Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Recipe : Homemade Tandoori Naan

Ingredients
Egg - 1
Maida - 1/2 kg
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Salt    - 1 tbsp
Curd   - 100 ml
Butter/ghee/oil - 4 tbsp
Baking powder - 1 tbsp
Kasthuri methi - 2 tbsp
Milk - as required to knead a soft dough
Garlic pods finely chopped - as per taste


Kasthuri methi and garlic pods are optional.Quantity can be added/reduced as per ones taste.


Method
1.Add all the ingredients except Kasthuri methi and Garlic pods in a big bowl or on a clean dry table and knead well for almost 10-15 mins.Cover the dough with a wet cloth and leave it aside for almost 2 hours.I personally prefer to do this on the wooden table where one has enough space to knead and roll out the dough later as well.Makes the cleaning up part a bit easier.
2.Preheat the oven to 300 degree celsius.Thats the max I could do in my conventional oven.
3.Make big balls of the soft dough.These balls should be thrice the size of a regular chapathi ball.Flatten the balls using a rolling pin.Make them a little thick.They will be fluffy if thick.
4.Sprinkle some dry kasthuri methi leaves on top and some chopped garlic.Press them into the dough with hands.
5.Line a baking tray with silver foil and sprinkle some oil lavishly to prevent the dough from sticking to the tray.
6.Place the rolled dough carefully on this tray,sprinkle some ghee/oil on top and bake it till golden brown spots appear on both sides.
7.Remove once cooked and using scissors cut the naan into triangles.

Goes well with : Any non-veg gravy/ a simple dal gravy.They stay soft even if reheated.


Friday, July 31, 2009

ISYS - The President Hotel (JayaNagar)

...there were so many items served on the regular buffet,that we were stunned ! Very hospitable service.Food here is worth every cent.

Goods : Ambience & the variety,Yummy deserts
Bads : No Muzziikk

Lunch Buffet (Regular) @ Rs.250 per person.

@ 79/8, Diagonal Road, Jayanagar, 3rd Block, Bangalore

Monday, June 15, 2009

Recipe : Dal Rasam

Ingredients
Tomatoes - 5
Tamarind - small quantity
Chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tbsp
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 tbsp
Toor Dal - 1 cup
Garlic pods - 5
Onion - 1
Green Chillies - 2
Curry leaves - small quantity to garnish
Water,Oil,Salt - reqd quantity

Method:
Chop the tomatoes roughly.Take four cups of water in a bowl,drop a ball of tamarind into it.Add some salt,turmeric powder and let it boil for 10 mins.Cool it and smash the tomatoes well.Squeeze out the extracts.Filter the tomato skin and tamarind waste.Pressure cook a cup of toor dal with garlic pods,a tbsp of oil and salt.Smash it well and add it to the tomato mixture.Saute onion,green chillies and curry leaves with mustard and oil.In the same pan,add a pinch of asafoetida,1/2 tbsp chilly powder and fry it slightly.Add it to the dhal tomato mix.Bring to a boil and server hot.

Veg Fish Fry

Ingredients

Yam - 1 (medium sized)

Sambar powder - 2 tbsp

Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Asafoetida - a pinch

Lemon juice - 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp

Oil - Reqd quantity (for tawa fry)

Salt - according to taste

Method :Remove the thick outer skin of the Yam.Wash and shake of excess water.Cut into palm-sized pieces.Add a tbsp of salt,turmeric powder to a bowl of water and add the Yam pieces to it.Pressure cook for 5 minutes (So they get half-cooked).

Make a paste of Sambar powder,Chilli powder,Asafoetida,Ginger-Garlic paste,Salt & lemon juice.Apply this mixed paste over the cooked yam pieces and marinate for 30 mins.Tawa fry them until roasted.

Good combo for : Lemon rice,Tomato Rice , Rice & Rasam

Friday, February 13, 2009

Guru Palace Restaurant,Bannerghatta Road

@ Hulimavu,Bannerghatta Road

Goods : The one & only .. 'Chicken Biriyani ' :D :D , Home delivery

Bads : Lethargic Service in the restaurant , cream of mushroom soup - miss it if there is a chance!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Tested & Tasted .. Andhra !


CHINAI's, Outer Ring Road , Marathahalli

Goods : Tasted one of the finest Dum Biriyani(Chicken) in Bangalore,Good & crispy fish fingers,spicy royal chicken soup(wah..wah).

Overall - Good quality , more quantity & value for money !

Bads : Lethargic Service & Bad taste of music

** A meal for two came upto Rs.1200 (with liquor)

Friday, March 21, 2008

Tested & Tasted : Bageecha,Marathalli,Bangalore

Goods : Chicken Tikka,Open air seatings

Bads : No Music, poor lighting

Not so impressed !