Home made Paneer

Always paneer made at home taste a lot better than the store brought ones. Just 2 ingredients and its very simple to make. Its easy to make, but i hate the cleaning part, we end up using lot of utensils  :(
Ingredients:

Milk - 1 Gallon ( I used 2%, but whole milk would be much better )
Lemon - 3 big ( I used approximately 2 and 1/2 ).


Method:

Line a colander with double layer of cheescloth and set it aside.

Birng milk to a boil, make sure to stir in between to avoid burning at the bottom.

Now bring the flame to low and add the lemon juice.

Stir and you can see the curds and whey getting separated. This should not take more than 2 to 3 minutes. If you over cook it would turn rubbery.

Now trun off the heat and pour them in the colander lined with cheescloth and rinse with cold water very gently to get rid of the lemon smell.
Squeeze the water and tie the cheescloth and let it hang for couple of minutes for the excess water to drain. ( I have used a wooden spoon and a tall pot to hang the cheescloth).

Now place them in a colander and add as much weight as possible for an hour.

Now the Paneer is ready! Cut them in to cubes, for sure the edges won't turn into proper cubes..store the crumbles and cubes separately.

Freeze them and use when needed!

Oats Dosa

Had a box of Old fashioned oats, that too whole grain, some how wanted to finish that. Oats dosa was the only recipe that came to my mind. Believe me it turned out good.

Ingredients:
Urid dhal - 3/4 cup

Idli rice  - 1 cup

Old fashioned oats - 3 cups ( I used 100% whole grain, old fashioned oats)

Fenugreek - 1/8 tsp

Method:

soak urid dhal,rice and fenugreek seeds together for atleast 6 hours. 

Just 30 to 45 minutes before grinding soak the Oats separately. 

Grind all together to a fine batter.

Add needed salt.

Ferment overnight or for atleast 8 to 10 hrs.

Make think dosa's asusual.

Yummy, Crunchy and Healthy dosa is ready!

Note: The Batter was little thinner than the regular dosa batter.

Peach Smoothie

The weather was good today, My lil one came home  from her play school. She said i am hungry and wanted something to drink. She is a big fan of smoothies, ice cream and popsicles. I had fresh peaches at home, so thought of making peach smoothie. Such a simple yet tasty smoothie will be ready in no time.

Ingredients:
Fresh peach - 2
Sugar - 2 Table spoon
cold Milk - 1.5 cups ( I used 2%)
Vanilla Ice cream

Method:

 In a blender combine Peaches, sugar and little milk. Blend them to a fine paste. Now add remaining milk and 4 scoops of vanilla ice cream, blend once until they are combined well.

Transfer to a glass, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and serve.

Refreshing yummy smoothie is ready in no time!

Note: All ingredients are to taste, adjust them according to your preference.

sprouting green gram/Mung been

Sprouting is very simple.We can do it quiet often at home and include in our diet. keep in mind soak only half the quantity of the mung been you want.Once you soak and sprout they almost become double the quantity.
wash and soak the needed green gram/Mung bean over night  in water ( atleast 8 to 10 hours).

Drain the water and let them sit in colander for few minutes.

Wet the cheese cloth and squeeze the excess water.Add the drained mung been.Tie a knot and hang them for few minutes for the excess water to drain, Later place the tied knot in a bowl and keep it in a dark place, where they don't get disturbed.

Some people keep in oven( don't turn on the oven).I keep them inside the kitchen cabinet.Let them sit for 24 hours.After a day when you see, the would have sprouted very well.
Now you can use this sprouted mung bean in variety of dishes and it is very good for health.

I have not tried the casserol method for sporuting, will try and post it soon.

Hotel style crunchy Dosa

One of my friend M, here in columbus said, she saw this receipe from a cook book and tried it sometime back. She said Dosa was really crunchy but you have to eat when it is hot. If we let it sit for sometime and then eat, the texture becomes rough. Cone dosa came out really good with this batter.

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup

Idli rice    - 1 cup

Urid dhal - 1/2 cup

Fenugreek seeds -1/2 tsp

Toor dhal - 1 Table sp

Method:

Soak all together for at least 4 to 6 hrs and grind them using a grinder to a fine batter with needed water.

Add salt and let it ferment over night or for atlest 8 hrs.

Heat a dosa griddle. When it is hot pour a ladle full of batter and spread it as much thin as possible .

Sizzle some oil cover and Cook for few minutes until the bottom becomes light golden.

Thin crunchy and yummy dosa is ready. Serve with chutney or sambar..and Don't forget to eat when it is hot:)