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DAL MAKHANI Prep time: 2 hours + overnight soaking Cooking time: 3 hours Region: Punjab Course: Main Serves: 3-4 Ingredients 200 gms soaked black lentil (sabut urad dal) 3 tbsp Garlic water ¼ cup butter water as required For tempering ½ ghee 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp degi red chilli powder 1 ½ cup tomato puree ¼ cup butter Salt to taste For 2nd tempering 2 tbsp ghee 1 tsp Kasuri methi ½ tsp degi red chilli powder 2 tbsp water ¼ cup butter For garnish 2-3 butter cubes ½ tbsp fresh cream Process: ● Wash and soak urad dal, overnight. ● In a heavy bottom pot add dal and garlic water and let it cook for at least for 1.5 hours on a low flame. ● Once dal is cooked add butter into it. For tempering:- ● Heat ghee in a pan, add ginger garlic paste, degi red chilli powder, fresh tomato puree. Sauté till the tomato puree is well cooked. ● Add the tempering to cooked dal and mash it. ● Add butter and salt to it and cook until well combined. For 2nd tempering:- ● Heat ghee in a pan...

Dum Aloo Preparation time : 15 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Serving : 2 Ingredients For Potato 500 gms baby potato, peeled Mustard oil to deep fry For Dum Aloo Gravy 1 cup curd 1 tbsp fennel powder 1 tsp dried ginger powder 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tbsp mustard oil 1 black cardamom 2 cloves ½ tsp caraway seeds (shahi jeera) Pinch of asafoetida Salt to taste Process:- Prick the potatoes from all sides using a fork. Deep- fry the potatoes in mustard oil only till its 70% cooked. For the curry, heat mustard oil in a pan. Add yogurt in a bowl, mix in fennel powder and dried ginger powder. Mix well. Set aside till in use. In another bowl, add water and mix in Kashmiri red chilli powder and set aside till in use. Add black cardamom, cloves and caraway seeds, saute till fragrant. Add hing and mix well. Add the water and Kashmiri red chilli powder to the pan, stir in and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add in turmeric powder and mix well, cook for 2-3 minutes. Add in th...

Malai Kofta/मलाई कोफ्ता Preparation time: 10 minutes + boiling time Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 Course: Main Cuisine: Indian Ingredients 1 Medium Potato, boiled & grated 150 gms Paneer, grated 50 gms Mawa Salt to taste ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder ½ inch-Ginger, grated A pinch of Baking Soda 1 tbsp Corn Flour Oil for deep frying Kofta Filling ¼ cup Dry fruits, chopped Salt to taste ½ tbsp fresh coriander, chopped ½ tsp Cardamom Powder For Gravy 2 tbsp Ghee 2 tbsp Oil 2 Bay leaf 3-4 Cardamom pods 6-8 Black Peppercorns ½ tbsp Cumin Seeds 2 medium Onions, sliced 1 tbsp Coriander Powder 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder ½ tsp Turmeric Powder 1 inch-Ginger, coarsely grounded 3-4 Garlic Cloves, coarsely grounded 2 medium Tomatoes, chopped ½ cup Cashew nuts 1 tbsp Ghee 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder Method For the Koftas ● In a mixing bowl, grate potatoes, paneer and mawa. ● Add salt, black pepper, baking soda and grated ginger. ● Now add refined flour for binding. ● For the filling, ...

Pav Bhaji Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 35 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients To boil vegetables 200 gms Cauliflower 1 cup Carrot, Peeled, cubes 1 capsicum, chopped 1 cup Green Peas Salt to taste 3 Medium Potatoes, boiled & peeled For Bhaji 1 tbsp Oil 100 gms Butter (add gradually) 1 tsp Cumin Seeds 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste 2 Medium Onions, finely chopped 4 Large Tomatoes, finely chopped 3 Medium Potatoes, boiled & peeled 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder 1 tsp Turmeric Powder 3 tbsp Pav Bhaji Masala Salt to taste 1 no lime juice 3 tbsp Fresh Coriander, chopped For Pav 2 tbsp Butter ½ tsp Pav Bhaji Masala 6-8 Pavs For Serving 1 Large Onion, finely chopped 1 Lemon, cut into quarters 1 tbsp Butter Process For Boiled Vegetables ●Add cauliflower, carrots, green peas and capsicum in pressure cooker. Now add water just to cover the vegetables. ●Give 5 whistles. ●Make sure vegetables gets mushy & porridge kind of texture. ●Add cooked potatoes and...

KADAI PANEER Preparation time: 20 min Cooking time: 40 min Serves: 4 Ingredients: For kadai masala 1 ½ tbsp Coriander seeds 2 tsp Cumin seeds 4-5 Kashmiri Red Chilli 1 ½ tbsp Peppercorns 1 tbsp salt For Kadai Paneer 1 tbsp Oil 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1 inch Ginger, chopped 2 large Onion, chopped 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste ½ tsp Turmeric Powder 1 tsp Degi chilli powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 2 large Tomatoes, puree Salt to taste 1 tsp Ghee 1 tsp Oil 1 Medium onion, slice ½ Capsicum, slice 1 Tomato, slice Salt to taste 250 Gram paneer, slice 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder 1 tbsp kadai masala 1 tbsp Cream/ optional Coriander Sprig Method:- For Kadai masala ● Take a pan. ● Add coriander seeds, cumin seeds, Kashmiri red chilli, peppercorn and salt ● Dry roast it till you get a nutty aroma. ● Let it cool and grind it into fine powder. For Kadai Paneer ● Take a pan, add oil/ghee. ● Now add cumin, ginger and saute well ● Add onion, ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes off. ● Add t...