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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Tofu Butter Masala Healthy version of Paneer Butter Masala

Tofu looks just like paneer (Indian cottage cheese) and it is tasteless. That means we can induce flavors by cooking it with the spices we like. Tofu is made from soy beans (mostly), it can serve as agreat source of protein, iron, calcium for the vegans and vegetarians like me. 100gm of tofu contain 8gm of protein, 350mg of calcium (35% daily value), iron 5.4mg (42% daily value) and it counts for 76Kcal. One cup of paneer made with cow milk contains 265 calories and 21 g of fat.. The same amount of paneer made using buffalo milk contains 292 calories and 23 g of fat.

Where to find tofu?

Walmart: you can find near the fresh greens (Produce section).

Kroger: you can find in the frozen section.

Publix: You can find it near greens and mushroons (Produce section).

I always love eating healthy and tasty food. This recipe satisfies my taste buds and it is healthy too. A duel combo.

Ingredients:

Tofu cubes medium size-200gm

Onion - 1 medium-sized one, chopped fine

Ginger-1 inch

garlic cloves - 2
red chili-2

Sesame seeds (Dry roasted)-3ts

Coconut milk-1/2cup

Tamarind- half lemon size

Green peas-1/4cup

Dhania powder/malli podi/Coriander powder - 1 tbsp

Cumin powder-1/2ts

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Kasuri methi/dried fenugreek leaves - 1 generous pinch

cumin seeds-few

cinnamon stick-1 small

bay leaf-1 big

Turmeric-pinch
Curry leaf-10 leaves

Butter-1/2 stick

Cream - 2ts

Oil - 3 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Method:

Prepare the masala paste by grinding together tamarind+ sesame+ coriander powder+ cumin powder+ginger+ garlic+ kasuri methi + Onion. ( add little water while grinding, and make a fine paste).
Now take a pan and melt butter add bay leaf, cumin seeds, red chili, cinnamon stick, and saute it.
Add green peas and cook till they are done, then add turmeric.
Now add the prepared masala + curry leaf + salt + red chili powder+ coconut milk and cream and cook for a while. Add water if required.
Finally add tofu and mix well, cook for 10 min at medium flame.
Add little garam masala (if you like very spicy) at the end and garnish with cilantro.

You can enjoy this wonderful curry with roti/naan/rice. Hope you like my recipe.

Tip: if you add mutter (green peas) to this recipe, it becomes Tofu mutter masala.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Paneer koftay

Paneer koftay

Ingredients

Potatoes boiled and mashed ½ kg
Grated cottage cheese 1 cup
Grated khoya ½ cup
Salt 1tsp
Turmeric 1/2tsp
Chili powder 2tsp
All spice 1tsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp heaped
Cream ½ cup
Cashew nuts 15 ground
Onion 2 raw boiled and ground
Tomato puree ½ cup

Method for kofta

Mash together potatoes, cottage cheese and khoya, mix with salt, turmeric, chili powder, all spice and corn flour.Mix well. Shape into medium sized balls, dredge in corn flour and deep fry.

Method for gravy

Heat ¼ cup oil add boiled onion paste and fry for 2 minutes.Add the tomato puree, ground cashew nuts, with salt, chili powder, all spice and turmeric. Fry well,Put the fried koftas in the gravy, add cream, simmer for 5 minutes and remove.