How to make Shahi Paneer

Ingredients:

1. Paneer (Cheese)- 250 grams
2. Milk- 1/2 cup
3. Onions- 2, medium size
4. Tomatoes- 2
5. Ginger slices- ½ inch
6. Green Chilies- 3, finely chopped
7. Garlic- 3 flakes
8. Turmeric Powder- 3/4 tsp
9. Garam Masala- 1/2 tsp
10. Red Chilli Powder- 3/4 tsp
11. Vegetable oil- 2 tbsp(for cooking)
12. Water- 1/2 cup
13. Fresh cream- 1 tsp
14. Enough oil for frying paneer
15. Salt according to your taste
16. Roasted cashew and pistachios- 1/4 cup
17. Chopped coriander

Method

1. Cut the panner into small cubes
2. Heat the oil in wok/kadai.
3. Fry the paneer (cheese) cubes until turn to light brown.
4. Remove the paneer pieces from wok/kadai and keep them aside.
5. Make a smooth paste of onion, ginger, garlic and green chillies by grinding them.
6. After that blend the tomatoes to make puree.
7. Heat 2 tbsp oil in another pan and Fry this paste until it gets golden brown.
8. Add tomato puree, red chilli powder, turmeric, white pepper, stir for 2-3 minutes.
9. Now add milk to the gravy and boil it.
10. Add garam masala and salt, saute it for a minute.
11. Now reduce the heat and cook it until it becomes thick.
12. Add half of the dry fruits to gravy.
13. Add cream and paneer cubes to gravy, and cook it for another 4-5 minutes.
14. Remove from the heat and garnish with remaining dry fruits and chopped coriander.
15. Serve hot with roti or naan.

Shahi Paneer

How to make Paneer tikki

Ingredients

1. 1 cup grated low-fat paneer (cottage cheese)
2. 1 boiled and mashed potato
3. 1 tsp chopped green chillies
4. 2 tsp chopped coriander (dhania)
5. 2 tsp grated coconut
6. 2 tsp whole wheat bread crumbs
7. a pinch of chaat masala
8. salt to taste
9. freshly ground black pepper powder powder
10. oil for cooking

Method

1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
2. Divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and shape into tikkis.
3. Heat a non-stick tava and cook the tikkis on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from both the sides, using little oil for cooking.
4. Serve hot with green chutney.

paneer tikki

How to make diet milk

Ingredients: 

1. 1 cup unboiled skim milk
2. 1 cup chilled water or equivalent ice
3. pinch of cardamom powder
4. 1 tsp ground sugar (or sweetner)

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients
2. Beat together with electrical hand blender till foamy
3. Chill more if required
4. Serve as morning cooler

Diet milk

How to make cabbage soup(diet)

Ingredients

1. 6 large sized spring onions
2. 2 capsicums
3. 1 to 2 tins of canned tomatoes (diced or whole)
4. 3 carrots
5. 1 container approx.10 oz. of canned mushrooms (khumbh)
6. 1 bunch of celery (ajmoda)
7. 1/2 head cabbage
8. 1 package Lipton soup mix
9. 1 to 2 bouillon cubes (optional)
10. 1 48oz can V8 juice (optional)
11. Black pepper (kalimirch) powder
12. Parsley
13. Salt and garlic (lehsun) powder to taste

Method 

1. Slice green onions.
2. put in pot and start to sauté with cooking spray.
3. Cut green pepper stem end off and cut in half.
4. Take seeds and membrane out.
5. Cut the green pepper into bite size pieces and put in pot.
6. Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, put in pot.
7. Clean carrots cut into bite size pieces, put in pot.
8. Slice mushrooms into thick slices (otherwise they will disappear in the soup), put in pot.
9. If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of cayenne pepper (red pepper) now (1/3 teaspoon is quite a bit as the soup will get spicier as it cooks further).
10. You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for seasonings. they have all the salt and flavors you will need.
11. Use about 12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the v8 juice), cover and put heat on low. let soup cook for a long time (two hours works well).
12. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Cabbage soup(diet)

How to make Diet sandwich

Ingredients

1. 8 to 10 bread slices
2. 1/2 small sized cabbage
3. 1 carrot
4. 1/2 capsicum
5. 1/2 potato
6. 1 onion
7. 1 cup hung curds (chakka dahi)
8. Salt and freshly ground black pepper powder to taste

Method

1. Cut cabbage in thin slices.
2. Cut onion and capsicum in small pieces.
3. Grate carrot and potato.
4. Mix with fresh hung curd.
5. Put salt and pepper
6. Spread this mixture on bread and grill the bread.
7. Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Sandwich

How to make pasta (diet)

Ingredients: 

1. 2 cups - brown pasta
2. 1 cup - cabbage, carrot, beans, capsicum, green peas, diced mushroom, each
3. 1/2 cup - tomato puree 
4. 1 - onion 
5. 1 tbsp - ginger garlic paste 
6. 1 tsp - pepper powder 
7. green chilies as required
8. salt, cumin seeds, oil as required
9. fresh coriander and mint leaves

Method

1. Cook pasta and drain it well.
2. Pour little oil and add cumin seeds let it splutter.
3. Add onion, once it turns transparent add ginger garlic paste and add tomato puree into it toss until the raw smell goes-off.
4. Add all the vegetables, salt and chillies one by one and toss it well.
5. Now its time to add the cooked pasta. Toss is to make the pasta mixed with the veg mixture.
6. Garnish with coriander and mint leaves.

Diet pasta

How to make biryani (diet)

Ingredients: 

1. 1 cup - wheat rava 
2. 1 tsp - ginger garlic paste 
3. 3 - green chillies 
4. 1 cup - mixed vegetables (carrot, beetroot, beans, potato, peas etc) 
5. 3 cups - water 
6. Bay leaf, a small piece
7. 1 tbsp - biriyani masala 
8. Cinnamon (pattai), a small piece
9. 1 tsp - aniseed (sombu) 
10. Salt to taste

Method

1. Take a pan, add a spoon of oil and temper aniseeds, cinnamon and ginger garlic paste.
2. Now add the diced vegetables, chilli, bay leaf and a little salt.
3. Sprinkle some water and let the vegetables get cooked.
4. Once done add 3 cups of water to the pan.
5. Now add the briyani masala with adequate salt into the water.
6. When it starts boiling pour in the wheat rava and keep stirring to avoid lumps.
7. Once it gets cooked and becomes thick, simmer the stove and allow it to cook for 5 min.
8. Wheat rava biriyani is done.
9. Serve hot with raitha of your choice.

Diet biryani