Paneer Parathas

I made these Paneer parathas yesterday for my lunch.My kids love paneer very much,especially my daughter likes it a lot.We served parathas with onion raitha,actually you can have with any pickle also.Here goes the recipe..

Ingredients: 


 For the Dough: 
 Atta - 2 cups 
Ghee - 2 tbsp 
Water as needed to make smooth dough 
Salt to taste 


 For the stuffing: 
 Paneer - 100 grams ,grated 
Onions - 1 medium,chopped finely 
Chilli powder - 1 tsp 
Coriander powder-1tsp 
Chat masala-1/2tsp 
Salt to taste 
Coriander leaves few

Preparation:
Mix the flour together with salt and ghee. mix well. Then add water as required to make a soft dough. Keep aside for 10 Min's. Divide into  equal sized balls.


Mix grated paneer with chilli powder,coriander powder, salt, Onion and Coriander leaves. Make equal sized balls. 


Roll the dough like chapati,but small one. Place the stuffing in middle and cover it well.If needed dust with flour and roll out.


Heat a tawa and fry the parathas on both sides with Oil.
Serve this with onion raitha/pickle. Dab a small slice of butter on hot parathas and serve yummy yummy parathas.

Coffee Cup cakes

Just now i finished making these coffee cupcakes,they came really very well and tasted delicious with coffee icing.Whole house is filled with coffee aroma.Here goes the recipe..

Ingredients:


For cup cakes:
Self-raising flour-1cup
Muscovado sugar-1cup
Butter-1cup
Eggs-2nos
Baking powder-1/4tsp
Instant coffee powder-1tbsp+3tbsp hot water


For Icing:
Icing sugar-11/4 cup
Butter-1/2cup
Instant coffee powder-1tsp+3tsp hot water

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and place 12 paper cases into a muffin tin.


Using an electric whisk or food processor , beat the butter, sugar and diluted coffee mixture until very light and fluffy.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating each one in well before adding the next.Carefully fold in the flour.


Divide the mixture equally into the case and bake in the oven for 10 - 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, check to see if the coffee cupcakes are ready by inserting a cocktail stick into one of the cupcakes. If it comes out dry then the cupcakes are done. If not, then back in the oven for a few minutes more. Don't overcook the cupcakes otherwise they will dry out. Lift the cupcakes out of the muffin tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Sift  icing sugar and butter in a large bowl. Add diluted coffee mixture.. Slowly stir together, then once most of the sugar has been worked in, start to beat. Keep going until creamy and smooth.
Then fill the icing into a piping bag ,using big star nozzle and pipe it on cupcake and enjoy !

Chicken Liver Fry

Sunday i made this chicken liver fry along with chicken curry.It came out deliciously and takes very less time to cook.You can have this fry along with chapati also.Here goes the recipe..

Ingredients:
Chicken liver -250grams
Chopped onions-1medium
Chopped tomato-1medium
Ginger  garlic paste-1tsp
Chilli powder-1 1/2tsp
Coriander powder-1tsp
Pepper powder-1/2tsp
Cloves,Cinnamon
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Salt to taste
Oil-2tbsp
Coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation:
Clean and cut the chicken liver into medium size pieces.
Heat a pan with oil,add the spices and let them splutter,then goes the chopped onions and fry till they change there colour.Once onions turns into brown colour add the chopped tomatoes along with ginger garlic paste and fry till everything is nicely cooked.Then add the chicken liver pieces along with chilli and coriander powders and stir well,so that liver pieces are nicely coated with the masala and fry them on high flame for 5minutes stirring in middle.Close the pan with lid and let it cook on medium flame for 10-15minutes or till it is cooked.Then add the fresh pepper powder and mix well.Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and remove from the hob and transfer it into a serving bowl and enjoy delicious chicken liver fry.