Microwave Ricotta Cheese Burfi

Things have been pretty busy and I haven't gotten chance to post anything lately. So without any further delay, just in time for Diwali, a simple and quick recipe to make burfi or barfi using Microwave. In past I have made this burfi on stove-top but this time I just made this quick version in microwave.

Preparation Time: 5 minute
Cook Time: 12 minute

Ingredient:

1. 1 cup ricotta cheese ( Mawa )
2. 1/3cup + 1tbsp sugar
3. 2 tsp ghee ( butter )
4. 1-1/2 tsp un-sweetened cocoa powder
5. 2 pinch cardamom powder

Method Step By Step:

1.In a microwave safe bowl combine ricotta cheese ( mawa ), sugar and ghee ( butter ). Mix it well.
2. Cover it and put it in microwave for 5 minutes.
3. Give it good stir after 5 minutes.
4. Again put in microwave and keep steering about every 3 minutes.
5. After about 12 minutes you should see that mawa mixture is coming together and does not stick to the bowl. That is when burfi should be done. Mix it well and split in 2 equal parts.
6. Add cardamom powder in one part. Mix well and spread in a greased plate.
7. Add cocoa powder in second part, mix it well and spread it on top of white part.
8. Let it cool down for about 4 hour and then cut it in pieces.

Note:
Keep it refrigerated.

Similar Recipes:
1. Slow Cooker/Crockpot Sweet Pongal/Sakkarai Pongal
2. Slow Cooker Cracked Wheat Halwa (Fada Lapsi)
3. Slow Cooker Carrot Halwa or Gajar Halwa Recipe

Microwave Vegetable Makhani Recipe

After I made Mutter Paneer using Microwave last week, I tried this Vegetable Makhani or Vegetable Makhanwala recipe using Microwave. It is also equally simple and yet so tasty.  This recipe also uses basic pantry ingredients and there is nothing hard and fast about what vegetables you can or should use. You can use vegetables as per your choice or availability.  So here is step by step Microwave Vegetable Makhani or Vegetable Makhanwala Recipe.

Preparation Time: 8 to 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 To 20 Minute
Serves: 4 people

Ingredients For Gravy:

1. 5 tomatoes nicely cut
2. 2 small onions nicely cut
3. 1tsp ginger-garlic paste
4. 12 cashew (create smooth paste)
5. 5 green cardamom
6. 1/2tsp cumin seeds
7. 1tbsp butter
8. 1tbsp oil


Other Ingredients:
1. 1 cup mix vegetables ( carrot, green peas, cauliflower, ) as per your choice
2. 3tbsp butter
3. 3tbsp oil
4. 1tsp red chili powder
5. 1/2tsp coriander powder
6.1/2tsp garam masala
7. Pinch turmeric powder ( optional )
8. 1/4tsp dry fenugreek leaves
9. 1/2tsp sugar
10.1/2 cup cubed paneer (indian cottage cheese)
11. 1tbsp fresh cream ( optional )


Method Step By Step:

1.Combine all gravy ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and cook for 12 to 15 minutes in microwave.

2. Make fine puree of above gravy.

3. Add Vegetables, all spices, oil, butter and fenugreek leaves powder to gravy.

5. Add 2tbsp water to above mixture and cook in a microwave for another 5 minutes.
6.  Add paneer, cashew paste and mix it well. (Instead of cashew paste you can use cream too.)

7. Garnish with coriander leaves and Vegetable Makhanwala or Vegetable Makhani is ready to serve.
8. Serve  with naan,  paratha biryani or pulav.


Similar Microwave Recipes:
1. Microwave Mutter Paneer Recipe
2. Microwave Jeera Rice Recipe
3. 15 Minute Microwave Mango Halwa Recipe
4. Microwave Coprapak (Coconut Halwa) Recipe

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Microwave Mutter Paneer Recipe: How to make Mutter Paneer in Microwave

After posting slow cooker recipes like slow cooker carrot halwa, slow cooker aloo-palak , slow cooker pav-bhaji etc for past few weeks, today I am posting Microwave recipe for Mutter Paneer (Peas and Paneer Curry). This dish is very regularly made in our house hold mainly because it is so simple to make and it is so comforting to eat with rice or roti. List of ingredients may seem long but they are very easily available. I have added cashew paste to get the creamy texture. My daughter likes to add paste of poppy seeds. She thinks that gives her taste/texture closure to what we see in restaurants.

Preparation Time: 10 Minute
Cook Time: 25 Minute
Serves 4 people

Ingredients:

For gravy:

1. 2 medium size nicely chopped onion
2. 2 medium size nicely chopped tomato
3. 1/2 cup tomato pure
4. 1 tsp ginger paste
5.2 tsp garlic paste
6.1 bay leaf
7. 4 tbsp oil
8. 1 green cardamom

Vegetables and spices:

1.1/2 cup boiled or frozen green peas (mutter)
2.1 cup cubed paneer (Indian cottage cheese easily available in Indian grocery store)
3. 3 tbsp butter
4. 1-1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
5. 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
6. 1 tsp cumin powder
7. 1/2 tsp coriander powder
8.1/2 tsp garam masala
9. 2 tsp sugar ( or as per taste)
10.1 tbsp yogurt
11. 2-1/2 tbsp cashew powder or paste
12. 1/2 tsp kasuri methi ( dry fenugreek leaves )
13. salt to taste
14. fresh cream
15. nicely chopped coriander leaves

Method:
1. In a microwave safe bowl combine oil,  onion, tomato,bay leaf and pinch if salt. Mix it well.
2. Put it in a microwave for about 20 minute (depending on your microwave )
3. Let it cool down. Remove the bay leaf and crush the gravy well.
4. Now add all remaining ingredients(from Vegetables and Spices section) in gravy except for cream and coriander leaves.
5. Add little bit of water and mix it very well.
6. Cover the curry and put in microwave for 5 minutes. Mix it well and mutter paneer should be ready.
7. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
8. Serve hot with naan, paratha,  rice, pulav or biryani

Tip
This curry will stay fresh in freezer for 2 weeks.

Similar Microwave Recipes:
1. Microwave Vegetable Makhani Recipe
2. Microwave Jeera Rice Recipe
3. 15 Minute Microwave Mango Halwa Recipe
4. Microwave Coprapak (Coconut Halwa) Recipe

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15 minute Chana Masala or Chhole Using Micowave

Other day I had run out of vegetables and it was very cold outside to go do any shopping. Suddenly I thought of couple of cans of garbanzo beans sitting in my pantry.  I quickly ended up making chana masala or chhole / garbanzo beans curry using these cans. It is very simple recipe and using microwave it take only 15-20 minutes including prep time and cooking time to make restaurant style chana masala.

Some of the spices used in recipe below are traditional Indian spices and are all easily available in any Indian Grocery store. You can also purchase this Indian Spices Starter Kit which includes all the below listed spices and many more without worrying about significant investment.

Preparation Time: 5 minute
Cook time: 15-17 minutes
Serves: 3 people


For gravy:

1.1/3 cup nicely cut onion
2.1/2  cup nicely cut tomato
3.1tsp garlic paste
4.1 bay leaf or tamal patra
5. pinch of salt (there is salt already added in canned garbanzo beans. So this pinch of salt is just to help onion/tomato cook quickly )

Ingredient for Chhole:

1. 1 can ( 14 - oz ) garbanzo beans (or cooked/salted garbanzo beans)
2.1/2 cup tomato pure
3.1-1/2tbsp oil
4.2tsp butter
5.1tsp red chili powder
6.pinch of turmeric powder ( optional )
7.1tsp sugar
8.1/4tsp coriander powder ( optional )
9.pinch asafoetida ( optional )
10.1/2tspn garam masala
11.1/4tsp kasuri methi ( dry fenugreek leaves ) powder (easily find in Indian grocery store ( optional )

Method Step By Step

1.In a microwave-safe bowl combine onion,  tomato, bay leaf, oil, butter and pinch of salt
2.Now cover it and cook it in microwave for 10-12 minutes until raw smell of onion is gone.
3.Add remaining ingredients and mix it well.
4. Cover it again and cook in microwave for another 5 minutes.
5. Chana masala is ready to serve  with puri ( Bhatura ), naan, rice etc.
6. You can use same chana masala or chhole with Samosa as Samosa Chaat.




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Jeera ( Cumin ) Rice With Green Peas Using Microwave

This is simple recipe of Jeera Rice using Microwave. I have added some peas in the Rice. You can add any vegetables of your choice like carrots, cut beans, potatoes or corn. Here in the pictures I have served the microwave rice with Tadka Dal made using slow cooker. This is a really good combination for lunch box or for simple dinner.


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Ingredients

1. 1 cup water
2. 1/4tsp roasted cumin
3. 5 clove
4. 2 cinnamon stick
5. 1tsp ghee
6. salt to taste
7. 1/2 cup rice
8. 2tbsp green peas

Method

1. Wash rice and soak for one hour.
2. Combine ingredients from 1 through 6. in a big microwave safe bowl  and boil for 2 minutes.
3.Add rice, cook for 10 minute. Add green peas now, cover the bowl and cook for another 2 minutes.
4. Mix it well and serve with your choice of dal or curry.

Tricolor Coconut Halwa (Copara Pak) Recipe Using Microwave

On  occasion of Indian Independence Day this is a simple Microwave recipe to make Trirangi Coconut Halwa or Coconut Burfi.It barely takes 3-5 minutes to make delicious Coconut Halwa in Microwave. This recipe is very versatile. You can add any color of your choice and make Coconut Burfi to suit any occasion. If you are hosting an event like wedding or baby-shower this burfi adds charm to dessert table. It is delicious bite size dessert for any in-formal gatherings or parties.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup dry shredded Coconut
2. 1Cup condensed milk
3.1tsp ghee ( butter )
4. pinch of cardamom powder
5.Pinch/Drop of green and orange food color

Method:

1.Combine first three ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.
2.Cook for about 4-5 minute depending on power of microwave stirring every one minute.
3. After the mixture looks cooked (does not stick to the bowl), divided it in three equal parts.
4. One part green, One part orange. Add cardamom powder to the third part.
5.In a greased plate spread green part, top it with white and then with orange part.
6. After two hour cut into pieces.

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Similar Microwave Recipes:

1. Microwave Mango Halwa Recipe

2. Microwave Mutter Paneer Recipe

3. Microwave Vegetable Makhani Recipe

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15 minute Mango Halwa Recipe In Microwave

My mother used to make Mango Halwa as offering to lord Krishna. I remember my mom waking up early in the morning, doing prayer and then making many items for offering to lord Krishna. It took hours to make this on stove top. Below recipe is a simplified version using Microwave. It barely takes 15 minutes to cook delicious Mango Halwa in Microwave.  You may also like my mom's Mango Jam adapted using slow cooker.

Also Try: Indian Microwave Recipes

Ingredients:

1. 1 Cup mango pulp
2. 4 tbs  condensed milk
3. 2tbs sugar
4. 2tbs.powder sugar
5. 2tsp ghee ( butter )
6. 1/4 cardamom powder
7. Almond for garnishing

Method:

1. In a microwave safe bowl take first three ingredients. Cook for about 10- 15 minutes depending on power of microwave, stirring every 1 minute.
2. Check in-between to make sure Halwa is not burning.
3. Once it looks cooked (does not stick to finger) add ghee and give it a good stir.
4. Add cardamom powder after it settles for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add powdered sugar and mix it well.
6. Spread on greased  plate, sprinkle with sliced almond and cut into pieces.

Make sure to use fresh Mango pulp for Mango Halwa and not canned pulp. If you like this Halwa recipe try these other sweet or dessert recipes.





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10 Minute Microwave Khamani (Gram Flour Appetizer)

This is  a quick 10 minute recipe for making Khamani in Microwave. Khamani is a recipe from Gujarat region of India. It is also called Khandvi or Patodi in many house holds. Khandvi works fine as appetizer or a side dish.

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Ingredients
1 .1/2 cup chickpeas flour+1 tsp rice flour (helps digestion)
2. 1/2 tsp salt
3.1/4 tsp turmeric powder
4.Pinch asafotida (hing) - optional
5. 1tsp sugar
6. 1/2 tsp green chili ginger past
7.1/2 cup buttermilk
8. 1/4 cup water
Tempering :
1 tbs oil mustard seed
Garnishing:
Red chili powder
Cilantro/Green Coriander Leaves
Shredded  coconut

Method Step by Step
1.In a microwave safe bowl mix first 6 ingredients well
2. Add water and buttermilk to above mix and mix it well without lump

3. Put it in microwave for approx. 10 minute (Stir every one minute to check it is cooked well and does not stick to finger)
4 .After 10 minute khamani will be done. Grease plate with oil and spared khamani as thin as you can.
5. Apply little bit oil on it and cut it in 2" to 1 and1/2" strips. Roll each strip carefully.

Tempering
Heat 1 table spoon  oil. Add mustard seed in oil when seed pops, apply it on khamani. Sprinkle it with red chili powder, cilantro and shredded coconut. Can be enjoy as a side dish, appetizer or snack.

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