DELHI food!

GUYS!
   Just came back from Delhi and the first thing I want to tell you is 'the food in Delhi is to fall in LOVE with'!
I managed to eat from road side dhabas to an upmarket 69 year old restaurant in connaught place and was completely left awestruck!

   the simple yet delicious aloo paratha's to the more intricate kebabs that were on offer, I enjoyed everything that was put on my plate to eat!

MOST IMPORTANTLY...got a glimpse into the kitchen at BUKHARA -ITC Maurya!!:))))))) it was just after lunch service...the restaurant was fairly empty and yet..the tandoors were HOT as hell..waiting to cook those delicious kebabs!

the last thing I ate was a chocolate pan ! I heard they even sell a 'chuski pan' ( with flavoured shaved ice)! thats the first thing for my next visit.

 Extensive wide roads to travel on, easy getting around in a metro...overpaying rickshaw wallas everytime and getting value for money on food! and a small glimpse of the INDIA gate and all new sports facilities under lights....

ahhhhh
DELHI..your bloody corrupt...but boy do you have some deliciously HONEST food ;)

 

GNOCCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plating food for individual portions always allows for some artistic touches! this dish allows one get real artistic!

Gnocchi is type of pasta and there are three types....
the one I am going to tell you about is called 'Parisienne'

Again it is made from the most simple and basic ingredients

Flour, Butter, salt, Eggs and water!

Gnocchi can be served with a million sauces..the most basic being made from another local Italian ingredient 'tomato'

here is a take on 'Gnocchi Parisienne' with a tomato sauce

for the gnocchi you need
water            250 ml
butter             50 grams
salt                 5   grams
Refined flour   160 grams (maida)
eggs               4
Parmesan cheese ( if u can get hold of it)  50 grams (grated)

Process
I am going to make this very simple for you ...

    1)mix the butter, salt and water in a pot and heat it till the butter melts
Now get the pot of the heat and add your flour little by little so that it doesn't form lumps

2) take a wooden spoon and mix the flour into the water and butter mix
3) now put the pot back on heat and keep in stirring the wooden spoon vigorously till a time comes when the mixture will start leaving the sides on the pot without leaving any small bits stuck to the pot.

Now your mixture is ready to be cooked in water!

all you need to do is put it in a piping bag with a small 1cm nozzle and pipe out 2 cm cylinders into a pot of boiling salted water. Cook these gnocchi till they start to float in the boiling water ...then drain.

For the sauce

in a container take 500 grams of tomatoes, 6 garlic cloves, some basil leaves, some oregano and about 100ml olive oil.  cook this in an oven at 120 degrees Celsius for about 30-40 minutes and then put it all through a mixer.!

you can serve the gnocchi with this sauce in many ways but since we want it to be artistic..i'd suggest you try and do something like this!