Aloo posto Easy to Make

ALOO POSTO RECIPE

2 green chillies
5 - 6 medium potatoes
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp pure ghee
2 tblsp mustard oil
4 tblsp poppy seeds (khuskhus)
salt to taste
1/2 tsp onion seeds (kalonji)
How to make aloo posto :
Take off and cut the potatoes into one inch sized pieces.
Keep them in water.
Soak poppy seeds in one cup warm water for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Remove and grind to a fine paste.
Heat up mustard oil in a pot till it just reaches smoking point.
Remove, cool and heat up the oil again on medium heat.
Mix in kalonji and stir-fry briefly.
Mix in potato pieces and stir fry on medium heat up for five minutes, stirring frequently.
Mix in the poppy seeds paste, stir and mix in half cup of water, cover and stir fry on low heat up till the potatoes are almost done.
Take off the lid, mix in salt, sugar and slit green chillies.
Continue to stir fry for a minute more or till potatoes are completely cooked, stir in desi ghee and serve hot.

Easy Making Gulab Jamun

GULAB JAMUN RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 cup Milk Powder
2 tsp all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp suji
2 tblsp ghee
Whole milk just enough to make the dough
For the Sugar Syrup
2 cup Sugar
2 cup water
4 - 5 Cardamom
few drops of lemon
Few strands of kesar
Oil for frying

How to make gulab jamun:
Soak the suji in a 1/2 cup of water so as to make it soft.
In a bowl mix milk powder, ghee, baking powder and flour. Drain out all the excess water from the soaked suji and add it to the bowl. Now mix together by rubbing the mixture between your palms to ensure everything gets mixed properly. Do not knead it.
Add just enough of whole milk to make a medium-hard mixture. Cover with a damp yet dry kitchen towel and keep aside for 20 - 25 mins.
Later divide the mixture into 18-20 portions. Make small balls by gently rolling each portion between your palms into a smooth ball. Place the balls on a plate.
Heat the oil on high and then lower the heat to medium. Slip in the balls into the hot oil from the side of the pan, one by one. They will sink to the bottom of the pan, but do not try to move them. Instead, gently shake the pan to keep the balls from browning on just one side. After about 5 mins, the balls will rise to the surface. The balls should rise slowly to the top if the temperature is just right. Now take a slotted spoon and move it in circular motion in the oil, making sure not to touch the balls. This will shake the balls and even ensure even browing of all the balls.
If the temperature of the oil is too high then the gulab jamuns will tend to break. So adjust the temperature to ensure that the gulab jamuns do not break or cook too quickly.
The balls must be fried very slowly under medium temperatures.This will ensure complete cooking from inside and even browning.
Sugar Syrup
The syrup should be made earlier and kept warm. To make the hot sugar syrup add mix the 2 cups of sugar to 2 cup of water. Add 4-5 cardamom pods, slightly crushed and a few strands of "Kesar". Mix with a spoon and then heat at medium heat for 5-10 minutes until sugar is all dissolved in water. Do not overheat, that will caramelize the sugar. Add few drops of lemon this will ensure that once syrup cools down it does not solidify.
Transfer this hot syrup into a serving dish. Keep it warm on stove. Add the fried gulab jamuns directly into the warm syrup. Leave gulab jamun balls in sugar syrup overnight for best results. They can be served warm or at room temperature.

MUSHROOM DO PYAZA RECIPE

MUSHROOM DO PYAZA RECIPE

Mushroom do pyaza uses the onion in double the quantity hence the name "do pyaza". This mushroom curry is tasty and can be made in a jiffy. Mushroom do pyaza makes a perfect side dish in any north Indian meal. Khumb do pyaza is an ideal option for a low calorie dish without compromising on the taste.

Serves : 2
Total time : 20 mins
Ingredients:
500 gms mushroom (quartered)
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp cumin seed
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 onions (chopped)
1 capsicum (sliced)
4 small onions (cut in halves)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp coriander leaves
Salt to taste

How to make mushroom do pyaza:
Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seed and when it starts to splatter add ginger–garlic paste and onion.
Fry till the onions are translucent.
Then add all the spices, coriander powder, turmeric powder and red chili. Mix all the ingredients well and let it cook for a minute.
Add tomatoes and cook for 2 minute, till tomatoes are little pulpy.
Add the small onions and capsicum and fry for 2-3 minute, till capsicum is little soft.
Now add the mushroom pieces along with salt. Cover it with a lid and cook till done. Cook on low flame.
When mushroom are cooked add finely chopped coriander leaves and lime juice.
Mix gently and serve.
Note :In case you do not have small onions then use ordinary onions. But remember to cut them in big pieces.

Karela Masaledar Easy

KARELA MASALEDAR RECIPE

2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
oil to fry
5 -6 bitter gourd
salt to taste
2 medium sized onions
1 tsp dry mango powder
How to make karela masaledar :
Take off and reserve the scrapings of the karelas.
Give a slit on one side and take off all the seeds.
Cut karelas into thin slices.
Wash and rub two table spoons salt all over the karelas and its scrapings.
Set aside for 3-4 hours.
Wash completely again and squeeze dry the karelas.
Heat up oil in kadhai.
Deep fry the cut karelas till dark brown and crisp.
Take off the karelas and keep aside.
Slice onions.
Heat up 3 tblsp of oil in a kadai.
Mix in cut onions.
Stir fry for 3-4 minutes till they are transluscent.
Mix in scrappings of karela and let it stir fry till onions are a little brown.
Mix in turmeric powder, coriander powder, dry mango powder and red chilli powder.
Mix in the fried karelas to the above mixture and stir fry covered on low heat up for 5-6 minutes.
Mix in salt if needed.
Serve hot with chappatis

Paneer Pulao Recipe

Paneer Pulao Recipe

How to prepare Paneer Pulao


 Prep Time : 10 mins
 Cook Time : 25 mins
 Serves: 2

Ingredients needed

   Basmati rice -1 cup
   Water - 2 cups
   Onion - 2
   Green chillies - 2
   Ginger-garlic paste -1 tsp
   Peas - 1/2 cup
   Paneer cubes - 15-20 small cubes
   Mint leaves -handful
   Coriander leaves - handful
   Lemon juice -1 tbsp
   Salt as required

   For the seasoning

   Oil- 1 1/2 tbsp
   Cloves -2
   Cardamom-1
   Cinnamon-1 inch piece

Preparation

Wash and soak basmati rice for 20 minutes. Drain and keep it aside.

Shallow fry paneer cubes in oil till golden brown. Put them in warm water with a little salt for 5 minutes. Drain and keep it aside. Cut the paneer into small cubes. (To make it visually appealing, I just placed 4-5 bigger pieces in the photo above)

Chop onions finely, slit green chillies.

Method

Heat oil, add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom, then add finely chopped onions, green chilli and saute till onion turns transparent.

Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for some more time.

Add peas, finely chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, rice and saute for a few more seconds.

Add 2 cups of boiling water, lemon juice, salt required and pressure cook rice for 3 whistles.(I usually cook with a vessel inside the cooker. If you are cooking directly in the cooker, you do not have to cook for 3 whistles. Just close the cooker without the weight and cook on medium flame, once it is half cooked, stir the contents, close the cooker with weight and simmer for 4-5 minutes.)

Then add fried paneer cubes to the cooked rice, mix well and serve with raita or any gravy or just homemade potato chips.

Disable Windows 8’s Lock Screen in windows 8

Disable Windows 8’s Lock Screen

Tired of being forced to click through Windows 8’s lock screen before you get to the Start screen? Here’s how to bypass it. Boot your PC or wake it from sleep, and you go straight to Windows 8’s lock screen, which looks more like the screen you’d expect to see on your smartphone than on a PC. It tells you the time and date, and a variety of timely information—meetings taken from your calendar, updates from social networking sites, an indication of your power level, email notifications, and other similar information. That’s all very nice, but if you’re on a PC, you probably want to get straight to work. And that means getting to the Start screen faster. If you like, you can bypass the Lock Screen.

To do it, you use the Local Policy Editor. Launch it by pressing Windows key+R to open the Run bar, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter or click OK. The Local Policy Editor launches

Go to Computer Configuration→Administrative Templates→Control Panel→Personalization. Double-click the “Do not display the lock screen” entry, select Enabled, then press Enter or click OK. Exit the Local Policy Editor, then reboot. The new setting should take effect immediately. The next turn you reboot or wake your PC, you won’t see the Lock screen. Instead, you’ll go straight into logging into Windows 8.



Hacking the Hack The Local Policy Editor comes only with Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 Enterprise. But you can still turn off the Lock screen in any version of Windows 8 by using a Registry hack.
In the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization and create a DWORD called NoLockScreen. Change its value from 0 to 1, exit the Registry Editor, and exit and restart Windows 8. (Note: If you don’t find the Personalization key, you’ll have to create it before creating the NoLockScreen DWORD.)

God Mode in windows 8

Put "God Mode" in easy reach

You wouldn't know it by looking at the Desktop or Start screen, but Windows 8 practically bristles with settings you can customize. The problem is that they're scattered throughout Windows 8, and it can be time-consuming to track them down individually.
However, there is one way to find them all in one place: You can use what some people call "God Mode." While the term "God Mode" has a powerful ring to it, the truth is it's not a separate mode that you put Windows into. It's really a hidden folder that gives you fast access to many settings spread out across Windows 8. It's easy to put that folder right on the Desktop.

First, make sure that you can view hidden files in File Explorer, the system navigation app that in earlier versions of Windows was called Windows Explorer. Run File Explorer, click the View tab, and check the boxes next to "Hidden items" and "File name extensions" in the Ribbon at the top.
Then right-click the Desktop and select New --> Folder. That creates a folder on the Desktop named "New folder." Rename the folder:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

The folder icon changes, and it has the name GodMode.
(Note that the "GodMode" text isn't what turns the folder into a special folder; instead, it's that long string of letters and numbers inside the curly brackets. You can use any text you want before the period just ahead of the opening bracket, and it still points to the same folder and everything works the same.)
Double-click the icon, and you'll launch a folder filled with dozens of actions, tools and tweaks, from "Change Automatic Maintenance settings" to "View update history." They're organized by category. Expand or shrink each category by clicking the small triangle next to it. Each category displays a number next to it, showing how many settings there are in it.

To start any action or tweak, double-click it in the list. In some cases you'll follow a wizard, in other cases you'll need to fill in dialog boxes, and in yet other cases you'll be sent to the Control Panel or another Windows location to do the work.