30 octobre 2007
Bollywood - 1942 A Love Story
Bollywood - 1942 A Love Story
Vidéo envoyée par donbanania
Film : 1942 A Love Story
Song: Ek Ladki To Dekha
Actors : Anil Kapoor & Manisha Koirala
Vegetable Stew
Spicy Vegetable Stew
Ingredients
2 potatoes
3 carrots
1 cup peas
1 big onion (sliced)
1 big tomato (sliced)
1 chilli (half slit)
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp salt
15 cl liquid cream/ coconut milk
Garnishing
1 tbsp ghee
1 shallot( finely sliced)
1 tsp pepper powder
curry leaves / coriander leaves
Method
In a saucepan mix all the eleven ingredients.
Add 1 cup water.
Simmer & cook for 10-15mn.
If the veggies are cooked, remove from fire.
Add cream & stir well.
Heat ghee in a pan & fry shallots to light gloden brown.
Add pepper powder & curry leaves.
Add this to the vegetable stew.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with Indian bread / rice.
23 octobre 2007
Chelsea Buns
Pains aux raisins 
Ingredients
For the pastry
550g flour
25g fresh yeast
70g butter
210ml milk
75g sugar
2 eggs
A pinch of salt
For filling
50g butter
50g sugar
50g currants
25g sultanas
1 tsp cinnamon powder
For glaze
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
Method
Preheat oven to 180°.
Dilute yeast in warm milk.
Mix all the other ingredients & knead for 10mn
Keep the dough it in the fridge for 1 hour.
Cream together butter & sugar.
Then add raisins,currants &cinnamon powder.
Roll out into rectangular shape (30*23) & spread the filling uniformly.
Roll out into cylinder & cut in circles. (as in the photos given below).
Arrange the spirals on a baking tray & allow to rise for half an hour.
Beat 1 egg in 1 tbsp milk & glaze the buns.
Bake for 15-20mn.
19 octobre 2007
7 Cup Sweet
Seven Cup Sweet 
Ingredients
1 cup gramflour
1 cup dessicated coconut /fresh coconut
1 cup ghee/ butter
1 cup milk
3 cups sugar
1/2 tsp cardomom powder
Method
Dry roast gram flour for a while in medium heat.
Add dessicated coconut, sugar,ghee, milk .
Stir continousely over medium heat.
When the mixture thickens, add cardomom powder
When it leaves the sides of the pan, remove from fire .
Pat it onto a greased dish & cut into desired shapes.
Happy Navarathri - Les neufs nuits de la Déesse Durga
Happy Navarathri
"Navarathri" means 9 Devine Nights .
These are the most auspicious days for Hindus.
First three days we worship Goddess Durga.
( Goddess of Power)
Second three days we worship Goddess Lakshmi .
( Goddess of Wealth & Prosperity)
Last three days we worship Goddess Sarawathi .
( Goddess of Wisdom)
The tenth day is the " Vijaya Dashami" .
In Hindu mythology it's said that Goddess Durga killed the demon king "Mahishasura" on that day.
18 octobre 2007
Navaratri - Devi Bhajan
17 octobre 2007
Brinjal Vada / Beignets d'aubergines
Brinjal Bajji
Ingredients
3 tbsp gram flour
1 tsp chilli powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
2 cloves(crushed)
1 Brinjal / Eggplant( finely sliced )
Chopped curryleaves (optional)
Water
Oil for frying
Method
Mix first five ingredients & keep aside for some time.
If the batter is thick add some water.
Keep aside for 15 min.
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Dip the sliced brinjal in the batter & deep fry.
Cook both sides of the bajji until golden brown.
Remove using a slotted spoon & drain on a kitchen paper.
Serve hot with 
or as a starter.
12 octobre 2007
Gazelle's Horns
Cornes de gazelles
Ingredients
250g flour
3 tbsp oil (75g butter)
1/2 tsp salt
10 cl orange water
For filling
200g almond paste(sweetened)
1tsp cinnamon powder
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For homemade almond paste
150g almond powder
120g icing sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 egg white
2 tbsp orange water
Method
Mix first four ingredients & keep aside.
Mix almond paste & cinnamon powder.
Take a dough ball & flatten .
Cut it into 7 c.m disc.
Take a small cylinder of the almond mix & place it in the disc .
Moist the other side of the pastry & fold it.
Press & give it a cresent shape.
Bake in the oven for 15-20 mn Th -150°C
Sprinkle with icing sugar & serve.
This North African pastry is very tasty.
In Arab it's called "Kaab El Ghzal"
So double the ingredients & serve your loved ones.
09 octobre 2007
Bollywood -Dil To Pagal Hai - 1997
Movie : Dil To Pagal Hai - 1997 ( Got 7 Filmfare awards in '97)
Actors : Maduri Dixit & SRK
05 octobre 2007
Kessra - Moroccan Rotti
Kessra 
Ingredients
500g semolina
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast granules
1/2 glass olive oil / vegetable oil
300 ml luke warm water
Method
Mix all the ingredients & keep aside for 3 hours.
Make orange sized balls.
Take a dough ball & pat it into thick rotti.
Heat a non stick pan , grease & cook the rotti.
Using a fork prick all over the rotti.
Flip & cook the other side.
Repeat the process with other dough balls.
Serve with Veg/Non veg Curry.
Moroccans serve with tajine.
Thanks to Cherazade for this recipe.
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