Modern Microwave Cooking

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    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.

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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Serve hot – but I find chilled & served, best.

    Add chopped fruits.
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    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.



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    Decorated with tomato ketchup for a better taste!

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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