Anita's Recipes

INGREDIENTS:

6 cups seedless green grapes
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
6-8 tbsp sugar
a pinch salt
1/4 cup ice cubes
1/4 cup cold water

METHOD:

• Blend the grapes with lemon juice and water and strain the juice.
• Add sugar,salt and ice cubes and blend again.
• Serve the green grape juice immediately.
  

INGREDIENTS:

Paneer made from 1 liter milk
1 potato
1 1/2 cups all plain flour
1/2 cup semolina flour
1 tbsp ghee
1 green chili,chopped very finely
1/4 tbsp red chili powder
a pinch of baking powder
2-3 tbsp of chopped almonds,pistachios and cashews
salt as required
1 cup cold water
oil for frying

METHOD:

• Boil the potato,smash it and keep it aside.
• In a bowl, mix the semolina flour,plain flour,baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt and make into a stiff dough by adding water little by little.When the dough is stiff, knead well with ghee until it becomes soft and elastic.
• Leave it aside for 15-20 minutes.
• For the filling,crumble the paneer. Heat 2 tbsp of oil,add the smashed potato and the paneer and mix well.
• Add a pinch of salt,red chili powder,nuts and the chopped green chili and mix well.
• Take a small lemon sized portion of the dough and roll it using a rolling pin into a thin circle.
• Cut the circle into half.
• Now join the straight edges to form of a cone.Press well to seal the edges and fill the cone with the paneer filling.Seal the other side.
• Do the same thing with the rest of the dough.
• Fry the paneer samosas in hot oil and serve it immediately.
• You can also serve it with sweet and green chutneys from the pani puri recipe without diluting them.

INGREDIENTS:

500 gm rice noodles
1 cup finely shredded cabbage
1 onion ,finely sliced
1 carrot, grated
1 green pepper, sliced lengthwise
10-12 french beans ,cut into 1 inch long pieces
a pinch of red chili powder
2-3 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp green chili sauce
1 liter water
salt as required
1/4 cup oil

METHOD:

• Blanch the french beans into hot water for 5 minutes.
• Heat 3 tbsp of oil and saute onions till golden brown and then add the green pepper.
• After a minute, add the carrot and cabbage and continue cooking until all the vegetables are soft and well cooked.Now,add the beans and saute for a minute.
• Add the red chili powder,green chili sauce,salt and the soy sauce and mix well.
• Heat water and boil the noodles and strain the excess water.
• Heat the remaining oil and carefully fry the noodles and remove it before it becomes crispy.
• Now add the noodles to the cooked vegetables mix it well and heat it.
• Your fried noodles is ready!!Serve it hot with tomato ketchup.