Paneer Momos (steamed paneer dumplings...my steamed potliisss)

Ingredients :-

All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 1 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

A pinch of Salt

Water if required

For Stuffing :-

Paneer - 1 cup [cut into little chunks]

Carrot - 1/4 cup (sliced / grated)

I've used here only carrots. Any one can add any of your choice vegetables (Capsicum, French beans, Cabbage,Spring Onion, Tomato..etc)

Onion - 1 no. (Finely chopped)

Ginger n Garlic - 2 tsp (Finely chopped)

Green Chilly - 1 tsp (chopped)

White Vinegar - 1 tsp

Soya sauce - 2 tsp

Black pepper crushed - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Everest Chicken masala - 1/2 tsp (It's completely Optional. Used for nice aroma. Can also                                                                    add 1 tsp Schezwan sauce instead of Everest masala)

Oil - 1 tsp

Method :-

• Take maida, milk and salt in a wide bowl and mix together, prepare a soft dough. Keep aside for 10 minutes.

• Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion, ginger-garlic, green chilly chopped and saute in high-medium flame for few mins. Add the sliced carrot, salt to taste n cook for a while. Next add cubed Paneer and mix it well. Add vinegar, soya sauce, black pepper and Everest chicken masala and cook for more 1 minutes. Switch off the flame and let it cool.

• Divide the dough into equal portions of balls. Roll out thinly with a rolling pin. Place 1 tsp filling in the middle and make as your desired shape. 

• Put your steamer on gas stove with little water in high flame. Place the momos to the steamer and let it steam for about 8-10 minutes. Remove it form flame and Serve with Garlic Red chutney or Ketch-up.

Garlic Red Sauce :-

Soak 5-6 nos. of Red chillies in 3-4 tsp of White vinegar for 10 mins. Add 10 cloves of Garlic and blend it to make a fine paste. Add few drops of Lemon juice, Sugar and salt to taste. Mix it well and Serve with hot Momos. Enjoy your Chinese Platter...!!!

PRAWN GARLIC HAKKA NOODLES

Ingredients :-
Hakka Noodles - 1 packet
Cleaned and deviened Prawn - 1 cup
Boiled Egg - 2 nos. (or as u needed)
Green Capsicum - 1 medium (Cut into thin strips)
Red Capsicum - 1 medium (Cut into thin strips)
Cabbage - 1/2 cup (Finely shreded)
Garlic - 8-10 cloves (Finely chopped)
Roasted Dried Red Chillies - 2-3 nos. (take a dry red chilly, directly burnt it in gas flame                                                                            slightly, deseeded it and cut into digonally)
Green Chilly chopped - 2 nos.
Soya Sauce - 2 tsp
White Vinegar - 2 tsp
White/Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Any cooking oil - as you required
 n Here is the last ingredients but not the least n my twist is Maggi Magic Masala Cubes (Veg.) - 2 cubes         

You can also used chopped Spring Onion, shredded carrot n french beans as your choice.

Method :-
Boil the noodles with a pinch of salt for 4-5 minutes. Don't over cook it otherwise it will sticky. Switch off the flame and drain the water. Immediately add cold water to the noodles and drain it. Spread little oil to the noodles and rub it to avoid it from sticking and keep aside.

Now, heat 1 tsp oil in a non-stick pan, fry the prawns a little bit for 2-3 minutes till cooked well, sprinkle salt to taste and transfer to a plate.

Add oil to the same pan. Add chopped garlic, chopped dry red chillies, green-red capsicum, shredded cabbage, green chilly chopped and stir fry in a high flame. Add vinegar to the veggies and saute in high flame. Now, here my twist, my secret reveals...i.e. Maggi Magic Cubes..Ohhhh..its taste is just awesome. Just crush with your fingers on the veggies and saute it. Now, add the Prawns, boiled hakka noodles, salt to taste, Pepper powder, Soya sauce and mix it well. Saute it in a high-medium heat for about 1-2 minutes and switch off the flame. Garnish with boiled eggs n chopped spring onion and Serve hot. Enjoy the garlic hakka noodles with a new twist..:) :) :)

Note:- The smoky flavour of dried red chillies with garlic gives its a nice flavour, so don't forget to add this in your noodles.

CHICKEN MOMOS RECIPE

Its a Delicious Chotta Packet with Bada Dhamaka..Momo is a type of steamed bun which filled with chicken stuffing. You can prepare this Momo with Vegetable / Paneer / Mushroom stuffing. Momo have become a traditional delicacy in Sikkim, Nepal, Tibet, Ladakh. Now-a-days its famous in every where. So, lets start to prepare steamed Chicken Momos.  

Ingredients :-
All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 1 cup
A Pinch of Salt
Water to knead the dough

For Stuffing :-
Minced Chicken - 1/2 cup (Take bone less chicken and blend it with a blender)
Garlic Chopped - 2 tsp
Onion Chopped - 2 tsp
Green Chillies - 2 tsp
Few Coriander leaves chopped
Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp
Soya Sauce - 2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method :-
1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl for stuffing and keep aside. 
2. Prepare a soft dough by adding water with Maida n salt.
3. Divide dough into equal portions, roll out thinly with a rolling pin. Put 1 tsp filling in the   
    middle and cover the edges from all sides. Give a desired shape as your choice.
4. Put your steamer on gas chullah with little water in a high flame. Place the momos to the    
    steamer and let it steam for about 15-20 minutes. Check it and Switch off the flame.
5. Serve the hot Momos with Garlic-chilly sauce.

Garlic-Red Chilly Sauce :-
Soak 5-6 nos. of Red Chilies in 3-4 tsp of White Vinegar for 10-15 minutes. Add 10 cloves of Garlic and blend it to make a fine paste. Add few drops of lemon juice n a pinch of sugar which will enhance the taste and mix well. Add salt to your taste and mix. You can store this sauce in refrigerator for a couple of week in an air tight container.

I have make a twist here with the sauces...Mix 1 tsp (Ready made) Pasta sauce with 1 tsp (Home made) Garlic-Chilly sauce n put 5-6 garlic cloves from garlic pickles over the sauces or You can saute the garlic cloves with little butter and put it on the sauce. Now it taste just awesome..unbelievable..You can make your own twist here..:)

SPICY CHILLI PANEER RECIPE

Ingredients:-

200 gm paneer (cut in cube size)

1 chopped capsicum

2 chopped onions

1 tsp grated ginger and garlic

2 sliced green chillies

Corn flour -1 tsp (mixed with little water) 

Vinegar - 2 tsp

Kasoori methi - 1/2 tsp

Soya sauce - 2 tsp

Tomato puree - 2 tsp

Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

salt as per reuired

Oil 2-3 tsp for frying

Method :-

Make a thick batter of corn flour, deep the paneer cubes and fry in hot oil till golden brown.

Take a non-stick pan. Heat oil, add chopped ginger and garlic, chopped onion, sliced green chillies and fry for a minute over a high flame. Add capsicum and sprinkle vinegar, saute for 2 mins. Then add the paneer cubes, soya sauce, tomato ketch up, sugar, salt, kasoori methi and black pepper. Simmer for few minutes till the paneer mix properly with sauce. Serve hot.

You can take it as starter or even make gravy for your main course.

Note:- If you want to make gravy, then take the soya sauce, tomato sauce, corn flour, sugar, water in a bowl and mix well. Before adding paneer, boil this mixture in  the pan in slow flame and simmer for few minutes and let it cook. Stirring continuously the gravy. Then add paneer and serve hot. 

VEGETABLE MANCHURIAN RECIPE

Ingredients For The Vegetables Balls:-

2 cups finely chopped cabbage

1 cup grated carrot

2 chopped green chillies                                        

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

4 tsp maida (plain flour)

2 tsp corn flour                                                                  

2 tsp soya sauce               

1/2 tsp pepper powder

Salt as required

Oil for deep frying

Ingredients For The Gravy:- 

1 big capsicum [chopped in medium size]

2 chopped onions

1 chopped tomato

1 tsp chopped ginger-garlic

2 green chilies [cut in length wise]

2 tsp vinegar

2 tsp soya sauce

1/2 tsp chilly sauce

1/2 tsp tomato puree

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp pepper powder

2 tsp corn flour [mixed with 1 cup water]

A pinch of ajinomoto

Salt to taste

Procedure:-

Mix all the above ingredients for balls and keep aside for 5-8 mins. Heat the oil in a pan, make small balls and deep frying the balls till golden brown. Drain the oil on absorbent paper and keep aside.

For gravy heat the oil a separate pan. Add chopped ginger n garlic, onions, capsicum and fry for 2-3 mins.  After few time add vinegar to it on high flame. Add cut tomato, green chilly to it and saute it over high flame. Mix corn flour with clod water,add to the pan and stir into it. Mix soya sauce, tomato puree, chilli sauce, ajinomoto, sugar and salt and let it cook for 4-8 mins. Gently add the fried balls to the gravy and simmer for a few minutes. Add pepper powder over it and serve hot Manchurian with Chinese fried rice.

        

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CHINESE FRIED RICE

Ingredients :-
2 cups Basmati rice
2 carrots (cut in length wise)
1/2 cup grated cabbage
1/2 cup french beans (cut in length wise)
1/2 cup capsicum
1 big chopped onion
1 tsp finely chopped ginger and garlic
2 green chillies (cut in length wise)
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp soya sauce
1 tsp pepper powder
2 tsp vinegar
2 tsp butter or oil
Salt as required

Method :-

Wash the rice and cook uncovered on low heat. Add salt and 1 tsp ghee to the rice. Don't overcook the rice. When rice is done drain the water and spread out on a plate.

Heat oil or butter in a pan. Add onion, ginger-garlic chopped and fry. Then add ginger-garlic paste, green chili, all the vegetables. Stir fry the vegetables for 3-4 mins. Mix vinegar to it and fry on high flame. The vegetables are not to fully cooked. It should be half cooked and crispy. Add cooked rice, mix it and then add soya sauce and fry for 2-3 mins. Add salt and pepper powder to it. [for more taste and colorful, i have mixed some grated paneer to it which make it delicious and yummy.]

Enjoy this tasty Chinese fried rice with raita and Manchurian. 

HOT N SPICY CHILLI CHICKEN GRAVY

Ingredients For Marinate:-

1/2 kg boneless chicken (cut in small cubes)

1/2 cup hung curd

1 egg white

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp red chilli powder

2 tsp soya sauce

2 tsp corn flour

1/2 tsp lemon juice

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Ingredients For Gravy:-

2 nos. big Onion (cut in cube shape)

1 no. capsicum

1 tsp chopped ginger and garlic

A pinch of ajinomoto

2 tsp Soya sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce

1/2 tbsp black pepper powder

1 tsp chicken masala powder

1 tbsp garam masala powder

2 tsp corn flour

1 tsp Vinegar

1/4 tbsp sugar

Salt to taste

Method :-

Wash the chicken and cut in small cubes. Mix all the above ingredients and marinate the chicken for 1/2 an hour. Heat the oil in a pan and deep fry the marinated chicken till golden brown.

Now in a separate pan heat 2 tsp oil. Add chopped ginger-garlic, onion and fry. Then add capsicum and green chilli and fry for 2 mins. Add vinegar to it for better smell. Add ajinomoto, black pepper powder and fried chicken. Stirring it well. Add chicken masala and garam masala powder to it. Dissolve corn flour with water, soya sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce and mix it. Add this sauce to the chicken for gravy and allow to boil covered, for 10 mins on low flame. Add sugar and salt as per taste. Stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Remove it from fire and garnish with fresh chopped coriander and serve hot with naan or tawa roti.