sometimes while cooking there isnt much time to search recipes for the ingredients,.that time mind starts working on its own,,same happened with me ,had invited my friend for lunch,,,by one pm had to prepare chapati ,rabadi,rice,and two curries,..thats lotz when there one yr old to manage at home,..was lucky hubby was off call that day...thought hubby will manage advay and i will cook,,,but opposite happened,..i got so busy dng other chores and managing advay , finally hubby had to prepare everything,..i knew if i didnt tell him how to prepare,..both mushroom and paneer would have tasted same so while i was managing advay and doing other chores,..hubby managed kitchen and cooking,..i always prepare cottage cheese at home,. so preparation for lunch started with cottage cheese preparation,..after that i imagined the recipe and told him how to prepare,,,here goes the recipe paneer mughlai,,,my own creation...
ingredients
one cup home made cottage cheese(300gm)
paste of onion,tomato,green chilli and garlic one cup
milk half cup
saffr0n strands few
salt to taste
oil to cook
half tsp each of red chilli,turmeric and coriander
sugar half tsp
dry fruits chopped for garnishing
fresh cream one tbsp
procedure
heat oil in wok preferably non stick wok
add paste and keep stirring ,this process gonna take long time
as more time is needed to fry paste for gravy
once done and oil is seen along the sides
add coriander,turmeric,redchilli,salt and sugar
keep stirring...if pastes start sticking add milk instead of water...
once the mixture starts boiling ,lower the flame add chopped cottage chesse
simmer for few minutes ,add saffron strands and remove from heat
just before serving add fresh cream and chopped dry fruits.
while hubby was busy preparing panner dish,..i thought hard what to prepare with mushroom,..canned one,.had green peas too,,,so thought of this simple recipe to go with,..mushroom matar
ingredients
mushroom 250gm
green peas half cup
onion chopped one
green chilli one
cumin seeds half tsp
salt to taste
garam masala one tsp
procedure
heat oil in wok
add cumin seeds followed by chopped onion and green chilli
once onions start changing colour add garammasala and salt
keep stirring,now add chopped mushroom and green peas
fry for few minutes
once done remove from flame
for bharva baingan recipe click here,
do chk out khurchan too
for the sweet dish hubby prepared RABADI,recipe fro which can be checkedhere
