MW Paneer Bhurji - quick snack with toasted bread! Home made paneer is very good for this. Grated paneer - 1 cup Chopped onions - ½ cup Chopped capsicum - ¼ cup Ginger & garlic, minced - 1 tsp, each Green chillies minced - 2 tsp Black salt - ¼ tsp Chopped mint & coriander - 2 tbsp, each Lime juice - 1 tsp Salt Oil - 1 tsp In a MW bowl, combine oil, onions, ginger, garlic & mix well. MW Hi for 2 mts. Add capsicum, green chillies, haldi, black salt & MW Hi for 2-3 mtes. Add all other ingredients & mix well – no need to MW again. Serve hot on toast.
MW Jiffy Tomato Thokku: - make it as often as you like! The spice level is your choice. If you want to make larger amount & keep for some days, make sure you add enough oil. Tomatoes - 4 (select bright red ones), chopped Tamarind - tiny lemon size Chilli powder - 3 tsp Salt To temper: Oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Hing & methi powder - each ½ tsp Chop tomatoes, shred tamarind & mix with red chilli powder & salt in a glass jar. Allow to stand for 24 hrs. Grind to a fine paste & take in a shallow MW bowl & temper as given. Mix well & MW on Hi for 5 mts & medium for 15-20 mts. Remove, cool & bottle. For step by step photos, please go to Jiffy Tomato Thokku
MW Carrot Curry - tastes delicious, cooked in milk! Select fresh carrots. Wash, peel & grate. Grated carrots - 2 cups Milk - ¼ cup Coconut - 1 tbsp (optional) Salt To temper: Oil - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Urad dhal - 1 tsp Red chilli - one, broken to bits Curry leaves Take carrots & mimilk in a MW vessel. Heat a ladle on the stove & temper as given, to pour on carrots. Cover & cook for 5 mts Hi. Open, remove, add salt & mix well. MW hi for one more mte. Remove & add coconut & serve. Addition of milk gives carrot a delicious taste.
MW Lapsi-Oats Porridge - ideal for breakfast! Lapsi & Oats - ¼ cup, each Butter - 2 tsp Milk - 1 + ½ cups Water - 1 cup Sugar - ¼ cup (brown or white) Cinnamon powder - ½ tsp (optional) Apple + Banana - 1, each Soak lapsi for 15 mts & drain completely. Take a BIG MW BOWL (to prevent overflowing) & first MW the butter on Hi for 30 secs Add oats+lapsi & MW Hi for 1 mte. Add 1 cup each of milk & water & MW Hi for 8 mts, stirring 4-5 times, without fail. Take out, add cinnamon powder, remaining milk & sugar when still hot. Blend well for the sugar to dissolve. Serve hot – but I find chilled & served, best. Add chopped fruits.
MW Macaroni Cheese - the eternal delight, very easily made in MW ! Macaroni - 1 cup Water - 1 ½ cups Butter - 1 tsp Garlic - 1 big clove, grated Mixed vegetables - ¾ - 1 cup (cauliflower, peas, corn, French beans etc) Milk - ½ cup Cornflour ½ tsp Cheese slices - 2 ½ no:s Mixed herbs - ½ tsp Freshly ground pepper - ½ tsp Salt - to taste To serve: Cheese slices - 2 In a bowl, combine the macaroni, water, butter, garlic, vegetables and salt and microwave on HIGH for 8 minutes stirring once in between. Combine the cornflour with 1 tablespoon milk and keep aside. Add the cornflour mixture, milk and cheese and microwave on HIGH for 2 mts. Add the pepper and mixed herbs, mix well and microwave on HIGH for 1 more minute. Top with the cheese slices, leave aside for 2 to 3 minutes and serve. Some macaroni varieties take longer to cook, depending on the brand and shape. Decorated with tomato ketchup for a better taste!
MW Lauki Basundhi - Takes exactly 8 mts! Bottlegourd (lauki), grated fine - 1 cup Sugar - 1/3 cup Milk - 1 cup Milk powder _ ½ cu[ Cardamom powder - a pinch Ghee - 1 tbsp Sliced pistas - to garnish Squeeze out all water from the grated vegetable. In a bowl, mix together, sugar, milk, milk powder & cardamom powder. In a big MW bowl, mix ghee & the squeezed vegetable & MW Hi for 3 mts, stirring once after 2 mts. Add the milk-mixture, mix well & MW Hi for 5 mts, stirring once in between. Serve either hot or cold, garnished with nuts.
MW Chowchow Thogayal - no oil! I used the food processor for mincing the ingredients & MWed Hi, covered for 5 mts. Then ground on cooling. The photos are self explanatory. Makes a jiffy side-dish for all tiffins.
MW Carrot Thogayal - oil is optional The photos are self explanatory. Mince all ingredients in food processor. MW covered on HI for 5mts, addinglittle oil optionally. Cool & grind.
MW Sweet Potato Curry - one sweet & one savoury!! This, we call,Halwa Curry & is strictly for the 'sweet-toothed'.:biggrin2: This goes very well with spicy vatha kuzambu. Slice (not necessary to peel), well cleaned sweet potatoes into roundels, not more than 1/2 cm thick. Slices - 2 cups Salt - a tiny pinch Powdered jaggery & grated coconut - 1/2 cup, each Ghee - 2 tsp Steam cook the vegetables in MW on Hi for 6mtes. Cool; meanwhile in a shallow vessel, mix jaggery & cocnut & MW Hi for 2-3 mtes till well blended. Add the steamed slices, salt & MW hi for 3-4 mts, stirring twice in between. Remove & top with ghee befoe mixing gently. Savoury curry: Scrub, clean & cut sweet potato into 2,3 big pieces. Steam on MW Hi for 5,6 mtes - time varies with the freshness of the vegetable. Cool & dice ( peeling is optional) In a MW shallow vessel, take 1 tbsp oil & MW Hi for 2 mtes. Add 2-3 red chillies, 1 tsp mustad seeds, 2 tsp uraddhal, a pinch of hing & curry leaves MW on Hi till dhal browns. Remove, add the cubes & salt. MW for 2 mtes, after mixing well. Garnish wth freshly grated coconut.
MW Bittergourd Roast - add jaggery if you prefer! Slice bittergourd very thin as for chips. Grated BG - 3 cups Curds - ¾ - 1 cup Besan or Cornflour or Fried gram powder - 1 tbsp Chillipowder - 1-2 tsp Hing - ½ tsp Salt, haldi Toss all the above. Make sure the smearing is thorough. Mw in a very shallow vessel for 8-10 mts till soft & absorbed. Cool & tranfer to a big micro plate. Smear little oil. MW in Combination mode (MW + Grill) for 7, 8 mtes. Thereafter, grill, till crisp for 5-6 mts, testing every 3, 4 mts.