Missi Roti

Missi Roti

Ingredients　(for 5-6 roti)

1 cup Gram flour             

1/2 cup Wheat flour        

2 tsp Ginger (grated)

1 tsp Garlic (grated)        

1 Green chilli (finally chopped)      1

1/2 tsp Fresh Pepper powder

1 medium Onion  (finally chopped)           

1 tsp Jeera         

1 tsp Amchoor powder

2 pinches Asafoetida

1 tbls Coriander leaves, (finally chopped)   

2 tbls Oil           

Salt as per taste

Ghee or Oil for frying

Method (How to make missi roti at home)

Sieve the Gram flour and wheat flour together in a big bowl to get rid of small lumps. Mix all the ingredients.

Add required water and make a stiff dough. Keep covered for 15 -30 minutes.

Knead again to make the dough smooth and divide into 5 equal sized balls.

Roll out into slightly thicker than usual roti with using dry flour.

Cook over hot tawa with oil or ghee smeared on both sides, until golden brown spots appear.   

Serve hot with  any gravy, dal or raita.

Vegetable Pizza recipe

Vegetable Pizza recipe

Ingredients

for  pizza base

1 1/2  cup maida

1 tbls active dry yeast (or 1 tsp instant yeast)

1/4 cup  Milk (warm)       

1/2 cup Water  (warm)    

1/8 cup oil

3/4 tsp Salt          

1 1/2 tsp Sugar

For topping

1/2 cup Pizza cheese

1 cup Onion, tomato, capsicum, paneer

2 tbls Pizza sauce            

Method (How to make pizza at home)

Mix dry yeast and sugar with half cup warm water and keep aside for 10 minutes.

Now mix  flour, salt and yeast in a  bowl and add milk and olive oil to the flour and make a smooth dough. Knead for 5 minutes. Keep aside for 2 hours covered with a cling wrap. Preferably in a warm place.

After 2 hour, the dough would have doubled and risen.

Knead again the dough smoothly and in a well floured surface, roll out into thick pizza  Just make the sides like a rim. Transfer this to a well greased pizza plate and sprinkled with some flour

Preheat the oven to 200 deg.C.

Spread pizza sauce inside the rim and spread some half of the grated cheese,    Arrange the toppings over it and cover with the remaining grated cheese.   

Bake for 14 - 15 minutes in a preheated oven until the cheese melts and pizza turns golden in colour.

The pizza should move freely in the pan if cooked.

Serve hot.

Veg Momos recipe

Veg Momos recipe

Ingredients (for 2-3servings)

for outer covering

1 cup maida

2 tsp oil

salt as per taste

for stuffing

1 cup cabbage (grated)

1/4 cup carrot (grated)

1 tbls garlic (grated)

1 tbls ginger (grated)

1/2 tsp black pepper powder

1/2 cup spring onion finally chopped

2 green chillies finally chopped

1 tsp Soya sauce              

Salt as per taste

1 tbls oil

Method (How to make veg momos)

Mix maida, salt and oil in a bowl and add required quantity of water and knead soft  dough. Just like our roti dough. Cover with lid and keep aside for 30 minuts.

Heat oil in non stick wok, add ginger, garlic and green chillies. Add the grated cabbage and carrot and fry in high flame for a minute.

Add spring onion , salt, pepper, soy sauce and mix well. Switch off and keep aside.

Make 12-14 part with kneaded dough. and rolled the dough into a small poori size. Keep one spoonful stuffing in the middle and Fold it to make momo shapes.

Steam it in a steamer spaced properly, for 8-10a minutes.

Transfer to a serving plate. Serve hot with sauce.

Yellow Saffron Rice

Yellow Saffron Rice

Ingredients (for 3-4 servings)

1 Cup basmati rice  (soaked in water for 30 min.)

1/2 tsp Saffron strands or 1 pinch saffron colour

２ tbls ghee

2/3 Cup cold milk

3 Green Cardamom seeds

1 Inch stick cinnamon

5-6 tbsp Sugar

1/2 cup Chopped cashew and almonds

1/4 Cup small raisins

Method (How to make Sweet Saffron Rice)

Boil the rice till 3/4 done drain the water and keep aside.

Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan fry and cashew, raisins and almonds till golden. remove from the pan and keep aside.

Now add cinnamon stick, green cardamom seeds in pan and add the boiled rice in same pan, fry  for 3 minutes.

Mix cold milk and sugar and stir gently.

Cover the pan with a lid and cook the rice over low heat until done.

Add saffron milk or a pinch of saffron colour.

Add fried nuts and raisins and cover the pan on low heat for a minute.

Place into a serving dish.

Sprinkle some nuts and raisins over it and serve hot.