Tofu Curry

I had tofu for last three four days in my fridge and didn't knew what to do. Asked one of my friend and she gave me a wonderful recipe of this so thought of sharing with you guys.


Full credit of this recipe goes to Shikha Chopra, my friend here in UK, and this is how she told me to prepare:

Ingredients:

• SOFT TOFU 4 SMALL CUBES
• GREEN CHILLIES 2
• RED CHILLIES 2
• JEERA 1/2TSP
• CORIANDER SEEDS 1TSP
• TOMATO 1
• MUSTARD SEEDS FOR SEASONING
• OIL 2TSP
• BUTTERMILK 3CUPS
• CURRY LEAVES
• CORIANDER LEAVES
• SALT TO TASTE

Method:

Pour oil in kadai add mustard seeds and let it splutter

add tomatoes and fry

grind tofu, jeera, g. chillies, r. chillies, coriander seeds adding a little water

mix the ground paste in buttermilk

add salt to taste

add this mixture to the fried tomatoes

add curry leaves and corainder

keep it slow flame and take it off the stove when it starts boiling.

donot allow it to boil

It was so easy to prepare and turned out well too.
I served with hot steaming rice

Cookies this time

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour (maida) - 1 cup
2. Baking Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
3. Butter (melted and unsweetened) - 1/3 cup
4. Sugar (powdered) - 1/2 cup
5. Vanilla essence - 1/2 spoon
6. Egg - 1
7. Crushed walnuts, almonds and cashews - 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Take all purpose flour in bowl and add baking powder, Mix well
2. Add butter to it and crumble with hands
3. Add Sugar to this, along with vanilla essence, nuts and egg
4. Mix well and form a firm dough
5. put in fridge for 15- 20 mins
6. Take out the dough and roll in shape of cookie (round)
7. press in center with thumb and place an almond (half slit) or a teaspoon of jam
8. Greese baking tray and arrange cookies over them
9. do leave some space in them as they tend to rise
10. Bake it at 180 degree for 10 -15 mins

p.s. I didn't pressed with thumb but it looks awesome

Eggless French Toast

This saturday wanted to try something new and easy so thought why not give a try to french toast but Indian way. I tried preparing and really came out well and is quite easy
And most important will find all the ingredients at home only.
So here it goes:

Ingredients

• 4-5 bread slices


• 1/2 cup rava/sooji


• 1/2 cup yogurt/curd


• 1 finely chopped onion


• 1/2 tsp ginger chilli paste


• salt to taste


• corriander finely chopped


• oil/butter to cook.

Method

Mix all the things except bread and oil and make a thick batter.
Take bread and cut them in squares or triangles as u prefer and can even cut there sides but I prefer not to cut

Coat the batter generously over the bread slices and cook on a tava till golden brown on both the sides adding a bit of oil or butter as required.

have it with ketchup

Coming up Next : Cookies this time