BANARES KE BHARWA ALLOO ,..GHARWALI KHEER KE SAATH..

WHEN I SAW THIS RECIPE WHILE BROWSING THROUGH BOOKS IN LIBRARY,..WAS REALLY AMAZED,..LOOKED REALY YUMMY ,..SO THOUGHT OF PREPARING BANARASI BHARWA ALLOO,,ONE MORE REASON TO PREPARE THIS RECIPE WAS I WANTED TO KNOW HOW DIFFERENT IT TASTES FROM THE MASALA BHARWA ALOO WHICH WE PREPARE AT HOME..SO HERE COMES MY VERSION OF THE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

POTATO THREE

GREEN CHILLI THREE CHOPPED

GINGER GRATED ONE TSP

CHOPPED DRYFRUITS ONE TABLESPOON

JAGGERY ONE TABLEPOON GRATED

SALT TO TASTE

FRESH CREAM ONE TABLESPOON

AMCUR HALF TSP

PULP OF TAMARIND ONE TABLESPOON

SEEDS OF CUMIN AND FENNEL ONE TSP

TOMATO PUREE HALF CUP

AND POWDER OF RED CHILLI AND TURMERIC ONE TSP EACH

OIL TO COOK

COTTAGE CHEESE

(PREFERABLY HOME MADE ONE)

PROCEDURE

FOR THE POTATOES

PEEL AND DIVIDE THE POTATO INTO PARTS,.WASH AND PAT DRY,KEEP ASIDE

HEAT OIL IN WOK SUFFICIENT TO SHALLOW FRY THE POTATOES,DRAIN OUT THE OIL AND KEEP ASIDE

ONCE THE POTATOES HAVE COOLED DOWN ,SCOOP OUT THE CENTER PART OF EACH HALF OF THE POTATO

CHOP THE SCOOPED PART AND KEEP ASIDE

FOR THE FILLING OF THE POTATOES

IN A MIXING BOWL ADD MASHED COTTAGE CHEESE ,CHOPPED GREEN CHILLIES,CHOPPED POTATOES ,DRYFRUITS AND SALT,MIX WELL

STUFF THE POTATOES WITH THIS FILLING AND KEEP ASIDE

FOR THE GRAVY

HEAT ONE TABLESPOON OF OIL IN WOK

GIVE TADKA WITH ASAFOETIDA,FOLLOWD BY CUMIN AND FENNEL SEEDS

ONCE THEY START CRACKING ADD GRATED GINGER AND FRY FOR A MINUTE OR TWO

NOW ADD TOMATO PUREE,TURMERIC POWDER AND RED CHILLI POWDER,.

ADD WATER TO THE MIX AND KEEP STIRRING

NOW ADD TAMARIND PULP,AMCHUR,JAGGERY AND SALT

KEEP STIRRING,NOW ADD THE STUFFED POTATOES TO THE GRAVY,,AND KEEP COOKING ON LOW HEAT

ADD FRESH CREAM,..AND ENJOY WITH HOT RICE OR NAN...

GHARWALI KHEER

WHILE COMING BACK FROM GYM,.I FELT LIKE EATING KHEER,CALLED UP HUBBY AND ASKED HIM TO BOIL MILK AND SOAK RICE,.FOR KHEER,.BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME,..MILK WAS ON STOvE,..AND HUBBY WAS ADDING SOAKED RICE IN THE BOILED MILK,,..AFTER THAT I CONTINUED,..I DONT LIKE KHEER WHICH IS IN LIQUID STATE,,AND I KNEW IF I ASKED HUBBY TO CONTINUE,,HE WOULD HAVE PREPARED THAT WAY...SO I KEPT STIRRING..ADDED FEW STRANDS OF SAFFRON,SUGAR NEEDFUL AND FINALLY AFTER SOME MINUTES,,DELICIOUS KHEER WAS READY,,..

I AM SENDING BANARASI BHARWA ALLO AND KHEER FOR SWC UP HOSTED BY NUPUR OF CINNAMON HUT

AND KHEER FOR MIXED RICE EVENT HOSTED BY EASY CRAFTS