Monday, August 26, 2013

Soy chunks kurma

Ingredients:

Soy chunks - 1 cup
Clove or lavanga - 3
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Onion - 1 medium sized - sliced
Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 2 pods
Tomato - 1 big - chopped
Green chillies - 2 - sliced vertically
Grated Coconut - 2 spoons
Coriander powder - 1 spoon
Cumin powder - 1 spoon
Red chilli powder - 1spoon
Salt - as needed
Oil - 2 table spoons
Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Process:
Step-1: heat oil in a pan, add cloves, cinnamon, onion pieces and fry till onions sauted.
Step-2: now add turmeric powder, ginger, garlic, tomato pieces, coriander powder, cumin powder, green chillies, red chilli powder, grated coconut and cook until tomato pieces are mashy with close lid and let it get cooled, then put in a blender, make it a fine paste.
Step-3: while it is being done, on another stove put a vessel and boil water like 2:1 ratio, i.e. 2 cups water for 1 cup soy chunks.
Step-4: when water started boiling add soy chunks and cook it for 7 minutes, then drain the hot water,  and pour cold water through the strainer, then squeeze water from soy chunks by hand with mild pressing and keep it aside.
Step-5: now put remaining oil in pan, add grinded masala paste, add salt enough for whole curry and let it get cooked for 5 min.
Step-6: now add soy chunks to it and cook until oil leaves the sides of the vessel with no lid. Then garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

orange mocktail

Ingredients:

For serving 2glasses each 8oz -
Oranges - 1 big
Water - 1/2 glass
Lime soda - 1/2 glass
Sugar - 1 spoon
Lemon slice - for garnishing

Process:

Step-1: peel orange and cut into big pieces, remove if any seeds. I have selected seedless navel oranges.
Step-2: put orange pieces in a blender with sugar, water and blend it like juice. If u don't like pulp, use juicer and get 1 glass juice w/o pulp.
Step-3: take a serving glass , put crushed ice
First, then pour orange juice then lemon soda and stir well. Garnish with lemon slice and serve.
Ratio of orange juice and lemon soda: 3:1.
I.e 3/4th of glass orange juice and 1/4th glass of lime soda. Adjust sugar according to your taste and sourness of orange.