Monday, February 21, 2011

Recipes - Veg/Egg Puff


Ingredients

2 boiled mashed potatoes
1 chopped onions
1 green chilly
¼ tsp ginger garlic paste
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp red chilly powder
¼ tsp cumin seed
1 tsp garam masala
chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste
1 egg or some melted butter
puff pastry sheet



Preparation of Stuffing

  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Put cumin seed, green chilly and let it crackle.
  • Add onion and fry a bit.
  • Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and fry.
  • Now add potatoes, chilly powder, garam masala, salt and saute for a while.
  • Now add coriander leaf, mix well and put it away from the flame.

Preparation of Puff
  • Set out frozen puff pastry sheet about 20 to 30 minutes before ready to use.
  • Once it defrosts, roll it a bit and then cut it. 
  • Now put the stuffing in between and give it a desired shape(triangular or square)
  • Stick the end with help of water. 
  • Apply egg or butter on it.
  • Bake it in a preheated 400F oven for 15- 20 minutes or until brown.
  • Boiled eggs can also be stuffed instead of potato masala stuffing.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Recipes - Veg Topping Pizza




Ingredients for Pizza Dough

2 ½  cups of All- Purpose Flour
1 packet Dry Yeast
½ tsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Oil
Water for kneading dough



Ingredients for Topping

Pizza sauce
Shredded Cheese
Mushroom diced
Spinach
Tomato
Onion
Capsicum



Preparation of Dough

  • In a bowl, take some hot water and add yeast to it.
  • Let it stand for 5 minutes, it will gradually dissolve.
  • Now in another bowl, take all-purpose flour.
  • Add oil, salt, sugar and mix well.
  • Now add yeast water and prepare the dough.
  • Cover it and let it ferment for 1 ½  to 2 hrs.

Preparation of Pizza

  • Preheat your oven at 450°F for at least 30 minutes.
  • Roll you dough, it should be thick.
  • Apply the oil on the top.
  • Now apply sauce, the other toppings you want and cheese.
  • Now bake it for about 10- 15 minutes. You can also check if the crust has turned golden brown.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Recipes - Gujiya



Ingredients for making dough

100gm All purpose flour (Maida)
10 gm oil
water

Ingredients for making filling

100gm Roasted Suji or Semolina
70 gm Sugar
Dry fruits( Kaju, Rasin)
Cardamom
Oil to fry

Preparation of Dough

  • Mix maida and oil.
  • Add required amount of water and make a soft dough.
  • Cover it and let it stand for a while.
  • Make balls out of the dough and roll into small puris.


Preparation of filling

  • Heat some oil in a pan.
  • Fry semolina little red.
  • Now add fry fruits and fry a bit.
  • Put off the flame and mix sugar and cardamom powder.
  • Let it cool.
  • Once the filling cools, fill them in the roll of puris.
  • Apply water on the edge of roll so that it can fold properly.
  • Now make design on the folded edge.
  • For this you can use mould or make it by hand.
  • Now heat oil in a pan and deep fry it on both the sides, till its light golden brown.