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Simple Kofta balls, easy enough for beginners. Experienced cooks can add finely chopped dry fruits, or add a raisin in the centre of the ball. Ingredients: 250 gm Paneer (cottage cheese) 4 potatoes (boiled & peeled) Salt to taste (I added 1 tsp) 3/4 tsp ground black pepper 3/4 tsp red chilli powder 4 tbsp maida (add one more tbsp if koftas are falling apart while frying) Oil for frying Related posts: YouTube: Malai Kofta Gravy recipe Blog:  http://harkeeratanand.blogspot.com/2020/07/recipe-really-easy-shahi-paneer-gravy.html

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Can also be used for Malai Kofta and Butter Chicken In my post on Cooking hacks for busy people , I mentioned that I use a really easy recipe for making Shahi Paneer. This is also my go to recipe when we have guests over, because it is so easy to make, and you can't go wrong with this. This post is very special for me, because it is one of the first dishes that I learnt to cook well, and has been one of my family's favourite dishes ever since. This versatile gravy belongs to the Mughlai cuisine, and can also be used as is for Malai Kofta and Butter Chicken. It is rich, creamy, flavourful, and super easy. It can be made ahead and frozen for future use. So, without further ado, presenting my Really easy Shahi Paneer Gravy/Mughlai Gravy recipe. Ingredients: The measurements given here will serve 3-4 people. The recipe can be easily doubled in proportion. (1 cup = 250ml) 2 medium onions 2 tomatoes 1.5 inch ginger  6-7 garlic cloves A handful of cashews 1.5 cups water Whole spices:...

Lip-smacking pizza - better than restaurant! Are you one of those people who secretly wish that mid-week holidays should be mandatory? I sure am... I can't do much to fulfil secret wishes, but I certainly can give you the recipe for some killer pizza to beat the mid-week blues. My entire family loves having pizza. But, every time I tried making it at home with pre-baked pizza base, the result was just...  meh . Resultantly, we always ended up ordering it. Until COVID-19 came into our lives. The strict lockdown, combined with a fear of outside food, necessitated that we bake our pizza from scratch, and the results were  uh-mazing !! The pizza was so good, we seriously thought that we should be doing pizza delivery for our pizza-starved folks. What makes this recipe even better is that it's easy enough for beginners, and most of the work is hands-off. The pizza dough is versatile, so you can use it to make garlic bread, pizza pockets, and Italian bread. It can also be frozen for...

Series ki shuruat, halke meethe ke saath...  It is customary in our culture to begin all things with something sweet. And what's better than a cup of tea, accompanied by biscuits to break the ice? But biscuits are so easily available, why make them at home? Because of their ingredients. Pick up almost any brand of biscuits and read the list of ingredients. They are full of refined flour, palm oil (or its derivative palmolein), and sugar. If not sugar, it will be an artificial sweetener that's even worse.  But the kids love them! And me too! It's impossible to imagine tea without biscuits. So, what to do? Make them at home :) These whole wheat, eggless biscuits use staple pantry ingredients, and are super easy to make. Even my 5 year old loves to help me when I make them. Ingredients: 4 tbsp ghee 1/4 cup powdered sugar/jaggery powder/unrefined sugar 1 cup whole wheat flour (atta) 1/3 tsp baking powder A pinch of salt 1/4 tsp cardamom powder (optional) 4-5 tbsp milk Recipe: I...

Easy cooking for busy people     The last post on my blog was all about cooking hacks and shortcuts in the kitchen. And I received some great feedback on it. That got me thinking. Why not post some recipes? After all there have to be more amateur, lazy...  erm ...  busy  cooks like myself. These recipes are tried and tested in my kitchen, and  may be  healthier than the elaborate ones. I am not in the race to earn Michelin stars, so these aren't restaurant style. But they are definitely flavourful and uplifting. Welcome to my kitchen, and remember Chef Gusteau's motto from Ratatouille - Anyone Can Cook!           Photo frame by: Adobe Stock Photos       My food journey I've always loved to eat. I have an insatiable sweet tooth, and I naturally gravitate towards mild, flavourful dishes. I generally can't handle hot, spicy food, unless it's  golgappe  and  chat-papdi . I grew up in a f...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world as we knew it, probably forever. Not only has it imposed physical limitations, but also mental ones, where our lives are mired with uncertainty. For me, it has mostly been a mixed experience. I am more grateful than ever for all that I have, and specially for the time that I am spending with close family, renewing old friendships, and getting to learn endless DIY stuff, making me feel like a superwoman who can do pretty much anything! At the same time, I have also felt bogged down by routine and endless work, with a blurring of boundaries between work and home, household chores, and almost no options for a break or to let off steam. Add to it the anxiety about so many things going wrong in the world around us, and some days really feel better when they end.   I have mentioned before that I am an extremely lazy cook, and I find everyday cooking to be a rather mundane task, unworthy of my time. But we don’t really have a choice now, do we? ...