Sunday 4 January 2015

Punjabi Samosa/ Aloo- Peas Samosa

Preparation Time: 30 mins 
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients
For Dough
1 cup maida
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp ajwain
Salt to taste

For Stuffing
2 medium size boiled potato
1/4 cup green peas
¼ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp Chilly powder
½ tsp Chat masala powder
½ tbsp oil
2 medium onions chopped
Coriander leaves, Curry leaves
1 tbsp gingerchilly paste
salt to taste

For Masala powder
¼ inch cinnamon
2 clove
2-3 black peppercorns
1 green cardamom
½ tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds

Method
1. Boil potatoes and peas.
2. Dry roast all the ing of masala and make a powder.
3. To make the dough take maida, oil and ajwan and mix well and then add water and knead the dough till soft.Wrap it and Keep for 30 mins.
4. Meanwhile heat oil, add cumin seeds, onion with pinch of slat,saute for 2 min. Then add chilli and ginger paste, all the masala/spices powders one by one and mix well, adding little water if needed.
5. Mash the boil potatoes and add to the above mixture, and then add peas, curry leaves, coriander leaves and saute for 2-3 mins
6. Your stuffing is ready , allow it to cool down.
7. Now take a small portion of dough and make a ball , roll it as oval shape .
8. Cut into two parts , make a cone shape and fill 2 spoons of stuffing and fold it from one side as shown in picture.
9. Coat little water on the edges and fix it .
10.Heat the oil ,fry samosas in medium heat .
11.Hot “Samosa” ready to serve.

Banana Cake

Preparation time: 20 mins
Baking Time:  20 to 30 mins

Maida - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 cup
Banana - 1 (big)
Milk - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1tsp
Eggs - 2
Baking powder - 1tbsp

Method:
1. Sieve Maida and baking powder and keep aside
2. Grind banana sugar and essence.
3. In a bowl beat eggs, then add oil and grinded banana paste and beat well
4. Add dry ingredients and mix well adding milk
5. Bake the cake using a pressure cooker