Friday, July 26, 2013

Lauki (ghiya) ka Parantha




Ingredients:

for stuffing:

1. 1 bowl Lauki(ghiya)  shredded finely.
2. coriander powder.
3. cumin seeds,
4.green chilli (finely chopped)
5.pinch of garam masala
6.1/2 tsp chaat masala.
7.salt to taste.
8. 1 tbsp oil.
9. coriander leaves (finely chopped)

for parantha:

1. 2 bowl flour .
2.2 cups of water .
3.salt to taste.
4.1/2 tsp  ajwain .
5.oil

method:

1. take a pan , heat it and add oil.
2.when the oil is heat enough ,add cumin seeds, when cumin seeds starts crackle add coriander        powder,now add lauki, salt, chaat masala, garam masala, green chilli.
3.cook the mixture till the water evaporates ,now  add coriander leaves.
4.leave for few mins to cool.
5.mix all the ingredients except water for parantha , add water as required and make a soft dough keep the dough for rest some time.
6.Now take a ball out from the dough and roll it like a puri 
7. Take a ball(ping pong ball sized) of lauki  stuffing, keep it on the puri and close the puri over   stuffing.
8. press the resulting dough gently and dusting with flour ,roll it like a chapati.
9. Put it on a hot tawa ,when it gets little brown ,apply oil on both side,keep turning and roasted till it gets golden brown.yummy paranthas are ready.
10.serve with curd and pickle.

  

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Quick Garlic Bread

Ingredients:

1. 6-8 bread slices(Italian or french bread,if you don't have these breads you can use simple bread).
2. 4 tbsp butter(salted)
3.6 garlic cloves (peeled and shredded).
4. some parsley leaves (finely chopped) 

Method:

1.Take  butter in a pan and on the heat, just heat the butter not so much.
2. Add garlic and cook it just for 1 min on a low flame.
3.Now roast the bread slightly on a griddle or tawa, apply the mixture of butter and garlic on the one    side of bread .
4.sprinkle parsley leaves on the breads.
5. Grill the bread slices in microwave for 2-3 min, if you don't have microwave you can roast it on        tawa. 
6. yummy garlic breads are ready now, serve warm.