Entries Tagged as ‘microwave’

March 26, 2008

Saboot Masala Subz Pulao

Serves 4
Ingredients
Basmati Rice 1 cup washed & soaked
Oil 5 tbsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
Garlic paste 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Potato 1 cut into 1/2″ pieces
Cauliflower small 1/2 of it cut into florets
Carrots 2 cut into 1/2″ pieces
Green peas 1 cup
Tomato 1 cut into 8 pieces
Green chillies 1-3 cut into thin [...]

March 25, 2008

Eggless Cake with Mocha icing

Microwave chocolate cake topped with yummy mocha icing.
Serves 6
Ingredients
Sweetened condensed milk 1/2 tin
Milk 1/2 cup
Butter 1/2 cup (75 gms)
Powdered sugar 1 1/2 tbsp
Plain flour 1 cup (100 gms)
Cocoa powder 1/4 cup
Soda bicard 3/4 level tsp
Baking powder 3/4 level tsp
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Mocha glaze icing
Cocoa powder 4 tbsp
Butter 2 tbsp softened
Instant coffee 1tsp
Icing sugar 1 cup [...]

March 4, 2008

Phirni

Serves 4
Ingredients
Milk -3½ cups
Rice - ¼cup
Powdered sugar - ¼ cup or to taste
Rose water - 1 tsp (optional)
Cardamom - 2 or 3
Pistas - 5 or 6 sliced thinly
Almonds - 2 sliced into long thin pieces
Get Cooking!
1. Soak the rice in a little water for 2-3 hours. Grind this into a very fine paste.
2. Mix in [...]

October 16, 2006

Mysore Pak (in a jiffy)

Ingredients

Besan 1 cup
Maida 1 tsp
Ghee or clarified butter 1 cup
Sugar 2 cups
Milk 3 tbsp

Get Cooking!

1. Heat 1 cup ghee in microwave oven for 1 minute.
2. Add the besan and maida. Mix it in well and cook in the microwave oven for 1 more minute.
3. Add the sugar, milk . Mix them in and cook in [...]

October 5, 2006

Carrot Halwa (in a jiffy)

A mouth-watering dessert made of carrots, milk and sugar. Given below is the microwave recipe.
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
Milk ¼ cupCarrots grated 1 cupSugar ½ cupKhoaGhee (clarified butter) 1 tbspGet Cooking!
1. Microwave milk and the grated carrot on high for 4 minutes in a closed container2. Add sugar, stir well, microwave on high for 5 minutes [...]

June 14, 2006

Dahiwala Gobhi

This is a microwave recipe Ingredients500 gm cauliflower 1 tbsp ghee 2 tsp cumin seeds a pinch of asafoetida ¼ cup yogurt 1 tbsp ginger-finely chopped 1 tbsp coriander seeds 2 tsp salt ½ tsp turmeric ¼ tsp garam masala 1 tbsp green chillies-chopped fine2 tsp cumin seeds-roasted and [...]

May 10, 2006

Round Vazhakai Curry

Vazhakai curry variantIngredientsRaw Banana peeled and cut into round shapeCoriander seedsTuvar DalJeeraSaltMustard seedsAsafoetidaRed chilliesBlack pepper seedsTurmeric powderOilGet Cooking!1. Soak the coriander seeds, tuvar dal, jeera and a couple of black pepper seeds in water for a while.2. Drain the water and grind the above into a kind of coarse paste.3. Coat the cut raw banana [...]

April 27, 2006

Paruppu Usili in a jiffy!

IngredientsBeans -¼ kg finely choppedToor Dal ¼ cupChenna Dal 1 tbspRed chillies 4SaltTurmeric powderOil 2 tsp
Get Cooking!1. Soak the toor and chenna dal together for about half an hour.2. Sprinkle some water on the beans and microwave closed on high for 6 minutes.3. Grind the soaked dals, red chillies, salt and turmeric powder coarsely4. [...]