Achu's Recipes

Ingredients Paneer (cut into 1 inch cubes) - 100 gms:  Green Peas (Frozen) - 50 gms: Basmati Rice -  2 cups Thick Yogurt - 1/2 cup Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Garam Masala - 2 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 2 tsp Star Anise - 2-3 nos: Cloves - 3-4 nos: Bay Leaf - 1  Onion - 1 (finely chopped) Green Chilli - 2-3 nos: (sliced) Mint Leaves (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (finely chopped) - 1 tbsp Cashew Nut (roasted) - 10-15 (optional) Ghee - 5 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Mix yogurt, chilli powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste and salt; add paneer cubes and coat the paneer with yogurt mix and refrigerate for 30 mins: Wash, and soak the rice for 20 mins:. Remove the water and keep in a strainer to remove excess water. In a large pot boil water by adding star anise, cloves, bay leaf, and salt. Once the water start to boil add rice and 1 tbsp ghee, stir well and cook till the rice is just done. Drain the water and transfer the rice t...

Let's make Paneer Pizza from the home-made Pizza Base.  Click Here for the step-by-step Pizza Base Recipe. Ingredients Pizza Base Dough - for 2 medium-sized Pizza  Pizza Sauce - 4 tbsp Grate Pizza Cheese - 100 gms: Oregano - 2 tsp Red Chilli Flakes - 2 tsp Olives - 3 or 4 (cut into half) Onion - 1 (sliced) Tomato - 1 (sliced) Paneer - 100 gms (cut into cubes) Salt - as required Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Preparation Method Marinate the paneer cubes with salt, red chili powder and keep aside for 10-15 mins: Preheat the oven at 180degree for 10 mins: Apply some oil on the baking tray and using your palm and fingers gently roll the dough to circle shape. Tuck the sides of the dough, so that the edges become thick and pizza toppings will not fall out of the base. Prick the dough with a fork. Spread 2 tbsp of pizza sauce over the dough, excluding the edges. Sprinkle 2 tbsp of grated cheese over the pizza sauce. Evenly arrange sliced tomato, onion, panee...

Ingredients Paneer - 100gms: (grated) Potato - 2 medium (boiled and grated) Chilli Powder - 1-2 tsp (as required) Turmeric Powder - a pinch Greenpeas - 1/2 cup (cooked) Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Atta - 4-5 tbsp Salt - as required Water - as required Rice Vermicelli - 100gms: Oil - for deep frying Preparation Method Mix atta, salt and water; make a thick lump free batter and keep aside. Add grated paneer, potato, greenpeas, chilli powder, turmenric powder, ginger and salt to a mixing bowl and combine together. Apply oil in your hands, take lemon sized mixture and make balls.  Shape the balls into nset and dig the middle of each nest with thumb finger. Refrigerate the nests for 30mins: Heat oil in a pan.  Dip each nests in the atta mixture and coat with vermicelli. Deep fry the nest in medium flame till it turn golden brown in color. Remove from oil and place in kitchen towel to remove excess oil. Arrange the Nests in plate and serve hot with co...

Ingredients Paneer - 200 gms: Onion - 4 nos:  Tomato - 2 nos:  Cashew Nuts - 10-15 nos: Fresh Cream - 100 ml Butter - 100 gms: Red Chili Powder - 2 tbsp Garam Masala - 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Soak cashew nuts in half cup lukewarm water and keep aside for 10-15 mins: Grind  separately  onion, tomato and soaked cashew nuts to a fine paste and keep aside. Cut paneer into 1inch cubes and keep aside. In a thick bottom wok melt butter and fry the paneer till all the sides of the paneer cubes turns to slightly golden brown. Remove paneer from butter and keep aside. To the butter add onion paste, ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of onion disappear. Add tomato paste and salt saute till the butter start appearing on the sides of the wok. Add chili powder, garam masala and saute in low flame for 2  more mins: Add cashew paste and fresh cream, mix well and cook in low flame till boil...

Ingredients Paneer (Cottage Cheese) - 200 gms: (cut into cubes) Onion - 3 nos: (chopped) Tomato - 2 nos: (pureed) Whole Spices (Cardamon, Cinnamon, Cloves) - 2-3 nos: each Cashew Paste - 2 tbsp Fresh Cream - 2 tbsp Butter - 50 gms: Chilli Powder - 2 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method In a wok, heat 25 gms: of butter and saute paneer cubes for 2 mins: Remove paneer from wok and splutter whole spices in that wok. Add onion and saute till onion become slightly brown in color, remove from flame and allow  it to cool down. Once onion is cool down, make paste of the onion. In a wok bring remaining butter to heat and add the onion paste and saute till onion paste become brown in color. Add in tomato puree and saute till butter separates. Add chilli powder and saute for 2 mins: Add paneer cubes, salt and mix well. Add 1/2 cup water and cook for 5 mins: Reduce the flame and add cashew paste and mix well. Switch of the flame when the gravy starts to bubbl...