Sunday, October 30, 2016

Barfi

Barfi is  sweet and yummy and is made in every household for Diwali.It is made with powdered milk and then let it rest for 4 hours before cutting into squares.

Ingredients
1 packet of powdered milk
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 cup sugar
1 cup water
yellow food color
 1 cup ghee
Decorating sprinkles



Method

1. In a pan add ghee milk and cook for 3 minutes.take it off the stove.
2.In a pot make sugar syrup with  with cardamom, and add in food color, and boil it is little bit sticky.Then add in milk mix and keep stirring until the mixture thickens and it atarts to leave the siade of the pot.
3.Pour this on a greased tray ,spread it out evenly and sprinkle with decorations.Let it cool and then cut it into squares.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Chicken Curry

Chicken curry is my daughters favorite and she enjoys with over dhal(lentils).the spicy curry is a comfort for this rainy weather.Just chop the chicken in bite size pieces and add turmeric and masala with chilis  and chopped cilantro, really yummy .

Ingredients
chicken chopped in bite size pieces
2 tablespoon masala
2 tablespoon turmeric
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
1 teaspoon chili flakes
1/2 of an onion chopped
1/4 teaspoon cumin seed
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon black mustard seeds (sarso)
2 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon lemon juice
chicken stock
1 tablespoon oil
salt to taste
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

Method
1, .Add lemon juice to the chicken and set it aside.Heat oil  in a pot ,add in cumin, mustard seeds when it starts to crackle then add in onions cook
it for a minute ,then add in ginger garlic paste and cook it for a second.
2 Add in turmeric, stir then add in masala ,stir it then add in chicken ,salt chili powder and stir everything together.Add in stock ,cover bring it to a boil and then let it cook on low heat for 30 minute.Stir once or twice while it is been cooking.
3 Add in cilantro .stir and serve it with rice.