Keema Pav

 Minced Meat with Soft Bread Roll

Soft and warm, fresh tawa toasted, buttered Pav dipped into Juicy Mutton Keema ... thats what culinary dreams are made of .

Delicious and super easy to make.

Ingredients :

Mutton Keema - 500gm
Pav - 2 packets (16 bread rolls)

Butter (I used Amul Garlic Butter) - 50 gm

Mustard Oil - 2 tbspn

Ghee - 1 tbspn

Tej Pata / Bay leaf -1

Whole red chili -1 

Garam Masala whole - Cinnamon 2 pieces; Elaichi-2 green; Clove -2 to 3

Whole garlic - 4-5 pods

Ginger Garlic paste - 3 tbspn

Onion - 2 medium sized , chopped

Onion - sliced into rings for garnishing

Tomato - 1 medium sized chopped

Green Chilies - as per heat tolerance. I used 5 -6

Coriander leaves chopped

Kesuri Methi-2tbspn crushed (optional)

Haldi - 1 tsp

Coriander Powder - 1 tsp

Cumin Powder - 1 tsp

Kashmiri Red Chili - 1 tsp

Red Chili - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar - a pinch

Home made Garam Masala - Dry roasted and finely powdered Cinnamon + Elaichi-green + Clove.

Green Peas - a small bowl

Cubed (small) and sauted Potatoes (optional) after smearing with Haldi & Salt 

Boiled eggs -2 (this was as per a video of Ranveer Brar... I normally do not use eggs in Keema)

Procedure :

Keema

1. Wash and then marinate (preferably overnight) the Keema with Ginger Garlic Paste, Salt, Haldi, Red Chili.

2. In a pressure cooker, heat 2 tbspn Mustard Oil and temper with whole garam masala, Bay Leaf, Whole red chili, 4-5 whole garlic. 

3. Add chopped onions and a pinch of sugar, followed by 2 tbspn of ginger - garlic paste. Fry well till light brown. Add chopped tomatoes.

4. Once tomatoes are mushy, add the powdered masalas mixed with water. Cook till you get rid of the raw smell with occasional sprinkling of water to avoid burning.

5. Once masalas are cooked well, add the marinated Keema / Minced Meat. Mix well and cook on high heat till oil separates. Add a cup of warm water if too dry.

6. Pressure Cook for 2-3 whistles on medium flame. Allow the pressure to release on its own.

7 . If too dry, add some warm water. Add a bowl of blanched green peas, sauted potatoes (optional) . Let the meat, peas and potatoes come to a boil.

8. Garnish with Ghee, Crushed Kesuri Methi leaves, chopped green chilies, garam masala and chopped coriander leaves.  

9. Slice the onions into rings and also slice the boiled eggs

Pav

1. Divide the Pavs and slice horizontally.

2. Smear the tawa with Garlic Butter / Plain Butter/Ghee

3. Toast the sliced Pavs on both sides.

Serve the Keema garnished with Sliced Onions, Sliced Eggs and a slice of Lemon along with warm, buttered tawa toasted paws....

Gujju (Methi) Thepla in Bong kitchen

Taught by a Gujju friend, love these Theplas!

Love them with mirchi achaar (green chilli pickle), and sometimes plain, with my evening cuppa! Best part they taste yummy even when not so fresh..

Ingredients:

Ata (wheat flour) - 250 gm or 2 cups

Curd - 1 cup

Methi (fenugreek) leaves- 1/2 cup
White til (sesame seeds) - 1 tbsp

Ajwain (carom seeds) - 1 tsp

Green chilli paste

Dhania (Coriander) powder - 1 tbsp

Jeera (Cumin) powder - 1/2 tsp

Haldi (Turmeric powder) - 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1-2 tsp

Oil - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Procedure :

1. Knead all the ingredients together till you get a soft dough

2. Divide the soft dough into about 12-14 balls as in chapatis.

3. Roll out similar to a chapati.

4. On a tawa, smear some oil and cook both sides of the thepla.

5. Serve hot.

But, I like theplas kept overnight too....

Breakfast in a jiffy!!

Running late in the morning? ....well, happens to me quite quite often....on most occasions, I have this tremendous urge to skip breakfast altogether or just gulp down a cupfull of tea with a Marie. But there are days when, the stomach grumbles in protest and asks for something filling.

This is for such late yet hungry mornings....when cooking up in a jiffy is the name of the game....
Bread and Microwaved Poached Egg with my personal touch!!! ;))

Total time would be less than 10 minutes even if you count the time taken to chop the onion and chilli.

Ingredients :
*Egg - 1
*Wheat bread - 1 slice (as per your requirement)

A. To be added to the egg
*Finely chopped onions - 1/2 small onion (I keep 3-4 onions chopped in an air tight container in the fridge)

*Chopped Green chilli - 1

*Ginger paste/juice - 1/4 tsp
*Salt to taste
*Pepper - 1/2 tsp
*Chilli flakes - a pinch (optional)

Procedure :
1. Put the bread slice/s in the preset toaster.

2. Break an egg in a small microwaveable bowl. Take care not to break the yolk

3.Garnish the egg with all ingredients at 'A'

4. Microwave for a minute (maximum). You may cover it with a microwave proof plastic cling film.

5. Butter the toast. (Optional....these days I resist the temptation and refrain from buttering the toast!)

The breakfast of Bread and Poached Egg is READY and you're done in less than 10 minutes flat!!

Brown Bread, Egg and a cup of Darjeeling Tea...
that's a quick and healthy breakfast for me!!!

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