HOMEMADE TOMATO KETCHUP

Recently prepared this tasty and healthy tomato sauce at home it was so good as store bought ones.....to be frank it is tasty than store bought jars!!!!! Everyone at my home liked this tomato ketchup so much....


        making homemade sauce is so simple and easy......it takes time to cook tomatoes but process is so simple.

          You need very few ingredients to make this homemade tomato sauce.i request you try this recipe atleast once..... Follow the same recipe to make perfect homemade tomato sauce.

   I added pinch of red food color in this recipe if you don't want to add food color you can skip it.

   Give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Ingredients :

  Red tomatoes : 1 kg
  Sugar : 3/4 cup
  Vinegar : 1/2 cup
 Salt : 1/2 tea spoon
 Chilly powder : 1 tea spoon

To make potli/pouch :

Ginger : 1 inch piece
Diced onion : 1
black pepper corns : 1 tea spoon
cumin seeds : 1 tea spoon
cardamom/elaichi/yalukalu : 2
cinnamon sticks : 2


  Method :

  First wash and wipe tomatoes with cloth

  Now chop tomatoes and put them in a pan

 Now take a small muslin cloth put all potli ingredients and make a pouch

Now put this pouch in tomatoes and cook on low flame for 1 hour or till tomatoes are well cooked

Now take out the pouch and squeeze the excess juice from pouch and put pouch a side

Now let tomato mixture cool completely and blend into a fine puree

Now take a sieve and strain the puree and discard the waste

Now put strained pulp in clean pan then add sugar,vinegar, salt,chilly powder and mix well

Now again put pouch in tomato pulp and start cooking by stirring continuously

Cook for 5 to 6  minutes then take out the pouch and squeeze excess juice from it and Cook it then switchoff the flame

To check it's done or not put one spoon of sauce in plate if there is water around the sauce cook for some more time and switch off the flame

Let the mixture cool completely and store in airtight glass containers.

 Now yummy homemade tomato sauce is ready!!!!!

 chop tomatoes

 make pouch like this

 Put this pouch in tomatoes

 Cook on low flame and take out the pouch and squeeze it

 let it cool and blend it

 Strain it

 Add sugar,chilly powder,salt and vinegar

 put pouch and cook it and squeeze it

Cook for few minutes and switch off the flame !!

PANEER TIKKA RECIPE

Here is an another lips making recipe paneer tikka!!!!!!!!

Paneer tikka is a yummy Indian dish which is made with paneer (Indian cottage cheese) along with marinate of flavorful Indian spices.

         We can cook this dish in oven,charcoal grill, tandoor and in pan.but I like when it is cooked in charcoal grill or pan.in oven also it tastes good.

            I have posted paneer recipe and some other yummy paneer recipes in my blog,please check those recipes in home page.

Try this recipe and let me know how it turns out for you.

Ingredients :

Paneer : 500 grams
Large cubed onion : 1
Large cubed capsicum : 1
Coriander powder : 1 tea spoon
Chilly powder : 1 tea spoon
Garam masala powder : 1/2 tea spoon
Ginger garlic paste : 1 table spoon
Oil : 1 table spoon + extra for basting
Chat masala : 1 tea spoon
Lemon juice : 1 table spoon
Pinch of red food color
Hung curd : 1/2 cup
salt to taste

Preparation :

First take paneer pieces and add all ingredients except oil and mix it well then add 1 table spoon of oil and keep it a side for 1 to 2 hour

If you want to grill in oven then preheat oven in 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes

Take baking tray line with aluminum foil

Now take skewer or toothpick then insert onion piece then capsicum piece then paneer piece

Repeat same process for remaining pieces

Now arrange these skewers in baking tray and grill them in 200 degrees Celsius for 10 to 15 minutes by basting oil in between (don't over grill paneer or else it becomes hard)

If you want make in pan,heat some oil in a pan then place skewers in it and fry on both sides till it changes into light golden color.

Now enjoy this yummy paneer tikka

 Take your ingredients

 add all ingredients except oil mix it

 Then pour oil and mix well

 marinate it

 Grill it

 Apply oil in between

Or fry in pan!!!! 

CHICKEN TIKKA BIRIYANI

This recipe is for Chicken Tikka Biryani. It is a really tasty dish which combines two of my favorite foods - a biryani and a chicken tikka. For maximum flavor, marinade the chicken overnight. Once the biryani is cooked, leave it for a day, and it will taste even better!
Make this biryani this weekend and everyone will love it, !

A Simple List of Ingredients:

1. Onions
2. Boneless Chicken Pieces
3. Crushed Black Pepper
4. Crushed Ginger and Garlic Paste
5. Plain Yogurt
6. Tikka Masala Powder
7. Jalapeno Chilies
8. Fresh Coriander
9. Fresh Mint
10. Dried Mint
11. Yellow Food Co louring
12. Ground Cumin
13. Salt
14. Lemon Juice
15. Vegetable Oil

let's cook a biryani!

Heat a few tablespoons vegetable oil in a large pot.

Add 2 peeled and thinly sliced onions.

Cook until golden brown.

Add 1 and 1/2 pounds boneless chicken pieces. If you were going to marinade the chicken overnight, then add the following spices and yogurt to it, chill overnight and then add it all here at this stage.

Add 1 teaspoon crushed black pepper.

Add 5 tablespoons plain yogurt.

Add 1 and 1/2 tablespoons crushed ginger and garlic paste.

Add 2 tablespoons tikka masala powder.

Add 1 teaspoon ground cumin.

Add the juice of 1 lemon.

Add 1 teaspoon salt.

Give everything a good stir. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring every now and then.

Meanwhile, to cook the rice, bring a large pot of water to the boil.

Add 2 teaspoons cumin seeds.

Add 4 whole green cardamoms. 

Add 6 whole green chilies. 

Bring to the boil.



Add 3 cups basmati rice, that has been soaked and washed. Boil for 5 minutes until it's half cooked. It will cook fully in the biryani itself.



Drain the rice.

The chicken should be cooked, at this point.

Take a large pot, add a drizzle of vegetable oil, and place over a low heat. This is the pot in which you are going to layer your biryani!

Spread a layer of the rice into the bottom of the pot.

Add a layer of chicken.

Add another layer of rice.



Next, take a few drops yellow food coloring.



And, take:
2 sliced jalapeno chilies
A handful chopped fresh coriander
A handful chopped fresh mint
2 teaspoons dried mint

Place a few drops of the yellow food coloring over the rice, and sprinkle on half of the chopped greens above.

Layer on the rest of the chicken.

Layer on the rest of the rice.

Add the remaining food coloring, and the rest of the chopped greens.

Cover with a lid, and cook on the highest heat for 2 minutes, and then turn the heat to the lowest and steam for 15 minutes.

This is how it looks after steaming.

Give the biryani a gentle toss.

Serve straight away. As I said at the beginning, it will be tasty now but will taste even better the next day, as the flavor deepens.

Serve with my green yogurt chutney!