Crochet Summer Hat

Hi friends!!! I made summer hat for my son.

Nice summer hat mama!!!

Palak Paneer

Today's recipe is "Palak Paneer", it is very simple and nutritious Indian curry. Palak paneer can be eaten with roti, naan, jeera rice, or plane rice or anything else... it is simply up-to you :) so enjoy.

Sometimes if paneer (Cottage cheese) is not available (Like here in Japan) it can be replaced with Tofu.

Preparation time: 25 Minutes
Cooking Time: 15 Minutes

Serves 4 people.

INGREDIENTS:

• Palak/Spinach 2 bunch 
• Onion 1 medium size
• Tomato puree 180 ml
• Garlic 6 cloves
• Ginger 0.7 cm
• Panner/Cottage Cheese cubes 250 gram
• Cumin seeds 5cc / 1 table spoon
• Coriander powder 5cc / 1 table spoon
• Turmeric powder 2.5cc / 1/2 table spoon
• Garam masala 5cc / 1 table spoon
• Chili powder 1cc / 1/4 table spoon
• Salt 7.5 cc / 1 and 1/2 table spoon (or according to taste)
• Oil (vegetable oil or olive oil) 60cc 
• Water 1000 ml

PREPARATION:

• Thaw the paneer cubes if using frozen paneer. Just put the paneer cubes in normal water and leave for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Wash the spinach/palak leaves thoroughly in running water and cut in medium size. 
• Chop the onion into small pieces.
• Grate garlic and ginger to make paste.

COOKING:

• Boil 1000 ml water in a pan. Add spinach leaves in boiling water and cook for 2 minutes.

• Remove spinach leaves from water and put in grinder or blender jar. Add 1 table spoon cumin seeds and 300 ml of water (same water which was used for boiling spinach leaves).

•  Grind boiled leaves to make smooth paste and keep aside.
• Heat the oil in a pan, add chopped onion and saute until golden brown over medium heat.

• Add garlic ginger paste and fry for a minute.
• Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, chili powder, salt, and tomato puree. 
• Stir well and cook the mixture for about 3 minute (or till mixture starts to release oil) over medium low heat.   

• Add paneer cubes and stir slowly, cook for another 5 minutes over medium low heat.

• Add spinach/palak paste and stir well. Bring it to boil over medium heat.

• Cook for two minutes over low heat. Palak paneer is ready to serve. :)

      

Butter Chicken Curry

Today I made Butter Chicken Curry, And felt I should not miss sharing it here. While I was cooking I took all shots step by step. My butter chicken curry is very easy and simple. So friends try it once in your home.

preparation time : 15minutes
cook time            : 40 minutes
Total Time          : 55minutes
Serves                 : 4 Servings

Ingredients:-

1- Chicken boneless 300 gram.

2- Butter 8gram.

3- Onion 1 big size.

4- Garlic 5 cloves.

5- Ginger .6 cm.

6- Red bell pepper 1/2 piece.

7- Green cardamon 4 piece.

8- Fennel seed 1/2 tsp.

9- Diced tomato can 200ml.

10-Turmeric powder 1tsp.

11- Coriander powder 1tsp.

12- Cumin powder 1tsp.

13- Garam masala 1tsp.

14- salt 2tsp.

15- Milk 200ml.

16- Water 200ml.

17- Oil 1and1/2.

18-  Pinch of Black pepper.

For Chicken marinade:

Boneless Chicken cut into cubes (1-2 cm). marinate with salt (1tsp) and pinch of black pepper. set this aside for 20 to 30 minutes.

 1-marinated chicken  

2- Chopped onion, sliced ginger and garlic.

3- Heat oil(1 and 1/2tsp) over medium heat in a large 
sauce pan, add sliced ginger and garlic. 
Fry it until golden color.

4- Add onions and cook slowly on medium flame until 
the onions are golden brown (About 15 minutes).

5- Add red bell pepper(1/2),green cardamon(4) and 
fennel seed(1/2tsp).

6- Mix it all and cook it about 2minutes.

7- Add salt (1tsp), coriander powder(1tsp), 
turmeric powder (1tsp), cumin powder(1tsp) and 
garam masala(1tsp) mix all and cook it about 
2 minutes on medium flame.

8- Pour the diced tomato puree(200ml), 
mix and cook till the tomato puree becomes thick.

9- cover the pan and cook it about 7 minutes on 
medium flame. switch off the stove. 
pour the gravy in the grinder with milk.

10- Heat the butter(8gram) in the gravy pan and 
add marinated chicken n to the pan. 
mix all chicken with butter cover it and 
cook it about 10 to 15 minutes

11-  Pour milk (200ml) in the grinder with gravy,  
grind it together and make a paste. 

12- Add creamy paste into the pan and mix it well. 
pour water (200ml) in the mix,when the gravy 
start boiling cook it for another 9 minutes on low flame.

 Delicious Butter chicken curry is ready. 

Serve with Naan or chapati!

Yogurt Fish Curry

Hi friends! Today I am sharing one of the my Favorite fish curry:-

Ingredients :

Rohu fish (500gram cut into pieces)

Onion (1 medium)

Garlic (2 cloves)

Ginger (.7cm)

Yogurt (50gram)

suger (1 and 1/2)

Red chilly powder (1tsp)

Turmeric powder (1and 1/2tsp)

Green cardamom (4)

Cinnamon stick (1)

Bay leaf (1)

Cloves (4)

Vegetable Oil (3 big tsp)

Salt (2 and 1/2 tsp)

Water (150ml)

To marinate the fish :- Put the pieces of fish into a plate and add the turmeric powder (1tsp), salt (1tsp) and gently massage into the fish. cover the plate and keep aside to marinate for 20 minutes.

Frozen ROHU FISH. cut it small pieces.

1-Marinate the fish for 20 minutes.

2-Take 3tsp vegetable oil and fry the marinated fish.

3-Cut onion,garlic and ginger grind it together and make a paste.

4-Heat the pan with the same oil (used during to fry the fish) again and when the oil is hot add the bay leaf,green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick on a medium flame until there are fragrant and change color.

5- Now add onion,ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder1/2tsp and fry it light golden brown color add salt 1 and 1/2 tsp mix it well.

6- Whisk the yogurt well in a bowl add the chilly powder and sugar. mix it properly and add it into the onion,ginger garlic paste. cook it for 5minutes on medium flame and add water (150ml) into the mix, when the gravy start boiling  add the fried fishes, cook it for another 7minutes on medium flame.

Delicious yogurt fish curry!!

                      

Suchir Drawings

This post is all about my son's drawings :) I am very proud that Suchir has his own imagination. I remembered the day when we watched Jurassic park movie with him, he didn't understand much but loved dinosaurs. After watching the movie he loved to draw dinosaurs. He can just look at a picture and draw it if he liked that dinosaur. Now a days he is fan of Doraemon too, and see what he has drawn: 

Doraemon inside dinosaur's mouth

Full drawing with an aligator in water 

Nobita and Doraemon

Some dinosaur

Some more

Balcony Gardening

No Yard, No problem!! Now a days spending time on my beautiful Balcony :)

Coriander Herb!!

Mint Herb!!

Suchir goes to IISJ

His first day to Indian international school, he was very happy and excited. He was waiting for full two weeks to wear school uniform and go to new school. So finally here we go. 

With Ayusha, both in very happy mood.

Say 'hai cheeesu'!! 

Suchir's Animal Love

Amimal-loving Suchir  in happy mood..............................copying Dinosaurs,Dogie etc!!! 

WHO I AM?

WHO I AM......?

BYE BYE!!