Mutton Masala

I have stayed mostly in northern part of India ,

We used to stay in community where everyone's

houses were very close by. You can say it was like a township which was constucted by a government company for their employees. you can find families from all part of india in our community.To our left was banerjee uncle's home and to our right was gurpaal singh.During kali puja Banerjee uncle's wife would bring rosogulla and prasad in a plate to our home and during lohri we will get a plate full of "tilkut" gajjak and pakoras from Gurpreet uncle.

Our moms would assemble at one person's home during evenings and we kids would play in yard .

let me not get carried away with those old memories.

During kali puja mutton will be prepared in almost all houses in our

community. We kids would go from one house to another

tasting good food :)

Here is the reciepe for motton masala

Ingredients:

Mutton (cut into pieces)- 1/2 kg

Bay leaves -3

mustard seeds -1/2 tsp

Onion - 2 big chopped

tomato 1 chopped

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp

red chillies powder - 1 tsp

tspGaram masala - 1 tsp

coriander powder 2 tsp

cumin powder 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves

cooking oil -1/4 cup

salt (according to taste)

Preparation:

put oil in a heavy bottom pan and when it heats up, put mustard seeds. When mustard seeds stop splattering add chopped onions and fry till its golden colour.Now add the ginger and garlic pastes and stir well.Add all the other masalas and fry for 2 minutes (make sure it doesnt burn, you can make a paste of rest of the masalas with water and then add it to fried onions). Now add chopped tomato and fry till its soft. Add mutton to it and cook till its done(i usually cook mutton in cooker). Garnish with coriander leaves.

Gobi Manchurian

Try out this great dish, this goes well with roti or paratha.

Gobi Manchurian.

1)one medium Cauliflower

2)one green capsicum.

3)3/4 cup all purpose Flour (Maida)

4)1 tbsp Corn Flour

5)Salt to taste

6)1 Chopped green chili

7) 4 cloves of garlic chopped

8)i tsp Ginger Paste

9)1 cup Chopped Onions

10) Chopped Coriander Leaves

11)1/4 tsp Ajinomoto (optional)

12)2 tbsp Soya Sauce

13) 2-3 tbsp Tomato sauce

14)2 tbsp Oil

15)red Food colour (optional)

16) 1 chopped tomato.

Preparation:

Cut gobi into florets and keep it in hot water for 5-7 min (i do this to clean it make the gobi soft).

Make a paste of maida, corn flour, food colour, ginger paste and salt using water. Dip the gobi florets in the paste and deep fry till golden brown. Keep aside on kitchen paper (it absorbs excess oil).Heat oil in another pan and add chopped onions and garlic saute them and after 2 min add chopped capsicum and green chili to it. After 2-3 min add chopped tomato and salt.

Now, mix aginomoto, soya sauce and tomato sauce to it. Then add fried gobi , mix well and garnish it with coriander leaves. Done !!