Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Baked Gobi Pakora

Ingredients:

Gobi - 1
Besan - 1 Cup
Bread crumbs - 1/2 Cup
(OR Poha ground into coarse soji like)

Preparation:

Take Besan into a small bowl and add little water to make a thick paste. Add Chilli powder, salt and haldi - mix well. Apply little oil and spread on the oven sheet so that it doesn't stick.
Pre-heat the oven to 400F.
Cut large pieces of Gobi. Dip Gobi in the Besan mix and place it in Oven sheet. Place this in oven for 30-40 minutes.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Tofu-Gobi Masala

Ingredients:

Gobi - 1
Extra Firm Tofu - 1 Pkt
Red Chili
Coriander seeds - 5 tsp
Jeera - 2 tsp
Urad Dal - 3 tsp
Split Chana - 3 tsp
Tomato - 1 large
Onion - 1
Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped)
Garlic - 3

Preparation:

put 1 tsp oil in a pan and heat it. Add Coriander seeds, urad dal and split chana and red chill - fry with low heat for 5 mins. Add Jeera, ginger, garlic and fry for a minute. Keep this aside in a bowl. Cur onions and Tomato and cook with 1/2 tsp haldi. Let it cool down a bit and grind it to make a paste with fried chill + dhal (masala). Cut Tofu into 1 cm square pieces. Cut Gobi into large pieces. Add 4-5 pieces of tofu into the masala and grind well.

Half cook gobi and then add the masala paste into this. Add salt to taste. After it starts boiling, add tofu pieces. Add little water and cook well for 15 mins in medium heat.