Today while writing this post I am getting the feel of a devoted blogger. I baked the banana choco chips cup cakes today and posted it on the blog within minutes of the completion of the whole baking process , then in the evening I took them to the my neighbours favourite haunt and the whole lot got polished off in a jiffy , came back home made a quick fix dinner , every one liked it and here I am blogging about it. Wow what a day!!

Now this post has no history nor any interesting story behind it.

        I wanted to finish the left over packet of frozen peas and the home made cottage cheese I keep storing in small steel containers in the freezer for fixing such quick meals.

        All I did with about two cups of frozen peas and about the same quantity of cubed cottage cheese was this.

I warmed some refind oil in a heavy bottomed pan and just added two medium sized finely chopped onions , the moment they turned pink I added a chopped green chilli , followed by two level tablespoons of “Everest Pao bhajee masala” . 

          I stirred for about half a minute and then added two medium sized finely chopped tomatoes, again a stir fry for about a minute , and then tumble in the peas , a stir and then the cottage cheese and finally the salt. And the result was a "Chat pati masaledar quick stir fried sabzee."

cottage cheese· peas· Quick fixes· sabzeez and side dishes

Paneer Matar Masala

Today while writing this post I am getting the feel of a devoted blogger. I baked the banana choco chips cup cakes today and posted it on the blog within minutes of the completion of the whole baking process , then in the evening I took them to the my neighbours favourite haunt and the whole lot got polished off in a jiffy , came back home made a quick fix dinner , every one liked it and here I am blogging about it. Wow what a day!!

Now this post has no history nor any interesting story behind it.

        I wanted to finish the left over packet of frozen peas and the home made cottage cheese I keep storing in small steel containers in the freezer for fixing such quick meals.

        All I did with about two cups of frozen peas and about the same quantity of cubed cottage cheese was this.

I warmed some refind oil in a heavy bottomed pan and just added two medium sized finely chopped onions , the moment they turned pink I added a chopped green chilli , followed by two level tablespoons of “Everest Pao bhajee masala” . 

          I stirred for about half a minute and then added two medium sized finely chopped tomatoes, again a stir fry for about a minute , and then tumble in the peas , a stir and then the cottage cheese and finally the salt. And the result was a "Chat pati masaledar quick stir fried sabzee."

Lauki Biryani / Bottlegourd Biryani
serves three- four 

I admit , it’s a quick fix meal , nothing exotic but tastes pretty good and not much effort in cooking if grating the “Lauki / Bottlegourd “is not a big deal for you.

Here is how you can make “Lauki / Bottlegourd  Biryani “ in a matter of minutes.

Ingredients for Lauki/ Bottlegourd Biryani:

1.    2 cups grated and squeezed lauki ( reserve the water to cook the rice)

2.    One cup freshly blended tomato puree

3.    One large onion sliced thin

4.     One heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste

5.     ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder

6.     One level teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder

7.     Salt to taste or two level teaspoons

8.     4-6 tablespoons refined oil

9.     A few mixed spices like cumin seeds , cloves , cinnamon and black cardamom
10. one cup long grain rice

Method for Lauki Biryani:

1.    Soak one cup of long grain rice for atleast half an hour.

2.    Coarsely grate the Lauki / Bottlegourd , squeeze out the water and keep it aside.

3.    Warm the oil and add the spices keeping the flame on medium , and as soon as the spices change colour , add the onions.

4.    Stir fry the  onions till they turn golden brown , add the ginger garlic paste and cook for another two minutes.

5.     Add the turmeric and red chilli powder , stir for a few seconds and follow by the tomato puree.

6.    Measure the reserved water of the lauki and add more water to make one cup of water and add to the pan.

7.    Add the grated Lauki followed by the rice and the salt , cover and cook on low flame till done.

8.     Serve with raita or just plain yogurt.

Quick fixes· rice· vegetables

Lauki Biryani / Bottlegourd Biryani
serves three- four 

I admit , it’s a quick fix meal , nothing exotic but tastes pretty good and not much effort in cooking if grating the “Lauki / Bottlegourd “is not a big deal for you.

Here is how you can make “Lauki / Bottlegourd  Biryani “ in a matter of minutes.

Ingredients for Lauki/ Bottlegourd Biryani:

1.    2 cups grated and squeezed lauki ( reserve the water to cook the rice)

2.    One cup freshly blended tomato puree

3.    One large onion sliced thin

4.     One heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste

5.     ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder

6.     One level teaspoon Kashmiri red chilli powder

7.     Salt to taste or two level teaspoons

8.     4-6 tablespoons refined oil

9.     A few mixed spices like cumin seeds , cloves , cinnamon and black cardamom
10. one cup long grain rice

Method for Lauki Biryani:

1.    Soak one cup of long grain rice for atleast half an hour.

2.    Coarsely grate the Lauki / Bottlegourd , squeeze out the water and keep it aside.

3.    Warm the oil and add the spices keeping the flame on medium , and as soon as the spices change colour , add the onions.

4.    Stir fry the  onions till they turn golden brown , add the ginger garlic paste and cook for another two minutes.

5.     Add the turmeric and red chilli powder , stir for a few seconds and follow by the tomato puree.

6.    Measure the reserved water of the lauki and add more water to make one cup of water and add to the pan.

7.    Add the grated Lauki followed by the rice and the salt , cover and cook on low flame till done.

8.     Serve with raita or just plain yogurt.