Thursday, February 21, 2008

Bread chi Bhaji ( aka Bread cha Chiwda or Phodni cha Bread )

Ingredients:

1/2 big onion ( finely chopped )
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp asafeotida powder
1/2 loaf wheat bread
1/2 cup peanuts
1 tsp turmeric
salt

Directions:

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat. Add mustard seeds , cumin seeds and fry till crackling noise stops. Add asafeotida powder, onion and peanuts and fry till onions are golden brown. Add turmeric and bread, fry for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste.

Sauteed Spinach ( Indian Style )

Ingredients:

1/4 big onion ( finely chopped )
4 - 5 big cloves of garlic ( coarsely chopped )
1 large bunch of spinach ( coarsely chopped )
2 tbsp oil
salt

Directions:

Heat oil in a pan and fry garlic and onions till golden brown. Add spinach and sautee till fully cooked and add salt to taste.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

1/2 loaf of regular wheat bread
5 cups milk
4 eggs
2 1/2 cups of sugar
2 tbsp vanilla
1 cup raisins soaked over night in 1/2 cup rum
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
3 tbsp of unsalted butter

Directions:

Crush bread and mix it with the milk in a bowl and add raisins to this mixture. In another bowl take eggs, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla and mix it well. Melt the butter and coat the baking pan with melted butter. Add the egg mixture to the bowl with bread in it and mix it well. Pour the contents of this bowl into the baking pan along. Insert the pan into the oven which is preheated to 300. The pudding should be done in 30-45 minutes. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or as is.