Paneer Lollypop

Paneer Lollypop in Marathi

Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients:
1 cup Paneer, grated
2 medium potatoes, boiled
1.5 tsp ginger, grated
1 tsp garlic paste
2 tsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp corn starch
1/4 cup cilantro,finely chopped
1/2 tsp white pepper
2 to 3 green chilies, finely chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3 tbsp Maida, for dusting
salt to taste
oil to deep fry

8 to 10 ice candy wooden sticks OR baby corns

Method:
1) Peel the potatoes and mash without any lumps.
2) Mix all the ingredients except Maida. Knead well and divide into 8 lemon size balls.
3) Take 1 mixture ball and pierce the candy stick into it. Press gently between your palms to secure it on the stick. This way, prepare all the lollypops.
4) Roll the lollypops in dry maida. Coat lollypops well and shake slightly to remove excess maida.
5) Heat oil to deep fry lollypops. Deep fry over medium heat. Turn occasionally to cook evenly.
Serve hot with Schezwan sauce or tomato ketchup.

Tips:
1) Do not use potatoes which become gooey after mashing. Russet potatoes work well.
2) Adjust the amount of chili to your preference.
3) Use WOODEN sticks.
4) If using baby-corn, pierce thicker side of the baby-corn in paneer ball.

Noodles Thin Soup

Noodles Thin Soup in Marathi

Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 3 to 4

Ingredients:
2 to 3 Mushrooms
3 Tbsp Carrot, Julienne
3 tbsp Capsicum, Julienne
2 tbsp cabbage, finely chopped
2 to 3 baby corn, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 green chili, finely chopped
1.5 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp oil
4 cups vegetable stock
30 grams Noodles
1/4 tsp white pepper powder
1 tsp vinegar
1 stalk spring onion, Keep white and green part separate, chop finely
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Boil sufficient water to cook noodles. Add 1 tsp salt to the water. Add noodles in boiling water. Cook the noodles and add to cold water after cooked completely.
2) Heat oil in a wok. Add green chili and garlic paste. Saute carrot, capsicum, cabbage, baby corn, white part of spring onion and mushrooms for couple of minutes. Add vegetable stock and let it boil.
3) Once stock starts boiling, add vinegar, and salt to taste. Boil for couple of minutes. Add noodles and cook for a minute. Sprinkle white pepper powder.
serve into the soup bowl. Garnish with spring onion. Serve hot.

Tips:
1) If vegetable stock is not available, use water. OR you may use any other type of stock like chicken stock.

Chinese Noodles Frankie

Noodles Franki in Marathi

Make the following Recipe kids friendly - See tip below

Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 medium Frankie

Ingredients:
For Stuffing
1 medium noodles cake (50 to 70 grams)
1 cup cabbage, thinly sliced
1/2 cup carrot, thinly sliced (make very thin strings)
1 small bunch of spring onions
1/2 cup capsicum, thinly sliced
1 tsp oil
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
2 green chilies, finely chopped
1 tsp red chili sauce
1 tsp green chili sauce
1/2 tsp soy sauce
salt to taste
For frankie Wrap
3/4 cup Maida
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste

Method:
1) Boil around 4 cups of water and cook noodles as per instructions given on the packet. Once noodles are done. drain the hot water and immediately add cold water.
2) Heat oil into a pan. Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies. Saute for 5 seconds. Then add capsicum, carrot and cabbage. Also add red chili sauce, green chili sauce, soy sauce and salt to taste. Mix well. Do not cook for longer. We need vegetables crispy. Add noodles and toss well. Transfer the mixture into another bowl. Do not keep it in the hot pan, noodles will become sticky.
3) Add 2 tbsp oil and 1/2 tsp salt into maida. Knead the dough by adding water. Make very soft dough. Also use some more oil to make it soft and pliable.
4) Divide the dough and the stuffing into 6 equal portions. Dust the dough ball with some dry maida flour. Roll it to a nice thin circle. Roast both sides over heated tawa.
5) Spread 1 portion of the stuffing at the middle line of the circle. Wrap the stuffing by pulling two sides. Press with spatula. Serve hot with Tomato ketchup.

Tips:
1) To make the above recipe Kids friendly, do not add chili sauces and green chili. Instead, use tomato ketchup.

Manchow Soup

Manchow Soup in Marathi

Time: 25 to 30 minutes
Servings: 3

Ingredients:
1 Tbsp oil
5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 inch ginger piece, finely chopped
1 to 2 green chilies, finely chopped
1 cup finely chopped vegetables:- green bell pepper, carrot, mushrooms, white part of spring oion
3 cups vegetable stock - Click here for the recipe
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp vinegar
1/2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1/2 tbsp maggi chili masala sauce
1 tbsp corn starch or corn flour
2 pinches white pepper powder
salt to taste
For garnishing - green part of spring onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup Noodles (optional)

Method:
Noodles: Boil the noodles in salt water and cook until 80 to 90 % done. Deep fry half of the noodles until crispy. Keep the remaining noodles to add in the soup.

1) Heat a tbsp of oil in a wok. Add finely chopped ginger and garlic to it. Saute for 4 to 5 seconds. Add green chili and chopped vegetables. Cook the vegetables until half done. Add salt.
2) Add 3 cups vegetable stock. Once it starts boiling add 1 tbsp soy sauce (Light soy sauce), tomato ketchup and Maggi chili sauce. Let it boil for a minute. Taste the soup and adjust salt. Also sprinkle white pepper powder.
3) In a small bowl, mix corn starch and 1/4 cup water. Blend well and add to soup. Boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Add vinegar. If you are going to add noodles, add cooked noodles.
Serve into a soup bowl. Garnish with finely chopped green part of green onion and fried noodles.

Tips:
1) If the vegetable stock is not available,use plain water.

Hakka Noodles

Hakka Noodles in Marathi

Time:30 minutes
serves: 2 persons

Ingredients:
2 Noodle cakes (approx 50 gram each)
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tbsp soy sauce
5 big garlic pods
1/2 inch ginger
1 tbsp red chili sauce (I used Maggi masala chili sauce)
1 tbsp tomato paste
salt to taste
1/2 tsp vinegar
Vegetables: Bell pepper, Carrot, cabbage, mushroom, green onion - thin slices
(total vegetables should be 1/3rd of cooked noodles)
2 to 3 tbsp green onion, finely chopped

Method:
1) Boil around 6 cups of water. Add 1 tbsp salt and Noodles. Keep ready a container filled with cold water. Once noodles are almost done (90%), drain the water and immerse the noodles into cold water. Drain the cold water just before sauteing vegetables.
2) Prepare a fine paste of ginger + garlic + red chili sauce + tomato paste.
3) Heat oil into a wok. Add the paste of ginger+garlic+red chili sauce+tomato paste. saute for few seconds.
4) Add vegetables and saute for 10 to12 seconds over high heat. Add drained noodles and soy sauce. Mix nicely. At the end add vinegar and salt (if required). Garnish with green onion
Serve hot.

Paneer Finger Pakora

Paneer Pakoda in Marathi

Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Yield: 10 to 12 pieces

Ingredients:
200 Gram paneer, cut into finger sized slices
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp Maida
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red chili powder
Marination
2 tsp green chili sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
Oil for deep frying

Method:
1) Mix chili sauce and soy sauce into a medium bowl. Marinate paneer slices with this mixture for 5 minutes
2) Mix corn flour, maida, salt and red chili powder into a bowl. Dust marinated paneer with this mixture and deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
Serve with Chili sauce as an appetizer.

Mushrooms in Manchurian Sauce

Mushroom curry in Marathi

Time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 3 persons

Ingredients:
For Mushroom Curry
12 no. Button mushrooms, sliced
2 tsp oil
1 Spring Onion, finely chopped (Reserve some greens for garnishing)
3 Garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp Ginger paste
1 small green chili, slit
1 tsp Soy sauce (I used Ching's chili soy sauce)
1/4 tsp vinegar (if you want more sour taste add 1/4 tsp more)
1 and 1/2 cups Water or vegetable stock
2 tbsp corn starch or corn flour
Salt to taste
For Rice
1 cup Long grain rice (Basmati)
1/2 tsp Salt
2 allspice balls

Method:
Rice:
1) Wash rice under running water. Drain the water and keep the rice aside for 15 minutes.
2) In a cooking pot. heat 2 cups of water, add all spice balls and salt. Stir nicely.
3) Once water starts boiling, add washed rice and let it cook till rice is fluffy.
Mushroom curry
1) Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Saute ginger paste, green chili and garlic. Saute white part of spring onion for few second. Add soy sauce and 1 cup vegetable stock.
2) In a small bowl, mix 1 tbsp corn starch into 1/2 cup vegetable stock. Mix well and remove any lumps. Once the the vegetable stock starts boling, add this mixture to it and let it cook over medium heat. If you want to make the sauce more thick, add 1 tbsp corn starch to 1/4 cup water and add it to the sauce.
3) Add mushrooms and very little salt. Also add vinegar and let it cook for one or two minutes.

Fill a bowl with steamy rice and pour mushroom curry over it. Garnish with Green onions and serve hot.

Singapore Noodles fried rice

Singapore Noodles Rice in Marathi

Serves: 2 persons
Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:
3/4 cup Rice
50 gram Noodles
1/4 cup Carrot, small cubes
1/4 cup Bell pepper, small cubes
1/4 cup Green Peas
1/4 cup Onion, sliced
1 stalk Spring Onion, finely chopped (save greens for garnishing)
1 inch Ginger, grated
5 to 6 cloves garlic, crushed
Green chilies 2 slit
1 tsp Soy sauce
1/4 tsp Pepper powder
1 tsp Vinegar
1 tsp Sugar
1 tbsp curry powder
2 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Wash Rice, remove all the water and keep aside for 15 minutes. Heat 4 cups of water, add salt. Once it starts boiling, add washed rice and let it boil until rice is 90% cooked. Then immediately drain the hot water and run some cold water. Drain and keep aside.
2) Break noodles into 1 to 2 inch length strings. Boil 2 to 3 cups of water. Cook the noodles according to packet instructions.
3) Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok. Saute ginger, garlic, green chilies and onion for 20 to 30 seconds. Add carrots and cook for a minute. Then add bell pepper and saute for 30 seconds. Also add spring onion and saute. saute all the vegetable over medium-high heat.
4) Now add 1 tbsp of oil and curry powder. Mix nicely. Now add rice, soy sauce, pepper, powder, vinegar and sugar. Mix well. Also add noodles. Stir gently and coat the rice and noodles with masala evenly. Add little salt if needed.
Garnish with greens of spring onion. Serve hot.

Paneer 65

Paneer 65 in Marathi

Serves: 2 persons
Time: 40 minutes.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
2 green chilies
1 tsp Red chili powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tbsp Cilantro
Chili Garlic Paste = 5 dried red chilies (Broken into pieces) + 3 Big Garlic Cloves + 1 tbsp Vinegar
1 tbsp Soya sauce
Salt to taste
1/2 cup Green Bell pepper, thin slices
200 gram Paneer, cut into stripes
For marination = 1 tbsp Corn flour + 2 tbsp water + 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
6 to 7 Curry leaves (Deep fried)
1 tbsp Green Onion for garnishing

Method:
1) Soak Red Chilies into vinegar for 1 hour. Grind Chili vinegar mixture and 3 garlic cloves to fine paste.
2) Marinate paneer pieces into mixture of 1 tbsp Corn flour, 2 tbsp water, 1 tsp Ginger-garlic paste. Deep fry marinated paneer pieces until light brown.
3) Heat oil in a medium skillet. Add chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies. Saute until ginger-garlic starts to brown.
4) Add red chili powder, cumin powder and cilantro. Saute and add Garlic Chili Paste, soy sauce and 1 tbsp of remained marination. Also add salt and mix well.
5) Now add bell pepper, saute for about 1 minute. Add deep fried paneer pieces and saute for 30 to 40 seconds. At the end sprinkle little black pepper and garnish with Green onion and fried curry leaves.

Vegetable Coriander Soup

Vegetable Soup in Marathi

Servings: for 3 to 4 persons (approx 1 cup per person)

Ingredients:
2 tbsp grated Carrot
2 tbsp Cauliflower, finely chopped
2 tbsp Cabbage, finely chopped
2 tsp Garlic paste
2 tbsp Oil
3 tbsp Cilantro, finely chopped
4 tbsp Green Onion (Only green part)
Salt to taste
1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
1 tsp Vinegar or Lemon juice
2 tbsp Corn Starch
4 cups water
1 tsp Soya sauce


Method:
1) Heat a wok or pan. Add garlic paste and saute until pink in color. Do not saute too long.
2) Add Cauliflower, Carrot and Cabbage. saute for 30 to 40 seconds over high heat. Add half of the green onions, saute for 10 to 15 seconds. Immediately add 3 and 1/2 cups water out of 4 cups. Also add salt to taste. Stir well.
3) To thicken the soup, we will be adding Corn starch. Mix 2 tbsp corn starch in the remaining 1/2 cup of water. Remove all the lumps. Once the soup starts boiling, add corn starch mixture into it and keep stirring to prevent lumps.
4) Let it simmer for couple of minutes to let the rawness of Corn starch go away. After 2 minutes turn off the heat. Add vinegar and Cilantro. Give a nice stir. Pour into serving bowl. Sprinkle little Pepper and garnish with Green Onions. Also add few drops of soy sauce if you like.

Note:
1) In this soup vinegar tastes better than lemon juice. But if you don't like flavor of vinegar, lemon juice also works.
2) Adjust the consistency of soup according to your liking.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Pineapple fried Rice in Marathi

Serves: 2 persons

Ingredients:
3/4 cup Basmati Rice
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 tsp + 1 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Ginger, grated
1 or 2 green Chilies, sliced into two pieces
3 strings Green Onion, finely chopped (Keep aside a tbsp for Garnishing)
1/2 cup Pineapple, very small cubes
1 tsp Soy sauce
1/2 Vegetable bullion cube (Optional) or 2 cups Vegetable Stock

Method:
1) Wash Basmati rice with water and drain. Keep aside for 15 minutes. Boil 2 cups water in a deep pan. Crumble vegetable stock cube with fingers and stir in boiling water till dissolve in the water. If you are using readymade vegetable stock, no need to add vegetable bullion cube. Now add washed rice, little salt and 1/2 tsp Oil. Do not stir too much, it breaks the rice grains. Rice should be fluffy and not sticky.
2) Carefully, put and spread cooked rice into a big plate, so that it cools down faster.Once steam goes off, place another plate upside down and cover the rice plate. Put it into refrigerator for an hour. This will prevent rice grain from sticking and each grain will be remain separated.
3) Heat 1 tbsp Oil in a wok, add 1/2 tbsp ginger and chopped green chilies. Also add green onions, stir for 10 seconds and drizzle 1 tbsp soy sauce. Add cooked rice. Add salt to taste and mix well. saute for 1 or 2 minutes.
4) Turn heat to medium, add pineapple chunks and remaining ginger. Stir for a minute.
Garnish Pineapple Rice with Green Onion. Serve hot.

Serve this rice with Chinese Stir Fried Vegetables

Note:
1) To cook Rice, use water if you don't have vegetable stock or vegetable bullion.

Labels:
Pineapple fried rice, Asian Fried rice recipe

Schezwan Potato

Schezwan Potato in Marathi

Serves: 4 persons (1/2 cup each)

Ingredients:
3 medium Potato (Know more - Is Potato bad for health?)
2 tsp Sesame
2 tbsp Peanuts
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp Vinegar
1/4 tsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp homemade Schezwan Sauce OR 2 tbsp Ching's Secret Schezwan sauce (Readymade)
4 tbsp Oil
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
2 Red Chilies
Salt to taste

Method:
1) Boil and peel Potatoes. Cut them into big chunks (6 pieces of each Potato). Heat 4 tbsp Oil in a medium sized frying pan, add potato cubes and let them become crispy and nicely brown from outside. When all cubes are done, transfer them to a paper towel. Sprinkle little salt and red pepper (Note 1) over Potato cubes and mix gently.
2) In the remaining Oil, add Peanuts and saute until brown in color. Immediately add cumin and sesame seeds. Stir nicely add red chilies (Note 1) and fried potatoes. mix well. Add schezwan sauce, Soy sauce and Vinegar. Turn off the heat. Mix nicely and serve hot.

Homemade Schezwan Sauce











Labels:
Schezwan Potato, Shezwan Sauce Potato