Category: Baked Snacks - Vegetarian Rasoi

Gobhi Tandoor Se

Ingredients
Gobhi/ Cauliflower 1 medium
Hung Curd 2 cups
Onion 1 medium (Finely Chopped)
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 tbsp
Red Chili Powder 2 tsp
Asafoetida/ Hing 0.5 tsp
Haldi Powder 1 tsp
Ajwain Seeds 1tsp
Roasted Jeera Powder 1 tbsp
Aamchur Powder 1 tsp
Coriander Powder 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Salt 1 tsp
Dry Kasoori Methi Leaves 2 tbsp (Roughly Crushed)
Oil 1 tbsp
Laung/ Clove 2 nos
Curd 2 tbsp

Method

Wash and clean gobhi properly and cut unwanted stems.
In a big pan boil some water and add a pinch of salt and laung.
Add washed gobhi to the boiling water, cover the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Remove gobhi and wash with cold water.
Keep on a grill so that all excessive water runs away.
Now for the marination take hung curd in a bowl (Fig 1).
Add finely chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, hing, haldi powder, ajwain seeds, roasted jeera powder, aanchur powder and coriander powder. Mix well (Fig 2).
Now add kasuri methi leaves and mustard oil. Mix well (Fig 3).
Add salt and black salt. Mix well (Fig 4).
Now grease a baking tray and keep aside.
Hold gobhi in ur hand with bottom upside and start filling marination inside (Fig 5).
Fill it as much as you can making sure it goes deep inside (Fig 6).
Now turn the gobhi and place in the center if a greased baking tray.
Apply a thick layer of marination over the gobhi so that it covers full (Fig 7&8).
Make sure to save 3-4 tbsp of marination for later use.
Refrigerate this for atleast 4-5 hours or overnight for better results.
Now when you want to serve preheat the oven at 200°C.
When oven is preheated take the gobhi out of the refrigerator (Fig 9).
And bake it for 30 minutes at 180°C.
After 30 minutes bake it for further 10 minutes at 210°C.
When done take it out of the oven and let it cool down to handle (Fig 10).
Meanwhile mix 2 tbsp of curd with left over marination.
And spread this in a serving plate (Fig 11).
Now arrange tandoori gobhi in the center of serving plate (Fig 12).
And cover the sides with hot steamed rice (Fig 13).
Serve hot.

Tips
Make sure to cut down the center hard stem of gobhi.
Start filling the marination only when all water is drained properly and gobhi is dry.
You may also serve this with chapati, paratha or puri.

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Recipe- Assorted Bagel

Assorted Bagel Bread Basket

Ingredients
Bagel Bread Dough
All Purpose Flour (Maida) 250 Gm
Dry instant yeast 5 gm
Sugar 0.5 tablespoon
Water 150 ml
Salt 0.5 tsp
Oil/ Unsalted Butter 50 ml
Bagel
Sugar 1 tbsp
Roasted Oregano 2 tbsp (For Dusting)
Roasted Zaatar 2 tbsp (For Dusting)
Chopped Olives 1 tbsp (For Dusting)
Sesame Seeds 2 tbsp (For Dusting)
Chocolate Chips 1 tbsp (For Dusting)
Olive oil 7 tsp

Method
Bagel Bread Dough

In a big deep bowl take 50 ml warm water.

Add sugar and yeast, mix slowly, cover the bowl and leave for 10 mins.

Meanwhile sift maida into another bowl.

Check after 10 minutes the yeast will raise and bubbles should form.

Now add 100 ml warm water, 50 ml oil or melted unsalted butter to that and mix well.

Now add salt and half of maida.

Now mix well and keep adding small amounts of maida (you may not have to use it all) to make soft and nonsticky dough.

Then knead for further 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Shape the dough like a ball and put in a greased big bowl (Fig 1).

Cover loosely with a cling film making sure no air can go inside (Fig 2).

Leave in a warm place or inside microwave (of course in a switch off mode) for around 1-2 hours.

By then it should become double or triple in size (Fig 3).

Take the dough out and punch it a few times.
Bagel

Now make 7 balls out of the dough and arrange on a grill (Fig 4).

Cover with a cling film and leave for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile take a big pan and fill 3/4 with water.

Add 1 tbsp sugar and let the water boils.

Now pick one ball and make a hole in the center with your index finger.

Move your finger a little bit to make the hole wider (Fig 5).

Dip this ball in to the boiling water (Fig 6).

Now pick another ball and do the same.

Do not dip more than 3 balls at a time inside the boiling water as they will double or triple in size (Fig 7).

Turn each bagel ball after 2-3 minutes or when it looks cooked one side.

Boil other side as well for 1-2 minutes. (Do not over boil as it may break)

Gently remove from water and place over a grill.

Do the same way with all bagel balls and arrange over a grill so that all excess water leaves the balls.

Now preheat the oven at 200°C.

Dust all bagels with different toppings. Like Oregano, Zaatar, Chopped Olives, Sesame seeds or Chocolate Chips (Fig 8).

Pour 1 tsp of olive oil over all bagels except chocolate one.

Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for 20-30 minutes keep checking if the upper crust is not still brown bake them for further 5-10 minutes at 180°C.

When done take them out from the oven and let them cool to handle.

Serve warm.

Tips

First of all check if yeast is not bubbled, discard it. That means yeast is not good or it might be very old to use.

For better results sift the maida 2-3 times.

The ratio of water and maida may vary depending upon weather conditions or quality of maida. So you may not need to use all maida. first add half and then keep adding the remaining maida in small batches to make a soft, light and non sticly dough.

Knead the dough until you will feel bit lighter in weight.

While dipping the bagel balls into the boiling water be very careful. If your pan is small dip only one bagel at a time as they will raise in size.

Do not boil each bagel for more than 5 minutes.

You can use your choice of toppings.

Recipe- Bread Pav
Bread Pav
Ingredients
All Purpose Flour (Maida) 500 Gm
Dry instant yeast 8 gm
Sugar 1 tablespoon
Water 300 ml
Salt 1 tsp
Oil/ Unsalted Butter 100 ml
Method

In a big deep bowl take 100 ml warm water.

Add sugar and yeast, mix slowly, cover the bowl and leave for 10 mins.

Meanwhile sift maida in another bowl.

Check after 10 minutes the yeast will raise and bubbles should form.

Now add 200 ml warm water, 100 ml oil or melted unsalted butter to that and mix well.

Now add salt and half of maida.

Now mix well and keep adding small amounts of maida (you may not have to use it all) to make soft and nonsticky dough.

Then knead for further 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Shape the dough like a ball and put in a greased big bowl.

Cover loosely with a cling film making sure no air can go inside.

Leave in a warm place or inside microwave (of course in a switch off mode) for around 1-2 hours.

By then it should become double or triple in size.

Take the dough and punch it a few times.

Now grease your palm and make small sized balls out of the dough.

Grease all dough balls and arrange next to each other in a greased deep baking tray.

Cover with a cling film and keep it in a warm place for another half to one hour or until it becomes double in size.

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When the dough balls looks double in size bake them at 200°C in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.

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Once done apply melted butter over the pavs and cover with a plate until it cools down completely.

When cold enough take it out from the baking tray and wrap in a plastic bag.

Serve as part of Pav Bhaji, Vada Pav and many more.
Tips

First of all check if yeast is not bubbled, discard it. That means yeast is not good or it might be very old to use.

For better results sift the maida 2-3 times.

So you may not need to use whole 500 gms of maida. first add half and then keep adding the remaining maida in small batches to make a soft, light and non sticly dough.

Knead the dough until you will feel bit lighter in weight.

While making pavs you need to arrange the dough balls close to each other as you may want pavs to stick together.

Use deep baking tray as the pav will expand nearly double in size.

You may feel the pav crust hard after baking. But do not worry brush some butter and cover the pan completely, the steam inside the hot pavs will make it soft.

You may store the pavs in a airtight plastic bag.

Recipe- Kiddo Pizza
Kiddo Pizza

Ingredients
Bread Slice 4
Pizza Sauce 4 tsp
Cheese spread or Butter 2-3 tsp
Carrot 2 tbsp (grated)
Capsicum 2 tbsp (chopped)
Onion 2 tbsp (chopped)
Sweet Corn 2 tbsp
Olives 1 tbsp (chopped)
Paneer 2 tbsp (grated)
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Crushed Black Pepper few pinchs

Method

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Apply cheese spread (or butter) on the bread slices.

Spread pizza sauce on bread slices.

Cut the slices in to round shape.

Place the bread leftovers on top of individual slices.

Make layers of carrot, capsicum and onion (in that order only as the top most layer which is onion needs to be baked).

Sprinkle some salt over vegetables.

Now place some sweetcorn and olives.

Cover with grated paneer.

Pour few drops of olive oil over paneer.

Bake Kiddo pizzas in a preheated oven at °C for around 8-10 minutes (or until crisp and golden brown in color).
Tips
Adjust crushed black pepper according to your child taste and tolerance.
If you do not have pizza sauce available, substitute with tomato ketchup.

Recipe- Gobhi Tandoor Se