Pune Dish up Happiness for this Mothers Day!
Guys, head to the kitchen now, cook up a surprise for the mommie in your life! Rupika Vatnani tells you how
Here’s an easy to dish out spread to treat your mom to. Happy Cooking and Bon Appétit!Sautéed broccoli with mild cheese sauce
For the Cheese Sauce: Mix together the grated cheese and milk. Sauté the rest of the garlic with 1 tsp olive oil in a pan for 1 min; add cheese and milk to this. Season with salt and pepper, a pinch of oregano, and cook until cheese melts.
For the final dish: Put the broccoli in a deep dish, and put the cheese sauce around the broccoli. Garnish with toasted almond flakes. Serve.Pesto Tossed Grilled Vegetables served with Spaghetti Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino
Meena Vatnani’s 2-Step Meat Curry
Ingredients:Goat meat: 500 gOnion: 300 g, choppedTomatoes: 250 g, diced Garlic cloves: 6, mashedGinger: 2”, gratedGreen chilli: 3, choppedCoriander powder: 2 tbspCumin powder: 1 tspGaram masala: 1 tbspRed chilli powder: 1 tspBlack pepper: a pinchGreen cardamom: 2 pods Salt: 2 tsp or to tasteVegetable oil: 5 tbspChopped fresh coriander to garnish
Method:
Step 1: Mix all ingredients into a pressure cooker. Now, using your hands, massage all ingredients into the meat, squeezing the chopped onions and tomatoes, carefully avoiding the sharp edges of bones. Continue mixing thus for about 7 min.Step 2: Close the lid of the cooker (no water to be added), and place over high heat; bring to pressure. When pressure is reached, turn heat down to low. Cook for about 10-12 min (cook longer for tough meat). Release pressure naturally. Give the curry a thorough stir, tip into dish; strew the chopped coriander on top. Serve with rotis.
Chocolate, fruit and nut bars
Recipe: The Flour Works, Pune Photo: Internet
Decadent dark chocolate, nut and dried fruit bars, that are chock-full of antioxidants. Go ahead, indulge yourself a little.
Ingredients:Dark chocolate: 400 g, choppedCream: 250 mlMarie biscuits: 200 g, crumbledRaisins: 200 gDried cranberries (can be replaced by chopped dried figs): 200 gAlmonds: 200 g, roasted and choppedPistachios: 200 g, shelled
Method:Take a 10 inch by 7 inch pan. Oil it well and line with butter paper. Add the cream to the chocolate and heat gently over a double boiler. Stir with a spoon until melted and smooth. Add the crumbled biscuits and the remaining ingredients to the melted chocolate and cream mixture. Mix and pour into the butter paper-lined pan. Cool in the refrigerator until set.Cut it into 1.5x1.5 inch squares and serve.
The author is the Pune head for Food Bloggers’ Association of India (FBAI). FBAI is one of India’s premier online news channels on food, chefs, food events and food bloggers, and is an influencer that is making its presence felt across the Indian food and beverage electronic, online and social media space.