Plum Pie...

A friend of mine shared this recipe for make-ahead apple pie filling that I planed on using plums instead of apple... I decided to bake a plum pie to be served with almond cream. Anyway, I had never made a plum pie, nor even seen a recipe for one. Plum pie was the one I wanted to try first; The pie was delicious, even though the plums that I bought weren’t perfect. . I did change a few things, though as is my way, it appears. . I wanted to really focus on the flavor of the fruit.... . I try not to go overboard with spices or sugar either.

INGREDIENTS:

8-10 plums

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Pinch of salt

3- tbsp cold butter or margarine

1 1/2- cup milk

Method:

1.In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients; pour into the pastry shell.

2.For topping, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon in a small bowl; cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over filling.

3.Add an milk at a time and blend. Add the flour.

4.Divide the plums into halves and remove the plum stones.

5.Try to keep the size of the slices even.

6.Mix sugar, flour, , cinnamon powder, in a large bowl.Stir in plums.

7.Pour the filling into the crust and add the plum halves.

8.Bake for about 30 minutes or until the filling becomes golden.

Banana Pancakes

Today when I saw 3 ripped bananas, I got reminded about this recipe... Sometime back I had read this in an article and was curious how exactly this will turn out. Believe me, this in did was quite nice recipe - a change from normal breakfast and healthy too...

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 1/4 cup
All Purpose Flour (maida)- 3/4 cup
Baking Soda -3/4 tsp

1/2 tsp -baking powder
2 tbsp-sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
Pinch of salt

2 small ripe bananas, finely chopped

Method for making Banana Pancake:

1. In a bowl mix the dry ingredients all purpose flour, wheat flour, baking soda, pinch of salt and sugar.Stir in milk and bananas just until moistened.

2. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake.

3. Turn and cook till the bottom part turns to nice brown in color.

These Banana Pancakes can be served warm for breakfast . I served pancake with honey.. Its a big hit with my kids.

Dum Aloo

Dum Aloo (Whole Potatoes In Spicy Yogurt Gravy) Recipe

"ALOO DUM or DUM ALOO" is a popular side dish taken usually with puris,chappathis or parathas in the North India.The word "ALoo" in Hindi means Potato. Its usually cooked under pressure so the potatoes get soaked in the gravy and so the name Dum (pressure in Hindi) in dum aloo. Since potato is rich in carbohydrates, this dish is good for children.It is quite a heavy lunch. This is the first time I am making this recipe and it came out very good.

Ingredients

Small potatoes 1/2 kg

Coriander seeds 1 tbsp.

Cardamoms (brown) 4

Cloves 4-5

Black pepper 7-8

Cinnamon 1 small piece

Cardamom (green) 2

Bay Leaves 4-5

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp.

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.

Chilli powder 1 tsp.

Medium size onion (grated)1

Fine yogurt (curd) 2 cup

Milk 1/2 cup

Ghee/oil 4 tbsp.

Salt to taste

Method

.Take coriander seeds, cardamoms, cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, , cardamom green and grind it in a blender to make fine powder.

1. Lightly cook potatoes, peel and drill holes in them using a fork ; this is for the frying to reach the innards of the potatoes.

2. Heat oil in pressure pan for about one minute. Fry the potatoes in oil over medium heat till they change the color from white to light brown. Set aside.

3. Add bay leaves, , ginger-garlic paste, to the remaining oil. Fry till the paste becomes reddish brown and the mixture starts separating from the oil.

4. Add cumin, coriander, turmeric and garam masala all at once, and stir rapidly for 15 seconds.

5. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Fry it about a minute.

6. Add tomatoes,orAdd the tomato puree, Stir fry until the oil stands out.

7. Now add milk to make the gravy. Then add yogurt (fine) and continuously stir it.

8. Finally add pricked fried potaoes to the gravy and stir for a few seconds .cook on high flame until the gravy thickens, add salt.

9. Decorate it with green coriander leaves and serve hot.

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