Easy Recipes

Butter Cookies (Buter Cukies) Recipe

Ingredients

6 cups All purpose flour (maida)
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cup white sugar
2 cup butter or margarine
2 egg
6 tablespoons cream
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method:

Sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Mix well.
Add the butter.
Add egg, cream and vanilla extract thoroughly.
Wrap this dough into a foil and refrigerate for atleast 24 hrs.
Reheat the oven for 400 degrees.
Now roll the dough into a crust which is 1/4 to 1/8 thick.
Now with the help of a cookie cutter, cut the cookies.
Lastly place them on a greased tray and bake them at 400 degrees for 5 - 8 minutes.

Ingredients

6"-7" round dish or 2" high with cover
100g paneer - grated
1 cup shelled peas
2 tbsp. oil
1 medium size onion
1-2 green chillies
1/2" piece ginger
6 tbsp. ready made tomato puree
1/4- red chilli powder
1/2 tsp. cumin powder
1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
Cashewnuts - optional
Salt to taste

Method

Grind together onion, green chillies, ginger and fry this masala for 4 to 5 minutes in a non-stick pan.
Add tomato puree, garam masala, cumin powder, peas and sprinkle 1 tbsp. water.
Now transfer this to a micro dish and micro high for 3 minutes.
Add salt, grated paneer 5 tbsp. water and cashew nuts and mix gently.
Cover the dish and again micro wave for 2 minutes and stand for another 2 minutes.
Serve, garnished with fresh coriander and green chili.

Ingredients

300 grams bhindi - ladies fingers finely sliced
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon dried mango powder
1/2 teaspoon red chillies
2 to 3 fresh green chillies
Salt to taste

Method

In a non - stick frying pan heat the oil and put in all the masalas, (except the salt and mango powder).
Stir fry for one minute and then add the bhindi.
Mix well and then microwave for 5 minutes uncovered.
Let it stand for 2 to 3 minutes and then serve.

Ingredients

1 packet Noodles
2 Onion (Pyaj)
3 - 4 chopped Tomato (Tamatar)
4 tsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1 " chopped Ginger (Adrak)
3 - 4 flakes chopped Garlic (Lasun)
4 5 chopped Green chilli (Hari mirch)
1/2 tsp Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tblsp Oil

Method:

Boil the noodles as directed on the pack.
Drain them in a strainer and wash with cold water. Keep aside.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan and fry garlic, ginger, green chillies and onions until they are golden.
Add tomatoes along with salt and masala.
Cook till tomatoes are tender.
Add the noodles and stir well.
Cook for a while and remove the fire and serve immediately.

Ingredients

2 cups Besan
1 large finely chopped Onion
1 finely chopped Green Chilli
1 bunch leaves finely chopped Coriander
1 tsp Ajwain
1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1 tsp Chat Masala
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1- 1 1/2 cup water to make batter
Oil for cooking
Salt to taste

Method:

Put all the ingredients except water in a big bowl.
Now start adding small quantities of water to make a smooth batter, so that there should be no lumps in it.
Add water till it comes to a dropping consistency or just like dosa batter. now keep it aside.
Now heat a non-stick- tawa or heavy bottom frying pan, then turn the heat on medium. put little oil on tawa [1tsp.] & spread 1 serving spoonful of batter evenly on it.
Cover it with lid just for a minute so that it should cook inside also. then remove lid, put some more oil on the top & turn it upside down.
Let it be brown & crispy from both sides.
Repeat the same with rest of the batter.
Serve hot with green chutney or sause. it can be taken with toast also.

Ingredients

100 gms Macroni
1 chopped Onion (Pyaj)
1 each yellow, red, green Capsicum (Shimla Mirch)
2 tblsp Ketuchup 1/2 tsp Red Chilly
Little White Pepper
1 tblsp Butter
Cheese for garnish

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