panner butter masala

Panneer Butter masala.

Ingredients:

cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
bay leaves- 1
cardamon - 1
ghee/clarrified butter-1 tsp
green chilli - 1 (depends on the hotness)
ginger - 1/2 tsp finely minced
coriander powder - 1 tsp
chilli powder - 1/2 tsp(depends on your hotness)
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
whole cashews - 4 nos. (preferably unsalted and unroasted)
Panner - cut into bite size cubes
butter - 2 table spoons.
whipping cream - 1/2 of 1/2 pint. (can add more according to taste)
coriander leaves/parsely - finely chopped to garnish.
tomatoes - 3 medium (chopped finely.)
brown sugar - 1/4 or pinch to taste
salt - 1 tsp

Method:

1)soak cashews in water before starting the preparation.
2)Heat ghee in pan. Add cumin , once they crackle, add bay leaf, cardamon ,green chilli and ginger,hing(asofotida),curry leaves(optional) in hot ghee.
3)Add freshly cut tomatoes. turmeric powder, chilli powder, dania/coriander powder to taste.
4)add a pinch of brown sugar and salt and let it cook.
5)finely grind cashews and add it to the tomatoes once they are cooked thoroughly.(you will know it when the oil starts leaving the sides of the pan.) Let it simmer for 2-3 mins.
7)In a pan add a teaspoon of ghee and toast the panneer over medium flame untill they are slightly brown. This process will make the panneer stiff and doesn't let them break when you add it in hot tomato sauce.
6)Add whipping cream and 2 table spoons of butter into the tomato sauce and then let it simmer for a minute. finally add the toasted panner, freshly cut coriander leaves and garam masala.

Final step: Offer it to krishna with a dollop of butter on top before serving your family. This preparation will serve 2-3 persons.

Oatmeal cookies

Ingredients


Method

Delicious Banana Walnut muffins without eggs

Ingredients

Bananas - 3 Nos
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Brown Sugar - 1 cup (or sugar)
Walnuts - 1/2 cup
Butter+Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup (instead of butter, margarine can also be substituted)
Milk - 1/4 cup (warm milk)
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking cups (optional)
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method

1) Peel ripen bananas and mash it well.(Ripe bananas tastes better)
2) In a large mixing bowl  sift all the dry ingredients namely all purpose flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon powder together
3) In another container combine butter+vegetable oil mixture, vannila extract and brown sugar and beat it together with little warm milk untill they are nice and fluff..
4)Combine the above mixture slowly into the dry ingredients folding them together gently. Make sure there are no lumps in the mixture..
5)Add milk if necessary to get a smooth mixture.
6)Additionally you can incorporate walnuts, raisins and even small cubes of fresh strawberries into the mixture at this point.
7)Finally dissolve the baking soda in fresh lemon juice (fresh lemon juice works better) and pour this in the above mixture.
8)Give it a quick stir untill the baking soda and lemon juice are well mixed. This will let the muffins raise while baking.
9) Grease the muffin pan. Place the baking cups on the pan and pour the contents evenly into the muffin cups.
9)Preheat the over at 350F/180C and bake them for 12 - 15 mins untill a knife when inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
10) Remove the muffin tray from the oven and cool it before serving.

Note: Donot add too much baking soda with lemon juice (cracks may develop in the bannana muffin)
If you don't have a muffin tray, pour it in a baking pan and then later on cut it into cubes and serve it in a baking cup. Anyways it tastes good..