, heat oil in a flat pan and shallow fry (put them in and when one side gets brown , turn the pieces over and let the other side get cooked) the marinated chicken pieces till golden brown. (Note: When frying the pieces, put the flame or heat to a medium-high setting so that u ensure the chicken gets cooked properly while frying on both sides). Pat dry the fried chicken pieces with paper towels to remove excess oil. Garnish with sliced onions ( cut lengthwise) and lime slices before serving. Serve hot.

SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Hi friends,


Imp Note : Please read  fully

let's say it's 6.15p m and you're going home
(alone ofcourse), after an unusually hard
day on the job.

You're really tired, upset and frustrated.

Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain
in your chest that starts to aviate out
into your arm and up into your jaw.

You are only about five miles
from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don't
know if you'll be able to make it that far.

You have been trained in CPR, but the guy
that taught the course did not tell you
how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART
ATTACK WHEN ALONE


Since many people are alone when they

suffer a heart attack, without help,

the person whose heart is beating

improperly and who begins to feel faint,

has only about 10seconds left before

losing consciousness.


However,these victims can help themselves

by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough,

and the cough must be deep and prolonged,

as when producing sputum from deep inside

the chest.



A breath and a cough must be repeated about

every two seconds without let-up until help

arrives, or until the heart is felt to be

beating normally again.



Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs

and coughing movements squeeze the heart

and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing

pressure on the heart also helps it regain

normal rhythm. In this way, heart

attack victims can get to a hospital.


Tell as many other people as possible about this.

It could save their lives!!

RUMALI ROTI [HANDKERCHIEF ROTI]

RUMALI ROTI [HANDKERCHIEF ROTI]

Rumali Roti

Wheat Flour - 1 1/2 cups

Plain flour - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Warm oil - 2 tbsp

Water to knead - 2 cups

Salt - 1/2 tsp

METHOD

Take a mixing bowl and add Atta and Plain flour.

Now add the Salt and the Baking Powder.

Sieve this mixture to get some air into the mixture and separate each and every particle of flour.

Add the oil and then start kneading it by adding a little bit of water slowly.

Get a smooth and elastic dough.

Cover this dough with a moist kitchen towel for 30 minutes.

Make small balls of the dough and roll it like thin Chapati of about 12 inches diameter circle.

The dough should be rolled to a paper thin thickness.

Can use a little dry flour to help you rolling it.

Take a wok or Kadai and invert it on the fire.

The cooking is done on the inverted side of the wok. Place the rumali roti carefully over it and cook till done.

Fold it like a handkerchief.

Goes well with any veg and non-veg kurmas..