Sunday, September 23, 2007

Vegetarian CHEESE BALLS WITH MACARONI

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 2 (medium sized - boiled)
Cheese - 50g (grated)
Corn - 1cup (boiled)
Salt and pepper - to taste
Flour - 1/2cup (oil)
Onion - 1 (medium sized)
Ginger – 2.5 cm
Garlic -4 flakes
Garam masala powder – ½ tsp.
Chilli powder – ½ tsp.
Tomato puree – 200ml
Sugar – 2 tsp.
Fresh cream – 4tsp (optional)
Boiled macaroni – 1 cup

Preparation:

Peel and mash the potatoes and add the cheese and corn. Add salt and pepper. Mix well. Divide the mixture into small portion and roll into lemon sized balls. Roll them in flour and shallow fry in hot oil till done .keep aside.
Grind the onion, ginger and garlic to a paste. Heat oil and fry the onion paste till light brown .Add two tsp. flour and sauté well. Add garam masala powder, chilli powder, tomato puree, salt and sugar. Fry well. Add11/2cups water stir well. Let the gravy comes to a boil. Simmer on low heat for five minutes. Add cream, if using. Add the boiled macaroni and the cheese balls.

Tossed chicken in Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

Chicken – ½ Kg (cut into medium sized pieces)
Corn – 450gm (cream style)
Cheese-50g
Tomato puree-100ml
Macaroni-1cup
Flour - 1/2 cup
Mustard powder-1tsp
Onion – 1 (grated)
Garlic paste – 1tsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

Preparation :

Bring four cups water to boil. Add one tbsp. oil and two tsp. salt. Add macaroni (or pasta) and boil till just tender. Drain out the water. Pour cold water over the macaroni, drain and keep aside.
Heat two tbsp. oil in a pan and fry the onion till light brown. Add tomato puree and garlic paste. Fry for four minutes. Add one cup water and bring to a boil. Add salt, pepper and mustard powder. Keep aside.
Add enough water to the flour to obtain a paste of coating consistency. Add salt and pepper. Dip the chicken in this batter and deep fry in hot oil till golden brown.
Toss the chicken pieces and macaroni into the prepared tomato sauce. Pour in a baking tray. Sprinkle grated cheese on top and bake at 2000 c for 20 minutes. Serve hot.