BUTTER MUSHROOM / MUSHROOM MAKHANI / MUSHROOM SABZI

This mushroom recipe is a recipe to die for. The creamy and buttery taste and flavor makes it absolutely delectable specially for kids.

Kids like it as much as butter paneer or shahi paneer.

Serves: 4-5 people
INGREDIENTS
250 GM chopped mushroom
2 large finely chopped onions
4 large tomatoes
1/2 inch ginger
6-8 garlic pods
3-4 tbsp oil
3-4 tbsp butter
1/2 TSP cumin seeds (jeera)
2-3 bay leaf (tej pata)

1/2 inch cinnamon stick ( dalchini)
2-3 cloves ( laung)
2 TSP coriander powder (dhaniya powder)
1 TSP turmeric powder ( haldi powder)
1 TSP sugar
1 tbsp cashew paste ( blend together 7-8 cashew with 1/4 cup milk)
1 TSP kasuri meethi
1/2 cup fresh cream
Salt and red chili to taste

METHOD
1. Heat oil, add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf. Let it crackle.

2. Add onions saut� till golden in color. Add ginger-garlic and some butter in it.

3. Puree tomatoes.

4. Once onions are brown, add tomato puree.

5. Add coriander powder, chili powder and turmeric powder. Mix well.

6. Cook till oil start leaving the sides.

7. Add cashew paste.

8. Washed and chopped mushroom.

9. Add salt and sugar.

10. Cook on medium flame till half of the water released by mushroom is absorbed.

11. Add kasuri meethi.

12. Add fresh cream mix well and turn off the flame.

13. Serve hot.

Pictorial:

1. Chop mushroom and keep aside.

2. Heat oil in pan, add cumin seeds, cinnamon, bay leaf, clove. Let it crackle.

3. Add finely chopped onions and ginger-garlic.

4. Add butter to it.









5. Saute till golden in color

6. Add roughly chopped tomatoes in blender.

7. Make puree.

8. Add in sauteed onions.

9. Coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder.

10. Cook it start leaving the sides of pan.

11. Add cashew milk paste. Mix well.

12. Add chopped mushroom, mix and add salt.

13. Sugar.

14. Roasted and crushed kasuri meethi.

15. Add cream.

16. Mix well and turn off the flame.

17. Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

18. Drizzle some more cream and serve hot!

MANCHOW SOUP / CHINESE SOUP

Serves: 4 soup bowls
INGREDIENTS 
1/2 cup finely chopped cabbage
1 spring onion (both bulb and green part) (optional)
1 medium sized finely chopped carrot 
1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
6-7 finely chopped beans
2 tbsp oil
3 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp tomato sauce
2 tsp chili sauce

1 tsp vinegar
2 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
4 cups of water 
2- 3 tbsp cornflour
250 gm noodles
water for boiling noodles 
oil for frying noodles


METHOD

1. Take wok or pan, heat oil, add finely chopped ginger-garlic. Saute till fragrant don't turn it brown, add chopped beans saute on high flame, add spring onion saute, add carrot, saute. Add cabbage and saute on high flame.

2. Keeping the flame high add vinegar, soy sauce, chili sauce and sugar. Mix well.

3. Add water and cover with lid and let it boil, after one boil, reduce the flame to low and let it simmer for 5 minutes to get stock of all the veggies.


4. After 5 minutes, dissolve cornflour in 1/4 cup water and put in soup, let it simmer for another 2 minutes, if you want it more thick add more cornflour.

5. Add salt, mix well.

For fried noodles:
Boil 2-3 cups of water in heavy bottomed pan. Add noodles cook 90% done. Strain the excess water. Keep aside in colander. 

Once it's dried. Deep fry in hot oil till golden in colour. Keep aside.

Serve with hot soup.

Pictorial:








1. Chop all the veggies and let's get started.

2. Add little oil and saute ginger-garlic till aromatic.

3. Saute beans for a minute.

4. Add carrot and onion of spring onion (not green part).

5. Cabbage and saute all together for a minute on high flame.

6. Soy sauce and vinegar. Mix well.

7. Tomato sauce and chili sauce.

8. Sugar.

9. Add water.

10. Close the lid and let it simmer on low flame for 5 minutes.

11. In a bowl add 1/2 cup water, mix cornflour, add in soup.

12. Mix well. Add salt.









13. It's all done.


For Fried Noodles:

1. Boil water and add noodles to cook.








2. Cook till 90% done.

3. Strain the noodles.

4. Heat oil, deep fry.

5. For fast and more crunchy noodles, Take out noodles when it half brown.

6. Hold it out for 1-2 minutes, by this time let oil become more hot. Then again drop in oil, this will make noodles more crunchy and will turn brown faster.

7. It's done. Keep aside.

 8. Serve hot!

9. Add fried noodles just before serving.

LAVA BROWNIE / WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR BROWNIE / CHOCOLATE BROWNIE

Chocolate brownie is super easy to make that yields an incredibly rich and gooey taste and texture. I have a simple walnut brownie recipe but wanted to make something different this time with brownies so tried hand on lava brownies.

Made with 100% whole wheat flour and the melting chocolate that comes in mouth.....ohhhh... that's divine....my kids loved it indeed and so as me....

I assure you these are going to be the best brownie ever! If not serving immediately just warm them in microwave for 30 seconds to enjoy that lavaaaaa........


 INGREDIENTS 
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 cup melted butter (100gm)
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup dark melted dark chocolate
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup chopped dark chocolate


METHOD

1. Sift together whole wheat flour and cocoa powder. Keep aside.

2. In a bowl mix together melted butter and powdered sugar till creamy and combined .

3. Add eggs beat well add vanilla essence mixed together.

4. Add melted dark chocolate.

5. Add sifted flour mix.

6. Add small chunks of dark chocolate. Mix.

7. Transfer in well greased cake tin. Bake in preheated oven at 180�C for 20-25 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

8. Let it come down to room temperature.

9. Cut on squares and enjoy

10. For melted chocolate in mouth, warm in microwave for 30 seconds and enjoy!!

Pictorial:

1. Mix together melted butter and powdered sugar.

2. Whisk well till it's combined and pale in colour.

3. Add eggs and whisk again.

4. Add vanilla essence.

5. Here goes kids favorite melted chocolate.

6. Mix.

7. Sifted flour and cocoa powder.

8. Mix well.

9. For extra chocolaty taste, chocolate cubes.

11. Final mix.

12. Into the greased pan.

13. After baking in pre-heated oven at 180�C for 20 minutes or till skewer comes out clean.

 14. Cut and enjoy!














15.  Close Up!














16. For Melting chocolate warm it in microwave for 30 seconds and enjoy!

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