Thr was a Draft in my control pannel since long, named Aloo Paratha, where i had actually put a recipe of Aloo Paratha, but because of my lazyness and busy schedule i couldnt post it , it was just copy pasted from my notepad to draft, but the formting was pending.. and finally i deleted it today…

At this moment also … i am feeling sleepy & lazy to even write this post, but i am trying and forcing my best to become active and keep posting here …

Hope i get some time for myself … and start posting again … i see my last post on Dec 31, 2009 and after tht its being stretched….

Its not that i have nothing to write … i have lots and lots to write .. but but but … “chalega” … word has entered in my lifes dictionary and made it worst ..

Chalo .. ‘Der Aae, Durust Aae‘ …

Hope i open this page again in near future ..

Till thn..

B-bye…

Update:

Here I have finally uploaded my Aloo Paratha recipe on My Recipe site www.khichdi.in – Aloo Paratha

He searched this recipe from www.ladvaibhavi.com .. and asked me to make it .. though he does not have any idea about the taste .. he just read the name and thought of eating it … tht’s how he is…

He was actually not talking to me for some stupid reason from half an hour .. but since he learnt tht I am making something new .. he has started being cute to me.. lol… this is one of the reasons why I love him.. to make him talk to you .. you just need to give him something to eat .. lol

Well I am sure the Sheera is tasty .. I have kept it to set in a plate …

BTW here is the recipe

Ingredients:

• Rava 1 cup
• Mango 1
• Sugar 1/2 cup
• Ghee 1/4 cup
• Milk 1 cup
• Water 1 cup
• Kaju-kismis 1 tsp
• Elaichi powder 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Mix water and milk and put to boil.
2. Peel mango and cut in cubes.
3. Heat ghee in a pan and fry rava till light golden over the low flame.
4. Add boiled milk and water and cover the pan for 2 min.
5. Now add sugar,kaju-kismis,elaichi powder and mango cubes.
6. Mix well and again cover the pan for 2-3 min.
7. Mango sheera is ready

I have sprinkled Milk Masala which we get in market that has almond , Elaichi, etc… on the top of it …

Recipe: www.ladvaibhavi.com

Megha Ganatra

5 tbsp bournvita
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 cup walnuts
1 cup Almonds
2 tbsp Dry Rose pattles
Mixture of Pista, elaichi & almond or Milk Masala ( you get in market )

Method

1. Mix Bournvita, Sugar, Almond, Walnuts & Milk together
2. than add Milk Masala and mis it again
3. Spread the mixture in a plate evenly and sprinkle Rose pattles over it
4. pet the pattles with a spoon on the mixture to stick
5. leave it in freezer for an hour & Bournvita Dryfuit Sweet is ready to Eat.

Recipe: Megha Ganatra

Megha Ganatra

• 4 cups Palak
• 1 cup water
• Salt
• 1 cup Paneer(cubes)
• 2 tsps jeera
• 3 sticks cinnamon
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 big onion (sliced)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tsps garlic(finely chopped)

Method

1. Wash palak, put it in a pot,add salt and water, boil until just soft. Keep aside.
2. Heat 1 tbsp butter in another pot, add jeera, garlic, cinnamon, green chillies, and onions, braise till garlic and onions turn golden brown. Put this in grinder with boiled palak (dont throw away the water in which the palak is boiled, you can use it for grinding or cooking). Grind into smooth paste.
3. Heat the remaining butter in a pot, add palak and paneer cubes, reduce the heat and cook for 15 mins.
4. Add milk, and cook again for 10 mins till thick.
5. Garnish with onion rings and slitted green chillies.
6. Serve with jeera rice or parathas.

Recipe: Khanakhazana

Megha Ganatra

• 2 cups of green peas
• 1/2 cup fresh cream (malai)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 onion cut into small pieces
• 2 tomatoes, either cut or pureed
• 2 tablespoon ginger grated
• 2 tablespoon garlic cut into small pieces
• 2 tablespoon refined oil
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 1 tablespoon coriander powder
• salt to taste
• Red chili to taste
• 1 table spoon garam masala
• 3/4 spoon of turmeric powder

Method

1. Put refined oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and garlic pieces into it.
2. When they turn pink in colour, add onions.
3. Cook then on a low flame for about 15-20 min, until they turn into reddish pink colour.
4. Then add coriander powder and turmeric powder in it.
5. Then add tomato puree and cook it for another 10 minutes.
6. Then add salt, red chili powder and garam masala into it.
7. Then add milk and malai into it.
8. After 4-5 min, add green peas into it and cover the pan. If peas were the frozen one, then they will get
   cooked easily, otherwise, you can also boil them before adding them into this gravy.
9. After 15-20 min, Mutter malai is ready to serve.
10. Add fresh green coriander leaves cut into small pieces over it.

Recipe: Khanakhazana

Megha Ganatra

* 3 cups yogurt
* 2 big potato boiled
* 1 cup boiled peas
* 1 onion sliced
* 1 big tomato chopped
* 1 t.sp black pepper powder
* Salt to taste
* 2 green chillies chopped

Method

1. Dice potatos in 1″
2. Add salt and black pepper in yogurt and cream it
3. Add all vegetables in yogurt and mix well
4. Sprinkle few coriandar leaves to garnish
5. Chill it and serve with rice

Recipe: Khanakhazana

Megha Ganatra

• 4 cups Rice (basmati)
• 1 cup Spinach(leaves)
• 1 cup Mint(leaves)
• 1 cup Coriander leaves
• 6 nos. Cloves
• 6 nos. Cinnamon(sticks)
• 3 nos. ELAICHI
• 2 nos. Onion(chopped)
• 10 nos. Green Chilies
• Salt to taste
• 2 TBSP ginger & garlic paste
• 1 jabitri
• 6 CUP water

Directions

1. Blanch all the green leafy vegetables and grind them into a paste together.

2. Add oil to the pan, add cloves, cardomom,cinnamon,jabitri and sauté them.

3. Later add ginger and garlic paste and sauté for few seconds.

4. Later add the chopped onions and slitted green chilies and sauté them till the onions become
transparent.

5. Then add the green leafy paste to the pan, mix well, allow it to cook for few minutes until the boils
appear.

6. Later add the rice and mix well. Then add water, salt and mix well and cover the pan with a lid.

7. Allow it to cook ,after the rice is cooked, garnish it with coriander.

Recipe: Khanakhazana

Megha Ganatra

My In laws are mad after Sweets.. so this sunday I made this sweet called “ROYAL TREAT”.. as usual I found it from Khanakhazana…. and added my own stuff in the recipe

first of all.. take the original Recipe…and then read the after effects that I have mentioned …

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds (roasted)
• 1 cup pistachios (roasted)
• 1 cup cashews (roasted)
• 3 cups dry dates
• 3 cups sugar (powder)
• 1/3 cup pistachio (powder)
• 2 gms saffron (powder)
• 1 tbsp ghee

Directions

1. Mix saffron and sugar powder and keep aside.

2. Boil water and put dates in it and cook until the dates become soft.

3. Take out the dates and grind it dry.

4. Fry it in ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.

5. Chop almond, cashews and pistachios into slices.

6. Make a mixture by adding all the above ingredients.

7. Grease a plate with ghee and spread the above mixture on it evenly and sprinkle some
pistachios
and almond slices over it. Leave to set for some time.

8. When set firmly, cut into diamond shaped pieces or into squares as desired.

and now…. what i did with this recipe…

All the ingredients plus milk… cut all the dry fruits..grind 1/3 part of the dry fruits … add Sugar and Saffron powder …. add half cup milk.. and mix everything…grease a plate with ghee and spread the mixture on it evenly.. keep it for a day … when set firmly, cut into square shaped pieces…

The after effects of this sweets are

1 – My Father In Law went and told his friend that I have made an amazing sweet..

2- My Husband shared the sweet with his Employee… even they liked it .. haha..

so just try it ….

Recipe: Khanakhazana

Megha Ganatra

Well the story is that I am making new vegetable every single day and enjoying making it too ….because it actually tast amazing, well I get all these new recipes from Khanakhazana, and I am really thankful to khanakhazana people for having such tasty recipes… actually my husband is a food lover … almost every weekend we eating out…so since I am worried about his tummy … I decided to make all these different vegetables at home everyday..and believe me , my Husband is actually happy with it … haha.. I can see that on his face …. its true that stomach is the way to a man’s heart.. lol … girls do remember this…

Well this sunday I have decided to give a whole Lunch Treat to him, though whole family is at home and everyone is gonna have the food , but I will be making all this specially for Him … Sorry Mummy-Daddy & Dhara (My Sister-In-Law)

The food I am gonna make is – Matar Malai – Roti, Spicy Green Rice – Peas And Potato Raita, Royal Treat(Sweet)

I m sure its gonna be a Tasty Treat… I am actually excited about it now and will post the recipe on sunday itself With Photos .

UPDATE

Oky right next day after writing this post, i burnt my hand while cooking, so the Sunday treat got postponed   … and now i will be making the food some other day .. or may be next Sunday…

Megha Ganatra.

one Big bunch of Coriander
small piece of Ginger
Half Bowl Gathiya
4 clove Garlic
4 Green Chili
1 Onion
Half Lemon
Salt

Method:

Mix All the Ingredients and grind it till it becomes smooth paste.

P.S : you can add 1 spoon Sugar too.. it will tast as good as it tasts without sugar

Recipe: Megha Ganatra

Megha Ganatra