This is quite possibly the smallest cookbook I own. It is virtually pocket size. It is produced by Manoj Publications and consists of Aaloo, potato, and Paneer, soft uncured Indian cheese dishes. At 144 pages, this cookbook is a good way to verse yourself in Aaloo and Paneer dishes. There are few photos and one is even slightly out of focus. That is a very minor concern in comparison to all the recipes this book has to offer.
AALOO KI TIKKI
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600 gms. potatoes
2 cups breadcrumbs
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper powder
1/2 cup oil
tamarind chutney
1 lemon pieces
METHOD:
- Boil, peel and mash the potatoes to a paste.
- Mix salt and black pepper with the mashed potatoes and form tikkees.
- Heat tawa and spread some oil.
- Roll the tikkees in the breadcrumbs and fry on the tawa till crisp.
- Place chutney in the plate and arrange tikkees all around.
- Put some lemon pieces on the tikkees and serve hot with chutney.
Notes - A tawa is an Indian utensil. It is circular and slightly dished with a diametre of 8 to 12 inches. Tawa's are usually made of cast iron, aluminium or steel. They can be similar to and wok however sounds more like a griddle or frypan. One may assume that when the recipe says tikkees it means a round slightly flatten cake.
PANEER KE PAKORE
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10 square pieces of paneer
200 gms. gram flour (besan)
2 green chillies chopped
1/2 teaspoon red chilli (lal mirch) ground
1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
1 teaspoon pomegranate (anardana)
1/2 teaspoon dry coriander (dhania) crushed
1 bunch green coriander chopped
1 teaspoon ginger (adrak) chopped
oil for frying, salt to taste
METHOD:
- Mix a water to besan and beat it to a thick batter. Add hari mirch, garam masala, salt, lal mirch, anardana, dry and hara dhania, adrak and salt. Mix well together.
- Heat oil in a kadahi, then reduce the heat.
- Dip the paneer pieces in the batter and fry once and remove. Press them lightly and fry again till crisp.
- Serve at breakfast with hari chutney.
Notes - Kadahi is a round bottom pan.
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Enjoy! - JW