Punjabi Recipes

Makki Di Roti (Corn Bread)

Makki Di Roti, Corn Bread, is one of the famous punjabi bread which and is popular world-wide, Talking about food in punjab and no one mentions about Makki Di Roti, its impossible. The best served with Sarso Da Saag and Lassi. Also some people like to get served the Roti with Curd (Yogurt) or even pulses. This type of bread is a daily morning breakfast meal for some of the families in punjab. Specially when NRI people go back to Punjab during their vacation, every one just loves to have this.
Ingredients:
Corn Flour - 2 Cups
Grated Raddish - 2
Oil/Ghee - 1/4 Cup
Warm Water to knead
Salt - As per taste
Prepration:
1:- Take som ewarm water and knead the corn flour and while kneading add grated raddish and also the salt as per your taste.
2:- Make small ball of approx. 2inches in diamter of the kneaded flour.
3:- Take individual ball and press it to make a flour discs.
4:- Warm the burner and let the pan/Tawa get heated, once heated put some oil/Ghee on it.
5:- Place the Flour disc on the Tawa and let it cook on low heat.
6:- While heating keep turning the flour discs on both sides so that both sides of the flour gets roasted equally.
7:- ALso keep applying some ghee while roasting so that the flour does not gets stick to the utensils.
8:- Once bothe sides of the flour discs are cooked well, you have Makki Di Roti read to taste.
Serve this with your favourite side dish.

Kheer

Whenever we talk about having some sweet desert being made at home Kheer is one the choice for many of Indian housewives. One of the main reason might be that its one of easiest to prepare and most delicious desert favoured by all. Also it has two strong healthy ingredients which are the bases elements used to prepare it. So lets find out how to prepare the mouth waterring Kheer.
Ingredients:
1/4th cup long grain rice (washed and drained)
4-5cups milk
2-3 cardamom seeds (crushed)
2 tbsp. almonds (blanched silvered)
A pinch of saffron threads, soaked in a little hot milk
1tbsp skinned pistachio nuts (chopped)
1tbsp raisins (optional)
1tbsp ghee 2-3tbsp. sugar or as desired
Method of preparation
Put the rice, milk and cardamom in a pan, bring to boil and simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains start to break up. Add almonds, pistachio, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add ghee and keep stirrring until cooked.