Muringa Ila Thoran

Ingredients:

• Drumstick leaves (muringa ila) 2 cup
• Coconut ¾ cup
• Shallots 3
• Green chilly 3  
• Turmeric pdr ½ Tsp
• Mustard seed 1 Tsp
• Curry leaves
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Separate the leaves from the stem and dip it in turmeric water for a few mins. Squeeze it well and keep it aside. Crush together grated coconut, shallots, green chilly and turmeric pdr. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Put the leaves into it and stir it for a couple of mins. Reduce the flame and add the crushed coconut mixture, rqd amount of salt and a few curry leaves. Gently press it with a spoon and sprinkle some water over it. Cover and cook it in low flame. 

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White bread

Ingredients:

• Maida 1 kg ( 7½ cups)
• Yeast 2 Tbsp
• Sugar 4 Tbsp
• Salt 2 Tsp
• Oil 4 Tbsp
• Water 4 cup

Transfer all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour oil and water into it. Knead it till it becomes soft and has combined well. Rub the dough with a little oil. Cover and keep it aside for 1 hr or till it doubles in size. Then, punch down the dough in a well floured surface and again knead it for another couple of mins. Transfer it to a greased bread tin and keep it for 30 mins (without shaking the tin). Egg wash the top portion. Bake it for 1hr 20 mins at 220° C.

I halved the recipe and it took around 35 to 40 mins to me.

[Recipe Courtesy: Magic Oven, Lekshmi Nair]

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Jilebi (South Indian Style)

Ingredients:

• Urud dal 1 cup
• Sugar 2 cup
• Water 1¼ cup
• Orange Food Colour a pinch
• Rose water 1 Tbsp
• Oil

Soak urud dal for 1 hr and grind it into a fluffy batter by adding very little amount of water. Transfer it into a bowl and add a pinch of kesari colour. Meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup by boiling sugar and water together. Just make it a little thick (need not be one thread consistency). Add a pinch of food colour and rose water into it and mix well. 

Make a button hole in the middle of a clean cloth and fill it with the batter. Heat oil in a flat vessel or in a frying pan and squeeze the batter into it. Transfer it into the warm sugar syrup and soak it for a few mins. Then remove and arrange it on a serving plate.

[Recipe Courtesy: Lekshmi Nair]

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Mysore Pak - Diwali Sweet

Ingredients:

• Besan flour 1 cup
• Sugar 1 cup
• Ghee 1 cup
• Water ¼ cup

Roast the besan flour with a teaspoon of ghee for 5 to 10 mins. Sieve the roasted flour well. Transfer it into a bowl and mix with ¾th part of ghee. Keep it aside for 15 mins. Then grease a plate with ghee and keep it aside. Boil sugar and water in a non-stick pan till it reaches a one-thread consistency. At this point, pour the besan-ghee mixture and stir it well. Add the rest of the ghee in 2 to 3 times to avoid the stickiness. Stir it well. When it becomes thick and non-sticky, reduce the flame and pour it into the greased plate. Cut it into desired shape while it is hot. You can see a detailed version of the method of preparation here.

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Paneer Butter Masala

Ingredients:

• Paneer : 250 gm ( fried )
• Onion : 2 big (blanched and pureed)
• Ginger garlic paste :1 Tbsp
• Redchilly pdr : 1 Tsp
• Tomatoes : 3 big (blanched and pureed )
• Cashewnut paste : 3 Tbsp
• Coriander pdr : ½ Tsp
• Turmeric pdr : a pinch
• Kasuri methi : ½ Tsp
• Garam masala 
• Fresh cream : 2 Tbsp
• Butter : 3 Tbsp
• Salt

Heat butter in a pan and add the onion paste. Saute till it turns brown. Then add the ginger garlic paste. Mix it and add chilly powder followed by cashew paste. Saute all the ingredients. Add tomato puree, coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, garam masala and salt. Stir and roast it well. Add the paneer and cook it for a few mins. Pour a cup of water and cook it for another 10 mins till it reaches a thick consistency. Remove it from fire and add the fresh cream and butter. Keep it aside for few mins and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

[Recipe Courtesy: Sailusfood.com]

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Banana Cake

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour : 1 cup
• Vegetable oil ½ cup
• Sugar : ¾ to 1 cup
• Banana : 3 to 4 medium
• Baking soda : ½ Tsp
• Baking powder : ½ Tsp
• Vanilla essence 2 Tsp
• Walnut : ½ a cup
• Egg 2

Beat the sugar and oil. Add eggs one by one and beat well after each addition. Slowly add the dry ingredients into it. Finally add the vanilla essence, mashed banana and chopped walnuts. Mix well and pour it into the greased pan. Bake it for 30 to 40 mins at 180° C.

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Chicken Peshawari

• Chicken 1 kg
• Chilly pdr 1 Tbsp
• Coriander pdr 1 Tsp
• Pepper pdr 1 Tsp
• Cumin ½ Tsp
• Saunf ¼ Tsp
• Fenugreek ¼ Tsp
• Cardamom 3
• Clove 3
• Cinnamon 2 piece
• Turmeric pdr ½ Tsp
• Chopped onion 2 med
• Ginger 1 big piece
• Green chilly 6
• Curd ¾ cup
• Lime juice 2 Tsp
• Ghee ¼ cup
• Salt

Clean and cut the chicken into big pieces. Grind the ingredients from chilly pdr to turmeric pdr using little water. Slightly crush the onion, ginger and green chilly. Marinate the chicken pieces with above grounded ingredients, curd, lime juice, ghee and salt. Cook it in medium flame. Garnish it with fried onion. 

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