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Anita and Me

Posted on 31 August 2008 by Dee

A beautiful story by Meera Syal , a story of a punjabi Indian family trying to make a living and uphold tradition and culture and imbibe  whatever little they can to their star , anita.  The novel takes us on a journey with a young 9 year old Meera , her color , her friends , her growing up in a mining village, west Midlands , england in a predominantly white community. She comes to worship Anita , her neighbor . The novel speaks about certain characters having strong racist attitudes . For me , her grandmother’s character was the most adorable. reminded me of mine.

Having said that , we wanted to make something which reminded us of Punjab, but at the same time wanted to steer clear of the usual punjabi dishes , so we opted for this beautiful , colorful and awesome Gobi and Paneer bhurji , a recipe by Tarla dalal , which we adapted to our palate. The original recipe called for garam masala , but we decided to opted for Khara( whole) masala.

Ingredients:

3 cup of grated cauliflower

1 cup of crumbled paneer

1 cup of diced tomatoes

1 medium sized red onion

For the masala :

1/2 inch cinnamon

1 bay leaf

3 cloves

3 elaichis

1/2 teaspoon shah jeera

4 cloves of garlic

4 Green chillies

A few sprigs of cilantro for garnish

A pinch of turmeric

Salt , Oil to taste

Method:

1. you know the drill, heat oil/butter/ghee , add turmeric and add the whole masala ingredients , saute for a minute , add the cloves , minced onion ,garlic, green chilles and saute until the raw smell disappears. Then add the tomatoes , salt and cook until done.

2. Add the grated cauliflower and cook for a good 15 minutes or until the gobi is done. add the paneer and cook for another 5 minutes. sprinkle coriander and serve hot with roti!I served mine as a side with rotis and a green salad.

P.S. Apologies for not posting the Basil Mania yet, I will do it tomorrow. I have been tied up with a lot of things lately which forced me to keep away from blogging. Please excuse me and I will surely post the round up tomorrow. Also , I have not replied to any mails , extremely sorry dear friends, will write to you asap.

15 Comments For This Post

  1. notyet100 Says:

    recipe looks yum ,..n nice click too..

  2. Srivalli Says:

    Dee..that picture looks just too great..nice one..and nice to know abt the book too..:0

  3. sangeeth Says:

    thats a great picture thr ! luved the recipe too

  4. Simran Says:

    A unique combination. Looks really good!

  5. Siri Says:

    Dee - the bhurji looks yummy..:).. I was away for the long weekend to ‘S’ place and had no time to post for this month’s ‘book made me cook’..:(. Hope to make up next month’s Harry Potter special.. Yipee!!!

    Hugs,
    Siri

  6. maheswari Says:

    Picture says it all!

  7. Madhuram Says:

    What happened Madam? Hope you are doing well!

    The picture looks awesome. Will call you soon.

  8. Uma Says:

    the bhurji looks so delicious with mouth-watering pic.

  9. sunita Says:

    Yummy! I read the book quite some time ago…loved it…even watched the movie :-D

  10. Priya Says:

    The bhurji looks fiery and yummy! The first time I tried a grated cauliflower dish was with Ashwini’s Gobi kheema recipe and I loved it. I am definitely trying yours now.

  11. DK Says:

    That takes some patience to read a novel and make something! The pic looks abs delish!

  12. DIvya Vikram Says:

    Great picture!

  13. Shyam Says:

    I have been following this site for experimenting in kitchen. I have good interest for cooking since my childhood days. In this website I found most of the varieties similar to the way we used cook at home. I have many hobbies apart from my projects. Management, philosophy and many others. Cooking stands among top of the list. After a break of few years recently I started seriously experimenting on cooking. At weekends troubling my wife with my new ideas and off the shelf recipes available on net. I like this website, it is close to my heart. I liked all the recipes on this site.
    Shyam

  14. maddy Says:

    Hi,
    The recipe sounds great.But it is surprising that your recipe did not have red chilli powder but how did you get the color.
    I’m sorry to say this but i doesn’t make any sense.
    Thank you.

  15. Dee Says:

    maddy : Canned diced tomatoes , or crushed or tomato paste will impart that color to the dish.

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