Instant Recipes Discover an easy way to Cook An eBook by Evergreen Recipes At Evergreen Recipes, we try to make cooking fun and easy. So far, we have posted over 250+ Recipes that has been viewed millions of times on the website. I sat down and spent my Sunday to handpick the best recipes for this eBook. So, this makes it a must have guide to make delicious food in your kitchen. A Special Request: If you find this eBook useful and want your friends to know about it, you can share this link (http://evergreenrecipes.com/instant-recipes) they can download this eBook from. This will help us grow big and post more recipes for you all. Table of Contents The Content of this eBook has been categorized under 4 groups for your convenience. Each of the groups had 5 best recipes in their category. • Healthy Breakfasts • Light Lunches • Delightful Dinners • Desserts
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Instant Recipes Discover an easy way to Cook
An eBook by Evergreen Recipes
At Evergreen Recipes, we try to make cooking fun and easy. So far, we have posted over 250+
Recipes that has been viewed millions of times on the website. I sat down and spent my Sunday to
handpick the best recipes for this eBook. So, this makes it a must have guide to make delicious
food in your kitchen.
A Special Request: If you find this eBook useful and want your friends to know about it, you can
share this link (http://evergreenrecipes.com/instant-recipes) they can download this eBook from.
This will help us grow big and post more recipes for you all.
Table of Contents
The Content of this eBook has been categorized under 4 groups for your convenience. Each of the
pepper, nutmeg, mace along with some water to make fine paste. Then add red chilli
powder and coriander powder in it.
3. Add this ground paste and salt into pressure cooker along with 1 glass of water. Close the
cooker and cook on high heat till 1 whistle and then keep the flame low and cook for
about 10-12 minutes or until mutton cooked properly.
4. Boil 1 & 1/2 litre water along with all the ingredients under the table “ Ingredients for rice” .
Then add soaked rice into water.
5. Cook the rice till ¾ done and then drain in the colander. In the same pan grease with
some oil.
Note:
1. Heat the oil in a pan and add chopped onion and fry it until golden brown in color( We
will use this fried onion for garnish).
2. To prepare khushbu Masala, Heat the pan and dry roast cardamom brown, cardamom
green, cinnamon stick and cloves till the nice aroma comes, but don’t burn it. Grind these
roasted ingredients dry to make fine powder.
6. Then put half quantity of semi cooked rice and place cooked mutton, khushbu masala and
fried onion on rice as shown below n the picture.
7. Put remaining semi-cooked rice on the top of mutton as a second layer. Dissolve food color in
2 teaspoon of milk and sprinkle over rice. Sprinkle some more fried onion, khushbu masala
and almonds.
8. Cook covered on high heat for about 1 minutes then keep the flame low and cook for about 15
more minutes till the rice cooked properly. Mutton biryani is ready, serve hot with raita.
9. Enjoy!!
4. Mushroom Matter Curry
Today, I prepared Mushroom Matar curry for my family. Spicy mushroom curry is the button
mushrooms simmered in an onion tomato based spicy curry and garnished with Paneer .
I love the paneer flavour in my curry. Learn How to prepare Mushroom curry.
Preparation Time: 5 Minutes
Cooking Time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients Quantity
Mushroom 200 gram
Matar / Green peas 1 cup
Onion 1
Ginger 1/2 inch piece
Garlic 5-6 flakes
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Cardamom brown 1
Tomato 2
Pepper corn 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
Paneer For garnish
Coriander leaves For garnish
Green chillies 2
Bay leaf 2
Method:
1. Wash and Dice Mushroom well. Heat oil in a non stick pan, fry mushroom for 2-3 minutes,
then add green peas and stir for another 2 minutes.
2. Now grind ginger, garlic, cumin seeds, cardamom brown, pepper corn, green chillies,
tomato and onion. Heat oil in other pan, add grind paste, turmeric powder, red chilli
powder, coriander powder and bay leaf into pan and cook till oil shows separately.
3. Now add 2 cup water and add fried mushroom and green peas. Cook covered on medium
heat for 5 minutes. Garnish with Coriander leaves and grated paneer. Serve hot with Naan
or chapattis.
4. Enjoy!!
5. Paneer Pasanda
Paneer Pasanda is my favourite Dish. Today I prepared it for Lunch. It is delicious and easy
to cook. My hubby likes Paneer dishes so I always try to make something new for him. The
gravy is Spicy and the cutlet is crispy. WOW I love the combination of both. I am sure
you are going to love it. Learn How to make Paneer Pasanda at home .
Preparation Time : 5 Minutes
Cooking Time : 10 Minutes
Ingredients For Paneer Cutlet :
Ingredients Quantity
Paneer 250 gram
Onion 1
Pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
green chillies 3
salt to taste
Bread crumbs (crushed) 3 teaspoon
All purpose flour ( Maida) 2 teaspoon
Ingredients For Gravy :
Ingredients Quantity
Onion 2 medium size
Ginger 1/2 inch piece
Garlic 5 flakes
Almonds 10 nos
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala Powder 1/2 teaspoon
Salt To taste
Coriander Leaves For Garnish
Curd 1 cup
Method:
1. Crush the Paneer, add Chopped onion, Green chillies, Pepper powder, Crushed bread
crumbs (I used Brown Bread crumbs ) and Salt. Mix well and make a ball as shown below .
2. Now take 2 teaspoon Maida and dissolved in half cup of water. Take the Paneer ball and
dip in dissolved paste of flour, then Coat it in Bread crumbs and arrange in a dish. Heat the
oil in a non stick pan, fry these Coated Paneer balls until golden brown as shown below.
3. Wait for Paneer Balls to turn golden from both side and keep them aside. Now heat the oil
in a pan, add ginger, garlic,onion and almond. Fry till onions are light brown.
4. Then take this fried ingredient in mixer and grind it to make a smooth paste .
5. Heat 4 teaspoon oil in other non stick pan , add grind paste and fry it for 5 minutes . Then
add red chilli powder, Garam masala powder and salt.
6. Fry it for another 3 minutes till oil shows separately (as shown below). Now add beaten curd
into it.
7. Again fry it for another 6-7 minutes to get oil separate. Now the gravy is ready. Arrange
Paneer cutlets in a serving dish .
8. Now pour the Gravy in arranged cutlet dish and garnish with coriander leaves and chillies.
Serve Hot with Chapattis.
9. Enjoy!!
Dessert
1. Sheer Khurma
Prepare this Sweetened vermicelli and store them for having the occasionally. In India, it is a
kind of trend to have something with Water. This serves as the perfect sweet to offer with
Water. And it is quite easy to prepare as well. It usually prepare during Ramadan and Eid. I
love this vermicelli, because it is quite less sweet as compare to other vermicelli. Follow this
step by step Recipe with pictures.
Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients Quantity
Vermicelli 250 gram
Milk 1 litre
Dates 1 cup
Talmakhana 100 gram
Almonds 1 cup
Cashew nuts 1 cup
Chirogi 1/4 cup
Kishmish/ Currants 1/2 cup
Khoya 150 gram
Sugar 1/4 cup
Saffron few strands
Cardamom Green powder small pinch
Coconut 1 cup
Cloves 2
Cardamom green 2
Pistachio 8-10 no’s
Method:
Note:
* Vermicelli should be thick for sheer khurma recipe.
* 1 cup vermicelli needs 1 litre milk and 1/4 cup sugar or 5 teaspoon.
* To get more delicious sheer khurma, wait for 30 minutes before having it.
* Soak almonds in hot water for 30 minutes to peel off the skin.
* Soak dates in hot water for 30 minutes to chop it finely.
* You can store this dry roasted vermicelli in fridge up to 1 months.
1. Take thick vermicelli and slightly crushed it with your hands. Heat the ghee (Pure ghee) in a
wok/ kadhai and sauté with cardamom green and cloves.
2. Add vermicelli into wok and roast it till light golden brown in color and keep it
aside.(Vermicelli roast very quick so be careful to prevent from burning)
3. Heat another wok with ghee and add chopped dates. Fry it for about 30 seconds or till nice
aroma comes.
4. Then add chopped talmakhana and again cook for about 30 more seconds.
5. Add kishmish, almonds, cashews, chirogi and khoya. Mix it well and cook for about 1
minutes on medium heat.
6. Lastly add coconut (because it burns very quick) and mix it and cook for about 15 seconds.
7. Then add roasted vermicelli into wok and mix all the ingredients well and keep it aside. Dry
vermicelli is ready.
8. Boil the milk in a pan or kadhai and let it boil on medium heat for about 5 minutes. Then add
sugar and cardamom green powder.
9. Add 1 cup dry roasted vermicelli into 1 litre milk. Cook it on medium heat for about 5
minutes, then switch off the flame and keep covered to absorbs the milk. ( You can store
rest of the vermicelli in the fridge for later use)
10. After 30 minutes, it will look like this as shown below in picture and sheer khurma is ready. Garnish with pistachio and saffron and serve hot or chilled.
11. Enjoy!!
2. Kulfi Faluda
Kulfi Faluda is one of the best thing this world has to offer. If you’ve ever been to Lucknow, in
India, you must have heard to Prakash ki Kulfi This kulfi is inspired by that with some
modifications.
A Picture is worth thousand words, so I let the pictures speak. Tastes good, guaranteed!
Follow my easy step by Step recipe to make your day.
Preparation Time: 2 Minutes
Cooking Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients Quantity
Milk 1 litre
Saffron few strands
Pistachio 1/4 cup
Method:
1. Put the milk into a large pan and bring it to boil over high heat. When it starts boiling reduce
the flame and cook the milk stirring constantly, until it has reduce by half.
2. Then add few strands of saffron, cardamom powder and pistachio. Again cook the milk on low
flame until it has reduce by one third. You will see here the milk color has changed because of
saffron and pistachio. Stir the sides of the pan constantly to avoid scalding. Then add sugar
and mix it well.
3. The milk consistency should be like kheer consistency. Now pour the mixture in kulfi moulds.( I
bought this mould especially from parakash kulfi falooda shop who is very famous for kulfi in
aminabad)
Sugar 5 teaspoon
Falooda 1 /2 cup
Cardamom green powder small pinch
4. Cover all the sides with dough as shown in the picture.
5. Refrigerate it for overnight. You can see the kulfi is beautifully freezed.
6. Take it in a serving plate and top with falooda.( I bought falooda from the market) Serve
chilled.
7. Enjoy!!
3. Bengal Gram Sweet Bars
Here is the delicious sweet bars recipe, I am going to share with you guys. It is made from
chana daal also known as Bengal gram split. The key of making this dessert is all about
roasting the daal. If you roasted daal well, you will get better result. These sweet bars are
delicious from any other bars or sweet. You must try this out and let me know how it was.
Follow my easy recipe with step by step pictures.
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hours
Bengal Gram Split/ Chana Daal 1/2 kg
Milk 1 & 1/2 kg
Pure Ghee 250 gram
Ingredients Quantity
Cloves 3
Cardamom green 1
Coconut grated 1 cup
Cashew 10 no’s
Almonds 10 no’s
Currants 10-15 no’s
Sugar 1/2 kg
Method:
1. Soak Bengal gram split/chana daal for about 3 hours. Take soaked chana daal into pressure
cooker and add 1/2 litre milk and cook for 10 minutes on medium heat. Then take out the
cooked daal in a plate and let it cool for 15 minutes.
2. Take daal in a grinder and grind it to make fine paste as shown below in picture.
3. Heat the ghee in wok, add cardamom green and cloves. Now add grinded daal into wok.
4. Roast the daal on low heat till golden brown in color as shown below in picture.( This process
of roast the daal will take approximately 45-50 minutes) Don’t roast the daal on high heat
otherwise daal will burn and bars will not be good in taste.
5. Take milk and sugar in a pan and boil it till sugar dissolves completely. When sugar dissolves
switch off the flame.
6. Heat 2 teaspoon ghee in pan, add chopped almonds, cashews, currants and grated coconut.
Fry it for about 1 minutes or till nice aroma comes. Add fried dry fruits into milk-sugar syrup.
7. Add syrup into roasted daal.
8. Cook the daal on medium heat till it becomes thick and sticky for about 5 minutes. Grease
the plate with ghee and pour mixture into it.
9. Roll the mixture with bead cylinder or any other flat spatula. Cut the pieces like this as shown
below in pictures.
10. You can cut the pieces in your heart desired shape. Shape doesn’t matter. Sweet, delicious
and yummy bars are ready.
11. Enjoy!!
4. Chocolate Cake
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, today I let the picture speak to you. So
what is it saying, I think you can read pictures well. Adding two of them for your pleasure.
And if you need more than just pictures, below is the recipe to enjoy this delicious chocolate
cake.
Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 35 Minutes
Ingredients For Cake:
Ingredients Quantity
All purpose flour 1 & 1/2 cup
Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon
Baking Powder 1/2 teaspoon
Cocoa Powder 3 teaspoon
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
Vinegar/ lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Water 1 cup
Sugar 3/4 cup
oil 1/4 cup
Vanilla essence
Ingredients for Topping:
1 teaspoon
Ingredients Quantity
Icing sugar 1 & 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder 1/4 cup
unsalted Butter 100 grams
Milk 1/4 cup
Vanilla essence 1/4 teaspoon
Method:
1. Sieve the flour in a bowl, add cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Mix it well and
keep it aside.
2. Take water in another bowl, add sugar, oil, vanilla essence, salt and vinegar. Mix well till sugar
dissolves completely.
3. Now pour the sugar syrup in a flour mixture. Mix well till it becomes thick.
4. Now dust the baking pan with flour, pour the cake mixture into it.
5. Pre-heat microwave oven at 180 C. Bake the cake at 180 C for 35-40 minutes. Mine took 35
minutes.
6. Cake is ready. If you want to eat this cake without topping of chocolate you can enjoy it.