In which indian curry can I use cashew or peanuts paste?!
In which indian curry can I use cashew or peanuts paste?
Any recipe available?
Answers:
Cashew Chicken
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cg...
Lemon Cashew Rice
http://www.indiasnacks.com/recipe/616/ni...
Malai Kofta
http://desifusioncorner.blogspot.com/200...
For peanuts - check this out.
http://www.indobase.com/recipes/category...
such pastes are normally used for non veg dishes, but can be used for any curry dish. for good indian dishes see www.sanjeevkapoor.com
Korma for the cashews, not sure on the peanuts!
you can use this paste in shahi paneer ,methi paneer,malai kofta recipie even i had tried it it makes dishes so yummy
here are some easy recipies for u in which you can use this paste
Paneer Chandni
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Ingredients:
500 gms Cottage Cheese, 1? inch pieces
For the Paste
3 Cloves
5 Cardamoms
50 gms Ginger
150 gms Ghee
200 gms Khoya
5 Green Chillies
100 gms Cashewnuts
200 ml Milk or Cream
100 gms Onions, finely chopped
White Pepper to taste
Salt to taste
For the Garnish
2 tsp Almonds, flaked
1 tsp Coriander leaves, chopped
4 Saffron threads, dissolved in water
Method:
Make paste of cashewnuts, ginger, green chillies, reduced milk and a few cardamoms.
Heat ghee in a pan, add cloves, the rest of the cardamoms and chopped onions, and saute. Make sure that it does not brown otherwise it will change the colour of the gravy.
Add the paste and cook for some time, stirring constantly so that it does not stick to the bottom.
Add salt and pepper to adjust the seasoning and then add cottage cheese batons and cook for some time.
Finish with cream or milk to adjust the consistency.
Remove to a bowl, garnish with chopped coriander, saffron drops, and almond flakes and serve.
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Kacche Kele ke kofte
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Ingredients:
For the Batter
6 raw Bananas
1 tsp Cumin seeds
2 tsps Garlic, chopped
2 tsps Ginger, chopped
A pinch of Turmeric powder
1 tsp Green Chillies, chopped
Oil for deep-frying
Salt to taste
For the gravy
1 tbsp Ghee
1 tbsp Cream
1 tsp Cumin seeds
? tsp Mace powder
2 tsps Thick Yoghurt
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Red Chilli powder
? tsp Cardamom powder
2 tsps Ginger-Garlic paste
2 tbsps boiled Onion and Cashewnut paste
Salt according to taste
A few sprigs of Coriander leaves
Method:
For the kofte
Boil bananas with turmeric powder, cool and mash.
Add all the other chopped ingredients and seasoning, and mix well, then form into dumplings at 1 inch each.
Deep fry over medium heat.
For the gravy
Heat ghee and crackle cumin seeds.
Add onion and cashewnut paste and cook till the paste releases oil.
Add the dry masala and cook well.
Add yoghurt and ginger-garlic paste and saute till the gravy releases oil.
Finish with cream, salt and cardamom and mace powder.
Reduce the flame to low and slowly add the dumplings.
Serve hot garnished with chopped coriander leaves.
butter chicken uses cashew/almond paste .... www.thokalath.com
Use with brinjal. The mix will give you super taste.
any veg or nonveg where we use garam masala. . ground cashew gives thickness & taste to the gravy.when u finish cooking in the last before removing from the fire add cashew paste , boil for 1 minute & remove from fire. thats what i do. & it gives good results.
u can use cashew and peanuts paste in punjabi vegetable in which curry comes so from that u can make d curry thick